Using “Capture Current State” to Automate Dimensions with iLogic. iLogic in 2021 introduces the ability to add dimensions to drawings and to capture the state of selected geometry on a drawing view. In this example I’m going to show you how to create a linear dimension. In the image below I have named some faces … More Placing Dimensions: iLogic 2021
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
