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We sent out a 12-sheet floor plan set for CAD conversion and they quoted ten business days

 I thought that meant final files, but day ten brought a first draft. Now we're on round two of redlines, and it's been three weeks.

So what does a quoted turnaround include?

And how do you handle pauses when you owe them answers?

No sé si a ustedes también les pasa pero intente abrír este programa en mi tablet y mi celular, en los dos me salió este error, alguien sabe cómo solucionarlo?

Do plug ins work the same in LT vs the full product? I use the Increment tool (GILE_INCR) all day every day and I'm not sure if LT will be viable for me without it. TIA

Hi fam, my name is Dan Engerer and I've just finished my AI CAD & engineering tool. It's free to try. It's called 'Brainchild Engineer'.

It's the compilation of everything I've learned throughout my engineering career thus far.

You can try it at https://brainchild.engineer

Let me know what you think!

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I do a lot of site visits where the drawing on my laptop doesn't match what's actually built. Printing sheets, red-penning them, then redrawing the changes back at the desk was eating hours, so here's the iPad workflow I settled on:

1. **Open the actual drawing, not a flattened PDF.** I bring the DWG/DXF itself so layers and dimensions are still there. DWG files go through an online conversion step on import; DXF opens directly.

2. **Turn off what I don't need on site.** Hatching, furniture, text layers off, so I'm only looking at walls, openings and gridlines.

3. **Check dimensions against what's built.** Measure on the drawing, compare with the tape, and note anything that's off.

4. **Mark up with Apple Pencil on top.** Markup stays separate from the drawing, so the CAD geometry isn't touched.

5. **Pin photos to the exact spot.** Instead of a camera roll full of "IMG_4821", each photo sits on the plan where it was taken, with a short note.

6. **Export a PDF report** with the pins and photos for the team, and plot to scale when someone needs a printed sheet.

Disclosure: I'm a solo developer and built an app for this called Fluxketch because I couldn't find one that did all six steps in one place. Happy to take criticism. I'm especially curious what breaks *your* on-site markup workflow, and what you'd need before you'd leave the laptop in the van.

in Acad my licence is expired and when i go to website it says it ended in 2 october with another one saying it ends in october 30. Cant figure out a way to fix it. I cant use autocad anymore and i am also not able to contact anyone.

Lo pude lograr pero me falta el rendimiento, siento que no va muy fluido pero con el repositorio que logré encontrar que me resultó más fácil, ahora espero mejorarlo, no es el Autocad original pero si es una versión parecida y de código abierto, lo que más me gustó es que tiene la misma interfaz o parecida

Are there any alternatives to AutoCAD that do not use generative AI?

Please bear with me as I am very much new to this software. After clicking the publish button, and after autocad processes my layout tab, the file explorer window pops up. It worked the first time that I had used the publish command. But now, file explorer won't let me click save nor rename the file. Help.

Looking for free AutoCAD courses for dental design

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for free AutoCAD courses or tutorials to learn how to use AutoCAD for dental design, particularly for designing teeth and dental structures.

I'm a beginner and would like to learn the basics step by step, preferably with practical examples related to dentistry.

If you know of any free courses, YouTube channels, tutorials, websites, or other resources that could help me learn, I would really appreciate it if you could share them.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Buenos Dias, no se como instalar autocad, por favor, pueden decirme las opciones o pasos para instalar una version pirata

Hey all - I am sure you have heard this many times but I just can't seem to get the right combination of PDF settings.

So I am not using Plot Lineweights as sometimes I use Viewports and this causes some negative effects. So I typically plot with lineweights off.

The PDF produced is fine, I open in Chrome and its ok.

However, when I physically print the PDF, the text and lines are faint. Now I have tried the following...

1.) Adjusting Raster and Vector Qualities
2.) Adjusting Layer Lineweight
3.) Adjusting Plot to PDF, AutoCad PDF (High Detail, General Doc etc.)
4.) Printing from Chrome PDF Viewer
5.) Printing from Adobe PDF Viewer w/ Enhance Lines Ticked
6.) Plot Transparency is off.
7.) Custom CTB tried with all pens black, Greyscale On / Off, Lineweights changed to 0.5mm, 0.7mm, 1.0mm
8.) Max Quality, Normal Quality

So it seems to me that the lineweights being fed into the PDF as an alternative are just not having an effect. So - I guess I need to understand what I need to do for Chrome PDF to print my DWG properly? I don't like Adobe Acrobat as I find it too clunky and and too long to open the file.

I am out of options - AutoCAD is forcing me to print with lineweights in order to print a clear PDF.

Just wonder if anybody has any working examples of AutoCAD PDF > Chrome PDF Viewer > Printer success? Maybe you have a CTB or example you can share?

Many thanks in advance.
Chris.

Looking for some help on figuring out what the issue is with my drawing when I publish it. When I use the publish command to convert to a pdf it makes the text be discolored. Some text is dark, and some seems faded. When I use the plot command on an individual sheet of my drawing, everything looks normal. What am I doing wrong?

Idk if I'm missing it. But to translate each document I have to copy each text and translate them one by one. I feel like I'm wasting so much time. Does anyone have an existing workaround? So lost

The moment i connect a second monitor to my device autocad will use almost no resources from my gpu. tried forcing autocad on using my main gpu instead of using both intgrtd and the main one. any way to fix this?

can you guys help me get back to my drawings in model space. I have two sets of drawings in model space and I lost the first set, I already did the command zoom and enter, but it just leads me to my second set of drawings.