IntroductionWelcome| 00:00 | (music playing)
| | 00:04 | Hi! I am Jeff Bartels.
Welcome to AutoCAD 2014 New Features!
| | 00:09 | In this course, we'll start by
exploring the integrated Autodesk 360 service.
| | 00:14 | I'll show you how to create a free
Autodesk 360 account, upload and organize
| | 00:19 | files, and collaborate with others
using the new Design Feed palette.
| | 00:25 | Next, we'll use the enhanced command line
to access tools and content even faster.
| | 00:31 | Using the new geographic location
tools, drawings can be assigned a
| | 00:35 | GIS coordinate system.
| | 00:37 | If you work with Point Cloud Data,
AutoCAD now includes Autodesk ReCap.
| | 00:42 | I'll show you how to use ReCap to
navigate the contents of a Point Cloud.
| | 00:46 | We'll also explore how to visually
analyze the data, and take precise
| | 00:51 | measurements within the virtual environment.
| | 00:54 | Finally, I'll show you how to bring
the Point Cloud into AutoCAD, so you can
| | 00:57 | create designs that fit
perfectly within your environment.
| | 01:01 | As you can see, we've got a
lot of things to talk about.
| | 01:04 | So, when you're ready,
follow me, and we'll get started.
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| Using the exercise files| 00:00 | If you're a premium member of the Lynda.com
Online Training Library, you have
| | 00:04 | access to the Exercise
Files used in this course.
| | 00:07 | That means as we're going through the
lessons, you'll be able to follow along
| | 00:11 | with the exact same files
you see me using on screen.
| | 00:13 | In order to access the Exercise
Files, simply download them from the
| | 00:17 | Lynda.com website, and then navigate to the
folder for each chapter as you're watching them.
| | 00:24 | You'll also notice that as you watch a
movie, an overlay will appear indicating
| | 00:28 | which file you should have
opened during that exercise.
| | 00:31 | If you're not a premium member, that's
okay; you can still follow along using
| | 00:35 | your own files with no problem. All right!
| | 00:37 | Now that you have your Exercise
Files ready to go, let's get started.
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1. Connecting to Autodesk 360Creating an account| 00:00 | In order to take advantage of all the
new features in AutoCAD 2014, you'll need
| | 00:04 | to have an Autodesk 360 account.
| | 00:07 | Generally speaking, Autodesk 360
represents an online storage location where you
| | 00:12 | can save drawings and related content.
| | 00:14 | Saving files to Autodesk 360 means you
can easily access them from any computer,
| | 00:19 | smart phone, or tablet.
| | 00:21 | In this lesson, we're going to create an
Autodesk 360 account, and sign into the service.
| | 00:25 | Now, this may seem a little unusual,
but I'm going to start by opening Windows
| | 00:29 | Explorer. I'll do that by pressing the
Windows key, and tapping
the letter E on my keyboard.
| | 00:34 | When you install AutoCAD 2014, you'll
find that it has created a system folder
| | 00:39 | on your machine called Autodesk 360.
This folder represents the content you have
| | 00:44 | saved to your online account. You see,
Autodesk 360 works very similar to a
| | 00:49 | service like Dropbox. Essentially, you
save your files into this directory, and
| | 00:53 | then they're automatically
synced with your online account.
| | 00:57 | If you open the folder at this time, you
will not see any content, nor can you add
| | 01:01 | anything to the folder. That's because, at
present time, we are not signed into the
| | 01:05 | Autodesk 360 service.
| | 01:07 | I'm going to close Windows Explorer.
And then, in the upper right corner of the
| | 01:11 | AutoCAD interface, I'll open the
Autodesk 360 menu, and select Sign In.
| | 01:16 | In the event you'd like more information
about Autodesk 360, you
can use this option below.
| | 01:23 | In the Sign In dialog box, you can enter
the same Autodesk ID and password that
| | 01:28 | you use to authorize your AutoCAD software.
| | 01:31 | Otherwise, you can create a new Autodesk ID
by clicking the "need an Autodesk ID" link.
| | 01:36 | I'm going to use this
option to create a new account.
| | 01:40 | From here, I'll enter my first
name, last name, and e-mail address.
| | 01:47 | I will then enter my desired
Autodesk ID and password.
| | 01:56 | Finally, I will agree to the Autodesk
360 Terms of Service, and I'll click the
| | 02:00 | button below to create an account.
| | 02:04 | This will sign me into the service,
and I'll be given the opportunity to
| | 02:08 | automate how AutoCAD uploads content
into my account. We'll talk about these
| | 02:12 | options a little bit later.
| | 02:14 | For right now, let's leave both
of them unchecked, and click OK.
| | 02:19 | Now that I'm signed into the service,
let's visit Windows Explorer again, and try
| | 02:23 | uploading some files.
| | 02:24 | Once again, I'll press Windows key E. I
will then navigate to the desktop, and
| | 02:30 | I'll open the Exercise Files folder. And
then, inside the Autodesk 360 directory,
| | 02:36 | I'm going to select all of these
files that start with the number two.
| | 02:39 | I'll choose this first one, and
then I'll hold my Shift key, and select the
| | 02:43 | last one. I will then right-click, and
select Copy to copy them to the clipboard.
| | 02:48 | Next, I'll open the Autodesk 360 folder
on my machine, and I will right-click, and
| | 02:53 | select Paste to upload
these files to my account.
| | 02:57 | In the event you upload drawings that
have associated files -- things like fonts or
| | 03:01 | external references, -- you can use this
dialog box to ensure all related content
| | 03:06 | is copied to your account.
| | 03:07 | In this case, I'm going to select
Copy to include these related files.
| | 03:12 | Note that they will be placed in a
folder called Automatic Copy. And, that's it. By
| | 03:16 | simply copying files to the
Autodesk 360 folder on my machine, they are
| | 03:21 | automatically synced with my online account.
| | 03:23 | When all the files display a green
check, the sync process is finished, and I
| | 03:28 | can now access or share this content using
virtually any device connected to the Internet.
| | 03:33 | Finally, let's look at how we can
sign out of the Autodesk 360 service.
| | 03:37 | I am going to close Windows Explorer,
and then I will return to the Autodesk 360
| | 03:41 | menu, and I'll choose Sign Out.
| | 03:44 | In the next few lessons, we'll be
exploring many benefits of using Autodesk
| | 03:48 | 360 in conjunction with AutoCAD.
It's important to note that some of the
| | 03:52 | AutoCAD 2014 new features, like live maps and
design feed, require the use of Autodesk 360.
| | 03:59 | So, now that we have an account, we
can take advantage of all that AutoCAD
| | 04:03 | 2014 has to offer.
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| Touring the online interface| 00:00 | Autodesk 360 represents an online
storage location where you can save files such
| | 00:05 | that they can be accessed using
virtually any computer, smart phone, or tablet.
| | 00:09 | In this lesson, we will visit the online
version of Autodesk 360, and tour its interface.
| | 00:15 | To access Autodesk 360 from within
AutoCAD, we first need to sign into the
| | 00:19 | service. I'll do that by selecting
Sign In from the Autodesk 360 menu. I will
| | 00:26 | then enter my credentials,
and click the Sign In button.
| | 00:37 | Then, I'll select the Autodesk 360 tab
from the ribbon. This is where you'll find
| | 00:42 | the majority of the features
associated with Autodesk 360.
| | 00:46 | If you click the Manage Documents icon,
you can access the Autodesk 360 folder
| | 00:51 | on your hard drive, much the same as if
you were to navigate to the folder
using Windows Explorer.
| | 00:56 | So, this is where you can go to view or
manage your 360 content locally, on your
| | 01:01 | machine. Let's close this.
| | 01:05 | If you click the Launch Website icon,
you'll be taken to the Autodesk 360
| | 01:10 | website where you can view or manage
your 360 content online. It's the same
| | 01:16 | content in both places.
| | 01:17 | AutoCAD 2014 simply gives you the
ability to manage it from either side. That
| | 01:22 | being said, if you wish to access
your content when you're away from your
| | 01:26 | computer, you'll visit this same website.
To get here, first you would launch your
| | 01:31 | web browser, and then visit 360.autodesk.com.
| | 01:35 | From the main page, you'll find
several links to help you learn more about
| | 01:39 | Autodesk 360 and its related services.
| | 01:42 | At the bottom of the page, you can
download the Autodesk 360 app such that you
| | 01:47 | can access Autodesk 360 using an iPhone,
iPad, or Android device. Let's scroll
| | 01:54 | back to the top of the page. To sign into
an Autodesk 360 account, click the Sign
| | 01:59 | In button. Then, enter your
credentials, and click Sign In.
| | 02:11 | In this case, I'm going to select No
when it comes to remembering the password.
| | 02:16 | I'm also going to press the F11 key
to maximize my web browser on screen.
| | 02:22 | At first glance, the Autodesk 360
interface looks to have a lot going on.
| | 02:26 | In reality, the whole thing is divided
up into two parts: Home and Documents.
| | 02:32 | Home is where we view the recent
activity associated with our content, and
| | 02:36 | Documents is where we
manage the files themselves.
| | 02:40 | When you first visit Autodesk 360, the
home area includes this welcome space that
| | 02:45 | has links to help you learn
how to manage your content.
| | 02:48 | By navigating these links, you can
quickly get up to speed when it comes to
| | 02:52 | uploading, viewing, or sharing documents.
| | 02:55 | To close the welcome space, click this
Close icon. In the event you'd like to reopen
| | 03:00 | the welcome space later, you can find
it by hovering over the Help menu, and
| | 03:04 | selecting Getting Started.
| | 03:06 | The purpose of this home area is to
view the recent activity of your files. As
| | 03:11 | you can see, it is showing us all
the files that were uploaded recently.
| | 03:17 | If you click a drawing . . . For instance, I'm
going to select this one, 02_fphouse. I'm
| | 03:26 | going to drag the slider down just a
little bit to center this on screen.
| | 03:30 | Within the viewer, you can click these
arrows in the upper left corner to flip
| | 03:34 | between model space and any layouts
that exist in the file. Using the tools on
| | 03:39 | the right, you can zoom or pan the drawing.
| | 03:42 | Likewise, you can also pan and zoom,
just like you do in AutoCAD. Roll the mouse
| | 03:46 | wheel forward or back to zoom in and
out, and hold the wheel down to pan.
| | 03:51 | Using the Sheets tool is just another way
to flip between model, space, and layouts.
| | 03:57 | The Properties icon will
report general file information.
| | 04:02 | Views will let you select a saved
view if there are any in the drawing.
| | 04:07 | Using layers, you can turn layers on and
off, or click the Reset button to restore
| | 04:14 | the drawing to its original state.
| | 04:17 | Finally, the Comments tool can be used
to add comments to a file. Note that you
| | 04:21 | can also add comments by using this
icon in the toolbar on the right side.
| | 04:25 | We'll take a closer look at comments
a little later in the title when we
| | 04:28 | explore the Design Feed tool. For now, I'm
going to click the X to close the Comments tool.
| | 04:34 | If we flip from View to Document Details, we
can review the share properties of the file.
| | 04:42 | Who is it shared with? How was it shared?
| | 04:45 | This area can also be used to
add or remove shares from a file.
| | 04:50 | I'm going to scroll back to the top,
and I'll return to the home area by
| | 04:53 | clicking the Home button.
| | 04:55 | As you can see, the recent activity is
letting us know that this file was viewed.
| | 05:00 | On the right side of the home area,
you'll find links related to Autodesk 360.
| | 05:05 | From here, you can access the Autodesk
360 community, leave feedback, review
| | 05:10 | other Autodesk 360 services, or increase
your storage space. You see, an Autodesk
| | 05:16 | 360 account entitles you to 3
gig of space to store your files.
| | 05:21 | If you purchased your AutoCAD software
on subscription, you are entitled to 25
| | 05:25 | gig of storage. Simply click the
Enable button to upgrade your account.
| | 05:30 | Remember that Autodesk 360 represents
an online folder for saving content. It
| | 05:35 | isn't just for AutoCAD drawings. You
can upload or share any of your files
| | 05:38 | using Autodesk 360.
| | 05:40 | So, if you're on subscription, it's a good
idea to take advantage of the extra space.
| | 05:45 | Now that we've toured the home area of
the interface, let's click the Documents
| | 05:48 | button to visit the documents area.
| | 05:52 | Over here, we can view and manage the
files that have been uploaded to our
| | 05:56 | account. In fact, since I just mentioned
storage space, notice that if you look
| | 06:00 | at the lower left of the interface,
you can get an idea of how much space is
| | 06:03 | being used and how much
total space is available.
| | 06:07 | It's important to note that even though
we're working through a web browser,
| | 06:10 | managing these files online is very
similar to managing
files using Windows Explorer.
| | 06:15 | In our next lesson, we'll learn how to
organize our online content, and perform
| | 06:19 | standard file management tasks
using the Autodesk 360 online interface.
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| Managing files| 00:00 | As you can see, we are picking up
right where we left off in the previous
| | 00:03 | lesson. I am currently signed into the
online Autodesk 360 interface, where I am
| | 00:08 | viewing the Documents area.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we'll explore how to
organize and manage our online content.
| | 00:15 | First of all, let's pay
note to what we're viewing.
| | 00:18 | On the left side of the screen, My cloud
documents is selected. This is where we
| | 00:22 | can view the contents of our online account.
| | 00:25 | In here are all the files
that we uploaded earlier.
| | 00:28 | If you remember, these files were
uploaded by simply pasting them into the
| | 00:31 | Autodesk 360 folder on the local
machine. Now, that's one way to do it.
| | 00:36 | Using the online interface, drawings
can be uploaded using the Upload button.
| | 00:41 | Simply click this, and then click the
Select Documents button to navigate your
| | 00:46 | hard drive, and select files to upload,
At this point, I'd like to work with the
| | 00:50 | files that are already here,
so I'm going to close this.
| | 00:54 | Currently, we are viewing these files
using a thumbnail view; clicking the List
| | 00:58 | icon will display a list view.
| | 01:01 | Files can also be sorted onscreen,
using the Sort By menu. By default this
| | 01:06 | is set to Last Modified, which
means that the newest items are on top.
| | 01:10 | If I open the menu, you
can see the other choices.
| | 01:14 | As an example, I'll sort them by file
size. I will then flip this back to Last
| | 01:20 | Modified, and I'll return to a thumbnail view.
| | 01:24 | In this directory are a collection of CAD
files and images.Let's
organize them into folders.
| | 01:30 | To create a folder, I'll click New Folder.
I'll call it CAD Files, and I'll click
| | 01:37 | Save. I will then create
another folder called Images.
| | 01:47 | Now, I'd like to move these image
files into the Images folder. To move files,
| | 01:51 | there's a couple ways to do it.
| | 01:53 | One way is to open the Actions menu.
Actions is where you'll find several final
| | 01:58 | maintenance tools. From here, I'll
select Move. I'll then select the desired
| | 02:03 | folder, and click Move the document.
| | 02:08 | Another way to move a file is to right-
click on it, choose Move from the menu,
| | 02:14 | select the folder, and click Move the document.
| | 02:18 | Probably the fastest way to move a
file is using drag and drop. I'm going to
| | 02:22 | click and hold on this file. I'll
drag it over, and drop it on the folder.
| | 02:28 | To manage more than one file at a
time, you can use these checkboxes.
| | 02:32 | For example, I'm going to select
all of the CAD drawings. I will then
| | 02:39 | right-click on one of them, choose Move
5 Documents, select the CAD Files folder,
| | 02:46 | and then click Move. It's important to
note that the Action menu also applies to
| | 02:51 | folders, making it easy to manage
an even larger number of files.
| | 02:56 | To close the menu, I'll click on screen.
| | 02:58 | To view the contents of a folder, double-
click on it. And, knowing what we know now,
| | 03:03 | let's move the MechPart drawing back
to the top level of the directories.
| | 03:08 | To do that, I'm going to right-click
on the file. I'll choose Move, and I'll
| | 03:13 | select My cloud documents, and click Move.
| | 03:18 | Now, let's further subdivide the CAD
files folder into site plans and floor
| | 03:22 | plans. I'll start by creating a
new subfolder called Site Plans.
| | 03:33 | And, I'll create one more called Floor
Plans. I will then drag the Park drawing
| | 03:43 | into the Site Plans folder, and I will
select the three remaining floor plans.
| | 03:51 | I'll right-click on one of them, and
I'll use the Move option to move them into
| | 03:55 | the Floor Plans folder.
| | 03:58 | When I'm finished, I'll double-click to
navigate into the Floor Plans folder.
| | 04:04 | Notice how this area at the top of the
screen shows me a path representing my
| | 04:07 | current location within the directories.
