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I saw this at this year's Autodesk University and Project Dasher is a Autodesk Research project. Project Dasher combines the information model with real sensor data to provide owners with much greater insight into building performance.
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Posted 12/17/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Building
New technology released from Autodesk Labs. Project Galileo is an easy-to-use planning tool for creating 3D city models from civil, geospatial and building data, and 3D models.
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Posted 12/15/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Civil
For you that develop your own families you might have ran into an issue with how the new "properties" work in 2011 product. You might want to look at this link and check out how there is a new fix for this that might become permanent in the next release.
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Posted 12/13/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Building
In a BIM construction project, building information models that are from different disciplines need to be coordinated. There are some new tools to export from Revit and import to Revit for Revit and Tekla users to easily and effectively coordinate their models. Link Here
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Posted 11/4/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Building
Autodesk® Subscription Advantage Packs help you get ahead by giving you early access to the latest product enhancements. Available for select products, Subscription Advantage Packs vary and can include additional product features, integrated web services, and robust design content. These enhancements expand software capabilities, promote collaboration, support sustainable design, and enrich renderings. Autodesk® Subscription Advantage Packs help you stay on the leading edge of your industry with the most current software features, and can increase your productivity with new functionality that helps you visualize and design faster. Link Here
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Posted 10/20/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Building
AutoCAD
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Civil
Autodesk Users Group International (AUGI) has opened up the voting for what you might want to see for new features in the next release of AutoCAD. Remember all of these great tools would be available on all of the verticals, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map, Plant 3D and etc. You need to be a member but remember it is free and there are some great benefits to being an AUGI member.
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Posted 10/8/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Civil
In this Tips and Tricks I want to talk about a way of modifying an arc to the correct length on the AutoCAD 2011 platform that will save you some time and less picks and clicks. I bring this up because sometimes people ask if you can draw such an arc. From what I know there seems to be no direct way to do this. There are some methods that seem to allow you to define length – for example start, center, length – but this is defining the chord length, not the arc length. Now there might be a way to calculate the angle using a mathematic calculation, and after you get the angle value, then you can draw it, but to me that doesn’t sound like “Auto”CAD. For my work I will draw the arc, then modify it using the lengthen tool.
The lengthen tool allows you to define the object total length, including an arc. When using the lengthen command, use the option called “total,” then type the distance you want. The sequence is below:
Command: LENGTHEN
Select an object or [DElta/Percent/Total/DYnamic]: T
Specify total length or [Angle] <1.0000)>: 3’
Select an object to change or [Undo]:
If you select the arc and right-click and select “properties,” you can see that the arc has been modified to the new total length. Remember that this command works on different objects and is not just for arcs. The option of “total” is just one of many to choose from. Delta changes the length of an object by a specified increment, measured from the endpoint that is closest to the selection point. Delta also changes the angle of an arc by a specified increment, measured from the endpoint that is closest to the selection point. A positive value extends the object; a negative value trims it. Angle changes the included angle of the selected arc by the specified angle. Percent sets the length of an object by a specified percentage of its total length.
Now I would hope in a future release that we can change some of these values using the properties, or better yet using the new grips that we have, especially when selecting an arc. I hope this helps in doing fewer picks and clicks in AutoCAD. See you in class...
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Posted 9/29/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Building
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Civil
McGraw Hill Construction Continuing Education Center has a article on radiant heating. After reading the article you have the ability to take a online test and get a one hour credit for your LEED Credential Maintenance.
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Posted 9/1/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Building
Project Photofly is a technology preview of automatically converting photographs shot around an object or a scene into "Photo Scenes" using the power of cloud computing. The photographs can be shot with any standard digital camera.
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Posted 8/10/2010 by CAD-1 |
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Civil
In this Tips and Tricks I want to talk about the new object creation, selection and display options on the AutoCAD 2011 platform that will save you time, picks and clicks. The first is the ability to create new objects based on existing content that you already have in the drawing. Now some of you might say just use the copy command; but once you see how this tool works, you’ll see that this might be a better solution. A lot of times we need to draw lines, arcs, and circles with the same layer, color and linetype, and this is a very simple tool to start using. Select an existing line in your drawing and right-click. On the menu is a command called “add selected.” Select it, and now notice that you are drawing a line with the same properties as the other. Hopefully no more drawing lines on the wrong layer.
The next command is a tool to help you select multiple items of the same kind. This is great tool if you need to switch all of the objects to a different layer, or maybe it is text and you need to change the height. To use the command, select an object that you want to change and right click. On the menu select “Select Similar.” Notice how everything else in the drawing using the same properties is now automatically selected. Now, using the properties command, you can change the properties and everything is updated.
The next command changes the visibility of objects. A lot of you have used the “isolate layer” command, but this takes it a step further. Select a series of objects, and make sure they are on different layers to really see how this command can work for you. Once you select the objects, right click. On the menu select the sub-menu called “Isolate,” then select “Isolate Objects.” Notice how everything else turns off except for those objects that you selected. So the big thing with this command is that layers don’t matter. To see the whole drawing again, select the “red light bulb” at the bottom right corner under the command line. You can also reverse this idea and use “Hide Objects” so everything that was selected gets turned off.
This is a small example of what is new with the AutoCAD 2011 platform. It should help in doing fewer picks and clicks in AutoCAD. See you in class, Jarod Schultz
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Posted 7/19/2010 by CAD-1 |
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AutoCAD