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In which file format are technical drawings saved/stored? How can the data be exchanged between other software?
As your tags indicate AutoCAD, the answer is going to be directed in that direction. Data eXchange Format (.DXF) files are created by the source software. The receiving software has to permit import ...
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What are these hidden lines tangent to the circle?
This is just a stiffener that goes around the cylinder that runs across the walls
Section View
FUll isometric view
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Half sectional views of Plummer block
The semicircle in that front view steps to a larger diameter for part of its length. See the top view for reference:
Again, looking at the alternate view for the second component shows where those ...
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Is it Possible to Automatically Transform an Image of an Object into a Line Drawing in AutoCAD?
TL;DR;
Possible but not nesseserily worth it.
Introduction
Its possible, but it is a bit questionable whether its actually practical or saves you any time. See when you photograph a section you get ...
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How can I draw Voronoi regions in curved surfaces in AutoCAD?
Computing a Voronoi diagram on a surface is not an easy problem, and there is unlikely to be a solution within AutoCAD.
You might start with this paper, and work backward & forward through its ...
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Is it Possible to Automatically Transform an Image of an Object into a Line Drawing in AutoCAD?
One option is to import the jpeg directly into AutoCad and simply trace the lines you want over the top in a new layer.
While this isn't automatic as such I suspect that it may end up being less ...
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Should a stiffener be hatched
The standard is that The cylinder part should be hatched but not the rib.
So something like the following.
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Automatic letter connection for plasma cut parts with nested holes
The capability you seek is a function of the software used to create the work on your cutter. Depending on the features of this unspecified software, it may not be possible and would then require that ...
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Simple and easy Open Source CAD tools for basic 2D and 3D designs
It isn't open source, but for students Onshape is free. Onshape runs in the browser so it will work on pretty much any current computer regardless of operating system. It is real 3D solid modeling ...
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Where can i download AutoCad Tutorials?
If you are willing to pay monthly (first month free) then there are AutoCAD tutorials on LinkedIn Learning
If you don't have to use AutoCAD then Fusion360 is a very popular and equally capable ...
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what should be the size of gate?
For a 90 degree entrance of a compact car you need minimum 20 feet clear radius per city of Los Angeles parking code. This means if your alley is 8 foot wide you need a space leading to the gate of 12 ...
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extruded Boss/Base error
The reason these two shapes are extruding together, is, because in the .DWG file, they are connected to each other. See what happens when you zoom right in?
What you need to do in this instance, is ...
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How common is it to use more than two Rebar rows in a beam (bottom or top rebar)?
Very common. It's also very common to have two or more rows at each of the top and bottom.
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DWG specification document for parsing a DWG file?
While DWG files are a proprietary binary format by Autodesk, they gave some visibility at some point to the Open DesignAlliance and allowed them to make an open spec.
https://www.opendesign.com/files/...
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In AutoCAD 2015 is it possible to dynamically label a line with bearing and distance?
It is doable! However probably not the way you are thinking.
For starters you will need to set up your drawing so it displays the way you are showing. You could also probably get away with it with ...
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Projecting side surface from a 3D object made by lofting in autocad into 2D
This is the long winded manual drafting way to roll out your oblique cone onto a plane.
Draw the top view of your cone and align the circle center points horizontally.
Divide the circle B into equal ...
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How can I join a assortment of points kind of forming an ellipse but not a perfect one
You can use a spline and that will give you something round, but won't exactly represent the geometry. I would recommend doing this project in a 3D CAD software like Autocad Inventor, Autodesk ...
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Is there a way to permanently change all the decimals in AutoCAD to 2?
Depending on the version of autocad you are using you can go to Dimension styles, and set the precision of the Angular And linear dimensions.
In a user document that can be modified by the DIMSTYLE.
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How to draw orthogonal lines between two points in AutoCad which will be redrawn automatically if the points are shifted?
To my understanding, autocad belongs to one of the first generations of computer drafting solutions, which did not cater for needs such as the one you are describing.
I think this need is cater by the ...
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How common is it to use more than two Rebar rows in a beam (bottom or top rebar)?
Depends on the context.
Standard residential and office buildings usually don't require much rebar, so two layers should be sufficient.
Structures under greater loads (i.e. bridges), however, can ...
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Autocad start drawing away from the Z=0 (non-coplanar)
By default, the AutoCAD shall start at the origin point (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0), unless you are using "user coordinate system (UCS)" defined by the previous user. You can delete or modify UCS ...
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Getting the elevation of a specific point of a elevation gridline
If you use ACad civil engineering, C3D, it automatically creates contour lines and surfaces from the grid data.
One way would be to draw circles from the point, P to the 4 grid points surrounding it ...
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Which program should I use to find moment of inertia of complex sections?
Okay, one program I found that can help calculate the different properties of a section is "ShapeDesigner SaaS"
the reason that I am not doing it manually is that I would have to break it into at ...
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How can I see the scale of a DWG file?
Measure the physical distance between two known points in the garden - the further apart, the better. Let's call this 'M'.
Measure the same distance on the scaled drawing. Let's call this 'S'.
Scale ...
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Is it Possible to Automatically Transform an Image of an Object into a Line Drawing in AutoCAD?
You would want to use a feature in adobe illustrator called "live trace" you can "place" an image into an illustrator file and select live trace. You can tweak the settings and presets until you get ...
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How to scale a 3D object on 2 dimensions only?
This method, directly pasted from Autodesk Knowledge Network would appear to be the solution you seek. Using a plane for the two dimensions you wish to scale should exclude the third from the changes.
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AutoCAD 2019: How do I Find the Perfect Angles to Match Line Endpoints
It's a really simple problem with a simple solution and I doubt that there's a built-in solution.
All you need to do is to draw a circle on each line with its radius equal to the length of the line ...
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Autocad "Aligned" Constraint - distance between two parallel lines
With your aligned constraint command active, press the down arrow on your keyboard and you will see a dropdown with options like this:
Make sure that Dynamic Input is switched on to see the feedback ...
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NumPad shortcut keys in AutoCAD 2018
I was able to reproduce the error: basically you cannot assign any NumPad key to AutoCAD 2015 or newer (2018 included) and in any flavour (Full, LT, OEM, etc.) when using a keyboard different from ...
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Autocad - multipage drawing with all content in the same model space
AutoCAD has made great advances in recent version when it comes to dynamic blocks. If you have a lot of line work which is repetitive and just needs some scaling, stretching or rotation dynamic blocks ...
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