How to Easily Compare Precast Panels in AutoCAD (Precast)

Panel Comparison Demo
This tool compares panels and imports differences. Yet another reason why Tek1 is leading the world in precast panel drafting.
Shop drawing / Layout panel discrepancies are a thing of the past.

 

Suppose someone makes a change in the layout but forgets to do so in the shop drawing (and vice versa). If you move a cast in plate, and if it’s actually produced and taken to site, then you have a big problem, and a big cost. How are you going to identify the differences which exist in the thousands of panels that you make? What if you had a tool which allowed you to easily identify differences between the two drawings?

This is what this Panel Comparison tool does. It gives you confidence that somebody hasn’t made a boo-boo. And moreover, if somebody has made one, then this tool identifies sloppy shop drawing practices.

Here is the demo. I hope you enjoy it!

Gif Demo with User Interface:

Now we have a user interface which allows us to click on items in a window and access them easily in AutoCAD. Written by Ben Koshy.
Now we have a user interface which allows us to click on items in a window and access them easily in AutoCAD. Written by Ben Koshy.

Video Demo without a user interface:

 

Compare Panels Demo – Import Panel Difference from the Shop Drawing to the Layout from Tek1 on Vimeo.

Features:

  • It can work for all clients with only very minor modifications. Very well abstracted out in the code.
  • It is super fast. Comparing the thousands of elements in each drawing takes a bit of computing power – but with smart algorithms, you can cut down the time.
  • It works for all sorts of edge cases – what if the panel was made up of arcs, polylines and straight lines – this plugin can handle all sorts of things. It can also handle voids in the panel?
  • What if an item is on the edge of a panel line – it can handle that was well.

Every single panel that we draw will go through the above practices. It should give you a lot of confidence that we’ll get the drawings right. Yet another tool in the Tek1 arsenal that allows this firm to lead the industry in Precast Panel drafting.

 


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