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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...