BIM – Ds – 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D and Benefits

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

BIM D

BIM – Building Information Modeling – is a process that involves creating and using an intelligent 3D model to inform and communicate project decisions. It has various components:

  • 2D  2-Dimensional view
  • 3D  3-Dimensional Model
  • 4D  + Time Schedule
  • 5D  + Budget (Cost)
  • 6D  + Facilities management (Maintenance)
  • 7D  + Sustainability (Life Cycle)
  • 8D  + Occupational safety and health

1.    BIM

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. A BIM is a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle; defined as existing from earliest conception to demolition.

2.    BIM software

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an intelligent 3D model-based process that gives architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.

3.    3D BIM – The shared information model

3D BIM is the process of creating graphical and non-graphical information and sharing this information in a Common Data Environment (CDE). This refers to traditional 3D Model what we are creating and CAD Software.

Benefits

  1. Improved visualization of the project, communication of design intent
  2. Improved multidisciplinary collaboration
  3. Reduced rework

4.    4D BIM – Construction sequencing

4D = 3D + TIME SCHEDULE

4D BIM adds an extra dimension of information to a project information model in the form of scheduling data. This data is added to components which will build in detail as the project progresses. This information can be used to obtain accurate programme information and visualisations showing how your project will develop sequentially.

Activity Planning in 4D, 4D Scheduling / Construction Sequencing. … These animated models represent the planned construction sequence set against time. The main purpose of a construction phasing simulation is to provide a tool that will help the construction team visualize logistical issues or inefficiencies.

Benefits
Integrating BIM with 4D CAD simulation models bring benefits to participants in terms of planning optimization.
Builders and manufacturers can optimize their construction activities and team coordination.

5.    5D BIM – Cost

5D = 3D + TIME SCHEDULE + COST.

5D BIM, an acronym for 5-dimensional building information modelling, is a term used in the CAD and construction industries, and refers to the intelligent linking of individual 3D CAD components or assemblies with time schedule (4D BIM) constraints and then with cost-related information.

Drawing on the components of the information model being able to extract accurate cost information is what’s at the heart of 5D BIM.

Project Management in 5D, Project controlling in 5D In 5D schedules and costs are linked to the 3D models.

Benefits
Integrating BIM with 5D CAD simulation models enables the development of more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable constructions.

6.    6D BIM – Project lifecycle information

6D = 3D + TIME SCHEDULE + COST + INTELLEGENT LINKING

Operations and Maintenance in 6D and

6D BIM stands for 6D Building Information Modeling. It is a phrase extensively used in the AEC industry and refers to the intellectual linking of all the individual 3D CAD components or assemblies with all aspects of project life-cycle management information

Benefits
Integrating BIM with 6D CAD simulation models leads to an overall reduction in energy consumption.

7.    7D BIM – Sustainability

7D = 3D + TIME SCHEDULE + COST + INTELLEGENT LINKING + SUSTAINABILITY

7D–BIM (seventh-dimensional building information modelling) is used by managers in the operation and maintenance of the facility throughout its life cycle. … Integrating BIM with 7D CAD simulation models optimizes asset management from design to demolition.

Benefits
Integrating BIM with 7D CAD simulation models optimizes asset management from design to demolition.

8.    8D BIM – Prevention through Design (PtD)

8D = 3D + TIME SCHEDULE + COST + INTELLEGENT LINKING + SUSTAINABILITY + PREVENTION

8D BIM Modelling Tool For Accident Prevention Through Design

But until now the tools for effectively managing the links between design and safety on site have not been available. Building information modelling (BIM) is an emerging paradigm in the design and engineering field.BIM Ds

Now ARES Commander 2020 has BIM capabilities.

– In ARES Commander 2020 you can work with BIM files

  • Import IFC or Revit® files in your project
  • BIM Navigator palette
  • Data Extraction for BIM Elements

  • BIM Elements Properties

  • BIM Model Sections

Download latest version of ARES Commander today and experience it.

