The Rules of CAD?

[Dave Lewis]

This post on bloggie seems to be more for cad management then for end users.
How about the rules for autocad users. Like the cad laws.
Now about never attach always overlay.
Or never annotate in a base file.

Whats your favorite cad law?

[Wanderer]

This post on bloggie seems to be more for cad management then for end users.
How about the rules for autocad users. Like the cad laws.
Now about never attach always overlay.
Or never annotate in a base file.

Whats your favorite cad law?

ooh, fun topic...

check out these discussions on the autodesk discussion group...

cad commandments.
CAD commandments

[robert.1.hall72202]

How about starting our own list?????
Anyone?


1. Never, I repeat Never explode a dimension.
2. Always keep a backup copy of a file. Do not rely on IT department backups.
3. Always rethink your dimstlyes before you create them. Tough to fix at
a later date.
4. If at first a command does not work, bang on the keyboard harder. (no humor no fun)
5. Always check over a drawing before you click print. Save a forest.
6. Whenever possible, swap an xref for a block. Xrefs are not good for everything.
7. Do not keep the printer by your desk. Get up and stretch once in awhile.

[eleonard]

How about starting our own list?????
Anyone?


1. Never, I repeat Never explode a dimension.
2. Always keep a backup copy of a file. Do not rely on IT department backups.
3. Always rethink your dimstlyes before you create them. Tough to fix at
a later date.
4. If at first a command does not work, bang on the keyboard harder. (no humor no fun)
5. Always check over a drawing before you click print. Save a forest.
6. Whenever possible, swap an xref for a block. Xrefs are not good for everything.
7. Do not keep the printer by your desk. Get up and stretch once in awhile.

#1 is my favorite... why can't people get this one through thier head.... I wish there were a fool proof way to elimiate the option to actually explode dims. I can't even get people to understand the reason for dimension styles.

another rule for me would be to ALWAYS draw thing to scale and when you have a detail sheet not to bring in detail blocks and scale them but to use paper space and viewports to scale the detail.

Oh I could go on all day, but I better not.

Emily

[Augi Doggie]

Here's my biggest pet peeves

• DO NOT Explode Attributes or Dimensions.
• Do not explode a hatch.
• Do not place the border in Model Space.
• Do not scale the border, larger or smaller, than 1:1
• Do not plot the model space viewport.
• Do not scale or rotate reference files.
• Do not “plot to fit” when plotting a drawing. i.e. Plot 1 to 1 or 2 to1.

[Dave Lewis]

Do not scale reference files.

Not possible. Civil and Archictural drawings have to be scaled into each other.
A better rule is to never move reference files unless you are positioning buildings into a site plan.

[Augi Doggie]

Do not scale reference files.

Not possible. Civil and Archictural drawings have to be scaled into each other.
A better rule is to never move reference files unless you are positioning buildings into a site plan.

That's a good point, that's exactly why they created INSUNITS for 2006. Unfortunately, I've had people scale reference files (which were in state plane coordinates) to make them "fit right" with an aerial. Instead of vice versa. Never underestimate how ignorant people can be.

[Dave Lewis]

Actually I've turned off INSUNITS complete via acaddoc.lsp
Its one more variable to keep track of that just confuses people.

[Augi Doggie]

Actually I've turned off INSUNITS complete via acaddoc.lsp
Its one more variable to keep track of that just confuses people.

Thats a great idea with the acaddoc.lsp. But I wouldn't advise it for inexperinced users. I think insunits confuses more people than it helps. I wouldn't mind it as much, if it were set to 0 as a default.
I do mostly civil work and the default for insunits is feet (2) for pre-2006 drawings. It's annoying to say the least.

[Dave Lewis]

Absolutely Its anoying. I get support call after call about how come I xrefed my drawing and I cannot see it. So I disabled it