Transcript The next AutoCAD - Lynn Allen's Blog

Lynn Allen
Autodesk Technical Evangelist
Go Further with the
New Standard in CAD Productivity
AutoCAD 2005
Problems Managing Your Drawings?
Locate drawings in a
project directory
Identify drawings as
part of the set
Determine number of
the next sheet
Send all drawings to a
client
Apply project standards
Let the Sheet Set Manager
(SSM) Organize for You!
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Drawing organization
Plotting & publishing
Transmittal sets
Archiving
Standards compliance
Multi-user access to sheet
set information
New DST file format
“The use of SSM, fields & tables will
improve consistency & accuracy of
drawing info…”
-Darren Myles, LHT
Keying in the Same
Information Over and Over?
Title blocks contain:
 Project and client information
 Sheet numbers and dates
Info updated manually
per sheet:
 Error prone
 Takes hours of project time
Let Fields Do the Work for You!
Automatically fill in:
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Sheet numbers
Project names
Client information
Drawing dates
Any other custom data
Create tables or text
labels using object data
Can be used with text,
Mtext or attributes
Automated plot stamping
“Fields…could be a huge time saver
for us.”
-Joel Roderick, Water Technology, Inc.
Tired of Checking and Rechecking?
Manually create:
 Details
 Labels
 Callouts
Manual update required
as drawings change
Error prone & time
consuming
Detail
Sheet
Callout
Drawing
Reduce Errors with Callouts and Labels!
Drag and Drop detail
creation:
 Automated labels
 Automated callouts
Synchronized updates of
callout and detail labels
Find details by selecting
callouts
Still Drawing Tables Line by Line?
Manually draw tables
from lines and text
Hard to position text
Difficult to modify or
add rows or columns
Manually create sheet
indexes, sheet-bysheet
Update each time sheet
information changes
New Table Objects to the Rescue!
Simple:
 Table creation
 Text editing
 Adding rows and columns
Table styles
Insert symbols in tables
Import/Export Tables
“Tables make me look REAL good!
So nice to be able to easily produce what
was otherwise a chore.”
- Robert Grandmaison, MKM & Associates
Everyday Timesavers
 Multiple Copy now the default
 New OSNAP (keyboard modifier) –
Midpoint between two points (M2P/MTP)
 Match Properties now matches Polylines,
Viewports and Tables
 Zoom to Object(s)
 Pan and Zoom in 3DClip
 Calligraphy option for REVCLOUD
 New Express Tool additions (Edittime,
Flatten, Overkill added to menus)
 XREFTYPE sysvar – set attachment or
overlay as default
 Open drawings displayed on the windows
taskbar (TASKBAR to 1)
Print It Your Way!
Printable area
 XY offset values expressed from the lower left corner of the paper border
(Options command)
OLE Works Better Than Ever!
With OLE enhancements,
you can:
 Specify an insertion point for OLE
objects
 Insert OLE objects on current UCS with
predictable scaling (MSOLESCALE)
 Select and edit OLE objects with
standard AutoCAD commands including
grips
 Preassign plot quality based on type of
OLE object (Options command)
Tool Palettes are Easier
and More Powerful
With Tool Palettes
you can:
 Create command tools Apply tool
properties from existing geometry
(dimensions, text, gradient fills)
 Drag and drop content from Windows
Explorer (raster images, DWGs)
 Include macros, LiSP and ARX
 Organize tool palettes into palette
groups
 New Auxiliary scale factor for Hatch
patterns and Blocks – use the Dimscale
or Plot Scale
 TBCUSTOMIZE (disables
Customization dialog)
 New Custom Menu for easy migration
Save Steps
With Views and Viewports, you can:
 Assign view categories to named views
 Store layer visibility with named views
 Edit view boundaries
 Associate named layout views with a particular layout
 Maximize a layout viewport (without changing the scale factor)
Save Time
With DrawOrder and Bhatch,
you can:
 Assign draworder to hatch objects
 Hatch an area with a boundary gap
 Trim a hatch to a new boundary
 OSNAPHATCH sysvar – determines
whether object snap modes snap to hatch
patterns
 Edit objects without regenerating to see
display order
 Create new objects that inherit original
draworder
Direct Object Editing is Fast!
MTEXT Just Keeps Getting Better
Apply background mask to Mtext objects
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also dimension text
Insert symbols as part of Mtext objects
Text Tips
 Draw Order settings for all text
and/or dimension text
(TEXTTOFRONT)
 DDEDIT for text, mtext or
attributes
 MTEXT editor drastically
improved – now permits tabs
and in-place editing
 Word Documents now maintain
proper formatting
Layers are Easier to Organize
With the Layer Properties Manager, you can:
 Provide a description for each layer
 Apply changes to layer properties (without exiting)
 Filter layers based on external references (automatically)
 Filter layers based on layer properties
 Filter layers based on layer groups
Plotting Giving You a Headache?
 Find and plot the individual files
that comprise a set of drawing
 Wait for AutoCAD to “come
back” from a lengthy plot job
 Help colleagues debug failed
plot jobs
 Track what drawings have been
plotted for a project
Now Plotting is Easier and
Faster Than Ever!
Sheet Set Manager provides:
 One-click plotting
 Standardized plot settings
Keep working while job plots
in background
Reports of plotted sheets
“When publishing a 200+ sheet job to a
plotter, being able to sort sheets into the
correct order is a huge need. Thanks for
including this improvement in 2005!”
- Dave Blaha, Fisher Hamilton LLC
More Efficient Than Paper!
Better workflow management in the review
and approval process
Speed decision-making and reduce cycle
times
Provide a complete, cost-effective solution
Autodesk® DWF™ Viewer
DWF is Better Than PDF
AutoCAD 2005 integrated markup functionality
Publishing process
 1 step multi-sheet
 No additional cost
Support
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Object Snap points
Scale per view port
Model space
Gradients
Meta data: object properties
Named views
File size: compressed file format
DWF toolkit free
 DWF specification is open and published
 Autodesk DWF Viewer has open API
 DWF Viewer is an ActiveX control
How Do You Deal with Markups?
Current methods:
 Incur costly shipping
 Do not preserve
historical data
 Manual processing back
into AutoCAD
Improve Teamwork and Efficiency
Autodesk DWF Composer
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Next generation collaboration tool
Viewing, markup creation & drawing sheet aggregation
Integrated AutoCAD 2005 markup browser feature
Available April 2004
DWF Composer
Viewer Product Family
Paper viewer
DWF Viewer
(Free)
www.autodesk.com
•Ubiquitous view &
print
•Repro & display
Paper manipulator
DWF Composer
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•DWF view, print,
markup, query,
comment, aggregate,
composite
•DWG view, print, and
conversion to DWF
•Workflow, dynamic
editing, query apps.
Publisher
API’s
DWF Writer
(Free)
DWF Toolkit
(Free)
www.autodesk.com
www.autodesk.com
•Ubiquitous publishing
•Search, view, convert
apps.
•3rd Party apps.
Embed Drawings into PPT!
AutoCAD 2004 Features
100 Express Tools
Multiple Redo
Right click Enter customization
Close now works with command in progress
New Styles Toolbar
Status Bar customization
Communication Center
Layer drop-down list wider
Migration is a Snap!
DWG-compatible with
AutoCAD 2004
Side-by-side install
3rd-party application
compatible
Interactive New Features
Workshop
Integrated migration tools
User Settings
Customization
Easy Migration of Existing Settings
Smart Drawings!
AutoCAD 2005
Go Further and Save!
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