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    Cancelling O'Snaps

    Whilst using the hot keys ( control C, control D, control G ) under some situations, this has the effect of cancelling my osnap settings. I generally only have a few set up ie endpoint, midpoint and intersection. Has anyone experienced this - its not a major deal, just annoying. Cheers Ian
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    Determining appropriate text height in model space?

    Hi all, From my experience, and our office, the drawing sheet is inserted in paper space ( tilemode zero ) and is 1:1 - full size. All dimensioning is done in modelspace ( tilemode 1 ). Create viewports in paperspace to the scale that will best fit your page - page size maybe A3, A1, A4 etc. In...
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    Revision callouts on Drawings

    Every revision, in my opinion, should be listed on the drawing. It is an easy way of following up on changes and can be readily documented for reference. A triangle with the appropriate number / letter is adjacent to the modification, and an explanation is shown some where on the drawing listing...
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    Density of cast iron

    Is it nor 7450kg /cubic metre ?

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