Draw things to scale and accurately
It may sound simple, but many CAD users are not in the habit of drawing items actual size. They think that if it is close, it is good enough. Well, it’s not good enough. It contaminates the CAD you have and produces incorrect files. You [...]
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Common Sense CAD - Part 3
July 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Common Sense CAD
July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
In a book called “THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE - How Law Is Suffocating America”, Philip K. Howard postulates that the overemphasis on the Law was crippling society and the we were losing the understanding of plain old common sense. Instead of fostering cooperation, our legal system in effect works against it. By [...]
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Autodesk Overviews and Interactive Demos
October 18th, 2006 · No Comments
Fairly good Overview of Revit from the Autodesk site
ADT Overview from Autodesk
Civil 3D 2007 New Features Workshop
Autodesk Inventor Series Feature Demonstrations - 8 to choose from
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Purge - the Forgotten Command
January 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I think that the Purge command is most likely been set aside nowadays. We now have such expanded CPU power, loads of RAM and semi-unlimited storage space for our files. It seems like no one Purges anymore.
Oh yeah, you use it when you are having troubles, but not as a routine part of CAD. I [...]
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Still trapped in Model Space?
May 16th, 2005 · 8 Comments
I spoke recently with a user who was quizzing me on what exactly Paper Space Layouts do. I was mildly shocked that he had no understanding about using PS and Layout tabs. He was a long time ACAD 14 user and had also used ACAD 2002 for some time.
Are there really folks out [...]
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How ANALOG are you? Sketching on Napkins?
February 17th, 2005 · No Comments
Have you noticed that some software packages add “analog” looking styles to output. You can “Squiggle” your CAD files. You can smudge your Photoshop stuff. All in an effort to make things appear to be hand drawn. Well “bust my buttons”, as the Wizard of OZ would say…
I think that we [...]
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