Immediate and Independent Layer on/off

No doubt, it’s confusing. This setting is found on the Object Layers tab of the Drawing Settings dialog (right click on the name of the drawing as shown on the Settings tab or the Toolspace. To be clear, this setting is for working with layers in an on/off state as opposed to a [...] Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Immediate and Independent... [Read more]

Creating PDF from CAD popup

Hi. While you creating a PDF from CAD. there is this pop preview of the PDF once it has been created. How can I close this option, in order NOT to have that preview popping up all the time? Is it an option in AutoCad or in Adobe?? Please help me. It keeps making my computer crash. Thank you for your help. Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:... [Read more]

Extracting Street names from SHP files

I’m working with numerous Shape files all that contain street name information. I would like to know if there is a way to query or extract that information out of the individual lines? Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Extracting Street names from SHP files", url: "http://www.3dcadtips.com/2009/01/extracting-street-names-from-shp-files/"... [Read more]

Relinquishing Ownership

How do I relinquish the ownership of a user who no longer works with us?……. Much Appreciated thanks!! Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Relinquishing Ownership", url: "http://www.3dcadtips.com/2009/01/relinquishing-ownership/" }); Read More →

How to rejoin forum

Hi Guys I just got a new computer, it has been so long… I have forgotten how to join the forum… I want to keep my same email address but when I log into the join setup - it says that email address is already taken. Help please Doug Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to rejoin forum", url: "http://www.3dcadtips.com/2009/01/how-to-rejoin-forum/"... [Read more]

Text justification changes from one release to another

I have a problem with some attributed blocks that I created. We currently use Inventor 2009 & AutoCad (several different releases) to create drawings. I was in the process of updating our titleblocks for AutoCad and created a few new attributed blocks. The text justification is set to middle center. When the blocks (that work in R2009) are... [Read more]

Material tags not working

I have a generic model family with a material parameter. I load the family into a project and assign a project material to the material parameter. The project material has a mark, in this case "EX-01". When i go to tag it using a material tag (which is set to tag marks), it doesn’t show up but shows a black question mark instead.... [Read more]

Wall thickness not showing correctly in profile

My pipe wall thicknesses are not showing correctly, in profile, per the exaggeration factor. They should be thicker. I’ve turned on the display settings within the pipe styles for both profile and plan view, to show the thicknesses. But, per the parts catalog they are not showing correctly. Does anybody know why? Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({... [Read more]

New Video Card - Questions

I have a new system with an nVidia Quadro 3700FX, Vista 64, Intel Core i7 Dual Quadcore w/ Hyperthreading, 6Gigs of Ram, and Revit 2009-64bit does anybody have any tips/tricks for tuning Revit for renderings on something like this, with this video card. I am doing a test rendering on one done on my the old machine, and on the new one, and I am not... [Read more]

Single Line Piping Rise/Drop Issues

I am trying to draw a single line (coarse view) piping system in a ceiling plan view. I would like the rise/drops to like the attached floorplanrisedrop.png (with the 3/4" circle indication). However, the mechanical settings only seem to hold true in the floor plan views. As you can see in the ceilingplanrisedrop.png, I am getting some weird crossing... [Read more]

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