Miscellaneous

0 min · Owen Wengerd

ADS / ObjectARX

0 min · Owen Wengerd

DrafTools

Introduction DrafTools is an old unsupported freeware AutoCAD add-on for AutoCAD R14 and AutoCAD 2000 that facilitates drawing setup by managing custom title blocks and automatically setting system variables based on the drawing scale selected during title block insertion. In addition to simple dialog-box based title block selection and placement, DrafTools allows users to define ‘smart’ attributes in their title blocks which may be programmed to calculate their default value during insertion. ...

1 min · Owen Wengerd

Periscope, QuikPik, SuperPurge support AutoCAD 2027

Periscope, QuikPik, and SuperPurge have been updated for AutoCAD 2027.

April 5, 2026 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

All ManuSoft software is now freeware

The store and checkout flows are retired. Download current versions from the product pages. There is no customer account on this site.

January 1, 2026 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

Turning off InfoCenter in AutoCAD

Are you looking for a way to turn off the annoying InfoCenter that slows down (or sometimes locks up) your AutoCAD? Of course you are! Hop on over to the ManuSoft Freebies page and install AcadInfoCenterOff.msi, the most popular ManuSoft download of all time. ...

March 21, 2017 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

LspLoad updated for BricsCAD 17 and ZWCAD 2017

I have updated the automatic lisp loader modules (LspLoad.zip on my freebies page) to support BricsCAD V17 and ZWCAD 2017. Note that the source code for LspLoad is also available.

November 4, 2016 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

QuirkyPolyline updated for Bricscad and ZWCAD+

I’ve updated QuirkyPolyline and added support for Bricscad 14 – 15 and ZWCAD+ 2014 – 2015. The new QuirkyPolyline download is available on the ObjectARX freebies page. Share ThisTweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

December 9, 2014 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

LspLoad now supports Bricscad V14 and ZWCAD+ 2014

I have updated the automatic lisp loader modules (LspLoad.zip on my freebies page) to support Bricscad V14 and ZWCAD+ 2014. Note that the source code for Lspload is also available.

November 1, 2013 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

LspLoad Updated for AutoCAD 2014 and Bricscad 13 64-bit

The automatic lisp loader modules (LspLoad.zip on my freebies page) have been updated to add support for AutoCAD 2014 and Bricscad 13 64-bit. The modules are now digitally signed so that AutoCAD 2014 loads them quietly.

April 13, 2013 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

Turning off InfoCenter in AutoCAD 2014

The AcadInfoCenterOff.msi file on the ManuSoft Freebies page has been updated to support AutoCAD 2014 based products. Note that you must log out of Autodesk 360 if you disable the InfoCenter, else some versions of AutoCAD will crash during startup.

April 11, 2013 · 1 min · Owen Wengerd

QuirkyPolyline: exposing foolish programmers

In AutoCAD, the AcDbCurve class defines a general parametrized curve. On a parametrized curve, points in space are mapped to real numbers (parameters) by an arbitrary function F(p) for values of p from the curve start parameter to the curve end parameter. Defining a curve this way simplifies working with complex 3D curves because one can work in the curve’s one dimensional “parameter space” instead of the more complex three dimensional cartesian space. ...

January 9, 2013 · 4 min · Owen Wengerd