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1 ) OOPS Command – Have you ever erased something and then drawn a few more items and needed to undo the erase. Undoing will undo all your drawn lines back to the erase command. Simply type OOPS and hit enter and the erased items will reappear…

Using the scale command with the reference option to scale something to an unknown scale.

1) Open a document with the items you are wanting to scale.

2) Draw a line from a known point a known length (red line below):

3) Type SCALE or select the…

How to attach a PDF underlay into AutoCAD.

1) Open a document or start a new file. Click the Insert tab and then on the Reference panel select Attach:

How do I get my toolbars to look like the classic AutoCAD?

METHOD 1:

The first method is for users who have a previously installed or have a custom toolbar saved:

The Vault tab in Inventor is missing.

1) Make sure the Vault Client is installed. Note: The Vault add-in must be installed for the same version of Inventor.

2) Go to the Control Panel and select the Client installation. Select Uninstall/Change and…

When trying to place Content Center in an Inventor Assembly, the Content Center libraries are empty.

How to you enable shared views in Inventor when no shared view option is available on the Inventor ribbon?

This can happen when the functionality was turned off during deployment installation.

When using an Inventor template, you get a Style Conflict error.

This is caused when there is a difference between the styles in the template and the styles library. 

How do I turn the model browser back on?  

This is a commonly asked question we get during tech support duties especially for new users.

In the images below you see the model browser to the left of the graphics area. This can easily be turned off by…