Sawyer Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 At the office we are using 2000 and we never use the default Arch Ticks for dims instead we use one we have created. I can get it to work fine when defining a block and using the block as a new arrow. What I really want to do is redefine Autocad's default artick so I don't keep having to redefine the block in a drawing. Is there a way to do that? Thanks for any assistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Lino Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Insert the block "ARCHTICK", pick it twice, then modify it and save the file as template Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Thanks Fernando - I just tried what you said I could not get it to work. What am I missing? I redefined the archtick block and saved it as a template file in the template folder. I feel I am missing something but on the right track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Actually I think I see what you were leading to. The idea is to open the template file every time you start a new file. Is that right? & take the dimstyle from that template file? That is basically what I am doing now & it is what I would like to stop. I want to remove that 1 step from doing a drawing. We never use the default arrows or ticks so I wanted to permanatly replace them with ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 See if this works, Format - Dimension Style - Modify Pick your style dimension, then Tab Lines and Arrows - Arrowheads Pick 1, Pick User Arrow & pick your block - OK Set as current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Thanks Chaz - That solution puts me in the same situation where it changes the block everytime I redefine the user block to be the new architectural tick mark. Not what I need. I want to be able to change the sysyem default once & for all and never have to re-do the tick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Lino Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 We ever use our template.(the standard for the firm)...other option could be ...create the style and save it under content>styles>Dim Styles (design Center) ...and drag it when you want to use it. Sawyer, the best way is the template because is the only tool that you have for customazing your own standard...and in options one can setup this new template for default. [ November 13, 2003, 03:07 PM: Message edited by: Fernando Lino ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Originally posted by Fernando Lino: Sawyer, the best way is the template because is the only tool that you have for customazing your own standard...and in options one can setup this new template for default. OOOH Fernando sounds really what I wanted. How do I set the template for default? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuninho Prieto Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Hi Guys, I think that if you save your drawing settings as acadiso.dwt (wich I think is the default) these settings will be loaded each time you start a new drawing. hope it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Lino Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 To start AutoCAD with a command line switch Right-click the AutoCAD icon on the Windows Desktop. Then choose Properties. In the AutoCAD Properties dialog box, choose the Shortcut tab. In the Target box, edit the parameters for the switch using the following syntax: "drive:pathname\acad.exe" ["drawing name"] [/switch "name"] Valid switches: /b Script name (b stands for batch process) /t Template file name /c Configuration folder /v View name /s Support folders /r Default system pointing device /nologo No AutoCAD logo screen /p User-defined registry profile For example, enter "d:\AutoCAD 2002\acad.exe" /t "d:\AutoCAD 2002\template\arch1" /v "plan1" /b "startup" Choose OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuninho Prieto Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Using command line script is great. You can create many autocad icons on desktop with different drawing setup. Great tip Fernando. :ebiggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 What we have done at my firm, is to make a master dwg file. We created a drawing that has all of our dim. styles, fonts, layers and more and even coords, plotters w/ paper filters and more. Than we have save that dwg as our master. When we start a new job we open that master and "save as" the new job. The master is save and the new dwg have all our standards. Chaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Thanks Chaz. What you describe is what we do but the problem is that their are so many instances that this will not work for us. We have other drafters who use Microstation and we have to do alot of conversions. Also we end up changing the standard just slightly over time and we need to access files for about 3 years. I don't have say in this I just try to make the situation work better. In fact I rarely create new files I usually modify Microstation converted dwgs. I think what the answer really is is to purge everything and drop all layers down to 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Sawyer, Sorry I did not understand the direction your question was coming from. It seems that in this field frustration constantly abounds. Chaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Actually the why's as in why I need to do this are really very complicated. It had recently occured to me that it would be a huge benifit in my situation to not have to use the Master File plan that I had always used and just overide the cad defaults. Still seems the way to go instead of importing layers and dims and text and all that. Fernando - still sounds good but not sure how that helps me. I do use the command switch to open cad in a project folder but thats all I have ever known so thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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