Saturday, April 29, 2006

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.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

ADT 2007 ReadMe file

Below is a link to the ADT 2007 readme file.

Some good info. and light reading.

ADT 2007 ReadMe

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

'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

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

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

Monday, April 24, 2006

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

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Automatic Elevations Video CADCLIP added

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

Friday, April 21, 2006

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.

Monday, April 17, 2006

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

Saturday, April 15, 2006

First Posting

Stay tuned for more ADT Educational information coming.