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  1. Bloodwig80

    Favorite Command/Shortcut

    thanks flores it worked great!
  2. Bloodwig80

    Linetype in Layout Space

    everything here has been covered that i know of.
  3. Bloodwig80

    Favorite Command/Shortcut

    lha (Civil/Environme) 22 Jul 05 9:54 I had to add the shortcuts to .pgp, they weren't there. TT = _TXT2MTXT = Convert single line text (yucky!) to Mtext. Use it constantly. LD = LWDisplay = Makes lineweight appear as they will plot. By default, it is OFF, I always turn it ON. Lha...
  4. Bloodwig80

    autocad blocks

    if your acad version came equipped with DesignCenter then you have a small library of objects. Hit Ctrl + 2 to pull it up.
  5. Bloodwig80

    Should i draw in Imperial or Metric???

    thanks Mike, thanks everyone. I will do some more research on this.
  6. Bloodwig80

    Should i draw in Imperial or Metric???

    sorry if i confused you. I quote you: "The way that I would personally look at it is like this... A table top would represent the x and y planes (length and width of the table top) and the distance from the table top to the floor, along the table leg, would be the z plane." It was taught to...
  7. Bloodwig80

    Should i draw in Imperial or Metric???

    Okey let me elaborate on my first post. Thinking in terms of a room, my understanding is that in Metric Orientation: -X plane is a flat plane, as in a table top. -Y is standing perp to, like a wall. In imperial: -X axis is the wall -Y is the table top. I may be completely off but then this...
  8. Bloodwig80

    Should i draw in Imperial or Metric???

    I work for an aluminum canopy manufacturer. Our canopies are installed in schools all over the southern United States. My department currently draws everything in 2D AutoCAD, then the shop drawings go to the factory, everything is prefabricated and sent out in trucks to the field location...
  9. Bloodwig80

    Icebreakers

    there's a ton of replies here. i read the first 15 or so. ive been to Go-Kart days with a company. It was a ton of fun. Also worked for a company that brought in a masseusee every other friday and gave 30 minute massages to employees. they were both fun and i loved them... but what do i...
  10. Bloodwig80

    Favorite Command/Shortcut

    ^and... what does that do? :]
  11. Bloodwig80

    Hyperlinks inside drawings problem.

    yeah you guys are correct. they were relative. thanks.
  12. Bloodwig80

    Hyperlinks inside drawings problem.

    Okey. I have assembled a Template File that has pretty much all the information needed to start a new job (layers, dimstyles, plotstyles, page setups, sections, notes, etc etc etc) Additionally, i made a text chart with a listing of all the categories in our details bank. The items in this...
  13. Bloodwig80

    Favorite Command/Shortcut

    LWdisplay in paper space. works good, lets you see what your plot style will look like before you print. neat.
  14. Bloodwig80

    Favorite Command/Shortcut

    Everyone has a favorite shortcut. what's yours? if you have several go ahead and list them. also if you created your own hotkeys u can list them also as someone else may benefit from it. My favorites: -Layout Scrolling: Ctrl + Page Up/down -Clean workplace: Ctrl + 0 -Match Properties: Ctrl + M
  15. Bloodwig80

    AutoCad 2005 is killing us!

    exploding polys and hatches will significantly slow down big drawings. make sure you never explode hatches especially.
  16. Bloodwig80

    Printing ALL layouts

    i set up all my sheets when i first start the drawing and then everytime there is a rev i utilize the Publish command. the only downside is that if you have a 'default' page setup chances are your drawing may get chopped off. I get that a lot on older drawings that were made by previous...
  17. Bloodwig80

    Autocad 2006 Express Menu

    lol i loaded the express menu and all the others disappear. its an 'either or' type of deal. im running 05 on xp.
  18. Bloodwig80

    Do you draw on the 0 'zero' layer?

    i am a little confused on the blockmaking while in zero. so what you guys are saying is: -lets say a block contains objects from 10 diferent layers. -make Zero current layer -make block ?is that correct? what abuot inserting those blocks. insert them while being current on the Zero layer...
  19. Bloodwig80

    Do you draw on the 0 'zero' layer?

    link worked for me.
  20. Bloodwig80

    CADD course for a veteran user, yeah or neah?

    I learned a lot with a private tutor. It was paid for by the company i worked for. He would come in once a week and i would bombard the guy with all sorts of questions about the program. While he was answering them, other questions would surface and he would elaborate further and further...

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