AutoCAD & F/X CAD Training

After your first jump into F/X CAD or AutoCAD, you want to get started right away with best drafting practices. These 5 simple tips are critical to learn before you can stop calling yourself a beginner. Each one will help you draft faster and more efficiently.

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New to CAD, or need a refresher? 

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• AutoCAD First Steps: New to AutoCAD? Start here. 
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• CAD drawings vs. Land F/X Projects: Learn about the relationship between these two essential elements of creating a plan using AutoCAD and our plugins. 
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• Tool Tips (Hover Tips): Hover on any tool button on any ribbon in AutoCAD, and you'll get a brief synopsis of what that tool does.
• Drawing templates (DWTs): Create a template with your desired settings, then use it each time you start a new drawing.

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• Opening a DWT: The AutoCAD drawing template, saved as a DWT file, forms the basis of the default drawing file that opens when you start a new drawing in AutoCAD. Here's how to open it correctly.
• External references (Xrefs): Xrefs are files you add to your main drawing as overlays or attachments. Learn how to use them. 
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• Xref your site base and prepare Paper Space Layout tabs. 
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• Cleaning drawings & Xrefs: Noticing poor, slow, or sluggish performance in your drawing? Having trouble opening or saving a drawing, or getting an error message mentioning corruption, Proxy Objects, or RegApps? You likely have drawing corruption. Learn how to clean your drawings and Xrefs to keep them free of corruption. 
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• Prevent drawing corruption: Learn some long-term methods of getting rid of corruption in your drawings once and for all. 
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• Layout and title block templates: Set yourself up for flawless plotting by creating templates for your Paper Space (layout) sheets and the title blocks that surround your submitted drawings.
• Drawing & Sheet Setup: Get instructions and our recommendations. 
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• AutoCAD blocks: A block is a collection of linework that acts as a single entity. Learn how they work and how to use them. 
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• Units settings: Units are supremely important in AutoCAD. Learn about the different units settings and how they work together.
• Correct units and scale: It's imperative to ensure these two settings are correct in your drawing. Having issues with scaling? Here's what to do.
• Linetype Scale (LTSCALE) and Paper Space Linetype Scale (PSLTSCALE): Ensure that all your linetypes (such as solid and dashed lines) appear correctly and at the proper scale in both Model Space and Paper Space. 
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• AutoCAD and Land F/X ribbons: The ribbons are collections of tool buttons arranged logically within pertinent tabs. Get to know them – they'll speed up your workflow immensely. 
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• AutoCAD Command Line: Every AutoCAD and Land F/X tool has its own keyboard command you can type in a location called the AutoCAD Command line. Take a tour.
• Useful AutoCAD commands: Here are a few AutoCAD commands we find especially handy for landscape design.
• Creating a folder structure: See our recommendations for saving your drawings and Xrefs in a logical folder structure that will keep you organized.
• Create a zip file of a drawing and all project data: Our Support  
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  tool creates this zip file automatically, but sometimes you'll need to follow these manual steps to send us a copy of your drawing and project to include in a technical support ticket.

