www.mymcad.com aka Mad Drew's MCAD Connection.
Click on MDT up in top navbar. See MDT Tips and Tricks, FAQ's and Resources (also has Inventor section). Good Canadian site.
Some of Drew's MDT Tips and FAQ's are listed below:-
autolisp/index.html Index of Autolisp folder (from MDT Tips and Tricks Nifty Routines 50).
bendtextcylinder/bendtextcylinder.html A local file on how to put embossed text on a plate and bend it all around to form a cylinder. Note use of bend command to form a complete circle. Done in MDT5 (so requires MDT5 or MDT6). Note all other work on this page can be in MDT4.
bluecolor/bluecolor.html A local file of a faq on how to change the blue color that is hard to see on black background screens. Bottom line it is the Grips cold color (GRIPCOLOR).
Some cylinder workfeature files:-
1. cylworkfeat/wkplncylaxis.html Workplane On Cylinder Axis
2. cylworkfeat/wkplntancyl.html Workplane Tangent To Cylinder
3. cylworkfeat/wkplangletancyl.html Workplane At Angle Tangent To Cylinder
4. cylworkfeat/tangentwkpt.html Workpoint Tangent On Cylinder
embossedtext/embossedtext A local file of a tip on how to produce embossed text in MDT4 (and presumably A2000 through to A2004). Embossed text is avaliable in MDT5,6,2004. I edit->copied Swis 721 unfilled text with Word 2000 and brought into MDT4 with editPaste Special (as Autocad object) and was left with text I still would have had to explode rather than the polylines Drew said he obtained using Word 97. Also I did not have the font he used in his demo. Still got to think about this because I would like to be able to have embossed text in Autocad even though I know it's in MDT5,6.
holecircle/holecircle.html Hole Placed On PCD. Two methods to reference a hole from a circle center:- 1) Using rectangular (trignometic) co-ords and 2) A polar method using a construction line and circle.
linefacesplits/linefacesplits A local file of a tip on how to use the Line Splits and Face Split commands. ***The really big reminder her is to do a Enter immediately after issuing the final AMPROFILE then pick out the projected outline you intend to extrude and Enter.***
(linefacesplits/linefacesplits_mod.html MDT Line Splits and Face Splits Modified. A result of me not being able to make the above tip work because of the extra Enter needed during the final AMPROFILE. A confused ramble for my reference only.)
(linefacesplits/linefacesplits.dwg My actual MDT4 drawing which is here as part of my just learning how to (externally?) reference/amcopyin .dwg files via the internet. Details back in the MDT Tips and Memory Joggers page summing what I've learned so far. Again mainly for my reference.)
mirrorpart/mirrorpart.html A local file of a tip on how to make a mirrored part follow it's source part which is not a feature of mdt but can be done. Demonstrated in MDT4. Relates to mirroring subassemblies.
paramarray/paramarray.html A local file of a tip on how parametrically array which is not a feature of mdt but can be done. Demonstrated in MDT4.
sweep3dpoly/sweep3dpoly.html A local file of a faq on how to use a 3dpoly line to make a sweep feature. You don't use a polyline for a 3D sweep path. Furthur you don't make curved bends. In MDT you put the details in a table. Demonstrated in MDT4.