In this video, Shaun Bryant demonstrates how to use Quick Select to locate blocks in your CAD drawing.
- [Instructor] We're starting a new chapter now…in our AutoCAD Preparing AutoCAD Drawings for Revit course…and what we're going to look at now…in our CAD drawing is optimizing any AutoCAD blocks…that might be in the drawing.…So you should recognize the drawing,…however, there is a new drawing that you can download…from the website and you can see…at the top of the screen there,…it's 05_Office_ReceptionArea.dwg.…So download it and as usual follow along…with the video using the drawing,…saving the drawing as you go.…
Now the first thing we're going to look at is…a very underrated and underused tool in AutoCAD.…It's called Quick Select and it will…actually allow me to find all of the AutoCAD blocks…in this drawing in one go rather than having…to drive around the drawing and think oh that window…there might be a block.…So if I hover over it, yeah, it is a block.…It's a block reference and it's…on the layer A-GLAZ, G-L-A-Z.…Now obviously you could go around…and try to find them one by one.…
Wouldn't it be nice if you could just say to AutoCAD,…
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Released
5/30/2017- Why link CAD drawings into Revit?
- Using a consistent layer naming philosophy
- Removing unwanted layers and properties with the PURGE command
- Annotation and dimensions
- Optimizing blocks in CAD drawings
- Using a linked CAD file to see changes
- Managing linked CAD drawings in Revit
- Generating a BIM model from a CAD file
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 18s
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Using the exercise files1m 31s
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1. Introduction: Linking Drawings into Revit
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2. CAD: Layer Management
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Optimizing your layers3m 44s
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Managing layer properties3m 27s
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3. CAD: Properties Management
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Linetypes4m 4s
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Lineweights4m 2s
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Colors4m 27s
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Hatching2m 23s
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Transparency2m 40s
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4. CAD: Annotation and Dimensions
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Dimensions layer3m 36s
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Text layer2m 55s
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Dimension styles2m 57s
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Text styles2m 58s
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5. CAD: Optimizing Blocks in the CAD Drawing
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Removing unneeded blocks3m 2s
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6. Revit: Importing a CAD Drawing
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Setting colors3m 21s
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Setting layers and levels4m 54s
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Setting units3m 7s
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7. Revit: Linking a CAD Drawing
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Using the Insert tab2m 5s
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Setting colors3m 25s
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Setting layers and levels6m 10s
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Setting units2m 50s
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8. Managing Linked CAD Drawings in Revit
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Adding a new CAD file2m 35s
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Importing a CAD file1m 59s
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Removing a linked CAD file3m 24s
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9. Generating a BIM Model from a CAD File
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Setting up structural grids5m 59s
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Setting up levels3m 39s
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Adding columns4m 53s
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Adding walls5m 41s
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Adding doors3m 55s
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Adding windows6m 27s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 56s
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