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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

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Construction professionals worldwide have used AutoCAD construction design software since the ‘80s for 2D and 3D drafting. Many in the industry consider AutoCAD to be the best construction drafting software to create blueprints for everything from residential homes to large-scale commercial projects.

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Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit. Now any lines or walls that you draft will snap to the gridlines of your workplane. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards.

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Difference Between Sketching and Drawing | What Are Conceptual Sketches | Architecture Concept Drawing | Types of Drawings for Building Design

CivilJungle

The drafting process may impose limitations on the size that is realistically workable. This system has continued with CAD drafting: many design architects have little or no knowledge of CAD software programmes, relying upon others to take their designs beyond the sketch stage. #22. Size and Scale. Design Drawings.

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Revit Beginners: Some New Bloggers on the Block

Revit Beginners

I've fortunately been busy lately working on some residential projects but do have a couple of new documents in the works for posting. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond.

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Revit Beginners: Should I enable Hardware Acceleration?

Revit Beginners

Useful for "expert-cad-managers-and-beginer-bim-managers" like me. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. David Duarte. at 4:50 PM.

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Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners

We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. I was introduced to Revit 4.5 Autodesk Seek.

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Revit Beginners: Imported Images and Sheets

Revit Beginners

The only solution is to place images in a drafting view (or legend view) first. Rescaling the image can also be easier from a drafting view once scale is established. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Marathon Drafting. CAD Beyond.

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