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APS ANNOTATION SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLSAPS Architectural Symbols is a collection of several tools, commands, and blocks to speed up the process of referencing and noting drawings. This system makes it easy to note and reference your drawings but takes it a step further by making it easy to KEEP all the references pointed to the correct place even if they move. We started with simple blocks. We then made custom commands to speed and simplify the process of inserting callouts and noting drawings. We then created a system that dynamically references your set of drawings and changes your callouts automatically if a drawing changes its location and/or sheet. No more chasing drawing callouts all over the set when a detail moves. The next time a drawing with a callout is opened the callout updates automatically to the new location.
Commands Included:
Inserting Architectural Symbols:How simple is it to insert our symbols? Click on the example video clips below:
BLOCK LIBRARYWe are very proud of our block library system. It allows you quick access to both blocks and commands. The block library system is divided into two sections: PLANBLKS and ELEVBLKS.
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KEYNOT - Std Arrowhead KEYNOTA - Architectural Arrowhead KEYNOTB - Butterfly Arrowhead KEYNOTD - Dot Arrowhead KEYNOTS - Simple Arrowhead KEYNOTT - Tick Arrowhead |
KEYNOTBBL - Bubble Arrowhead
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Use the TXTEDT command to edit keynotes. The entire global keynote list appears and you may select the keynote from the list so you don't have to remember all the numbers and you don't have to type the number to help eliminate the chance of typos.
When you are ready you may use the KEYLIST command to generate a listing of all the keynote definitions that have been used in the drawing. Oops forgot a keynote? No problem. Add the keynote and use the KEYLIST command again the list of keynotes is updated.
Use layers to put more than one sheet in a drawing file? No problem. This system is "layer aware" so you may have several sheets in the same drawing. The keynote list only lists the keynotes who's layer is ON at the time the list is generated. The "other" sheet's keynotes are ignored.
Keynoting example:
Select the point
at which you would like the leader to start.
Select the second point or press "D" or "L" to use the Distance/Length
& direction dialog.
Select the endpoint for the leader where keynote box will be inserted or
press <Enter> or <Space> to select another keynote symbol to align
to.
[Pressed <Enter> or <Space>]
Select any point on an existing keynote with which to align the new keynote.
Now that the keynote is drawn use
TXTEDT or double click on the keynote box to edit the value. (this assumes
you have double-click
set up)
A dialog similar to the one below appears with your current list of keynotes
shown. Either type in a value in the box highlighted, select the "Match
Existing Key Number" button to copy a keynote number from an existing keynote
or select a line in the numbered keynote list and the number will be entered
in the keynote.
Once all the keynotes have been updated as much as is possible you may add the keynote list to the drawing.
No need to wait until all the keynotes have been finalized the list can be updated at any time.
GLOBAL KEYNOTING SYSTEM
APS Global Keynoting is a system that allows you to create a global set of keynotes for a project and quickly and easily note your drawings using the list and finally create a keynote list with only the keynotes that are used within the current sheet.
Placing keynotes is as simple as drawing a leader. There are seven styles of keynote arrowhead available:
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KEYNOT - Std Arrowhead KEYNOTA - Architectural Arrowhead KEYNOTB - Butterfly Arrowhead KEYNOTD - Dot Arrowhead KEYNOTS - Simple Arrowhead KEYNOTT - Tick Arrowhead |
KEYNOTBBL - Bubble Arrowhead
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Use the TXTEDT command to edit keynotes. The entire global keynote list appears and you may select the keynote from the list so you don't have to remember all the numbers and you don't have to type the number to help eliminate the chance of typos.
When you are ready you may use the KEYLIST command to generate a listing of all the keynote definitions that have been used in the drawing. Oops forgot a keynote? No problem. Add the keynote and use the KEYLIST command again the list of keynotes is updated.
Use layers to put more than one sheet in a drawing file? No problem. This system is "layer aware" so you may have several sheets in the same drawing. The keynote list only lists the keynotes who's layer is ON at the time the list is generated. The "other" sheet's keynotes are ignored.
Commands Included:
Symbol Commands
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Editing
Configuration
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Utility Commands |
SCALECHECKKeynoting example:
Select the point
at which you would like the leader to start.
Select the second point or press "D" or "L" to use the Distance/Length
& direction dialog.
Select the endpoint for the leader where keynote box will be inserted or
press <Enter> or <Space> to select another keynote symbol to align
to.
[Pressed <Enter> or <Space>]
Select any point on an existing keynote with which to align the new keynote.
Now that the keynote is drawn use
TXTEDT or double click on the keynote box to edit the value. (this assumes
you have double-click
set up)
A dialog similar to the one below appears with your current list of keynotes
shown. Either type in a value in the box highlighted, select the "Match
Existing Key Number" button to copy a keynote number from an existing keynote
or select a line in the numbered keynote list and the number will be entered
in the keynote.
Once all the keynotes have been updated as much as is possible you may add the keynote list to the drawing.
No need to wait until all the keynotes have been finalized the list can be updated at any time.
Material keys are symbols in your drawing with a number that is a reference to a material and/or a section in your specifications. This command lists these numbers along with a short description or title of what that number represents.
This system was designed to have the numbers shown refer directly to a section in the specifications and the description shown is the title of that section used for a quick reference.
Example: Let's say we have a detail with material number 04270GM like shown in the image above. When you use the MATLIST command it will list out all of the material keys that are used in the drawing and list the title of that section or a short description for each material like shown in the image below. The material key list shows you that "04270GM" refers to "Glass unit masonry" so you would know what the material is and for more detailed information you would look at the "04270GM - Glass unit masonry" section in the specifications.
