As a programmer, it is easy to think of how to program any solution that you need as the first answer. Most of the time though, there are easier out-of-the-box ways to accomplish tasks that are simply overlooked. One of those is how to create a custom subassembly without programming.
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Couple of quick items today as we’re all recovering from the geeked out binge that is AU. Thanks again to all of you that attended my class, I’ll continue to keep posting the tips that weren’t in the handout; that was on purpose, it was the “Best of the Blogs,” not, “Best Tips in an AU Handout.” Read on for today’s tip. Read more
My first drafting teacher was in his 70’s and had worked for NASA for 40+ years. He was a perfectionist which was annoying at times but I loved his passion for having an accurate and clean look. He required all of us to start on the board with lead holders. Within the first month or so, you started lettering. I personally worked on my ABC’s for a total of two weeks. Yes, that means I wrote my ABC’S for 10 days straight. The lettering could not slant and was always the same size – it did not matter what scale the drawing was.
So why did I bore you with that story?
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Every day, I like to check in with the Autodesk discussion groups to see what people are having to say, what issues they’re running into, or what they love about Civil 3D. As I look lately, it seems as if there are a lot of people just now adopting Civil 3D, so I want to write a post that will help them as they grow in their Civil 3D knowledge.
Do you ever wish that you had a way to set default styles in the program? Do you wish that when you performed a task, that it would pick up on that nifty style that you created automatically instead of you having to pick it? Well, that can be done with command settings – find out how after the jump.
There has been some discussion on the Autodesk DG recently of how to work with Data Shortcuts. What are Data Shortcuts, how do you work with them, and how have they changed over the releases?
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