Monday, September 03, 2007
CAD Tip of the Week: Job Links
Topic: How to use, create and maintain job name shortcuts.
When performing many file operations using AutoCAD, the following dialog box is presented, with the last directory where the file operation was successfully performed as the contents:
(click on the image to see a larger version)
When performing many file operations using AutoCAD, the following dialog box is presented, with the last directory where the file operation was successfully performed as the contents:
(click on the image to see a larger version)If the default contents are incorrect, then it becomes necessary to browse to the correct directory. As an alternate to browsing using job numbers, click the 'Joblinks' folder icon in the upper left-hand corner of the dialog box.
(click on the image to see a larger version)
The directory shown in the above image will become the contents of the dialog box.
Click the general category of the job, say for example 'Educational':
(click on the image to see a larger version)
A list of job name shortcuts is displayed, which may be used to navigate to the desired directory.
Please note that the shortcuts are user-maintained, meaning that shortcuts needed for new jobs won't be added unless someone working on the job does it! So if a shortcut you need is missing, copy an existing one by right-clicking it and selecting 'Copy' from the context menu. Right-click again, and select 'Paste' from the context menu.
The new shortcut will appear similarly to as follows:
(click on the image to see a larger version)
Single-click and change the name, then...
(click on the image to see a larger version)
...right-click the filename, select 'Properties' from the context menu, and change the target directory in the dialog box:
(click on the image to see a larger version)
Note that in the above example a partial job name is included after the job number. This is an optional practice; by far the majority of our job directories are identified using only the job number.
When a job has been closed-out for some length of time, the shortcut to it may be archived by dragging it to the 'Archive' folder, at the top of the job name list. Note that this does NOT archive the job, only the shortcut.
(click on the image to see a larger version)The directory shown in the above image will become the contents of the dialog box.
Click the general category of the job, say for example 'Educational':
(click on the image to see a larger version)A list of job name shortcuts is displayed, which may be used to navigate to the desired directory.
Please note that the shortcuts are user-maintained, meaning that shortcuts needed for new jobs won't be added unless someone working on the job does it! So if a shortcut you need is missing, copy an existing one by right-clicking it and selecting 'Copy' from the context menu. Right-click again, and select 'Paste' from the context menu.
The new shortcut will appear similarly to as follows:
(click on the image to see a larger version)Single-click and change the name, then...
(click on the image to see a larger version)...right-click the filename, select 'Properties' from the context menu, and change the target directory in the dialog box:
(click on the image to see a larger version)Note that in the above example a partial job name is included after the job number. This is an optional practice; by far the majority of our job directories are identified using only the job number.
When a job has been closed-out for some length of time, the shortcut to it may be archived by dragging it to the 'Archive' folder, at the top of the job name list. Note that this does NOT archive the job, only the shortcut.
Labels: CAD Tips
# posted by Brandon Nichols @ 11:21 AM
