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How to change or convert the units of a drawing in AutoCAD

Issue: How to change the units of a drawing in AutoCAD, such as from Imperial (feet/inches) to Metric (mm, cm, m), or vice versa. Solution: These are the main methods to convert drawing units. Alternative 1 (preferred method): Use -DWGUNITS Enter the -DWGUNITS command. The following prompts will be performed in succession: Drawing units. Drawing unit display formats. …

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Inventor – Model States Webinar

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Join Quadra’s own Matt Hutchinson (Senior Application Engineer) and Mike Hacking (MFG Projects Manager) as they discuss one of the latest enhancements to Inventor 2022 – Model States. Model States offer capabilities similar to those found in iParts/Assemblies, however, all configurations are stored in a single file instead of multiple files. This provides a convenient …

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Inventor Model States

Leave a Comment / General / By Mell Dobson

Inventor Model States is a powerful new workflow that has been added to the new Inventor release. Model States let you create manufacturing states, simplification levels, and more in the same part or assembly file. At the same time, Model States represent the implementation of some of the most highly requested functionality In Inventor. You …

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Beginners Guide to BIM 360 | BIM Collaborate

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What is BIM Collaborate? BIM Collaborate (aka BIM 360) is an online Common Data Environment (CED). It will help you to make informed decisions throughout the lifecycle of a project; from the initial concept through to the design and construction, operational and finally decommissioning phases. Not to mention it complies with the ISO19560 standards. As …

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Making Vault Work for You – Webinar

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Join us and Rob Hargreaves, Technical Director at Quadra Solutions for a free live webinar on Monday 25th October, 2021 to learn how Vault can work for you if you are: A Design Engineer: Where Used Vault In CAD tools Duplicate Search In CAD Reports A Design Manager: Saved Searches Client Reports A Quality Manager: Documenting Engineering Change …

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How to change units in Revit – Project Units

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To change units in Revit you will need to use the Project Units dialog to set project units. Click Manage tabSettings panel Project Units. In the Project Units dialog, select the discipline. Select the value in the Format column to change the display value for that unit type. The Format dialog displays. Specify Units, if necessary. …

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Revit Tips & Tricks Webinar – 23rd September 2021

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Join us and Andrew Laycock, Applications Engineer (ACI & ACP) at Quadra Solutions for a free live webinar about Revit Tips & Tricks on Thursday 23rd September, 2021 to learn: How to add project locations to your open shortcut bar View based keyboard and mouse shortcuts Guide Grids for aligning vires on sheets Double clicking …

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Quadra Assurance | Frequently Asked Questions

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What does Quadra Assurance Technical Support cover? Quadra Assurance Technical Support covers everything from upgrades of your software, troubleshooting, critical failures to hardware and licensing issues. How quickly are Quadra Assurance technical issues dealt with? Our aim is to respond to all of our support cases within an hour. We track and measure our response …

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BIM Collaborate Pro – Revit to Collections | On-demand Webinar

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BIM Collaborate Pro, previously BIM 360 Design, connects your teams, data and workflows. Watch the on-demand webinar.

What’s New for AutoCAD 2022 | On-Demand Webinar

Leave a Comment / AEC, General, Manufacturing / By Mell Dobson

What’s New for AutoCAD 2022 | In this webinar we shall be taking you through the different toolsets AutoCAD has to offer and summarise what tasks they are best suited for. The webinar is divided into three categories; CAD Automations – looking at how the toolsets can help improve your workflows; Seamless Connections – identifying …

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