CAD Details & Shop Drawings

Understand how the File Assocation feature of MS Windows 7 plays a hand in how the CAD tool in WinBidPro v15 works.

Details about the new Drawing Settings and Shop Drawings options in the WinBidPro v15.6 update by GDS Estimating.

Taking a good look at the new Title Block feature in the Shop Drawings window of WinBidPro v15.6 by GDS Estimating.

Learn how to edit, add, and print details for your jobs in WinBidPro v15 by GDS

Learn how the GDS Storefront Estimating WinBidPro v15 software works with detail drawings for the given framing systems of an aluminum manufacturer. This video will explain where the files are saved and how they are referenced.

See how to create a perimeter sheet using the details from a job you have created in WinBidPro v15. The Shopdrawings link in v15 will compile and save the details as a DWG drawing, which allows you to open that file in the included CAD program. See how easy it is to move these details around and even insert elevation drawings to create your own perimeter sheets.

Learn how to use a couple of simple commands in the Free CAD program included with WinBidPro v15. See how simple it is to Delete a drawing entity, and learn the trick to moving entities in a drawing.

Learn how to work with Text objects in the Free CAD tool that comes with WinBidPro v15 from GDS Estimating. See how easy it is to Create, Edit, Move, and Delete text objects in the Free GDS CAD tool.

Learn how to re-size lines in the Free CAD program that comes with WinBidPro v15. Also see how to draw rectangles and move these objects around.

Learn how to remove and add dimensions to a rake top elevation in WinBidPro v15 using the included WinBidProCAD program. Until we can add more functionality to the program itself. See how easy it is to add your own dimensions and clean-up a rake top elevation.