When working within the Revit environment, you need to provide 2D exports of sheet files or elements of your model to other team members or companies, to aid with the production of their outputs. This can be achieved using the export to DWG function in Revit however, what many users are often not aware of …
Autodesk AutoCAD shared views and drawings allow you to share a view of your model or drawing quickly and easily online. Those with access to your shared view, can view it, take measurements from it, analyse the properties and make comments. Here’s a look at how it is done in AutoCAD. On the Collaborate tab …
Have you ever tried to find a point exactly midway between two objects or points on your drawing using snap override in AutoCAD? Here is a handy tip to help you do exactly that. When you start a create command to create a new object, hold the shift key down and right click on your …
How to quickly activate and deactivate Ortho mode in AutoCAD (Orthographic mode). Ortho mode in AutoCAD can be quickly and easily activated via the status bar on the bottom right corner, but did you know that you can temporarily activate it with a shortcut key, without adjusting the status bar options. When Orthographic mode is …
When creating a new layer in our project drawing we can set various parameters for it, the colour and line type style for the layer, line weight, plot style and so on. Rather than setting all these parameters each time we create a new layer, we can find a similar layer with all these parameters …
I use construction lines quite a lot to translate dimensions from a plan onto an elevation for example, like we used to on a drawing board with first and third angle projection (anybody remember those?). We could just use lines but that would mean specifying a start point and then zooming\panning to specify an end …
If you are just getting started or looking to start using Autodesk Revit then here are a few things you may want to consider. Moving from AutoCAD and 2D based design to 3D modelling with Revit How does Revit differ from AutoCAD? Whilst AutoCAD is your general drawing tool to produce design, construction drawings and …
New Install Experience The new install features a much easier way to install AutoCAD directly from the Autodesk Desktop App. Floating Tabs New floating tabs have been added which allows you to drag, drop and re-size a drawing tab anywhere on your screen or even drag them onto another monitor. This enables you to view …