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Which is faster? Autocad LT or Revit for drawing a house? The results are in!
You would hope this result is a reflection of the prices of Autocad LT and Revit, which is that at the time of writing, Autocad LT is Australian $530/year, and it seems they do not sell Revit by...
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Meanwhile, back in the real world.....
The boring detailsDetails. Yurgh! Maybe there are some strange draftees love doing these.What irritates me about architectural drafting is the endless details to be done.Not only done, but cross...
View ArticleSetting up an Architectural Drawing.....Fast!
This is an add on to the last post, showing on Youtube a video of my Detail Monkey in action.See it here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA16bmZNKkQNeedless to say, the first time used in anger,...
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Them there pesky contours...
You have a site plan, onto which you have put spot levels obtained from a field trip to the farm. The need now, is to convert these to contours. To do this accurately, you have to calculate the...
View ArticleA cautionary tale.....
While seemingly not related to Autocad, it actually is.Every sensible person knows that if you use a computer, you should do a backup now and then in case all turns sour.I thought that I had been a...
View ArticleHow it goes...
Just need to revise these drawings....just need a gas bottle on the plan view.....just need an easement boundary on the site plan of that one.In my mind: This should only take about 10 minutes. Wait,...
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To 2D or 3D for an architectural detail
First of all, this is not my design.I am still at a learning stage when it comes to special details such a this one.The job is a re-clad, and this little area turned out a bit of a challenge.At work, I...
View ArticleMired in laziness
Layers A few things are niggling me. One is layers. Seems like they multiply like rabbits. If you are drawing a single level house it is nice to have a certain set of layers. If you are doing a...
View ArticleDrawing sections and elevations in the same place
Continued.I have to admit defeat on this one. Apparently on a recent job we had a coved ceiling on the elevation, and naughty me drew a standard section, using my separate is good technique, leading my...
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Drawing a Roof Structure Using 3D solids in Autocad
Where I work as an architectural draftsman, I recently had to draw a renovation that had a nasty roof on it. Not that nasty, but the question was, if a wall was removed, will the roof fall down?By...
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Modelling a Cleaner's Trolley
For the last week and a half, I have been laid off work (boss overloaded), so I have been keeping myself busy by entering competitions. Be warned, these do not pay very much, and if you do not win,...
View ArticleI did it myyyyy way!
Which, sometimes, is not everyone else's way! Recently the boss got me onto a duplex. The source was a drawing already done by an architect in cad, as a PDF file.Oh goody, I thought, I can try out the...
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An Architectural Detail Inserter
Over the years, I have noticed that as a contractor arriving at a new workplace which has other Autocad draftsmen, I would enthusiastically inform them that they could use a lisp routine or button to...
View ArticleHardware and Software for CAD
I must be nuts! Writing on 3 CAD blogs?Autocad RevitSketchupSoftware: Not such an easy question to answer, mine at the moment is swinging towards using Autocad 3D solids to model houses. This after...
View ArticleThe Old Draftsman
Once Upon a Time, a young engineer went for a walk in the forest.He came upon an old man, sitting on a tree stump, staring into space."Hello," he said, "What are you doing here?""Ah," said the old man,...
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Finally retired?
Maybe. I have been doing domestic stuff , and in between times entering competitions on Freelancer.My designs are OK, but there is always some genius out there who usually trumps me at the last minute...
View ArticleRectangle Listing Autolisp
Code as below-seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lus7WLJ2wJQ&feature=youtu.beIt numbers rectangles and then lists their coordintes in a comma delimited file, ie .csv;Program written by Bill Le...
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Housing Crisis?
Housing seems to cost a lot. At least it does in New Zealand, where I live.I thought it might be fun to design a cheap way of building, using commonly available products.This represents the minimum...
View ArticleDown Autocad memory Lane
Around 1991, I remember spending $2400 on an AT, IBM clone, it had a 80286 processor and probably 1k of ram....My daughter and and I used to play Captain Comic on it.It had a 14" Colour monitor, not...
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The Angry Draftsman and a Door Plan View Never Seen Before on the Internet!
Maybe it is because I have just spent 77 hours on a framing job (3 different houses, one set of drawings) that ended up with about 62 panels drawn.One thing as an architectural draftsman I would do...
View ArticleUsing ChatGPT as an Autocad help
Interested in such things, I logged on when I had a problem recently.I had a 3D model and in wireframe mode all the solids showed up. Switching to Conceptual mode and one of them disappeared.I...
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Drawing a Roof Structure Using Autocad Solids
Yes, completely mad. I have drawn a rammed earth house roof from whoa to go in 11 x 15 minute videos. I did not design this building.These were rendered in Autodesk Showcase, as I had problems...
View ArticleAutolisp Routines for labelling piping PIDs
I am now working at a product process consultancy and one of the tasks is to look at a PID, and work out where the pipes on the diagram go.Sometimes, there are no line numbers, so to make things easier...
View ArticleA simpler time, fun with BIM360, StreamBIM, Navisworks, late payers, and...
Just checked my blog stats, seems I have 2 followers. Seem to get a few views so onwards! Once upon a time, I was a manual draftsman, with a set of pens, plastic templates and a compass. These were...
View ArticleMinor CAD Rant about who expects what
Hmmf!....I was thinking that I might be chucking the job in around the end of August.Still going!It is Xmas holidays and I have come to the end of my project, for the past week working about 2-3 hours...
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