Webinars

• Making Text Work in CAD: Join us to learn the essentials of how to use letters, numbers, and other characters effectively in CAD, including how to work with Text Styles and the Text Manager. (1 hr 4 min)
• Drawing File Cleanup: Addressing DWG Corruption: Drawing corruption is a major source of headaches and lost work for CAD designers. We walk you through the process of cleaning your drawings and show you some effective techniques for detecting and troubleshooting corruption when it strikes. (1 hr)
• Getting to Know Your CAD Interface: Take a tour through your CAD interface, covering the basics of the various tool panels and ribbons, options, setup preferences, and more. You'll then learn how to save all your preferred settings into a profile. (56 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users: Learn about opening the software, working with file types, and understanding some of the tools you see around the screen. (59 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 2: Learn how Paper Space works with scale through viewports so you can plot what you draw to a full-scale PDF or plotter. You'll learn about layer and viewport best practices, scaling, annotating, and plotting. (59 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 3: We'll take you beyond the basics and provide some valuable insights into organizing your drawings and applying a better strategy to using AutoCAD tools. (53 min)
• All About Templates: The word "template" can refer to several components in the AutoCAD and Land F/X systems. We break down the different types of templates available to you, including drawing templates (DWTs) and Land F/X project templates, and provide some helpful tips on using them to your advantage. (1 hr 4 min)
• Understanding LTSCALE: Working with linetypes (solid, dashed, etc.) is an essential part of any CAD plan. How these linetypes appear in Paper Space vs. Model Space is especially important in ensuring that everything is portrayed properly in your final design. We'll go over the importance of proper sheet setup and provide a few working scenarios to help you verify that your linetypes will show up correctly no matter how you work. (56 min)
• Pro Efficiency Tips Every CAD User Should Know: Whether you're a new or experienced user, you could save valuable time by adjusting how you access a certain tool, configure your shortcut keys, or even just use your mouse when navigating. We'll go over some helpful setup and drafting tips that will help you work smarter, not harder. (1 hr 12 min)
• Working with Blocks: We go over the role played by blocks within our software, showing the various types of blocks you have access to and how they all function. We'll also show you how to integrate your personal set of custom blocks into our system. (51 min)
• The Ribbon: Are you still using toolbars? It’s time to join the rest of us and start using the ribbon for all of your CAD endeavors. This week’s webinar will not just cover why the ribbon is superior to toolbars but will showcase the additions we have made to the default AutoCAD ribbon that benefit our clients’ specific needs. (47 min)
• Using Civil 3D with Land F/X for a BIM Workflow: BIM is a process, and the combination of Land F/X with Civil 3D and SketchUp, Rhino and Revit is a key set of tools in integrating this process into your workflow and collaborate with your entire design team. Find out how to make your workflow BIM compliant in an increasingly competitive industry with new regulations that require BIM. (1 hr)
• Working With Scale: Proper scale practice is not only essential to Land F/X but to the entire fields of landscape and irrigation design. See some scale troubleshooting and learn when and how to use scaling techniques such as splitting your drawing into different scales, scaling details, and changing the scale of your entire drawing. (1 hr 4 min)
• Sheet Setup: Learn some basics in proper sheet setup. We'll go over cleaning your base files, as well as best practices for Xrefing, creating templates, using the Land F/X Sheet Index, and more. (1 hr 6 min)
• Metric Sheet Setup: This webinar covers the metric side of our recommended basic methods for setting up your drawing template, which will help prevent imported Xrefs from corrupting your drawing. Learn to set up Model Space and Paper Space for proper scaling, and use our Sheet Index tool. (1 hr)
• Understanding LTSCALE: Working with linetypes (solid, dashed, etc.) is an essential part of any CAD plan. How these linetypes appear in Paper Space vs. Model Space is especially important in ensuring that everything is portrayed properly in your final design. We'll go over the importance of proper sheet setup and provide a few working scenarios to help you verify that your linetypes will show up correctly no matter how you work. (56 min)

The majority of the technical support issues fielded by our technical support team are a direct result of drawing corruption. Keep your files in proper working order by cleaning all drawings and Xrefs you receive from others.

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Drawing Corruption causes big problems if allowed to infest your drawings. Find out what causes it and learn how to:

• Prevent drawing corruption 
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• Clean drawings and Xrefs you've received from others 
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Webinars

• Drawing File Cleanup: Addressing DWG Corruption: Drawing corruption is a major source of headaches and lost work for CAD designers. We walk you through the process of cleaning your drawings and show you some effective techniques for detecting and troubleshooting corruption when it strikes. (1 hr)
• Sheet Setup: Learn some basics in proper sheet setup. We'll go over cleaning your base files, as well as best practices for Xrefing, creating templates, using the Land F/X Sheet Index, and more. (1 hr 6 min)
• Metric Sheet Setup: We'll show you how to set up your drawing template, which will help prevent imported Xrefs from corrupting your drawing. (1 hr)

From CAD newbies to seasoned veterans, every CAD user should get familiar with the correct method of setting up a drawing and layout sheets for plotting. We've broken the process down into a few integral steps on our Drawing & Sheet Setup outline.

