I use construction lines quite a lot to translate dimensions from a plan onto an elevation for example, like we used to on a drawing board with first and third angle projection (anybody remember those?). We could just use lines but that would mean specifying a start point and then zooming\panning to specify an end …
The AutoCAD Measure command doesn’t actually measure something as you’d expect from the command name, instead it allows us to create points along an entity at set intervals along the entity length, each point can be represented by a node or a defined block. The command can be found on the Ribbon on the Home …
If you are just getting started or looking to start using Autodesk Revit then here are a few things you may want to consider. Moving from AutoCAD and 2D based design to 3D modelling with Revit How does Revit differ from AutoCAD? Whilst AutoCAD is your general drawing tool to produce design, construction drawings and …
New Install Experience The new install features a much easier way to install AutoCAD directly from the Autodesk Desktop App. Floating Tabs New floating tabs have been added which allows you to drag, drop and re-size a drawing tab anywhere on your screen or even drag them onto another monitor. This enables you to view …
It is important when producing drawings that all lines, blocks and annotations are assigned to the correct layers and not just to one layer (i.e. layer 0) or random layers within a drawing. This needs to be followed by everyone who produces drawings for that organisation (internal and external). Now I have personally developed and …
How do you update existing Plant 3D tags after you edit the format in the project settings? In this blog I will show exactly how to netload a DLL file which allows you to update the tags after changing the tag format in a P&ID drawing / Plant 3D model. Simply follow the steps below, provided …
How to export an Inventor model giving it maximum functionality within Plant 3D Introduction Autodesk Inventor is a great tool for any mechanical design project and with the Tube and Pipe environment it is also very good at doing small plant skids and plant rooms. For large scale plant factories and the like, it is …
Autodesk Docs is a great tool to able to track changes on your designs whether you are using 2D or 3D design workflows. Autodesk Docs is hot of the press and available inside your AEC Collection subscription licenses. It’s a powerful tool allowing you to share information, create mark-ups, issue track and much more. If …