Industry Education Hub

Set Up

• Install CAD Standard Template and SAVE AS .dwg file
• Display background colour: model vs paper space
• Interface:
  • File Path: Express Tool file for BricsCAD users only
  • Tool Palette
    • How to locate and display the palettes
    • Docking / undocked
• Saving your settings

AutoCAD

https://youtu.be/LzXn8y3Z6hM

BricsCAD

https://youtu.be/lKmMmFbmtDk

IntelliCAD

https://youtu.be/AMgdj2rDPQo

MicroSurvey

https://youtu.be/5vt2-yDEIWA

Extract

• How to generate an extract in EPL
• The value of using the generated extract
  • Insert into LSSA .dwg V04 template
    • Using an Origin Point
    • CSF – Combined Scale Factor

https://youtu.be/ok0q6lsUzAU

Tool Palettes: Routines and Occupation

• Bearing and Distance (BD) – Adds the bearing and distance on the correct layers for any selected lines
• Point to Point Bearing and Distance (BDP)
• Copied Data (CD) – Add a dashed underline to any selected text
• Corner Mark (CM) – Adds an annotative corner mark Block
• Chainage
  • Chainage underline (UL) - Add an underline to any selected text for chainage
  • Chainage overline (OL) – Adds an under and over line for any selected text for chainage
• Change Text Height (CTH) – Changes the height of the text i.e., 2 or 2.5
• Line Break (LB) – Creates a rectangular wipe out used to show line breaks
• Reference Table (RT) – creates the Reference Table using the attributes stored in the Reference Mark Block
• Set Scale (SSC) – Sets the scale of the current view
• Scale Bar (SB) – Inserts Scale Bar

• Symbols (Character map)
  • Meter squared (M²)
  • Degree (°)
  • Hectare (Ha)
  • Custom

• Viewport Polygonal (VPP)
• Viewport Rectangular (IVPP)
• Occupation
  • A selection of PPG Occupation symbols

https://youtu.be/Ll9q9zFlQ1s

Tool Palettes: Reference Marks

• Reference Mark Palette
• True Reference mark/s and Exaggerated Reference Mark/s
• What is validated and what is displayed in the TIFF
• Attributes Editor

https://youtu.be/zs7RFe1FDAc

True and Exaggerated linework

• Layers
• What is validated and what is displayed in the TIFF

https://youtu.be/hyVmzhFJfUY

Tool Palettes: General and Schedules

• Qleader (arrowhead and spline)
• Annotative objects (assigning a scale to object)
• Schedules and Attribute Editor window
• Stretch and expand table

https://youtu.be/7hQE64T_S0c

Using the Tool Palettes in MicroSurvey

• Occupation
  • Stretch and shrink Blocks
• Routines (demonstrate / apply / use)
• General Blocks
  • Qleader (arrowhead and spline)
• Reference Marks
  • Select a Reference Mark and complete the Attributes
• Type in GRIPS to activate grips in Blocks

https://youtu.be/YVZivI0Z0IY

Misclosures

• Data labels (Bearing and Distance)
• Line geometry in polygon – show as closed
  • Refer to DPL CAD standard (validation tolerances)

https://youtu.be/eX17mazpkE0

Annotative Objects and paper text height

• Annotative buttons
  • Location and functions
    • AutoCAD (Annotation Visibility, Annotation Scale)
    • BricsCAD
    • IntelliCAD
    • MicroSurvey
• Annotative Objects – identify objects
  • Annotation Scale
  • Paper text height
• Viewport Scale
  • select, pan, lock

AutoCAD

https://youtu.be/4NVe2uekNyU

BricsCAD

https://youtu.be/Qd5aLDDlB58

IntelliCAD

https://youtu.be/zbl1Ptjltfg

MicroSurvey

https://youtu.be/I4Is-81irRQ

Paper Space

• Model space vs Paper space
• Explanation of the Paper space layout display
• Tabs
  • Model tab
  • Layout tabs
    • DS_ (1) – the whole drawing to fit within A3 sheet of paper
    • DS_ (2) – to add enlargements
    • adding another layout tab – to add more enlargements
• A3 title Block Template with Attributes
  • CSF
  • Origin Point
• Viewports (Tool Palette)
• Schedule
  • Reference Mark Schedule
  • Attributes Editor
• Scale Bar (Tool Palette)
• North Point (Block)

https://youtu.be/Wtxpee66ZzY

Viewports

• Explanation of a Viewport
• Create Viewports
  • Insert Rectangular Viewport (IVP) from Tool Palette - inserts Viewport within Paper space
  • Insert Polygon Viewport (IVPP) from Tool Palette - inserts Viewport within Paper space
• Modify Viewports
  • Assigning a scale to a Viewport (Viewport Scale)
  • VPCLIP - command to manipulate or change the shape of the selected Viewport
  • Lock a Viewport

https://youtu.be/hDelHsJlTJo

Uploading a DWG file into EPL

• How to upload to EPL
• Reports (PPG validation glossary)
  • PPG Validation
  • DPL CAD Standard validation

https://youtu.be/7wKScAtkuRc

Simple Drawing

• Start (set up)
• Generate the extract in EPL
• Prepare drawing
• Upload in EPL
• Validation Reports

AutoCAD

https://youtu.be/p2YKL5RZGdU

BricsCAD

https://youtu.be/VcE0aMRQSZM

IntelliCAD

https://youtu.be/sgg1pk00ki4

MicroSurvey

https://youtu.be/Qzl8QGg5ogM