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Simplify Your .DWT Template

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• Drawing templates (DWTs): Configure the scale, units, and all the other settings you want to use, and save them in a template that will apply to all your future drawings. 
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• Drawing & Sheet Setup Instructions: Proper setup of your drawing requires much more than simply opening a CAD file and starting to design. We've outlined the entire process, providing step-by-step instructions on how to prepare your CADs file correctly. 
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• Starting a Land F/X Project: An essential first step in using our CAD plugins) 
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• Units settings: Learn about the different AutoCAD units settings and how they work together.
• Setting the Scale and Units: Our Scale tool makes it quick and easy. 
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• Linetype Scale (LTSCALE) and Paper Space Linetype Scale (PSLTSCALE): Ensure that all your linetypes (such as solid and dashed lines) appear correctly and at the proper scale in both Model Space and Paper Space. 
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• Creating layout & title block templates: Set yourself up for plotting. 
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• External references (Xrefs): Bring other drawings or images into your drawing as overlays or attachments. 
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Webinars

• Using PDFs to Start Your Designs: We show you how to bring a PDF into your drawing, scale it properly, and turn it into your base files. We'll explore using PDFs as imports and underlays, demonstrate our recommended sheet setup processes, and even show you how to split a large-scale PDF into multiple sheets. (1 hr 3 min)
• Sheet Set Manager and Land F/X: The AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager provides a fantastic method for coordinating large drawing packages with multiple DWG files. The Sheet Index, available within the Land F/X Project Manager, is another incredibly easy-to-use tool for organizing your drawing sheets. We'll cover the specific roles played by each, then show you how to set them up for best use with your Land F/X projects. (1 hr 7 min)
• Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting: We go over our recommended workflows for setting up your project and Preference Set, ensuring your viewports and layouts scale and plot correctly, and working with aerial images and PDFs. (1 hr 4 min)
• Drawing Setup: Using an Image: Pick up some recommendations and best practices for bringing an image into your base file, from setting up your file to choosing and scaling your image, tracing key elements, setting up your layers, and configuring a sheet and viewport for plotting. (1 hr)
• Drawing File Cleanup: Addressing DWG Corruption: Drawing corruption is a major source of headaches and lost work for CAD designers. We walk you through the process of cleaning your drawings and show you some effective techniques for detecting and troubleshooting corruption when it strikes. (1 hr)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 2: Learn how Paper Space works with scale through viewports so you can plot what you draw to a full-scale PDF or plotter. We'll give you some best practices on layers, viewport, scaling, annotating, and plotting. (59 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 3: We'll take you beyond the basics and provide some valuable insights into organizing your drawings and applying a better strategy to using AutoCAD tools, including creating a drawing template and working with Xrefs. (53 min)
• All About Templates: The word "template" can refer to several components in the AutoCAD and Land F/X systems. We break down the different types of templates available to you, including drawing templates (DWTs) and Land F/X project templates, and provide some helpful tips on using them to your advantage. (1 hr 4 min)
• Xref Tips and Tricks: Looking to improve your office drawing production workflow? This webinar takes a look at a scalable setup for drawings using external references (Xrefs), showing you how and why you should use them. We also go over our fxREF tool, as well as the other Land F/X tools that improve with the use of Xrefs. (1 hr 3 min)
• Sheet Setup: learn some basics in proper sheet setup. We'll go over cleaning your base files, as well as best practices for Xrefing, creating templates, using the Land F/X Sheet Index, and more. (1 hr 6 min)
• Metric Sheet Setup: This webinar covers the metric side of our recommended basic methods for setting up your drawing template, which will help prevent imported Xrefs from corrupting your drawing. You'll learn how to set up Model Space and Paper Space for proper scaling in metric units, and how to use our Sheet Index tool. (1 hr)

In this section, we provide best practices that will help you get the most out of CAD and our plugins.

