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Typical CAD Filing Structure

If you want to implement Autocad MEP in your company there are lots of things to consider. You should  first consider the training, the learning curve of the autocad technician, the training strategies you will apply and importantly the CAD Filing structure and how you will manage your autocad library.

Cad filing structure is very important specially if your team is involved in differernt projects. When you have thousands of projects, consisting of thousands of drawings you will realize the proper filing and cad drawing and reference control is a must. Because good structure in filing your autocad drawings will save time in archiving, controlling and accessing the files you need to retrieve.

Here is a typical cad filing structure I proposed and implemented in our Engineering Department.

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AutoCAD MEP 2009 Electrical Panel Schedule Table Style

Lately I observed that I’m receiving visitors looking for information on the new Electrical Panel Schedule. So for those who arrive here checking for the update on the MEP Electrical Panel Schedule feature for the new realease of Autocad MEP or just trying to find an article where you can have additional knowlege regarding this electrical schedule then here it is I have an additional information for you.

It appears that this feature cannot be accessed via Autocad MEP Style Manager as I expected. Toby Smith of autodesk confirmed this in the discussion that the panel schedule wass created in Autocad table and since Autocad has no capacity of Style manager like the Autocad Architecture and Autocad MEP the electrical panel schedule will not appear in Style Manager.
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Convert muliple circles to autocad blocks

A friend ask me if there is a quicker way to insert Autocad blocks in replacement to the circles in his drawing instead of inserting the block one by one manually. I answered him, “Yes, there is.”

Instead of inserting the new block one at a time, why don’t we create a lisp and automate the tedious block insertion process. By using the center point of the circles, we can create a lisp routine that will make a block and insert it in the specific center point of the circle auto-magically! This will save you many hours of drafting time compare to doing it the traditional way. If you have 3-4 circles to be replaced by block then that is tolerable but what if you have thousands of circles – that will surely be a tough job.

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Here let me share you how to shortcut this long traditional method of inserting block on the centerpoint of each circle.

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