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/download/

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What’s new in ARES Commander 2020

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

Whats new in ARES Commander 2020

Have a look on the What’s new in ARES Commander 2020:

– Improved Licensing Workflow

– Insert Base

– Layers Manager Palette

– New Dimension Style

– Create 2D Entities from 3D Models –  “OffsetEdges” and “ConvertEdges”

– Customizable Blocks

  • Test Block
  • Convert Dynamic Blocks into CustomBlocks
  • Dependent of Independent Base Point for Rotate and Scale Activity
  • Distance Multiplier and Angle Offset Action Properties

– Data Extraction Wizard – ExtractData

– Associative Patterns

– Grips for Non-associative hatches

– Improved Field Command – New Entity option

– New Selection Method – Lasso Selection

– Add Markups to the Drawing

  • Predefined and custom stamps
  • Voice recordings
  • Picture notes

– Drawing Compare

  • Load the differences independently
  • Preview the differences independently with colors
  • Browse and review changes between two versions

– Work with BIM files

  • Import IFC or Revit® files in your project
  • BIM Navigator palette
  • Data Extraction for BIM Elements

  • BIM Elements Properties

  • BIM Model Sections

– Other New Commands

  • SetConstraintNameFormat: Specifies how to display the information in the dimensional constraints.
  • SafetyOptions: Prevents executable files with potential safety risk from running.
  • LogfileOn: Writes the contents of the command history to a log file (with .log extension).
  • LogfileOff: Closes the command history log file opened by the LogFileOn.
  • Commands: Displays the list of all commands.

– More Improvements

Reload References Option Available in the Status Bar

New Settings (Options dialog box)

  • Base Angle Guide display. You can display a guideline along the zero base angle according to the current CCS. User Preferences > Drafting Options > Display > Polar guides
  • Display the full path in the application title bar. Lets you control whether the title bar displays the full path of the active drawing or only the name. System Options > Open / Save As > Open file > Display full path in application title bar
  • The rendered entity smoothness option lets you specify the resolution of curved surfaces for rendering.
  • Heads-up display delay time. Lets you control the display of the Heads-Up toolbar when selecting entities.
  • Use layers in PDF file (PDF v1.5) option lets you create layers in the PDF file according to the layers in the drawing.

Printing

  • Window print range highlight in the graphics area.
  • Improved BatchPrint command. Lets you group multiple drawings into a single PDF file.
  • Printer property settings. Lets you specify printer-specific property settings to be reused for subsequent outputs. Thus you can override settings of the printers installed on your computer. You can save the printer property settings in configuration files with a .pcx extension.
  • Custom paper sizes are available for the built-in printer (PDF, PNG, JPG, SVG, or DWF).

New Shortcuts

  • Ctrl + Pg Up. Moves to the next working space (sheet or model).
  • Ctrl + Pg Down. Moves to the previous working space (sheet or model).
  • Ctrl + I. Toggles between absolute and relative coordinate during command execution.

Release Note: ARES Commander 2020 will be released end of January 2020. You can currently try the new features from a Pre-release version:

Read more at: https://www.graebert.com/blog/product-news/whats-new-in-ares-commander-2020/

ARES Commander is a product from Graebert GmbH.  Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions and services and has over 30 years of technology expertise…

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Polygon – Megagon

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

Polygon - MegagonToday I will tell you something about Megagon. A Megagon is a Polygon with 1 Million Sides.

A megagon or 1 000 000-gon is a polygon with 1 million sides (mega-, from the Greek μέγας megas, meaning “great”). Even if drawn at the size of the Earth, a regular megagon would be very difficult to distinguish from a circle.

CAD Software allows you to create a polygon with minimum 3 sides and maximum 1024 sides.

Now I will refresh you to create a polygon with two methods in CAD Software

  1. Regular polygon creation
  2. Polygon creation by Relative Angles in Coordinate input

Constructing Polygons in ARES Commander

A polygon is a closed linear PolyLine entity consisting of 3 to 1024 equal length sides.

To construct polygons:

  1. Click Draw > Polygon (or type Polygon).
  2. Type the number of sides.
  3. Do one:
    1. In the graphics area, specify the center of the polygon.
    2. Specify an option:
      • Corner. Encloses the polygon within a circle that touches the polygon at its corners (inscribed).
      • Side. Encloses a circle with the polygon that touches the circle at the corners (circumscribed).
    3. Specify a point in the graphics area to define the radius or type a value for the radius.

Pentagon Radius

  1. – or –
    1. Specify the Side length option to define an edge of the polygon.
    2. Specify the edge start point and side length.

