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Multi-functional Grips in ARES Commander
- 18/01/2017
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Product NewsVideos
Multifunctional Grips Quick editing options appear when you fly over mid and end point grips Fly over entity grips and you will discover new contextual shortcut menus offering quick editing features that can vary based on the entity type: edit the length or stretch an entity from its end point grip, change the radius of an arc, insert a vertex on a polyline or convert an arc into a polyline. Working with Grips ARES Commander now gives us more options regarding the grips of entities. Grips are used to select the text and were available in the previous versions as well. It turns out that now, depending on the type of entity to be selected, we will have more variety of grips. In this dimension, for example, we could vary the position of the arrow by clicking on a grip. Positioning the pointer over a grip When positioning the pointer over
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EditPolyline Improvements in ARES Commander
- 13/01/2017
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Product NewsVideos
Polylines Editing Improvements Add vertex to midpoint, convert a segment to an arc or line and more New options in the command EDITPOLYLINE offer an increased productivity in the edition of polylines. You may convert an arc segment into a line and vice-versa, you may also add a vertex to the midpoint of a segment and change its position. Other new options include Taper and Reverse. ARES Commander offers new functions for editing polylines. Here we have a polyline composed of 2 segments. Among other things we can recognize it is a polyline from the aspect of the central grip. Selecting another entity When selecting another entity, the central grip is different, in this case, it is a square. This means it is a line. The central grip in lines can only be used to move them. Instead, by positioning the pointer over the central polyline grip, a contextual menu
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New Trinity Dark User Interface in ARES CAD Software
- 05/01/2017
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Product NewsVideos
New “Trinity” Dark User Interface The new Dark UI is harmonizing the user interface across all the ARES CAD software and introducing new features The new Dark UI contributes to Graebert’s unique “Trinity” concept offering a seamless user experience across desktop, mobile, and cloud. Besides the fresh and modern look and feel you will enjoy enhancements such as auto-hiding palettes, command line completion, history for undo-redo and a welcome screen. The new ARES Commander is introducing a new user interface called the Dark UI. This Dark UI is not only giving a fresh and modern look to ARES Commander. It is also harmonizing the user interface across all the ARES CAD software to offer a smooth experience across desktop, mobile, and cloud. Indeed the same dark UI is used in ARES Touch for Android tablets and smartphones but also in the new iOS version for iPads and iPhones and the
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Customer Portal to Manage Licenses and Devices on ARES Commander
- 13/12/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Product NewsVideos
Customer portal to manage licenses and devices Use your license on any computer and enjoy maximum flexibility The new Customer Portal facilitates the management of your licenses and subscriptions. You can also use your license to work from any computer. Indeed the same user can activate his license on up to two computers simultaneously and log out at any time to use his license on other computers. ARES Commander allows you to easily manage your license and share it with several computers. Note that the same user can be connected to the same account in up to 2 computers simultaneously. If you need to work from a third device, you can also just log out from one of the two other computers. For that, you can either log out from the program, or you can release the license from the Graebert Customer Portal. For ARES Touch – on your smartphones
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Create Dimension Styles for Technical Drawings
- 05/10/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Tips & TricksVideos
