GBAILEY
Mechanical
- Nov 8, 1999
- 18
Hello all, (sorry so long of a post)
I'd like to solicit opinions and ideas on how to organize our vast, unorganized, and undocumented detail "library" into something I can use and find stuff quickly.
--Background:
I'm working to try and develop an organizational system to identify and locate all the standard details we commonly and uncommonly use in our daily work. AS MEP engineers, I and my fellow officemates and engineers are always under the gun to get stuff done fast and get it done faster than last time. Time really is money when you are a consultant!
As a relativly new member of the staff, I am totally disgusted with the cad standards and standard details my firm has, and how the standards are utilized. We spend so much time looking and wondering it seems to just add to the inefficincy which leads to rising internal costs.
--Questions:
1. SO, as users of AC2004 and AC2005LT, I'm looking for methods to help organize details and standards for quick retreival and use.
The DesignCenter and Tool Palettes seem to be easy ways to organize files and locate details without having to know AutoLisp or macro programming. My question to ACad drivers is how these tools are implemented by other ACad users.
2. As well, does anyone use the drawing standards manager? Is it worth the time to set up?
--My take:
The tool palettes seem to be a good location for commomnly used blocks, details, and notation items.
The design center seems to be a good place to create block libraries for all the rest of the details we have; to organize, standardize, and identify them.
--My solution:
I'm going to create block library files for all the details we use, based on obvious organizational lines: plumbing, HVAC, electrical, notes, etc.
After this task is completed, I can create tool palettes using the defined blocks from the block libraries. I can also export these tool palettes for other users who are less inclined to this task.
As for standards, I'm creating a template with all the common fromatting for layers, text, etc.
Please chime in with your comments!
Grant
I'd like to solicit opinions and ideas on how to organize our vast, unorganized, and undocumented detail "library" into something I can use and find stuff quickly.
--Background:
I'm working to try and develop an organizational system to identify and locate all the standard details we commonly and uncommonly use in our daily work. AS MEP engineers, I and my fellow officemates and engineers are always under the gun to get stuff done fast and get it done faster than last time. Time really is money when you are a consultant!
As a relativly new member of the staff, I am totally disgusted with the cad standards and standard details my firm has, and how the standards are utilized. We spend so much time looking and wondering it seems to just add to the inefficincy which leads to rising internal costs.
--Questions:
1. SO, as users of AC2004 and AC2005LT, I'm looking for methods to help organize details and standards for quick retreival and use.
The DesignCenter and Tool Palettes seem to be easy ways to organize files and locate details without having to know AutoLisp or macro programming. My question to ACad drivers is how these tools are implemented by other ACad users.
2. As well, does anyone use the drawing standards manager? Is it worth the time to set up?
--My take:
The tool palettes seem to be a good location for commomnly used blocks, details, and notation items.
The design center seems to be a good place to create block libraries for all the rest of the details we have; to organize, standardize, and identify them.
--My solution:
I'm going to create block library files for all the details we use, based on obvious organizational lines: plumbing, HVAC, electrical, notes, etc.
After this task is completed, I can create tool palettes using the defined blocks from the block libraries. I can also export these tool palettes for other users who are less inclined to this task.
As for standards, I'm creating a template with all the common fromatting for layers, text, etc.
Please chime in with your comments!
Grant
