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...
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...
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
i dont. my co-workers do.
from the begginning when i learned CAD i was taught to never draw on the zero layer. i dont remember anymore why they told me not to. but i just dont.
is there a valid reason why u shouldnt draw on 0?
ps. damn i cant make a poll, owell.
Hey:
i currently use 05' and we're soon switching to 06'. i already installed it but im too swamped to configure it.
anyways, im looking into creating some commands specific to the type of work im doing and have a few ideas of what i want the program to do for me.
Does anyone know how to go...
Okey.
I have a part i am going to cast out of aluminum. I will use a three part mold. Think of a fat bottom wine bottle without the bottom wall, and a flanged spout.
So I will have a male mold for the inside and two females for the outside.
I started by placing my part in a new assembly and...
Hello Board:
I am having trouble unfolding a sheetmetal part.
The part happens to have 90deg sharp bends and two .187 radius 90deg bends.
I know i should first use the "insert bends" feature, however, this feature only lets me assign ONE radius to all bends!!!
Once i use insert the bends...
