Author: admin
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Introducing AcCoreConsole
AcCoreConsole is AutoDesk’s brand new toy. It is basically a command line version of AutoCAD. It has no “User Interface”. That means that if you are a user, there are no menus to click on. No buttons. Nothing. You have to do everything via text. Via command line, like it was in the very beginning.…
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Lapping – What is it? What does it mean?
Lapping – what is it? It’s got nothing to do with being over taken on the F1 track. Lapping refers to the “overlapping” of reinforcement with another section of reinforcement. Why do we lap? It gives greater structural integrity to the structure you are fabricating. What does this mean? It means that when you lap,…
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The Signficance of the “Mould” Face in Precast Panel Detailing
The Mould Face This post attempts to explain the following two questions, for those starting to learn the precast trade: A lot of fancy words are thrown around. Near face. Far face. And mould face. What does it all mean? How should shop drawings be marked vis-a-vis the mould face, and why should they be…
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Writing Clear Tests
A very rudimentary but fundamental tip: When you are testing something, it is absolutely paramount that you have a crystal clear idea in your mind of exactly what you are testing. If you want to ensure that there are 4 tyres on your car, before you start out from your garage, you must check for…
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Transportation Issues to be aware of when detailing precast panels
This is a first in a series of articles I will be writing about the process of precast detailing. Suppose you get a drawing like the one below. Question: Is there anything that strikes you? That might be a potential concern? Take a look at Panel P – 27. And note that it kinda looks…
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What is a North Elevation? East and West? Elevations Explained
What is a North Elevation (when outside a Building)? Explanation with Words: Imagine you are standing north of a building, outside the building, but facing the building in a Southerly direction. What direction are you facing? You are facing south. The view of the building that you are seeing is called the “north elevation”. It…
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Autocad Plug-in: Creating Order Forms Automatically
Normally creating order forms are a nightmare. How does everyone else create order forms? I have no idea how people do it. They would have to manually count/iterate through every single block which exists in the model space and simultaneously note down the parts’ associated panel number(s). They could do it on their PC, or…
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WPF Tunnelling – Explanation by analogy
Tunnelling – What is it? And no, I’m not referring to how El Chapo escaped. Refresher: what is bubbling? In the last post we talked about “bubbling”. It’s kinda like those instances where you get a parking fine. If you don’t deal with it then, you’ll get another fine. If you don’t deal with…
