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AutoCAD Annotative Leader Trick
by Moses Drake
As you may well know in the latest version of AutoCAD 2008, Autodesk has added the annotative feature to its software that allows us to scale objects and text dynamically. Recently, I came across an aesthetic issue with dimensioning and detailing.
The issue: I would like spline leaders pointing to dimension text and have […]
A Technical Review of Custom Hatch Patterns
& Stone Cladding
by Moses Drake
First, I would like to say that I have read many AutoCAD help files and tutorials on the web explaining how to create hatch patterns. However, they fall so short from really describing what is going on with the numbers and commas in the PAT custom files. Well, guess what? I finally […]
Suvarnabhumi Bangkok International Airport Design Influences For A Large Tension Truss Supported Glass Wall
by Richard Green
written by Richard Green and John Perry
ABSTRACT
The Suvarnabhumi Bangkok International Airport main terminal building is sheathed in a glass wall 30m high and 1.1km in perimeter. The wall floats on a tension cable support system.
The system incorporates many new applications of technology. These include point-fixed heat- strengthened laminated glass, novel stainless steel manufacturing techniques and […]
