Sunday, May 30, 2010

Hi, you can maximax your working area by the following step below

REVIT (Dimensions)

Hi, in Revit, there two type of Dimension

(A) Temporary
(Also known as Listening Dimension, dimension will disappear when
the element is not selected)

(B) Permanent
( Continue to display dimension even when element is not selected
and it can be either modify or non-modifty)


Figure 1.1 below shown how to convert a temporary Dimension to a Permanent one


















Figure 1.2 below shown how to convert a Permanent Dimension into a Temporary one



Thursday, May 27, 2010

REVIT (MEASURE)

Hi, in Autocad you use inquiry to measure distance, in Revit
you can use the method below


STEP 1

REVIT (ADD AND AMEND COLUMN)

Hi, you can actually duplicate a new column using the existing size
and amend to the desired size you wanted.

STEP 1
























STEP 2























STEP 3





















STEP 4




















STEP 5


















STEP 6


















REVIT (AMEND WALL THICKNESS)

Hi, you can duplicate the wall and amend the thickness accordingly;


STEP 1

























STEP 2

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

REVIT (TYPE OF CAD TO IMPORT)

Hi, you can import the follwing below into Revit:

Figure 1

Note! For dgn format, Revit 2010 can only recognise till Microstation V7

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

REVIT (SNAPS)

You can amend the setting of object snaps by doing the following


STEP 1






















STEP 2

REVIT (PURGE)

Hi, you can purge unused item in your Revit Drawing

STEP 1

REVIT (CONTROL VIEW)

Hi, you can control the view you want. Below are some tip
of rotating your view

STEP 1



















STEP 2

REVIT (IDENTIFY DRAWN ELEMENT)

Hi, you can actually identify drawn element simply by clicking on it
STEP 1

REVIT (PROJECT UNIT)

Hi, you can set and amend the unit accordingly below

STEP 1

REVIT (INSERT CAD FILE)

Hi, if you like to insert Plan drawn in Autocad, maybe you can follow the step below
for your reference


STEP 1



















STEP 2



















STEP 3

REVIT (CREATE NEW COLUMN)

Hi, if you want to create a column that match the size you want, you can simply
duplicate the existing one and modify the size.

STEP 1

Sunday, May 23, 2010

MICROSTATION (IMPORT LEVEL)

TO IMPORT LEVEL TEMPLATE, FOLLOW THE ILLUSTRATION BELOW;


STEP 1



















STEP 2







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STEP 4


















STEP 5

CONVERT PDF TO CAD FILE

You can convert PDF to Editable CAD format.
There lot of PDF Convertor program in market where
you can try it for free during the trial period. I personally
prefer PDF to DXF Convertor cos it can convert PDF File
into CAD file within minutes


STEP 1 (Below show Original Drawing in PDF Format)



















STEP 2 (Open your PDF to DXF Convertor program and start converting to CAD format)



















STEP 3















STEP 4





















CAD FORMAT

Saturday, May 22, 2010

MICROSTATION SHORT CUT

First we need to enable "POSITION MAPPING" (ALT + K > P)
and follow the illustration below;


STEP 1









STEP 2


















KEYBOARD SHORT CUT

Monday, May 17, 2010

AUTOCAD (KEYBOARD FUNCTION)











F1 - DISPLAY HELP
F2 - TEXT WINDOW
F3 - OSNAP
F4 - TABLET MODE
F5 - ISOPLANE
F6 - DYNAMIC UCS
F7 - GRID MODE
F8 - ORTHO MODE
F9 - SNAP MODE
F10 - POLAR TRACKING
F11 - OBJECT SNAP TRACKING
F12 - DYNAMIC INPUT

BASIC AUTOCAD (MOVE)

At the prompt area, simply type in "M" to MOVE the Object.














Sunday, May 16, 2010

AUTOCAD (Layers)

Simply type "la" at the prompt area, layer dialogue box will appear.

STEP 1




STEP 2

Saturday, May 15, 2010

AUTOCAD (Snap)

To change the snap setting, simply type "OS" at the prompt area
as shown below

STEP 1






STEP 2

AUTOCAD (Wipeout)

hi, you know beside "TRIM", there another command called "WIPEOUT"
You can follow the Example below for reference.

STEP 1
At the propmt area type "WIPEOUT" and Enter












STEP 2










STEP 3
Outline the object accordingly













STEP 4














STEP 5













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STEP 8