AutoCAD 2010 :: Blocks And Lines Color For Projects?
Apr 4, 2012
I work with ground floor plans and what kind of color I should use for the blocks and lines.
For example:
Today, i try to keep this kind of lines, but I saw other drawings with different colors and I wondered if I doing this correctly?
I list below my layer colors:
- new equipment = green or blue or pink;
- existent equipments = gray lines;
- existent walls = gray or white lines
- new building walls = red lines;
- demolished walls = yellow lines.
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May 30, 2013
Autocad 2011
wondering if its possible to turn off lines inside of nested blocks.
When we tried to do this inside a heavily layered and blocked drawing, it seemed to make the file unresopnsive, unloadable, and general "autocad freezing" issues. We Reconsitituted the entire file from the ground up and found that by NOT turning off these lines inside of nested blocks (ceteris parabis) the file works fine.
We like to turn these lines off becuase different teams are working on different parts of the drawing and we like to focus on one section by turning the other off. Is this possible? Is there a better way to do this?
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Feb 13, 2013
Where to get free blocks for small civil projects? I am putting a roundabout in on our site and they are **** about AS. its not a public road but need a block to see hoe they usually set these things out.
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Jan 24, 2012
I have a project in 3D that I would like to export to Stadd. This requires lines rather than blocks. Is is possible to convert the blocks in the attached dwg file to to lines that are centered on those blocks?
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Apr 2, 2013
Lately when I plot my drawings the diagonal lines plot gray. I didn't change the line color. Can't figure it out.
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how to change the projection to third angle projection for ALL of my drawings in Inventor 2010?
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Jan 10, 2013
"Can a color scheme be copied between non linked projects or does it have to have existed in the template view or be re-built in the new project view? I am surprised it can't be 'transferred' with other project standards, unless you can tell me different?"
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Apr 25, 2012
i am doing a simple project making a survey plot for a piece of land that will be broken into subdivision. all measurements are of my starting point. after plotting the starting point i try to draw line that is 113 feet long and at a bearing of N 5d W i have no problem entering this data but when i hit enter it draws a straight line. now i know 5 degrees is much of an angle so i thought maybe it just looked straight and tried to plot the next point which was 542 feet from the last point at a bearing of N 39d E but once again after i put the info in and hit enter or space it would plot a line of the proper length but vertical, not the proper angle i need it at. here is how i would put in the info:
first i choose the lne command and choose my "beginning point" as that starting point for my line then i type 113<N 5d W for the length and direction and hit enter. when i do this it plots a vertical line of the proper length but wrong angle. what am i doing wrong? i have ortho set to off and idk what else to mess with
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Apr 23, 2012
I was trying for an option with wipeout mask.
Is there any option with wipeout to turn the continuous lines into dotted lines instead of hiding the object? I have been working on one staircase block, i want to show half block as a dotted lines.. is there any way to do that without going in to the block edit and change? thats why am looking for wipeout mask option.
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Jan 19, 2012
I am using AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012 and working with the P&ID portion of the software. I created a block (to represent insulation with electric heat tracing) with multiple lines using multiple settings. All of the lines are on layer 0, the line weight is set to by layer. All of the lines have a linetype of by layer except one line which I need to be hidden. This block appears correctly on my screen, but when I print, the hidden line prints continuous.
My brain is exhausted and I think this is just a setting somewhere I can not seem to locate.
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Apr 22, 2011
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i am looking for a lisp routine which can change all lines in color yellow ( in different layers) to color 8.
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Oct 4, 2012
I have recently started to have a problem with lines, leaders, blocks and x-refs etc, straying from level 0 for z. I think it may have something to do with the fact I am making use of files from cad duct 3d software, how do I prevent/resolve this?
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Oct 23, 2012
Have a slight problem with our new HP Designjet 500 printer which has just replaced our previous HP Designjet 500 printer that went bang a few days ago!
Problem is, all the lines or blocks etc within the drawing that are on colour 253 (a grey i use for certain elements of the drawing) are coming out purple when i print the drawing out!?
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Oct 18, 2012
I'm looking at a block which has multiple visibility states, 2 of which show a beam as a side elevation, where the beam can be stretched to give a length. This works well.
But I'd like to be able to have the beam stretching so the bottom flange of the beam can stretch relative to the top to give an angle to the beam end, and also have the lines representing the flanges (whose position will vary depending on the steel size) can also be stretched to give a neat cutoff.
