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  1. Need advice about wasted time in the office

    I am from a small office (3 drafters, 1 office manager and 2 principals) and I have seen a growing use of the internet and a LOT of time being wasted...

    Started by gbelous, 27th Jul 2010 03:00 pm
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  2. Large Format Document Scanners

    Hi, I have been tasked with selecting a scanner for our large format construction documents, and I'm looking for opinions as to the best ones for...

    Started by Shawndoe, 23rd Jul 2010 12:44 am
    large format scanning, xerox 6279
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    28th Jul 2010 08:49 pm Go to last post
  3. Architectural Clean Up Routine?

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone could assist me. I work for a consultancy and we receive regular architectural drawing updates. I wanted to try and...

    Started by thedissident001, 27th Jul 2010 12:57 am
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  4. Basic CAD commands

    Does anybody know where I can get a "basic" list of cad commands? I have some guys that are just learning and it would help me out to have a list of...

    Started by kevin1973, 26th Apr 2010 03:15 pm
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    26th Jul 2010 11:28 am Go to last post
  5. Project management mess: how to get it right?

    Hi, I am the tech consultant of a small interior design company. They asked me to sort out a difficult situation that i will explain shortly....

    Started by Prorad, 16th Jun 2010 11:07 am
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    19th Jul 2010 09:15 am Go to last post
  6. Poll Poll: Technician, drafter or designer?

    I made a suggestion to my supervisor the other day that we should be called CAD Technicians, rather than CAD Designers. All four of us in the CAD...

    Started by SuperCAD, 9th Nov 2008 06:12 am
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    15th Jul 2010 07:26 pm Go to last post
  7. AutoCAD and homegroup server

    Hi, I have just upgraded my work laptop to windows 7 and we are accessing our files through a homegroup. The problem we are having is when we go...

    Started by bmaus, 15th Jul 2010 03:02 pm
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    15th Jul 2010 04:11 pm Go to last post
  8. Smile Screen Shots on Dual Monitors - FYI

    Just thought I'd drop a tip on you guys. I did a quick search, and didn't see anything related, so. If you run dual monitors, then taking...

    Started by Bmapper, 15th Jun 2010 04:07 pm
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    14th Jul 2010 04:30 pm Go to last post
  9. Project and client database

    Hello! We are looking to improve our office management at work. We are an engineering/architecture consultancy and would have dozens of...

    Started by jamie78, 29th Jun 2010 10:55 pm
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    12th Jul 2010 09:34 pm Go to last post
  10. Xref Layer names

    Hi Everyone, Does anyone have a lisp/script that will strip the xref layername from Bound drawings. Please.

    Started by omega1227, 10th Jun 2010 06:53 am
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    10th Jul 2010 04:21 pm Go to last post
  11. CAD Management- Space planning help? Sarah

    :unsure: Hi, I need some help and advice in setting up CAD standards/ cad management from scratch for a furniture/ space planning company. ...

    Started by sgrant, 21st May 2010 07:22 pm
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    10th Jul 2010 03:32 pm Go to last post
  12. Performance Tuner Problem

    I'm having issues with my cursor jumping around..One of the things I read to do was to update your performance tuner..I went to "3dconfig" and hit...

    Started by Jessica28, 9th Jul 2010 03:50 pm
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  13. Cad Handbook!

    Alright, after about a year of employment at my current job.. I've finally caught enough time to sit down and put some of our company CAD standards...

    Started by Pineapple, 25th Aug 2008 04:42 pm
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    30th Jun 2010 11:44 am Go to last post
  14. Drawing Numbering

    Hi All, I am updating the drawing templates and processes for my office and have come across an issue that I can't figure how best to resolve. We...

    Started by memphis710, 29th Jun 2010 11:25 am
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  15. How to locking cad drawings?

    Hello everybody! I want to ask about the way to locking a cad drawing. Because my investors want to see and check my drawing. But I but I fear that...

    Started by TuKhuyen, 20th Jun 2010 11:07 am
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  16. AutoCAD or Revit??

    I have been working with AutoCAD last 12years.I used to work with only Architectural Working Drawing.Recently my office start to working with revit...

    Started by josemukalel, 13th Jun 2010 07:21 am
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    17th Jun 2010 11:15 pm Go to last post
  17. Starting AutoCAD takes long time

    Dear friends, Whenever we are opening New AutoCAD, it struggled at 98% and wait for 2 to 3 minutes to complete the process. 1. What it is...

    Started by muthu123, 8th Jun 2010 09:14 am
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    17th Jun 2010 10:37 am Go to last post
  18. getting users to use lisp where possible

    Hi, Was wondering what other firms do to encourage users to utilise the Lisp files that they have at their disposal. A lot of users are not...

    Started by feargt, 15th Jun 2010 10:29 am
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    15th Jun 2010 01:45 pm Go to last post
  19. Smile copy and paste

    When I copy an object from a drawing and paste to another drawing, it take a while. I did not have this issue before Please advise Thanks

    Started by ninh, 2nd Apr 2010 12:26 am
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    10th Jun 2010 06:50 am Go to last post
  20. DWG to JPG

    Hello All, Does anyone know of a free DWG to JPG conveter? I don't use it enough to justify paying $75 for one. If not is there anyone willing to...

    Started by AckermanFancy, 6th Feb 2009 05:56 am
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    9th Jun 2010 03:33 pm Go to last post
  21. Layer States

    We're in the midst of standardizing our cad dwg's and i've been interested more in exporting/importing Layer States. pretty straight forward but is...

    Started by N_461, 7th Jun 2010 08:17 pm
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    8th Jun 2010 04:32 pm Go to last post
  22. Six Sigma implementation

    As some of you may be aware, I recently started working for a major sub-contract company as a Senior Cad/Cam Engineer. During my interview I was told...

    Started by stevsmith, 29th May 2010 10:20 am
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    30th May 2010 11:04 am Go to last post
  23. Drawing cleanliness

    As some of you know from my other thread, I have been trying to implement a new office standards when it comes to cad and printing, but another topic...

    Started by gbelous, 23rd Mar 2010 02:06 pm
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  24. Releasing CAD Files

    I'm not sure if this is the best spot to post this, but I'll give it a shot. Many of our drawings end up with a fair number of layouts (10-15+) &...

    Started by Schumi, 30th Apr 2010 05:41 pm
    • Replies: 3
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    24th May 2010 06:01 am Go to last post
  25. the best software for preparing PDF file

    Hi, we are in Design consulting firm, we produce a lot PDF file for clients. Our current PDF driver/generator is only PDF995 which free from net. ...

    Started by The Courage Dog, 15th Jan 2010 07:11 am
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    20th May 2010 12:27 am Go to last post

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