Creating an ADT Profile in ABS 2007

You want to use all of the Architectural Desktop features that are included in Autodesk® Building Systems, but you noticed that the Architectural Desktop workspace does not contain all of the necessary tool palettes or settings.

You will need to create a new profile that is configured to use all of the Architectural Desktop resource. Follow the steps below:

Create the New Profile

1. Start Building Systems.
2. On the Format menu, click Options.
3. In the Options dialog box, click the Profiles tab.
4. On the Profiles tab, set the “Building Engineering – US Imperial” profile to current.
5. Select the Add to List option, and then enter Architectural Desktop as the name.
6. Click Apply and Close.
7. Select your new profile and click Set Current.

Configure File Settings

1. In the Options dialog box, click the Files tab.
2. On the Files tab, select the file under Customization Files > Main Customization File.
3. Click Browse. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Support directory and select the adt.cui file. Click Open.
4. Select the file under Template Settings > Default Template File Name for QNEW.
5. Click Browse. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Template directory and select the Aec Model (Imperial Ctb).dwt file. Click Open.
6. Select the file under Template Settings > Default Template for Sheet Creation and Page Setup Overrides.
7. Click Browse. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Template directory and select the Aec Sheet (Imperial Ctb).dwt file. Click Open.
8. Select the path under Tool Palettes File Locations that ends with "WorkspaceCatalog(BuildingSystems)."
9. Click Browse. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Support\WorkspaceCatalog (Imperial) directory.
10. Click OK to set this Tool Palette path.

Configure AEC Project Defaults Settings

1. In the Options dialog box, click the AEC Project Defaults tab.
2. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Template directory and update the Aec Model (Imperial Ctb).dwt file.
   Default Project Templates > Construct Template File
   Default Project Templates > Element Template File
   Default Project Templates > Model View Template File
   Default Project Templates > Section/Elevation Template File
   Default Project Templates > Detail View Template File
3. Select the file under Default Project Templates > Sheet Set Template.
4. Click Browse. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Template directory and select the Aec Sheet (Imperial Ctb).dwt file. Click Open.
5. Click OK.

Configuring Layer Standards

1. On the Format menu, click Layer Management > Select Layer Standard.
2. Click the […] button to select the Layer Standards file.
3. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ABS 2007\enu\Layers directory and select the AecbLayerStd.dwg file. Click Open.
4. In the Layer Key Style drop-down menu, select AIA (256 Color).
5. In the Drawing Setup dialog box, select the Save as Default check box.
6. Select the "Always import Layer Key Style when first used in drawing" check box and the "Immediate and independent layer on/off control of display components" check box.
7. Click OK.

Creating a Shortcut to Launch ABS as ADT

1. Close Building Systems.
2. Select the link that you use to launch ABS and right-click. Click Copy.
3. Right-click the link again. Click Paste.
4. Right-Click the copied link. Click Rename and enter "ABS as ADT."
5. Right-click on the new shortcut. Click Properties.
6. In the Properties dialog box, make the following changes:
1. Scroll to the end of the Target field. You will see a /p followed by a profile name bounded by quotation marks. Change the profile name to "Architectural Desktop" (the name of the new profile you just created).
2. Change the Comment field to "Launch Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2007."
3. Click Change Icon, and then click Browse. Select the adtr.ico file. Click Open, and then click OK to set this new shortcut icon.

You have now created a new profile with the same settings as Architectural Desktop 2007.

Creating an ADT Profile in ABS 2007

Exporting tool palette groups

You want to export tool palette groups in Building Systems 2007 as you were able to do in Building Systems 2006..

The ability to export tool palette groups to external XPG files is no longer available in Architectural Desktop 2007. Instead, you should use the Content Browser to share tool palette groups. Follow these steps:

1. Create a new Catalog in the Content Browser.
2. Create a new Category inside the new Catalog.
3. Populate this new Category with the desired Tool Palettes.
4. Publish the catalog to a shared location on your network.

If other users want to add these tool palettes and tool palette groups to their own tool palettes, they should follow these steps:

On a different workstation, add the shared network catalog that was created previously to the local Content Browser. Open the catalog, and drag the Category onto the local Tool Palettes. The Category will become a palette group, and the associated palettes will be retained.

2007 Spaces and Drawing Compare Subscription Module

The Subscription Module: Spaces and Drawing Compare is available exclusively for Autodesk® Building Systems 2007 customers participating in the Autodesk® Subscription program. Download this module to get the enhanced Spaces feature and the new Drawing Compare feature.

The Building Systems Spaces feature is used to track the area and other data associated rooms or other spaces in the building design. With the enhancements in this Subscription module, Spaces can now update automatically if the bounding elements are changed, saving you time and making documentation more accurate. And Space definitions can now also include offsets from bounding elements based on pre-set or user-defined rules, enabling area calculations based on various industry standards, including BOMA, DIN, or SIS.

The new Drawing Compare feature enhances collaboration by using color-coded displays to show items on a drawing that have been changed, added, or deleted by other members of the design team. Changes to items such as styles, fire ratings, or other non-graphical properties are also tracked. Combined with redlining features, such as revision clouds, the Spaces and Drawing Compare features help make communication across the design team clearer than ever.

To convert your drawing so that Standard-based area calculations are used rather than Style-based:

1. Open the project drawing in which you have space objects; this will most likely be a Construct if you are using Project Navigator.
2. Open the Options dialog box. On the AEC Object Settings tab, under the Space Settings section, select BOMA Standard from the Calculation Standard drop-down list. Once this standard has been selected, the SpaceType_BOMA Classification Definition will automatically be added to the drawing.
3. Select all of the space objects using the QSELECT command.
4. On the Properties palette, change the Offset Boundaries property from By Style to By Standard.
5. Deselect all of the spaces.
6. Select each space individually, and on the Extended Data tab of the Properties palette, change the Classification to be used from the list available under the SpaceType_BOMA property set definition.
7. Select all of the spaces using the QSELECT command.
8. Right-click. Click Update Space Geometry > All Associative Spaces.

After all of the spaces have been regenerated, the new boundaries for net, usable, and gross area will conform to the BOMA Standards.

Repeat this procedure in each of the drawings that contains space objects in your project.