NOMMA Education Foundation (NEF) One Day Continuing Education - $250*
Intermediate Level AutoCAD-Mobile App Seminar/Lab March 19, 2013 - 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Conducted by Dave Filippi, President FabCAD, Inc.
Who should attend: - Existing CAD users who wish to increase their productivity and firms that are currently considering adding a CAD system. Maximum
number of participants is 16 so sign up early. The schedule has time allotted for participants’ questions and topics. Laptops are recommended. (CAD
software provided if needed)
8:30 am – 10:15 am.
Selling – Measuring - Estimating
1.
Creating Photo Realistic Demo Drawings.
A. Working with image and PDF files
B. How to properly scale the image to match your drawing
C. Creating designs from architectural features of customer’s structure
D.
How to add texture and depth of color to custom designs (hatches and gradients).
2.
Setting up shop drawing templates.
A. Creating multiple views of work on the same sheet
B. How to set up page sizes and print to exact scale
C. How to show work in multiple scales on the same sheet.
D. How to have the same text size no matter what the scale of the view is.
E. How to easily create full size drawings for fabrication templates.
F. Dimensioning models in paper space.
3.
Drawing presentation options.
A. File options for emailing drawings to your customer.
B. Options for creating a “slide show” of your drawing portfolio.
C. Adding text commentary and multiple leaders to explain your work.
D. Using Mobile Apps to make instant on-site presentations.
10:15 am to 10:30 am - Break
10:30 am to 12:15 pm
4.
Using AutoCAD to estimate your jobs
A. Using the latest PDF commands to perform job take offs right on the screen
B. Creating “Excel type” spreadsheets on the drawing screen to calculate labor and materials.
C. Exporting table data from AutoCAD to an Excel spreadsheet.
D. Mobile App options that help with estimating.
5.
Simplify Field Measuring
A. How to measure curved areas and odd sized angles by using just two straight line measurements.
B. How to use job site photos to field measure around difficult obstructions
C. Using Mobile apps to help develop scope of job.
Building – Simulating- Customizing
6.
Creating custom scrolls and other free hand designs.
A.
Using the “arch” “spline” and “polyline” commands to create scroll designs.
B.
How to create a design from a photograph or PDF file to the exact scale.
C.
How to modify existing casting and forging drawings from suppliers to fit your work.
7.
Participants’ questions/topics and “one on one” time
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm – Lunch on your own
1:00 pm to 2:15 pm.
Building – Simulating- Customizing (continued)
8.
Fabrication/Installation projects.
A. Circular and straight stair and railing layout and design
B. Drive way gate layout and design and installation simulations.
C. Using “double arrays” to quickly create custom grilles.
D. Using jobsite photos to speed up fabrication and installation of railings.
9.
Working with Blocks, PDFs and External References (Xrefs).
A. When to insert Xrefs instead of blocks.
B. How to create a library of parts by creating blocks for future insertion.
C. How to modify existing blocks and update xrefs.
D. A preview of “dynamic blocks”
2:15 pm to 2:30 pm - Break
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Improving Your Personal Productivity
10. Customizing AutoCAD to speed up your work.
A. Changing the look of the drawing screen (screen colors, tool bar/ribbon layout, workspaces etc.)
B. Creating line types and line colors, text, leader and dimension styles.
C. Customizing toolbars and ribbons.
D. Setting data input and output – feet/inches, inches only, decimals.
E. Creating keyboard command short cuts
11. File management tips and tricks.
A. How to recover “lost” drawings after a system crash.
B. How to find and recover drawing backup files
C. Organizing your drawing and drawing template files
D. How to communicate with older versions of AutoCAD.
E. Importing and exporting various file types from AutoCAD.
12.
Participants’ questions/topics.
Post Seminar Session
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm - Customizing AutoRail. How to automatically create picket, glass and panel railings with custom extrusions and sizes.
This session is for FabCAD customers who have the FabCAD Premium package. All participants are welcome to attend. Demo software available.
About the presenter: Dave Filippi is the former owner and operator of Colonial Iron Works in Petersburg Va. He introduced CAD into his firm in 1987 and
developed ornamental software for use in his company. In 1990 he founded FabCAD which was division of the Iron Works. Dave has been conducting
seminars and CAD demonstrations for over 20 years and has spoken at education sessions at FenceTech and MetalFab.
Today FabCAD, Inc. is an authorized AutoDesk developer and its programs and mobile app have been featured at AutoDesk Developer conferences around the
world as an example of an effective industry specific CAD solution.
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