rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 What CAD software is used for creating the drawing in this picture Especially creating the rebars in this drawing. There was also auto generated bar bending schedule table linked in this drawing this was printed using AutoCAD. http://i.imgur.com/OFouRxI.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 It could have been done with any number of programs including plain AutoCAD, AutoCAD Structural Detailing, maybe even Revit (not 100% sure). It could also have been done with a non-AutoDesk program. Why do you ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) I wanted to recreate the drawing for learning purposes. I used soft wares like revit & others. But this one looked good. So I thought I could use this software. The table created by this software. The detail in drawing were decent. Wish someone could pinpoint the software used in this by looking at those annotation styles. Am attaching more pictures. The drawing was created by company named GEA Cooling Towers The Centre lines look like Revit This one has options to design even location of laps Edited December 21, 2014 by rajasekarcmr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 That's not Revit. Looks like good 'ol AutoCAD to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 But if it's AutoCAD then there must be too much labor gone into this drawing and confusing works like Section views label matching Bar mark Etc So I have a deep feeling that this was some other software or add on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 OP must have added more images since I posted this morning. I agree, that is not Revit. The fact that it is being produced by a commercial enterprise (company name in title block) but it says "AutoDesk Educational Product" across the top leads me to believe the program is being used in an illegal manner. Maybe I'll report the company to AutoDesk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 All of that can be done by any decent drafter. That being said, there could be electronic clues in the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Yea the plotter guy uses educational version. Not the company. I don't have access to the dwg file or it ll be a bit more easy to find it. It's not created by ASD too I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 OP must have added more images since I posted this morning. I agree, that is not Revit. The fact that it is being produced by a commercial enterprise (company name in title block) but it says "AutoDesk Educational Product" across the top leads me to believe the program is being used in an illegal manner. Maybe I'll report the company to AutoDesk. The OP said that he printed it and this is a learning exercise. It's possible the educational stamp came from his version of the software. There is no reason to think anything illegal is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I dunno about the source. Or the version they use. I got it from a person I know. Head copy An decent draftsman could draw this but he has to keep track of annotation which is bit tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Full drawing. I also have another set of drawings given by him but am not interested in the software used to create it cz it don't have any bar bending schedule in it. Am mainly interested in knowing the source software cz it looked perfect with bar bending schedule. Am also attaching those pics below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 More images at this point does nothing to further the discussion. Stop guessing and just contact the company that created the drawings and ask. It might have been done by another AutoDesk program called Advanced Steel. Why don't you go to the AutoDesk website and search on the word "steel" or "detailing" and see what programs meet the criteria? Look at the description of each and note whether or not the letters "BOM" (Bill of Materials) is mentioned. And also look for any mention of reinforcement bar tables. The key to finding an answer involves research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I would hazzard a guess at "Tekla" but only because I sometimes receive drawings that were created with it and then saved as dwgs for our use. I have no idea how the program works or how automated it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I contacted them already. No response. I mailed them now to several mailing address. Let's see. Am searching on other sites too. I ll try to get the soft copy cz there may be some meta data in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I would hazzard a guess at "Tekla" but only because I sometimes receive drawings that were created with it and then saved as dwgs for our use. I have no idea how the program works or how automated it is. Thanks. I ll check tekla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 I somehow managed to get the soft copy. Seems like the drawing in screenshot used plain AutoCAD. When I checked properties in Windows explorer it shows "Editing time : 957 hours" However there were 7 drawing/dwg files which shows editing time close to 900 hours. There may be possibility that this guy used same drawing for every project & just alter few specifications according to the site since it was standard design or may be not. And when opening another drawing (not in pic) I spoke about I got some error & I saw Cads RC in that error. So looks like they used cads RC for rebar Modelling. Am attaching both the file in the link. IMPORTANT: The document is highly confidential one so I request you to delete it after analysing or else it will route back to me easily since I haven't removed the logos & other details to keep the docent intact like I received. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/949deebdp8huj3t/AAAH2b1jcEPHRgrhPV8u8UkHa?dl=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 CADS RC.....detailing software. http://www.cads.co.uk/cads_rc_for_civils_structures.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 (edited) Yea one of the drawing used Cads RC. But the other one named 205-plbeam?? Is it plain CAD or they used some other software. Am Removing the other drawing. Edited December 28, 2014 by rajasekarcmr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 IMPORTANT: The document is highly confidential one so I request you to delete it after analysing or else it will route back to me easily since I haven't removed the logos & other details to keep the docent intact like I received. I would suggest editing your post and deleting this link, and handling confidential files via Private Message with users you trust instead. -TZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajasekarcmr Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yea that's good idea that didn't strike me. but I want a little more interested ppl to check it. Now waiting for a reply which says about the file in that link. Waiting for @ReMarks reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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