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• CAD Options settings: The settings in the Options dialog box controls the way numerous AutoCAD features look and function. See our recommendations.
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• Linetype Scale (LTSCALE) and Paper Space Linetype Scale (PSLTSCALE): Ensure that all your linetypes (such as solid and dashed lines) appear correctly and at the proper scale in both Model Space and Paper Space. 
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• Status Bar toggles: These handy buttons, available in the bottom right corner of your CAD interface, control whether certain tools are enabled. Find out how to use them and set them up to meet your preferences.
• Optimal performance tips for using our software with AutoCAD
• Layer settings: Optimize your settings in the AutoCAD Layer Properties Manager.
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• Dimension Style (DimStyle) Settings: Here are some common settings for dimension styles we've found to be particularly useful. 
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• CAD system variables: AutoCAD includes a vast number of system variables – settings that determine everything from the customization of your workspace to how certain tools perform. Here are our recommendations for some especially important ones. 
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• Recent Documents list: Increase number of files: AutoCAD's default setting for the Recent Documents list is to show nine documents. Want to increase the number of recent files shown? Here's how.
• Configure the Xref Manager: Control the way you view and select external references (Xrefs) in your drawings.
• F/X CAD Support for Basic AutoLISP: F/X CAD versions 2024 and newer now offer offer basic and limited AutoLISP support. Find out what that means and how to work with it. 
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• Pan, Orbit, and Zoom tools: Learn how to use these valuable tools for viewing and moving around your drawing.
• Migrate your CAD settings, workspaces, and profiles to a new version of CAD: Upgrading to a new version of AutoCAD or F/X CAD? Migrate your existing settings there. 
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• Migrate your CAD settings, workspaces, and profiles to a new computer: Got a new computer? Migrate your existing settings from your old computer to your new one.

Webinars

• Getting to Know Your CAD Interface: Take a tour through your CAD interface, covering the basics of the various tool panels and ribbons, options, setup preferences, and more. You'll then learn how to save all your preferred settings into a profile. (56 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users: This webinar includes our recommendations for configuring some of the integral settings in the Options dialog box, including how to set your color scheme and windows colors. (59 min)
• Understanding LTSCALE: Working with linetypes (solid, dashed, etc.) is an essential part of any CAD plan. How these linetypes appear in Paper Space vs. Model Space is especially important in ensuring that everything is portrayed properly in your final design. We'll go over the importance of proper sheet setup and provide a few working scenarios to help you verify that your linetypes will show up correctly no matter how you work. (56 min)

Layers are the essential elements of your CAD designs. Our CAD plugin includes several tools that help make layers work for you.   

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• Layer settings: Use the AutoCAD Layer Properties Manager to configure your layer settings for best performance. 
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• Learn how our blocks work with AutoCAD layers. 
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  What's a block? Find out here.
• Edit layer information to meet your preferences. 
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• Layer States: Set your layers exactly how you want them, then save all those layer properties as a Layer State to assign to future drawings. 
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Webinars

• CAD Basics: Getting To Know Blocks And Layers: We'll dive into the hows and whys of blocks and layers when it comes to drafting. In developing a better understanding of their importance, you'll gain valuable insights into fundamental concepts such as "defined," "purge," "redefine," and "source," which will in turn build your confidence when navigating through and designing in CAD. (1 hr 6 min)
• All About Templates: The word "template" can refer to several components in the AutoCAD and Land F/X systems. We break down the different types of templates available to you, including drawing templates (DWTs) and Land F/X project templates, and provide some helpful tips on using them to your advantage. (1 hr 4 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users: This webinar includes a whole section on layers, including why you'd want objects on different layers. (59 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 2: Learn about layer and viewport best practices, and pick up some time on scaling, annotating, and plotting. (59 min)
• Customize for Office Color Standards: This webinar covers the necessary tools and techniques for a black belt in the art of office standards – from CTB plotting files to valuable Land F/X tools that enable instant layer color conversions and office color setup. (1 hr 2 min)

Getting your design on paper or into a PDF is a process that's as potentially complex as it is important. We'll show you how to simplify the plotting experience and achieve the best possible results.   

