SketchUp 6.0: Purge files

Is there a command for SketchUp equivalent to AutoCADs purge?
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When working long with SketchUp files, the program keeps in the file memory all the components the we´ve been creating during the process. This might end up on a Huge file that takes very long to open and is slower to handle although the model might be finally not that big.
SketchUp has a command similar to the "purge" command in AutoCAD, but kind of hidden.
The way to find it is to go to "Window - Model Info - Statistics - Purge Unused" This simple. This will purge all the unused components and reduce drastically the file size keeping only the needed information.

Window - Model Info - Statistics - Purge Unused
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AutoCAD: Automatic view rotation with the UCS command

Why does the view rotate automatically when changing the UCS?
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When turning the UCS or setting a new one, we have the option to just create the UCS or to rotate the view together with the UCS. Some people like it automatic, some like me hate it and prefer to see the UCS rotate but stay with the same view.
The way to toggle between this too options relies on the UC command. If we type UC on the command line, it will pop up a window with the UCS options.

We go to the settings tab and we check or uncheck the box beside "Update view to Plan when UCS is changed". If we keep it unchecked, the view will not update automatically. If we want to align the view to the new UCS we will have to use the "plan" command.
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AutoCAD: Adjusting Hatch Density

Sometimes when we want to create a hatch that is too dense we get the following message: "Hatch spacing too dense, or dash size too small." This means that we are trying to create a hatch that is denser than the maximum allowed by the system. This might be changed with a simple procedure. We type the following on the command line bar:(setenv "MaxHatch" "10000"). 10000 is the default value, so it will actually not change anything. If we want to create a hatch and we get the sentence mentioned above, we must increase the maximum density allowed. That means we must type for instance: (setenv "MaxHatch" "10000000"). By changing 10000 for 10000000 we increased the maximum density allowed in the drawing. Try to create the hatch gain, it will work this time. If it doesn´t enter the command again with a higher value till it allows you to create the hatch.

Command line order: (setenv "MaxHatch" "10000000")
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AutoCAD: Osnaps Contextual Menu

Reach the Osnap Menu any time even during commands. Some of the unachuracy in most of the drawings come from the fact that we keep the perpendicular or the nearest Osnaps activated all the time. That way, if for instance, a line is not totally perpendicular to the active UCS and we select the perpendicular osnap, the line that we will draw will remain sightly unaligned.
The solution is to turn off these Osnap options. Althouugh it's really anoying t g and turn them on again when we need them.
The best way t solve this is to use the Osnap contextual menu. While drawin anything click "shift+Right mouse click" tis will show the Osnap contextual menu on the screen, we can then select the osnap we want for that action, bu it will keep it unactive for the rest of the drawing process. Just expierence it for while, you wil find out that you end up with much less unachuracy in your drawings.

"Shift + Right Mouse Click"
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ADT 2006: Rotate Tags

How do you rotate all tags at once?One of the cool features of Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 is the use of spaces and tags anchored to them. A space is an ADT entity, not existing in AutoCAD. With spaces and their tags, we can easily show the areas of a residential Unit, a retail development etc. When we add a tag to the space that is intended to show the area of that space, the tag will update if the area of the space change.
anyways, this post doesn´t intend to explain what tags and spaces are. It's just a post to share what I discovered lately. For a long time I though I couldn´t rotate tags any other way than selecting them one by one and rotating them. That was really painful in big projects. Yesterday I discover that in the properties tab, if we click in the box that says¨"Anchor" there is a field that says "rotation". So if we select a bunch of tags get to the properties tab and click on anchor we will be able to rotate all the tags at once keeping the where they are.

Select tags -- Go to property palette -- click anchor -- change rotation angle.
UPDATE: This is an old post. Can you tell us in the comments if the trick still works? Thanks!
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Number of Journal Articles mentioning BIM

Number of Journal Articles mentioning BIM



Table 1.2 Number of Journal Articles mentioning BIM

Name of Journal

Search Term

Number of Articles

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

Automation in Construction

BIM

1

3

4

5

11

49

73

Building Information Modelling

-

4

7

5

12

58

86

Advanced Engineering Informatics

BIM

-

-

-

5

8

14

27

Building Information Modelling

-

-

1

5

9

9

24

Architectural Design

BIM

-

-

-

4

18

2

24

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

2

17

2

21

Journal of Information Technology in Construction

BIM

1

1

1

8

8

3

22

Building Information Modelling

1

1

1

1

7

-

11

International Journal of Architectural Computing

BIM

1

1

3

2

9

4

20

Building Information Modelling

1

2

2

1

8

4

18

Tsinghua Science & Technology

BIM

-

-

-

10

1

-

11

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

4

1

-

5

ASCE Journals

BIM

-

-

-

1

3

6

10

Building Information Modelling

3

2

2

5

8

13

1

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

BIM

-

-

1

-

-

6

7

Building Information Modelling

-

-

1

-

-

6

7

Computer-Aided Civil And Infrastructure Engineering

BIM

-

3

-

-

2

-

5

Building Information Modelling

-

3

-

-

1

-

4

Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management

BIM

-

-

2

1

2

-

5

Building Information Modelling

-

-

1

-

-

1

2

Building and Environment

BIM

1

1

2

-

-

1

5

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Computer-Aided Design

BIM

-

1

-

-

2

1

4

Building Information Modelling

-

1

-

-

2

-

3

Structural Survey

BIM

-

-

-

1

2

-

3

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

1

2

-

3

Design Studies

BIM

-

2

-

1

-

-

3

Building Information Modelling

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

BIM

-

-

-

1

2

-

3

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Journal of Safety Research

BIM

-

-

-

1

-

1

2

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

1

-

1

2

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

BIM

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

Computers in Industry

BIM

-

-

-

-

1

1

2

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Data & Knowledge Engineering

BIM

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Advances in Engineering Software

BIM

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Energy

BIM

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

International Journal of Project Management

BIM

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Project Management Journal & PMI Conferences

BIM

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

Software and Systems Modeling

BIM

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Computer Journal

BIM

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Building Information Modelling

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Totals

BIM

4

12

15

41

72

91

235

Building Information Modelling

5

14

17

26

71

99

200


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