US Survey Foot vs International Foot - DWG - DGN

As a way to make the Survey Foot DGN’s reference correctly into a DWG file I have the following work around.

The difference between a Survey Foot and International Foot is:

1 Survey Foot = 1200/3937 meters = 0.3048006096 meters
1 International Foot = 0.3048 meters exactly

Therefore the difference between them is:
0.3048006096/0.3048 = 1.000002 sf/ft

Or 0.999998 ft/sf

So when you reference a dgn into autocad set the scale of the reference to 0.999998 and it should match.

Ben

misc viewport commands

while aligning viewports in paper space layouts some helpful commands are:

" VPSCALE " a command to list the scale of your viewport

" view " you can save a new model view; also notice the roll angle is the rotation.

This works for me while trying to align a location sketch to the same rotation angle as the master layout.

I will save the main viewport as the sheet number and then in the location sketch I will select the the saved viewport and set it current. ***make sure your viewport is unlocked***

Also the " UCSFOLLOW " command is set to be on (1) and the view will automatically change when you change the UCS. When " UCSFOLLOW " is (0), then when you change the UCS your view of the model won't rotate, only your crosshairs will change to the new UCS orientation.

Viewport to Model space

If for whatever reason you need to export or extract your paper space viewport to model space there is a lsp program I found "VP2MS".

here is a link to the user site that I used to answer my problem.

Enjoy

Insert the layout name in a title block

If you are looking at inserting the layout name into a title block you have found the answer.

To start out edit your block
in the location where you would like the layout name insert a dt object
next highlight the text object and right click
select insert field
select System variable > CTAB (*if you would like a specific case this is where you would select it
save block and you are all set.

Fix AutoCAD 2010 Fatal Error: Unhandled Exception e0434f4dh

Awesome link to fix an annoying problem. Thanks to the contributor


Fix AutoCAD 2010 Fatal Error: Unhandled Exception e0434f4dh1
Ricky Williams March 09, 2011 Apps, News
I was having trouble with this Fatal Error: Unhandled Exception e0434f4dh in AutoCAD 2010. When it happens AutoCAD prompts you to save the drawing and then crashes, usually on startup so there is no drawing to save anyway. Well hopefully the fix can save other people the time of re-installing AutoCAD, which is not a fun thing to do. So read on to save yourself some time.

I searched the web for the error and luckily there were a ton of forums found, but I found the solution at the first one I visited. You can read through the forum thread on Autodesk here if you like. The fix does involve editing the registry, so as usual I must warn that editing the registry can have dire consequences. If edited incorrectly your computer could become highly unstable or unable to boot at all requiring a reload of Windows. You can however backup the registry to be able to restore it and fix any damage you may do, you can find instructions on how to do that here.

Shall we begin, the fix requires a very quick edit of the registry. Once you’ve backed it up using the method above, follow these steps:

In the registry editor go to the following registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.0\ACAD-8000:409\WebServices\CommunicationCenter
In the right pane of the registry editor you will find a key ”LastUpdateTimeLoWord” with a dword value of 4be447d0
Double click this key and type in the value “0″ that is a zero and you type it without the quotes and hit Enter
The key should now have the value 00000000 displayed
Exit the registry editor and the change takes effect instantly

You are now able to open AutoCAD 2010 and work just like before, Happy drafting.

WisDOT Reports

all the reports are in the reports.dll file.

Access the reports via the "netload" command

or add to registry.

See following file for help.

"C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2010\enu\Data\Reports\Net\USWI\WisDOT Reports - Readme.pdf"

standard cad configuration location

"C:\Users\sdebaker.RELEE\AppData\Local\Autodesk\LandXML Reporting\RepGenSettings.xml"

Import styles in Civil 2010

To import all styles from one drawing or template to another in 2010, simple create a new point style. Select the marker tab, check Use AutoCAD BLOCK symbol for marker, right click in block area and select browse. Set dwt or dwg at the bottom and select source. Click ok and all styles are imported to the drawing. The only difference is this does not override existing styles that already exist in the drawing.

Found at http://civil3dguru.blogspot.com/2010/06/undocumented-aec-style-commands-civil.html