General Notes Using Schedules in Revit

Check out how to create General Notes Using Schedules in Revit.

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Twitter in AutoCAD

 ACADtweet

Ok so if you are using AutoCAD and also use Twitter. Then why not do both through AutoCAD its self? 

On the Autodesk Exchange you can now download a App which will allow you to send and read Twitter messages directly from the AutoCAD command line.

To find out a more and download the app click here.

Change Text Style Script - AutoCAD

He is how to create a script to change the text style in AutoCAD.

1. Open Notepad
2. So the Text styles dialog box does open you will need to type -STYLE into the command line.
3. Now following the command line:  

Enter name of text style or [?] <Annotative>: (ENTER THE TEXT STYLE NAME HERE) Standard

Specify full font name or font filename (TTF or SHX) <romans.shx>: (ENTER THE FONT NAME HERE) Arial
Specify height of text or [Annotative] <0.0000>: (ENTER THE TEXT HEIGHT HERE) 2.5
Specify width factor <0.5000>: (ENTER THE TEXT WIDTH FACTOR HERE) 1

Specify obliquing angle <0>: (ENTER THE TEXT STYLE NAME HERE) 0
Display text backwards? [Yes/No] <No>: (ENTER YES OR NO TO DISPLAY TEXT BACKWARDS HERE) n
Display text upside-down? [Yes/No] <No>: (ENTER  YES OR NO TO DISPLAY TEXT UPSIDE-DOWN HERE) n
Press F2 in AutoCAD so the Text Window opens, select and copy of the text into Notepad. So it should read as follows:


-STYLE
Standard
Arial
0
1
0
n
n

Note: If you add a few enters after the last n you will see it will start the command again, so just watch your enters.
Now hit save as and name your script i.e Style_Text.scr.  Note to run it as a script you must put .scr at the end.


To run the script in AutoCAD now type SCR into the command line, go the location where you saved the script select it and click Open. It should now change your Text Style to "Standard" as current.

AutoCAD - Rotate on Paste

This is a tip I came across a good few years ago but still a good one.

Did you know that when you copy a objects by base point in AutoCAD then paste it back in you can type 'R' (rotate) and it will ask you to rotate the object on insertion.

• Copy object by base point Ctrl+Shift+C
• Now look at the command line it will "Specify insertion point:" type R.
• You will then be asked to "Specify rotation angle <0>:".
• Now all you need to do is place the object and it will be rotated on placement.