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If you can show me the exact format of the data file (a 
small example will do fine), I might be able to suggest
a solution.
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pat riley  wrote in article
<01bbd276$ee4e3fa0$84701fcc@#plriley>...
> Hello,
> 
> I have several large data files (several meg) of x,y,z line endpoints
that
> i would like to load into r13 as a limited number of polylines (or single
> line segments), and i am looking for a quick and easy lisp routine to do
it
> with.  
> 
> I'd appretiate any help.
> 

Is there Third Party software that enables view control for slides in 
AutoCAD LT. Slides are great but view control ie zoom in zoom out, is 
essential

venuslam@hk.super.net (Venus Lam) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to plot Autocad R12 drawing using HP Color LaserJet 5 with color
>output.  But it doesn't matter!  Can anyone help me?  I know (maybe) using
>ADI. But where to download ADI or plotter driver about this things.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Venus
Venus,
You can search at HP's website
" http://www.hp.com "
and try to locate the required Driver and then down-load it for using 
to run your HP Color LaserJet 5.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

rider@freemark.com (Rider) wrote:
>        Sometimes my layers are listed non-alphabetically in the
>DDLMODE dialog box. This only happens on my Pentium machines. I am
>running r12c2 for DOS under Windows 95 from the DOS mode. Does
>anyone have an explanation or a fix for this?
>Thanks,
>   Dallas W.
Dallas,
The problem you have mentioned do not generally occur while working on
AutoCAD R12 even from DOS mode in Windows 95. The layers get listed 
alphabetically in the layers dialog box irrespective of order they are
made while the dialog box is reopened after closing it first time in 
which the layers are made.
 So please try to specify the extact situation in which you are facing 
this problem to enable us to help you further.
Also see that the layers list will appear alphabetically when the 
layers dialog box is reopened after closing it first time in which
the new layers are made.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

Heska  wrote:
>"The Autodesk Collection" based on R13 is now available.
>It's for sale to students or faculty/staff only and costs
>$350.  For that you get R13 and Autovision 2.0.
>
>Here's my question:  is R13 much better than R12?  I'm tempted
>to buy it because installing the previous "Autodesk Collection"
>on Windows 95 is really horrific.  But, the old/R12 version
>costs only $250, and it is possible to get it to work on
>Windows 95.
>
>Can anyone point me to a discussion of the relative merits
>of R13 vs. R12?  The only posting I see here in the group
>strongly condemns R13 and implies that R12 is better.
>Thank you!
>Incidentally, "The Autodesk Collection" is published by
>Addison-Wesley, and is typically available through
>university bookstores.  They do demand good proof that
>you're a full-time student in a degree-earning program,
>or a faculty/staff member.
Hello,
AutoCAD R13 for Windows 95 has following merits over AutoCAD R12:
AutoCAD R13 is more user friendly in following ways:
1)You will get Toolbars on screen which you can arrange anywhere on the
screen and also customise these Toolbarsas per your requirements.
2)You get object properties Toolbar from where you can easily and more
quickly do the Layer setting without going to Layers Dialog Box.
3)You also get common Microsoft features like CUT, PASTE, COPY, SAVE,
PASTE SPECIAL etc under EDIT Pop-down menu or in Standard Toolbar.
4)Many new features are being introduced like Construction lines,Rays,
Multilines,splines,3D-splines,Multitext for writing paragraph text,
associative Hatching,enhanced Dimensions techniques,extrution along 
splines and 3D splines is possible,object linking and embedding facilities,
direct 3DSOUT for exporting files to 3D-Studio,direct faxing of drawings
from AutoCAD,customisation of Icons and Toolbars,customisation of menus,
varying LTScale settings and so on.
So it is a Good idea to switch over to the AutoCAD R13 Windows 95 as you 
will get many additional features like, you can also open the multiple 
sessions of AutoCAD in Windows 95 and others as mentioned above.All these
will definetely increase your drafting skills and speed and side by side
easy to learn.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

