Happy New Year to All! (And may this next year be a better one!)
As usual, our January 2010 edition of Cheap Tricks is a fun quiz review of everything we've covered for the past year. It's a good refresher course, even if you've read every issue, but it may also trigger you to check out something new. Here is just a sampling of the questions in our quiz.
WE'VE GOT ISSUES: Which method is not a good way to create roofs in DataCAD? (Nov 09). a. 1nclined Slabs or Polygons; b. RoofIt; c. Horizontal Slabs w/3D Cursor & Plane Snap; d. RoofBuilder Tools; e. Roofing Templates.
TRUE or FALSE: Lock Scale is a way of ensuring that a drawing file can only be plotted or printed at the desired scale (unless unchecked in the Drawing Manager settings) (Nov 09).
SHOW ME: Explain how, using DataCAD 12, you could give your consultants a DWG file that mimics a sheet layout using Multi-scale Plotting.
DID YOU KNOW that to rename a sequence of layers in the Layer Manager, you don't have to double-click on each layer? After renaming the first one, just hit the __________ key, then the ____ key, and ________ key again to rename the next one in the list.
Q & A: GLOBAL LINETYPE CHANGE: After importing an AutoCAD file, a lot of the lines that should be solid appeared dotted. I used the Identify feature and saw that they were centerlines (instead of solid) with a large spacing. The erroneous lines were scattered all over the place. There must be a quick way to change them all at once, right?
CURRENT EVENTS: How many years has Cheap Tricks been publishing?
a. 10 years; b. 12 years; c. 15 years; d. 19 years; e. 23 years.
DATACAD 12 FAQ: Which item is not an included feature of DataCAD 12.08?
a. Pen Styles; b. PakNGo; c. PaperSpace import from DWG; d. Multiple Pen Tables;
e. SketchUp import/export to/from DataCAD; f. Lock Scale.
Two Clues from the Cheap Tricks 2009 Crossword
28 ACROSS: Google's "spirit" on Trends
9 DOWN: DataCAD 12 Feature which helps transfer drawing files
Intrigued? Would you like to take the whole test?
We've just posted the whole test for FREE at
http://sites.google.com/site/cheaptrick ... 09Quiz.pdf
or
http://tinyurl.com/CheapTricksQuiz
. . . . Of course, if you want the ANSWERS, you will need to subscribe
(If you already know all the answers, then you don't NEED to subscribe, do you?) As a New Year Special, we are offering a $5 discount (to $30 per year) to any new subscriber (or if you haven't subscribed to Cheap Tricks in over a year).
For new CADD for CLUNKERS subscribers, we also have a free bonus issue, the DataCAD 12 FAQ, which is a indispensible companion for new DataCAD 12 users and upgraders. Just put "Clunkers" in the suggestion line, when you subscribe and you will not only get the $5 discount but the free DataCAD 12 FAQ issue as well!
You can subscribe to Cheap Tricks at this link:
http://world.std.com/~eshu/cheap/cheapcc.htm
Subscribers will receive their January 2010 issue (with answers!) along with the 2009 Index on New Years Day (well before the Rose Bowl).
Happy New Year to All with Best Wishes for a great 2010 ahead!
Evan H. Shu, FAIA
Cheap Tricks Newsletter
http://CheapTricksNews.com
As usual, our January 2010 edition of Cheap Tricks is a fun quiz review of everything we've covered for the past year. It's a good refresher course, even if you've read every issue, but it may also trigger you to check out something new. Here is just a sampling of the questions in our quiz.
WE'VE GOT ISSUES: Which method is not a good way to create roofs in DataCAD? (Nov 09). a. 1nclined Slabs or Polygons; b. RoofIt; c. Horizontal Slabs w/3D Cursor & Plane Snap; d. RoofBuilder Tools; e. Roofing Templates.
TRUE or FALSE: Lock Scale is a way of ensuring that a drawing file can only be plotted or printed at the desired scale (unless unchecked in the Drawing Manager settings) (Nov 09).
SHOW ME: Explain how, using DataCAD 12, you could give your consultants a DWG file that mimics a sheet layout using Multi-scale Plotting.
DID YOU KNOW that to rename a sequence of layers in the Layer Manager, you don't have to double-click on each layer? After renaming the first one, just hit the __________ key, then the ____ key, and ________ key again to rename the next one in the list.
Q & A: GLOBAL LINETYPE CHANGE: After importing an AutoCAD file, a lot of the lines that should be solid appeared dotted. I used the Identify feature and saw that they were centerlines (instead of solid) with a large spacing. The erroneous lines were scattered all over the place. There must be a quick way to change them all at once, right?
CURRENT EVENTS: How many years has Cheap Tricks been publishing?
a. 10 years; b. 12 years; c. 15 years; d. 19 years; e. 23 years.
DATACAD 12 FAQ: Which item is not an included feature of DataCAD 12.08?
a. Pen Styles; b. PakNGo; c. PaperSpace import from DWG; d. Multiple Pen Tables;
e. SketchUp import/export to/from DataCAD; f. Lock Scale.
Two Clues from the Cheap Tricks 2009 Crossword
28 ACROSS: Google's "spirit" on Trends
9 DOWN: DataCAD 12 Feature which helps transfer drawing files
Intrigued? Would you like to take the whole test?
We've just posted the whole test for FREE at
http://sites.google.com/site/cheaptrick ... 09Quiz.pdf
or
http://tinyurl.com/CheapTricksQuiz
. . . . Of course, if you want the ANSWERS, you will need to subscribe
(If you already know all the answers, then you don't NEED to subscribe, do you?) As a New Year Special, we are offering a $5 discount (to $30 per year) to any new subscriber (or if you haven't subscribed to Cheap Tricks in over a year).
For new CADD for CLUNKERS subscribers, we also have a free bonus issue, the DataCAD 12 FAQ, which is a indispensible companion for new DataCAD 12 users and upgraders. Just put "Clunkers" in the suggestion line, when you subscribe and you will not only get the $5 discount but the free DataCAD 12 FAQ issue as well!
You can subscribe to Cheap Tricks at this link:
http://world.std.com/~eshu/cheap/cheapcc.htm
Subscribers will receive their January 2010 issue (with answers!) along with the 2009 Index on New Years Day (well before the Rose Bowl).
Happy New Year to All with Best Wishes for a great 2010 ahead!
Evan H. Shu, FAIA
Cheap Tricks Newsletter
http://CheapTricksNews.com