Finding Modified Dimensions in AutoCAD

It's the dirty little secret we all know about... sometimes... people fudge their dimensions.Today's question is... once they've been modified, how can I easily tell?The quick and dirty way to see is to invoke the DIMREASSOC Express Tool (or DIMREASSOCIATE, if you like typing out even longer words).You can select all of the entities in the drawing, and dimreassoc will create a selection set of only those which have been changed, allowing you to see...

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AUGI Wishlist System - Go Rank Some Wishes!

The new AUGI Wishlist system is now online!In the past, the wishlist system relied upon the validation and sorting of wishes by volunteers, which could sometimes lead to delays. The new system was created to allow wishes to move more quickly through the system. AUGI President Dave Harrington wrote an introduction to the system in October's HotNews.The first thing you need to do is log into AUGI, then go to My Account.Then click on Membership Details,...

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I haven't heard of this command...

I don't think this dialog box exists in AutoCAD, but, based on some deliverables I've gotten, it wouldn't really surprise me...(for anyone who is curious, this is a spoof of the Cleanup Tools available in MAP and Civil3DEdit: here's another blog post describing the tools and how best to use them: BeingCivil)...

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