Jesse Hall  wrote:
>I have a machine part to draw that is shaped very similar to a large
>tea spoon. I need multiple views of this part because of the different
>radii and concave shape, and the best way I can think of doing it would
>be to do it in 3D.
> While I am proficient in 2D drawings, I am still quite the rookie in 3D.
>Any advise, tips, or shortcuts would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
>                Jesse Hall  
Hi Jesse,
You have not mentioned which release of AutoCAD you are working on either
R13 or R12.
In R13 this type of modelling is easier as extrution of closed shapes 
along splines are possible.
But in R13 and R12 both you can use surface modelling commands like
3D-Mesh, Rulesurf, Tabsurf,3D-Face and others to draw a 3D model of a
spoon.
You can use 3D-Mesh,Rulesurf,Edgesurf etc commands for making the curved
part and Tabsurf for making handle.But to do this sort of model using only
AutoCAD Tools will quite tidious and time consuming job and also the 
nature of results after such a hard work cannot be firmly committed.
So I would suggest you to use some other Add-On application over AutoCAD
to make such type of models requiring sophisticated Surface modelling.
One very effective Application recomended for such jobs is `AutoSURF'
form Autodesk and other is `Autodesk Mechanical DeskTop'(or AMD) which
are capable of handling these type of Models like Spoon etc. easily.
And for multiple views use different Viewports with different UCS settings,
for further details of using these commands look AutoCAD Manuals(User Guide
or Command Reference).
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

cuh2a@aol.com wrote:
>i have a question
>
>i'm using autocad r13c4 (windows 95).
>
>whenever i try to OPEN an existing acad r12 dos drawing from a directory
>on
>my novell network, the read-only box on the open command dialog box
>automatically gets checked.
>
>my question(s) is why? and/or  how do i change it?????
>
>thanks
>
>mike pacholski
>cadd operations manager
>cuh2a
>princeton, nj
Hi Mike,
Try to set the value or system variable `DWGWRITE' to 1, this will take 
care of the read-only files created while opening the drawing files
(ACADR12 DOS) from network server.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

Tom Crandall  wrote:
>When an oject is moved, why do objects underneath not refresh and fill in
>where the upper object was hiding it
Hi Tom,
This may be because of Display driver problem but donot worry use REDRAW
or REGEN commands to refresh the underneath objects and to retain their
original shape.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

From: Tom Crandall  wrote:
>I just updated to R13c4a...
>Before, when I erased or moved an object, the object underneath would be
>redrawn (refreshed) automatically.
>Example: erase a wide polyline created on top of a circle... the circle
>used to refresh and complete the circumference automatically. Now there
>is no line where the wide polyline was.
Hi Tom,
This may be because of Display driver problem but donot worry use REDRAW
or REGEN commands to refresh the underneath objects and to retain their
original shape. And try to set the right Display Driver to match your
hardware so that this problem is automatically fixed and no further use of
REGEN command is required.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

pburleson@skyenet.net   wrote:
>I use mapping software for compiling topographic maps.
>Some clients want these file in autocad. Is it possible to create a
>continous arced line (for a treeline) with r13?  I think I can create
>a linetype with an arc symbol but I can't get that to work either. I
>am not an experienced autocad user (and obviously not an experienced
>usenet poster!)  Thanks.  Pam Burleson
Hi Pam,
The customisation of Complex Linetypes interspersed with AutoCAD Shapes
and AutoCAD Text String can be done in AutoCAD R13, and the type you are
mentioning can also be achieved.
For details of how to do Customisation of complex line type go through
Customisation Manual; Chapter 2 `Linetypes and Hatch Patterns'.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:28:05 -0800, Miles Constable 
wrote:
>run better on windows 95.  Combined with increased functionality (by
>which I mean there are things you can do with r13 that you simply cannot
>with r12), I think that the extra $100 for r13 is a small price to get a
>*superior* product (at the risk of inciting some of the newsgroup
>lurkers).
Just thought I'd let you know, but here (Australia) R12 costs $ 100
MORE than R13.  It was supposed to be an incentive to move to R13.
You might say you would not move back to R12, but that is your choice.
If you did have a disaster, you could go back.  We can't, as we
surrender our old lock and get a new one which will NOT allow our R12
to run.  And no, we still don't have the R12/R13 bundle yet.
Regards,
Ian A. White, CPEng
waiwhite@zip.com.au
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:23:48 -0800, Lu  wrote:
>I have been using Hitachi tablets since I started using AutoCAD in ~1987. 
> It is probably one of the most important tools when it comes to 
>productivity.  I learned to draw with my left hand so my right hand was 
>free to use the numeric keypad and the (ENTER) key.  To me, the important 
>feature of the Hitachi puck is that the pick button is located at the 
>bottom row of buttons.  As long as r13+ in windows does not permit me to 
>use my Hitachi exactly like I have in the past, it is worthless as a 
>design tool for my type of work. 
Doesn't your Hitachi WinTab driver allow you to re-assign the cursor
buttons?  The Summagraphics driver does, and you can make any button
the pick button.
About the only thing I can see being a problem is that this would only
work in the screen pointing area.  In the tablet menu area, it would
revert to the settings in the menu file.
Maybe this is something Autodesk should look at implementing in R14.
Allow the user the complete freedom to assign any button to anything
they like, including the ability to not assign a pick button and
thereby screw things up.  Well, they will simply have to go back and
edit the menu file again.  Again, a simple alert box would suffice.
Regards,
Ian A. White, CPEng
waiwhite@zip.com.au
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996 08:22:58 -0800, "Mitchell S. Todd"
 wrote:
>	Right now there is a Kurta digitizer sitting forlornly in a drawer 
>	my cubical. I don't miss it. As a productivity enhancement, it was
>	long ago made obsolete by AutoLISP, DIESEL, and custom menus. To 
>	this day, I don't regret disconnecting the Kurta. The pointing 
>	device is immaterial. How you use it is another issue entirely.
Exactly.
But, with a digitising tablet, you can have all of this PLUS the
benefit of an absolute positioning pointer.  This results in a lot
less pointer movement.  It is this feature alone which saw one of my
clients purchase a small (I think it was a 7" X 7") tablet for their
receptionist.  She was tired of "brushing" the mouse, and the tablet
they bought her was about the same size as the mouse mat.
OK, so it takes up a little more space than a digitiser, but if your
workspace is that cluttered that you can't allocate the space for a
digitiser, then maybe that needs to be looked at.
Whatever the case, I don't think that the digitiser was EVER made
obsolete by AutoLISP, DIESEL and custom menus.
Regards,
Ian A. White, CPEng
waiwhite@zip.com.au
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