To move up a directory, I can click the
| | 04:12 | blue arrow. Likewise, you can also
click any of the locations in this path.
| | 04:17 | To return to the top level,
I'll select All Documents.
| | 04:21 | If you would like to preview a file --
for instance, I'd like to preview the
| | 04:25 | MechPart drawing, -- you can do that
by clicking this magnifying glass.
| | 04:31 | Since I chose to preview an AutoCAD
drawing, I can use these tiles at the bottom
| | 04:35 | to flip from the model space
to any of the layout views.
| | 04:39 | Note that you cannot pan or zoom using
this viewer. I'll click the X to close
| | 04:45 | this, and let's look at how we can delete a file.
| | 04:48 | To delete the MechPart drawing, I will
right-click on it, or open the Action
| | 04:52 | menu, and select Delete.
| | 04:56 | Now, deleted files are not permanently
removed from your account. They are simply
| | 05:00 | moved into the trash bin.
| | 05:02 | The contents of trash can be
viewed by clicking the Trash link.
| | 05:06 | To permanently remove a file, move it
into Trash. And from here, you can right-
| | 05:11 | click, or open the Actions menu, and
select Delete. Likewise, you can also click
| | 05:16 | the Empty Trash button to
eliminate all files in the trash bin.
| | 05:25 | Before we leave, I'm going to select My
cloud documents to restore the view of my
| | 05:29 | online content. And, I'd like
to show you one more thing.
| | 05:32 | As you can see, I'm obviously logged in
the Autodesk 360. I'd like to close my
| | 05:37 | browser. I'll do that pressing F11 to
restore the interface, and then I'll click
| | 05:42 | the X to close this.
| | 05:44 | This returns me to AutoCAD, where I
am also logged into Autodesk 360.
| | 05:49 | From here, I'll click the Launch Website
button to return to the online browser.
| | 05:53 | And, as you can see, the browser remembers
that I'm signed in, and gives me instant
| | 05:57 | access to my online content.
| | 06:00 | That being said, if I use this Menu
button in the upper right corner of the
| | 06:04 | browser, and sign out of the Autodesk
360 service, then close my browser, when I
| | 06:12 | return to AutoCAD, where I am still logged in,
| | 06:16 | if I come down and click Launch Website
Now, I will need to once again log back
| | 06:22 | into the online interface.
| | 06:28 | So, keep that in mind. By remaining
logged in through the web browser, you can get
| | 06:32 | even faster access to your
360 content inside AutoCAD.
| | 06:37 | As you can see, managing your Autodesk
360 files online is as easy as managing
| | 06:41 | files on a local hard drive.
| | 06:43 | From now on, your important files
don't have to be tied to your office.
| | 06:47 | Using Autodesk 360, you can access
your documents no matter where you happen
| | 06:51 | to be.
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| Sharing files| 00:00 | Communication is one of the most
important parts of a successful project. Using
| | 00:04 | the Share Document tool within AutoCAD 2014,
| | 00:07 | we can easily share drawings with
stakeholders, such that they can review files,
| | 00:11 | or make any necessary changes.
| | 00:13 | In this lesson, we'll
explore how to share a drawing.
| | 00:16 | On my screen, I have a drawing that
represents a privacy fence detail. And after
| | 00:21 | working on this file, I've been doing
some review. As I zoom in here, we can see
| | 00:26 | that I've got an 8 foot-high fence,
and my bury depth is only 2 feet.
| | 00:32 | I don't think that's going to
be deep enough, but I'm not sure.
| | 00:35 | So, what I'd like to do is share this
file with the contractor who is going to
| | 00:38 | be doing to be doing the installation,
and get their opinion. And if any changes
| | 00:42 | need to be made to the file, they can
actually make the changes for me. To
| | 00:46 | share the drawing, I'm going to visit
the Autodesk 360 tab, and from here, I'll
| | 00:51 | select Share Document.
| | 00:53 | In order to share the file, it will
need to need to be placed in my Autodesk
| | 00:56 | 360 folder. So if it's not there already, I
will be given an opportunity to put it there.
| | 01:02 | I'm going to save the drawing inside
the CAD files folder that we made earlier,
| | 01:06 | and I'll click Save.
| | 01:10 | In the connection area, I will enter
my contractor's e-mail address, and I'll
| | 01:17 | click Add to add them to the e-mail
list. I say list, because I don't have to
| | 01:21 | stop with just one person. I could
have additional e-mail addresses here.
| | 01:25 | Once the address has been added, I'll open
the Access menu. And from here, I can select
| | 01:30 | the permissions I'd like the recipient
to have for this file. Do I want them to
| | 01:34 | just be able to View the Document,
View and Download; View, Download, and Make
| | 01:38 | Changes; or give them Full Access? By
having Full Access, they can do any of the
| | 01:43 | items above, plus they
can also share the drawing.
| | 01:46 | Essentially, they'll have
the same rights that I have.
| | 01:49 | I'm going to give the contractor full
access. I will then enter a message.
| | 01:58 | And when I'm finished,
I'll click Save and Invite.
| | 02:02 | As you can see, an e-mail has been
sent to the contractor. I'll click OK to
| | 02:07 | close this dialog box.
| | 02:08 | It's important to note that what
I'm doing right now is not the same as
| | 02:11 | e-mailing the drawing, but the contractor.
| | 02:13 | I'm actually giving the contractor access
to the file within my Autodesk 360 account.
| | 02:19 | Now that I've sent the invitation, I'm
going to close this drawing, and we'll look
| | 02:22 | at things from the contractor's perspective.
| | 02:25 | When the contractor opens their e-
mail, they'll find a message from me.
| | 02:30 | when opened, they'll find a hyperlink
to the file that I'm sharing. After
| | 02:34 | clicking the hyperlink, they will
be able to access this file within their
| | 02:37 | Autodesk 360 account. In the event
they do not have a 360 account, they can
| | 02:42 | always create one using the Sign In dialog box.
| | 02:47 | Let's log in as the contractor. And
from the Home tab of Autodesk 360, the
| | 02:58 | contractor can select the link to view the file.
| | 03:02 | Let's scroll this down a little bit.
| | 03:05 | And, I'm going to click the Next button
to flip to a layout view. That will give
| | 03:09 | us a little better view of the drawing. From
here, I can roll the wheel forward to zoom in.
| | 03:14 | I can also hold my mouse wheel down to pan.
| | 03:17 | At this point, we'll say that the
contractor has reviewed the file, and it does not
| | 03:21 | agree with the two-foot bury depth.
Since he has Full Access to the file, we'll
| | 03:26 | simulate making the changes from his end.
| | 03:29 | I will start by closing the browser.
And back in AutoCAD, we'll sign in as the
| | 03:38 | contractor. To do that, I'm going to
create a new drawing quickly. Just to get
| | 03:42 | access to the interface. I'll
use the default AutoCAD template.
| | 03:47 | I will then open the Autodesk 360 menu, and sign
myself out, and I'll sign in as the contractor.
| | 04:00 | Let's click OK to close the dialog box.
| | 04:02 | And, now that I'm signed, I'm going to
come up and launch Open. And inside the
| | 04:07 | contractor's Autodesk 360 folder, we'll
see the file that has been shared. I'll
| | 04:12 | select this file, and click Open.
| | 04:17 | From here, I'll pan the drawing up, and
we'll say that the proper bury depth for
| | 04:21 | this fence should be 3 1/2 feet. To edit
the drawing, I'm going to go to the Home
| | 04:25 | tab, and I'll launch the Stretch command.
At the Select Objects prompt, I'm going
| | 04:31 | to click right about here, and I'll
create a crossing window that selects the
| | 04:36 | ends of all of those posts.
| | 04:38 | I will also include the title for the detail.
| | 04:41 | I'll press Enter when I'm finished. And, I'm
going to stretch this geometry from a
| | 04:45 | point in space here. My ortho is locked.
I'll drag this down 1.5, and I'll press Enter.
| | 04:54 | When I'm finished, I'll double-
click the wheel to do a zoom extends.
| | 04:58 | Now that the file has been corrected,
I'll save it, and close the drawing. Then
| | 05:04 | we'll go back, and look at
things from my perspective.
| | 05:07 | Let's click the new icon again to get
control of the interface. Once again, I'll
| | 05:11 | create a file using the default
AutoCAD template. I will sign out of the
| | 05:17 | contractor account, and
then I'll sign in as myself.
| | 05:28 | Now that I'm logged in, I'll go to the
Autodesk 360 tab, and I'm going to click the
| | 05:31 | Launch Website, so I can view the
activity on my account. And, on the Home
| | 05:38 | tab, I can see that the contractor is
not only viewed, he's also uploaded a new
| | 05:42 | version of my fence detail. So, let's
close the browser, and inside my Autodesk
| | 05:51 | 360 folder, inside CAD Files, I'll
select this file that was shared with the
| | 05:57 | contractor. I'll click Open.
| | 06:00 | And if I zoom in towards the bottom
of the drawing, I'll find that the bury
| | 06:04 | depth has been edited.
| | 06:06 | Since the contractor no longer needs
access to this file, I'm going to come
| | 06:09 | back up, and click Share Document. And,
in the dialog box, I can click the X to
| | 06:15 | remove their share.
| | 06:16 | When I'm finished, I'll click Save.
| | 06:19 | Finally, I'll click OK.
| | 06:22 | In the old days, sharing drawings meant
sending copies of files back and forth
| | 06:26 | through e-mail. If someone made a
change, those changes had to be extracted from
| | 06:29 | the e-mailed file, then
incorporated into the main working drawing.
| | 06:33 | This workflow obviously left a lot
of room for error. Using the Share
| | 06:37 | Document tool within AutoCAD 2014,
we can leverage an Autodesk 360 account
| | 06:42 | to invite others to share the
working drawing such that everyone can work
| | 06:45 | with the same data.
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| Collaborating using Design Feed| 00:00 | Collaboration doesn't necessarily mean
that you need to give other people Write
| | 00:03 | Access to your drawings.
| | 00:05 | In many cases, simply giving
stakeholders a way to provide comments is
| | 00:09 | all that's necessary.
| | 00:10 | Fortunately, AutoCAD 2014 includes the
Design Feed palette, such that you can
| | 00:15 | maintain a running commentary on each file.
| | 00:18 | On my screen, I have an example of a
mechanical part. Let's say this design is
| | 00:22 | finished, and I'd like to submit this
drawing to both the project engineer and
| | 00:26 | the manufacturer to get their comments.
| | 00:29 | I am currently logged into my Autodesk
360 account. I'll start by going to the
| | 00:33 | Autodesk 360 tab, and I'll
click the Share Document button.
| | 00:39 | I will then save this drawing
within my Autodesk 360 folder.
| | 00:43 | I'm going to put it in the CAD
Files directory, and I'll click Save.
| | 00:51 | I'll add the e-mail address for the
project engineer and the manufacturer,
| | 01:00 | clicking Add between each one.
| | 01:07 | Note that if you've entered an e-
mail address before, this dialog box will
| | 01:11 | recognize the account.
| | 01:13 | I'll allow each of these individuals
to have View and Download privileges.
| | 01:19 | I'll write a quick message.
And, I'll click Save, and Invite.
| | 01:32 | Now that the invitations have been
sent, let's look at things from the
| | 01:35 | manufacturer's point of view.
| | 01:38 | After they've opened my e-mail, and
clicked the hyperlink to this drawing, the
| | 01:42 | file will show up in their Autodesk 360 account.
| | 01:46 | I'm going to click View.
| | 01:48 | Let me mention that acting as the manufacturer,
I'm using Google Chrome as my web browser.
| | 01:53 | I'm doing that because Autodesk
recommends using Google Chrome, because of
| | 01:56 | its support for HTML 5.
| | 01:58 | In the event I tried viewing this
drawing using another browser, I may not be
| | 02:02 | able to orbit or pan this 3D part.
| | 02:04 | For instance, using Google Chrome, I can
hold my mouse wheel down to pan, roll
| | 02:10 | the wheel forward and back to zoom in
and out, and if I hold the left mouse
| | 02:14 | button down, I can orbit.
| | 02:17 | In the event the manufacturer didn't
have Google Chrome, they could always click
| | 02:20 | the Next button to jump to a layout view,
such that they could view the drawing.
| | 02:25 | Let's say after viewing this file, the
manufacturer decided to add a comment.
| | 02:29 | To do that, you can click the Comments
button at the top of the screen or over
| | 02:33 | here in the toolbar.
| | 02:36 | I will then enter a message. "This
part looks okay. I believe I could have
| | 02:45 | it produced in a couple of weeks." When
finished, I'll click Post to save the message.
| | 02:55 | Now let's take a look at things from
the project engineer's perspective.
| | 03:00 | After he has opened my e-mail, and clicked
the hyperlink, my file would be added to
| | 03:04 | his Autodesk 360 account. At that
point, he could review the file using the
| | 03:08 | Autodesk 360 mobile app or his web
browser, just like the manufacturer did, or he
| | 03:14 | could also open and
review the drawing in AutoCAD.
| | 03:17 | As you can see, I'm logged in as the
engineer. I'm going to come up and click
| | 03:21 | Open, and inside the Autodesk 360 folder,
I'll select the file that
| | 03:26 | was shared with me, and I'll click Open.
| | 03:30 | After reviewing this file, maybe the
engineer would also like to add a comment.
| | 03:34 | Now, how do we add a comment using AutoCAD?
| | 03:36 | To add the comment, I'll visit the Autodesk
360 tab, and then I'll click the Design
| | 03:42 | Feed title to display the Design Feed palette.
| | 03:45 | And, notice that the comment from
the manufacturer is already here.
| | 03:48 | You see, Design Feed represents a
running commentary of the review comments made
| | 03:53 | about the drawing. To create a comment,
you can type it in the box above. When you
| | 03:58 | click Post, the message
will be added to this list below.
| | 04:02 | If you think you'd like to take the Comment feature a
little further, you can use these icons below.
| | 04:08 | This icon allows you to associate the
post to an area of the drawing. With this
| | 04:12 | one, you can assign the post to a
specific point. Using this button allows you to
| | 04:17 | tag one of the other people sharing
the file. Tagging means that they will
| | 04:21 | receive an e-mail informing them of
your post. And, using the button on the end,
| | 04:25 | you can attach an image to a comment.
| | 04:27 | I'm going to zoom in on the right-
side view. We'll center this on screen.
| | 04:34 | And, acting as the project engineer, I'd
like to make a comment regarding this diameter.
| | 04:39 | "It appears to be too small.
You should measure 1.5."
| | 04:43 | So, here in Design Feed, I'll click, and
I'll add my comment. "This diameter needs
| | 04:51 | to be enlarged to 1.5."
| | 04:57 | I'd like to associate this comment with
a specific point in the drawing. I'll
| | 05:01 | click right next to the Dimension.
| | 05:04 | And, I'm going to tag both the person
who shared the file and the manufacturer,
| | 05:10 | such that they are aware of the desired change.
| | 05:13 | I'll click Post when finished.
| | 05:16 | And, you can see a comment
bubble has been added to the drawing.
| | 05:19 | The display of this bubble is
controlled using the Settings menu on the
| | 05:23 | Design Feed palette.
| | 05:25 | Bubbles can be displayed in an expanded
view, as a bubble, or if I click this icon,
| | 05:32 | I can hide them altogether.
| | 05:35 | I'm going to go back to the default
setting, and I will click the palette
| | 05:38 | to close this menu.
| | 05:40 | Finally, I'm going to close out of this drawing.
| | 05:43 | I'm not going to save changes.
| | 05:45 | The project engineer doesn't
have rights to save changes anyway.
| | 05:48 | Fortunately, he doesn't have to; the
comments are saved outside the file. Then, on
| | 05:53 | behalf of the project engineer, I'm
going to sign out of Autodesk 360. I'll do
| | 05:58 | that by creating a new drawing here,
quickly, using acad template, such that I can
| | 06:02 | get access to the interface.
| | 06:05 | I'll open the Autodesk 360 menu, and sign out,
and then I'll sign back in using my credentials.
| | 06:18 | I will then reopen the mechanical
drawing by clicking the Open icon.
| | 06:25 | Inside the Autodesk 360 folder, I'll select
the mechanical part drawing, and I'll click Open.
| | 06:33 | From here, looking at the Design Feed
palette, I can see the comments that
| | 06:36 | everyone has made. Note that if a
comment is associated with an area of the
| | 06:40 | drawing, you can select the comment in the
palette, and be taken to that spot in the file.
| | 06:46 | To deselect the post, I can
click on it, or press the Escape key.
| | 06:51 | Let's pan this over. It looks like
the project engineer would like to change
| | 06:54 | the diameter of this hole to
1.5. Let's make that change.
| | 07:01 | To do that, I'll select the Model tab
to jump into Model space. I will then
| | 07:05 | place my cursor inside the hole.
