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Everybody draws Process and Instrumentation Drawings...don't they?
This just goes on and on. Just when I thought I was nearing half way, the "man" said to me:"Bill, of course you are doing a Bill of Material for every drawing?"After picking myself up off the floor...
View ArticleProject Organisation
About one year ago at work I started work on a project to install a new packing machine where I work.In my usual carefree fashion, I organised one drawing to do this. Even though I had my newly...
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Sheetmetal-Pretty Basic
Vanilla Autocad does not have a trick for doing simple folded sheet metal developments.(Hey, we're only up to Release 18 or so, maybe in release 44....) When I say simple, I mean a piece of sheet metal...
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Drawing an archimedes screw in Autocad
Recently, a man at my work wanted me to draw the junction of a double screw conveyor. It was a long screw conveyor, and had a hanger bearing in the middle that was causing some trouble. This was the...
View ArticleCunning plans: How to get Autocad to work smarter?
One of the frequent insults hurled at Autocad is that it is not an intelligent program.Problems with XrefsI have tried to steer my drafting life clear of xrefs, for the reason that when I'm gone, some...
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End of an Autocad Website
My site bilrocad.com has just expired. My original idea was to make a small income from posting blocks, lisp routines and so on. I did make $2.89 or so. After a few years, I did away with the...
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Much Posting on Youtube
Today is my last day on Autocad Subscription. If I had found some drafting to do at home for money, then most likely I would have paid up to keep the suite going. I had thought that by now I would be...
View ArticleAutocad Dimension Crazy!
Well, maybe not crazy, but a little irritating.I have just gone back to by old work for a short time to earn a few dollars to pay for a tooth that fell out.The man who took over from me is an engineer,...
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Drawing a house in Autocad 3D Solids
I have become the magpie of CAD software, dabbling in, but never quite mastering Inventor, Solidworks, Vectorworks,Chief Architect, and so on.The thing that strikes me with most of the architectural...
View ArticleNew ways of using Autocad
My new job has offered up some different ways of doing things.1. You work "in the viewport", from paperspace. You can do this because the viewport's property is "locked". Very disconcerting for an...
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So.....which is faster, Autocad or Revit?
I have just spent most of the weekend producing 10 videos, uploaded to Youtube, for the Autocad section of this test. Just a bog standard NZ house, single level, part brick and weatherboard.Plan,...
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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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