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Last updated 11/18/08

Want your own configuration and your own profile when you start AutoCAD? Put these switches in the command line of your shortcut: /P profilename / T templatename. The same may be true for the profile. That file has an ARG extension. The /nologo switch no longer works with AutoCAD like it did in prior releases. That's OK, 'cause the splash screen only lasts about a second or less.

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This tip came from Terry Dotson when he was telling somebody how to write “3^rd” in MTEXT:

How can I do subscript/superscript text?

There is no way to do it in standard TEXT.  However you can do it in MTEXT using the stack mechanism.  As an example bring up the MTEXT editor dialog and paste in something like: Raise to the 3rd^   Power! Basically the formula is to use the ^ carat symbol along with the same number of spaces as you have characters to shift up/down.  In my example above I would enter this into the MTEXT editor dialog box, there are three spaces after the ^, two to balance the shift of the 'rd' and a third for the natural space between the words.  In the MTEXT editor I would highlight the 5 characters "rd^ ", then press the A/B stacking button in the dialog. The 'rd' then becomes superscript.  To achieve subscript simply reverse the order putting the spaces and carat first, for example "  ^rd". If you wanted to underline the superscript or overline the subscript,
simply use a "/" (forwardslash) instead of the carat symbol.

Want to XREF Multiple DWG files in one shot? Use XATTACH.

Note: I have a good HTML editing tool again, so I'll be updating this more frequently now.

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