Stretching the bottom of the bottom flange is easy, but I can't figure out how to stretch the inner lines? They would have to be moved a proportion of the distance which will vary between beam sizes/flange thicknesses, so putting in a fixed multiplication factor won't work. The mathematics to set a multiplication factor based on other elements of the dynamic block is easy, but is it possible to have such implemented on a varying basis?
Elevation showing what I want to do, and the block itself attached.
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Nov 22, 2011
I have a block that has a portion that needs to rotate up to 90 degrees. The problem is that it has parallel lines that create a bowtie when rotating. I've tried everything with constraints to get this block to work, but I just can't keep it from creating a bowtie when rotating.
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Oct 29, 2013
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When i opened my ai file into ps, it converted the lines into pixels, how do i maintain the vector lines as shown in the link above?
Also, how do i color underneath those lines?
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Mar 18, 2013
I am working on a dynamic block that I figured would be fairly simple. However, it is proving to be a huge annoyance. What I want for it to do is stretch the end of a polyline with a stretch action, while at the same time moving the grip of my block properties table. No matter what I do to it, the block properties grip won't move/stretch.
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Sep 7, 2013
I have a dwg with as many as 150 of the same block inserted. What command will give me a count of those blocks?
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Mar 20, 2012
I'm working on creating some blocks for our office. Basically it is a simple block with a few lines that remain and then a couple attributes you can click on and change. I have added the attribute and all is working well.
My only issue is I would like to make the text in the attributes to be bold. For some reason I can't see to do this. Is it not possible.
Basically I want to try and get some of the attributes to stand out more than others. I tried changing the color and the lineweight of the attibute (which worked the color is different) but when it prints it doesn't change at all.
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Aug 15, 2012
How do you add blocks from another file? Also can a block span multiple layers? How do you change the layer of a block?
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Jan 26, 2012
I have received a drawing from another company that has blocks. When I try to rotate the blocks to an angle through the properties dialog box or by entering an angle at the command line, I am not able to. The value is always set to "E". I can rotate it graphically by placing points on the screen, just not through a key in. It seems like there is a lock on it.
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Apr 11, 2012
I have some unnecessary blocks in the drawing with $ sign . How can i purge them.
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Apr 13, 2012
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Mar 1, 2013
Many of the blocks my company uses were created with the linework within the block on Layer 0, and set to ByLayer.
When I insert it into a drawing, I put the block on a layer other than 0, and use that layer to control the color & linetype.
If I Xref a drawing, and want to turn off or freeze a layer I use the Freeze and Off buttons in the layers section of the ribbon (I'm working in 2012). This way, I don't have to figure out what layer an object is on to turn it off.
Here's the problem: When I try to freeze or turn off a layer by clicking on a block, it doesn't do anything to the layer that the block is on. It tries to effect layer 0. Even if I use the list command to find out what layer an object is on, it says it's on 0.
I found this article that seems to explain how to use layer 0 in blocks: [URL] ....
It seems my company is doing things exactly as that writer recommends. But it still seems incredibly faulty.
What is the best way to design and work with blocks? I always try to avoid using layer 0, but that would waste a lot of time trying to override the company standards.
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Oct 29, 2012
i did the test with a qleader and everything seem to be functional but mealder have an issue where autodesk have to check this
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well everything changes expt the arrowhead which will take the layer color (green) but if i go to properties and i change the arrow head to closedfilled then it will take the vport color (wierd) i did the test with autocad 2008 to 2012 all the same problem
i did tried with a qleader and it works fine.
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Mar 26, 2013
I have inherited the task of maintining out companies tool palette for all standard blocks. In my efforts I have found a number is issues with the blocks and have made efforts to update the blocks, first using bedit and then by navigating to the palette directory folder where the .dwg files for the blocks are stored. Regardless of these files being changed the palette still inserts the block revision prior to my changes. I have even re-imported the template file to no avail.
Is there a way to have to palette reference the updated files or is there a better way to update these blocks so the palette recognizes the changes immediately?
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Aug 2, 2012
I am using Autocad 2011 and created a dynamic block which turned out fine.
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Sep 11, 2012
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What parameter do i need to assign so that this can happen?
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Feb 4, 2013
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