I'll hold my Ctrl key, and I'll click to
| | 07:09 | select the cylinder.
| | 07:11 | I will then move my cursor away from the
part. I'll right-click, and select Scale.
| | 07:16 | I would like to scale this from the
center of the edge. And, what is my scale
| | 07:21 | factor? I'm going to press
'cal, and I'll press Enter.
| | 07:26 | And, I'll use the calculator to figure it out.
| | 07:28 | 1.5 divided by 1.2. Enter. Perfect!
| | 07:33 | Now that I'm finished, I'll return to the layout.
| | 07:37 | And, it looks like the part is updated nicely.
| | 07:39 | Now I've made this change, I could
go back to the Design Feed palette, and
| | 07:43 | click Reply to continue the
dialogue with the engineer, or I could click
| | 07:48 | Resolve to finalize this comment.
Likewise, if I didn't want the message to
| | 07:52 | display in the drawing anymore,
| | 07:54 | I could come back up to Settings, and
hide the display of any resolved comments.
| | 08:00 | Finally, I'm going to click the X to
close the Design Feed Palette. I'll press
| | 08:04 | Esc to deselect any selections I may
have opened, and I will double-click the
| | 08:09 | mouse wheel to do a zoom extends.
| | 08:12 | The Design Feed tool is essentially a one-
stop shop for all comments related to a drawing.
| | 08:18 | Using this tool, you can collaborate with
any project stakeholder, whether they're
| | 08:21 | running AutoCAD at their desk, or
accessing Autodesk 360 through a Web browser,
| | 08:26 | tablet, or smart phone.
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| Saving AutoCAD content automatically| 00:00 | In the past, working with AutoCAD meant
that your CAD files had to reside on a
| | 00:04 | local machine or server.
| | 00:06 | Using Autodesk 360 in conjunction with
AutoCAD 2014, you have the power to take
| | 00:11 | your project drawings with you, even
if you're working off-site or using
| | 00:15 | another person's machine.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson, we'll explore how the
integration of Autodesk 360 can allow us to
| | 00:21 | keep working, even if we're away from the office.
| | 00:23 | We'll start by visiting the Autodesk 360 tab.
| | 00:26 | From here, I'll select Online Options.
| | 00:30 | This opens the traditional Options dialog
box, and sets the new Online tap current.
| | 00:36 | If you remember, these two choices are
the same ones we saw the first time we
| | 00:40 | used AutoCAD to log in the Autodesk 360.
| | 00:44 | If you select "Enable automatic sync,"
AutoCAD will automatically copy every
| | 00:49 | drawing that you work on, and any
related files, to your Autodesk 360 account.
| | 00:54 | By doing this, you will be able to
access or share any of your project work, even
| | 00:58 | when you're outside the office.
| | 01:00 | When considering this option, remember
that you may only have three gig of space
| | 01:05 | in your 360 account. To maintain a
copy of all of your drawings online could
| | 01:10 | fill up that space fairly quick.
| | 01:12 | For now, I'm going to
leave this option unchecked.
| | 01:15 | The "Sync my settings with the cloud"
option lets you keep a copy of your
| | 01:19 | AutoCAD settings and related files online, such
that you can restore them on another computer.
| | 01:25 | You can also access this functionality
on the Autodesk 360 tab of the ribbon.
| | 01:31 | Let's close the Options dialog box, and
we'll use the ribbon to explore this feature.
| | 01:36 | Now, before I save a copy of my settings online,
| | 01:39 | let's take a look at what's being
saved. To do that, I'll click the
| | 01:42 | Choose Settings button.
| | 01:44 | When it comes to settings, I can save
the contents of the Options dialog box.
| | 01:49 | I can save Customization files. These would
be CUI files, Workspace settings, and icons.
| | 01:56 | I can save Printer support files
(that would be PC3s), Custom hatch patterns
| | 02:02 | (that would be PAT files).
| | 02:04 | I can also save Tool palettes,
Drawing template files, and any Custom fonts
| | 02:09 | shapes, or line types.
| | 02:11 | If you like, you can find a full
listing of all of the specific items that are
| | 02:15 | stored within each of these
categories by clicking the Help button.
| | 02:19 | When it comes to settings, it's
important to remember that some of them may be
| | 02:22 | specific to an operating system. Keep
this in mind when restoring settings on
| | 02:27 | a different machine.
| | 02:28 | For now, I'm going to leave all these
categories checked, and
I'll close the dialog box.
| | 02:33 | Then, I'll make a few changes
to my display. For instance, maybe
| | 02:37 | when I'm working, I like to have
my layout colors set the black.
| | 02:41 | To do that, I'm going to right-click.
I'll select Options from the pop-up menu,
| | 02:46 | and then on the display tab, I'll
select the Colors button. The layout context
| | 02:52 | is already selected, as is uniform
background. I will simply
change the color to black.
| | 02:59 | And, as long as I'm here, I'm going to
change the colors of the crosshairs to
| | 03:03 | magenta. When I'm finished,
I'll click Apply, and Close, and OK.
| | 03:09 | So, this represents my desired settings.
To save a copy of these settings online,
| | 03:14 | I'll click the Sync My Settings
toggle. I will then choose Start syncing my
| | 03:20 | settings now. And, my current settings
are now being uploaded to my account, such
| | 03:26 | that I can easily restore them
later, on this machine or another one.
| | 03:30 | In fact, any changes that I make to my
settings will automatically be copied to
| | 03:34 | my 360 account, so long as
this toggle is turned on.
| | 03:38 | Now that my setting are saved,
let's try a restoration.
| | 03:42 | I'll start by toggling off the
Synchronization Settings.
I'll choose stop. I will
| | 03:48 | then restore my colors back to the
default. I'll do that by right-clicking. I'll
| | 03:53 | go back Options, and Colors. From here,
I'll choose Restore all contexts. I'll
| | 04:01 | select Restore, and I'll click Apply &
Close, and Ok to close the dialog boxes.
| | 04:08 | At this point, I'm stimulating what it would
be like to be sitting at a different machine.
| | 04:12 | To restore my settings,
I'll click Sync My Settings.
| | 04:16 | I'll turn the feature back on, and
then I have a choice. Do I want to upload
| | 04:22 | my current settings to my 360
account, or do I want to download my online
| | 04:27 | settings to this machine?
| | 04:28 | I'm going to choose "Use my online settings."
| | 04:32 | And, as you can see, my online
settings have been restored to my computer.
| | 04:36 | Finally, I am going to put
things back the way they were.
| | 04:40 | I'll go back to the Autodesk 360 tab,
and I will disable the synchronization
| | 04:44 | service. I will then right-click, and
return to Options, and I'll restore the
| | 04:53 | colors back to their default contexts.
| | 04:59 | And, for the purposes of this
tutorial, I'm going to leave this Sync My
| | 05:03 | Settings toggle turned off.
| | 05:04 | Let me show you one more thing. In the
event you restore your settings on
| | 05:07 | another person's machine, Autodesk
360 can clean up after itself when you
| | 05:12 | sign out of the service.
| | 05:13 | For example, if I open the Autodesk 360
menu, and choose Signout, I'm asked if I
| | 05:20 | want to keep the current settings, or
restore the settings to the way they were
| | 05:24 | before I signed into the
Autodesk 360 service on this machine.
| | 05:29 | In this case, my custom settings are just fine,
so I'm going to keep things the way they are.
| | 05:34 | The Autodesk 360 integration into
AutoCAD 2014 makes it easy to save your
| | 05:39 | important content online. Using these
features, you can literally take your
| | 05:43 | office with you, no
matter where you happen to go.
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2. Exploring New Interface ToolsAutomating command line entry| 00:00 | Historically, the command line has been
considered an old-school way to use AutoCAD.
| | 00:04 | Well, in AutoCAD 2014, the command line
has been improved to make it even more
| | 00:09 | user-friendly for both veteran and new users.
| | 00:12 | In this lesson, we will explore the new
AutoCorrect, Synonym, and Search features.
| | 00:16 | We will start with AutoCorrect.
| | 00:18 | AutoCorrect is a feature that
allows AutoCAD to be more forgiving if
| | 00:21 | you misspell a command.
| | 00:22 | For instance, maybe I'd like
to launch the Plot command.
| | 00:25 | I will click down here at the
command line, and I'll type polt.
| | 00:31 | Now, that's obviously misspelled.
| | 00:33 | With AutoCorrect, if you misspell a
command, AutoCAD will display a list of best
| | 00:37 | guesses for the command
you were trying to launch.
| | 00:40 | Using the mouse or the up and down arrows on
the keyboard, I can select any of these options.
| | 00:45 | By default, the most relevant
suggestion will be at the top.
| | 00:48 | So, if I press Enter,
I'll launch the Plot command.
| | 00:52 | I am going to click Cancel to close
this. And, it's important to note that the
| | 00:56 | AutoCorrect feature will also work
if your Dynamic Input is turned on.
| | 01:00 | If you look at the status bar, you can see my
Dynamic Input is toggled to the on position.
| | 01:05 | So, I don't even have to be at the command line.
| | 01:07 | I can simply type a command at the
cursor, LSit, and you can see that AutoCAD
| | 01:12 | believes I should be using the List command.
| | 01:15 | So, the functionality works here as well.
| | 01:17 | I am going to press Esc to cancel, and
we'll look at the new Synonym feature.
| | 01:21 | Synonyms can be used when
you can't remember a command.
| | 01:24 | For instance, maybe I can't
remember the Offset command.
| | 01:27 | So, instead, down here at the
command line, I will type Parallel.
| | 01:33 | AutoCAD will then display a list of
commands and system
variables related to my entry.
| | 01:38 | At the top of the list, AutoCAD has
recognized that I may want to create an offset.
| | 01:42 | If I press Enter, the
Offset command is launched.
| | 01:46 | Let's press Esc to cancel.
| | 01:48 | This feature will also work with Dynamic Input.
| | 01:51 | Another example. Maybe I'd like to
insert a block, but I don't know what
| | 01:55 | command will do that.
| | 01:56 | So, I'm going to type Symbol.
| | 02:00 | Even though symbol technically isn't a
command, AutoCAD assumes that Symbol is
| | 02:04 | going to be related to insert.
| | 02:05 | So, if I press Enter, I can use
this command to insert a block.
| | 02:10 | Now, I don't want to insert a block right now,
| | 02:11 | so I'll close this.
| | 02:13 | If you'd like to customize the
AutoCorrect or synonym list, you can do that by
| | 02:17 | going to the Manage Tab. And here in
the Customization Panel, open the Edit
| | 02:22 | Aliases menu, and you can choose Edit
AutoCorrect List, or Edit Synonym List.
| | 02:27 | For example, let's add a synonym.
| | 02:30 | I'll select that option, and we
will assume that I'm transitioning from
| | 02:34 | MicroStation to AutoCAD.
| | 02:36 | In MicroStation, a cell is
equivalent to an AutoCAD block.
| | 02:40 | So, maybe I'd like to use cell as
a synonym for the block command.
| | 02:44 | I'll do that by editing this text file.
| | 02:46 | Now, if you edit the text file, just
make sure you conform to the parameters
| | 02:50 | listed here at the top.
| | 02:52 | To make my change, I am
going to pull down to the bottom.
| | 02:56 | I will click at the end of
the line, and I'll press Enter.
| | 02:59 | I will then type cell. That's the
command I'd like to use. And a comma, space,
| | 03:05 | asterisk, and then I will type BLOCK.
| | 03:08 | That's the command I'd like to launch.
| | 03:10 | When I am finished, I will come up, and choose
File>Save, and then I'll close the dialog box.
| | 03:17 | Normally, when you edit a PGP file like
that, you have to close out of AutoCAD,
| | 03:21 | and then reopen it in
order for the command to work.
| | 03:24 | Instead, I'm going to type REINIT.
| | 03:29 | This allows me to reload the PGP file
within the current session. I'll click OK.
| | 03:35 | From now on, if I type cell, and press
Enter, I will be launching the Block command.
| | 03:40 | Finally, let's close this dialog box, and
we will look at the new Search feature.
| | 03:45 | At the command line, I'm going to start
typing the Etransmit
command. I will type etran.
| | 03:51 | That's far enough.
| | 03:53 | Notice that each suggestion
includes a Help and an Internet icon.
| | 03:58 | Using these buttons, you can quickly get
information regarding any of the choices.
| | 04:02 | Clicking the Help icon will
display the AutoCAD help documentation.
| | 04:06 | For even more information, click the
Internet icon to expand your search online.
| | 04:11 | Clicking this button will launch your
default web browser, and automatically
| | 04:15 | place the word AutoCAD in front of
the selected command or system variable.
| | 04:20 | When you're finished with your search, you
can close the browser, and return to AutoCAD.
| | 04:24 | In the past, the command line was looked at
as being an old-school way to use AutoCAD.
| | 04:29 | With the addition of the AutoCorrect,
Synonym, and Search features, the command
| | 04:33 | line has become an even
more powerful interface tool.
| | 04:36 | It's perfect for the classically-trained user
or for someone who may be looking
| | 04:39 | at AutoCAD for the very first time.
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| Accessing content from the command line| 00:00 | In previous versions of AutoCAD, the
command line was used to launch commands or
| | 00:04 | assign system variables.
| | 00:06 | In AutoCAD 2014, the command line can also
give us direct access to drawing content.
| | 00:12 | In this lesson, we will explore the new
Content and Categories
feature of the command line.
| | 00:16 | On my screen, is a portion of a
floor plan design for a medical office.
| | 00:21 | To get things started, I'm going to click
at the command line, and I will type PLA.
| | 00:26 | And, notice how the command line is organized.
| | 00:29 | At the top are all of the commands
that contain the PLA text string.
| | 00:34 | This next row down is
actually a collapsed category.
| | 00:37 | I will click the plus to expand this.
| | 00:40 | In here, you'll find every system
variable that contains PLA. And, if I expand
| | 00:45 | this lower category, we will find all of the
content in this drawing that contains PLA.
| | 00:51 | From here, I could insert a block, set
a layer current, or I could create some
| | 00:56 | hatch using either one of these two patterns.
| | 00:58 | In fact, depending on the text string,
this content area can also include text
| | 01:03 | styles, dimension styles, or visual styles.
| | 01:06 | So, first things first. When you enter
a text string at the command line, the
| | 01:11 | list of suggestions will be organized
into categories that represent commands,
| | 01:15 | system variables, and content.
| | 01:17 | You can navigate the categories
using your cursor, like I just did, or by
| | 01:21 | pressing the Tab key.
| | 01:23 | I will press the Tab key to cycle through
these until I get back to the Content category.
| | 01:28 | One quick note. The Content and
Categories feature only
works at the command line.
| | 01:33 | It is not compatible
with the Dynamic Input tool.
| | 01:36 | Knowing what we know now, let's set the
plant's layer current by clicking that
| | 01:40 | option at the command line.
| | 01:42 | You can see that change has
been made at the top of the screen.
| | 01:45 | I would also like to insert a plant block.
| | 01:48 | So down at the command line, I will type PLA
again, and the Block option is the Default.
| | 01:54 | So, I will select that, and I
will insert my block right here.
| | 01:58 | I will then press Enter to accept
the default scale and rotation angle.
| | 02:04 | I'm going to pan the drawing up,
and we will do one more example.
| | 02:08 | I'd like to insert an exam table into this room.
| | 02:11 | I believe that the layer and the
block both contain the text string tab.
| | 02:16 | So, at the command line, I will type t-a-b.
| | 02:19 | I will open the content category, and select
the table's Exam layer to set that current.
| | 02:27 | I will then type t-a-b again. And, inside
the Content category, I can hover over
| | 02:34 |
| | 02:35 | these blocks to see a
nice preview of the symbol.
| | 02:38 | The exam table is the one I want.
| | 02:40 | So, I will click, and then I will place
this towards the south wall. I'll press
| | 02:46 | Enter to accept the scale factor of
1, and then I'll click on screen to
| | 02:51 | define the rotation angle.
| | 02:52 | It's been said that there are at least
three ways to do everything in AutoCAD.
| | 02:56 | This is a great thing, because
AutoCAD lets the user decide their most
| | 02:59 | efficient way to work.
| | 03:00 | By adding the new Content and Categories
feature to the command line, we have yet
| | 03:04 | another resource to quickly
access or insert drawing content.
