AutoCAD Electrical Ideas - Page 11

dougmcalexander · ‎11-22-2014

After adding new words and/or phrases to the language database, notice that the new words and/or phrases are not necessarily listed alphabetically in the list. I don't necessarily think we need a sort button. Just automatically keep the language database sorted alphabetically.

Anonymous · ‎10-29-2014

Hi there Firstly i think that this is so awesome that im able to post ideas, which could be considered in future releases Secondly, in the category selection above, there is no ACad Mechanical..this is what i am using. Ragardless, i think my idea below should be applied to all platforms.. My Problem: I need to start by saying that ive been using CAD for 12 years, and am quite familiar with most of the functionality. i understand how changinf layers, and using the Bylayer and Byblock works. Quite cool. But i think that it should be taken a step further. Let me make an example: I have created a block, of a door(for example). The nice colours, are brown, and red etc.... When i copy this block, i now want to have this door in a different colour, so all the entities need to be backround, in my case, grey. The steps i would need to follow is having to go inside the block, changing all my colours to ByBlock. Saving the block, changing the block colour, and viola!! Its all grey. My problem is that all the other blocsk with the same name, do the same thing. Now i know that i have the option of changing the block name, but i do not want to have to do this. I need to keep the same block name, for easy of changing block details in the future... What i suggest is that if i cahnge the colour of the block, it should overright the colour of the entities within the block. If i need to revert back to the entities of the items in the block, i just change colour of block back to ByLayer. I hope that i have made myself clear in this above example. I could try and elaborate further if needs be. Please advise... PS, please ask your developers to add a plug in where it 'upercases' the start of a new sentence. typing this out was a mission. regards the Caddy Master..

vladimir_michl · ‎10-03-2014

It is a proposal for general AutoCAD (not just Electrical) functionality: Allow to enter dimension-line position ("Specify dimension line position") through direct distance entry - e.g. move cursor upwards and enter "100" to offset the dimension line 100 units up from its first base point. Existing direct distance entry uses the current (arbitrary) cursor location as the reference point. Vladimir Michl, www.cadstudio.cz

dougmcalexander · ‎08-04-2014

I usually start a new schematic symbol as a rectangle or circle, etc., on the drawing, over the wires, where it will be used, so I have a good perspective with regard to the size of the symbol graphics and the location of wire connections and attributes. This is similar to the workflow of WD_SYM_BUILD. I capture this graphics, along with the wires, when I start Symbol Builder. I capture the wires because I need to know where the wire connections are located, since the new Symbol Builder takes me away from my drawing and into Block Editor. Just before I save the new symbol, I delete the wire layers. When I save the new block, Symbol Builder offers to allow me to insert the new symbol into my drawing. However, Symbol Builder doesn't remove the original graphics on the drawing, where I started, so I have the insert the new symbol somewhere else on the drawing, delete the original "dumb" graphics, and then move my new symbol into place. This wastes time and makes Symbol Builder appear incomplete. Please remove the graphics that I selected to begin the symbol off of the schematic drawing so it is out of the way when I click to insert the new symbol.

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Language Database doesn't sort alphabetically

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