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Free Amazing Alternative Software for CorelDRAW, Microsoft Office, and AutoCAD

November 16th, 2009 2 comments

We not talked about InkScape or OpenOffice or QCAD. These software is amazing for me because the tools and the way they used are almost the same with the commercial one. The softwares are:

1. Serif DrawPlus SE — alternative to CorelDRAW.
Serif DrawPlus SE
2. Kingsoft Office Personal 2007 — alternative to Microsoft Office 2003. Download here.
KingSoft Writer
KingSoft Spreadsheets
KingSoft Presentations
3. progeSOFT progeCAD Smart 2009 — alternative to AutoCAD and not for commercial use.
progeCAD Smart 2009

Tutorial Interaktif AutoCAD

July 20th, 2009 No comments

Language: bahasa Indonesia
Tutorial berikut merupakan bagian dari web e-learning yang saya buat untuk tugas akhir saya. Namun karena total ukuran web e-learning yang besar, jadi saya hanya sharing file tutorialnya saja.
Tutorial ini mengajarkan dasar penggunaan AutoCAD. Hal-hal yang diajarkan antara lain:
Workspace layout, Sistem Koordinat 2D, Navigasi, Drafting Tools, Drawing Tools, Editting Tools, Layer, Dimensi, Dimension Style, dan 3 Dimensional UCS
File tutorial ini berbasiskan Flash (.swf) dan menuntut interaksi pengguna dan AutoCAD dengan file tutorial untuk melanjutkan langkah-langkah pembelajaran. Untuk menjalankan file .swf dapat menggunakan aplikasi SAFlashPlayer.exe yang telah tersedia dalam paket. Beberapa tutorial mengharuskan Anda untuk membuka file latihan .dwg, yang mempunyai nama sama dengan file tutorial. Read more…

Non Uniform Scale on AutoCAD

June 19th, 2009 1 comment

There is no direct command in AutoCAD to do a non-uniform scale, but there are two, in my experience, tricks to do this. With the help blocks and lisp utility, ScaleXYZ from xanadu.cz.
Preview of non-uniform scale
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Use Visibility Parameter and Define Attribute in Block

May 23rd, 2009 1 comment

AutoCAD tutorial: Use Visibility Parameter and Define Attribute in Block

Study Case: Electrical Symbols
With these two feature, Visibility Feature and Define Attribute, in AutoCAD Dynamic Block feature, it is possible to create one block that can show different objects with different value. For example, I have three type of electrical switch (MCB, LBS, and IS) and when I want to insert particular switch, I could insert a current value freely.
One block for many symbols
All 12 symbols above is one block! Read more…

AutoCAD tips: Plot Style Table Editor

February 5th, 2009 No comments

Use Plot Style Table Editor to modify the printed color of objects.

The case: I have drawings (from AutoCAD sample file) with various color like this

Drawing preview

I want to print it in grayscale, the problem is when the light color, like light green and light blue in this drawing will be printed in light gray and the result will be seen unclear.

Plot preview Grayscale

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