CAD Tip Of The Day :Multifunctional Grips in AutoCAD

Dimensioning with Grips
Using AutoCAD 2012 you can now define baseline, continuous dimension, stretch and flip arrow. Without typing the command in command line but instead using the grips of the dimension and you can choose with variable options. More on that even the text dimension you can manipulate how will look like to your settings. However only dimension break is not on the list. Thanks to the power of Multifunctional Grips.


Multifunctional grips
You can do several more things with grips. Since AutoCAD 2011, Autodesk has introduced multifunctional grips. This was later enhanced in AutoCAD 2012. With multifunctional grips, you can choose what modification you would like to perform. You need only select an object, and then move your cursor above a grip. Grips not only allow you to use fewer tools, they also provide quicker and easier methods.
Previously, it was not easy to add a vertex to a complex polyline. Multifunctional grips now allow you to click a grip and quickly add vertex on that location.

Take a quick look below the image and you can try this at home

the cross-hair is hovering to the grips of text dimension

the cross-hair is hovering to the grips at the extension line of dimension

Are you looking for a super-speedy way to add or modify dimensions? Multifunctional grips to the rescue! In this video tip from Cadalyst and Lynn Allen, you'll learn how multifunctional grips relate to dimensions, and get on the road to instant productivity.
Check this video.