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| Controlling command line behavior| 00:00 | AutoCAD is one of the most
customizable programs in the world.
| | 00:03 | AutoCAD 2014 is certainly no exception.
| | 00:06 | In the last couple of lessons, we've
explored several new command line features.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we will look at
how those features can be customized.
| | 00:13 | For instance, if I right-click on the
command line, and hover over Input Settings,
| | 00:19 | we will find a list of toggles for
turning command line features on and off.
| | 00:23 | By default, each of these is turned on.
| | 00:26 | AutoComplete allows the command line to
monitor what you type, anticipate what
| | 00:31 | you want, and finish entering commands for you.
| | 00:34 | AutoCorrect says if you misspell a
command, you will be offered suggestions.
| | 00:39 | Search System Variables will
include system variables in the list of
| | 00:42 | suggestions. Search Content will
include drawing content in the suggestion list.
| | 00:48 | And, Mid-string Search means the text
string that you enter can be located
| | 00:52 | anywhere in the suggested
commands or system variables.
| | 00:55 | So, this menu is a means to
turn features on and off.
| | 00:59 | For a more granular level of
control, select "Input search options."
| | 01:04 | Here, you will find an expanded list of settings.
| | 01:07 | For instance, under Auto Correct, you
can say, if a command is misspelled a
| | 01:11 | specific number of times, it will
automatically be added to
the AutoCorrect PGP file.
| | 01:17 | This toggle is used to separate
commands and system variables into categories.
| | 01:23 | Using the Delay feature, you can control
how fast the suggestion list displays.
| | 01:28 | For a two-second delay, I'm going to enter
2000, and I will press Tab to accept the value.
| | 01:34 | 10,000 is the highest value
that can be entered in this box.
| | 01:38 | Finally, over here on the right, you
can control how specific content is
| | 01:42 | displayed at the command line.
| | 01:44 | Removing a check will hide the content
from view; selecting an item, and clicking
| | 01:49 | the arrows will raise its priority in the list.
| | 01:52 | As an example, maybe I'd prefer to see
Layer content first, so I'll select Layer,
| | 01:57 | and I'll use the arrow to
push that item to the top.
| | 02:00 | When I am finished, I'll
click OK to apply the changes.
| | 02:04 | To test my new settings, I am going to
come down to the command line, and type
| | 02:08 | door. And, after two seconds, the
suggestion list pops up. And, even though the
| | 02:14 | content category shows several items
matching my text string, the Layer
| | 02:19 | content is listed first.
| | 02:21 | I am going to press Escape to close the
menu. And to wrap things up, we will put
| | 02:25 | everything back the way it was.
| | 02:27 | To do that, I will right-click on the
command line. I will choose Input Search
| | 02:32 | Options. I will change the delay time
back to 300 milliseconds. I will reselect
| | 02:39 | Visual Style. I will then select the
Block content item, and I will use the
| | 02:45 | arrow to push that to the top of the list.
| | 02:47 | When finished, I will
click OK to apply the changes.
| | 02:50 | Once again, AutoCAD 2014 is
staying true to its customizable roots.
| | 02:54 | In addition, adding several new command
line tools, it also gives you the ability
| | 02:59 | to personalize those tools
for the way you like to work.
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| Using file tabs to manage drawings| 00:00 | For many years, AutoCAD has
supported a multiple document environment.
| | 00:04 | The one thing that's been missing is a
visual tool to make it easy to identify
| | 00:08 | and navigate between several open drawings.
| | 00:10 | AutoCAD 2014 solves this problem by
adding File Tabs to the interface.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson, we will explore how File Tabs
can help us manage multiple open drawings.
| | 00:21 | On my screen, I have a file that
represents the floor plan for a dorm room.
| | 00:25 | If you look in the upper left corner of
the model space, you will see a tab that
| | 00:29 | represents the current file.
| | 00:31 | Now, let's open another drawing, except
we will do it a little bit differently.
| | 00:35 | I am going to right-click on this
File tab, and notice then I have access to
| | 00:40 | several file maintenance commands.
| | 00:42 | From here, I will choose open. And, inside
the Exercise Files folder within the new
| | 00:47 | Interface Tools directory, I will
select the gymPlan drawing, and click Open.
| | 00:54 | As you can see, each open drawing is
represented as a tab, and the tabs are
| | 00:58 | arranged in the order in
which the drawings were opened.
| | 01:01 | The most recent drawing will be on the right.
| | 01:04 | Let's open one more file.
| | 01:05 | To do that, I will right-click on
either File tab, and select Open. And, I would
| | 01:10 | like to open the medPlan file next, except
I would like to open this drawing Read-Only.
| | 01:15 | So, I am going to right-click on it first.
I will come down to Properties. I will
| | 01:20 | select Read-Only, and I will click OK.
I will click Open, and then I will click
| | 01:26 | Yes to acknowledge the Read-Only property.
| | 01:29 | Note the padlock icon on the tab
identifies this as being a Read-Only file.
| | 01:34 | Let's look at another icon.
| | 01:36 | If you make a change to a file -- for
instance I am just going to pan this drawing. --
| | 01:40 | AutoCAD registers a change in
view as a change to the file.
| | 01:44 | When I pan this, watch the File name on the tab.
| | 01:48 | Note the * (asterisk). The *
represents that this file has unsaved changes.
| | 01:54 | Now in this case, the changes don't
matter much. Since this file was also
| | 01:57 | Read-Only, I couldn't
save changes if I wanted to.
| | 02:01 | Using this File Tabs feature, you
can jump from one drawing to another by
| | 02:05 | clicking on the tabs.
| | 02:06 | For instance, I'm going to
set the gymPlan drawing current.
| | 02:10 | If needed, the order of the tabs can be
changed by dragging them
with the left mouse button.
| | 02:16 | To close a drawing, click the
X on the appropriate file tab.
| | 02:19 | Clicking the plus icon to the right of the
tabs is another way to create a new drawing.
| | 02:27 | So, I will click the X to close this dialog box.
| | 02:30 | If you hover over a tab -- for example
I'll hover over the dormPlan file tab, -- you
| | 02:36 | can then hover over these tiles to preview
model space or any layout tabs in the drawing.
| | 02:42 | Use the icons on each tile to plot or
publish the selected file, or click on a
| | 02:47 | tile to set that drawing and view current.
| | 02:51 | Finally, the File Tabs bar can be turned
on and off by visiting the View tab of
| | 02:55 | the ribbon. And, in the user
interface panel, click the File Tabs toggle.
| | 03:02 | Now, I am going to open this back up,
and I will turn my File Tabs back on.
| | 03:06 | When I am finished, I will set
my ribbon back to the Home tab.
| | 03:09 | In past AutoCAD releases, working in a
multiple document environment was possible,
| | 03:14 | but it wasn't very intuitive.
| | 03:15 | Using the new File Tabs feature in
AutoCAD 2014, we finally have an easy visual
| | 03:21 | way to identify and switch
between several open drawings.
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| Merging objects into a single layer| 00:00 | Sometimes, production drawings can end
up having several unnecessary layers.
| | 00:04 | In the past, removing an unnecessary
layer meant moving its geometry to another
| | 00:09 | layer, and then purging the drawing.
| | 00:11 | Removing several layers could
be a time-consuming process.
| | 00:15 | Fortunately, AutoCAD 2014 makes it
easy to merge geometry from several layers
| | 00:20 | onto a single layer.
| | 00:22 | In this lesson, we will explore how to
consolidate the geometry of selected layers.
| | 00:26 | On my screen, is a drawing of a
proposed restaurant site plan.
| | 00:31 | I'll start by zooming in on
the northern part of the lot.
| | 00:35 | If I hover over one of these stripes, we
can see it's on a layer called p-markings.
| | 00:40 | If I hover over an arrow, it appears
this object is on a layer called p-arrows.
| | 00:46 | Now, since both of these MDs represent
pavement markings, I would like to merge
| | 00:50 | the contents of the arrows
layer on to the markings layer.
| | 00:54 | To do that, I will open the Layer
Properties Manager, then I will right-click on
| | 00:59 | the Arrows layer, and choose
Merge selected layers (2).
| | 01:03 | I will then select p-markings as the target
layer, and I will click OK and Yes to continue.
| | 01:12 | Now, let's drag the Layer
Properties Manager down, and take a look.
| | 01:17 | If I hover over this arrow now, we can
see that the geometry that was on the
| | 01:21 | arrows layer has been
moved to the markings layer.
| | 01:24 | In fact, if I pull the Layer Properties
Manager back up, we can also see that the
| | 01:28 | arrows layer has been removed from the drawing.
| | 01:32 | I am going to close the Layer Properties
Manager, and we will try another example.
| | 01:36 | Next, I would like to
consolidate these vehicle blocks.
| | 01:40 | If I hover over these, it appears they have
been inserted on several different layers.
| | 01:46 | I'd like to merge these symbols
onto a single layer called p-vehicles.
| | 01:51 | So, I'm going to move up, and open
the Layer Properties manager again.
| | 01:55 | I'll click the New Layer icon,
and I'll call this p-vehicles.
| | 02:03 | I'll assign the layer a gray color.
| | 02:08 | I will then select the sports car layer,
and then I will hold my Control key, and
| | 02:12 | select the truck and van layer.
| | 02:16 | I will then right-click, and
choose Merge selected layers (2).
| | 02:21 | The vehicles layer will be the
target, and I'll click OK and yes.
| | 02:28 | When I am finished, I'll close
the Layer Properties Manager.
| | 02:31 | And, in just a couple of clicks, I've
merged the contents of those layers.
| | 02:36 | As you can see, the New Layer
Merge feature makes quick work of
| | 02:39 | consolidating layers.
| | 02:40 | Incorporating this tool into your
workflow can make it easier to maintain CAD
| | 02:44 | standards, or incorporate client
geometry into your production drawings.
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| Changing xref attachments or path types| 00:00 | When referencing a file into a
drawing, you have some choices: Overlaying or
| | 00:04 | Attach, Full Path or Relative. After
making your selections, if you later changed
| | 00:10 | your mind, it wasn't always easy to go back and
edit the properties assigned to the reference.
| | 00:15 | Fortunately, AutoCAD 2014 has made it
much easier to manage referenced files.
| | 00:20 | In this lesson, we will explore how to
quickly change the attachment or Path
| | 00:24 | property assigned to an external reference.
| | 00:27 | On my screen, is a drawing representing
a site plan for a small restaurant. This
| | 00:31 | file references three other files.
| | 00:34 | One file is this drawing.
| | 00:36 | This drawing represents
the existing site conditions.
| | 00:40 | Another drawing being referenced is
this contour drawing representing the
| | 00:44 | existing topography.
| | 00:46 | Finally, I'm also referencing this image.
| | 00:49 | I am going to press Escape (Esc) to
deselect these. And, let's take a look at the
| | 00:53 | External References palette.
| | 00:55 | To open the palette, I'll visit the
View tab, and in the Palettes panel, I'll
| | 01:00 | click the External References Palette icon.
| | 01:03 | I will then click and hold on the right edge,
and I'll drag the palette out a little wider.
| | 01:09 | In the palette, we can see the name
of the current file, as well as the two
| | 01:13 | referenced drawings, and the referenced image.
| | 01:17 | Notice that both drawings
are referenced via Overlay.
| | 01:20 | Let's say I wanted to convert them to
the Attach method. I can easily do that by
| | 01:24 | simply double-clicking in the Type column.
| | 01:27 | In fact, if I wanted to change the method
of attachment for multiple files, I could
| | 01:31 | select more than one.
| | 01:33 | In this case, I'll use my Ctrl
key, and select the other drawing.
| | 01:37 | I will then right-click on these files, and
under Xref Type, I can make my selection here.
| | 01:44 | I am going to switch them both to Attach.
| | 01:46 | I will then right-click on the files
again, and under Xref Type, I'll flip them
| | 01:51 | both back to Overlay.
| | 01:52 | When finished, I'll click on the palette
to remove the selection from the drawings.
| | 01:57 | Take a look at the Saved Path column. All of these
files are referenced using a relative path.
| | 02:03 | Maybe I would like them absolute. To
make the change, I'll select the desired
| | 02:07 | reference or references. I'll select
the image first this time, and then
| | 02:12 | I'll hold my Shift key, and select this
drawing at the top, such
that I select all the files.
| | 02:18 | I will then right-click on them. And
under Path, I can make their paths Absolute,
| | 02:24 | Relative, or I could remove the path altogether.
| | 02:27 | Let's convert them all to Absolute.
| | 02:29 | Note we can also change Path Types using
this new menu at the top of the palette.
| | 02:34 | From the Menu, I'll convert the Paths
back to Relative. When I'm finished, I'll
| | 02:38 | click the X to close the
External References palette.
| | 02:41 | Using the new external reference
enhancements, it's now much easier to
| | 02:45 | manage referenced content.
| | 02:47 | In the event you change your mind after
referencing some files, it's no problem
| | 02:51 | to go back and individually or
globally modify their properties.