Pentagon Side

Relative Angles in Coordinate input in

ARES Commander

Relative angle

CAD software creates a geometry and calculate on basis of vector math, the stuff engineers learned during engineering degrees. Those matrix transformations that took hours to work through manually are these days calculated instantly by CAD.

User can now use the @ prefix to enter relative angles, just like user has already used for distances input. This unique ability simplifies significantly the coordinate input when user draws successive lines or polygon segments.

ARES Commander has provided a solution for the problem involved for a series of relative distances and relative angles, the kind of sketch surveyors produce every day. The figure below shows a typical example, where the relative angles are A1, A2, A3, and so on. They are relative, because they are measured relative to the last segment, and not to an absolute reference, such as North or the x axis.

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

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ARES Touch: Create view only link

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

Sgare a view only link

You can create view only link from mobile device. ARES Touch is a CAD Application runs on Mobile devices.

You can share a ‘Read-only’ link but only for your cloud storage based drawings. The link will open the drawing in ARES Kudo (a web based CAD Application) with ‘Read-only’ permission.

NOTE: From local storage drawings, you can share the drawing file, but not the link.

You will find the option in ‘Contextual’ menu of cloud based file, named ‘Send a link’.

ARES Touch Send a link

ARES Kudo is also nicely improving collaboration with your customers and partners.  Nothing to install, nothing to pay, nothing to update, you will just click on the link and see your DWG file in their Internet browser.

ABOUT ARES TOUCH

ARES Touch™ is a CAD Application which runs on mobile devices. Far more than a viewer, ARES Touch™ is the most complete application available on Android to create and modify DWG drawings. It is the ideal companion for CAD software users looking for a professional app for their smartphones and tablets.

ARES Touch is supporting 14 languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Czech, Russian, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean.

Additional Information

  • 2GB of RAM or more recommended.
  • Requires Android: 4.1 and up

FREE FEATURES
=== View only and Simple modes features are free without limitation in time: ===

• FREEDOM: Unlimited number of Android devices for the same user
• CONTROL: Files can be synchronized with Dropbox or Google Drive, OR saved locally on the device.
• POWER: No size limitation to read, save or share 2D and 3D drawings in DWG
• UNIVERSAL: Save in DWG or export to PDF
• Model space and layouts: switch as required
• Layers palette + advanced layer tools
• High precision tools: Selection, Snap, Loupe, Tracking, Coordinates Input (Polar/Cartesian, Relative/Absolute)
• Simple annotation: Add text, dimensions, leaders, tolerances, revision clouds

PREMIUM FEATURES
=== The following features are free to try for 30 days and disabled after if you don’t buy the subscription and continue with the free version: ===

• Drawing features: lines, polylines, circles, arcs, ellipses, splines, points, hatches
• Editing features: Split, weld, trim, extend, align, offset, fillet, chamfer…
• Quick Modify: combine copy, move, rotate and scale actions with the same selection
• Picture Note: Annotate drawings with pictures and comments
• Voice Note: Insert a comment by recording your voice
• Blocks: insertion and creation
• API: C++ and Lisp API to add custom commands

Now you can download latest version of ARES Touch from Play store and experience it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.graebert.aresbeta

ARES Commander and ARES Touch  is a product from Graebert GmbH.  Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions and services and has over 30 years of technology expertise…

Disclaimer: I work for Graebert GmbH and occasionally write for CAD -Tips and Tricks.

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ARES Commander CONVERTPOLYLINE

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

Types of PolyLines and their conversion process

We have three types of polyline in ARES Commander, Polyline, 2D Polyline and 3D Polyline.

ConvertPolyLine Small.png

By default when you start making a new drawing then application creates  PolyLine. You can convert is to othertper and check the same in properties palette. You can use the ConvertPolyLine command to convert lightweight PolyLines to heavyweight PolyLines and vice versa.

Lightweight PolyLines are optimized PolyLines compared to old-format, heavyweight PolyLines.

If you receive drawing files that originated in applications which do not support lightweight PolyLines or if you reopen legacy drawings, you may want to convert old-format PolyLines to lightweight PolyLines. On the contrary, you can convert the other way around, if you need to supply drawing files to use in applications that do not support lightweight PolyLines.

In the Properties palette, you can view the type of a selected PolyLine. It can be either PolyLine (for lightweight PolyLines), 2D PolyLine (for old-format PolyLines), or 3D PolyLine.

