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CAD-N-Lighting News Letter February 2012

 
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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

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.

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!
Next month we will look at LD Assistant's NEW Unbelievable 3D Audio!

Featured LD Assistant Rendering by Kevin Denzel
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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.
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.

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,
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


CAD-N-Lighting News Archives
2012 News Letters
Jan LD Assistant 2012 Now Shipping    
Feb LD Assistant 2012 NEW Wire & Cable    
       
       
       
       
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
May Creating Practical Light Blocks & FREE Blocks Nov LDA New DMX Editor
June Pre-LD Assistant 2011 News Dec LD Assistant 2012 Now Shipping
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

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
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?
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 Jan  
 


 
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