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| Managing Exchange apps| 00:00 | When we think of apps we typically
think of SmartPhones or Tablets, just last
| | 00:05 | year AutoCAD began supporting apps,
since that time hundreds of apps have been
| | 00:10 | released, allowing users to
access a wealth of specialized tools.
| | 00:14 | Now AutoCAD 2014 makes it even easier to
manage the apps installed on your system.
| | 00:20 | In this lesson we will look at the new
functionality associated with the apps.
| | 00:24 | We will start by visiting the
exchange apps website, this is where we go to
| | 00:29 | search for, and download apps.
| | 00:31 | To access the site click the Autodesk
Exchange Apps icon in the upper right
| | 00:36 | corner of the Interface, from here open
the Store menu, and select the Autodesk
| | 00:41 | Product that you're using.
| | 00:43 | I'm going to choose AutoCAD, now I
know this already says AutoCAD, but if I
| | 00:48 | click AutoCAD from this menu,
we will see a lot more choices.
| | 00:52 | In the AutoCAD store, you'll find an
array of featured apps, now these items
| | 00:57 | will change out regularly.
| | 00:58 | If you want to see what everyone else
is downloading, use the Menu on the right
| | 01:03 | to access the most popular apps, if I
drag this down we can use these Quicklinks
| | 01:10 | at the bottom of the store to
shop for an app by category.
| | 01:14 | In the event you're looking for
something very specific, you can enter a text
| | 01:19 | string in the Search box at the top.
| | 01:21 | You'll find that selecting and
installing an app is very similar to installing
| | 01:25 | an app on a mobile device.
| | 01:27 | As an example, I'll select one of the
popular apps, and to start the install
| | 01:33 | I'll click the Free button.
| | 01:36 | Then if I wanted I could click to accept the
Terms of Use and End User License Agreement.
| | 01:42 | Finally, I would click the Download
button to begin and installing this
| | 01:45 | application on my system.
| | 01:48 | It's important to note that in some
cases after installation, you may have to
| | 01:52 | close and reopen AutoCAD to access the new app.
| | 01:55 | Now in my case I don't really need
this app since the drawing tabs are
| | 01:59 | incorporated in the AutoCAD 2014.
| | 02:02 | So, I'm going to click the X to close
this and then I'll close my web browser.
| | 02:08 | After an app is installed it can be
found on the Plug-ins tab, as you can see
| | 02:13 | a couple of apps are here already, these
come preinstalled with the AutoCAD application.
| | 02:19 | The Exchange App Manager is used
to manage the apps on your system.
| | 02:24 | If I click this, I can view a list of
my installed apps, as well as a version
| | 02:29 | number, company, installation,
date, and size information.
| | 02:34 | If an update is available, I can click
the Hyperlink to install it, clicking the
| | 02:38 | Help icon will bring up detailed
information about a selected app.
| | 02:43 | This document can also be opened by double-
clicking on the apps name in the Manager.
| | 02:48 | Let's close this, right-clicking on an
apple display options for uninstalling,
| | 02:55 | or rating the app on the
Autodesk Exchange website.
| | 02:59 | In the event you'd like to uninstall
an app, and that choice is not available
| | 03:03 | in the menu, visit the Help
documentation for specific information on
| | 03:08 | uninstalling the application.
| | 03:12 | By default the Exchange App Manager
Display apps in a Details view, use the
| | 03:18 | button in the upper right
corner to display the apps as icons.
| | 03:22 | I'm going to click to put this back to
a Details View and then I'll click X to
| | 03:26 | close the Manager, just in case you've
never seen an app used inside AutoCAD we
| | 03:31 | will try using this Import SKP file app.
| | 03:35 | This tool allows you to Import
SketchUp Models into an AutoCAD drawing.
| | 03:39 | On my screen is a drawing representing
a patio located in a large grassy site,
| | 03:46 | I'll admitted first glance it
looks like a couple of rectangles.
| | 03:48 | I'm going to open the Visual Style and change
this to Realistic, so we can see the materials.
| | 03:54 | Then I'll open the View Control and
select the SouthEast Isometric View and I'll
| | 04:01 | zoom in on the patio area.
| | 04:04 | Let's say I am creating an outdoor scene,
and I'd like add some lawn furniture.
| | 04:09 | Fortunately, I don't have to
create any 3-D Geometry from Scratch.
| | 04:13 | Using this app I can then incorporate any of
my existing SketchUp Models into this drawing.
| | 04:18 | I'll click to launch the tool and
then inside the Exercise Files folder,
| | 04:23 | within the new interface tools directory,
I'll select this bench.skp model and click Open.
| | 04:30 | I am now holding that model at my cursor;
| | 04:34 | I'll place this to the center of the circle.
| | 04:37 | Next I would like to rotate this a little,
I'll do that by going to the Home tab
| | 04:41 | then I'll a launch the Rotate command,
I'll select the bench, and press Enter.
| | 04:47 | I'd like to rotate around the center of
the circle and I'll rotate it such that
| | 04:52 | the front right leg is as close
to that other target as possible.
| | 04:57 | When I am finished I'll open the View
Control again, I'll hover over Custom
| | 05:02 | Model Views and I'll select this final view.
| | 05:06 | And to complete the outdoor scene I'll
type Render and press Enter to render
| | 05:10 | this drawing as an image.
| | 05:13 | Apps allow us to access tools that
you simply can't get with a standard
| | 05:17 | installation exchange app site in the
new exchange app's manager you can take
| | 05:22 | your AutoCAD productivity to a whole new level.
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3. Georeferencing DrawingsAdding aerial photography| 00:00 | When designing a site plan, it's
always helpful to see your work in context
| | 00:04 | with its surroundings.
| | 00:05 | One way to do this is by referencing
an aerial photograph as a background.
| | 00:09 | In the past, finding high-quality, current
imagery always involved working with a third party.
| | 00:15 | Now, using the new Autodesk Live Maps
feature, you can easily reference aerial
| | 00:19 | photography into your
drawing without leaving AutoCAD.
| | 00:22 | On my screen is a drawing that
represents a plant of survey.
| | 00:26 | Let's say that I'm a surveyor, and I
want to send a field crew out to shoot the
| | 00:30 | topography on the site.
| | 00:31 | Before sending them out, I would like
to do a little reconnaissance on the
| | 00:35 | property to determine how long the
work might take, and if any additional
| | 00:38 | equipment might be needed.
| | 00:40 | To do that, I'll reference an aerial
photo. I'll start by visiting the Insert
| | 00:44 | tab. And then, down here in the Location
panel, I'll click Set Location, and I'll
| | 00:50 | choose From Map to access
the Autodesk Live Map service.
| | 00:54 | Note that you will need to be logged in to
your Autodesk 360 account to use this feature.
| | 01:02 | At the tablet dialog box, I can enter
the address of my site, or a latitude and
| | 01:07 | longitude. Since this is a fictitious example,
| | 01:11 | I'm going to use the name of a town,
rather than a specific address. I'll type St.
| | 01:17 | Charles, Illinois; then, I'll press Enter.
| | 01:22 | From here, I can navigate the map by
holding the left-mouse button down to pan. I
| | 01:27 | can roll the mouse wheel forward and
back to zoom. Zooming can also be accomplished
| | 01:32 | using these icons, or the slider.
| | 01:36 | As I do this, I can see my recording
software is preventing the cursor from
| | 01:41 | displaying over the
photograph. I apologize for that.
| | 01:44 | The site I'm interested in is northWest
of the downtown area, so I'm going to
| | 01:49 | pan in that direction. Then, I'll
zoom in and center the site on screen.
| | 01:55 | To register this photo with my
drawing, I'll use a marker. This marker will
| | 01:58 | identify a common point that
exists both in the photo and in my file.
| | 02:04 | I'll place the marker by right-clicking,
and I'll choose Drop Marker Here. I can
| | 02:10 | then drag the marker to my desired location.
| | 02:14 | I'm going to choose the
Intersection of Crane Road and Old Farm Road.
| | 02:20 | If you look below, you can see the
latitude and longitude of that location.
| | 02:24 | Next, I'm going to select a GIS
coordinate system. You see by adding this marker,
| | 02:29 | we are essentially assigning a
specific coordinate system to the drawing.
| | 02:33 | Since my drawing was created in feet,
I'm going to select a coordinate system
| | 02:38 | having the same units.
| | 02:41 | Opening the Coordinate System menu
will display all of the recognized GIS
| | 02:45 | coordinate systems in this area.
| | 02:47 | Now, which one do we choose?
| | 02:49 | Typically, when selecting a coordinate
system, you will want to select the same
| | 02:53 | one being used by the other
members of your project team.
| | 02:56 | In this case, since the goal is simply
to add an aerial photo to this drawing, we
| | 03:00 | can get away with selecting virtually any
coordinate system, so long as the units are feet.
| | 03:06 | I'm going to choose this one, HARN/IL
(that's Illinois) - EF (that stands for East
| | 03:12 | Zone Foot), and I'll click Continue.
| | 03:16 | I will then pick the point in my
drawing that corresponds to the marker
| | 03:20 | location. I'll zoom in, and select the
intersection of these two center lines.
| | 03:27 | And finally, I can specify the North direction.
| | 03:29 | You would use this option if your
drawing was rotated, and you wanted the aerial
| | 03:33 | photo to rotate to match your line work.
| | 03:36 | In this case, my drawing orientation is fine.
| | 03:38 | So, I'm going to press Enter twice to
accept the default North rotation. And, I
| | 03:45 | can now see the aerial photo in my drawing.
| | 03:49 | Now, this isn't bad, although I'd like the
align it a little bit better. To do
| | 03:53 | that, I'll click the Reorient Marker button.
| | 03:56 | This tool allows us to pick up the
image from the marker, and place it at a new
| | 04:00 | location in the drawing.
| | 04:01 | For example, if I clicked a new
marker location down here, and pressed Enter
| | 04:07 | twice to accept the North rotation, you
can see the photo was shifted to that new
| | 04:12 | coordinate. Think of this marker
as being a handle on the photograph.
| | 04:17 | Knowing that, I am going to zoom in a
little bit closer. I'll choose Reorient
| | 04:21 | Marker. And, based on the location of
the marker, I believe it would be placed
| | 04:27 | right about here in my drawing.
| | 04:30 | I'll press enter twice.
| | 04:33 | We could always continue to tweak that if we
wanted to. For right now, this is pretty good.
| | 04:38 | If, at any point, you wanted to start
over completely with a marker, you could
| | 04:41 | come over and use the Edit Location,
and go right back to Live Maps Service.
| | 04:48 | Now that the photo has been aligned, I
can pane around, and see that there
| | 04:52 | obviously isn't a lot of tree cover on
the site. In fact, the only trees appear
| | 04:57 | to be in the southeast corner.
| | 04:59 | And as I zoom in, it looks like the field
crew is going to have to cross a creek,
| | 05:03 | such that they can collect the
topography for the entire site.
| | 05:06 | You know, as long as I'm here, let me
show you that there is a limit to how close
| | 05:11 | you can zoom in on the aerial photo.
| | 05:13 | For instance, if I get too close, the
display will change to show me there isn't
| | 05:17 | enough resolution available to
continue to display a high-quality image.
| | 05:21 | I am going to do a zoom extends
by double-clicking my mouse wheel.
| | 05:27 | At this point, you may be wondering if
it's possible to create prints of this
| | 05:31 | drawing that include the aerial
photograph, and I'm afraid the answer is no.
| | 05:35 | At present time, the aerial photographs
available through Autodesk Live Maps are
| | 05:39 | for display purposes only. One
day, hopefully, that will change.
| | 05:44 | In the past, working with aerial
photography was a challenge. Using Autodesk Live
| | 05:48 | Maps, you can easily reference high-quality,
current aerial photography, making it
| | 05:53 | easier to evaluate your design
in context with its surroundings.
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| Exploring geolocation options| 00:00 | After assigning a GIS coordinate
system to a drawing, AutoCAD 2014 offers
| | 00:05 | several tools to help control the
coordinates, background imagery, and markers.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we will explore the options
associated with the Geographic Location Feature.
| | 00:15 | On my screen, is a drawing that has
a GIS coordinate system assigned to
| | 00:19 | it. Having a GIS coordinate system means
this drawing knows where it is on the globe.
| | 00:24 | For that reason, I have the option of displaying
this aerial photograph in the background.
| | 00:29 | Note that you have to be logged in the
Autodesk 360 for the background image to display.
| | 00:34 | Now even without the image, I can
easily tell this file has an assigned
| | 00:38 | coordinate system by looking at
the right side of the Status bar.
| | 00:41 | Here, we will find the name of the
coordinate system. And, to the left is a toggle
| | 00:46 | that can be used to hide
or display this Geo-Marker.
| | 00:53 | GIS coordinate options can be
found on the Geo-Location tab.
| | 00:58 | Starting on the left side, the Edit
Location menu is how you assign a new
| | 01:02 | coordinate system to a drawing.
| | 01:05 | The From Map option uses the Autodesk
Live Maps service, just like we saw in the
| | 01:10 | previous lesson. And if I click From
File, I can assign a coordinate system,
| | 01:15 | using a Kml or a Kmz file.
| | 01:19 | Kml stands for Keyhole Markup Language,
and Kmz is the zipped variation of the
| | 01:24 | file. These files are frequently
used in conjunction with Google Earth.
| | 01:29 | I am going to click Cancel to close this.
| | 01:33 | The Reorient Marker tool is used to
fine-tune the coordinate system by shifting
| | 01:38 | the location of this Geo-Marker. Using
Remove Location, you can remove the GIS
| | 01:46 | coordinate information from a file.
| | 01:48 | When it comes to the background image,
we are not limited to the aerial photo
| | 01:52 | that we see on the screen.
| | 01:54 | If I open the Map menu, I can select
Map Road for a street map-style view. I'm
| | 02:01 | going to zoom out to make that easier to see.
| | 02:06 | I'm going to go back to the menu, and
choose Map Hybrid. This option displays the
| | 02:11 | street information on top of the aerial photo.
| | 02:13 | Finally, if I want to hide the map
altogether, I'll use the Map Off option.
| | 02:20 | Once again, I'll open the menu, and
I'll set this back to Map Aerial.
| | 02:24 | I will also zoom back in from
the northern portion of the site.
| | 02:28 | If I was visiting this property, and
had a GPS-enabled laptop, I could click the
| | 02:33 | Locate Me button to identify my
current location within the drawing.
| | 02:38 | Likewise, I can use the Mark Position
menu to add a Geo-Referenced marker and
| | 02:43 | note to the drawing.
| | 02:45 | I can place the marker using a Lat-Long,
I can place it by clicking a point
| | 02:49 | onscreen, or if I had a GPS-enabled laptop, I
could place a marker at my current position.
| | 02:56 | As an example, I am going to place a
marker. I'll start by clicking onscreen
| | 02:59 | to close this menu, and then I'll
zoom in a little bit closer on the file.
| | 03:04 | Let's assume there is a survey
benchmark on the end of this head wall.
| | 03:09 | I'll open the Mark Position
menu, and I'll click Point.
| | 03:13 | I'll then click near the end of the
head wall, and I'll type BENCHMARK, then I'll
| | 03:20 | click onscreen when I am finished.
| | 03:22 | Now at first glance, I'll admit
that's awfully small. These markers are not
| | 03:26 | annotative, so we have to size them
manually. There are a couple ways to do this.
| | 03:31 | Once the marker has been inserted
in the file, it can be resized using
| | 03:35 | the Properties palette.
| | 03:36 | If I select this, and press Ctrl+1 to
open Properties palette, we will find the
| | 03:42 | Size setting right here.
| | 03:44 | I'm going to change this from 1 to
10, and I'll press Enter. I will then
| | 03:50 | press Escape (Esc) to deselect the
marker, and I'll press Ctrl+1 to close the
| | 03:53 | Properties palette.
| | 03:54 | The system variable that controls
marker size is GEOMARKPOSITIONSIZE; by
| | 04:03 | default, this is set to 1.
| | 04:05 | If I assign value of 10 here, AutoCAD
will properly size any new markers that I
| | 04:11 | create. This system variable is
saved with the drawing, by the way.
| | 04:15 | Let's create one more marker to
test this setting. I'll move up and
| | 04:19 | re-launch the command.
| | 04:21 | I'll pick a point here, and I'll
type POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP.
| | 04:30 | I'll drag the slider to give
myself some word wrap, then I'll click
| | 04:34 | onscreen when finished.
| | 04:35 | These labels act just like multi-
leaders. If I wanted to move this so, I could
| | 04:39 | select it, click the grip, and
position the label wherever I like.
| | 04:46 | One more thing. In the event you
have several position markers and a
| | 04:50 | drawing, you can make them easier to
find by switching the Visual Style
| | 04:54 | away from 2D Wireframe.
| | 04:57 | As an example, I'll flip this to
Conceptual. When I do, the position markers are
| | 05:02 | identified using a yellow sphere that
maintains its size relative to the screen.
| | 05:09 | Now that I am finished, I'll double-click
the mouse wheel to do a zoom extends.
| | 05:14 | I'll change my Visual Style back to 2-D
Wireframe, and I'll switch the ribbon
| | 05:18 | back to the Home tab.
| | 05:20 | As you can see, there is more to the
Geographic Location Feature then simply
| | 05:24 | adding aerial photography.
| | 05:25 | Using the tools on the Geo Location
tab, we can easily add or edit a GIS
| | 05:30 | coordinate system, select alternate
background imagery, or place Geo-Referenced
| | 05:35 | notations in a drawing.
