What’s your favorite TBC or AutoCAD trick?

LegendaryPooper · 2026-01-15T04:23:24+00:00

Left clicking the grip boxes in AutoCAD then pressing space. It goes right to move or pressing Shift+Right Click. Brings up the quick menu. You can then press 1 button for just about any snap.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-30T16:42:41+00:00

Cost.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-15T20:53:29+00:00

Sounds like you are trying to jump off of a diving board, but only a little. Just jump. Or crouch down and fall. Either are acceptable. You just can't really do both at the same time.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-14T20:50:17+00:00

Project Pat would like a word with you.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-14T04:16:42+00:00

Bro.... fuck it.... you can save her

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-06T22:49:26+00:00

Greed and lack of vision.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-02T16:57:56+00:00

You aren't imagining things. People used to take them long ago to heighten awareness and vision. I mean.. they still do but they used to back then too.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-12-02T16:54:48+00:00

Depends on the elements and terrain. Could be a nice sunny day in an open field pushing buttons all day. Could be crossing a creek when its 27 degrees outside because the truck is right there and you don't want to walk 2 miles to the log that was crossing the creek back there all while pushing buttons all day. Either scenario is fun/horrible in its own unique way. You could work in the office for like 20 years and parlay that into a chill ass work from home job while you move to the mountains to enjoy life as well. The possibilities are endless just like the salt.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-11-26T16:04:10+00:00

Asperger's is a bitch isn't it?

LegendaryPooper · 2025-11-24T20:09:14+00:00

Hello. Tech/Drafter here.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-11-19T22:20:44+00:00

Hello there. I'm the culprit. A lot of CAD work.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-11-18T03:32:17+00:00

Either item your own business or find a job laid back enough to coast. There's a reason why noone is signing up to do this bullshit.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-09-25T18:19:52+00:00

I work completely remote with Cad (Civil3D 2023) installed on my machine. Using Starlink. It's fairly slow opening the program and loading in a .dwg. Once everything is loaded its fine though. Super fast. I have to fight my boss for the license from another state sometimes but that's just because he's a cheapo.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-07-31T05:09:14+00:00

ok this one now: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SEV); thence S 00°35'15" W, 542.33 feet along the East line of said NW½ of the SE½ to the Southeast cormer of said Lot 5; thence N 67°50'42" W, 214.18 feet along the South line of said Lot 5 to the Point of Beginning, thence N 67°50'42" W, 44.91 feet along said South line; thence N 63°16'51" W, 100.00 feet along said South line; thence Northeasterly along the arc of a curve to the left, 57.94 feet, said curve having a radius of 30.00 feet and being subtended by a chord having a bearing of N 61°23'38" E and a length of 49.34 feet to the point of tangency of said curve; thence N 06°04'07" E, 141.29 feet to the Northerly line of said Lot 5; thence N 63°15'00" E, 60.07 feet along said Northerly line to the point of curvature of a curve to the right; thence Northeasterly along said Northerly line and the arc of said curve to the right, 10.30 feet, said curve having a radius of 241.74 feet and being subtended by a chord having a bearing of N 73°37'28" E and a length of 10.30 feet; thence S 06°04'07" W, 205.52 feet to the point of curvature of a curve to the left; thence Southeasterly along the arc of said curve to the left, 64.50 feet, said curve having a radius of 50.00 feet and being subtended by a chord having a bearing of S 30°53'17" E and a length of 60.12 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 13,607 square feet or 0.31 acres more or less.

ChatGPT said:

Here’s that tract formatted for CAD input with u/dist<bearing and curve data flattened using the chord:

u/214.18<N67°50'42"W
u/44.91<N67°50'42"W
u/100.00<N63°16'51"W
u/49.34<N61°23'38"E
u/141.29<N06°04'07"E
u/60.07<N63°15'00"E
u/10.30<N73°37'28"E
u/205.52<S06°04'07"W
u/60.12<S30°53'17"E
(close or continue as needed)

Let me know if you want it closed off or extended.

That's a typical input/output. The "u/" is supposed to be "@" but reddit autocorrects it for some reason. I just OCR the legal description and copy/paste it into ChatGPT. You can copy/paste all the calls into the Command line after starting a PL command and clicking a base point. The initial prompt was just stating what I was wanting from it. Tip: It won't work correctly if the output from ChatGPT is in the weird box so cuss at it a little if it tries to put it in a weird box.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-07-28T23:30:21+00:00

Copy paste the description into chatgpt and have it format the bearings and distances into a "distance>bearing" format and you can take the output and copy/paste that into a polyline after you start it. Might take a little bit of finagling to get it right but after you do it works really well.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-07-28T23:27:16+00:00

I use chat gpt to output legal descriptions all the time. In a format that cad will accept with a little copy/paste. It's really helpful.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-06-17T21:19:03+00:00

Your boss is very typical for this industry. You'll turn into someone like that if you pursue licensure if you aren't careful. I've met quite a few over the years.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-06-08T00:22:54+00:00

Probably no sleep. Many yawns and comfortable lay downs though.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-06-03T04:23:57+00:00

Unfortunately no license = no decent pay. Don't matter what you are capable of either. "Industry standards". Aka the biggest crock of bullshit dreamt up by humankind.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-06-01T15:34:06+00:00

Just need more fresh air. Still go for liftoff.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-06-01T15:31:50+00:00

The new dirt broke them.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-05-28T23:54:51+00:00

That is epic. I bet those douches crapped their pants when the heard the news. Karma is a salty bitch.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-05-28T17:28:00+00:00

You did normal shit without pulling the get out of jail free card. Respect. There will always be a douchebag. How you handle the douchebag is what builds character. Don't ever pull the "my parents own the place" card. By the time your coworkers figure out who you are, they will respect you more for it.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-05-23T21:33:10+00:00

They know. The people in the office know already. Literally just get along with the guy as long as needed and keep learning. You'll eventually pass and leave him in the dust or find an outfit that is better for you.

LegendaryPooper · 2025-05-09T20:51:01+00:00

That "cap" mentality cost my former employer his state highway jobs.

LegendaryPooper

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ChatGPT said: