Saturday, April 07, 2007

ADT 2007 Stairs by Linework

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Click the link below to view an 11 minute CADclip on creating the ADT Stair you see above by using the cool 'by linework' method. This may be ADT's best unknown secret.

ADT 2007 Stairs By Linework (right click and save target as to download)

I think it's a safe assumption to say that most people (present company included) have seriously struggled to use the ADT Stair tool to do anything other than a straight run of stairs. Heaven help you if you actually want to use 'winders'......even with the new 'winder styles'.

We have all seen the red circle of death. ADT Stair winders seem to have a mind of their own that do not follow any design rules that I have come across.

Well now there's a very easy solution that really works. Stairs by Linework..........from the highest hilltop........YEAH !!

As far as I am concerned they can scrap the old stair tool and just leave this one in.

* In the CADclip I use straight lines as the boundaries and risers but you can use arcs and polylines as well.

We also learn a little bit about attaching the railings and overriding the cut plane in the CADclip lesson above.

ENJOY......all my ADT friends........enjoy !

Friday, April 06, 2007

Architectural Desktop 2007 Curved Roof

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Click the link below to view a 9 minute CADclip on creating the ADT roof you see above.

ADT 2007 Curved Roof (right click and save target as to download)

So once you get the hang of ADT you will inevitably get challenged by creating a Roof that is not made up of standard Flat Sloped surfaces.

We all know you can Auto Project ADT walls up to the underside of an ADT Roof object but did you know that you can 'Auto Project' walls up to basic AutoCAD 3d solids ! Yes you can.

You can also convert an AutoCAD solid object to a Roof Slab object to finish it off !

There are 32 awesome CADclips on the AutoCAD 2007 3D Solid modelling tools here > AutoCAD 2007 3D to get you up to speed on all the AutoCAD 3D modelling.