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| Using a GIS coordinate system to align drawings| 00:00 | With large projects, more than one firm
can be responsible for a final design.
| | 00:05 | Usually, this means drawings from
several sources have to come together to
| | 00:09 | produce a single file.
| | 00:10 | The hardest part is ensuring that
everyone's geometry is in the same location,
| | 00:14 | such that all the drawings line up.
| | 00:16 | In the past, this wasn't easy.
| | 00:18 | Now, using the geographic location
feature, our geometry can exist virtually
| | 00:23 | anywhere in model space, yet easily be
aligned with any other drawing by simply
| | 00:28 | sharing a common GIS
coordinate system. Let's take a look.
| | 00:32 | Currently, I have two drawings open
in the interface. This one represents a
| | 00:36 | proposed site plan for an oil change facility.
| | 00:40 | Keep an eye on the coordinates in the
lower left corner. As you can see, the
| | 00:44 | numbers are very small.
| | 00:46 | Next, I'll jump to the other
drawing by clicking its File tab. This file
| | 00:50 | represents a base drawing for
an existing fast food restaurant.
| | 00:54 | Once again, notice the coordinates
in the lower left corner. These are
| | 00:58 | obviously much larger.
| | 01:01 | So, spatially speaking, these two
drawings are nowhere close to each other, which
| | 01:05 | is unfortunate, because they
share a common property line.
| | 01:09 | The proposed oil change facility site is
located just to the south of this site.
| | 01:15 | The goal here is to align these two
properties without having to physically move
| | 01:19 | either person's geometry.
| | 01:21 | Instead, we'll align the drawings
by using a common coordinate system.
| | 01:25 | Take a look at the lower right corner of
the interface. This drawing was created
| | 01:29 | using Civil 3D, and it already has a
coordinate system assigned to it (IL83-EF)
| | 01:36 | that represents NAD83 Illinois
State Plane, East Zone, US Foot.
| | 01:41 | I'm going to click the X on the File
tab to close this drawing. I won't save
| | 01:46 | changes, and I'll return to the other site plan.
| | 01:50 | I will then assign the same GIS
coordinate system to this file. I'll do that by
| | 01:55 | going to the Insert tab. And then, in the
Location panel, I'll click Set Location,
| | 02:01 | and I'll choose From Map.
| | 02:06 | I will then find my site on the map.
I'll do that by typing sycamore, Illinois in
| | 02:14 | the search box, and I'll press Enter.
| | 02:17 | From here, I'll pan southwest along
DeKalb Avenue. Being mindful that my cursor
| | 02:23 | is hard to see, I'm going to
look for this large parking lot.
| | 02:28 | I will then zoom in, and center the
east side of the lot onscreen. This
| | 02:32 | area represents my site.
| | 02:34 | At this point, I'll right-click, and drop
a marker. I'll drag it to the southeast
| | 02:40 | corner of the property. Then, in the
Coordinate System menu, I'll select IL83-EF,
| | 02:51 | the same coordinate system used by
the other drawing. I will then click
| | 02:55 | Continue, and I'll select the
corresponding southeast corner of this slot, and
| | 03:01 | I'll press Enter twice to accept the
default North rotation. And, I can't see the
| | 03:06 | image, so I'll zoom out a
little to make that display.
| | 03:10 | Now that this geometry is in the
ballpark of where it needs to be, I'm going to
| | 03:14 | externally reference the restaurant
drawing, so I know exactly where this
| | 03:18 | geometry should be placed.
| | 03:20 | We'll do that by going to the Insert
tab. And then, in the Reference panel, I'll
| | 03:24 | click Attach, and in the Exercise
Files folder, within the Georeferencing
| | 03:30 | directory, I'll select the SiteC3D file.
Then, I'll click Open. And, in the Attach
| | 03:35 | External Reference dialog box, I'm going
to select Locate using Geographic Data.
| | 03:42 | This way, my drawing can use the GIS
coordinate system from the other drawing
| | 03:46 | to align the geometry.
| | 03:48 | I'll click OK when finished, and you can
see that this file dropped in perfectly.
| | 03:55 | Now, in the event the reference
geometry is hard to see, it's because it's
| | 03:59 | being screened back.
| | 04:01 | If you expand the Reference panel, and
click the Toggle in the lower left corner,
| | 04:06 | it will disable Xref fading.
| | 04:08 | That looks a little better.
| | 04:10 | The last thing I have to do is
finalize the alignment of the proposed site.
| | 04:14 | These property corners should line up.
| | 04:18 | I'll start by turning off the aerial
photo. I really don't need it anymore, so
| | 04:23 | I'll go to the Geolocation tab, and
open the Map menu, and I'll choose Map Off.
| | 04:30 | Next, I'll zoom in on the area between
the boundaries, and I'm going to create a
| | 04:34 | line that connects similar property corners.
| | 04:38 | To do that, we'll go to the Home tab, and
launch the Line command. Then, I'll create
| | 04:43 | a line from the northeast corner of
this lot to the southeast corner of this
| | 04:47 | one, and I'll press Escape when finished.
| | 04:49 | This line shows the distance and
direction that everything needs to be shifted.
| | 04:54 | Next, I'll zoom out a little.
| | 04:56 | I'll launch the Move command. And, I'm
going to move the line that I just drew
| | 05:00 | from the southeast corner of the
restaurant site, and I'll place this to the
| | 05:06 | property corner that has the geo-marker.
| | 05:09 | Now here's the trick.
| | 05:10 | To shift all this geometry to the left,
I need to move the Geo-marker to the
| | 05:14 | right, and this endpoint
represents the perfect location.
| | 05:19 | To adjust the marker, we'll go back to
the Geolocation tab. I'll click Reorient
| | 05:23 | Marker, and I'll select this eastern-most
endpoint, and I'll press Enter twice for
| | 05:29 | the North direction.
| | 05:31 | I will then select the line, and press
Delete to remove it from the drawing.
| | 05:35 | Now that I'm finished, I'll
detach and reattach the reference.
| | 05:39 | So, I'm going to go back to the Insert
tab, and then I'll click the arrow in the
| | 05:44 | lower right corner of the Reference
panel to open the External References
| | 05:47 | palette. I'll right-click my referenced file,
and select Detach to remove it from the drawing.
| | 05:54 | To reattach it, I'll click the
Attach DWG button. And then, in the same
| | 05:59 | Georeferencing folder, I'll select the
SiteC3D drawing again, and click Open.
| | 06:07 | I'll choose Locate using Geographic
Data, and I'll click OK. And, these drawings
| | 06:13 | are now aligned perfectly.
| | 06:15 | In fact, this alignment
works in the other direction.
| | 06:18 | If I save the current drawing and
email it to the engineer working on this
| | 06:22 | northern site, it will align
perfectly to his file as well.
| | 06:27 | Let's try that. I'm going to click
Save As, and I'll call this drawing
| | 06:33 | NewSite-IL83-ef, and I'll click Save.
I'll then close this drawing. I'll click
| | 06:44 | Open; it'll open the Civil 3D file.
I'll pan this up a little bit. And then, in
| | 06:51 | the External References palette,
I'll click to attach a drawing.
| | 06:56 | I'll attach the file we just saved,
and I'd like it to be located using
| | 07:01 | the geographic data.
| | 07:04 | And as a courtesy, AutoCAD is
reminding me I have some new layers in the
| | 07:07 | drawing. And so, I know. Close the dialog
box. And, I'm going to double-click the
| | 07:13 | mouse wheel to do a zoom extends. I'll
close the External References palette, and
| | 07:18 | I'll return to the Home tab of the ribbon.
| | 07:20 | As you can see, it is now easier then
ever for a group of people to collaborate
| | 07:24 | on a large multi-drawing design.
| | 07:27 | Using the geographic location feature,
disparate drawings can easily be aligned
| | 07:31 | by simply sharing a common
geographic coordinate system.
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4. Incorporating Reality CaptureProcessing point cloud data| 00:00 | With the cost of 3D laser scanners
coming down each year, more people are
| | 00:04 | incorporating point
clouds into their design work.
| | 00:07 | One thing we know about point clouds
is that they're big. That's because point clouds
| | 00:11 | can represent millions of
individual measurements.
| | 00:14 | In AutoCAD 2014, working with point
clouds has become much easier, because
| | 00:19 | AutoCAD now includes the
Autodesk ReCap application.
| | 00:22 | ReCap allows us to analyze, measure,
and process raw point cloud data, such
| | 00:28 | that we have better control over the point
clouds that we reference into our drawings.
| | 00:32 | In the next few lessons, we're going
to engage in some Autodesk ReCap basic
| | 00:36 | training, where I will show you the
essential tools for processing point clouds.
| | 00:40 | On my screen is an example of a point
cloud representing a small office building.
| | 00:45 | Now, it doesn't look too good right
now. In fact, on your screen, you may
| | 00:49 | not even see the cloud.
| | 00:50 | If that's the case, click on this
outer boundary. And in the ribbon, click the
| | 00:54 | AutoUpdate button. That
should make the cloud display.
| | 00:57 | I'm going to make my cloud a little bit
more dense by coming up to the Realtime
| | 01:01 | Density setting. And, I'll change
this to 75, and I'll press Enter.
| | 01:06 | I'll then press Escape to deselect the
cloud. And then, I'll hold my Shift key and
| | 01:10 | the mouse wheel, such that I
can orbit around this geometry.
| | 01:15 | This point cloud was created from raw
scan data using Autodesk ReCap. I then
| | 01:20 | used ReCap to clip out the
extraneous shots, and process the file.
| | 01:25 | Finally, I referenced the point
cloud into this AutoCAD drawing.
| | 01:29 | So, this is our goal. This
represents where we are headed.
| | 01:33 | To start the journey, I'm going to close
AutoCAD. I won't save changes. And then,
| | 01:40 | I'll double-click to launch
the Autodesk ReCap application.
| | 01:43 | This program is installed
automatically as part of
your AutoCAD installation.
| | 01:48 | Next, I'm going to apologize, because
my screen resolution is smaller than what
| | 01:52 | ReCap needs to display the interface.
| | 01:55 | For that reason, I'm going to push
the application up, such that I have as
| | 01:59 | much room as possible.
| | 02:02 | You will probably not have
to do this on your system.
| | 02:05 | I'll then click to start a new project.
| | 02:08 | From here, I can select the
point cloud I would like to import.
| | 02:12 | I'll click the Add button to select the
file. And in the Import Points dialog box,
| | 02:18 | I'll open the Supported Files menu, so
you can see the acceptable file types.
| | 02:23 | Autodesk ReCap supports raw Point
Cloud formats from several major
| | 02:27 | scanner manufacturers.
| | 02:29 | I'm going to select this
file called TrainRoom.pts.
| | 02:33 | Now, I could select more files if I
wanted. This one will be enough for now. As
| | 02:37 | you can see, it's more than 800 Meg.
Did I mention that point clouds are
| | 02:41 | big? I'll then click Open.
| | 02:44 | And after selecting the scan, I can
visit the output field, and choose where I
| | 02:48 | would like to save the converted file.
You see, as ReCap process is the scan,
| | 02:53 | it's going to save a copy with an RCS extension.
| | 02:56 | RCS represents a converted point cloud.
| | 02:59 | In the future, if I needed to work on
this cloud, I could simply open the RCS
| | 03:03 | file to avoid going through
the conversion process again.
| | 03:07 | Currently, the RCS file is going to be
created inside the Exercise Files folder,
| | 03:11 | which is fine for now.
| | 03:13 | I'll click Next. I can than change
the Import settings if I want. Generally
| | 03:18 | speaking, I'm going to keep all of
these at the defaults. Just a quick
| | 03:22 | run-through of what's here.
| | 03:24 | I'm going to apply these settings to
all scans. I am accepting a standard level
| | 03:29 | of noise filtering. I could increase
this if I had cars or people moving through
| | 03:34 | my scan to eliminate some of
the extraneous point shots.
| | 03:38 | The clipping feature is used to
weed out overly weak or strong points.
| | 03:44 | Using Text Import Setting, I can
control how ReCap views the point data
| | 03:48 | that it's processing.
| | 03:50 | If you have questions about any of
these settings, simply hover over them
| | 03:54 | for more information.
| | 03:55 | Under Advanced Preferences, I can
adjust the Decimation Grid. Dragging
| | 04:01 | this slider up will reduce the number of
processed points, making the file size smaller.
| | 04:07 | I'm going to set this back to 5.
| | 04:10 | The Coordinate System option lets me
select a coordinate system if one was used
| | 04:15 | when the data was shot. Likewise, if I
wanted to translate this data to another
| | 04:19 | coordinate system, I could enter
that coordinate system as the target.
| | 04:23 | In this case, I'll click Cancel.
| | 04:25 | Once I've finalized my import settings,
I'll click Start Import. And then, I'll
| | 04:32 | wait while the data is processed. Depending on
your hardware, this might take a couple minutes.
| | 04:38 | After the conversion is finished, I'll
click Launch Project to open the point
| | 04:43 | cloud in the editor. Let's start by
talking about some of the navigation tools.
| | 04:48 | I'm going to move my cursor over to
the side. If I roll the mouse wheel
| | 04:51 | forward and back, I can zoom in and out.
| | 04:54 | Holding the mouse wheel down allows
me to pan. And, if I hold the right-click
| | 04:59 | button down, I can orbit the model.
| | 05:03 | That being said, it's important to note
that these tools are affected by where
| | 05:07 | you are within the Point Cloud.
| | 05:08 | For instance, if I place my cursor over
the corner of the ceiling tile, and roll
| | 05:13 | the wheel forward, you can see I'm
zooming on that point. Just like if I put
| | 05:17 | the cursor on the corner of the room, and roll
the wheel forward, I'm zooming on that point.
| | 05:22 | Orbit works the same way.
| | 05:24 | If I right-click and hold on the corner of
the room, my orbit is centered on that location.
| | 05:33 | Using this workflow, I can orbit around
any point that I click on. Knowing that,
| | 05:37 | let's zoom through this wall,
and we'll take a look inside.
| | 05:42 | This point cloud represents a training
room. It was created by scanning from two
| | 05:46 | different setups, so the
data is fairly complete.
| | 05:50 | That being said, there are a few
shadows in here. That's because a laser
| | 05:54 | scanner works just like your eye. If
something is blocking its view, it can't
| | 05:58 | take a measurement.
| | 05:59 | Let's look at a few more navigation tools.
| | 06:02 | If I hover over the navigation icon in
the lower right corner, it will display
| | 06:06 | some other viewing options. Each of
these represents a stand-alone command.
| | 06:11 | Likewise, hovering over the icons will
show a keyboard and/or mouse shortcut.
| | 06:17 | If I click Zoom, I can hold down the
left mouse button, and move the mouse
| | 06:22 | forward and back to zoom in and out.
Just like before, my zooming is centered
| | 06:26 | on the area where I click.
| | 06:31 | Launching the Pan command, I can hold the
left mouse button down, and pan around the room.
| | 06:39 | Orbit lets me use the left mouse button
to orbit around the model. Using Look,
| | 06:50 | the left mouse button lets me pivot my
head, such that I can look around the room.
| | 06:57 | And finally, there is Fly.
| | 06:59 | When I select this option, note
that there is a speed involved.
| | 07:03 | If I left-click and hold, I can steer
my way around the room using the cursor.
| | 07:10 | That being said, if I stop for a
second and roll the mouse wheel forward, I
| | 07:14 | can increase my speed.
| | 07:16 | For instance, this represents two times
speed. Let's take it up to four times.
| | 07:22 | I'll fly up to front of the
room, and I'll turn around.
| | 07:27 | To exit an active
navigation tool, press the Escape key.
| | 07:31 | At this point, I can go back to the
standard shortcuts, like holding my mouse
| | 07:35 | wheel down to pan, rolling the wheel
forward and back to zoom, and holding the
| | 07:40 | right mouse button down to orbit.
| | 07:43 | Finally, let's close the application
by visiting the Home menu. And, I'll come
| | 07:47 | down and click the Exit button. We can
also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+X. I
| | 07:52 | will then click Save to
save the changes to my project.
| | 07:56 | Let's save this inside the Exercise Files
folder within the Reality Capture directory.
| | 08:03 | I'll call this Project TR for project
training room. Note that it's saving the
| | 08:09 | file with an RCP extension. And, I'll click Save.
| | 08:14 | Essentially, the project saves my current
location within the point cloud, as well
| | 08:19 | as any visual adjustments
made while I was in there.
| | 08:21 | One last thing. I'm going to hold on
the Windows key, and I'll tap the letter E
| | 08:25 | to bring up Windows Explorer. And then,
I will navigate into the Exercise Files
| | 08:31 | folder. And then, I'll open
the Reality Capture directory.
| | 08:37 | This RCS file that ReCap generated
represents the actual data of the point
| | 08:42 | cloud. The project file that we
saved merely references this data.
| | 08:47 | As you can see, converting and
exploring a point cloud is fairly easy
| | 08:51 | using Autodesk ReCap.
| | 08:52 | Now that we've laid down some
foundation, we're ready to move on to our next
| | 08:56 | lesson, where we'll explore
how to analyze a point cloud.
