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Reporting Multiple Coordinates in A Block using Attribute Extraction

December 23, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

I found this thread this morning in CADTutor Forum. I found it’s interesting and trying to figure how it can work. This is how I do it. The problem is, Manish wants to extract coordinates from 3 points inside a block, using AutoCAD data extraction. If we want to report one point, it would be […]

More MicroStation Text Tools (2)

December 23, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 7 Comments

Text Field MicroStation Field is used to show element, model, or file properties. You can show any properties that your objects have. The common use of field is in title block. Field will automatically show when the file is plotted, who save it, file name, et cetera. You don’t need to manually edit your fields […]

Creating a Simple Table Family

December 21, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 6 Comments

This time we will continue learning how to create Revit families. We have created a 2D profile in these posts: Creating Profile: Creating a simple 2D profile that can be used in many Revit families definition. Creating Profile Parameters: Adding parameters to add more controls for the 2D profile family. This will allow us to […]

More MicroStation Text Tools (1)

December 16, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 6 Comments

In this MicroStation tutorial, you will learn why and how to use data fields and text node.

Creating Profile Parameters

December 15, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 4 Comments

In previous Revit Family tutorial, we created a simple profile for our wall sweep. For 2D profile, in most cases, that’s all we need. But sometimes we need the same profile geometry, but in different sizes. Revit Family and Family Types Remember when we can select different door sizes? The Revit project template by default […]

Creating Profile Family

December 13, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

We are going to discuss about creating our own Revit families. As a start, we are going to create 2D family: profile. Profile is used in many other Revit families. We use profiles to create roof edges, floor slab edges, sweeps and reveals, mullions, stair nosing, and railings. It’s a basic stuff, but you will […]

Using Lookup Table in Dynamic Block

December 11, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 5 Comments

We created a door using stretch action in dynamic block tutorial. It was a good practice, but can be better. Stretching them might not be the best option. Sometimes we want the door at specific sizes. Providing the users a list would be better. We can use lookup table. Let’s open the door in that […]

AutoCAD Contextual Ribbon Tab

December 9, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso Leave a Comment

I tried to find about this in AutoCAD documentation, and can’t find any. Not even in new features workshop. Too bad, because I kind of like it. This feature is introduced in AutoCAD 2010. So what’s the contextual ribbon do? Remember when we create/edit a table then we will see the floating toolbar above the […]

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