May 28, 2021
The Scale Tool in AutoCAD
One of the most commonly used tools in AutoCAD is the Scale function. It allows us to resize lines, polylines, and shapes. It’s typically used to increase or decrease an object’s size by using multiplication and division. The Scale command can also be used with references, and we can specify specific points to set an…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 25, 2021
Fillet, Chamfer, & Blend Curves with AutoCAD – Part 3
This is the third part of our three-part series that explains how to use the Fillet, Chamfer, and Blend Curves tools in AutoCAD. This section focuses on the Blend Curves function. Drawing tangential and smooth curves is easy with the Blend Curves command. It can switch between both types of curves. The tangential curve draws…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 25, 2021
Fillet, Chamfer, & Blend Curves with AutoCAD – Part 2
This is the second part of our three-part series that explains how to use the Fillet, Chamfer, and Blend Curves tools in AutoCAD. This section focusses on the Chamfer function. The Chamfer command has options and settings that are similar to the Fillet tool. It allows us to specify two distances from the possible intersection…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 25, 2021
Fillet, Chamfer, & Blend Curves with AutoCAD – Part 1
This is the first part of our three-part series that explains how to use the Fillet, Chamfer, and Blend Curves tools in AutoCAD. This section focusses on the Fillet function. We can use the Fillet command to “cut corners” and “round” our edges without doing any math. Once we specify our corner’s radius, the command…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 21, 2021
Civil 3D Site Design – Webinar
“Site Design Tips & Tricks – Teaching Corridors & Site Features to Get Along.” Have you ever been confused as to how you can model a site that contains roads and site elements? One of the goals of modeling is to have all elements in your design interact with each other as you do your…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 20, 2021
Shared Parameters in Key Schedules Workflow in Revit 2022
In Revit 2022, shared instance parameters associated with categories now appear as available fields when creating a key schedule for that category. You can now use shared parameters in families and include the shared parameter in a key schedule to control family parameter values using the key schedule. This new feature will help you save…
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James Cuervo
May 13, 2021
What’s New in Revit 2022 – Webinar
We are very excited about this new release of Autodesk’s premier Architectural and Engineering program – Revit 2022. The large number of improvements can be classified into 4 key areas: 1. Design Productivity: Discipline-specific authoring tool enhancements for architects and engineers (civil, MEP, and structures).2. Interoperability: Workflow enhancements between Revit and tools from Autodesk along…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 6, 2021
Converting Polylines into Arcs with AutoCAD
Instead of creating arcs manually, we can make polylines and use their vertexes as the start and end points of arcs that can be connected to form one object. AutoCAD’s polylines can be easily converted into arcs by simply hovering our cursor over the grips on our polylines and changing individual segments into arcs. If…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 5, 2021
Editing Polylines in AutoCAD
Creating lines in AutoCAD is a common function that we utilize daily. We can use our lines in sophisticated ways by converting them into polylines. Our polylines can have multiple segments, and each segment can be modified to meet our standards. By using the “PEdit” command, we can edit our polylines and assign specific settings…
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