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So, here I am working for a company in San Jose
doing some drafting and design...problem is I have
2005, three guys have 2002, one guy has 2004, and
another fellow has 2000. What's a gal to do?
Download the free utility from Autodesk that allows you to batch convert a set of drawings from 2004 format all the way down to R14, if needed. Not only that... I can save the drawing set to reconvert if needed. |
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For the past couple of weeks I have been working for
a small company in North San Jose trying to organize
their documentation.
The big challenge they have is creating documentation packages. Daily, they create C and D size sets of drawings for various projects. They want to be able to pull these drawing sets together at a minute's notice. They take the sets out to the customer site, redline them, and then they want the corrections to be done quickly and efficiently. The first thing I did was set up a master control drawing for each document package and then xrefed all the drawings that went into the set. The master control drawing has the project number; i.e. 179051- xx. The -xx indicates that it is the master drawing. I then created a layout sheet for each drawing in the package. The layout name is the same as the title of the xrefed drawing. This makes it easy for me to navigate through the package easily when I need to modify the drawings. The system they use for rev control is similar to most companies I have worked for...basically, they re- save the drawing with the new revision level as part of the file name. To manage this, I will open the xref that needs to be modified and then re-save it with the new file name. I then make the modifications. Next, I attach the updated drawing as a new xref using the insertion point of the current xref. I then detach the old rev. This keeps my drawing package intact, my layouts in good order, and everything in good shape. To make it even more efficient, I add custom fields for the customer information. I then add those fields to the titleblocks on each layout sheet. By having the fields as part of the master control drawing, I can apply and update the data across the entire drawing project using FIND (the find and replace tool inside of AutoCAD). To plot the documentation package, I use the Sheet Set Manager. By loading in my master control drawing, all my layouts are automatically available to me and I can plot out the entire set with a single command. By leveraging the tools inside of AutoCAD 2005, I have taken a job that used to take their drafters days (2-3 days to process the redlines) and hours (more than hour to plot out an entire drawing package), and gotten it down to minutes. |
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My son was working in ADT2005 and wanted to
perform a Saveas. Everytime he tried, he would get
an error message saying ADT couldn't save because
a command was active. He tried pressing ESCAPE to
no avail. He could issue other commands, like LINE,
COPY, etc. with no problems.
My work-around? I told him to type WBLOCK at the command line and block out the entire drawing. This is the same as performing a SaveAs with the added bonus of purging any unused layers, etc. Worked fine for him. This is one thing I like about AutoCAD...there's more than one way to solve any problem. |
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