Michael’s Corner
Michael's Corner is a monthly publication written by Michael E. Beall, Autodesk Authorized Author and peripatetic AutoCAD trainer. Michael travels all over the USA, bringing his fantastic experience and great understanding of AutoCAD to his clients. Michael's Corner brings together many of the tips, tricks and methods developed during these training sessions for the benefit of all users.
Michael's Corner provides something for every AutoCAD user. Every month, a number of articles cover a wide range of topics, suitable for users at all levels, including "The Basics" for those just starting out. Essentially, the aim of Michael's Corner is to help all AutoCAD users work smarter and faster.
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This month…
May - Memorable May
One of the reasons I enjoy writing this column each month is that I get to learn about features that I had always wanted to look into but never had the time. The Layer Translator has been around for several versions and is something that those of you receiving drawings from outside sources may appreciate. My customers have - once again - come up with questions that brought me to the two legacy variables as well the variable to enable AutoCAD to remember the folders from which you open drawings. And, of course, there's another tool palette button idea for you, too.
I hope these insights bump your productivity a bit today so you can have a few more minutes with your family or favorite activity.
This month's articles
Layer Translator
Custom Button #7: Dimensions on a Button
Legacy Settings
Rememberfolders
From the Vault
Oh, that tooltip
The ability to hyperlink AutoCAD objects to files and URL's was introduced in R14 and has been improved in each version. An annoying condition recently appeared, however, in which I could see the little hyperlink icon, but there was no hyperlink tooltip displayed when my cursor was over the hyperlinked object. 
The User Preferences tab of Options had the Hyperlink boxes checked, as shown, but still no tooltip. I then came upon the Autosnap variable and discovered that the default setting is 63. Mine was set to 61. Upon further investigation I found that the 'Display AutoSnap tooltip' in the Drafting tab of Options also needs to be on in order to see the hyperlink tooltip! So now ya know…
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