Forum: CAD Management

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...

Hello all, I have an admin question. We are about to roll out a whole new set of CAD administrative files. What I'm inquiring about is how best to divide my own personal LISP routines with those...

So, I have wanted to ask this to see what others felt about it. Sorry for the long caveat! I kind of went wild on this one. "Privacy Statements" on final CAD/drawings are kind of a grey area...

So I have been given the task of maintaining our library/CAD Standards, Specs, Palettes etc. The company previously had a co-op stduent (who was very capable with CAD) setup all the blocks/palettes....

Has anyone here used CadStudio's Jobtime program? I'm testing it to see if we can implement it at my work, but it doesn't seem very user intuitive. I can't find where it stores the log file to save...

I am interested to hear how others in the civil engineering field in particular setup their drawings. How we do it currently (or at least how people should grr) is the model is at scale 1:1 on...

I have searched the forum and found how to add my profile to the switch in the shortcut and have tried it, but that isn't working. I have tried it with and without quotes. Neither work. Another...

Is there a way to transfer all personal settings to another computer (not networked)? Settings like: everything under Tools/Options, acad.PGP, toolbars, etc... Or just literally all settings. ...

I design and install fire alarms. It is required that I develop and submit drawings for each fire alarm I install (state code) I mostly have my own standards the I came up with my self but I think I...

Hi All, I have had loads of problems with sync 2013 not syncing, but to be honest it hasn't really bothered me until now. But I'm about to order a tablet computer, and it would be great to use...

Hello there, is anybody there has an idea how to convert text from microsation to acad. I have tried copying some text format but it didnt work. Thanks. . .

I was wondering...if I have a list of subfolders in a single location, can I load ONLY the root folder into AutoCad's support file search path? Will this include all the subfolders when AutoCad is...

As a company we have always stubbornly printed drawings in PDF form. The excuse is our client want PDF drawings. However, I feel like it is just what people are used to and don't want to fiddle...

Hello everyone, First off; please move this thread if in the wrong sub-forum. I have created a "protected" Excel spread sheet with the text, and data formatted the way i want it to display....

I have an issue where my custom tools on a tool palette allof a sudden stopped working correctly… If I open the source file the tools work as they should,correctly. But when I open a new filefrom...

I've installed a student version of autocad 2013...When I go to the "options" dialog box i'm not seeing the AEC tabs...At work i have 5 AEC tabs starting with AEC Editor...DOes anyone know why i...

We have a hard time to add blocks to the Tool Palette. By the book it should be simply like drag and drop, but in our case the block does not stick. We need to customize our Tool Palette to speed up...

I'm doing a CAD drafting course ( Civil ), but haven't got any real work experience. Could anyone kindly explain what a drafter do in a real work place. I understand that every office is different to...

Can anyone tell me or send me some links concerning Revision clouds and triangles. When a drawing is supplied As Built, do all of the clouds and triangle have to be removed. When a new revision is...

I work in IT support at a large engineering college, we have over 100PCs which are used by 100s of students. I have created a system image for Windows 7 which includes all of the CAD/CAM software...