The Border I have seen so many troubles because people got the border wrong. It should be a very common sense kind of thing, but many complicate it beyond what is needed. First, draw the border full size in Model Space. If it is to be 24″ x 36″, then draw the trim lines exactly […]
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 know that CAD files […]
Will Rogers once said “Common sense ain’t common”. That rings true in CAD circles and much a politics. Maybe more in CAD than you may think. When thinking of the things that should be “common sense” it become apparent that some folks are just not thinking at all. Here is another common sense approach related […]
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 emphasizing violations […]
Opening up the old mail bag to take a look at some questions from readers… —- Hi, My company has heavily customized ADT2004, ALL the tool palettes, menus, toolbars, dimscale etc! When we jump to Architecture 2008 this year we would like to install it right out of the box and just add our Cad […]
What an opportunity!Want to provide more than 100K of random data snapshots of your work habits that the CIP colllects? You could provide direct feedback to Autodesk on their software and tools. They are always looking for people who want to participate. Guru or Newbie – they need them all. It is called Usability […]
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What is scarier than Autodesk? – A Lot! By choosing to be involved in the CIP (Customer Involvement Program), then you are choosing to have Autodesk collects some random information from you. They use this information to learn about your PC configuration and what type of machine you are using. According to one of the […]
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When your client provides you with CAD files to “jump start” your design process, this may be a red flag. Will the client be providing CAD files ? If the Client provides files, you will do well to ask these kinds of questions…
From the Readme… Opening an old file in ACA 2008 can appear to hang up your system. When previous version drawings are opened, a dialog is displayed with a warning that saving this drawing will upgrade AEC objects to 2007 format. If a previous version drawing is opened by double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer, […]
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