Every object you draw is measured in units. You determine the value of the units within AutoCAD before you draw. For example, in one drawing, a unit might equal one millimeter of the real-world object. In another drawing, a unit might equal an inch. You can set the unit type and number of decimal places for object lengths and angles. You can also specify the units for blocks and other content you insert from AutoCAD DesignCenter. Drawing unit settings control how AutoCAD interprets your coordinate and angle entries and how it displays coordinates and units in the drawing and in dialog boxes.
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Setting Drawing Units in AutoCAD
September 1st, 2008 — General
I Changed My Theme Again
August 28th, 2008 — General
I kind a like the Talian WordPress theme because of the sleek design and the yellow and black colors on the theme which is similar to an AutoCAD default interface but there are some problems I encounter. For example, when I submit to directories, the automated reciprocal link on those directories can’t detect my link to them so I ended up not continuing the submission. So I decided to replace my theme again with this new one, the Studiopress WordPress theme and did some customization. This is just for the record in case you are surprised why this blog looked different from the past theme I used.
Making Your Own Computer Table
May 31st, 2008 — General
These last two weeks I was busy designing and constructing a computer table out of an old antique office desk made from 3/4 inch thick hardwood (Narra) board. It was from my father and used it in his factory office back in the 70′s. If you are planning to make your own computer table, to be successful I suggest you have some basic knowledge in carpentry. Designing a computer table is not very hard specially if you already know how to use a CAD software like AutoCAD. The hardest part is to materialize what you have already drawn. Designing from scratch can be done, I mean without reference to other table design. But the problem is if you didn’t consider the structure’s rigidity, you might end up of crashing everything on the floor together with your precious computer in bits and pieces.
Hello world!
October 18th, 2007 — General
Thanks for visiting my site. This blog is my latest addition of the many blogs and websites I’ve created in the past that covers anything about CAD ( Computer Aided Design and Drafting ) and life rants once and a while. I was thankful to this software (AutoCAD) because this enabled me to deal with computers which along time ago I hated because of the complexity specially in high school and my college years. But because of my interest in mechanical designing I was force to learn using AutoCAD to improve the design of my mother’s hollow block machine fabrication shop. With that, I also learned how to troubleshoot and upgrade computers and was my life saver when our business flopped.