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Customize and Configure Your Plotting Settings:

• CTB plotting styles: We highly recommend using a color-based (CTB) plotting style. We even provide a default CTB file for your use. 
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• Download our default CTB plotting style. 
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• Create new CTB plotting styles. 
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• Modify existing CTB plotting styles. 
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• Lineweight configuration: If your office has line color-to-lineweight standards, with a related CTB file, you can change our default layer line colors to avoid conflicts with your office standards. 
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• Convert Lineweight-Based Plot Styles to Color-Based (CTB) Plot Styles: Are you currently using lineweight-based plotting styles? We recommend converting them to CTB, or color-based, styles. Here's how to do that.
• Convert STB (Named) Plot Styles to CTB (Color-Based) Plot Styles: Although we don't recommend using STB plot styles, many offices currently have their plotter settings set to STB. Here's how to convert them to CTB styles – which we highly recommend.
• Save CTB Files to the Plot Style Manager: If you have an existing CTB plotting file, you'll need to save it to the CAD Plot Style Manager (also known as "uploading a CTB file") before you can use it.
• Plotter Configuration Files (PC3 Files): PC3 files set a specific plotter to always print in a certain way. Learn how to configure them.
• Working With STB Plot Styles: Do you absolutely need to use STB plotting styles to satisfy a client or your office standards? Here's how.
• Linetype Scale (LTSCALE) and Paper Space Linetype Scale (PSLTSCALE): Ensure that all your linetypes (such as solid and dashed lines) appear correctly and at the proper scale in both Model Space and Paper Space, which is especially important when you go to plot. 
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Ready to Plot? Here are Our Recommendations:

• Plotting 101: Your guide to some essentials in the plotting process
• Lines Merge: To plot your AutoCAD drawings correctly, it's crucial to have the Lines Merge setting enabled. Here's how (and why).
• Exporting or saving to a PDF: Read up on our recommended best practices, including our recommended third-party PDF printers.
• Plotter paper sizes: We've provided a list of the commonly used paper sizes from the international (ISO) A and North American ANSI standards.
• Filter your paper sizes to only include those you actually use, and avoid the hassle of sifting through a vast number of possible sizes when plotting.
• Transparent objects allow you to see through certain layers and see what's underneath. Learn how to configure your transparent object settings correctly.
• Plotting in True Color: You may want to print some of your linework on a certain layer in color. The easiest way to do so is to change that layer's color from index color to True Color. Here's how.
• Plotting pipe in an irrigation design: Need to plot an irrigation plan? You'll need to keep a few important considerations in mind. 
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Webinars

• Plotting in Style: CTB & STB Files Explained: We'll show you how to use proper plot-style setup to achieve your desired look in a plotted plan. We'll examine how plot styles work, highlight the differences between STB and CTB plot styles, and explain why we recommend CTB styles to minimize the confusion and maximize your time spent designing. (48 min)
• Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting: We go over our recommended workflows for setting up your project and Preference Set, ensuring your viewports and layouts scale and plot correctly, and working with aerial images and PDFs. (1 hr 4 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 2: Learn how Paper Space works with scale through viewports so you can plot what you draw to a full-scale PDF or plotter. Pick up some best practices for layers, viewports, scaling, annotating, and plotting. (59 min)
• Drawing Setup: Using an Image: Pick up some recommendations and best practices for bringing an image into your base file, from setting up your file to choosing and scaling your image, tracing key elements, setting up your layers, and configuring a sheet and viewport for plotting. (1 hr)
• Understanding LTSCALE: Working with linetypes (solid, dashed, etc.) is an essential part of any CAD plan. How these linetypes appear in Paper Space vs. Model Space is especially important in ensuring that everything is portrayed properly in your final design. We'll go over the importance of proper sheet setup and provide a few working scenarios to help you verify that your linetypes will show up correctly no matter how you work. (56 min)
• Best PDF Practices: AutoCAD allows you to import and export PDF files, but you may not know about your myriad options for doing so. Join us for some helpful tips on best practices and common troubleshooting techniques when working with PDFs. (1 hr 4 min)
• Sheet Setup: Pick up some basics in proper sheet setup. We'll go over cleaning your base files, as well as best practices for Xrefing, creating templates, using the Land F/X Sheet Index, and more. (1 hr 6 min)
• Metric Sheet Setup: Learn how to set up your Model Space and Paper Space for proper scaling in metric units for many metric standards, as well as how to use our Sheet Index tool. (1 hr)

You can customize everything in AutoCAD or F/X CAD from the buttons you see to the colors of your layers, and almost everything in between.

