We will be acquiring several new machines in the near future. The plan is to run AutoCAD 2009 on all machines and Revit on about 20% of the machines. The person responsible for the purchase is planning on the "System 1" machines. The only other option is the "System 2" machine.
I'm concerned...
Never written VBA code and feel a bit intimidated. May be that this is a good time to start??
So, here's what I'm trying to do. I have two worksheets full of data. The worksheets are updated monthly with new rows added anywhere in the table. The data is in a random order. The goal is to compare...
A client has several labs with duplex receptacles mounted on cable tray (all below the ceiling). Equipment on benches, tables or floor is plugged into the receptacles. They would like a similar approach for a new lab. I thought the installation of receptacles at this height for equipment mounted...
Not sure if this is the right place to post...if not, please let me know.
I'm looking for under carpet wiring system manufacturers. I looked on line, but have had very little luck. I'm looking for both 120V (receptacles) and phone/data cabling. I used a system several years ago (maybe 10 years)...
End user is trying to minimize project cost and has a spare starter in an MCC that he wants to reuse and serve a piece of packaged mechanical (multiple motors) equipment. The equipment is equipped with an integral control panel that protects the motors. The starter would protect the feeder only...
I'm trying to use the auto fill feature of excel to do the following:
Say I have data in column A, rows 1-25 on sheet 1. I want to from sheet 2 pull data from column A row 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. I tried using:
=sheet1!A1
=sheet1!A3
Then use the autofill feature, but get the following:
=sheet1!A1...
I've seen multiple designs for concrete encased ductbanks. Have see a copper ground wire cast in a ductbank a couple of times, but not sure why this was done.
What is the technical reason for including a bare copper ground wire in a ductbank?
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Are there any code required clearances for outdoor, pad-mounted, mineral oil-filled transformers from buildings, doors, windows, etc?
transformer....<1500kVA, 13.2kV or 4.16kV primary, 480Y/277 or 208Y/120 secondary
I've checked article 450 of the NEC. The article requires that safeguards be...
I've been able to create a custom linetype with text.
The problem...
When plotting using a thin lineweight everything looks great. When plotting using a heavy lineweight, the text is a little too heavy. Is there anyway to plot the text thinner than the line?
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I've seen more than one client's standard requiring 22kAIC breakers on all 208Y/120V systems. 10k breakers are unacceptable. When asked why - I've always heard "That's the way we've always done it," or "It's our standard." Is there a good reason (or any reason) for this requirement?
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I'm looking for a routine that will allow me to select text (source of text string) and select a second text and automatically match the second text string to the first text string.
Not sure if I'm explaining this well. So, lets say I have two separate text strings...text 1 = "this is an...
I've got a drawing with text. The text is an attribute defintion (similar to using attdef command to put text in a drawing). Not sure why this was done...maybe part of a block someone exploded and then changed the attribute tag so that the drawing "looked right"??
When I try to xref this...
