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3D Modeling Series 1: Introduction To 3D Modeling In AutoCAD

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:16:45 PST

[AutoCAD 2007 and higher versions. Level: Advanced] Hello Daily AutoCAD readers, I have been thinking about preparing a series of articles about 3D modeling for a very long time. I was busy with my daughter Ela and work, so I could finally start this series. In this series of articles, my goal is to explain about the concepts of 3D modeling starting from zero by giving examples, and besides

An AutoCAD Addin That Count Blocks And Extracts Attributes

noreply@blogger.com (E.Y.Karaduman) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:53 PST

Dear DailyAutoCAD readers,I want to share with you a program which counts the block references in a drawing file and extracts the attributes of these references to an Excel *.xml file. This program was developed only for AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD 2010 based vertical products which listed below. Simply download the setup file, install and to use the program write bprop to AutoCAD commandline. That

Creating Polar Array

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:12:46 PST

[All AutoCAD versions. Level: Intermediate] [Author: Murat Saraldı] Hello, In our previous article, we talked about the "rectangular" option of the command ARRAY. Let's now talk about the other option, "polar" ARRAY. In Fig.1, there are two circles with diameters of 20 and 200. Let's create 8 copies of the little circle as an exercise. Fig.1 Sample drawing for use with Polar array.

AutoCAD 3DROTATE Command

noreply@blogger.com (Erhan Toker) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:54:29 PST

Those who make drawing in 3D by AutoCAD may want to rotate objects also out of Z axis. Most of us try to do this by changing UCS. However, it is a very laborious work to change UCS first and then use ROTATE command and change UCS back to its original. For this reason, AutoCAD introduced a new command named as 3DROTATE. Now, let’s take a close look at this command together... Fig. 1 In Fig. 1

Introduction To UCS

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:56:46 PST

[All AutoCAD versions. Level: Advanced] Hi, Although dynamic UCS is brought and improved with the version 2007, you have to be aware of the model space and UCS icon and use them efficiently during a 3D drawing. The subject of this article is the UCS icon. Fig.1 There is a typical UCS icon in a 3D mode in Figure 1. Its view changes according to your Visual Style setting yet, it always gives

Grip Editing In AutoCAD

noreply@blogger.com (Erhan Toker) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:38:54 PST

There is a very useful feature called GRIP in AutoCAD, which we don’t use very frequently. There are blue grip points on the entities that become visible when they are selected. These blue points become alive when they are picked by mouse cursor. You can see these points in Fig. 1. Fig. 1 You remembered these points didn’t you? These GRIP points appear on screen when we select entities

How To Find Lost Toolbar

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:31:35 PST

Hello every body, Today, I will explain how to bring back a toolbar in case you have lost it by mistake (if you're still using). This is a very frequent thing that happens to AutoCAD users. The reason is that, while you are dragging a TOOLBAR from place to place, you might have accidentally dropped it outside the viewable screen. Solution is pretty simple: Write ‘-toolbar’ into the command

Using AutoCAD Divide Command

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:08:20 PST

[All AutoCAD versions. Level: Basic] Hello Daily AutoCAD readers, I will continue with the second application for the use of DIVIDE and MEASURE commands. Application.2 Dividing an entity into equal spaces by using DIVIDE command. MEASURE command divides an entity into equal pieces that has a certain spacing that you enter. On the other side, DIVIDE command divides the entity into a equal

Creating A Footpath Using Measure Command

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:51:17 PST

[All AutoCAD versions. Level: Intermediate. User must have Block knowledge] Hello Daily AutoCAD readers, DIVIDE and MEASURE commands are the oldest commands in AutoCAD. However, those old days are not known by many of today’s users and these commands do not get the respect that they earn. In this article, I would like to show you two practical applications that can be made by using these two

Visual Styles in Autocad 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:13:22 PST

[Autocad 2007 and higher versions, Level: Intermediate] Hello, AutoCAD 2007® is clearly showing that, it wants to be competitive also in the presentation point of view. Special effects that could be made previously with a special plug-in called "Penguin 3D" has been included by Autodesk in AutoCAD 2007®. Fig.1 You will not believe what you can do with the visual effects... I enlarged the

Have You Tried To Double Click On Big Letter A?

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:23:28 PST

I haven't tried it till read the Shaans post on Between The Lines. AutoCAD is closing with asking save question when you double click on big letter a. You may need it :) .

Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:07:35 PST

The official supported products for the new Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System announced today. I have been running most Autodesk products without a problem for many months now. There was also a new Project Cooper released. Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7 Industry-Leading Design, Engineering and Entertainment Software to Be Compatible with Latest Windows Operating SystemRead on

Windows 7 Action Center

noreply@blogger.com (Erhan Toker) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:04:32 PST

Windows 7 has merged Security Center and troubleshooting features and they now they have a new name; 'Action Center'. You'll see a little flag in the system tray when you start using Windows 7, as in fig.1 Fig.1 The flag stays inactive until you hover over it with your mouse cursor. In other words, it's not something that'll disturb you. A pop-up list showing possible problems that are

Windows 7 Taskbar

noreply@blogger.com (Erhan Toker) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:02:21 PST

Frequent readers will notice that we occasionally write about Microsoft products. Microsoft keeps constant contact with customers, vendors and developers. This is the reason for frequent seminars and meetings; one of these meetings is the one that took place on 22.05.2009 where Windows 7 was introduced. The intro was very well done indeed and participants were all given a copy of the Windows 7

Practising Rectangular Array

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:33:22 PST

[All AutoCAD versions. Level: Basic] [Author: Murat Saraldı] Hi, In two parts, I plan to explain ARRAY command which is one of the most confusing commands for new AutoCAD user’s. Firstly, let us start with rectangular array. Figure 1 A 20x30 square (Figure 1) is to be arrayed with a pattern of five times horizontally and seven times vertically both 5 units of distance between. Command:

Practising Extrude Command

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:13:29 PST

[AutoCAD 12 and later versions. Level: Advanced] [Author: Özgür Özkurt] Let us first remember what EXTRUDE command is before going into detail. This information provides you to better understand the use of EXTRUDE command. The definition of EXTRUDE can be put in this way: Forcing to flow a pre-heated metal or plastic material in high pressure through a mold which is constructed for forming an

Practising Relative Coordinate Input

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:48:24 PST

[All AutoCAD versions. Level:Basic] [Author: Murat Saraldı] Hi, Today, I want to mention Relative Coordinate System. Figure.1 We'll practise this shape to understand relative coordinate input ‘@’ character is used for relative coordinate input. Putting it at the beginning of an entry, the place you are on is considered as the origin and the desired coordinate relative to this origin is

Sample Entry Stairs Drawing

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00:54 PDT

[Author: Neslihan Leyla Toker] Hello, This week I'm placing a sample entrance stairs drawing into download section. Drawing contains plan and elevation of entrance stairs. Hope this sample drawing be useful for your works. Regards, [2009-029-sample-entry-stairs.zip]

A Simple AutoLISP Application for Constructing Center Lines

noreply@blogger.com (Erhan Toker) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:53:45 PDT

All of us suffer clogging while drawing a center lines that is made up of only two lines. Because, the hard part is not to draw those two lines, but to attach one over another in the middle. Most of the time, we draw the second line outside and move the first one by holding from its midpoint onto the second one. Second difficult thing is that second line must have the same length as the first

How To Attach Lines Onto POLYLINE Objects

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:47:49 PDT

[All AutoCAD versions. Level: Basic] Dear friends, I want to share one of my tricks. Sometimes I hang around to use PEDIT command to JOIN LINEs. There is another way to joining LINES together if one of them is PLINE. If you wish to FILLET a PLINE object with a LINE object, AutoCAD will automatically add the LINE object onto the PLINE object. Of course your PLINE should be open and the end

Making the Lines and Surfaces With Unstraigth Angles Parallel While Plotting

noreply@blogger.com (Erhan Toker) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:38:32 PDT

In AutoCAD, axis that are perpendicular to coordinate system ‘orthographic‘ axis. Our drawings are generally developed by using these axes. However, depending up on the drawing discipline, i.e. surveying, highway engineering, we have to deal with 2 or 3 dimensional non-orthogonal lines and surfaces. From time to time, we also deal with angled walls or roof surfaces in architectural discipline.

Windows 7 Language Packs

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:43:55 PDT

Ideally, a program should be able to run in a different language with the help of just a single language pack. If you can switch languages while the program is actually running, fantastic! Most softwares need different setups for different language pack, that is, you select the language during installation. Until Windows 7, Microsoft operating systems were like this too. With Windows 7, no

How to Create Backwards Text In AutoCAD

noreply@blogger.com (Orhan Toker) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:39:02 PDT

One of our readers asked about writing texts backwards. Think about a writing on a glass window and how it would look from inside. He wanted to create such an effect. This effect in fact, can be achieved in two ways. You can always MIRROR the text, but you should have the MIRRTEXT system variable set as 1. [This article was prepared using AutoCAD 2010, assuming that the reader already knows

Annotative Dimensioning

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:35:19 PDT

[Author: Dr. Gökalp Baykal] [AutoCAD 2008 nad Higher versions. Level: Intermediate] This article builds on Dimension and Dimension Style knowledge. We'll use AutoCAD's Annotation feature in a simple dimensioning application. This will enable your drawing to remain 'readable' reagardless of your scale settings. In our example, we'll be taking (accepting) 1 cm= 1 drawing unit and the project

Exercise: Drawing a Roof Using Surfaces

noreply@blogger.com (Daily AutoCAD) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:35:19 PDT

[Author: Dr. Gökalp Baykal] We're going to draw a ridged roof onto the frame seen in the figure. In this example, the slope of the roof has been calculated and the necessary heights have been determined.[We'll be assuming that the user knows basic 3D and UCS topics] Fig.1 Run the Rectangle command. Specify the first corner point. Type 10,10 from the command line to draw a rectangle of 10×10