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  • Certified Hardware

    One of the top types of questions we get into when people start moving into 3D design is what type of computer should I get.

    For several years now, Autodesk has been creating and maintaining a certified video card site where you can look up certified video cards that have been tested with AutoCAD.

     

    Now in addition to listing certified video cards, they have also added computer manufacturers.

    Here’s the link:

    http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?siteID=123112&id=18844534

    It’d be nice if they could display a list of prices or something, but at least it’s a starting point.

     

    Do you have any thoughts on buying hardware?  How long do you keep your computers in use?

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  • Title Block Attributes for Isos in AutoCAD Plant 3D We ran into an issue this week where isos wouldn’t generate for a particular title block.  In locating the problem, I was reminded of a best practice. When you are creating attributes for blocks, ALWAYS use unique tags.  While AutoCAD will let you add ...
  • Adding Custom Equipment to the Plant Menu One thing I love about Plant 3D is that it is design to be really flexible.  A frequent request we get is, “How do I add my custom equipment to the default Equipment library?”   The secret lies in the catalog folder C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013...
  • Removing Default Iso Styles in AutoCAD Plant 3D Once you get deeper into Plant 3D, you want to set up your own styles.  Currently, when you create a project, Plant 3D copies the default styles to the project.  If you use the project wizard and do not set up a template project first, you will not be abl...
  • Launching in P&ID Mode or Plant 3D Mode One question I’ve gotten in the past is “How do you launch Plant 3D in P&ID mode.”  Frequently, we may be working only on P&IDs, and it’s nice to have the P&ID environment ready for us when we start Plant 3D. In our previous post on launchi...
  • Create a Desktop Icon for a Plant 3D Project On the forums the other day, the question came up “How do I create a desktop icon that launches a specific project?”  Today we are going to look at the steps necessary to do that.   We are going to use three key pieces of information.  First is...

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  • Iso Configuration EditorIsoCfgEdit_128

    The Iso Configuration Editor allow editing the isoconfig.xml file associated with an isometric theme. The editor is a customized xml reader that makes it easy to see and change values in the xml file. View Documentation:   Blog Articles:

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    Here are resource links for the Create BOM Plugin: Documentation: Change log: Known issues: Product page Key Features: Creates a Bill of Material using an AutoCAD table Stores the Bill of Material in the orthographic drawing file Flexible tagging methods Tagging creates a default “BOM Tag” multi-leader style Tagging uses the current multi-leader style Downloads

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