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Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD

Smart Client DWG Editor

Exploring the ARCHIBUS Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD or the DWG Editor

The Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD and the DWG Editor are built on the AutoCAD program.

If you have the Extension, when you load the AutoCAD program, AutoCAD automatically loads the Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD.

If you have the DWG Editor, you load it from ARCHIBUS and it loads its own window.

In almost all respects, working with AutoCAD with the ARCHIBUS Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD or the DWG Editor  is like working with AutoCAD alone. When you use a command that has a consequence to the ARCHIBUS project or its associated data, the programs make the right adjustments or prompt you for the relevant information.

Working in the ARCHIBUS Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD or the DWG Editor you can run commands by:

• Entering the command at the command line
• Clicking the command on the Ribbon as described in the following section.
• Selecting from Process Navigator tasks. See The CAD Process Navigator.

Ribbon Commands for the Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD or the DWG Editor

The ARCHIBUS-specific commands for the ARCHIBUS Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD or the DWG Editor are found on the ARCHIBUS and Utilities tabs of the AutoCAD Ribbon.

The ARCHIBUS Smart Client Extension for AutoCAD or the DWG Editor add these tabs to the standard AutoCAD Ribbon.

• ARCHIBUS tab: The following image shows the ARCHIBUS tab that holds the most frequently used commands. Note that if you minimize the screen size, the command text is replaced by icons to accommodate the smaller space.You can mouse over an icon to see a text description of the command. In the following image the icons for the Asset Graphic and Synchronization commands have changed to icons.

  See:

• Server Commands
• Drawing Commands
• Asset Commands
• Asset Graphic Commands
• Synchronization Commands

• Utilities tab: The following image shows the Utilities tab that holds the Graphic Commands and the Tools commands: