In AutoCAD Electrical we can save circuits that are used repeatedly in multiple projects. We can call up these saved circuits via an icon on the Icon Menu. First we need to create a circuit which we would like to use again. Then activate the ‘Icon Menu Wizard’. Select your Schematic Icon menu DAT file. …
How can we automate the viewport scale annotation in AutoCAD so we don’t have to modify it every time we change the scale of the viewport? Many CAD products these days have automated annotations and AutoCAD IS one of them. It may not be obvious to the casual user but it is possible to use …
Autodesk has released Vault 2019.1 Update for Vault Basic, Workgroup, and Professional 2019 editions. Vault users are looking for faster, more efficient ways to work with vaulted data from inside their CAD system. Vault 2019.1 includes productivity enhancements for Inventor and AutoCAD users plus several fixes to meet that need. https://up.autodesk.com/2019/VLTM/Vault_2019.1_Update.html What’s New?Enhancements to Inventor …
In this blog I will let you know which Vault user requested enhancements have been added to Vault 2019.If you are not already aware there is a forum on the Autodesk website called the IDEASTATION where you are able to voice your opinions on possible additions to the software and also suggest enhancements and new …
You have probably noticed these things in Autodesk Vault for a few years now or heard and seen people talking about them in forums but never really understood what exactly they are… what am I talking about? Custom Objects. So what exactly is a “Custom Object” and how can they benefit me and my design …
If you are not already aware, Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Professional come with something called the ‘Job Processor’, it’s a utility that helps process PDF, DWF and other visualisation files taking the stress of the users CAD workstation amongst other things. What you may not know, is that with the help of a small utility …
In this blog I am going to show you the workflow to take a Plant 3D model and export it so that it can be used to create a Revit Family file (rfa). You can download a copy of the BATCHEXPORTTOAUTOCAD.DLL tool discussed in this blog, from my A360 account using this link http://a360.co/2nfsRC1 Pre-requisite- …
External References, or Xrefs, enable you to view the outline of other drawings from within the drawing you are working on, these drawing references update whenever the drawing is edited, keeping you up-to-date with any changes that might happen concurrently. Why should we use xrefs? 1. Keeping the drawing file size smaller 2. Drawing data …