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• What you should see when you first open AutoCAD after loading APS-2008
   

• Setting up APS over a network
   

• First Time Setup
  Before you jump in, there are a few areas to be addressed and possibly set up.
   
  • Tablets
    • The provided APS-2008 tablet layouts
  • Shortcut key commands
    • Turning ON the APS-2008 shortcut key command definitions
    • How to modify the shortcut key definitions
    • A sample shortcut key definition file (from the Tips & Tricks area)
  • APS-2008 software configuration
    • Configuring the APS-2008 software for the first time
    • Creating job specific configuration files (using custom settings specific to a single job)
  • Misc.
    • Setting up additional version(s) of AutoCAD to use the APS software

   

• Tips to help make things run smoothly
   

• APS-2008 General Setup
  • Customizing shortcut key commands
    • The SHORTCUTS command
  • Menu files
    • The standard menus and menu components included with the software
    • Editing toolbar buttons in a menu file
  • Title blocks
    • The DWGSETUP command
      • Setting up drawing titles and title blocks to use with the DWGSETUP command
  • Layers - layer control method
    • Choosing a layer control method
      • No Layer Control
      • Direct Layer Control
        • Configure layer types
        • Enter layer names
      • Layer Schemes
        • Planning and setting up layer schemes
  • Block libraries
    • The APS block library system
  • Predefined hatch palettes
    • Customizing plan hatches
    • Customizing elevation hatches
    • Customizing section/detail hatches
  • Colors & lineweights
    • Controlling colors, linetypes, and lineweights used by APS commands
  • Configuring the software
    • The APS-CONFIG command
       

• Getting to Know the Basics
  • General
    • Setting up a drawing
    • Using layer schemes
      • Using layer schemes with the screen menu
      • Using layer schemes with a pull-down
    • The block library
    • Working with blocks
    • Predefined hatches for Plan, Elevation, and Section/Detail situations
    • Architectural symbols
    • Electrical symbols
    • Mechanical symbols
    • Inserting text
    • Editing objects using the TXTEDT command
    • Leaders
    • Changing the color, linetype, and lineweight of objects
    • The active toolbar
    • Preparing for plots
    • Getting a drawing back to your standard settings
    • Setting the dimension variables in a drawing
    • The APS dimension commands
    • Manipulating objects using Hold-X, Hold-Y, Relative, and Mid2Pt commands
  • Commands for use in floor plans
    • Architectural symbols
    • Creating a finish schedule
    • Cleaning up wall intersections - X, T, and L shaped configurations
    • Inserting doors and windows
    • Noting doors and windows
      • With text callouts
      • With door and window symbols
      • Creating a door schedule
      • Creating a window schedule
    • Residential commands
      • Insert a sink in a vanity/counter top
      • Insert two sinks in a vanity/counter top
      • Insert a toilet
      • Insert a bath tub
      • Insert a medicine cabinet
      • Create and note a closet rod & shelf
      • Create and note shelving
    • Insert a plan block from your customizable block library
    • Use a predefined plan hatch
  • Commands for use in roof and floor framing plans
    • Architectural symbols
    • Drawing a hipped truss set for a roof framing plan
    • Inserting joist hanger symbols on joists/trusses etc.
    • Draw leader to callout joists/trusses etc.
  • Commands for use in elevations
    • Architectural symbols
    • Inserting door and window elevations
    • Cabinetry elevations
    • Adding & removing window grids
  • Commands for use in details and sections
    • Architectural symbols
    • Creating common materials with the DETAILER command
  • Tips & Tricks area
     

• Working with other add on software packages
  • What to do when command names conflict

   

• Where to find help
  • While in a drawing
  • Online
  • Standard format for command documentation
  • Troubleshooting
  • Support

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