AutoCAD 2013 :: How To Do Corrugated Steel Measurement
Jun 5, 2013
I use to work drawing, calculating and budgeting corrugated steel for foundations and I always have the same problem. Once i have desinged and drawn all the lines (or polilines) i have to count every single corrugated steel to know how many of them I have in order to know metters of steel that we have to order to the manufacturer.
any command that autocad has to measure this kind of lines or polilines?how many metters of corrugated steel I have.
I have a question regarding the best way to model a sheet of corrugated steel. I would guess the easiest and quickest method would be to create a profile curve, offset a thickness and extrude this to the desired length. I was wondering how would I go about sketching out an accurate profile curve that could be used to create the form?
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 SP2 64-Bit Edition Windows 7 HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz 12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)
I've just downloaded Autocad 2013 and I cannot figure out how to measure linear or angular dimensions. I'm familiar with older versions of Autocad, but this is the first time I've tried to use 2013.
My firm is starting a project....the Structural side is going to be don in Revit 3d and our Mechanical side uses Autocad w/Cadworxs for our 3d package. Is it possible to export the Revit steel drawing and import that model into Autocad as an xref?
I am tying to create a Dynamic Block of a steel angle of multiple sizes and thickness. I used Dynamic Blocks before and live the idea of changing sizes on the fly with out having to delete and recreate an object.. I got as far as creating an angle of different sizes, i.e.. 4x4, 5x5, etc. and different thickness but can't get the thickness to work with the radius of the angle.
I have to design the packaging that goes with the products we make and it occurred to me that sheet metal and corrugated paper behave similarly. And it would be nice to design the packaging around the product and then unfold it to spec the die cut and for estimation.
I had good success making flat patterns for corrugated fiberboard (cardboard commonly used in packaging). I am posting the sheet metal settings here because I didn't find them anywhere else.
This forumla comes from Inventor Reference Guide > Work Environment > Styles and Style Libraries > Work with styles > Linear:
Unfolded length = (inner Bend Radius + KFactor*Thickness)*(Bend Angle)
where bend angle is in radians.For corrugated_fiberboard, let inner Bend Radius = 0 and let KFactor = 1 (no stretch on outside, inside compresses).
Setup "corrugated fiberboard" sheet metal style in the Style Editor: from a sheet metal part, ribbon > Manage > Style Editor > Left pane, Sheet Metal Unfold, Default_KFactor > New > Name: corrugated_fiberboard_KFactor > Unfold Method: Linear, KFactor Value: 1 ul > Left pane, Sheet Metal Rule > Default > New > Name: corrugated_fiberboard > Sheet tab > Unfold Rule: corrugated_fiberboard_KFactor For thickness, refer to [URL] ..... > Bend tab > Bend Radius: .0001 > Save
Before you save Styles to Style Library, make sure your Style Library is Read-Write. Close project files and then from Projects:
Use Style Library = Read-Write
To save a style:
Ribbon > Manage tab > Styles and Standards panel > Save icon > click "Yes to All", OK
Changes made to a style library are not available in other documents until the current Autodesk Inventor session closes and a new session is reopened.To make a fiberboard mock up, print a 1:1 scale drawing, contact cement drawing to fiberboard, cut, fold, and hot glue.
I'm trying to make a corrugated background paper for my digital scrapbook layout. I followed a tutorial for making corrugated paper using 1/8" selections filled with a gradient and then reversed. This effect turned out great, but I would like to "smudge up" the effect like the sample I've attached. Would appreciate some suggestions on how to do this.
I know that AutoCad 2008 has a library of steel shapes in it that inserts a profile view as a polyline, but I cant remember where it is or how to use it.
How do we flip the dimension numbers from one side of the line to another?
My dimension always appears on the left hand side for a vertical line and on the top for horizontal line... Can I make them appear on the bottom or right side?
Is there like in 3ds max an option to know how heavy your scene is in objects or lines? In 3ds max you can easely estimate how heavy your scene is by checking your total polygons per scene or per selection.
I was wondering if there is any way to temporarily mark measurements that I have made with the Measure function so I can go back and start a line at that point. Each time I use Measure, the information disappears when I go to another function.
I have a piece of steel that I need to flex. It is a piece of blue tempered spring steel pressed against the corner of a brass pressure transfer. The opposite end of the transfer is tangentlly constrained to a latching mechanism. When the latching mechanism is lifted, the transfer rotates slightly around a screw (made invisible) and the spring is flexed. When the latch is released, the spring returns the latch to the closed position. I have several other assemblies that use the same principal, but some with just a piece of mild steel used as a cover as well as a spring.
I got this code below to place a channel in an assembly, but don't know how to change the length of the steel.
' Set a reference to the active assembly document. Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument ' Set a reference to the ContentCenter object. Dim oContentCenter As ContentCenter oContentCenter = ThisApplication.ContentCenter ' Get the content node (category) "Structural Shapes:Channels" Dim oContentNode As ContentTreeViewNode [code]..........
I'm familiar with basic solid modelling for walls, roofs etc. but for my project at the moment I have a concrete wall with a number of suspended platforms held up by 45 degree steel tension cables.
I don't know much about curves and pipes and things.
Do you know the easiest way to model a steel tension cable with some form of connecting eyelet at each end. Preferably the cable should look as though formed from twisted wires rather than a smooth rod.
If you have a steel plate bent in several directions and with non-perpendicular ends, designed in 3D Auto Cad.
For example, the plate can be curved with a certain radius in the vertical direction and another horizontally. How would you, or what software would you use, to get the plate flattened to the exact measurements of how it should be cut.
We use several different classes of steel such as A572-65 or A572-50 etc. Any way to add those values in Inventor 2014 without having to reinvent the wheel?
I've recently re-install my AutoCAD on my Win7 PC and now whenever I try to draw a Line, there's this automatic measurement of the length of the line I'm stretching. It is really causing a lag on my PC for some reason and I seem to can't find a way to turn it off.
I want to set a template, what is the Relation between Units And Measurement Variable, If im setting units to DECIMAL which measurement value can use "0" or "1"? for accurate hatching. and what is the difference between ANSI and ISO hatch?
How can I take simple measurements from the pipes on the image? Diameter, radius of bends etc? I realize I can export the pipe into Inventor and do it that way but I would rather learn how this is done in CAD.
I have a drawing and when I measure the width of a window it says 30.9, when it is supposed to be 1100mm. Is it possible to change the scale so that the measurement is correct?
