This AutoCAD tutorial video covers how to create a lighting plan in AutoCAD 2011. You will be shown how to locate, and insert recessed ceiling CAD blocks fixtures in a floorplan. Also using Design Center you will be shown how to insert, and rotate electrical CAD symbols into your plan. Osnaps will be covered to show you how to insert your symbols quickly and accurately.
Thanks for watching! Please let me know if you would like to see any AutoCAD topic covered in one of my free AutoCAD video tutorials.
If you’re looking for a set of Electrical CAD Symbols for your lighting plan projects, please click on the link below to see the electrical CAD blocks that ArchBlocks.com offers;
I just wanted to let everybody know that I just finished my first AutoCAD video tutorial. It’s called: “Introduction to Design Center”. My goal for these free AutoCAD tutorials is to provide you with short AutoCAD tutorials that will cover not only the features of AutoCAD, but also how to actually draw projects like floorplans, elevations, etc.
This video explains how to use AutoCAD Design Center, and how ArchBlocks.com CAD block libraries are organized to help with your block library management. After all, it’s about working efficiently, and as quickly as possible.
So enjoy my very first video tutorial, and please feel free to add any comments on how I can improve these AutoCAD video lessons.
Thanks, Kevin
Please let me know if you have any questions about the video tutorial for AutoCAD Design Center.
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AUGI is pleased to announce that the latest issue of AUGIWorld is now available for download.
Autodesk Users Group International
What’s New for 2011? - AUGIWorld writers dive into the newest releases of popular Autodesk products including AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Autodesk Revit. You’ll learn about all the new features and major enhancements in this year’s products.
ArchBlocks.com now offers AutoCAD ebooks by Ralph Grabowski!
Ralph Grabowski is Editor of upFront.eZine e-newsletter and the former Senior Editor at CADalyst magazine. He is the author of more than 100 books about AutoCAD and other graphics software. All the ebooks that are offered are downloaded immediately and come in PDF format.
List of ebooks that are now available:
What’s Inside? AutoCAD 2011: Covers all the latest new featues of AutoCAD 2011 that started shipping in April 2010.
Tailoring Dynamic Blocks AutoCAD 2010: a complete tutorial for creating and understanding dynamic blocks.
Tailoring AutoCAD 2010: getting the most out of your AutoCAD environment from basic to advanced topics.
Tailoring AutoLISP-DCL-Diesel: learn AutoCAD customization from basic to advanced topics.
Tailoring AutoCAD 2010 CUI: increase your productivity by creating a custom user interface specific to your production needs.
You can now download from the AutoCAD Exchange website, “Lynn Allen’s AutoCAD 2011 Tips” in PDF format. It gives you some great insight on the new features of AutoCAD 2011.
One of the first steps in getting your CAD drawings to have more of a “hand drawn” feel is to use architectural style fonts that have that hand drawn look. ArchBlocks.com has added a new product to help you get more of that architectural feel to your CAD drawings. Architects Fonts is a set of six beautiful architectural hand lettered style truetype fonts that you can purchase individually, or as a combined set.
Check out the previews of 3 of the lettering styles below;
MrHand Font ~ great for notes!
HeavyHand ~ Great for titles!
Glasgow Font ~ Old Style lettering.
To see the other truetype fonts that are available on the ArchBlocks.com website,
The 100 Plus Hatch Patterns from CompugraphX has just been added to the list of products available on www.ArchBlocks.com. There are over 365 hatch patterns in this library for the architectural and civil engineering designer. Great CAD hatch patterns for wood, natural stone, roofing material, brick, and floor tile.
CAD Hatch Patterns for Roofing, and Lattice.
CAD Hatch Patterns for Wood and Natural Stone.
Check out the 100 Plus Hatch Patterns product by clicking HERE.
Jason Harris of Cordova Tennesee, is our December 2009 ArchBlocks Design Contest Winner. Jason used the add-on software to AutoCAD called “M-Color” to add the color fills and textures. Jason’s winning entry is shown below:
ArchBlocks CAD Blocks Design Contest
ArchBlocks.com is holding a Design Contest every month for it’s clients that are using the ArchBlocks libraries in their projects. Please fell free to enter any month that you like. Each months winner will receive $100.00. The winning design each month will also be featured in the ArchBlocks.com Design Gallery.