Difference between Polyline & 2D Polyline

From the end user perspective there are 3 polyline types appeared in the PROPERTIES palette (there are only two “entity” types).

Polyline 2D Polyline 3D Polyline
Symbol Polyline 3D Polyline
Entity Type LWPOLYLINE entity POLYLINE entity POLYLINE entity
always 2D always 2D usually 3D
Light Weight Normal Weight 3d Coordinates
Definition Creates a 2D polyline, a single object that is composed of line and arc segments Creates a 3D polyline.
(No Arcs, only lines)
Construction You can draw only in XY Plane, you cannot draw it to the Z axis. It will not accept z coordinate value. You can draw in any direction (XYZ). It will accept z coordinate value  with each vertex at a different elevation. It is possible to have a “3d polyline” and have each vertex at the same elevation.
Uses Used mainely for 2D drawings. Can be selected at once. Safe in creating hatches, shades and gradients by pickpoint. Easy to convert in 3D by Extrude. For 3D drawings 3D polylines can be used in places like creation of 3D by Extrude (path option).

If PLINETYPE = 0 (zero), then the PLINE command will create POLYLINE entities.
If PLINETYPE = 1 or 2, then the PLINE command will create LWPOLYLINE entities.

If you use the GETPROPERTIES (LIST) command on any polyline, you will only see the
entity names POLYLINE or LWPOLYLINE.

To convert between POLYLINE and LWPOLYLINE entities, use the CONVERTPOLYLINE command.

Benefits of using light weight Polylines

A lightweight polyline (lwpolyline) is defined in the drawing database as a single graphic entity unlike the old-style polyline, which is defined as a group of sub-entities.

Lwpolylines display faster and consume “less disk space” and “RAM”. As 3D polylines are always created as old-style polyline entities, and 2D polylines are created as lwpolyline entities, unless they are curved or fitted with the PEDIT command. When a drawing from an earlier release is opened in ARES Commander, all 2D polylines convert to lwpolylines automatically, unless they have been curved or fitted or contain extended data (xdata).

Lisp Support

When you are using Autolisp, you nedd to worry about the entity names – POLYLINE and LWPOLYLINE.

Converting Polylines

  1. Do one of the following:
  • On the ribbon, click Home > Modify > Convert PolyLine.
    • On the menu, click Modify > Entity > Convert PolyLine.
    • Type ConvertPolyLine.
  2. Specify Heavy or Light as the target format.
  3. Specify the PolyLine entities to convert and press Enter.

Entities of other types are ignored.

The command reports the number of converted PolyLine entities.

Note: You cannot convert 3D PolyLines. To convert Lines or Arcs to PolyLines, use the EditPolyLine command.

Access

Command: ConvertPolyLine

Ribbon: Home > Modify > Convert PolyLine

Menu: Modify > Entity > Convert PolyLine

System Variable PLINETYPE

Mnemonic: PolyLine Type

Controls the polyline format in the creation of new polylines with the PolyLine command, and in the conversion of polylines in existing drawings.

Standard format polylines and lightweight format polylines are supported.

Values

0 Polylines in older drawings are not converted when opened and the PolyLine command creates old-format polylines.
1 Polylines in older drawings are not converted when opened, but the PolyLine command creates optimized polylines.
2 Polylines in older drawings are converted when opened and the PolyLine command creates optimized polylines. (Default)

Properties

Type Integer
Default 2
Status Read / Write
Saved In the user’s profile file

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

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Sharing Drawings in a CAD Collaborative Environment

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

ARES Trinity of CAD

Understanding Sharing Drawings in a Collaborative Environment

In a collaborative environment, multiple users can work and access drawings from any device, at any time. As Greabert GmbH offer trinity of CAD as cad solution available for Web, Desktop and Mobile.

Collaborative work is supported across the following products:

  • ARES Kudo(Viewer and Editor)
  • ARES Commander
  • ARES Touch

The users can view or edit drawings, using any of the three products, according to the given permissions.

Working in a Collaborative Way

To enable collaboration, you must share drawings and folders for viewing or editing, using ARES Kudo or Cloud Storage.

ARES Kudo allows opening drawings for viewing or for editing, according to your permissions.

