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CAD-N-Lighting News Letter February 2012 |
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| Featured NEWS |
| LD Assistant 2012 NEW Wire & Cable |
With LD Assistant's NEW Wire & Cable you can track:
• Cable Name • Cable ID/CID • Position of Cable
• From Location • To Location • From Plug Type
• To Plug Type • Cable Length • Cable Price
• Cost Per Foot • All Trackable in a Spread Sheet
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After drawing a few polylines as cable runs in 2D or 3D
1) Under the production menu click on Wire/Cable.
2) When the Cable Methods dialog window opens, click on No. 2 Create Cable Block from Curves.
3) Click on the polylines to create a cable.
Note: you can add or remove cables runs as needed.
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To edit or add data to the Wire/Cable
1) Under the Lighting menu, click on LD Task.
2) When the General Tasks opens, click on Manage specific objects.
3) When the Data Tasks opens, click on Wire and Cable Data.
4) To view and/or edit in a Schedule and place the data on the drawing, under the Lighting menu, click on Schedule and select the cable to be edited.
5) Click OK, and the Schedule will show up at the bottom of the drawing. |
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The schedule can also be displayed on the drawing and will appear on your plot! |
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| Next month we will look at LD Assistant's NEW Unbelievable 3D Audio! |
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| Featured LD Assistant Rendering by Kevin Denzel |
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| FREE CAD Blocks For January 2012 |
| Download and enjoy courtesy of Design & Drafting. Created in
LD Assistant by Rufus Warren of Design & Drafting. Click on the picture below to download. Don't own LD Assistant? Visit LDASSISTANT.COM to learn more about this revolutionary CAD program. |
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| Autodesk News |
Autodesk bringing 3D modeling to the masses - by Daniel Terdiman
SAN FRANCISCO--You may not know CAD, but if you've got a computer, you can now start creating 3D models.
That's the idea behind 123D Catch and 123D Make, two new free software applications that Autodesk is planning on releasing on Monday. The two programs join the company's existingiPad app, 123D Sculpt, as part of a family of tools that are intended to give just about anyone the ability not just to make their own 3D designs, but also to get them produced as real, physical models.
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Amazing Autodesk Apps Will Let You Capture, Assemble Your Own Art by Mark Hachman PCMAG.COM
Autodesk said Thursday that it would ship two free downloadable pieces of software next week that will allow users to easily create 3D objects from photos, and then actually make them, using templates printed on cardboard.
The Autodesk 123D Catch and 123D Make apps will complement Autodesk's existing 123D software, originally designed as a way to create 3D models that could be fabricated either by businesses for prototyping, or by a growing number of DIY fabrication facilities geared toward the hobbyist, like the TechShop facilities in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. |
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| ARTICLES & HOW TO |
| How to Lock the User Interface - by clicking little padlock icon down in system tool tray, Paul Munford, Blog |
| Aligning Text Using Properties Window - using properties command, Jarod Schultz |
| Xref Change Notification - notification bubble provides link to reload affected file without going through reference manager, Kate Morrical |
| Repeat an Command Automatically - type multiple before typing drawing command, Ellen Finkelstein, Blog |
| Tutorial: Create Cool Curves with Splines - using 'fit points' method, Ellen Finkelstein, Blog |
| Going Mobile with CAD: AutoCAD WS Technical Requirements - can be installed on iPhone/iPad running iOS 3.0 or higher, as native app on Mac, accessible from AutoCAD 2012 with built-in 'online' tab, Daniel Sevitt, CADspeed |
| The Art of Drafting - Putting Together a Set of Plans - typical order for building design process, general drawing set order for architectural discipline, Mark Kiker, CADDManager Blog |
| AutoCAD 2012 Tutorials: Quick Calculator - YouTube |
| AutoCAD 2012 Tutorials: Coordinate Systems - YouTube, |
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| Hardware for the CAD Professional |
| Mobile Engineering Workstation is Big, Fast and Hot - Eurocom Panther 3.0 offers Intel Xeon 6-core CPU, 24GB of memory, supports up to 3 standard hard drives, but poor battery life, noisy, runs hot, expensive, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering |
| How Much Should You Spend on a New CAD Workstation? Part 1: Entry-Level Systems |
| How Much Should You Spend on a New CAD Workstation? Part 2: Mid-Range and High-End Systems |
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2012 News Letters
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LD Assistant 2012 Now Shipping |
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LD Assistant 2012 NEW Wire & Cable |
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2011 News Letters
| Jan |
Save and Share Tool Palettes |
July |
Why Settle For Less Than The Best! |
| Feb |
Glass Door Rendering |
Aug |
CAD in Theatre by David Ripley |
| Mar |
Autodesk Introduces New iPad App |
Sept |
Five Million Polygons by Kevin Denzel |
| April |
FREE LED-Video CAD Blocks |
Oct |
Online CAD Training by Art Whitton
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| May |
Creating Practical Light Blocks & FREE Blocks |
Nov |
LDA New DMX Editor |
| June |
Pre-LD Assistant 2011 News |
Dec |
LD Assistant 2012 Now Shipping |
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2010 News Letters
| Jan |
CAD in Theatre Part 1 by David Ripley |
July |
Track changes in AutoCAD DWG files FREE |
| Feb |
CAD in Theatre Part 2 by David Ripley |
Aug |
LD Assistant & CAD Comparison Chart |
| Mar |
CAD Drawings & Standards in Theatres |
Sept |
AutoCAD 4 Mac & Pre LDI Training in Vegas |
| Apr |
LDA 2010 Ships & Online Theatre Course |
Oct |
Building a Fast Computer for CAD |
| May |
LD Assistant 2010 30 Day Free Trial |
Nov |
IES Standard File Format & LD Assistant 10 |
| June |
L&SA Has LD Assistant 30 Day Trial DVD Inside |
Dec |
Autodesk 3ds Max News |
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Click here to read 2009 News Letters
| Dec |
User interface |
June |
Web-Based CAD by Autodesk |
| Nov |
Autodesk® LAB Technologies |
May |
Autodesk Free to All (Unemployed) |
| Oct |
Fun in Your Pocket |
Apr |
Can You Believe No Dongle Is Needed? |
| Sept |
Project FREEWHEEL |
Mar |
LD Assistant 08.5 Release With sACN
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| Aug |
AutoCAD Mac Talk, Project Showroom |
Feb |
Does your program act more like a turkey? |
| July |
Dragonfly by Autodesk |
Jan |
DID THEY PROMISE YOU THAT? |
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Click here to read 2008 News Letters
| Dec |
LDI2008 CAD Training News |
June |
LD Assistant 08 Reviewed by LIVEDESIGN |
| Nov |
Design & Drafting To Deliver POWERFUL |
May |
Mississippi River for a week of R&R |
| Oct |
PLSN Road Test by Stephen Ellison |
Apr |
New LIVE over the internet tech support |
| Sept |
CAD Users Choose Performance |
Mar |
New Quick Start Training CD |
| Aug |
Real-time video playback on any block |
Feb |
Royalty Free Music |
| July |
Connecting LD Assistant to JANDS VISTA PC |
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