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Greetings!
Checking Files In & Out in Inventor
If you have set up your project as a multi-user project,
you can check files in and out.
This allows you to control which versions are in use.
If you don't want to check in and check out files, set
the Multi User to Off. This is done in the Projects
dialog.
If you select the Down arrow next to Model, you see
that you have a choice of File Status. You only see
the File Status option on projects where the Multi-User
is set to Shared. Select File Status.
Download the tutorial
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Have you Registered to See 2005? |
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If you haven't registered for the Go Further event in
Millbrae, CA on April 23, you are running out of time.
If you aren't in Northern California, do not dispair.
Lynn Allen has packed her bags and she will be coming
to a city near you. And if she isn't...or you can't tear
yourself away from the office, you can still participate
in a webcast from the comfort of your cubicle.
The Go Further Tour is Autodesk's best road show yet
to educate and entertain you on the latest Autodesk
products. Don't miss it!
Register today »
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The New Quick Help in 2005 |
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Back in AutoCAD2000, Autodesk brought in a quick help
function, similar to the smarmy paperclip in Windows
Excel. This pop-up dialog will come up everytime the
user would initiate a command.
Now in 2005, you have Quick Help that operates under
the same principle. By default it is turned off, but you
can turn it on, by typing ASSIST on the command line.
The good news is it is not nearly as annoying as the
previous version. It now is a tool palette that you can
collapse and then only activate when you are running
into trouble.
For novice users to AutoCAD 2005, it will surely be
helpful. Old-time users will never need to know it exists.
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SVAPU Meeting Postponed |
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The SVAPU meeting that was supposed to be held this
week has been moved to a new date -April 22.
Before I took over as president, during Dean's last year
as president, meetings were often postponed, moved,
or cancelled. This was usually because there were
problems with finding a meeting space, funding, or
getting speakers. I have no doubt that Dean, who is
back as SVAPU president, will shake things out and get
things back on track.
Of course, knowing Dean, this might be a tactic to build
traffic to SVAPU's website. If they keep changing the
meeting day, you have to keep up with it on the
website.
The best I can advise is to check the website before
you make a trip out to a SVAPU meeting so you don't
waste your time. I apologize to anyone who showed up
at the meeting this week only to find out it was a no-
go.
Check out SVAPU's website »
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Tool for Network and CAD Managers |
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JTB FlexReport is a report tool for applications using the
FLEXlm software licensing. Do you want to optimize
your software purchases tomorrow? JTB FlexReport is a
inexpensive solution that will help you. By the tracking
JTB FlexReport does and the graphic reports that can
be produced JTB FlexReport will help you to manage
and forecast license usage at your company. Is
SAMsuite or SAMreport a too expensive product? Then
take a good look at JTB FlexReport
You can download a free trial at the link below.
Even if you are a single user, you may find a free
download on this site that may interest you...there are
several lisp routines and other interesting items...check
it out!
Learn more... »
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Converting a Space to an Area in ADT |
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To convert a space to an area:
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Select the Document tools tab on the tool palette.
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Highlight the Area tool.
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Right click and select Apply Tool Properties to Linework
and AEC Objects
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Select all the spaces.
You can window around all the spaces and it will
automatically filter out all the tags.
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Where's the Content? |
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In previous releases of ADT, you could link to a page on
Autodesk's website to access free AEC content for use
in ADT. Initially, it was on Point A, but that website
was shut down last year. Then, it was moved to
Autodesk's website.
You used to be able to access the content through a
toolbutton or through the menu. Now, I couldn't even
locate the content doing a search on Autodesk's
website. Thanks to Paul Aubin, who pointed me to the
correct link.
This content is everything from door styles to window
assemblies. There used to be a lot more content...I
recall furniture as well as furnaces and casework. This
content represented a great body of work and a
wonderful resource for ADT users.
Why Autodesk decided to cut down on the content and
make it difficult for users to find is anyone's guess. Is
this a devious way to push ADT users to Revit?
Check it out... »
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Habla Espanol? |
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If you are Spanish speaking or can read Spanish, you
may want to check out the link below...a great
resource for ADT users in Latino countries.
This website has free downloads, tutorials, news, and
q&a forums - all in Spanish.
For Spanish-literate architects »
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BACKGROUNDPLOT - NEW 2005 SYSTEM VARIABLE |
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OK, I am sure this system variable is useful to some
people.
Let's say you have set up a scene with a background.
Maybe you don't want the background to plot because
you are just testing your rendering and don't need the
background. You would not want the background to
plot because it would take too long to plot or it would
waste ink, or whatever.
Now you have a system variable that controls whether
background plotting is turned on or off for plotting and
publishing. By default, background plotting is turned off
for plotting and on for publishing.
Value PLOT PUBLISH
0 Foreground Foreground
1 Background Foreground
2 Foreground Background
3 Background Background
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