Newsletter - 01 February 2006

Company News

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NEW BUREAU DIVISION IN FULL SWING

2006 kicks off with a bang as we introduce our brand new Bureau division set to take engineering design solutions to an exciting new level. The Bureau consists of a specialised team of professionals that clients can outsource at any time to complete specified projects within clearly defined timelines.

Primary areas of expertise within the Bureau include:

• The output of designs;
• A top class drafting service;
• Sheet file creation;
• Data capture and
• Assisting with various GIS related projects.

The Bureau aims to provide a vital service to civil engineers, town planners, surveyors and environmental consultants, and targets companies that have a need for additional resources and manpower. Whatever your needs, the Bureau will supply the task team to help you meet your deadline!

Visit www.knowbase.co.za and access the services menu for more information on the Bureau or contact us on:

Email:	bureau@knowbase.co.za
Telephone:	+27 21 701-1850 (International Clients) 0860 101 999 (South Africa only - charged at local call rates)
Fax:	+27 21 701-1822

NEW CUSTOMER FORUM WEBSITE

Did you know that Knowledge Base has created a brand new software forum where you can discuss various online topics regarding Knowledge Base Software with the rest of the civil engineering community?

Registration is quick and easy. Simply visit our Forum site by accessing the Knowledge Base website on www.knowbase.co.za and then go to the services menu. Alternatively, click here and register now.

Forum members are allowed the unique opportunity of conversing with other like-minded users as well as various Knowledge Base Software Experts. In addition to this, the service is user-friendly with over twenty topics to choose from and best of all; your comments are viewed immediately so you can be assured of a speedy response.

We have created the platform so that you can bring your Knowledge Base comments, suggestions and questions to the fore.

Should you have any further suggestions on the forum, then please feel free to post them directly on the forum at www.knowbase.co.za/forums/.

 

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SYMBOLS in AllyCAD

Symbol libraries are handy little directories that allow you to store individual objects that may be used as symbols. You can add text to your symbol library. There are two underscores on either side of the word if text is used in an object with the parent name. This underscore will not appear in the visual library that appears if you click on the View button when you want to insert a symbol into a drawing using Symbol in the Draw Menu.

To load a symbol from a symbol library into the drawing you are working on, you must first load the appropriate symbol library so that AllyCAD will know where to find the symbol. To load the symbol library, you will need to load that library using the Load Symbol File function again.

Once you have loaded a symbol from a symbol library into another drawing, it will be as if you have created the symbol/object in that drawing. You can copy it, scale it, move it, mirror it, modify it, replace it using the Update Objects command, add to it, delete it, use List Objects to count it, etc.

SYMBOL LIBRARIES click to enlarge

Any AllyCAD drawing can be used as a symbol library. A symbol is created from a drawing, so the drawing will have to be complete before you can create the symbol. In AllyCAD, you can have as many symbol attributes as you desire. When a symbol is inserted into a drawing, the primitives making up the symbol are automatically grouped so that you can select the whole symbol by clicking on it once with the "Select Curser".

Customer Quote

Jimmy Smith Smith & Associates

"Surveying The View From The Top Of The Mountain"

"We started using AllyCAD around 13 years ago. The software, the support, the manual, and the sheer professionalism of the presentation and the service is really outstanding today. It is really a joy to work as a surveyor these days with all the tools available."
 

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RECRUITMENT

If you’re looking for the best possible candidate with the right skills and technical abilities for the job, then look no further than the Knowledge Base Recruitment Centre. We specialise in the sourcing of top quality candidates for the Civil Engineering and CAD Design industries.

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