Author: Niranjana Murugan
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HAVE YOU TRIED IN AUTOCADD#3: QUICK SELECT (QSELECT)
Shortcut command: QSELECT (right click on the work area to get this command) When you need to select a specific element in an AutoCADD project, like for example some construction lines, you could select them either one by one or by using select similar when you need to select some specific items for which you…
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HAVE YOU TRIED IN AUTO CAD #2: CREATING CUSTOMIZED NEW RIBBON
We do use a set of commands frequently, in those case we used to switch between using mouse and keyboard. if we try to click on the icons on the default ribbon we need to search them every time. Auto cad has provided with an awesome facility that we could customize a ribbon in our…
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Data Enriched COBie
COBie: Construction Operation Building Information Exchange COBie is a standard for the exchange of Building Information during the life of a building project. Information containing specific project details helpful for understanding, operating and maintaining a facility properly. One of the items is the inventory of spaces and their functional requirements. To facilitate requirements the designer must provide a spatial…
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DYNAMO: THE GAME CHANGER
Automation is the process of making a task automatic, an essential requirement for all business processes to achieve accuracy in repetitive tasks, where humans or manual tasks are prone to error. One of the most powerful automation package of recent times in the construction industry is the Autodesk’s Dynamo. It is an open-source visual programming tool…
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HAVE YOU TRIED IN AUTO CAD #1: CUSTOM TOOL PALETTES
Many of the time we use same commands and a set of procedure to work in drafting which consumes time we get used to it over time. For example: to insert a section tag we always need to use insert command and find the block and specify the scale and insert it eventually we need…
