Calculate values using the QuickCalc tool.
Transcript
00:04
Next,
00:04
let's discuss the quick
00:06
CALC.
00:07
This is an onboard calculator inside of Autocad.
00:11
Obviously,
00:12
this calculator can perform some of the basic
00:14
calculator processes that a regular calculator can do.
00:18
So why would we want to use this auto catt calculator?
00:22
Let's go into some real world uses in a design project using the calculator.
00:28
Let's start with some of the basic functionality of converting units.
00:34
I'll go up to the home tab
00:36
on the utilities panel
00:38
and click on the
00:40
quick CALC button.
00:42
This opens up
00:43
the quick
00:44
calk.
00:45
As I said,
00:47
let's start off with some basic functionality,
00:50
converting feet to meters.
00:53
If I have a consultant that's using dual units,
00:57
the consultant may want a conversion from feet to meters or from meters to feet. In
01:03
a civil grading plan,
01:05
I could use the distance between two points function to pick
01:09
two points and have that value entered into the calculator.
01:14
Let's say for example,
01:16
that value that was entered
01:19
was 50
01:27
Next,
01:28
let's cover using the quick
01:30
kelk to draw a polyline from the middle of a rectangle.
01:34
Let's go back to the floor plan
01:36
and I'm going to layer isolate so that I have nothing but
01:40
the room rectangles
01:42
to use quick
01:43
Kalk to draw a Polyline from the middle of the rectangle. Start the Polyline command
01:49
and at the first prompt type in apostrophe, QC
01:53
and click enter
01:55
in the quick
01:56
kick dialogue box,
01:58
we'll expand the variables list,
02:01
find the third one down,
02:03
double click on it
02:05
and then press enter
02:07
when the large pick box appears,
02:09
click the end points
02:12
in a diagonal manner,
02:14
click on the apply button
02:17
and just like that,
02:19
you'll see your line has started calculated from the exact middle of the rectangle.
02:25
In this last example, using quick CALC,
02:27
we'll calculate the percentage of a landscape area covered by plants.
02:33
I'll un isolate all the layers
02:35
and then go over here to this landscape area
02:39
to start.
02:40
I'll select the poly line of the landscape area.
02:44
Then right click and select properties
02:47
in the properties palette.
02:50
Go to the area,
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click on it
02:53
and when the quick
02:55
CALC icon appears,
02:57
click on that
02:59
to get the quick
03:00
CALC dialog box.
03:03
Notice the area
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CALC is transferred over to the quick
03:08
CALC.
03:10
We'll click on the M plus
03:11
button to save that value in memory.
03:15
We'll close the quick
03:16
CALC
03:17
and click the escape button.
03:20
Then we'll select one of the small circles
03:23
for the plants.
03:25
We'll click on the quick
03:27
KK in the area
03:28
and that property
03:30
is transferred over to the quick
03:32
Kalk
03:34
will take this value
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and multiply it by four
03:39
to get the total
03:41
of the four plant areas
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giving us 3 23.04.
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Then take the large circle area.
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We'll add that
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to the 3 23.04
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to get 247.
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Now
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we can divide that value
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by the memory recall value.
04:07
Notice we get a decimal of 0.1175
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to turn this into a percentage. We move the decimal two places to the right
04:18
which gives us 11.75%.
04:22
Or if you forget to move the decimal two places to the right,
04:27
you can multiply this value
04:29
by 100
04:32
and there is your percentage.
04:35
The quick
04:36
CALC adds valuable functionality that ties in directly to elements
04:40
in your design such as distances and unit conversions.
00:04
Next,
00:04
let's discuss the quick
00:06
CALC.
00:07
This is an onboard calculator inside of Autocad.
00:11
Obviously,
00:12
this calculator can perform some of the basic
00:14
calculator processes that a regular calculator can do.
00:18
So why would we want to use this auto catt calculator?
00:22
Let's go into some real world uses in a design project using the calculator.
00:28
Let's start with some of the basic functionality of converting units.
00:34
I'll go up to the home tab
00:36
on the utilities panel
00:38
and click on the
00:40
quick CALC button.
00:42
This opens up
00:43
the quick
00:44
calk.
00:45
As I said,
00:47
let's start off with some basic functionality,
00:50
converting feet to meters.
00:53
If I have a consultant that's using dual units,
00:57
the consultant may want a conversion from feet to meters or from meters to feet. In
01:03
a civil grading plan,
01:05
I could use the distance between two points function to pick
01:09
two points and have that value entered into the calculator.
01:14
Let's say for example,
01:16
that value that was entered
01:19
was 50
01:27
Next,
01:28
let's cover using the quick
01:30
kelk to draw a polyline from the middle of a rectangle.
01:34
Let's go back to the floor plan
01:36
and I'm going to layer isolate so that I have nothing but
01:40
the room rectangles
01:42
to use quick
01:43
Kalk to draw a Polyline from the middle of the rectangle. Start the Polyline command
01:49
and at the first prompt type in apostrophe, QC
01:53
and click enter
01:55
in the quick
01:56
kick dialogue box,
01:58
we'll expand the variables list,
02:01
find the third one down,
02:03
double click on it
02:05
and then press enter
02:07
when the large pick box appears,
02:09
click the end points
02:12
in a diagonal manner,
02:14
click on the apply button
02:17
and just like that,
02:19
you'll see your line has started calculated from the exact middle of the rectangle.
02:25
In this last example, using quick CALC,
02:27
we'll calculate the percentage of a landscape area covered by plants.
02:33
I'll un isolate all the layers
02:35
and then go over here to this landscape area
02:39
to start.
02:40
I'll select the poly line of the landscape area.
02:44
Then right click and select properties
02:47
in the properties palette.
02:50
Go to the area,
02:52
click on it
02:53
and when the quick
02:55
CALC icon appears,
02:57
click on that
02:59
to get the quick
03:00
CALC dialog box.
03:03
Notice the area
03:04
CALC is transferred over to the quick
03:08
CALC.
03:10
We'll click on the M plus
03:11
button to save that value in memory.
03:15
We'll close the quick
03:16
CALC
03:17
and click the escape button.
03:20
Then we'll select one of the small circles
03:23
for the plants.
03:25
We'll click on the quick
03:27
KK in the area
03:28
and that property
03:30
is transferred over to the quick
03:32
Kalk
03:34
will take this value
03:36
and multiply it by four
03:39
to get the total
03:41
of the four plant areas
03:44
giving us 3 23.04.
03:48
Then take the large circle area.
03:52
We'll add that
03:54
to the 3 23.04
03:59
to get 247.
04:01
Now
04:03
we can divide that value
04:05
by the memory recall value.
04:07
Notice we get a decimal of 0.1175
04:13
to turn this into a percentage. We move the decimal two places to the right
04:18
which gives us 11.75%.
04:22
Or if you forget to move the decimal two places to the right,
04:27
you can multiply this value
04:29
by 100
04:32
and there is your percentage.
04:35
The quick
04:36
CALC adds valuable functionality that ties in directly to elements
04:40
in your design such as distances and unit conversions.