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Create a Custom Floating Ribbon

Customize Your AutoCAD Display and Workspace:

• AutoCAD Workspace and Profile: Configure your CAD interface to meet your exact needs.
• Your AutoCAD Profile controls the look of your CAD interface when you open it. Learn how to set it up to your liking.
• The Quick Access Toolbar is a central location where you can easily get to the AutoCAD and Land F/X tools you use most. You can add and remove tools as needed.
• Reorganize the AutoCAD or F/X CAD Ribbons: Did you know you can customize your ribbons by adding and removing buttons and panels? Find out how.
• F/X CAD Support for Basic AutoLISP: F/X CAD versions 2024 and newer now offer offer basic and limited AutoLISP support. Find out what that means and how to work with it. 
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• Return to the Classic CAD Interface: Don't like the ribbons at all? Return to the Classic AutoCAD interface.
• Status Bar toggles: These handy buttons, available in the bottom right corner of your CAD interface, control whether certain tools are enabled. Find out how to use them and set them up to meet your preferences.
• CAD Standards folder: Back up all your customized settings in one convenient location.
• Create a custom ribbon panel for your most-used tools. 
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Customize Your Plotter Settings:

• Want help configuring your settings for plotting (printing) your drawings? See the Plotting section above.

Customize Everything Else:

This is where we come in. Our AutoCAD plugins give you complete control over:

• The colors, lineweights, and names of your layers
• Your text settings, including fonts and point sizes, for specific applications such as labeling, scheduling, and more
• Everything to do with planting, details, irrigation, and site & hardscape design

For information and instructions for customizing a number of your AutoCAD settings with the help of Land F/X, see our Customization Overview section.

Webinars

• F/X CAD 2024: We explain what makes F/X CAD 2024 different and go over all the new features introduced with 2024, including basic AutoLISP support, new File and Layout tab menus, and the Performance Analyzer. (58 min)
• Making Text Work in CAD: Join us to learn the essentials of how to use letters, numbers, and other characters effectively in CAD, including how to work with Text Styles and the Text Manager. (1 hr 4 min)
• Working with Blocks: We go over the role played by blocks within our software, showing the various types of blocks you have access to and how they all function. We'll also show you how to integrate your personal set of custom blocks into our system. (51 min)
• Getting to Know Your CAD Interface: Take a tour through your CAD interface, covering the basics of the various tool panels and ribbons, options, setup preferences, and more. You'll then learn how to save all your preferred settings into a profile. (56 min)
• The Ribbon: Are you still using toolbars? It’s time to join the rest of us and start using the ribbon for all of your CAD endeavors. This week’s webinar will not just cover why the ribbon is superior to toolbars but will showcase the additions we have made to the default AutoCAD ribbon that benefit our clients’ specific needs. (47 min)
• Customize Your Ribbons: If you work in CAD frequently, you might want to customize the appearance of your ribbons. For example, you may be transitioning from toolbars or trying to get your favorite tools right where you need them. We'll explore the Command User Interface (CUI), providing tips on how to use it and what you can do to give it the look you want. (1 hr)
• AutoLISP Basics: AutoLISP is a hidden gem within AutoCAD – a robust and capable programming language that’s easy to test and develop right from the CAD Command line. Get the full scoop from Land F/X CEO and head developer Jeremiah Farmer. (1 hr 2 min)
• Intermediate AutoLISP: In this follow-up presentation, we’ll create a basic loop that processes all entities in the drawing, while discussing best practices in doing so. We’ll also show how to integrate your custom AutoLISP tools into the ribbon, and how best to organize your source files. (1 hr 7 min)
• AutoLISP Advanced: we’ll work on a new prototype Land F/X tool, code named P-Hatch. The tool will involve intercepting mouse movements to modify a hatch entity in real time. We’ll use the full breadth of Land F/X helper functions to speed up the development and match the full extent of programming best practices, (1 hr 2 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users: This webinar includes our recommendations for configuring some of the integral settings in the Options dialog box, including how to set your color scheme and windows colors. (59 min)
• F/X CAD for New AutoCAD Users 3: We'll take you beyond the basics and provide some valuable insights into organizing your drawings and applying a better strategy to using AutoCAD tools, including creating a customized drawing template. (53 min)