CADDManager on July 9th, 2009

Here are some guidelines you could consider for your standard. Or create some of your own. Model Files Locate all Model files in the discipline specific MODEL folder. Model information is typically divided up by file type. Creation of the model files (whether to combine or split the Model file information based on plan type) […]

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CADDManager on July 8th, 2009

Creating individual files in done all the time by all users. Include in your standard some rules or guidelines that should be followed by those that create them. Some users open up old files and do a Save As for all other files. This is a good shortcut, but can backfire. I have seen “infections” […]

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CADDManager on July 7th, 2009

I encourage you to include a brief comment on MS and PS in your standard. Some of the Paper Space and Model Space issues you may want to define include: What do you draw in Model Space and what goes in Paper Space Layouts? Some may think that one object goes in one place and […]

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CADDManager on July 6th, 2009

Back on May 16th, 2005 I posted on my dismay that some folks are still not totally sold on Paper Space or they just don’t understand it fully. I still get comments (even in 2009) about how it it tough to understand and use. Well – it still think that must be true for some… […]

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CADDManager on July 2nd, 2009

New BIM Survey posted on my BIM Manager site… It is being done as part of a PhD dissertation (not mine) focused on BIM and LEED issues.

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CADDManager on July 1st, 2009

I am curious to find out where you are on the planet as you read this.  So take the July poll to the right and let us all know. Here are the results from the last time I asked this question in 2007.

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