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ACA Ceiling Grids: Creating a Mask Block

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-11-26 06:00:00
First post in the series: ACA Ceiling Grids: The Cell Component Previous post in the series: ACA Ceiling Grids: Mask Blocks As seen in the previous article, Mask Blocks provide a great way to hide unwanted parts of a Ceiling Grid when an item to be placed in the ceiling is larger than one grid cell. The out-of-the-box content contains several light fixtures …

ACA Ceiling Grids: Mask Blocks

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-11-23 01:01:00
First post in the series: ACA Ceiling Grids: The Cell Component Previous post in the series: ACA Ceiling Grids: Anchors AutoCAD� Architecture Ceiling Grids provide an easy way to generate a representation of the ceiling grid for an acoustical panel ceiling. And, as we have seen in previous articles in this series, they have feature that make it easy to locate and organize …

ACA Ceiling Grids: Anchors

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-10-15 20:36:00
Previous post in the series: ACA Ceiling Grids: The Cell Component One useful feature of Ceiling Grids is that you can anchor other AEC objects to the grid (just like any other AEC Grid). Once anchored, if you move the Ceiling Grid, the anchored object(s) will move with it, which makes small adjustments to ceiling grid locations much easier to do. You …

Revit: "Blank" Dimension

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-09-24 13:12:00
I will leave the debate over whether or not you should ever do this to others, but thanks to a post by Joshua Kohl in the AUGI Revit� Architecture - General Forum, I now know how to create a dimension with absolutely no dimension value or other text showing. You may be aware that while you can override the dimension value …

ACA Ceiling Grids: The Cell Component

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-09-16 21:14:00
Like all ACA grid objects, a Ceiling Grid has a Cell component, which marks the center of each cell in the grid. You may not be aware of this component, since, in the out-of-box Display settings, this component is turned off. It is also mapped to a non-plotting layer (G-Anno-Nplt for US imperial content), so turning the component on will not …

ACA 2013 Service Pack 1

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-08-19 23:30:00
Autodesk� has released Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD� Architecture 2013. According to the README, a number of items have been resolved, and an ability to disable the autoloading of AutoLISP or VBA on startup and to disable AutoLISP entirely has been added, to aid in dealing with malicious AutoLISP or VBA code. As always, be certain to read the entire README …

ACA: Grip Editing of Doors and Windows with Standard Sizes

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-08-09 04:01:00
One nice feature of AutoCAD� Architecture is that you can assign standard sizes to Doors and Windows. This allows the user to select a standard size from a list of the sizes entered into the Style, saving time and minimizing the potential for error. Better still, when grip editing an instance of a Style with standard sizes, the inital default is to …

ACA and Plotting Image Borders

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-06-29 04:01:00
My firm is currently using ACA 2010 for most of our production work that is not being done in Revit. Our template file has the IMAGEFRAME variable set to 2, so that the frames are visible but they do not print. (We have all of the "frame" variables set to 2, which can be done all at once by using the …

Revit Architecture 2013 Update Release 1

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-06-09 14:58:00
Update Release 1 for Autodesk� Revit� Architecture 2013 is now available. As noted in the Enhancements Documentation, the following improvements have been made to Revit Architecture 2013: Improves stability when closing a sketch editor, such as slab, site, etc., which create a large number of points.Improves creation of U-shaped winder stairs.Improves stability when editing winder stairs.Improves performance when many railings exist within …

ACA: Occupancy Load Calculations with a Column Total

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-06-01 04:01:00
In the thread in the Autodesk AutoCAD� Architecture Discussion Group that was the basis for my previous blog article post on occupant load calculations, Ted Evans pointed out that if you add a total to the occupant load column, the sum may not reflect the total of the displayed values. He is correct, if the displayed values have a sufficient number …

ACA: Occupancy Load Calculations and Division by Zero

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-05-27 21:44:00
A question concerning occupancy load calculations and how to handle Spaces to which an occupant load of "0" has been assigned was posted to a thread in the Autodesk AutoCAD� Architecture Discussion Group. Dividing the Space's area by the occupant load causes an error in the formula when the occupant load is zero. As noted in my response, which includes a …

AutoCAD 2013 - Command Line Enhancements

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-04-22 19:59:00
A number of nice enhancements have been made to the Command Line. You can still have it docked at the bottom or top of the screen, and adjust the height to show previous lines. As always, click on any image to see an enlarged version. As you can see in the image above, there have been some changes. A command icon has …

Revit: Creating a New Tick Mark Size

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-04-04 04:01:00
The project on which I was working (in Revit� Architecture 2012) only offered two tick sizes for dimension strings: 1/8", which was way too large, and 3/64", which I thought was bordering on too small. (I am not sure if those are out-of-the-box offerings or just what was in my firm's template at the time this project was started.) I figured there …

ACA 2013: Object Display Enhancements Part 3

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-03-27 23:05:00
First Article in the Series (ACA 2013: Object Display Enhancements Part 1) Previous Article in the Series (ACA 2013: Object Display Enhancements Part 2) Annotative Hatch Display Components ACA 2013 offers the option of making a Hatch component annotative. This allows you to establish a single scaling (based on the scale you would apply when plotting at full size) and then have ACA adjust …

ACA 2013: Object Display Enhancements Part 2

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-03-20 14:42:00
Transparency Transparency, added to AutoCAD� (and AutoCAD� Architecture) in the 2011 release, is now fully integrated into AEC objects and the AutoCAD Architecture Display System. Previously, Transparency could be applied to the main object only, by using the tools on the Transparency panel on the Home ribbon tab. Entity Transparency is now an editable property for parent AEC objects, on the Design …

ACA 2013: Object Display Enhancements Part 1

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-03-11 17:43:00
AutoCAD� Architecture 2013 adds a number of new features to the Display System. Layer Keys for Display Components An often wished for feature is now in the program: it is now possible to assign a Layer Key or Layer Overrides to a component of an object, instead of just hard-coding the layer name in the style. If you have ever wanted to have …

Revit - Wall Type Edit Tip

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-03-04 22:28:00
This may be old news to more experienced Revit hands, but I discovered this today and thought I would document it for future reference. When editing a Wall Type in the Type Properties dialog, if you make changes to either or both of the "Coarse Scale" parameters under the Graphics category... ...and then decide you want to review the Wall's Structure by …

ACA 2013 - Grouping and Subtotals in Schedule Tables

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-03-04 22:28:00
The ability to group items within a Schedule Table and have subtotals for each group has long been wished for by AutoCAD� Architecture users, extending back to when the program was called Architectural Desktop. That wish has been granted in the 2013 release, which supports up to three levels of grouping and subtotals. In the past, you have been able to sort …

Revit Family Editor - Lock Column

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-02-24 10:41:00
While working in the Family Editor, have you wondered what was the purpose of the Lock column in the Family Types dialog? I have often wondered what this column, first introduced in the 2011 release, does, and was never able to find anything about it in the Help. Today, thanks to a link posted by Richard Black in this thread in …

ACA Structural Member Styles - Part 5

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Architect\'s Desktop 2012-02-17 18:18:00
First Article in the Series (Structural Member Catalog) Previous Article in the Series (Manually Created Structural Member Styles) Structural Member Contextual Ribbon Tab In addition to the accessing the various Structural Member tools on the Manage ribbon tab, from the flyout of the Style & Display panel, once you have at least one Structural Member in your drawing file, you can select a Structural …

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