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var tiptitle='<font color="#8B008B">RANDOM TIP - refresh page for another tip:</font><br>'
tips[1]='Use BURST instead of EXPLODE - Entities inherit block Layer, attributes become text and keep previous values.'
tips[2]='Cycle through open drawings using CTRL+TAB.'
tips[3]='Revision clouds - Draw a polyline (PL), type REVCLOUD, enter, choose object, select the polyline and you have a revision cloud.'
tips[4]='Convert DTEXT to MTEXT using the TXT2MTXT command.  Select more than one single text entities and try it.'
tips[5]='Use the ALIGN (AL) command to Move and Rotate an object and align it with another object.'
tips[6]='Move, Copy and Rotate all in one command with MOCORO.'
tips[7]='Rotate UCS in Single Viewport - DVIEW, select all in viewport, TWIST, enter rotation angle.'
tips[8]='Macro commands - ; Enter, / Pause for user input, ^C^C Cancel (to make sure you are at the command prompt) and * Repeat a menu macro.'
tips[9]='Match the properties of an object with the shortcut MA.'
tips[10]='Use fuction key F3 to turn Osnap on/off and F8 to turn Ortho on/off.'
tips[11]='Set ATTDIA to 1 to use dialog box with block attributes or 0 to use command line.'
tips[12]='AutoCAD 2006 allows you to change the insertion point on the fly. INSERT and select BASEPOINT.  This allows you to pick anywhere in the drawing (and anywhere in the block you are inserting) as your new insertion point (basepoint).'
tips[13]='Cycle through viewports using CTRL+R.'
tips[14]='Edit the list of available scales in the viewport scale drop down with the SCALELISTEDIT command.'
tips[15]='Create Blocks on layer 0, when you insert a block it will inherit the layer attributes of the layer that you place it on.'
tips[16]='Remove the box frame from images by setting IMAGEFRAME to value 0.  Set IMAGEFRAME to 2 will display the frame for editing but the frame will not print.'
tips[17]='Turn a line into a polyline with the PEDIT (PE) command and select yes.  Use the join option to convert more than one linked single lines into a polyline.'
tips[18]='Use PO to create node point - if you do not see anything try changing the node properties DDPTYPE.'
tips[19]='Using RELATIVE PATH to find the Xref file relative to the existing location can be a benefit if files are moved between locations or sent to others.'
tips[20]='When a grip point is selected cycle through command options using keyboard spacebar - sequence STRETCH, MOVE, ROTATE, SCALE, MIRROR.'
tips[21]='Switch between Group and Ungroup using CTRL+H, yes H.'
tips[22]='Use SHIFT+LEFT mouse button to deselect an object.'
tips[23]='Object Cycling - hold down the CTRL key while picking, AutoCAD will cycle through all the objects that fall under the pickbox as you continue to pick.  When the correct object is highlighted, simply hit Enter.'
tips[24]='Use TAB to cycle through Osnap points.'
tips[25]='SHIFT+RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to reveal Osnap options.'
tips[26]='To prevent a viewport from editing right mouse click on the viewport and select DISPLAY LOCKED/YES.'
tips[27]='TCIRCLE places a circle, slot, or rectangle around each selected text object.'
tips[28]='Hide unwanted printers - In the OPTIONS menu <shortcut OP> under the Plot and Publish tab there is a text box to Hide System Printers. When this is checked the only printers that will appear are the .pc3 files you create.  Using the .pc3 file you can also specify what paper sizes will show in the list and the default paper size.'
tips[29]='MIRRTEXT controls how the MIRROR command reflects text.  0 Retains text direction whilst 1 Mirrors the text.'
tips[30]='Create a block and copy it to the Tool Palette for use in every future drawing.'
tips[31]='Snap mid between 2 points - access it from the right-click OSNAP menu or by keying in M2P or MTP.'

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