Dedicated CAD Job Search Engine !

I have found a great new, much required website

completely dedicated to CAD Job search for both Staff and Employers !

They have asked me to critique the site and aside from some of the minor mis-placed Autodesk terminologies, I have tried it out and it works great.

We need a site like this and I'm sure it will grow.

Give it a look see. It's free and you can go ahead and post your information or browse the current jobs and talent available.

It appears to be US oriented but I am hoping it goes global scale or at least up here to Canada.

They are out of San Fran. and I'm sure they welcome your comments.

XREF Tidbit

I recently stumbled across (by mistake) and interesting AutoCAD XREF trick that I was unaware of. In fact it provides an instant solution to a problem I do come across now and again so I thought I would share.

The tip is with regards to changing and Attached Xref to an Overlayed Xref and visa versa.



My guess is that 90% of AutoCAD users are unaware of this tip.

The tip is:

In the XREF dialog box if you double click the word Attach or Overlay in the'Type' column (as seen above) you can actually toggle the xref from being Attached to being Overlayed, and visa versa. This can help eliminate a Circular Xref error. This click behaviour in a dialog box is unusual forAutoCAD, and I don't think it would even occur to an experienced AutoCAD user to try this.

So now I will start double clicking in other dialog boxes and see what other treasures lie within.

As most experienced AutoCAD users know, an attached Xref WILL travel with the host file if it is further Xref'd but an Overlayed Xref will NOT travel forward with it's host file if it gets further Xref'd.

Free Live Online Project Navigator Training

DGCAD is offering new CADILOT (CAD Integrated Live Online Training) sessions free for the test drive.

The next session is for Architectural Desktop and the topic is the infamous 'Project Navigator'.

Topic: ADT Project Navigator
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2006
Time: 11:00 am MDT
Duration: 30 minutes

Only room for 10 people until the system gets expanded. (shouldn't be long).

Email me with your name to request a CADILOT - ADT Project Navigator session invitation.
mailto:daryl@dgcad.com

For more information here is a link announcing the new CADILOT system.
http://adt.blogspot.com/2006/05/future-of-cad-training-has-arrived.html

Main CADILOT page
http://www.dgcad.com/cadilot/index.htm

FREE CAD Integrated Live Online Training - Test Drive

We are scheduling a FREE Test Drive of the exciting new CADILOT (CAD Integrated Live Online Training) System. See this posting for more information > http://adt.blogspot.com/2006/05/future-of-cad-training-has-arrived.html

This CADILOT class will be held on Thursday, May 18, at 3:00 pm MDT.

The topic will be 'A REVIT Demo'. The objective of this class will be an exercise of how the new CADILOT system works and maybe learn some REVIT along the way as well.

Only room for 10 people, so the first 10 people to email me at mailto:daryl@dgcad.com and title the message "CADILOT Thursday" will get in.

* If you cannot make this scheduled time, fear not just email me with the message title "CADILOT - RAIN CHECK PLEASE" and I will put you on the list for the next Freebee.

You will receive an email invitation that looks like this. (You have to accept a security certificate and away we go.)

Please join my meeting athttps://www.gotomeeting.com/join/xxxxxxxxxConference Call: Dial (xxx) xxx-xxxx, then enter access code xxx-xxx-xxxMeeting ID: xxx-xxx-xxxGoToMeeting(TM)Online Meetings Made Easy

The future of CAD training has arrived - Thank you !

C A D I L O T - CAD Interactive Live Online Training (www.cadilot.com) coming soon !

New Online 'Fully Interactive' CAD Training Available - The future is here and we are ON IT !

That's right, sit back at your desk, in board room, on a boat, in a park, in a hotel or, on a bus.....and watch how it's done. LIVE and Interactive ! Get to know me.

One on One or in a Group.

Ask questions and get your answers right then and there. We can record the session so no need to panic. How about scheduling a few sessions ahead of time on your availability.

Through the magic of CITRIX and thin client technology anyone in the meeting can be given control of the mouse and control of the SOFTWARE. This means we can pass the mouse back and forth ! This technology has been around for years but not to this level of simplicity .

DG CAD is all setup to provide you with live 'Online Conference Style' training.

It's instant, it's easy, it's fully interactive and it's very effective !

We do this in the same way people have been doing live conference meetings for some time now but with better technology and faster internet.

We are setup through www.gotomeeting.com and it's so simple it's funny.

You instantly see our screen on your screen and we talk over the speaker phones. Then if you want the mouse control can you have it !

Email us to setup your sessions ! > mailto:daryl@dgcad.com

Make Paper Space view Black and White

Thanks to CADDIGEST for posting this CADclip on their site !

I remember way back when there was a way to make your paper space view look monochrome, black and white or more like the plot preview. Somewhere along the line I upgraded my software and seemed to have lost just exactly how this is done. Occasioanlly I would spend a couple minutes looking around but could never get it back.

Well I finally figured it out, again and thought there must be others in the same position !

The trick is you MUST to go through the Page Setup Manager dialog box then into a particuar page setup. If you go straight into the plot dialog box the option is not available. Yet another reason to always use the page seup manager.

The check box in question is in the upper right side and it's called "Display Plot Styles" ?? Ok. I suspect most people either don't know what the option does or they don't even see it. Either way I prefer to set this option 'On'. See the images above and below.

ADT 2007 ReadMe file

Below is a link to the ADT 2007 readme file.

Some good info. and light reading.

ADT 2007 ReadMe

'AUGI Training Program' announces new FAST TRACK

The 'ATP' has announced it's new 'Fast Track' online training program for the busy worker.
One topic, one week...One happy camper. Just learn it. > ATP Fast Track

Detail Component Manager CADCLIP Tutorial

Below is a CADCLIP link on using the Detail Component Manager which was added to ADT 2006 but many people have never tried it out. It's used to draw details in 2D but there's all kinds of magic included.

Try it out. It's fun and it's easy.

Right click the link and 'save target as..' to download the file.

Intro to the Detail Component Manager

Networking Palettes CADCLIP Tutorial

Below are 3 links to ADT Tutorials on Networking your Catalogs and Palettes. It is getting great reviews.

You can right click and 'save target as..' to download the files.

Networking Palettes (PDF)
Networking Palettes Part 1 – Theory
Networking Palettes Part 2 – Demo

Automatic Elevations Video CADCLIP added

I have just added the VIdeo CADCLIP link to the 'Automatic Elevations' post below.

Suggest an ADT Tutorial topic

Please feel free to use the Comments link below or email me to suggest an ADT Tutorial for this blog.

I'll do what I can.

Automatic Elevations and Sections

ADT 2006

Creating an Elevation or Section is like taking a snapshot in time of certain objects. It creates a special View that can be updated almost as if it was a block.


Use the Callout Tools to generate the Elevations or Sections.



Below are links to Full Tutorial.
(Right click and 'save target as..' to download the file)

PDF hard copy
http://www.dgcad.com/downloads/CADCLIP-ADT-Automatic-Elevations.pdf

Video CADCLIP
http://www.dgcad.com/downloads/CADCLIP-ADT-Automatic-Elevations.wmv

First Posting

Stay tuned for more ADT Educational information coming.