Autodesk Cad Standards Extension

[Anonymous]

Has anybody used the Cad Standards Extension that is for purchase in the
Autodesk store. It is supposed to review drawings for standards that your
company has set and then report on the deviations. At least that is my take
on how it works.

If anybody has used this software I would like to here your opinion on it.
We are looking for software that will do as I have explained but have had no
luck finding any.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

there is a newsgroup for extensions.

autodesk.extensions.general (don't know what the web side addy is)

Hope that helps

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Thanks,
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"Rob Courter" wrote in message
news:E63CCAA31D6C75EE0AA9D6407A4AB7B5@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Has anybody used the Cad Standards Extension that is for purchase in the
> Autodesk store. It is supposed to review drawings for standards that your
> company has set and then report on the deviations. At least that is my
take
> on how it works.
>
> If anybody has used this software I would like to here your opinion on it.
> We are looking for software that will do as I have explained but have had
no
> luck finding any.
>
> Thank you
>

[Anonymous]

I use it here. Not only can you batch scan a set of drawings for
deviations, You can automatically update drawings to comply with current
standards on an individual basis.

I find it very useful.

Kevin Ulm
CAD Coordinator
International Knife & Saw

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Courter [mailto:rcourter@tpta.com]
Posted At: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:09 AM
Posted To: cadmanager
Conversation: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
Subject: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension

Has anybody used the Cad Standards Extension that is for purchase in the
Autodesk store. It is supposed to review drawings for standards that
your
company has set and then report on the deviations. At least that is my
take
on how it works.

If anybody has used this software I would like to here your opinion on
it.
We are looking for software that will do as I have explained but have
had no
luck finding any.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Is it hard to set up to your standards. It just seems odd that a program
that can do this is only $150
"Ulm, Kevin" wrote in message
news:909FA3C0B207D211A40D0008C7F40B400EAF1D@CINEXCHANGE...
> I use it here. Not only can you batch scan a set of drawings for
> deviations, You can automatically update drawings to comply with current
> standards on an individual basis.
>
> I find it very useful.
>
> Kevin Ulm
> CAD Coordinator
> International Knife & Saw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Courter [mailto:rcourter@tpta.com]
> Posted At: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:09 AM
> Posted To: cadmanager
> Conversation: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
> Subject: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
>
> Has anybody used the Cad Standards Extension that is for purchase in the
> Autodesk store. It is supposed to review drawings for standards that
> your
> company has set and then report on the deviations. At least that is my
> take
> on how it works.
>
> If anybody has used this software I would like to here your opinion on
> it.
> We are looking for software that will do as I have explained but have
> had no
> luck finding any.
>
> Thank you
>

[Anonymous]

To say all the standards are covered is a stretch. Basically I take my
prototype drawing that is the basis for my Layering, dimension, and text
standards and use it as a basis for checking other drawings.

Kevin Ulm
CAD Coordinator
International Knife & Saw

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Courter [mailto:rcourter@tpta.com]
Posted At: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:36 PM
Posted To: cadmanager
Conversation: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
Subject: Re: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension

Is it hard to set up to your standards. It just seems odd that a
program
that can do this is only $150
"Ulm, Kevin" wrote in message
news:909FA3C0B207D211A40D0008C7F40B400EAF1D@CINEXCHANGE...
> I use it here. Not only can you batch scan a set of drawings for
> deviations, You can automatically update drawings to comply with
current
> standards on an individual basis.
>
> I find it very useful.
>
> Kevin Ulm
> CAD Coordinator
> International Knife & Saw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Courter [mailto:rcourter@tpta.com]
> Posted At: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:09 AM
> Posted To: cadmanager
> Conversation: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
> Subject: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
>
> Has anybody used the Cad Standards Extension that is for purchase in
the
> Autodesk store. It is supposed to review drawings for standards that
> your
> company has set and then report on the deviations. At least that is
my
> take
> on how it works.
>
> If anybody has used this software I would like to here your opinion on
> it.
> We are looking for software that will do as I have explained but have
> had no
> luck finding any.
>
> Thank you
>

[Anonymous]

Full info on the groups:

AUTOCAD EXTENSIOINS
The newsgroup for AutoCAD Extensions can be found at
news://discussion.autodesk.com/autodesk.extensions.general if
using a NNTP newsgroup reader.

You may also access the AutoCAD 2000 discussion group via the
HTTP web-based forums by going to
http://discussion.autodesk.com/WebX?14@@.ef45d98.
--
Anne Brown
Manager, Moderator
Autodesk Product Support discussion groups
Discussion Q&A: http://www.autodesk.com/discussion

Brandon Cooley wrote:
>
> there is a newsgroup for extensions.
>
> autodesk.extensions.general (don't know what the web side addy is)

[Anonymous]

Rob,

It's very useful. Here's how it works.

You save a PERFECT drawing as your standard file to compare any other
drawings to. It gets a new extension *.DWS. Then you open your drawing and
then associate a standard (*.DWS) with that drawing. Then run it. It looks
at four modules, Textstyle, Linetypes, Layers and Dimensions. It stops at
each discrepency within the drawing that doesn't match up to the content of
the standard file it's being compared to and allows you to select an option
to fix/replace it with.

It will also automatically fix some errors, but I believe the dimension
style names, or linetype names must be identical in both the checked file
and the standard file. Not too useful (imho) unless you want to rename your
dimstyles first in the offending file to match what you can expect in the
standard.

I kind of liken it to Layer Translator for much more than layers. Once a
standard is associated to that file, you can run it at anytime for
comparison, or even associate multiple standards to check against.

If you want to, you can also run it in batch mode, but it won't fix files
then, only identify the offending files and why they don't match up to the
standard. You get a real neato XML output. Great way to hammer your CAD crew
and see how everyone's doing with layer names, etc.

Hope that helps,

Robert Grandmaison

"Rob Courter" wrote in message
news:0470BB8B0A3E31F84E7E7DF945773DF7@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Is it hard to set up to your standards. It just seems odd that a program
> that can do this is only $150
> "Ulm, Kevin" wrote in message
> news:909FA3C0B207D211A40D0008C7F40B400EAF1D@CINEXCHANGE...
> > I use it here. Not only can you batch scan a set of drawings for
> > deviations, You can automatically update drawings to comply with current
> > standards on an individual basis.
> >
> > I find it very useful.
> >
> > Kevin Ulm
> > CAD Coordinator
> > International Knife & Saw
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Courter [mailto:rcourter@tpta.com]
> > Posted At: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:09 AM
> > Posted To: cadmanager
> > Conversation: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
> > Subject: Autodesk Cad Standards Extension
> >
> > Has anybody used the Cad Standards Extension that is for purchase in the
> > Autodesk store. It is supposed to review drawings for standards that
> > your
> > company has set and then report on the deviations. At least that is my
> > take
> > on how it works.
> >
> > If anybody has used this software I would like to here your opinion on
> > it.
> > We are looking for software that will do as I have explained but have
> > had no
> > luck finding any.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
>