BIM Manager: Managing AutoCAD MEP & AutoCAD Civil 3D

1h 15mIntermediate2017-02-15

Authors

Eric Wing

Director of BIM Services at C&S Companies

Course details

Discover how building information modeling (BIM) managers set up AutoCAD MEP and AutoCAD Civil 3D in a shared environment. To begin, learn how to automate your startup with LISP and create variable settings. Next, explore how to create text, create dimension and multileader styles, and make custom palettes using the content browser. This course walks you through deployments, content development, system management, and more.

Learning objectives
Managing through LISP
Working with text, dimension, and multileader styles
Creating a template
Creating a palette
Adding commands and LISP routines to a palette
Creating a new browser profile and adding new categories, pallets, and content
Reviewing internal mapping, MEP AEC settings, and MEP profiles

Skills covered

AutoCAD MEPAutoCAD Civil 3DBIMAutodeskAEC

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files

1. Managing through LISP

03 - What is acad.lsp
04 - Setting variables through SETVAR
05 - Reporting conditions
06 - Automatically loading LISP

2. Annotations

07 - Text styles
08 - Dimension styles
09 - Multileader styles
10 - Creating a template

3. Tool Palettes for Civil 3D

11 - Creating a palette
12 - Adding tools - Lines
13 - Adding blocks
14 - Adding commands to a palette
15 - Adding LISP routines
16 - Adding to users' machines

4. Content Browser

17 - Creating a new browser profile
18 - Adding new categories
19 - Adding new pallets
20 - Adding content
21 - Adding to users' machines

5. Options

22 - Internal mapping
23 - MEP AEC settings
24 - MEP profiles

Conclusion

25 - Next steps