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Adding Cross-Ref Capability: AutoCAD Electrical
Cross-reference a schematic parent symbol onto a panel footprint or panel terminal representation. Not supported out-of-the-box, but you can create ...
AutoCAD Electrical October 2009
Mass Update: Attribute Re-Namer Tool
This came up recently. It's not a perfect solution but seemed to make the user happy. He had a number of old schematic designs made with generic bl ...
AutoCAD Electrical October 2009
Property Writeback from Productstream
As Vault and Productstream are for more than just CAD, users can not only check in Microsoft Office files, but write back Properties into th ...
Autodesk Productstream September 2009
Match Wire Number Text to Wire Color - AutoCAD Electrical
Here is a simple user request that finds a happy solution using the AutoCAD Electrical "API". A small AutoLISP utility with a few embedde ...
AutoCAD Electrical September 2009
Unconventional Use of Wire Gaps - AutoCAD Electrical
Nate Holt shows you how to to quickly tie three wires from the right-hand output module into three inputs on the left-hand module, both on the same ...
AutoCAD Electrical August 2009
Export and Import Vault Settings
With Vault 2010 we now have the possibility to export and import settings of the Vault, saving valuable time and standardizing installations ...
Autodesk Vault August 2009
Live and Incremental Backup of Vault Data
Backups are a very important point of maintaining the customer’s installation. Below is an article explaining the extra options found ...
Autodesk Vault August 2009
I "LOST" my Ribbon
Their seems to be quite a few people out in the CAD world that's getting this error message when using ACAD 2009 or higher. Error Message "The ribb ...
AutoCAD May 2009
4/5
AutoCAD Electrical Tips from Nate Holt - AutoLISP Utility
When Nate Holt began blogging in April of 2006, he promised that "Controlling the Machine" Blog" would focus on automation, controls ...
AutoCAD Electrical February 2009
4/5
Design Accelerators - Part 4 - Bolt Calculations
Continuing on with our series in Design Accelerators, today we'll take a look at how we can use them to determine design compliance. In this example I ...
Autodesk Inventor February 2009

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