Search your own tips from AutoCAD’s search bar June 22, 2010
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills, Employers.Tags: help, search
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Below is a combination of good and bad things about AutoCAD’s Search bar for help. 
The Search Bar in AutoCAD’s title bar can be customized to include your own library of tips and tricks and other documents you may have accumulated. The less than convenient limitation is you must link each file individually.
You can also add a link to an RSS Feed through the Communication Center. The disappointing limitation is RSS Feeds are not searchable from the Search Bar in AutoCAD.
- Clear the “Hide results older than..” check box.
I strongly recommend you clear the check box that hides posts older than xx days as shown in the Communication Center’s settings dialog and let the info flow.
Paste Special – Ctrl-Alt-V March 5, 2010
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills, Windows Tips.Tags: Clipboard, Keyboard Shortcuts
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Have you ever used Ctrl-V to paste content from the clipboard and then had to take the extra steps to reformat the text ? (more…)
Cannot find .shx file errors and what to do about it. December 22, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills.Tags: troubleshooting
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You open a drawing and unexpectedly get a Select Shape File dialog box. In this post I will show you how to eliminate this error and also show you how to find the location and explore the contents of a shape file (.shx). (more…)
Redefining Blocks made easy November 30, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills, CAD Standards.Tags: Blocks, Design Center
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I had a situation where a project drawing had some block definitions that needed an update. The blocks represented mapping symbols such as a water valve, water meter, and so on. They were defined at wrong size and on the wrong layer. (more…)
AutoCAD 2010 – no toolbars displayed November 15, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills.Tags: Toolbars
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In most recent version of AutoCAD when a toolbar is visible it is easy to control which toolbars are displayed.
1. Right clicking on any toolbar that is visible displays a list of toolbars for that menu group.
2. Right clicking on a blank area of the screen where you can dock a toolbar and you get a list of all the Menu Groups. Simply pick a toolbar from within one of the menu groups listed.
All very quick and easy to do when either of those conditions exist. Now you open AutoCAD 2010 set to the 2D Drafting and Annotation workspace. No toolbars are open and no dockable areas are visible to right click on. Now what do you do? (more…)
National CAD Standard is a vital component of the National BIM Standard November 11, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in BIM, CAD Standards.Tags: BIM, CAD Standards
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As the National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS) takes shape the National CAD Standard (NCS) has been included in the discussion. NCS plays an important role in the BIM process.
Simply stated, the NCS addresses paper-centric drafting as a means of producing design and construction drawings. NBIMS sets standards for typical processes and computer-based exchanges of information employed during the conception, creation, and operation of facilities. Since design and construction drawings, as well as computer-based virtual building models, are a typical product of building information modeling techniques, NCS will continue to be important as a standard for design and construction drawing output from the BIM process.
-exerpt quoted from http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/index.php/nbims/faq/
Using your drawing template to create drawings November 11, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills, Employers.Tags: AutoCAD Settings, Standards
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This post is for people new to drawing templates. You have created a custom drawing template by creating a new drawing. You added your title block and border to a layout. How do you use this template to create new drawings?
U.S. National CAD Standard Presentation at SWFAP Meeting November 3, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in BIM, CAD Skills, CAD Standards, Employers.Tags: Standards
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National Institute of Building Sciences Org Chart
Brian Morse presented an overview of Plans Production using the US National CAD Standard at the Southwest Florida AutoCAD Professionals meeting. Click HERE to view the details.
Want a shortcut to NCS used by the US Military? Click HERE to visit the CAD-BIM Technology Center. Using Internet Explorer you may get an error “There is a problem with this web site’s security certificate” You can still get to the site by clicking on the link ”Continue to this web site (Not recommended)”
Switch between open drawings September 24, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills.Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD Display, Ribbon
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In AutoCAD 2010 I frequently have a need to place 2 drawings side by side (tiled vertically). I find it somewhat inconvenient having to find the command in the Window panel of the View tab so I added the command to the Quick Access Toolbar. (more…)
Add a CD Label to your Sheet Sets August 15, 2009
Posted by advsurvey in CAD Skills, Employers.Tags: AutoCAD Skills, Marketing
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Often your electronic submittal is delivered on a CD or DVD. The jewel case label specifications often include the
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This information is the same used in fields in the title blocks of your sheet set. Add a 4″x4″ (jewel case inset size) layout to your sheet set and it can be configured to show the required info for your CD label. Get a little more creative and you could design an 8″x8″ foldable inset for the jewel case and include a project description, info about your company (market yourself whenever you have the opportunity), or other metadata for the project.
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