• DDM AutoCAD Tutorial Videos

  Step by Step guide to managing Autodesk AutoCAD data in DDM

  
  

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DDM Tutorials Step 1 – Understanding & Configuring the CAD Integration between DDM & AutoCAD

0:30 Starting the AutoCAD integration with DDM
1:10 Configuring the Integration
1:55 Configuring DDM options when working with AutoCAD
3:10 Calling DDM from AutoCAD
4:50 The DDM ‘working’ directory

DDM Tutorials Step 2 – Creating AutoCAD Drawings

0:30 Pinning and unpinning a folder, setting the current working folder
1:30 Creating a AutoCAD drawing and storing it to DDM
1:50 Assigning a drawing number, description and category
2:20 Choosing a folder to save to, current working folder prompts
5:40 Loading specific file versions
6:20 Using ‘Send To’ to export data from DDM
6:45 Creating a search favourite
8:05 Reserving items back to the project folder
9:00 Clearing items from your Workbench

DDM Tutorials Step 3 – BOM Management and the Release Manager

00:35 Viewing the product structure in DDM
00:50 DDM BOM editor
01:20 Showing the BOM as a Bill of Quantity
02:15 Configuring columns in the BOM editor window
03:25 Setting position numbers and ordering the BOM
04:25 Hiding items not required on the BOM
05:25 Modifying quantities in the BOM
06:50 Adding items to the BOM
07:40 Linking documents to part records
10:10 Exporting the BOM to Excel
10:50 Viewing BOM reports
11:10 Using the Release Manager
13:35 Changing lifecycle state using a folder action & workflow
13:55 Creating a folder action
14:10 Reserving items into a folder/folder action
15:30 Moving a folder/folder action through a workflow

DDM Tutorials Step 4 – Change Orders and Up Issuing Drawings

01:00 Raising a Change Order
02:25 Customising DDM toolbars
03:00 Reserving affected items for change to the change order folder
03:45 Sending the change order folder forward in the workflow
05:10 Automatically created change order tasks
06:15 Re-assigning work
06:45 Up-issuing a drawing in AutoCAD as part of a change order
10:40 Referencing up-issued items back to the project folder
11:00 Closing a change order

DDM Tutorials Step 5 – Copying  Drawings and Renaming

1:05 Creating new ‘as hoc’ dividers in a folder
2:05 Moving items in a folder to a divider
2:15 Creating a copy of an existing assembly using ‘Save-As’
3:45 Renaming items