Cad, Cad and My thoughts...

How to create a line type contains text entities?

2012-02-13T06:11:00.007-08:00

Here I am describing an easy method to create a custom line type contains text(s) in between lines as indicated below.

We can start with the following settings to get this done accurately.

Start with a new drawing, set LTS=1, MSLTSCALE=1, PSLTSCALE=1 as we are going to control line type scale using annotative method.

Create a dedicated text style for ‘line type’ style as shown in below to get an easy control over line type text size latter.

Please be noticed that we can’t set text width as it seems to be pushed back to 1 at final stage, so let it be as the default value and don’t forget to select the annotative option.

This is the right time to decide line type structure. In this case the line type structure consists of lines and a text entity which represents the services eg: Fire, Gas, N2 etc. Here I am choosing the text as FIRE in between the lines. The following image is self explanatory to get an idea about dimensional parameters.

Here we can call the express command MKLTYPE to make line type from the structure which we have prepared. Take a look at the attached image below which indicates the command line steps.

Define the left end point of the line structure as starting point and right end point as ending point. Select both lines and text while asking for select object. The created line type will be loaded automatically and you can select it from the drop down to do a test in the current drawing itself.

If you would like to use this line type in other drawings, you can go on with match property /copy & paste method to load linetype easily.

This is my first post in the Easy 'CADing' category and I hope it helps a lot who all are doing combined piping layout and piping shop drawings. Any comments/criticisms/corrections would be much appreciated.

Scotch Yoke Animation

2011-07-03T03:40:00.000-07:00

A scotch yoke animation; created and rendered in Autodesk Inventor. Scotch Yoke is a mechanism for converting the linear motion of a slider into rotational motion or vice-versa. Read More about Sckotch Yoke Mechanism.

Corner Tray

2011-03-08T00:45:00.000-08:00

Product Designing & Visualisation. Modelled in Autodesk Inventor; Rendered in AutoCAD 2009.

I was a little bit bored so...

2009-10-05T00:25:00.000-07:00

Coil over a Coil

2009-03-15T04:14:00.000-07:00

A coil over a coil modeled in Inventor and did a quick render in AutoCAD 2009.

I am not a shooter

2009-03-12T01:27:00.000-07:00

Modeled In : Inventor, Rendered In : AutoCAD 2009

A spring animation

2009-03-11T21:54:00.000-07:00

Spring Animation-modeled and rendered in Autodesk Inventor

Inventor Coil

2009-03-08T05:48:00.000-07:00

Arc shaped coil : Created in Autodesk Inventor and rendered in AutoCAD 2009.

Autodesk Inventor Animation

2009-03-07T06:12:00.000-08:00

This scene was created using the rendering and animation tools in Autodesk Inventor.

Colours

2009-02-28T04:55:00.000-08:00

Just another time pass...

Modeled in : Autodesk Inventor

Rendered in : AutoCAD 09

CAD Apple

2009-02-17T06:03:00.000-08:00

A for Apple : C for CAD

Apple modeled in Inventor and rendered in AutoCAD 09

A Dynamic Zoom to my table

2009-02-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

A great way to pass the time : A Dynamic Zoom to my table

Paper clips created in Inventor 11, rendered in AutoCAD 2009.

Here is my question for you : How would you rate the AutoCAD command ZOOM D (Zoom Dynamic) ??

Nut & Bolt

2009-02-12T00:56:00.000-08:00

Another 'play' with Stainless Steel material.

Does it look like real flush anchor ?