Newsletter - 02 March 2005

COMPANY NEWS

SETA Accreditation

Knowledge Base is currently in the process of having their AllyCAD and Civil Designer training courses accredited through the Sector Education and Training Authority, ISETT SETA.

This process may take between three to four months, but it is expected that approval will be awarded in June / July 2005.

More about our Training:

Knowledge Base has three training facilities with a competent and dedicated training team. These centres are located in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.

Teaching methods include one-on-one tuition in a class of not more than 8 delegates to facilitate greater interaction between the delegate and the trainer. Multiple groups may however be trained using multiple instructors.

All instructors adopt a learner-centred approach during training sessions - one of the most effective ways of helping delegates to achieve desired outcomes. In addition, instruction has been designed to orientate and equip delegates with the necessary skills to contribute to improved work efficiency through enhanced application of the software.

We also offer focused in-house “project training” where tuition is conducted on your premises and where specific trouble shooting areas within your organisation are addressed. This method of instruction allows the delegate to explore the programs full capabilities within the context of existing in-house projects.

Should you require more information on any of our training courses, then please feel free to contact one of the training co-ordinators who will be happy to assist you.

Happy Training!

Watch this space for more news on the status of our accreditation approval.

PRODUCT INFO

AllyCAD: The Complete Value Added Package

AllyCAD has become the premier draughting program around the globe. It is widely acclaimed for its functionality, performance and ease of use and is geared towards helping with the design process rather than hampering the user with operating procedures.

When working, this multi-functional software allows you to hide any layer by simply clicking on any entity in the layer, making operation an absolute joy. You can save and reload layer settings to create multiple views of a single drawing and can for example create an “Electricians view” of a building by simply turning off the sewer and water layers.

In addition, the program has a Toolbox containing a set of easy-to-use macros that are grouped together by discipline for ease of access. This includes customized toolbars for each discipline.

AllyCAD can also read Excel spreadsheets and users are allowed to create their own line styles using the refined symbol lines. Other attributes include an automatic text box that improves text visibility in a drawing, as well as the batch conversion utility, file converter and visible layer list function that will enhance the users experience to an even greater degree.

This versatile program allows you to visualize your design before having to do the critical final design work. You can therefore design using geometry lines, which means that you design as an engineer or designer would conceptually. Geometry lines are a superset of construction lines. They allow you to define layout, position lines and arcs tangential to each other, and allow you to define the basic layout of the drawing elements. Thereafter, you can simply fill in with solid lines to create the objects.

The programs Control Bar dramatically cuts down the number of user responses for much faster editing and drawing so that you can complete complex tasks quickly and easily. You can also open multiple drawings at once and use the Windows clipboard to cut and paste between the drawings or add drawings to other documents by simply copying the portion of the drawing you need and then pasting it into the document.

In terms of value, AllyCAD is hard to beat. It is a world-class, high quality product that is affordable and fully backed by an industry-leading support and training team. In addition, the program has superb functionality and enables the user to get on with what they are paid to do. This means that you are guaranteed of having increased productivity, enhanced accuracy and an extensive range of product attributes and benefits.

Core Product Attributes:

• AllyCAD is universally regarded as a solid heavyweight program that is robust and reliable.

• It contains specialised toolkits that assist in speeding up design tasks, thereby increasing productivity in the shortest possible time.

• The operator experiences increased confidence through ongoing product development, support, training and regular communications.

• The program is easy to learn and easy to use, resulting in high productivity that is realized through its short learning curve and user-friendly operation.

• Value is maximised through the software’s portability and versatility.

• The software is compatible with other popular CAD packages. Projects are therefore completed faster without the hassle of data-transfers and there is greater exchangeability with other programs.

ALLYCAD SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT

AllyCAD Tech Tip 

How to Use the Expand Function

This Tech Tip explains how to use the Expand function.

The Expand function allows you to automatically produce a detailed view within a box or circle. It can also be used as a “cut and paste” function if magnification is set to 1.

This function will give you the option to save the detailed view onto a separate layer. It is advisable that you do this, otherwise it is easy to accidentally change the magnification of your drawing. Ensure you have created a layer to save the detailed view to before using Expand.

The first step is to create/add the layer for the expanded view....

view tech tip

Latest Updates From the Development Team

Here are the latest downloads available on the updates page:

• AllyCAD v3.4 PRO & SME
  Build 17 (25/02/2005)
• AllyCAD v3.4 Micro
  Build 17 (25/02/2005)
• AllyCAD v3.4 Freeware
  Build 17 (25/02/2005)
• AllyCAD Help file Update
  (14/05/2004)
• AllyCAD v3.3 PRO & SME
  Build 33 (31/05/2004)
   

TRAINING AND VISITS

AllyCAD Training Contact Details

www.knowbase.co.za

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