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Please follow the steps below that will guide you on how to do it.

1.) Find location of the NCARB graphic files on your computer. You can simply do a search on your computer for those files:

*****HOW TO USE THESE FILES*******GETTING STARTED:1. Open the C:\NCARBPP folder.2. Make a new folder in the NCARBPP folder and call it “Alt Plans” (or whatever).3. Download the files from the FTP into that folder.**MAKING THE SWITCH:

4. Return to the main C:\NCARBPP folder. There you will see a files named C#TUT#W1.DWG. These are the various practice plans. See below for the list to know which file corresponds to which vignette.

5. Rename the file you want to switch to C#TUT#W1.31.DWG. Make a copy of it as well and leave the name as “Copy of C#TUT#W1.31.DWG”. Place that copy in your Alt Plans folder

6. *Copy* the replacement alternative files into the C:\NCARBPP folder. (The C# will be the same.)

7. Remove the extra information from the file name so that it is now C#TUT#W1.DWG.

8. Open your practice program and select the tutorial.

9. A warning box will pop up telling you that your dwg file has changed. Click OK and you are on your way.

**USING ANOTHER ONE:

10. If you’d like to practice with multiple alt plans, you will just need to delete the C#TUT#W1.DWG in the folder that you just used, once again *copy* a new file into the folder, then rename it.

11. If you ever want to go back to the original, just use the rename C#TUT#W1.31.DWG drawing, making sure to name it back if you start the process over. If you forget, you have your copy, plus it is in the FTP.

Good luck to all.

Files:

Building Planning
*Furniture – C9TUT.AUT
*Interior Layout – C9TUT0W1.DWG
*Schematic Design – C1TUT2W1.DWG

Building Technology
*Building Section – C4TUT2W1.DWG
*Structural Layout – C2TUT2W1.DWG
*Accessibilty-Ramp – C5TUT2W1.DWG
*Stair Layout – C7TUT2W1.DWG

 

[source:http://ironwarrior.org/ARE/Building_Planning/Alt_Vignettes/IL/]

[source: http://www.aspiringarchitects.com/forum/how-replace-default-ncarb-practice-problems-alternative]

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