- [Voiceover] In the previous video, we looked at setting up…our text field in our autoCAD facilities management drawing.…And that's like a weird number we're looking at…with the grey background.…Now, be assured that the grey background…doesn't actually plot on the drawings.…So,…what I'm going to do is double-click on it,…like I did before, and I can right click now,…and you'll notice I can edit the field there, like so.…Now these are fields linked to the area of the polyline.…The actual extater that we've talked about…in previous videos.…
So, as you can see now, it takes me straight back…to the Field Dialogue Box,…allowing me to edit the settings.…Now, you'll notice that it's using decimal at the moment.…Now what I want to do is change that precision there…to one decimal place.…So I can do that there, like so.…And that leaves that point zero.…What I can also do, though,…is do this additional formatting.…And this allows me now to actually change the values.…Now there's the current value.…A bit scary with all those numbers after the decimal point.…
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8/19/2016- Setting up a facilities drawing
- Managing XREF layers
- Adjusting drawing units and limits
- Using polylines
- Defining areas
- Annotating areas
- Setting up area table styles
- Finding and linking area data
- Exporting area table data
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome51s
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Using the exercise files1m 35s
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1. Introduction to FM
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Using areas in AutoCAD4m 16s
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Managing your areas5m 57s
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2. Setting Up a Facilities Drawing
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Managing XREF layers3m 55s
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3. Getting Your FM Settings Right
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Drawing units4m 39s
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Drawing limits4m 28s
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Layer naming strategy5m 19s
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Setting gradient fills3m 13s
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Setting hatch patterns3m 8s
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4. Areas and Polylines
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Why use polylines?5m 1s
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Using object snaps5m 24s
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Creating area outlines4m 42s
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Gross external area (GEA)3m 24s
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Gross internal area (GIA)3m 25s
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5. Defining Areas
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Methods of measurement4m 56s
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Using draw order2m 44s
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Using lineweight (LWT)3m 59s
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6. Annotating Areas
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Text styles7m 34s
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Annotative scaling4m 46s
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Using text fields5m 27s
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Text field settings2m 39s
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Using text symbols3m 1s
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7. Setting Up an Area Table Style
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Setting up the table title3m 13s
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Inserting the area table3m 38s
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8. Using the Area Table
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9. Exporting the Area Table Data
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 18s
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