Lets Make Things - AutoCAD - 01-3 Dynamic Door Block - Flip
This video walks you through adding the ability to mirror a block dynamically. Imagine: no more mirroring your door blocks in AutoCAD! Take that, unexpected mirrored text in door identification callouts! Hooray!
Work with me as I walk you through making a simple dynamic block of a door in AutoCAD. When you're done, you will be able to dynamically scale, rotate, and flip the contents of your block, as well as control your block via the Properties dialogue.
This video is the first in a series in which I put together a plan set for municipal submission for a house renovation project.
In this video, I draft the basement level's structural elements, including exterior and interior walls, doors, windows, stairs, and plumbing fixtures using an implementation of the AIA layering system. The drawing is constructed of polylines and blocks. The blocks are created in video with dynamic properties allowing them to scale, rotate, and flip.
Check out this video if you want to see my layer script walkthrough.
http://youtu.be/wF87R2se0hk
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In this video I go over the stretch command in some detail using a floor plan for demonstration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_j47qDIgVU
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In this video I walk you through creating layers in your template. To do this, I built a script that builds my layers for me.
Here are the links from the video.
The script
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4MLX_PHEkY0TWgzUDcxYnFPRzA&authuser=0
The spreadsheet that builds the script
https://drive.google.com/open?id=15j6fkJQN_foMFZs18S8m7x7NeGkvQUmwh25d8KSy5HA&authuser=0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF87R2se0hk
In this video we configure a plot style to work with the pen colors assigned to the layers that we set in the last video.
http://youtu.be/ti7jgtLUkI4
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In this video I help you measure distances and draw linear and angular dimensions.
http://youtu.be/3xQcqOYKlNU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xQcqOYKlNU
In this video I make a case for CAD users to learn Adobe Illustrator basics by explaining the purpose of the software and by demonstrating some example workflows.
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This is a video for people who know nothing about AutoCAD but want to learn the software. In this video I walk you through the essentials of AutoCAD's interface and lay the ground work for future videos.
http://youtu.be/7YnQgwb-lsc
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In this video we start creating a drawing template by setting drawing variables and saving the drawing as a template file (.dwt).
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