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| Analyzing a point cloud| 00:00 | Once you understand how to navigate a
point cloud, the next logical step is to
| | 00:04 | learn how to evaluate the environment.
| | 00:06 | In this lesson, we will explore
ways to analyze a point cloud.
| | 00:10 | I'll start by launching Autodesk
ReCap. And then, I'll click to create a New
| | 00:15 | Project. Then, I'll click the Add button
to add a Scan. And this time, I'll select
| | 00:21 | the file called Office.
| | 00:23 | This is an RCS file, so it
represents a processed point cloud.
| | 00:28 | Finally, I'll click Open, and then
Next, to open the file in the Editor.
| | 00:34 | And then, I'll push the interface up.
This point cloud represents a small office.
| | 00:39 | And at this point, we are positioned outside.
| | 00:42 | So, I'm going to bring up the Fly
tool. And then, I'll roll the mouse wheel
| | 00:47 | forward to set the speed to 4x. Then,
I'll click and hold the left mouse button,
| | 00:52 | and I'll navigate my way into the building.
| | 00:56 | When you get a chance, be sure to do some
exploration in this model. It's a great
| | 01:00 | way to master the navigation tools.
| | 01:03 | I am going to work my way through the
front lobby, past the survey equipment,
| | 01:08 | and I'll turn around over here by these cubes.
| | 01:13 | I will then press Escape
(Esc) to exit the Fly tool.
| | 01:16 | Sometimes, it's easier to evaluate a
point cloud by changing its appearance.
| | 01:20 | We can do that using the Display menu.
| | 01:23 | If I hover over the icon,
it has several options.
| | 01:26 | The Color Mode menu controls the
colorization of the points in the cloud. By
| | 01:31 | default, this is set to RGB, so the
points are colorized to match the true life
| | 01:37 | color of the objects being measured.
| | 01:39 | Selecting Elevation colorizes
the points from low to high.
| | 01:44 | This makes it easy to
evaluate points vertically.
| | 01:47 | Intensity highlights points from weak to strong.
| | 01:51 | Weak shots are ones that absorb the laser;
| | 01:53 | strong shots have a high reflective property.
| | 01:57 | Normal colorizes points based on their
direction. This helps to identify points
| | 02:02 | sharing a common wall or face.
| | 02:04 | As you can see, the floor is a dark purple;
the western wall is a salmon color.
| | 02:10 | If I hold the right mouse button down
and orbit, we can see the north wall is a
| | 02:14 | light purple, and the
south wall is a dark purple.
| | 02:23 | I am going to open the menu
again, and I'll choose Scan Location.
| | 02:29 | Scan Location comes into play if
you're working with multiple point clouds.
| | 02:33 | This option will colorize
points based on each setup.
| | 02:36 | So, you can tell which points will
shot from a specific scanner location.
| | 02:40 | Now, since this data has been consolidated
into a single cloud, all of the points
| | 02:45 | appear to have the same color.
| | 02:48 | Let's switch this back to RGB.
| | 02:51 | Under the Points menu, drag the Point
Display slider to increase or decrease
| | 02:57 | the size of the points.
| | 02:59 | Sometimes, larger points can make the
model look more realistic. It can also make
| | 03:03 | the points easier to
select when taking measurements.
| | 03:06 | Inside the Toggle UI Elements menu is a
Perspective Option. Toggle this to switch
| | 03:11 | from a three-point
perspective to an isometric-style view.
| | 03:20 | Let's open the menu again, and we'll
switch that back. And, we will then hold
| | 03:25 | down the right mouse button, orbit, then I'll
hold down the wheel, and I'll pan my View down.
| | 03:34 | Lighting can be controlled
using the Lighting Settings menu.
| | 03:37 | Lighting Sides adjusts
how points are illuminated.
| | 03:41 | Single illuminates the outward-facing
side of the points, Double illuminates
| | 03:45 | both sides, and None turns this feature off.
| | 03:51 | These remaining two options can be used
to provide contrast to the model, which
| | 03:55 | makes it easier to select
points when taking measurements.
| | 04:02 | When finished with these settings,
click on the screen to close the menu.
| | 04:06 | Within any point cloud, you may have hundreds
of thousands, if not millions of points.
| | 04:11 | Using ReCap's display settings makes it
much easier to visualize and organize all
| | 04:16 | of that data onscreen.
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| Measuring a point cloud| 00:00 | The benefit of using a 3D Scanner is
that you don't have to worry about missing
| | 00:04 | any dimensions when visiting a site.
| | 00:06 | The point cloud created by the
scanner essentially is the site.
| | 00:10 | So, if you need additional measurements
later, you can get them from the point
| | 00:13 | cloud without ever having to leave the office.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson, we will explore how to
take measurements within a point cloud.
| | 00:20 | As you can see, I have just launched
Autodesk ReCap, and I've reopened the
| | 00:24 | Office point cloud.
| | 00:26 | I am going to launch the Fly command.
And then, I'll roll the mouse wheel forward to
| | 00:31 | set the speed to 4x.
| | 00:33 | I will then hold down the left mouse
button, and work my way into the building.
| | 00:43 | This time, I'll fly up over the desk,
and turn around to face this long wall.
| | 00:49 | When finished, I'll press
Escape (Esc) to exit the Fly command.
| | 00:52 | Let say I would like to find the width
of this doorway opening. To do that, I'll
| | 00:57 | use the Annotation Tool menu
at the bottom of the interface.
| | 01:00 | This menu contains several
tools for taking measurements.
| | 01:04 | We'll use Distance first.
After clicking the icon,
| | 01:07 | I'll select 2-Point to find
the distance between them.
| | 01:11 | I am going to roll the mouse wheel
forward to zoom in. And, I'll click the bottom
| | 01:17 | inside corner on the right side of the
door, and the bottom inside corner on the
| | 01:22 | left. And, you can see that
opening measures exactly 3 feet.
| | 01:26 | I am going to hold the mouse wheel
down and pan. And, we will measure from the
| | 01:30 | inside corner to corner of the room;
| | 01:34 | that is just over one foot.
| | 01:36 | Finally, let's measure the
height of the door opening.
| | 01:39 | To do that, I'll zoom in on this inside
edge. Notice the dimensions hide their
| | 01:43 | display, so they stay out of your way.
| | 01:47 | I'll click this corner at the
bottom, and we'll then zoom out.
| | 01:51 | I'll hold the wheel down to pan. And then,
I'll click to select the inside top corner.
| | 02:01 | When finished, I'll zoom out to let the
dimension display, and we can see that
| | 02:06 | door opening is just about 7 feet.
| | 02:09 | In addition to finding distances, we
can also measure angles. To do that, I'll
| | 02:14 | open the Menu again, and I'll select
3- Point. I'll then zoom in again, and we
| | 02:21 | will measure the angle
representing this doorway.
| | 02:23 | I would like to adjust my View a little.
I'll hold the right mouse button down
| | 02:27 | to Orbit, and then I'll click the edge.
I'll pick a point at the corner, and then
| | 02:33 | I'll click this edge. And, that
looks correct. Just about 90 degrees.
| | 02:39 | I am going to zoom out. We will pan
the drawing down, and we will measure the
| | 02:43 | angle represented by the top of the wall.
| | 02:45 | First, I'll click a point along this edge,
then one at the corner, and then one at this edge.
| | 02:52 | Once again, just about 90 degrees.
| | 02:56 | At this point, I'm going to back up a
little farther, and I'll pan the center of
| | 02:59 | this geometry onscreen.
| | 03:01 | In addition to the 3-Point method, we can
also find angles using the Faces option.
| | 03:07 | This tool will measure the angle
between the two selected faces.
| | 03:11 | For instance, let's find the angle
between this wall and the floor.
| | 03:19 | I'll pan the drawing over, and we will find
the angle between this short wall and the floor.
| | 03:27 | When finished, I'll press the
Escape (Esc) key to exit the command.
| | 03:30 | One more time I'll zoom out. We will pan
the geometry over, and center it onscreen.
| | 03:35 | In the event you would like to delete a
dimension, you can do that by selecting
| | 03:39 | the dimension text, and
then clicking this X icon.
| | 03:43 | It's important to note that these
dimensions are saved with the project.
| | 03:46 | So, if you'd like to keep them, but
hide their display, you can do that by
| | 03:50 | visiting the Display Settings menu,
and then use the Toggle UI Elements
| | 03:55 | menu. Come down to Annotation, and then click
Measure to toggle the display of the dimensions.
| | 04:03 | As you can see, a point cloud is essentially
a virtual representation of an existing site.
| | 04:08 | Using Autodesk ReCap, you can
easily access point cloud data to take
| | 04:12 | necessary measurements or verify
geometry without having to make another trip
| | 04:16 | to the field.
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| Exporting point clouds for use in AutoCAD| 00:00 | After processing, evaluating, and
measuring a point cloud, it's time to prepare
| | 00:05 | the data, such that it can
be referenced into AutoCAD.
| | 00:08 | In this lesson, we will learn how
to clip and export a point cloud.
| | 00:12 | Once again, I've launched Autodesk ReCap,
and I've opened the Office Point Cloud file.
| | 00:17 | This time, I'm going to hold down the
right mouse button, and orbit around to the
| | 00:21 | front of the building.
| | 00:23 | Take a look at this unnecessary point data.
| | 00:25 | In some cases, a first-generation point
cloud may have thousands of stray points
| | 00:30 | that exist hundreds of feet above, below,
and to the sides of the intended site.
| | 00:35 | This can happen when the scanner shoots
through a window, or when the laser bounces
| | 00:39 | off a reflective object.
| | 00:41 | Before exporting a point cloud, it's a
good idea to clip off this unnecessary
| | 00:45 | information. Fortunately, Autodesk
ReCap makes this easy through the use of a
| | 00:50 | limit box. Let's take a look.
| | 00:52 | To access the limit box for this point
cloud, I'll open the Limit Box menu, and
| | 00:57 | select the Modify option.
| | 01:00 | This displays a box that represents
the overall limits of the point cloud.
| | 01:05 | I am going to move my cursor to the
middle of the screen. I'll hold down the right
| | 01:08 | mouse button, and I'll orbit this.
| | 01:11 | I will then roll the wheel forward to zoom in.
| | 01:14 | If I left-click and hold in the middle
of one of these faces, I can push or pull
| | 01:19 | to clip data from the point cloud.
| | 01:24 | Knowing that, I'm going to push this
back all the away up to the edge of the
| | 01:28 | front door, and then I'll release.
| | 01:31 | Now, I have to admit, to make things
easier, I clipped this data once already.
| | 01:35 | That's how I opened up the ceiling.
| | 01:37 | I simply pushed the top face down to
remove any ceiling tiles or recessed lining.
| | 01:43 | In a real world example, you'll
probably have to adjust several of these faces
| | 01:47 | to get your point cloud
down to a manageable size.
| | 01:50 | Now that I am finished, I'll click the
Confirm button to accept the modified limit box.
| | 01:57 | We'll orbit the drawing one
more time, and I'll zoom in closer.
| | 02:01 | Once the point cloud has been
clipped, it's ready to be exported.
| | 02:05 | To export this file, I'll visit the
Home menu, and I'll select the Export
| | 02:09 | button. I can also use the keyboard
shortcut, Ctrl+E. In the Save As Type menu, I
| | 02:17 | will select PCG. This is the Autodesk
point cloud format. For this reason, PCG
| | 02:23 | files can be referenced directly into AutoCAD.
| | 02:26 | I'll save this file inside the exercise_
files folder, within the Reality Capture
| | 02:31 | directory. And, I'll call this 05_
OfficePCG, because we'll be using this point
| | 02:41 | cloud in the next lesson.
| | 02:43 | When finished, I'll click
Save to export the file.
| | 02:46 | Well, this concludes our
Autodesk ReCap basic training.
| | 02:50 | You now have the skills necessary to process,
evaluate, measure, and export point clouds.
| | 02:56 | It's time to consider how you can
incorporate these new tools into your
| | 03:00 | design workflow.
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| Managing point clouds inside AutoCAD| 00:00 | Even though point clouds represent a
large amount of data, you'd never know it
| | 00:04 | when they're referenced into a drawing.
| | 00:05 | AutoCAD manages these file very efficiently.
| | 00:08 | Point cloud data is a great resource
to have, because it allows you work on your
| | 00:12 | design in context with the existing conditions.
| | 00:15 | In this lesson, we'll explore how
point clouds can be referenced into a
| | 00:19 | drawing. To reference a point cloud,
I'll visit the Insert tab. And in the Point
| | 00:24 | Cloud panel, I'll click the Attach button. Under
Files of Type, I'll select my desired format.
| | 00:30 | I'm going to choose PCG. This
represents an Autodesk point cloud. I will then
| | 00:36 | navigate into the Exercise Files folder,
within the Reality Capture directory, and
| | 00:41 | I'll select the OfficePCG file.
| | 00:44 | This is the file that we exported
from Autodesk recap in the last lesson.
| | 00:50 | I'll click Open. And as you can see,
referencing a Point Cloud is very
| | 00:53 | similar to referencing a drawing. For
now, I'll accept the default Relative Path
| | 00:58 | setting. I'm not going to make any changes to
the point cloud's Location, Size or Rotation.
| | 01:04 | So, I'll make sure all of these boxes
are unchecked. I will ensure the point
| | 01:08 | cloud is unlocked, such
that I can move it if I want.
| | 01:12 | Finally, I'll make sure Zoom to Point
Cloud is selected, so the cloud displays on
| | 01:16 | my screen after it's referenced.
I'll click OK when finished.
| | 01:20 | Now that the point cloud is in the file,
I'm going to hold down my Shift key and
| | 01:25 | the wheel on my mouse, such
that I can orbit around the cloud.
| | 01:31 | I will then roll the wheel forward to zoom in.
| | 01:33 | Now, if I were to make some visual
adjustments to the point cloud, I can do that
| | 01:37 | by selecting it. And then, I can use
these tools in the Contextual Ribbon tab.
| | 01:43 | The Density settings control the
amount of points displayed in the drawing.
| | 01:47 | The Upper value represents the
appearance of the cloud in a resting state;
| | 01:52 | the lower value affects
the display when you orbit.
| | 01:55 | As an example, I'll set the Density to
100, and I'll assign a Realtime Density of 30.
| | 02:04 | Next, I'll ensure AutoUpdate is selected,
so the point cloud regenerates each time
| | 02:09 | I manipulate my view. And then, when I
orbit, watch the point density. And when I
| | 02:17 | release, we can see the
difference in the settings.
| | 02:21 | If desired, you can manually
regenerate the point cloud by clicking this
| | 02:24 | Refresh button. For the remainder of
this tutorial, I'm going to set both
| | 02:28 | Densities to 100.
| | 02:32 | In the Visualization panel are some colorization
options, much like we have in Autodesk recap.
| | 02:38 | I'll select a few of these, so you can
see how they work. When finished, I'll open
| | 02:45 | the menu again, and return the point
cloud to the default Scan Colors setting.
| | 02:51 | The next panel contains several
tools for clipping the point cloud.
| | 02:55 | Clip Box is much like the Limit Box in
Autodesk Recap. Selecting these corner
| | 03:02 | grips, you can change the size of the
box to display as much or as little of the
| | 03:07 | point cloud as you like.
| | 03:10 | Along one of the edges, you'll find
an invert grip. Click this to invert
| | 03:14 | the clipping effect.
| | 03:16 | There are even grips on
the top and bottom faces.
| | 03:22 | If I select this, I can drag the frame up and
down the clip the height of the point cloud.
| | 03:27 | Point clouds can also be clipped using
a rectangular or polygonal selection.
| | 03:31 | You also use a closed Polyline.
| | 03:35 | Once the cloud has been clipped, you
can use the Show Hide toggle to enable or
| | 03:40 | disable the clipping.
| | 03:41 | Show Clipframe controls whether the
clipping frame is visible. For instance, if I
| | 03:46 | press Escape to deselect the
cloud, we can still see the frame.
| | 03:50 | Now, it will never print,
so it isn't a huge deal.
| | 03:53 | But if you wanted to hide it from
view, you can select the cloud, and use
| | 03:57 | this toggle to turn the frame off.
