Classes for existing users:
Using DWG and DXF files in BuildersCAD
- Importing a file and creating a database at the scale you want
- Sorting out the mass of lines you get in many DWG or DXF files
- Using copy/move of selected layers to organize the information
- Techniques for effectively tracing over lines to input walls
- Using New Reference and Double Reference to input walls
Running BuildersCAD on a network – Office Standards
- Set Office Standards to copy automatically or manually?
- Setting GRSTD in the configuration settings file
- Maintenance of the Office Standard folders
- RI libraries on a network: Parts and Openings
BuildersCAD basics and data management
- What happens when you install BuildersCAD?
- What happens when you install an update?
- What happens when you uninstall BuildersCAD?
- The configuration settings file -- arris.ini
- How to e-mail a database
- Use Thumbnails with your layer styles
Using the Roofs Application with complex roofs
- Dealing with multiple roof pitches
- Dealing with dormers
- Dealing with multiple plate heights
- Tying a complex roof together with editing tools
Productivity Features in BuildersCAD
- Global dimensioning
- Copying entities from one database to another with the Clipboard
- The Object Snap tool
- Modify the Workplane when working at an odd angle
- Use the Notes feature to create a catalog of text notes
- Raster entity support (enhanced for version 8.1)
Plotting using Sheets and Viewports
- You can begin with a completed database
- Creating a Template that includes your title block
- Creating Sheets using your Template
- Creating Viewports
- Creating Viewports on your Sheets
Trouble shooting a problem database
- Identify the source of the problem:
- Is it related to a specific layer? A database? A project folder?
- Dealing with problems related to:
layers; databases; project folders; the graphic user
- What if it's a problem with the BuildersCAD program?
- What if it's a problem with the Windows operating system?
Customizing BuildersCAD
- Creating custom Cycle Menus
- Customize the mouse gestures
- Creating alternate Tool Bars
Introduction to the Materials Application
- Understanding the Stock File, Estimating Formulas and Templates
- How BuildersCAD generates a material takeoff
- Add a single piece of stock, create an Estimating Formula and apply the formula
to the BuildersCAD model using a Template
- Material Report options
Materials Training using
BCAD Materials Express
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