RobiNZ CAD Blog

AutoCAD Architecture/MEP Project Standards back to normal in 2020.0.1

Way back in 2006 I blogged about AutoCAD Architecture/MEP’s (ACA/AMEP) Project Standards feature. It allows object and display styles to be updated in all or selected files within a Project. There is provision to automatically apply ACA/AMEP Object Styles, Display Settings, Materials and AutoCAD Standards ( like line, layer, font etc) from your reference library when you access the project. If you update content in a project it warns on project close, prompting you to optionally update the project standards for future use. In this respect ACA/AMEP toolset shames Revit’s crude (all or nothing and manual) Project Standards Transfer as... Read more →

An unexpected Autodesk encounter, with myself!

Autodesk have released a new learning hub offering focused training with topics across all their Arch/MEP platforms (Revit, AutoCAD & FormIt): AUTODESK CUSTOMER SUCCESS LEARNING HUB / ARCHITECT LEARNING CENTER While looking at the article "Collaborating in AutoCAD with Specialized Toolsets”* I had the odd experience of seeing myself looking back. They've used a short YouTube I made way back in 2007, for this blog post, and it was my YouTube profile photo staring at me! It was odd timing as I haven't created an ACA theme for a long time (but our projects still use them) but had been... Read more →