First look at the new AViCAD 2021 – An AutoCAD® Alternative
Hi it’s Erik here with CADavenue and today i just wanted to take you through a brief rundown of what’s coming in 2021 due to release out in September of 2020. Plus show you a first glimpse of what’s new. Specifically in this video I wanted to show you how to convert a PDF into…
CUI – How to add a custom Menu and Toolbar in CAD
Im using an AutoCAD-like alternative called AViCAD. The CUI is where you want to add customizations to your CAD program. Check out Tool Palettes as well as they offer a similar way of adding your favorite CAD commands as well. In the next video I’ll show you how to export and import CUI and also…
Piping Class – How to draw in 3D
Revisiting our Piping Class – How to draw in 3D Here is another couple of videos on basic drawing techniques: https://youtu.be/NiBOz67MPw0 (part 1- 2D starter) https://youtu.be/JtAIquog3Bw (part 2- 3D example) Comment below – like and subscribe!
Product Overview at ASVIC.com
Product Overview at ASVIC.com – our three engineering products we offer and an overview of each of them.
How to draw 3D Pipe and attach to vessel and pump
Pipe to pump demo done in AViCAD. It’s as easy as it looks… AViCAD is a full CAD program – that saves to AutoCAD compatible DWG files. But it’s got engineering tools that come with it. Piping, Ducting, Structural & Mechanical. Have a look at CADavenue.com
Compare AutoCAD® alternative – AViCAD
Here we are comparing AutoCAD® with AViCAD – a visual walkthrough looking at how similar each of these interfaces are. The big differences though (not covered in the video) is that not only is AViCAD is an alternative to AutoCAD® – it ships with many xtras including: – Mech-Q (engineering suite with piping, structural, ducting…
How to move CAD objects up in a true Z direction
Today we are moving ducting up in 3D space. In 3D CAD there is X, Y and Z direction. The Z points up (and down). I am showing you 2 methods, the first is a traditional method by turning on Ortho mode (F8 Key or click perpendicular icon on the the bottom bar). The second…
How to easily create a virtual walkthrough of a 3D CAD/ Ducting model
Here I’m using AViCAD (CAD with Engineering tools built in) plus a 3D to PDF export tool – also included with AViCAD. The result is a interactive 3D PDF in which you can do virtual walkthroughs, print, notate and a whole more. The nice thing about PDFs is that they are portable and don’t require…
Starting a CAD drawing with a DWT Template File
A quick tip on how to start a CAD drawing, see download at cadavenue.com/dwgscale – as well see my video on DIMSCALE factors and also PAPERSPACE at https://youtu.be/n5NBgQ6O1eI More scale settings shown in the DIMSCALE table. Grab a PDF cheatsheet with 50+ common CAD commands (with video). Thanks for your feedback and support!