I’ve written some iLogic code to control the “View Style” and “View Representation” of drawing views. The code gathers all of the views in the drawing and presents them in a list to the user. It then presents a pre-defined set of “View Styles”, once it has done this, it then gathers all of the … More Control Drawing View Reps & Style with iLogic
AutoCAD has the ability to convert any Vector based PDF files into DWG (or DXF). Vector based PDF’s are usually PDF’s that have been published by a drawing package and contains lines circles and arc, as well as layer information. Simply go to the “Insert” tab, then click on PDF, from there the wizard interface … More AutoCAD Quick Tip: Convert PDF to DWG
Have you ever wondered what the difference between IDW & DWG file formats in Inventor are? Do you have a preference for IDW over DWG? I’m a big fan of the DWG format, and I highlight 3 reasons that I think DWG is better in this post, but I also show the drawbacks. … More Autodesk Inventor – 3 Reasons Why DWG Is Better Than IDW
The 2019.2 update for Inventor FINALLY includes a spell checker for the drawing environment. This is a feature that users have been requesting for some time, and it is a really nice enhancement to the drawing environment. The tool is available in the “Format Text” dialogue boxes, which come up when adding text to drawing … More Everything You Need To Know About Inventor’s New Spell Checker
I’ve written some code to automatically create drawings from Autodesk Inventor part and assembly files. The idea that I used for this blog post was to have a drawings template file set up with views, and to then simply replace these views with a given model as needed. The GIF below shows how the code … More Automatic Drawings with iLogic
