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We all need to get a grip at some point and in AutoCAD® it’s a great way of being more efficient. By using grips, you can actually perform many functions without picking or typing any commands (except the space bar or CTRL key).
In any production environment, good designers and CADD techs are constantly thinking ahead. They know their next step or command before finishing their current command. If you don’t know where you’re going or what you’re doing next, you’re losing time and productivity.
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by: Walt Sparling
www.augi.com
Grips are a great way to increase your productivity by allowing you to manipulate objects within AutoCAD by keeping your movement going, without actually having to pick or type a command. I do not recall what version of AutoCAD introduced grips, but I know when they first came out, they confused and irritated a lot of CADD folks—it just seemed like more clutter on the screen. Now many years later, some surprisingly still feel the same. Those of us who use grips probably don’t even think twice about their presence—we just use them. In AutoCAD 2011, multi-function grips were added and these were further enhanced in AutoCAD 2013.
July 2013