Category: General Tips
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What is the difference between Freezing a layer vs Turning it off? (AutoCAD tips)
A tyro to AutoCAD will immediately notice that he or she has two options available to him – both of which ostensibly render similar results: freezing a layer and turning it off. But what is the real difference? When you turn a layer off, it is still loaded into memory. AutoCAD is keeping track of…
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How to Save Views in AutoCAD (AutoCAD tips)
It can get pretty annoying zooming and moving back and forth between a panel and another panel. You can eliminate a lot of the panning involved by saving a “View”. Open the View Manager (e.g. type in “View” in the command line and press ENTER, or you can see another way of doing this…
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Speed Up Working in DWG files with Partial Open
Suppose your .dwg file has hundreds of thousands of entities all over the place – but you don’t want to see all of them at once – or load all of their geometries. This is especially the case when dealing with Bubble Deck layouts. You can only open the things that you need via…
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Avoid Grating Errors During Drafting (Tekla Tips)
How to avoid the error? How to avoid grating and chequred plate errors being wrong , due to the view being wrong. We have a copped a few of these errors where the chquered plate (or grating) was drawn upside down. How to counter measure: add orientation part cut on the plate The way to…
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How to fill out your timesheet
Please see a generic time sheet solution below which I’ve developed – please use it for the time being before I develop a more robust solution. Please fill this out honestly – 1 hour is one diligent hour of hard work. If you work slowly and take two hours – you can only write one…
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Plate work with Advance Steel (Steel Detailing)
Tekla Structures is wanting features in detailing plate work. Here is a video showing how Advance Steel handles Plate work. This type of cuts are not possible with Tekla Structures. I think it is mainly because of the data structure of Tekla. Of late Tekla has changed their data structure to deal with these type…
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Connection Side Mark on Dimension Lines (Tekla Tips)
How to add a connection side mark on Tekla drawings in structural steel drawings. Switching on the connection side mark on the part properties in Tekla drawings sometimes can crowd the drawing. You can select the Plate side marks “Type” to “Automatic” to set the connection side marks on the dimension line itself. One additional…
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How to Avoid Trouble in Building and Construction Projects (Part V)
We continue our series on how to avoid trouble in building and construction projects. What is required in order to have a successful construction project? Building and construction is necessarily a collaborative endeavour – there are many elements that need to come together in order for it to work successfully. First and foremost you need…
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How to Avoid Trouble in Building and Construction Projects (PART IV)
How to choose an architect? We will now focus on architectural competence in those post – particularly on the tools they use. My invective is necessarily harsh on architects at certain times: bad architects are the bane of the industry, and are part of the reason why building and construction is notoriously expensive. Ask around and you’ll…