To work in a collaborative way, do the following:

  • Get your projects to the Cloud

Use Cloud Storage services to store your drawings and to allow multiple users to access them.

  • Connect your Cloud Storage services to ARES Kudo

Connect your Cloud Storage services in one central place. Once the connection is established, you can open your drawings in ARES Commander, ARES Touch, as well as in ARES Kudo.

  • Share the drawings

Use ARES Kudo to share the stored drawings with your colleagues, specifying also the necessary permissions. Additionally, you can make a drawing publicly available by generating a unique URL and send it to other users. The URL allows view-only access to any user who has the link, without signing in to the application.

  • Work with the drawings

Once the drawings are shared, the users can access the drawings according to the given permissions.

  • Users with editing rights can edit the drawings with ARES Kudo, ARES Commander, or ARES Touch.
  • Users with viewing rights can open the drawings in view-only mode in ARES Kudo, ARES Commander, or ARES Touch.
  • Users who received the public link can open the drawing to view it in a web browser. A Graebert Account is not necessary in this case.

Editing Shared Drawings

By default, if the user has editing rights and there is no other editing session of the drawing, the application (ARES Kudo Editor, ARES Commander and ARES Touch) always opens the drawing in editing mode. At any moment, users can make changes in any drawing shared with them using any of the three products.

The changes the user makes in the drawing open with ARES Kudo Editor are automatically saved (as a new version of drawing) after 10 changes made in the drawing or after every 5 minutes if there were changes.

Note: After 25 minutes of inactivity, the application switches the drawing to view-only mode.

If a new version of drawing is saved (by ARES Kudo Editor, ARES Commander or ARES Touch) whereas that drawing is being viewed in ARES Kudo Viewer, Viewer will notify the users about the change. They can reload the drawing in the Viewer to see the latest changes.

When two or more users have editing permissions for the same drawing, they might want to edit the drawing at the same time.

The following is applied to avoid conflicts:

  • To prevent creating conflicting versions of drawings across all three products – ARES Kudo Editor, ARES Commanderand ARES Touch – only one user can edit one drawing at a time. As long as a user works on a drawing in edit mode, all other users can access the drawing in view-only mode, regardless of their permissions.

Important: ARES Kudo does not block open drawings from editing with other CAD applications or from sharing them using Cloud Storage features. Be aware that such changes are not synchronized.

  • To prevent blocking user access by keeping a drawing open in editing mode without making any changes, the application switches the drawing to view-only mode, after 25 minutesof inactivity. The drawing is automatically saved on the Cloud Storage and another user can edit it. The application displays a warning.

The user can switch a viewing session to the editing mode in the following situations:

  • The user has editing permissions and there is no active editing session started by another user.

Note: The application opens the latest version of the drawing, which includes changes (if there are any) made while the user was working in view-only mode.

  • The user opens the same drawing in editing mode as well as in view-only mode (for example, on another device). In this case, he can switch the viewing session to the editing mode.

Note: Unsaved changes are lost.

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/download/

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Disclaimer: I work for Graebert GmbH and occasionally write for CAD -Tips and Tricks.

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100 + Aliases of AutoCAD command in ARES Commander

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

100 + Aliases of AutoCAD command in ARES Commander

Below are the aliases of CAD command which you can use in ARES Commander for better productivity. Although you can type any command alias will run automatically. This blog is only to have an awareness for the aliases.

