Pen Assignments - Updates

The following update have been made to the Wolski Pen Assignments to add more "punch" to the drawings. 



The following adjustments were made to the Wolski.ctb file on the server (if you require the older settings they are saved to Wolski-Original.ctb).

Bluebeam Administrator

If you have an issue with Bluebeam, likely it can be resolved with the Bluebeam Administrator.

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"How do I start the Administrator?"
Start Button - > All Programs -> Bluebeam Software -> Bluebeam Administrator
Or from within Bluebeam PDF Revu:



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“I don’t know where Bluebeam is saving my PDFs”
Check out the Printer Options:



While you are at it double-check to make sure the Bluebeam Printer Monitor is running:



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“My PDFs are opening in Adobe not Bluebeam"
Set Bluebeam as the default viewer:

Offset to Current Layer

Here is a great tip for creating for wall lines from grid lines:

1. Draw grid lines on GRID layer
2. Set the WALL layer current.
3. Offset your wall line from the grids using the Offset to Current Layer option (this will create lines on the WALL layer).

So how do you set this magical offset option?

At the command line type OFFSET and then L (for Layer) and C (for Current) and then continue with your offset distance...

Same principle works for creating T-bar ceiling lines from wall lines, have fun!

Frustration with MText

Wow, editting a large piece of Mtext can be frustrating. When you click to edit Mtext, AutoCAD makes the text appear large....but this disables the zoom command. The only way to get to the bottom are the arrow keys on your keyboard.

Here is a tip from Chris Green if you can't stand this behavior.

Type at the command line: MTEXTFIXED and set to 1

Till next time.

Shop Drawing Workflow

This chart outlines the standard paperless shop drawing workflow:

Enjoy!

Door of the Week: Barn

Hi this week you get the new barn door.

Enjoy!

New Pocket Door

There is a new Pocket Door on the Wolski Door toolbar.

This door works with the Door Trim and Extend commands but is designed only for 6" wall insertions.

Standard Notes Added To Wolski Palette

The Wolski standard notes can now be inserted from the Tool Palette! You will find them under the Notes tab:

The following improvements have been made:

• The blocks are inserted at 1:1 (in either metric or imperial) for easy paperspace placement.
• The blocks automatically explode after being inserted.
• The font substitution issue is now resolved when the Setup program is run.

Have fun!

Recoverall

Here is Cindy's tip of the week.

If you are working on a project and the drawings are slow to load a great tool to help is called RECOVERALL. What does it do?

Recoverall opens and recovers the selected file and all associated Xrefs and cleans up the integrity of the drawing . A great time to use this tool is when you start working on a pre-AutoCAD 2009 project.

Here is how it works:

1. Make sure that you are not in any of the files that you want to Recover.
2. Type RECOVERALL at the command line (or from the File pulldown -> Drawing Utilities > Recover drawings and xrefs).
3. Select the Wolski (non-xref) drawing that you want to Recover.
4. Repeat on other Wolski drawings.

Give it a try!

Take You to My Multileaders

You might have noticed the new Multileader toolbars in the Wolski CAD system. These multileaders have several advantages including the ability to easily add and remove leaders and include blocks (ie keynote block).

Here is a description of what each tool does:

First of all you might have to load the Mleaders with the tool indicated above. Give the Text and Keynote Mleaders a try.

More information in future posts.

Freeze Layers in Door Blocks and Xrefs

Here's this weeks tip from Cindy. Have you ever been frustrated by trying to freeze a layer within the new door blocks or an Xref.

Here is a great tip on using the new Deep Freeze tool. It is on the new Layer toolbar.

Use this tool when you need to freeze a nested layer within a block or Xref. The standard Freeze command right next door.

Later.

Image Frame

Do you want the image frame to be selectable but don't want it to print? Set IMAGEFRAME to 2 and you are in business.

Centering a Block Between Two Points

Here is Cindy's tip of the week. If you are inserting a block and want to insert it to the centre of a room or wall here is how you do it:

• Select the block from the palette.
• Press the Ctrl button and right click (at the same time).
• Select Mid Between 2 Points

 

• Pick the 2 corners of the room and the block will be inserted in the center.

Resolving Bluebeam Problems.

The key to resolving most Bluebeam issues is to learn and use the Bluebeam Administrator.

Please review this blog post: Bluebeam Administrator