Videos

In the video above, we show users how the new BLOCK ATTRIBUTE MANAGER allows you to modify the attributes of a block in a very intuitive and fast way. A block can contain attributes. In this example, we see a tree that contains 3 different types of attributes and each of them is completed. Others, on the other hand, only have 2 complete attributes of the 3 that it contains. But, we could complete them. However, not all attributes are important to be seen on a technical level. Some may only serve as a reference or extended information of an element with the aim of being exported to an excel sheet, for example. ARES Commander offers us the BLOCKATTRIBUTEMANAGER command that can be executed quickly with the keyboard shortcut BAM. So, we can see for example that this block has been inserted in the drawing 38 times. At the same time

The HELIX entities are present in the technical drawing, either in the mechanical drawing or in the architectural drawing, which we will be able to represent in 2D or 3D. However, Helices are hard to achieve with standard CAD tools. Therefore, ARES Commander offers the possibility of creating 2D and 3D HELIX, from the same command, called HELIX. The process to create them is very simple. First, we indicate a point. Next, to indicate a radius for the first turn of the HELIX (the base) by writing or indicating it with a click on the drawing. Furthermore, to determine the radius of the top of the HELIX. Where we can also write a value, or determine it with a click on the drawing. In the command line, some options appear that allow us to modify the characteristics of the HELIX. For example, let’s take into account the height. The HELIX can

Working with tables in your drawings and exporting them to Excel has never been so easy. Now, the tables in ARES Commander allow to include formulas, in the same way, that we would do it in programs like Excel. In this example, we are going to obtain the total of trees that we have in this project. We select the cell and choose the SUMMARY formula. Now, we indicate with two clicks the area that includes the values that we want to add. Observe that the formula has been written and press Create Note, and thus we obtain the result. Other functions could be to add a new column. We click on this cell, and right click to choose Insert, Column on the right. A column includes the unit prices of each tree. In the new column, we will obtain the total cost for each species, in addition to the total

The professionals use MULTILEADER to create notes in the technical drawings. The same text is associated with several arrows that avoid having to repeat the text several times. ARES Commander offers the possibility of creating MULTILEADER. Let’s see how it works. In the ANNOTATION panel of the HOME tab, we can see the icon. But it is in the ANNOTATE tab, where more options will be found, within the MULTI-LEADERS section. For this, we use this icon. We indicate the first point and after indicating the second we write the text. Press FINISH. Now is when we add another LEADER, selecting the MULTILEADER, and indicating the position of the arrow. From here, we can edit the style we are using, or create new ones. For this, we have several parameters that will allow us to modify whether or not it has a note, a tolerance value, nothing, or a block. We

In this video, we highlight some usability improvements and reminders, and also some tricks using the mouse and keyboard. To begin, we will see how we can combine the SHIFT key and the arrows to move elements incrementally. Simply selecting an object and using the SHIFT key combination pressed with the arrows we can move it. We can use more than one item at a time. Through the options, the changes can increase the movement. Now, we simply select a group of elements and we can combine the SHIFT key and the arrows to move elements incrementaly. ARES Commander allows to COPY or MOVE elements to the active layer. For example, this is the active layer. And these elements belong to something else. When we use COPY or CUT, we can copy or move objects to the active layer. Let’s use CONTROL + C to copy elements. After pressing ENTER,