Patrick Hughes Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 #1 in my book (although there are so many) Draw with precision. e.g. 1/2 = .5 1/4 = .25 3/16 = .1875 (not .19) 1/8 = .125 3/32 = .09375 (.09) etc. (I know, the pitfalls of imperial units and all that) And as an extension to the precision use snap points to existing geometry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DODGE Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Always draw in model space, AND DON'T WATCH THE CLOCK. Sorry if this has already been said, I haven't read all replies. Dodge8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCAD Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 1. Know how to use paperspace. 2. If you set ANYTHING to a yellow color, you're fired! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 1. Know how to use paperspace.2. If you set ANYTHING to a yellow color, you're fired! Not if you draw with black background - Blue now, that is insta-fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barneel Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 When you start a new page don't use the old file copy and wipe the drawing space trick. Or if you feel you must make sure you PURGE the file! We've got a few 10mb files that when I purged them went down to 250kb Not ideal when we create a backup for every revision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amalgama Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 When you send drawings BIND them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotGuy Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 1. Know how to use paperspace.2. If you set ANYTHING to a yellow color, you're fired! I still sneak a vibrant yellow in as I support Watford! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I still sneak a vibrant yellow in as I support Watford! We all have our problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Not if you draw with black background - Blue now, that is insta-fire! yellow on black is nice on the screen, not so good when you print it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Set AUTOCOMPLETE to on if using later versions. If you are trying to remember or find a command or variable try typing a few letters of what you think it would be called and let the program give you options. Need to do something with grips, type grips or *grips* if not in 2014 and look at the options available. Then use HELP to checkout the ones you think are what you might need. You learn a lot that way. Also use Express Tools system variables (sysvldlg) to look up system variables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DODGE Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 When you send drawings BIND them!! I always email my drawings already bound:ouch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Taylor Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 One thing that hasn't been mentioned so keep your model space clean and organized. I despise when people leave a messy model space with grids not aligning from plan to plan, random scribbling off to the side etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFeSTeR Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 One of the first things I was taught was to zoom in close to the area of the drawing you are working on to make sure you're snapping to the correct points. I would also advise to always use MText, keep annotations neat and aligned and not overlapping other parts of the drawing, if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 CAD programs should come with a list of recommended practices as many users do not have the benefit of working alongside someone who has made a career of drafting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barneel Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 CAD programs should come with a list of recommended practices as many users do not have the benefit of working alongside someone who has made a career of drafting. AutoCAD should come with a pocket sized ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 On thing a drafter should know is, if you don't know how to do it ASK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim H Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I am the CAD Manager. I define the One Standard, not you. The One Standard was forged by the Dark Lord (CAD Manager) during the Second Age (long before you were here) in order to gain dominion over the free peoples of the Engineering department. One Standard to rule them all, One Standard to find them, One Standard to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Encoded deep in the bowls of your program files you may find it, but there is no escaping its awesome power! (besides, it is read-only). 01000001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101110 01100001 01111010 01100111 00100000 01100100 01110101 01110010 01100010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 11000011 10111011 01101011 00101100 00100000 01100001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101110 01100001 01111010 01100111 00100000 01100111 01101001 01101101 01100010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 00101100 00001101 00001010 01000001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101110 01100001 01111010 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01110010 01100001 01101011 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 11000011 10111011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01100111 01101000 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110010 01111010 01110101 01101101 00101101 01101001 01110011 01101000 01101001 00100000 01101011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01110000 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 00101110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I am the CAD Manager. I define the One Standard, not you. The One Standard was forged by the Dark Lord One Standard to rule them all, One Standard to find them, One Standard to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Surely, that's 3 standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotGuy Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I am the CAD Manager. I define the One Standard, not you. The One Standard was forged by the Dark Lord (CAD Manager) during the Second Age (long before you were here) in order to gain dominion over the free peoples of the Engineering department. One Standard to rule them all, One Standard to find them, One Standard to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Encoded deep in the bowls of your program files you may find it, but there is no escaping its awesome power! (besides, it is read-only). 01000001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101110 01100001 01111010 01100111 00100000 01100100 01110101 01110010 01100010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 11000011 10111011 01101011 00101100 00100000 01100001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101110 01100001 01111010 01100111 00100000 01100111 01101001 01101101 01100010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 00101100 00001101 00001010 01000001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101110 01100001 01111010 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01110010 01100001 01101011 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 11000011 10111011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01100111 01101000 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110010 01111010 01110101 01101101 00101101 01101001 01110011 01101000 01101001 00100000 01101011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01110000 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 00101110 Surely, that's 3 standards. He has a point CAD Manager. While you may have kept it under '1' Standard, when you look at it closely there are 3 standard comprising that standard. Therefore, stevsmith must replace you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DODGE Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Did somebody mention the Engineering Dept? Two engineering students were biking across a university campus when one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?" The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday, minding my own business, when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike, threw it to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want." The first engineer nodded approvingly and said, "Good choice: The clothes probably wouldn't have fit you anyway." Sorry guys, I just couldn't help myself. Dodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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