I'm currently doing some uni coursework and i can't work out how to draw insulation at all i'm pretty good at most things on cad but just can't seem to work out how to do it. any help would be appreciated.

oh, insulation like this (bad pic i know):

cad used to actually make me sick.

If i have to focus on a small line or dot on the screen and line it up it makes me alkl squirmy and i get a headache and feel sick.

Im getting squirmy now just thinking about it:yuck:

Draw??? I've always used the insulation hatch, it's an ISO standard - You using AutoCAD?

You could also try the Batting Linetype - so I'm told

venomco said:

Draw??? I've always used the insulation hatch, it's an ISO standard - You using AutoCAD?

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WAS using autocad, but it's stopped working and our IT helpdesk guys are utter crap so i'm using CADMeasure at the moment.

Tris Harris said:

CADMeasure

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:yuck: - Can't help you on that one, they should have some sort of hatch though. Have you tried scaling a poly line to suit between 3 horizontal lines?

venomco said:

:yuck: - Can't help you on that one, they should have some sort of hatch though. Have you tried scaling a poly line to suit between 3 horizontal lines?

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yeah i know it's terrible, thats the way i tried to do it, but i can seem to get it right!

hmm, not a clue then, ring your help desk again lol, I'm lucky - I am the entirety of our CAD department on site - so peaceful, and no silly help desk

Good luck though matey, tried looking on youtube for hints? Just checked google for you but nothing really useful.

hatch tool
might need the swatch tho

too late
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i just managed to draw this and array it are you after that?
then make a drawing layer called hatch

I use AutoCAD 2007 every day

There will be a hatching type that looks like insulation...just use that instead of trying to draw it in. Theres others that are used to show concrete slabs etc too. There will be a suitable one in there somewhere. Always helps if you draw a part of it hatched in the Legend or key aswell to show whats what on the drawing.

you onabouts the thing on the right?
i think he said he cudnt get hatch to work

Daz_Rich said:

you onabouts the thing on the right?
i think he said he cudnt get hatch to work

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Something like that... as long as it hatches it, it doesnt matter what pattern it is...


Just should make sure that he does a key with the hatching type in saying that it indicates insulation to avoid any confusion

Yazza54 said:

it doesnt matter what pattern it is...

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- You don't conform to CAD Standards!!!111!!1

P.s. AutoCAD 2009 FTW

cad standards dont you mean british standard for drawing?
or is there a diffrence

venomco said:

- You don't conform to CAD Standards!!!111!!1

P.s. AutoCAD 2009 FTW

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its for a bloody uni project loosen up!

Big difference, sort of lol.

There are many different CAD standards currently available, unfortunately, however, this has had a negative effect on the sole purpose of a CAD standard - being a unified method of layer naming, file saving, and file structuring.

The most commonly used standards include, in no particular order, the following;

- AEC CAD Standards – This is a set of free cad standards, constructed mainly from BS1192 pt5 and ISO 13567 using the Uniclass System.

- BS 8888

- Uniclass – Incorporating CAWS & EPIC

- BAA CAD Standards

- CI/SfB

Most of these standards also include information on hatch patterns, lineweights, and styles.

The British Standards for drawing was brought in for use with hand drawn schematics and such like, however has been updated to include the use of CAD, as BS8888 highlights.

Wow, I'm sad

Yazza54 said:

its for a bloody uni project loosen up!

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Lol, did the , , and !!!11!!1 not give away the sarcasm

I'm only messing, I find standards to be one of the most utterly boring subjects ever created. However if it is anything like the uni projects I've been given, you may want to re-check whether you have to adhere to a set of standards.

What is it you're studying btw?

venomco said:

Lol, did the , , and !!!11!!1 not give away the sarcasm

I'm only messing, I find standards to be one of the most utterly boring subjects ever created. However if it is anything like the uni projects I've been given, you may want to re-check whether you have to adhere to a set of standards.

What is it you're studying btw?

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Yes it did haha

I'm doing a HNC in Building Services Engineering. Don't know what Tris is doing..?

Yazza54 said:

Yes it did haha

I'm doing a HNC in Building Services Engineering. Don't know what Tris is doing..?

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Tris is doing BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying... sorry havent replied to this thread, but had to go on site!

hopefully i'll have Autocad working again when i get in tommorow.

Thanks for all your help guys, Thanks would be given, but seen as we were naughty and got it taken off us... i can't

Only use 3d software....(apart from Illustrator & Photoshop)

Maya FTW!