Structural Engineering migration, ADT 3.3 to Autocad 2006 (no ADT)

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by forts17, Apr 29, 2006.

  1. forts17

    forts17 Guest

    I have to go from Autodesk Architectural Desktop 3.3 (Autocad 2002
    engine), what my previous firm was using (and is still using,) to
    Autocad 2006 (and eventually but not immediately 2007).

    I don't need to know basic new features, I can look them up myself.
    However if there is anything major/important I need to know that was
    new in 2004 that I won't see in the Autocad 2006 books, then perhaps
    tell me if you think it's worth mentioning.

    Anyway, back to the question at hand: Materials are gone (the seperate
    install for what was almost exclusively structural materials - and it
    was part of ADT if I remember correctly, and if I also remember
    correctly it was gone in ADT for 2004/2006. Also missing are break
    marks and a few other annotation objects from ADT's Annotation that
    were lost in getting the standard Autocad instead - but again if I
    remember correctly they were gone too, all for this "palette" system
    that has nothing in it, not even close.

    So, if anyone can help me with this migration and getting the
    equivalent features in Autocad 2006 (even if I have to make them
    myself), let me know, please.

    It would be *very* helpful, and I thank you in advance.

    (P.S. - I was happy to see an old school command still remains - _track
    (only works after starting draw/modify command) - and I think it's ease
    of use and speed beats object tracking (standard) by a long shot. I am
    amazed express tools haven't been built-in yet, however.)

    Thanks again.
     
    forts17, Apr 29, 2006
    #1
  2. forts17

    Carl00711 Guest

    Materials are in R2006, use the "Rmat" command. You can import and
    modify materials in the same way as you would set them up for a
    material style in ADT.

    All the annotation that you were used to in ADT will be gone, along
    with the sectioning, elevations, etc. You can probably achieve a
    similar effect by the use of clipping planes, but you will not get the
    hatches and other "smarts" that you are used to. I suppose it would be
    possible to recreate them programmatically, but the amount of time you
    would spend writing that would cost your company more than the extra
    £200 or so that ADT costs.

    Big advances are in "Tables" and "Fields", much used in ADT but also
    present in vanilla AutoCad.
     
    Carl00711, May 5, 2006
    #2
Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments (here). After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.