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 User Manual 3.50 Helping AutoCad users produce accurate drawings thru the use of CADD Standards and Standards Automation Tools. We develop tools that maintain & enforce consistent CADD Standards in your drawings - automatically! |
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Create Menu: (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| MENU OPTION | SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | DESCRIPTION | ||
| Curved Arrow | ASK | Creates a curved arrow (DIMSCALE /DIMASZ dependant) | |||
| North Arrow | NF | Creates a Map-type Northarrow (DIMSCALE / DIMASZ dependant) | |||
| Straight Arrow | ASK | Creates a straight arrow (DIMSCALE / DIMASZ dependant) | |||
| Batting | BATT | ASK | Draws batten insulation Prompts: Starting point, Ending Point & Height (in inches) Hint: Start from left to right & batt is on top / right to left & batt is on bottom. | ||
| Cloud | CLOUD | ASK | Draws a predefined Revision cloud. Prompts: Starting point, then each consecutive point thereafter/ Type ENTER to terminate. Hint: Start cloud in a clockwise direction for proper orientation | ||
| Solid | NF | Creates a solid pattern fill | |||
| Wall Cleanup | N/A | Wall trimming/Cleanup utilities (See Image) - Split : - L-Clean : Cleans up 'L' wall intersections. - T-Clean : Cleans up 'T' wall intersections. - X-Clean : Cleans up 'X' walls intersections. | |||
| Area Calc | AUTO | Calculates the area of a boundary Prompts: a location within the closed area to place text label & additional text to identify the area being calculated. Hint: Must be a closed boundary in order to calculate the area. | |||
| Beam | AUTO | Draws a hatch pattern for a beam area Prompts: Starting Point & Ending Point Options: - Pline: Allows you to create a multi-point PLINE as the boundary. - Boundary : Instead of selecting starting/Ending points, just click inside a closed boundary. - Options: Allows you to define what hatch pattern to use. | |||
| Conc. Column | AUTO | Draws a hatch pattern for a concrete column area Prompts: Starting Point & Ending Point Options: - Pline: Allows you to create a multi-point PLINE as the boundary. - Boundary : Instead of selecting starting/Ending points, just click inside a closed boundary. - Options: Allows you to define what hatch pattern to use. | |||
| RoomSize | AUTO | Determines & places text for the roomsize area information. Prompts: Two opposite corners of the room & then location to place text entity. Hint: Select the extreme most - opposing corners. Closed boundary not required | |||
| Detail Bubble | ASK | draws a detail bubble w/detail number/sheet attribute (See Image) Prompts: Starting Point, Corner of hook, Center of callout tag Hint: Detail bubble can be drawn left/right handed - based on direction inputted by user. | |||
| Weld | NF | Weld: Creates several welding symbols. | |||
| Roof Utilities | (See SubMenu Description below) | ||||
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Create | Roof Utilities SubMenu (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| MENU OPTION | SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | DESCRIPTION | ||
| Set Roof Slope | N/A | SubMenu with additional slope setting. Changes angle of cursor (SNAPANG) based on roof pitch not degrees, as options below. (See Image) | |||
| 11.25 Degrees 22.5 Degrees 45 Degrees 60 Degrees | N/A | Changes angle of cursor (SNAPANG) based on different degree settings so that all entities are now snapped to the selected angle. Setting can be changed back to normal (See Image) via the SHORTCUT MENU | |||
| Roof Tiles | ASK | ||||
| Roof Slope - L | AUTO | ||||
| Roof Slope - R | AUTO | ||||
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Create | Roof Utilities | Set Roof Slope SubMenu (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | ||||
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Layer Menu : (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| MENU OPTION | SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | DESCRIPTION | ||
| Clear | N/A | Clears out entities /Layers from view Prompts : Select Entity(s) to clear, Layer to trun OFF/FREEZE CAUTION : Clear Entity deletes from database. If unclear is not used before closing drawing, Items cleared are permanently deleted! | |||
| Unclear | N/A | Restores entities /Layers Cleared out from view | |||
| Check | N/A | Checks & informs layer info of selected entity(s) | |||
| Match | N/A | Matches Properties (Layer, Color, Linetype) of entity(s) selected to that of the 'Entity to Match' Prompts: Select entity: Cycles until ENTER is hit & then prompts "Entity to Match" Hint: Will match ALL properties even if not BYLAYER | |||
