Curved text in AutoCAD?
I got an email from a reader with the question; “Do you know if there is a way to wrap text around a curve in AutoCad MEP?” I haven’t looked at how you’d achieve it in a AutoCAD MEP label but...
AutoCAD Architecture
Moving Projects in AutoCAD Architecture
As part of a move to new CAD hardware I did some project file housekeeping. This required shifting 5GB of project files (store projects) and re-pathing them. Probably about 2,000 dwg files, lord kn...
AutoCAD Architecture
Beating the AutoCAD Architecture/MEP Fixed Width Schedule Quantity Column?
While creating an AutoCAD Architecture Schedule I added a Quantity Column (1). As intended it combines like items to show a total number rather than each item but the result was too w i d e at the def...
AutoCAD 2008 SP1 Hotfixes
If you’ve installed AutoCAD 2008 Sp1 (or any vertical based on it) there are a couple of hotfixes you should investigate: Hotfix - Linetype display – This hotfix repairs a problem in which linet...
Autodesk Patch Wednesday?
Microsoft have their “ Patch Tuesday ” but this Wednesday seems it was Autodesk’s turn. Guess who was about to build a new master CAD deployment but got distracted and ran out of time. Then he arri...
AutoCAD Architecture
The power of a model, lets you forget!
Last week, while talking about standards, I asked the retail design team a question: “What’s the colour, hatch scale and pattern of the space used for a Toy dept in one of our store plans.” T...
Jimmy Bergmark interviewed by NOVEDGE blog
In the latest post on NOVEDGE Franco Folini interviews Jimmy Bergmark of JTB World. Like many I first “met” Jimmy via the Autodesk Discussion Groups, his website and blog. He’s a keen contributor a...
HOK Blog!
HOK have a couple of new(ish) blogs looking at buildingSMART (Building Information Model) and Green design. It’s great to see companies sharing their experience knowledge! HOK CAD Solutions - We...
AutoCAD Architecture/MEP slow to start, or error opening a project?
The Problem; You have a problem opening a ACA/AMEP project or slow application start-up (I’m talking 10+ minute slow) on a given machine. This is specific to a user/machine and others using the...
AutoCAD Architecture Customer Council feedback
The AutoCAD® Architecture Product Team run a Customer Council to gather feedback on AutoCAD Architecture. To date this has been in the form of user surveys on preferences and requirements for future v...
On the Ning Nang Nong, Where AutoCAD Architecture goes Bong!
It’s been one of those days, actually two days. Finish a deployment for AutoCAD Architecture, test it and find it works perfectly until you shut down. Then, after a short delay, “Bong”!* Running fi...
XML Schema Monkeys?
It’s strange what you find on a CAD Discussion Group. It started with a question about the AutoCAD Architecture Tool Ccatalog system, a serious answer mentioned “XML Schema”, then a comment about it b...