BIM Manager: Managing AutoCAD MEP & AutoCAD Civil 3D
1h 15mIntermediate2017-02-15
Authors
Eric Wing
Director of BIM Services at C&S Companies
Course details
Discover how building information modeling (BIM) managers set up AutoCAD MEP and AutoCAD Civil 3D in a shared environment. To begin, learn how to automate your startup with LISP and create variable settings. Next, explore how to create text, create dimension and multileader styles, and make custom palettes using the content browser. This course walks you through deployments, content development, system management, and more.
Learning objectives
Managing through LISP
Working with text, dimension, and multileader styles
Creating a template
Creating a palette
Adding commands and LISP routines to a palette
Creating a new browser profile and adding new categories, pallets, and content
Reviewing internal mapping, MEP AEC settings, and MEP profiles
Learning objectives
Managing through LISP
Working with text, dimension, and multileader styles
Creating a template
Creating a palette
Adding commands and LISP routines to a palette
Creating a new browser profile and adding new categories, pallets, and content
Reviewing internal mapping, MEP AEC settings, and MEP profiles
Skills covered
AutoCAD MEPAutoCAD Civil 3DBIMAutodeskAEC
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
Managing through LISP
- What is acad.lsp
- Setting variables through SETVAR
- Reporting conditions
- Automatically loading LISP
Annotations
- Text styles
- Dimension styles
- Multileader styles
- Creating a template
Tool Palettes for Civil 3D
- Creating a palette
- Adding tools - Lines
- Adding blocks
- Adding commands to a palette
- Adding LISP routines
- Adding to users' machines
Content Browser
- Creating a new browser profile
- Adding new categories
- Adding new pallets
- Adding content
- Adding to users' machines
Options
- Internal mapping
- MEP AEC settings
- MEP profiles
Conclusion
- Next steps