| Isolate | N/A | Turns OFF all layers, except layer selected. | |||
| Set Current | N/A | Drops down a dialog box that will allow you to choose, from a list, what layer to set as current. | |||
| Make Current | N/A | Checks & informs layer info of selected entity(s) | |||
| Shift Current | N/A | Will change the current layer setting to that of the entity selected. Hint: Similar to Set Current, except that layer is selected from those displayed on screen. | |||
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Text Menu: (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| MENU OPTION | SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | DESCRIPTION | ||
| Edit Text/Att/Dim | ET | AUTO | Edit existing Text, DText, MText, Attributes or Demension entities | ||
| Dtext (Not Autolayered) | N/A/ | Standard AutoCAD Command | |||
| Standard Notes/ Schedules | N/A | Sub-Menu with additional options (see below) | |||
| Standard Text | STD | AUTO | Standard
sheet specific text
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Label Text | LBL | AUTO | Label
text
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| RoomName Text | ROM | AUTO | Room
name labels
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| RoomSize Text | RMZ | AUTO | Room
size labels
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Sheet Titles | TTL | AUTO | Sheet
titles
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Appliance Text | APP | AUTO | Appliance
callouts
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| CeilingUp Text | CGD | AUTO | Ceiling
up callouts (for entities that penetrate roof/floor trusses)
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| CeilingDown Text | CGD | AUTO | Ceiling
down callouts (for soffits, non-structural headers, arches that do not
affect roof/floor trusses
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Electric Text | ELC | AUTO | Electrical
equipment that is contained within the building
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Equipment Text | EQP | AUTO | Electrical
equipment that is outside of building line
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Fixture Text | FXT | AUTO | Plumbing
fixtures callouts
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Girder Text | GT | AUTO | Girder
trusses callouts (not for individual trusses)
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Slab Text | SLB | AUTO | Slab
depressions, bumpouts, elevation markers
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Struct Col. Text | CTS | AUTO | Structural
colums callouts
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Struct/Brng Text | BRG | AUTO | structural
bearing walls callouts
Prompts : Select starting point & then text orientation |
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| Text Utilities | N/A | Sub-Menu with additional options (see below) | |||
| Std Notes/Schedules Sub-menu: (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| MENU OPTION | SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | DESCRIPTION | ||
| Icon Menu... | Graphic icon menu for selection of a specific text entity. | ||||
| Select File... - | Shows a file browser window to allow user to select an external file to insert. | ||||
| Site Plan
Foundation Plan Floor Plan Electrical Plan |
All of these options have SHEET specific Text entities that can be entered. EX: | ||||
| Text Utilities Sub-menu: (Click link to see image of menu - drag & drop popup window to move it) |
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| MENU OPTION | SHORTCUT KEY | AUTOLAYER MODE | DESCRIPTION | ||
| Modify Text Properties | N/A | N/A | Allows the user to modify any and all properties as they relate to the text entity selected. | ||
| Box Text | N/A | N/A | Allows user to place a box around the selected text entity. (Select one entity at a time) | ||
| Break Text | N/A | N/A | User can breakup a single text entity into two seperate text entities by clicking on the break point. | ||
| Justify | N/A | N/A | Justifies text Left, Right, Center, Fit, etc. | ||
| Replace | N/A | N/A | Replaces one string with another user-defined string. | ||
| Scale Text | N/A | N/A | Scales text entities | ||
| Sequential Numbers | N/A | N/A | Adds a continuous amount of text entities in a sequential order. User can define starting number (Numbers only) and the increment for sequential numbers. | ||
| Text Out To File | N/A | N/A | Just what the name implies. Exports selected text entities out to an external file. | ||
| Underline Text | N/A | N/A | Underlines selected text entities. | ||
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