S No AutoCAD Commands ARES Commands
1 3DMOVE MOVE
2 3DALIGN ALIGN3D
3 3DARRAY PATTERN3D
4 3DFACE FACE
5 3DORBIT ROLLVIEW
6 3DPOLY POLYLINE3D
7 ADCENTER DESIGNRESOURCES
8 AREA GETAREA
9 ARRAY PATTERN
10 ARRAYPATH PATHPATTERN
11 ARRAYRECT LINEARPATTERN
12 ARRAYPOLAR CIRCULARPATTERN
13 ATTDEF MAKEBLOCKATTRIBUTE
14 ATTEDIT EDITBLOCKATTRIBUTE
15 BCLOSE CBCLOSE
16 BEDIT EDITCUSTOMBLOCK
17 Block MAKEBLOCK
18 BOUNDARY AREABOUNDARY
19 BPARAMETER CBELEMENT
20 BREAK SPLIT
21 BSAVE CBSAVE
22 BVSTATE CBVISIBILITY
23 CHANGE MODIFY
24 CHECKSTANDARDS VERIFYSTANDARDS
25 COLOR LINECOLOR
26 COMMANDLINE COMMANDWindow
27 COMMANDLINEHIDE HIDECOMMANDWindow
28 DDGRIPS ENTITYGRIPS
29 DDPTYPE POINTFORMAT
30 DELCONSTRAINT DELETECONSTRAINT
31 DIGITALSIGN SIGNFILE
32 DIMALIGNED PARALLELDIMENSION
33 DIMANGULAR ANGLEDIMENSION
34 DIMARC ARCLENGTHDIMENSION
35 DIMBASELINE BASELINEDIMENSION
36 DIMCENTER CENTERMARK
37 DIMCONSTRAINT DIMENSIONALCONSTRAINT
38 DIMCONTINUE CONTINUEDIMENSION
39 DIMDIAMETER DIAMETERDIMENSION
40 DIMDISASSOCIATE UNRELATEDIMENSION
41 DIMEDIT EDITDIMENSION
42 DIMJOGGED JOGGEDDIMENSION
43 DIMJOGLINE JOGGEDDIMENSION
44 DIMLINEAR LINEARDIMENSION
45 DIMORDINATE ORDINATEDIMENSION
46 DIMOVERRIDE OVERRIDEDIMENSIONSTYLE
47 DIMRADIUS RADIUSDIMENSION
48 DIMREASSOCIATE RELATEDIMENSION
49 DIMSTYLE DIMENSIONSTYLE
50 DIST GETDISTANCE
51 DIVIDE MARKDIVISIONS
52 DONUT RING
53 DRAWORDER DISPLAYORDER
54 DSETTINGS DRAFTINGOPTIONS
55 ERASE DELETE
56 EXTERNALREFERENCES REFERENCES
57 FILTER SELECTIONFILTER
58 FLATSHOT MAKEFLATSNAPSHOT
59 GEOMCONSTRAINT GEOMETRICCONSTRAINT
60 GRADIENT FILLAREA
61 GROUP QUICKGROUP
62 HATCHEDIT EDITHATCH
63 HIDE HIDEVIEW
64 HIDEOBJECTS HIDEENTITIES
65 IMAGE REFERENCES
66 IMAGEATTACH ATTACHIMAGE
67 IMAGECLIP CLIPIMAGE
68 INSERT INSERTBLOCK
69 INSERTOBJ INSERTOBJECT
70 ISOLATEOBJECTS ISOLATEENTITIES
71 JOIN WELD
72 LAYOUT SHEET
73 LENGTHEN EDITLENGTH
74 LINETYPE LINESTYLE
75 LIST GETPROPERTIES
76 LWEIGHT LINEWEIGHT
77 MATCHPROP PROPERTYPAINTER
78 MEASURE MARKLENGTHS
79 MLEADER MULTILEADER
80 MLEADEREDIT EDITMULTILEADER
81 MLEADERSTYLE MULTILEADERSTYLE
82 MLINE RICHLINE
83 MSPACE MODELMODE
84 MTEXT NOTE
85 MVIEW VIEWPORT
86 OSNAP ENTITYSNAP
87 PASTESPEC PASTESELECTED
88 PEDIT EDITPOLYLINE
89 PLINE POLYLINE
90 PLOT PRINT
91 PROPERTIESCLOSE HIDEPROPERTIES
92 PSPACE SHEETMODE
93 PURGE CLEAN
94 QLEADER SMARTLEADER
95 QUICKCALC SMARTCALCULATOR
96 QUIT EXIT
97 RECTANG RECTANGLE
98 REDRAW REFRESH
99 REDRAWALL REFRESHALL
100 REGEN REBUILD
101 REGENALL REBUILDALL
102 RENDER ARENDER
103 SCRIPT LOADSCRIPT
104 SETVAR SETVARIABLE
105 SHADEMODE SHADEVIEW
106 SIGVALIDATE VERIFYSIGN
107 SPELL SPELLCHECK
108 STANDARDS DRAWINGSTANDARDS
109 STYLE TEXTSTYLE
110 TEXT SIMPLENOTE
111 TEXTEDIT EDITANNOTATION
112 TOOLBAR CUSTOMIZE
113 UCSMAN CSSTYLE
114 UNISOLATEOBJECTS UNISOLATEENTITIES
115 UNITS UNITSYSTEM
116 VIEW VIEWS
117 VPOINT VIEWDIRECTION
118 WBLOCK EXPORTDRAWING
119 XATTACH ATTACHDRAWING
120 XCLIP CLIPREFERENCE
121 XLINE INFINITELINE