I'll press Escape again, and you can see
| | 04:01 | it's no longer visible.
| | 04:03 | Let's select the cloud one more time,
and I'll turn the Clipframe back on. At
| | 04:08 | this point, I'd like to remove the
clipping from this point cloud. To do that,
| | 04:12 | I'll click Delete Boundary, I'll select
the clipping frame, and I'll press Enter.
| | 04:17 | You'll notice there's another box
toggle in the ribbon. This one displays
| | 04:21 | the overall limits of the point cloud data,
not necessarily the limits of any clipping.
| | 04:26 | As an example, I'll go back to Clip Box.
I'll select this grip, and drag it over.
| | 04:32 | The Bounding Box shows me there
is more point data in this area.
| | 04:37 | Once again, I'm going to delete the
clipping boundary, and I'll click to hide the
| | 04:43 | display of the bounding box.
| | 04:45 | And finally, let's bring up the External
Reference palette. Even though this is a
| | 04:49 | point cloud, it's managed just
like any other referenced file.
| | 04:53 | Using the palette, I can right-click on
the file name to Unload or Reload the
| | 04:57 | point cloud. Using the Path option,
I can change how the final path is
| | 05:02 | saved. I can also use the
menu to detach the file.
| | 05:05 | For now, I'm not going to make any changes.
Instead, I'll click the X to close the
| | 05:09 | palette, and then I'll press
Escape to deselect the point cloud.
| | 05:13 | Let's look at how this point cloud
might be used in a practical example.
| | 05:16 | If I was an architect, and I was
designing an addition to this building, it might
| | 05:21 | be nice to have this data in the file,
such that I could compare my design to the
| | 05:25 | existing conditions.
| | 05:26 | For example, I'm going to jump to the
Home tab, and then I'll open the Layer
| | 05:31 | Control, and turn on this layer called new-walls.
| | 05:35 | Then I'll open the Visual Style menu,
and I'll switch this to Conceptual.
| | 05:40 | Having the point cloud means
I can see how my design relates to the
| | 05:44 | current floor plan. Likewise, if I
wanted to match any existing measurements, I
| | 05:49 | could simply measure the point
cloud to find whatever I need.
| | 05:53 | This drawing also makes a great presentation
tool to help a client visualize the new addition.
| | 05:59 | So, even though point clouds represent a
large amount of data, they are still very
| | 06:03 | easy to manage inside AutoCAD. By
adding point clouds to your workflow, you can
| | 06:08 | develop a design that works
perfectly with its surroundings.
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5. Documenting and Protecting DesignsReviewing drawing enhancements| 00:00 | Based on user requests, AutoCAD 2014
has updated a few commands to help you
| | 00:05 | draw more efficiently.
| | 00:07 | In this lesson, we will explore the
enhancements made to the drawing tools.
| | 00:10 | On my screen is some geometry
that represents an unfinished window.
| | 00:15 | I'm going to pan this geometry down,
and I'd like to create a rounded top.
| | 00:21 | To do that, I'll launch the Arc command.
And, I'll start the arc at the endpoint
| | 00:26 | here at the upper left corner.
| | 00:28 | I will then come down to the command
line, and select the Center method. I'll
| | 00:32 | place the center of the arc at the -- Shift
+Right+Click, -- Midpoint of this top edge.
| | 00:38 | And, the arc is being drawn in the
wrong direction. Historically, AutoCAD has
| | 00:42 | always wanted to draw arches counter-clockwise.
| | 00:46 | Now in AutoCAD 2014, if I hold the Ctrl
key, I can reverse the direction of the
| | 00:51 | arc, and easily complete this rounded top.
| | 00:55 | Now let's pan the drawing up. I'll
zoom out a little, and we'll look at
| | 00:59 | this unfinished area.
| | 01:01 | Let's say I've been editing this geometry,
and I have been using the Trim command,
| | 01:05 | and now I'd like to clean up these corners.
| | 01:08 | If I hover over these objects, we can
see that they are both Polylines. It
| | 01:13 | would be real nice to clean these
corners up using the Fill-it command. In the
| | 01:16 | past, that wasn't possible.
| | 01:19 | Now in AutoCAD 2014, I can Fill-it a
polyline to itself. I'll press my Spacebar
| | 01:26 | to go back into the command, and
I'll fill up this remaining polyline.
| | 01:32 | I'll pan this down and center it a
little better, and then we'll look at a
| | 01:35 | change to the Hatch command. Let's say I would
like to what hatch the glass area of these windows.
| | 01:43 | I'll launch the Hatch command. And if
we look at the command line, we can see
| | 01:47 | that Hatch is defaulting to the Pick Internal
Point method. That's the way it's always been.
| | 01:52 | Knowing that, I am going to open the
Hatch menu, and I'll select a Linear
| | 01:58 | Gradient Hatch. Blue will be okay for
Color 1. I am going to click the Color 2
| | 02:05 | menu, and I'll choose Cyan.
| | 02:08 | I'll then drag the angle out to about
112. This will put the lighter area of the
| | 02:13 | hatch in the upper left corner.
| | 02:16 | Now Pick Points isn't going to work for me,
because I want this hatch
to span the entire window.
| | 02:21 | To do that, I'll move up and choose
Select Boundary Objects. And, I'll select
| | 02:26 | both of these windows. And before I
finish, I'll expand the Options panel. Then,
| | 02:32 | I'll open the Draw Order menu,
and I'll choose Send to Back.
| | 02:36 | This will place the Hatch objects
behind all of the other geometry in the
| | 02:39 | drawing. And, I will press Enter when finished.
| | 02:43 | Now, let's say I would like to hatch
this remaining area of the window. I'll
| | 02:47 | launch the Hatch command again, and
notice the Hatch command now remembers
| | 02:50 | the previous method.
| | 02:52 | So, I can easily select this outer
boundary. I'll change my Hatch pattern to
| | 02:58 | Solid. It's also going to
remember the Draw Order setting.
| | 03:01 | So, I can press Enter to finish the window.
| | 03:06 | In a production environment, time
saved translates into higher profits.
| | 03:10 | If you are someone who frequently uses
these commands, AutoCAD 2014 may help you
| | 03:15 | shave some time off your workday.
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| Reviewing annotation enhancements| 00:00 | When it comes to Annotation, AutoCAD
2014 has made a few improvements that
| | 00:04 | you may find helpful.
| | 00:06 | In this lesson, we will explore the
enhancements made to the Annotation Tools.
| | 00:10 | On my screen is a detail that
represents a typical road section. I'd like to
| | 00:15 | start by adding a title to this detail.
| | 00:18 | So, I'll zoom in, and center the
title area onscreen. Then, I'll open the
| | 00:23 | Annotation panel. And inside the Text
Style menu, I'll select the Text Style
| | 00:29 | that I'm interested in.
| | 00:30 | In this case, I'll choose Detail Titles.
| | 00:33 | Then, I'll open the Text menu, and
launch the Single Line Text command. At the
| | 00:38 | command line, I'll choose the Justify
option. And then, I'll select BR. That stands
| | 00:43 | for bottom right justification.
| | 00:46 | I'd like to justify this label at the
endpoint on the right side of this green
| | 00:50 | line. And at the rotation angle prompt,
I'll press Enter to accept the default.
| | 00:55 | Then, I can add my title.
| | 01:01 | When finished, I will press Enter twice.
| | 01:03 | Next, I'm going to pan the drawing down,
because I still need to add a Slope
| | 01:08 | label to this arrow over the left lane.
| | 01:11 | Once again, I'll go back to the
Annotation panel, and I'll select another Text
| | 01:15 | Style. I'll choose Slope Labels this time.
Then, I'll re-launch the Text command.
| | 01:22 | And if you look at the command line,
you can see that single line text now
| | 01:25 | remembers the previous justification
point, which works out perfectly, because
| | 01:29 | I'd like to justify this label to
the right-side endpoint of this arrow.
| | 01:33 | When it comes to the rotation angle, I
am going to Shift+Right+Click, and select
| | 01:38 | Parallel. I will then hover over the
line to acquire its angle. And then, I'll
| | 01:44 | move my cursor to the other side until
it snaps to that direction, and I'll click.
| | 01:49 | Then, I'll type 2% Slope,
and I'll press Enter twice.
| | 01:55 | Now let's pan the drawing down, and look at
a new feature that has to do with dimensions.
| | 02:00 | Since I'm going to create some new
dimensions, I'll set the dimension layer
| | 02:03 | current. I'll do that by using the Make
Objects Layer Current button. Then, I'll
| | 02:09 | select one of these dimensions.
| | 02:11 | Then, I'll open the Annotation panel,
because I want you to see the current
| | 02:15 | dimension style is called Property Dims.
| | 02:18 | The dimensions that you see onscreen
were not created using that style.
| | 02:22 | These dimensions were created
using a style called Section-dims.
| | 02:26 | So, keep that in mind. Property Dims is current.
| | 02:30 | Let's create a continuous dimension from
this 14 foot measurement, such that I can
| | 02:34 | dimension the left lane.
| | 02:37 | I'll start by selecting the dimension.
I will then hover over the grip, and I'll
| | 02:41 | choose Continue Dimension. This feature
works with the Baseline method as well.
| | 02:47 | Notice the new dimension I am
creating has the same settings as the
| | 02:51 | dimension I selected.
| | 02:52 | This was not always the case.
| | 02:54 | In previous versions of AutoCAD,
continuous or baseline dimensions were created
| | 02:59 | using the Current Dimension Style.
| | 03:01 | At this point, I'll press Escape (Esc)
to deselect the other dimension.
| | 03:04 | Now if you want go back to that older
functionality, you can. There is a new
| | 03:08 | system variable in 2014 called DIMCONTINUEMODE.
I'll use the Auto Complete to get that.
| | 03:17 | Currently, this is set to 1, which means it's
turned on. If I set this to 0, and turn it off. . .
| | 03:25 | Now, if I create a continued or
baseline dimension, it will be created using the
| | 03:30 | Current Dimension Style.
| | 03:33 | Once again, I'll press Escape
(Esc) to deselect the dimensions.
| | 03:37 | Now, this is obviously wrong. Not a
problem. I can easily fix it by going to the
| | 03:41 | clipboard panel. I'll launch the Match
Properties command. I will then select
| | 03:46 | the dimension I like. And then, I'll
click to apply those settings to the
| | 03:50 | dimension I don't like.
| | 03:51 | When finished, I'll press Escape (Esc),
and then I'm going to double-click the
| | 03:54 | mouse wheel to do a Zoom Extents.
| | 03:56 | Finally, I would like to put
things back the way they were.
| | 03:59 | So, I'm going to type DIMCONTINUEMODE again.
| | 04:05 | I'll set that back to 1, and I'll press Enter.
| | 04:08 | When you're looking for ways to
increase productivity, every little bit helps.
| | 04:12 | Leveraging these new annotation
features can be yet another way to save
| | 04:16 | yourself some valuable time.
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| Preventing virus and malware attacks| 00:00 | In an effort to protect your security,
AutoCAD includes new settings that prevent
| | 00:04 | malware and viruses from attacking your system.
| | 00:07 | In this lesson, we'll explore the new
secure load functionality. As the creators
| | 00:12 | of malware and viruses become more
sophisticated, malicious code has begun
| | 00:17 | showing up in lsp files, VBA macros,
object enablers, DLL files, .net
| | 00:23 | assemblies, and several other files that are
typically used in conjunction with AutoCAD.
| | 00:27 | For this reason, there is a new Secure
Load feature to help prevent malicious
| | 00:31 | programs from infecting your machine.
| | 00:33 | To explore the new feature, we will visit
the Options dialog box. I'll get there by
| | 00:38 | right-clicking, and I'll select Options
from the menu. Then, I'll visit the Files tab.
| | 00:44 | In here is a new Trusted Locations area.
If you typically access lsp files, VBA
| | 00:50 | macros, or.net code, you can save the
paths to the folders where those items are
| | 00:55 | stored to this list of Trusted Locations.
| | 00:59 | Adding a path can be done by clicking
Add, and then Browse, and then you can
| | 01:05 | navigate your system, and
select the folders of your choice.
| | 01:09 | I am going to close this. If I hover
over Trusted Locations, you can see that
| | 01:14 | the paths associated with AutoCAD Installation
are already designated as being trusted.
| | 01:19 | Now, when do these paths come into play?
We will go to the System tab next. Over
| | 01:25 | here is a new Executable File
Settings button. I'm going to click this.
| | 01:30 | In this dialog box, we can control how
sensitive AutoCAD is when it comes to
| | 01:34 | loading external code. This first
option represents the old way of doing
| | 01:38 | things. Essentially, load everything
without asking any questions. Obviously, this
| | 01:43 | is not recommended.
| | 01:45 | The second option is the Default.
AutoCAD will automatically load files from the
| | 01:49 | Trusted Locations, and if it encounters
an executable in a non-trusted location,
| | 01:55 | it will warn you, and let
you make the final decision.
| | 01:58 | Likewise, you can use the third
option to restrict loaded files to
| | 02:02 | Trusted Locations only.
| | 02:04 | Let's test this. I am going to close
the dialog box, then I'll close Options,
| | 02:10 | and I'd like to load a lsp routine.
| | 02:14 | To do that, I'll click the Manage tab,
and then I'll select Load Application.
| | 02:19 | From here, I'll look in the Exercise
Files folder. And within this directory
| | 02:23 | called Documenting Designs,
| | 02:25 | I'll select this lsp file
called Test, and I'll click Load.
| | 02:30 | And, we get the warning. That's because
the Documenting Designs folder is not
| | 02:34 | designated as a Trusted Location. That's okay.
| | 02:37 | I'm going to load it anyway.
| | 02:39 | As you see, the file loaded
successfully. I'll click Close.
| | 02:45 | To run this lsp routine, I'll type Test,
and press Enter. And, you can see this is
| | 02:50 | a test. This is only a test.
| | 02:52 | Now, don't worry. The next time you
close AutoCAD and reopen it, this new
| | 02:56 | command will be gone.
| | 02:58 | Let's return to the Options dialog box.
| | 03:02 | I'll go back to the System tab, and then
I'll click Executable File Settings again.
| | 03:07 | If you are someone who customizes
the acad.lsp file, you can use this new
| | 03:12 | setting to load the file with each drawing.
| | 03:15 | The acad.lsp file is commonly used to
automatically load additional lsp files
| | 03:20 | when AutoCAD launches.
| | 03:21 | I'm going to keep the current setting.
Then I'll close this dialog box, and I'll
| | 03:27 | close Options, and return to Model Space.
| | 03:29 | If you'd like more information about
creating and loading lsp files, type
| | 03:34 | lsp in the search area at the top of the
interface to access a wealth of documentation.
| | 03:40 | If you'd like more information
about preventing malware or viruses from
| | 03:43 | infecting AutoCAD, type SECURELOAD at the
command line, and then click the Help icon.
| | 03:54 | If you drag this down to the bottom,
in the Related Concepts section, you'll
| | 03:59 | find a link to a white paper with specific
details on protecting yourself from malicious code.
| | 04:09 | In a production environment, viruses
or malware can seriously impact your
| | 04:13 | ability to do business.
| | 04:15 | Using the new secure load functionality,
you may never again have to worry about
| | 04:19 | malicious code taking up
residence on your machine.
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ConclusionGoodbye| 00:00 | Well, we have reached the end of the title.
| | 00:02 | Let me say that it's been a
pleasure working with you.
| | 00:05 | Now it's time for you to use your new
skills, and take your career to the next level.
| | 00:10 | When you get a chance, be sure to
explore some of the other AutoCAD titles
| | 00:14 | available on Lynda.com.
| | 00:16 | Remember, even though a title may not
have been recorded using the current
| | 00:19 | release, the majority of the
features will still apply.
| | 00:23 | If you'd like even more AutoCAD, you can
follow me on twitter, where I regularly
| | 00:27 | post AutoCAD tips and shortcuts.
| | 00:30 | My account name is a single word, JeffBartels.
| | 00:33 | Until next time, I wish you the best of luck.
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