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Using shared views in AutoCAD

Using shared views in AutoCAD - AutoCAD Tutorial

From the course: AutoCAD: Tips & Tricks

Using shared views in AutoCAD

- [Instructor] Welcome to another tip and trick in AutoCAD. What we're going to look at is one of the cloud-based tools available to you in later versions of AutoCAD. In this case, we're using the latest version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2019. And we've got a drawing there for you called SharingDesignView.dwg. You can download that from the library to follow along with this tips and tricks video. Now sometimes you want to share a design view with somebody who hasn't got AutoCAD, hasn't got any AutoCAD experience. They just want to look at the drawing itself. Now, in the old days, you used to print out the drawing, fold it up, put it in an envelope, and send it in the post. Or, you might email the DWG file to them, but they haven't got any version of AutoCAD to view that DWG file. So what we're gonna use is a fantastic collaborative tool available in AutoCAD called sharing your design view. So we go to the Collaborate tab here, on the ribbon in AutoCAD, and there's Shared Views there. So…

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