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| Attribute definition |
AutoCAD's ATTDEF command create these pieces
of text. They are the definition of text that will remain editable inside
a block. The information they hold may also be extracted from drawings for
various applications like the door, window, and finish schedules. |
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| Batts |
Batt insulation is a thickness of insulation
(usually fiberglass) that comes in rolls and is designed to fit between
studs or joists. |
| Bifold door |
A door that folds in half horizontally to
open. Typically used in closet door applications.
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| Bipass door |
A door system that consists of two slab doors
(slightly bigger than half the opening width) that slide past each other
to allow access to one side or the other of the opening. |
| Blipmode |
Blips are those little white "blips" or
crosses that appear at points that are selected with the cursor. When
blipmode is on they appear on your screen, when blipmode is off they do
not. When they show on your screen performing a redraw will make them
disappear. |
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| Callout |
A callout is a noted reference to another
location in a drawing, notes, or to a schedule. |
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| Dialog |
 A "window" that shows usually in the center of
the screen. A dialog may vary greatly in size and content but generally
has "OK" and/or "Cancel" buttons at the bottom. |
| Dimensional Lumber |
Standard sized wood like 2x4's etc. |
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| EIFS |
External
Insulation and
Finish System. This
finish system uses rigid foam insulation over a building's sheathing
and then coats it with various layers of reinforcing mesh and latex "stucco". |
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| Fascia |
The vertical trim or board
material just below the roofing at the outer edge of the roof's overhang
(eave) on a standard pitched residential roof. |
| Flyout |
This is another row of toolbar
buttons that "fly out" from a single button in a toolbar. The buttons that
are able to have another toolbar "fly out" from them typically have a
black triangle in the bottom right corner of the button. The way to
activate a "flyout" is to place the cursor arrow on top of a button that
has a "flyout" and press the select button (usually your left mouse
button) and hold it. The "flyout" will display (as shown below) allowing
you more selections. To select one of the toolbars in the "flyout" drag
the cursor arrow down the "flyout" (while still holding the button) and
when you are over the button you would like to select release the button
and it will be selected.
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| Gable |
 Where the exterior
wall extends up to terminate a roof's ridgeline (area shown red in this
image). |
| Glue-Lam |
A glue laminated beam/column made up of
several pieces of dimensional lumber glued (laminated) together. |
| Gyp-Bd |
Gypsum Wall Board - a sheet of gypsum
typically 4'x8' wrapped in paper. Used for covering wall and ceiling
framing and for various fireproofing applications. |
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| Hipped roof |
 A roof design
that has no gables. All sides slope up to a ridge. This image shows a plan
view of a hipped roof system. |
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| Leader |
A leader is a line and arrow drawn from text or symbols to the location or
items that they
describe. |
| LVL beam |
Laminated Veneer Lumber - This is where wood
veneer (thin sheets of wood similar to what is used in plywood) are
laminated (glued) together to form a beam. |
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| Nominal size |
Nominal size is the size commonly referred to
but not always the actual size of a material. An example is a 2x4, the
piece of wood has a nominal size of 2" x 4" but the actual size is 1 1/2"
x 3 1/2". |
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| Patio Door |
A door system that looks like a "french" set
of double doors but only one of the doors is operable, the other is fixed. |
| Pop 0 (cursor menu) |
 This is the
contextual pop-up menu similar to a pull-down but that shows up in the
drawing area at the current location of the cursor. The choices in the
menu will vary depending on what command is currently active or if no
command is active and you have one of the
APS-2008 menus loaded you
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| Pull-down |
The text at the top of the AutoCAD screen that
when clicked reveals a list of commands that may be selected.
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| Schedule |
A table used to further define doors, windows,
and rooms. Typically a door/window/room is given an number or other
designation that references detailed information about that
door/window/room in the schedule. |
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| Tablet |
 Another name
for a digitizer. They usually have commands mapped on to their surface as
shown in the image, are usually a flat square or rectangle with a "puck"
with various numbers of buttons that is used on top to point with. These
(far superior - ok a little bias showing there) pointing devices have all
but been replaced by the mouse. |
| Toolbar |
The buttons that may be positioned at various
locations around the screen and assigned commands. In AutoCAD release 13
and 14 they look like:
and in 2000 through 2002 they look like:
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