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/download/

ARES Commander is a product from Graebert GmbH.  Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions and services and has over 30 years of technology expertise…

Disclaimer: I work for Graebert GmbH and occasionally write for CAD -Tips and Tricks.

 

 

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ARES Commander Save in DWG 2018 format

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

Unrivaled compatibility with the latest DWG file format

ARES Commander 2019 has introduced a new feature of 2018 DWG format.

Previously we were reading this format but saving in the previous format.

ARES Commander is using the DWG format as its native format which makes it easy to share files with other CAD software such as AutoCAD® or MicroStation®. In the previous version we released the possibility to read and modify drawings saved in the DWG 2018 format. Now, this format becomes also the default format to save your drawings.

You keep also the ability to save in previous versions of the DWG format. Other drawing formats supported include DXF, DWF, DWT, DWS and DGN (import).

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/download/

ARES Commander is a product from Graebert GmbH.  Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions and services and has over 30 years of technology expertise…

Disclaimer: I work for Graebert GmbH and occasionally write for CAD -Tips and Tricks.

 

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ARES Trinity of CAD

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

ARES Trinity of CAD

Graebert GmbH has taken a new leap by introducing new features in Trinity concept which will help the organization to react to the changes in real time.

Product description

Much more than a cost-effective CAD Software for dwg editing, ARES Commander brings your productivity to the next level with smart productivity features and a unique concept: The Trinity of CAD™.

The ARES Trinity of CAD Software combine the best of what each platform has to offer: Desktop, Mobile and Cloud are combined into a unique user experience generating high synergies across all your devices.

The highly flexible licensing of ARES Commander allows the same user to work from several computers under Windows®, MacOS® or Linux®.

Then there are a trio of operating systems, twice:

  • Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • Android, iOS, and Web browser

Graebert can rightfully boast being the only CAD software vendor to provide 2D/3D CAD for all viable platforms in this millennium. Each license includes also a 1-year renewable subscription for ARES Touch™ and ARES Kudo™.

ARES Commander: Offers user all the features user needs to create or modify DWG drawings in 2D or 3D, in a productivity driven environment.

ARES Touch: ARES Touch is the most complete Mobile CAD solution ever seen for Android and iOS. User can edit the drawings

ARES Kudo: ARES Kudo is the first full-featured CAD solution to read, create share and Modify DWG or DXF drawings online. No need to install any application, it runs directly on the browser.

How trinity works:

Let’s take an example when a supervisor is visiting the construction site, supervisor gets to know implementation differences. He also notices some more improvement areas. Then he can open the drawing from cloud in ARES Touch and do the markings by new FREESKETCH command and attach a PICTURE by PICTURENOTE command of that area and send the drawing by Email to the approving authority.

Now the approving authority opens the drawing in web browser in ARES KUDO application and do the required changes and save the drawing.

When you are back in the office then you can open the drawing from cloud and see the approved changes. No time is lost, and you have informed authorities and got the approval as well. Now you can update the drawing and share the read only link of the file to the client. The benefit of the read only link of the file is, that this link will be opened in the browser in ARES KUDO. Client can only see the drawing, but neither can do any modifications file, nor he can download the file. Whenever you want you can close the access of view only link, then client will not be able open the link.

We can summaries the steps as below:

User 1 – ARES Touch:

  1. Save the drawing in the Cloud
  2. During site visit, open the drawing in ARES Touch
  3. Use ARES touch unique features to mark the changes
    1. FREESKETCH – Create a free sketch over the drawing
    2. Picture Note – Add a picture with note, either by clicking or from the device
    3. Voice Note – Add a comment in your voice / language
    4. Add Comments – Add a text comment
  4. Share the drawing via EMAIL

User 2 – ARES Kudo:

  1. Can open the drawing from EMAIL in ARES Kudo
  2. Can do the required changes and save it back to cloud
  3. Add / reply text comments

User 3 – ARES Commander:

  1. Open the drawing from Cloud in ARES Commander
  2. Do the required modification
  3. Add / reply text comments
  4. Share the drawing in “View-Only” link
  5. Close the access of View Only Link when not required.

