Fabrication Ideas

Anonymous · ‎10-07-2015

It would be nice to be able to specify different configurations with a startup switch. This would allow users to launch from different shortcuts that are paired with the configuration that they need to be using. Scott Hendricks showed me that this can be done to force an autocad profile on launch but we both agreed it would be nice if there was a way to load a configuration. If that isn't possible it would be nice to have a command similar to "maplogout" for changing configurations as easily as you can change users. To elaborate a little further: When you launch Autodesk fabrication it allows you to pick a configuration. Once it’s picked you cannot easily switch between configurations. I was hoping that there was a way to easily toggle without having to completely close out of AutoCad >> Relaunch >> Select the new configuration. When you launch bare AutoCAD and type Takeoff it allows you to select a configuration but any time after you type takeoff again it does not allow you to adjust the configuration from say, a working database to a master database or a piping database to a ductwork database. I’m thinking that if they added a startup switch you could change the shortcut “start in” to each database that you wanted and then just launch the shortcut with a double click or auto hot key command, so it would still be cycling through the “load” process but it would be a little bit faster than launching and selecting the database manually. "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Fabrication 2016\CADmep\" config\ Master Database "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Fabrication 2016\CADmep\" config\ Content Wash "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Fabrication 2016\CADmep\" config\ Working Database

Anonymous · ‎10-01-2013

I would like the current Congfiguration listed at the top of the Windows bar next to the active Profile.

Anonymous · ‎09-12-2013

Ability to configure all coil line straight to outut as long side first - required for U-shape coil lines Can currently only configure to make short side first

nbaughman · ‎10-27-2014

We create separate profiles for each job, which we map to with a different MAP.INI,NC.INI,CADINFO.MAP,etc , turning them into an isolated database. (You have all the different jobs listed within your configuration Screen). At times, there are global changes to the main database what need to be pushed out to all of the individual profiles. Currently, you have to export the content needed from the global / main database, then switch to the other profiles to import the changes. Can we get an an import / export database feature added to the configuration screen? Within this dialog we would need a drop-down menu that would list all of the profiles with check-boxes listed. This would allow you to check which profiles you would like to import the changes into. When you have 10-15 databases you need to update, this process can take 15-20 minutes using the old method, rather than a few minutes with this new improvement. Over time, this would save a lot of time. Especially when you are making global changes frequently. Thanks, Nick

Configuration Startup Switches

Current Configuration

Coil Line Straight

Database Export / Import Improvement

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