I’m not a fan of the “AutoCAD for Architects” tag that is being used for Autodesk Architectural Desktop but think this, from the website banner, is even worse: Better, doesn’t seem like a very impressive claim so here is my take on it: * Architectural Desktop isn’t AutoCAD.
Hat tip to Jimmy Bergmark for pointing out the new Autodesk Architectural Desktop (ADT) Resource Center. It has marketing info, white papers, technology overview and on-line demonstrations of ADT features. The “Tutorials” (Shockwave Flash demos with audio) are useful if you want to show someone the difference between ADT and
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Sometimes when you save ADT will give a message: Document "<drive>:\<folder>\<filename>.dwg" has a command in progress. Hit enter to cancel or [Retry]: Hitting enter will usually result in the same message again. Try entering SAVE on the command line
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Beau Turner shows how to transform 3D DWG files into Google Earth using ExtractKML, a tool from the Avatech Solutions DEV team. Awesome! Will render for food...: DWG and Google Earth. Will render for food...: DWG and Google Earth
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Some map image sources provide georeferenced raster files. They are simply an image created with a corresponding reference file which stores the proper position (coordinates) and scale of the image. If you have AutoCAD Map you can scale images based on this information but a free AAC Solutions utility also
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Just found this tonight, David Butts of CADRE Systems has a blog focusing on the Architectural Desktop, Building Systems and Revit. The CADRE BSD Blog The CADRE BSD Blog
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In September 2004 I blogged about a free MindManager for AEC Add-In. This allowed Autodesk Design Web Format (DWF) files to be integrated into MindManager Maps. It was a technology demonstration from Mindjet rather than a release candidate product but showed the potential of combining CAD and Map information to
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There are new versions of the freebie DWF Viewer and DWF Writer applications. Many of the new viewer features are aimed at exploring 3D DWF models although improvements to operation, integration, and 2D DWF viewing haven’t been forgotten. I’ll start with the Viewer and it’s new 3D
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Autodesk have released a free viewer for AutoCAD DWG format files. Yes, you can finally the use the words “Autodesk”, “DWG”, “Viewer” and “Free” all in one sentence without the word “wish” Shaan, Between The Lines ~ AutoCAD Blog, has a post with all the details but the summary is: * It’
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Back in July I read a neat post at Richard Binnings Beside the Cursor... Blog, wrote a draft post referencing it and somehow didn’t post it. So here it is… Richard has tackled one of the more tedious tasks for anyone upgrading between various versions of ADT/ABS. Layer
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Beau Turner has started a Wiki with the focus on ADT (Phase 1) and Revit (Phase 2). The idea of a Wiki is anyone can add or edit content, so you can help if you wish. Will render for food...: Wiki - New ADT Resource Well the time has come
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It won’t help you figure out “who done it” in the thriller you’re reading but I found an AutoCAD variable that will let you see the plot. If you have a plotter with a small on-board display, like our HP 800, AutoCAD’s recently acquired habit of sending