ARES Trinity Usability Features

+       Commenting in Drawing

User can add comments and may associate with entities

Feature details:

  • A panel appear in the drawing where user can add / reply comments.
  • Drawing comments: User can add general comments with drawing.
  • Entity comments: User can add entity comments with one or more entity.
  • New comment thread: N Number of comment threads can be added.
  • Other users can add more comments, reply comments.
  • Editing, deleting and resolving comment is also possible.

+       View Only Links: Button to generate a View-only link from ARES Commander, without going to ARES Kudo

  • List the drawing in the “Cloud Storage”
  • Right Mouse Button on the file will display “Sharing options…”
  • In “Sharing options” dialog box
  • User can Enable the sharing link
  • User can Copy the link and share.
  • User can Disable the link when required.

+       File Preview: User can see the preview of selected file in Cloud Storage Panel.

+       File Filters: User can use filters between “All files”, “My Files” and “Shared with me” in Cloud Storage Panel.

+       Right Mouse Button Options: We can user various options from RMB on the file name in Cloud Storage Panel – “Open”, “Download”, “Clone” and “Delete”.

ARES Kudo and ARES Touch is also included in the subscription of ARES Commander as part of Graebert’s unrivaled Trinity of CAD software. When user buy ARES Commander, they get therefore much more than a suite of three products for CAD in dwg. User gets a unique ecosystem that will considerably improve your productivity and workflows.

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/download/

ARES Commander is a product from Graebert GmbH.  Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions and services and has over 30 years of technology expertise…

Disclaimer: I work for Graebert GmbH and occasionally write for CAD -Tips and Tricks.

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ARES Commander Tool Matrix

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Amit Kumar — Leave a comment

ARES Commander Tool Matrix

You can open the Tool Matrix, which is a collection of toolbars. You can arrange toolbars in the tool matrix.

When you open the Tool Matrix the first time, it is an empty panel. You need to drag toolbars onto the Tool Matrix.

The Tool Matrix is a user interface element that behaves like other palettes, such as the Properties palette or References palette.

WorkFlow:

To display the Tool Matrix:

  • Right-click the menu bar or a docked toolbar and select Tool Matrix (or type ToolMatrix).
  • RMB
  • The Tool Matrix opens as floating or docked palette.
  • Tool Matrix blank.png

To hide the Tool Matrix:

  • Right-click the menu bar or a docked toolbar and clear Tool Matrix (or type HideToolMatrix).
  • RMB ToolMatrix Checked

– or –

Click Close .

To place a toolbar on the Tool Matrix:

  • Click the handle on the left of a toolbar left of a toolbarand drag the toolbar onto the Tool Matrix.
  • Tool Matrix Draw and Modify.png
  • To remove a toolbar from the Tool Matrix:
  • Click the title of the toolbar, and drag the toolbar onto the graphics area (to float it) or to a margin of the program’s desktop (to dock it).
  • Title of the toolbar.png

To rearrange toolbars on the Tool Matrix:

  • Click the toolbar title and drag the toolbar onto the Tool Matrix.

To collapse a toolbar on the Tool Matrix:

  • Click Collapse Collapseon the toolbar.

The icons of the corresponding toolbar are hidden. The toolbar is still part of the Tool Matrix.

To expand a toolbar on the Tool Matrix:

  • Click Expand Expand on the toolbar.

This shows the corresponding toolbar and makes the icons available.

To minimize the floating Tool Matrix:

  • Click Minimize  Minimizeon the Tool Matrix.

The Tool Matrix minimizes to a two column panel. The toolbars are arranged as drop-down icon menus.

To set the floating Tool Matrix to its default width:

  • Click Enlarge Enlarge on the Tool Matrix.

Check out the ARES Commander today. The above feature will improve your productivity.

Download ARES Commander today and experience it.

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/download/

ARES Commander is a product from Graebert GmbH.  Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions and services and has over 30 years of technology expertise…

Disclaimer: I work as Specification Writer for Graebert GmbH and occasionally write for CAD -Tips and Tricks.

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