Forum: CAD Management

Hi, I am exporting a LisCAD file to AutoCAD and get all points and contour heights with it. I'm not sure how annotation works, that you only should add text and dimensions in paper space...? ...

I'm going to set up my workspace in Autocad LT and found out it does not have a profiles tab. Is there any way to save it in case I have to put on a fresh install in the future? Thanks Dan

Hello All! So I've got my checked standards function working for layers only, and I'm coming up with 0 errors...which is a good thing. Now, it I add a layer, the check standards recognizes it as...

I am trying to get the CAD Department a little more advanced. We have made many changes and want to make more. One subject came up as to having "Prefab" bathroom plumbing connection drawings made...

Hi guy's. I've been toying with the idea of buying an SSD for my laptop for several months now. I currently run SW 2012 and Draftsight. How much of a significant difference would the SSD make? If...

I'd like to know how CAD Managers build and test new company settings and installations? - I have been working with an old decrepid PC that I have stripped everything Autodesk related from it...

Our company is about to deply AutoCAD 2013. I really want to deply it with a custom profile as default instead on the Imperial one we normally get out of the box. I was asked to find out about...

Is there a way I can force AutoCAD to run my company template for first run installations? I have a start up script and enviromentals set to load search paths and I have set a number of these in...

How do you do detail sheets? I do each detail as a separate drawing then x-ref each detail into a sheet file. I see many people draw details in the sheet file. For me, doing individual...

Do companies set Autocad up to their liking or do they have the employee set up the layers etc..? Or does it just depend on the company? What do Drafter 1 typically get to do? Do they give you...

I work for a general contractor and we routinely get these projects that are 800 + blueprints from the architects we work with. The problem is we receive the blueprints in PDF format or some times...

I was attempting to copy and paste an object that was drawn on a scale of 1:1. I don't know how but it magnified many times , I am guessing eight. I dont know what I done but when i checked previous...

Hello, I have run into the mundane task after completing a project and going to review that many stupid mundane things needed to be changed in tables / dimenion's text type's and multileaders. ...

We are building a custom CUIx file for enterprise level distribution, company wide. When any changes are made to the CUIx file, it's still partially loaded but the Ribbon Tabs/Panels drop off the...

Is it possible to have an excel spreadsheet open on the same screen as Auto cad drawings where I might take values from the drawing and collate on the spread sheet.

Hi There, I have worked for a company for several years as a structural draughtsman. As this was my first job in the industry I had no point of reference to know whether the way we do things is...

Hi! I'm a longtime forum user, but I've never posted before. I work at a small architecture firm (4-5 people), and we've always taken a pretty hodgepodge approach to CAD management. All of our...