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(the product formerly known as ADT)

Recommended System Requirements

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ processor, 3 GHz or greater
Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2 or later) or Vista™ operating system
3 GB RAM
3.1 GB free disk space
1280×1024 monitor and display adapter capable of 32-bit color
128 MB or greater, OpenGL®-capable workstation-class graphics card
MS Mouse—compliant pointing device
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A sheet list table is a listing of all the sheets in a project by number and
name. Typically it is inserted on the cover sheet of a project but can be
placed on any sheet.
This can be automatically generated from the Sheet Set Manager.
1. Open the sheet file that you want to contain the sheet list [...]

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Elements are objects or collections of objects that are like blocks in that they can be used over and over in drawings.
They can be office furniture layouts, room layouts, restrooms, equipment and more.
Elements are typically referenced into constructs.
If you realize that you need to use a construct in several places you should convert it to [...]

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When you create a file in ADT you will most likely be working with Xrefs at some point. Constructs can be made up of individual objects such as walls, doors, windows, and floors but there are also elements that need to be referenced. Sheet files will definitely use Xrefs.
Project Navigator helps you attach and keep [...]

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Buried under the ADT Content Browser is a tool to place Fire Rating symbology in a Wall. This may be an option to some who may not want to fiddle with embedding the fire rating symbology into their wall styles.
What it does is use “idrop” technology to place the lines inside of walls. You pick [...]

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Converting an Existing Drawing to a Construct

There are times when you will have a drawing file that you need to turn into a
construct to make it part of the project. It is a fairly simple matter to convert the drawing to a construct.
1. Verify that the project you want to pull it into is current, [...]

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Interactive Overview from the Autodesk web site.
Experience the features and benefits of Autodesk Architectural Desktop with a Flash enabled presentation with audio.
This is really cool and has a ton of information for those who are thinking about ADT in the future.
Click here to open the page.
Wait thru the marketing intro to get to the good [...]

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Most firms start with the basics when training in ADT. The basics are typically defined as Doors, Walls and Windows. So the first area of focus usually is pointed at those features. Once you want to go beyond that there are differing areas that may be looked into. Here is my list of baseline tools [...]

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Constructs are the unique building blocks of your building. Usually a complete floor.
Elements are objects or groups of objects that are repeated over and over in a drawing set such as a typical bathroom layout.
There are times when you have created something as a construct and then you need to use it several different [...]

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