In technical drawings dimensions are directly dependent on a dimension style that we can configure and customize. In this video tutorial, we show you how to get started with dimension styles creation. Create Dimensions 1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:14,280 ARES Commander provides all necessary 2 00:00:11,670 –> 00:00:17,310 tools to correctly create dimensions for 3 00:00:14,280 –> 00:00:19,830 technical drawings, the dimensions are 4 00:00:17,310 –> 00:00:22,859 directly dependent on a dimension style 5 00:00:19,830 –> 00:00:24,570 that we can configure and customize in 6 00:00:22,859 –> 00:00:27,480 this video we will learn what those 7 00:00:24,570 –> 00:00:29,698 characteristics are to access the 8 00:00:27,480 –> 00:00:32,759 dimension styles we need to click here 9 00:00:29,699 –> 00:00:37,970 on the icon dimension style, we can also 10 00:00:32,759 –> 00:00:40,250 find them in the annotate tab Modify dimension style 11 00:00:37,970 –> 00:00:43,370 this section contains options to modify 12
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Create Dimensions for a Technical Drawing on ARES Commander
- 30/09/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Tips & TricksVideos
Learn all about dimension styles in here 1 00:00:09,350 –> 00:00:14,809 ARES commander provides all necessary tools to correctly create dimensions for 2 00:00:14,810 –> 00:00:17,380 a technical drawing 3 00:00:17,380 –> 00:00:22,538 find these tools and the section annotation in the Home tab or in the 4 00:00:22,539 –> 00:00:25,380 annotate tab 5 00:00:25,380 –> 00:00:30,960 these tools are easy-to-use they are very intuitive for example you can 6 00:00:30,960 –> 00:00:37,170 easily create lines parallel dimensions as well as narrow angles diameters radii 7 00:00:37,170 –> 00:00:38,640 etc 8 00:00:38,640 –> 00:00:44,100 in this tutorial series we teach you how to create and save dimension styles in 9 00:00:44,100 –> 00:00:47,790 addition to using a different standard and annotated of styles 10 00:00:49,120 –> 00:00:53,349 as we can see in this example the drawing is shown at different scales 11 00:00:53,350 –> 00:00:59,260 while the graphical appearance of the
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Experience CAD Anywhere with LicenseToGo
- 02/09/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: FeaturedTips & TricksVideos
Use your ARES Commander license on other computers with LicenseToGo After activating a license on a principal computer, LicenseToGo enables you to reuse that license on an additional PC – for a limited period of time. LicenseToGo – How to Use Your ARES License on Several Computers NB: The LicenseToGo system was replaced from ARES Commander 2017 by the login / log out mechanism and the Customer Portal. LicenseToGo was first introduced in ARES Commander Edition 2014 SP2 and further enhanced in ARES Commander 2015. This feature allows you to work with the same license on other computers. It is available on the Perpetual license and Annual Plan for the duration of your Graebert subscription (see after) but not available on the Flex licenses (network licenses) where it is replaced by another mechanism that is quite similar (borrow a license from the network). First of all, LicenseToGo is not an “export”
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Convert PDF into DWG with ARES Commander
- 02/09/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Tips & TricksVideos
PDFs are usually not editable like files with a .dwg extension. Graebert offers a simple solution; ARES Commander helps you to converts a PDF file into an editable DWG drawing. How to convert a PDF file to a DWG drawing with ARES Commander PDF files are often an important resource in a technical office. They are the quickest and most effective way to display and save a project for customers. Over time, it can happen that we lack the DWG version of an old project and we have only saved it as a PDF version. When you open the PDF project (created from CAD), it is common to have the layers of the original project. For this reason, a PDF reader can show or hide the different layers of the project. However, a PDF is not editable. At least not like files with a .dwg extension. The good news: ARES Commander
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First-Rate Tutorials for Graebert’s CAD Products
- 30/07/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Tips & TricksVideos
Great Tutorials, Info Videos & More Great tutorials, info videos & more in our Youtube Channel GraebertTV. To learn more about ARES Commander, visit our Youtube Channel: GraebertTV Have fun watching!
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Skyrocket Productivity with Zoom & Pan in ARES Touch
- 29/06/2016
- Posted by: Graebert
- Category: Tips & TricksVideos
Increase productivity with the zoom & pan function in ARES Touch. Get a full version of ARES Touch on Google Play free for 30 days. Let’s learn about the ARES Touch gestures You can pitch the screen to Zoom in or out. Pan can also be done by moving one or more fingers on the screen. but most likely you would like to combine Zoom and Pan to quickly navigate in your drawing. Finally, you may double tap at any time for a Zoom-Extend. To learn more about ARES Commander, visit our YouTube Channel: GraebertTV
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