How you use these numbers and descriptions is up to you. We've seen some rather creative uses. The most important thing is to do what works best for you and your office.
Drawing material key leaders is simple:
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Specify second point |
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--the arrow and first segment of the leader are drawn-- Specify leader endpoint
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Each of the material key leader commands draws a material key symbol leader starting from the arrow point. The difference between the commands is the type of arrowhead that each uses. The types of arrowheads are shown below:
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MATLDR - Std Arrowhead MATLDRA - Architectural Arrowhead MATLDRB - Butterfly Arrowhead MATLDRD - Dot Arrowhead MATLDRS - Simple Arrowhead MATLDRT - Tick Arrowhead |
Each of the arrowheads is scaled using the drawing's scale factor so that they will appear the same size on the plotted sheet no matter what the drawing's scale.
Selecting a material for the material key is easy with the material selection dialog. Just choose the section desired and then click on the listing needed.
DOOR / WINDOW / FINISH SYMBOLS & SCHEDULES
First make noting the doors and windows easy...
We have two ways to note doors and windows:
Size and type notation
For jobs that don't require door and window schedules the size and type of door/window can be noted as shown.
Door and window symbols
For jobs that are larger and/or require schedules we can insert symbols as shown here. As with all of our symbols the fonts and symbol shapes are fully customizable (just in case you don't like the looks of ours).
Both types of annotation allow you to place notes/symbols globally or by selecting each door or window individually and when using symbols they can be automatically numbered and/or lettered as they are inserted.
Then make creating schedules easy...
Creating schedules doesn’t have to be an exercise in tedium. No more fighting with OLE objects, no more drawing grid lines and trying to get all the text centered just right. These schedule commands take care of all the mundane details for you.
- Information is extracted from door/window/room symbols in your drawing and the schedules are created instantly.
- You may increase or decrease the number of columns shown and change the titles so you show exactly the information you want. It will even create a legend of abbreviations used in the schedule.
- The schedule is easily updated, run the schedule command again and any changes to the data in the drawing will be updated in the schedule.
Some samples of what these schedules can look like are shown below:
and a finish schedule.
TEXT & LEADER COMMANDS
Since text plays such a large part in what we do (and since it has been so clunky in the past) we have come up with numerous commands to help with inserting and editing text, notes, titles and various other forms of text. We'll show you a few of them below:
- ATTCOUNT
Sequentially numbers or
letters attributes and/or text
...numbers/letters
attributes or text as you select them, or...
...globally.
- CPYTXT
Copies the text value from first object selected
and changes the second selected object's text to that value. The types of
text selected can vary. Example: you
can copy the text value from some standard text and copy it to a
dimension.
- We have a wide array of leader commands, the commands below are one
leader type that draws a leader and then insert
a text note at the end of the leader. The difference in these six commands
is the style of the arrow.
- LOWCASE
Changes selected dtext/mtext to all lower
case.
- NEWLINE Copies a line of text below the original line
- can move down other text lines to allow for new line
- NOTES
Creates left justified text of a predefined
size and style. Size is automatically adjusted based on the scale of the drawing. - NOTESC
Creates center justified text of a predefined
size and style.
Size is automatically adjusted based on the scale of the drawing.
- PROPCASE
Changes selected dtext/mtext to "proper" case
(The First Letter Of Each Word Is Capitalized)
- RESTOREDIM Restores a dimension's text to it's default
location
- SENTCASE
Changes selected dtext/mtext to "sentence"
case. (The first letter of the first word in each sentence is capitalized)
- SURNOT
Inserts text of surveyor's
distance and angle information for a line by selecting the line
- TALIGN
Aligns text to a selected point
- TB-UPDAT Updates title block attributes like: filename,
project number, scale, date, initials, drawing type, sheet number and
date & time stamps.
- TXT2MTXT Converts standard text to MTEXT
- TXTEDT
Command to edit any and all types of text (and a few other types of objects).
The objects that can be edited include: attributes, text, mtext, dimensions, door symbols, window
symbols, room name symbols, door blocks (plan), window blocks (plan), hatch, and attribute
definitions.
The dialog adjusts based on the type of objects selected and you can modify common properties of several like objects at once to greatly save time.
Dialog for standard text
Dialog for door symbols
Note: all the attributes for a door (shown here), a window, or a room callout can be customized to be anything you might want.
Dialog for editing a single
attribute
See TXTEDT to see all the object types that can be edited and the corresponding dialogs - TXTRIM
Trims objects around text - UNDERLINE Underlines selected text
- UPCASE
Changes selected dtext/mtext to all upper
case.
"std" arrowhead
architectural style
arrowhead
"butterfly" arrowhead
dot arrowhead
"simple" arrowhead
"tick" arrowhead
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CAD solutions from the trenches We have invested over 20 years in the development and testing of this software and we know that it can GREATLY improve the speed and accuracy of your production drafting. How can we be sure? The software developers and programmers here at KLH Software all have a minimum of 12 years working full time drafting in either an architectural or residential design firm and must also do some production drafting on a regular basis. This keeps us firmly rooted in what the needs are in the production drafting environment. There is no "this sounds like it might be helpful" spoken here. All our commands and systems are designed and tested by people who actually use them. This insures that while our commands are feature rich, they don't get bogged down with too many "options" that get in the way of getting the job done quickly and efficiently. We feel that it is the way our commands work together that makes our software what it is, each command complementing the other in a complete drafting system designed to get the job done quickly and accurately. --Spend your time worrying about what you are drawing, not how you are drawing it--
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