WANTED : Comments on EAGLE POINT 

AutoLISP doesn't know what a date is, and can manipulate 
dates and times only as floating point values (Julian).
AutoCAD's Diesel Interpreter does provide a function that
can format a Julian date/time in common formats, and it
will format a post 2000 date/time correctly.
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Roger Jones - BID  wrote in article
<3289E135.5B21@bbsrc.ac.uk>...
> Hello All,
> 
> 
> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I have only just joined
> this group.
> 
> I have picked up (from elsewhere) that there may be a problem with the
> date role over from year 1999 to year 2000 with some versions of LISP
> (no info. on which versions). ie. that some LISP compilers etc. will not
> be able to calculate dates past the year 1999 or deal with the leap year
> aspect of year 2000. I have searched the AutoDesk www sites but can find
> no ref. to the year 2000 problem. Does anyone have any info on this ?
> or, indeed, for any of the "Autocad" family of apps (in all there
> versions)?? Will AutoCad (and addtional apps.) present any problems for
> the year 2000 ?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Roger T Jones
> BioInformatics Department
> IACR Rothamseted
> Rothamsted Experimental Station
> Harpenden
> Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ
> England
> 
> roger.jones@bbsrc.ac.uk
> 

The read-only button is checked when you're trying to open
a file on a network drive in which you don't have write
privilege on one or more directories in the path to the
file.
One way around this is to add the following to your 
existing ACAD.LSP file (if you don't have an ACAD.LSP
file then you can create a new one which should be on
your support path):
;; ---------------------cut here------------------------
(defun AtStartUp (exprlist)
   (if (not s::startup)
      (setq s::startup (cons nil (append exprlist '((princ)))))
      (setq s::startup (append s::startup exprlist '((princ))))
   )
)
(AtStartUp '((setvar "dwgwrite" 1)))
;; ---------------------cut here------------------------
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cuh2a@aol.com wrote in article
<19961114182200.NAA27282@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> i have a question 
> 
> i'm using autocad r13c4 (windows 95).
> 
> whenever i try to OPEN an existing acad r12 dos drawing from a directory
> on 
> my novell network, the read-only box on the open command dialog box
> automatically gets checked.
> 
> my question(s) is why? and/or  how do i change it?????
> 
> thanks
> 
> mike pacholski
> cadd operations manager
> cuh2a
> princeton, nj
> 

The function below is called by R13c4 DDINSERT, but is not
included in the patch.
Add it to your ACAD.LSP file, or to DDINSERT.LSP
;--------------------------CUT HERE------------------------
;; Fix for call to missing function in
;; DDINSERT.LSP in R13c4a
(defun is_lead_byte (code / asia_cd)
   (setq asia_cd (getvar "dwgcodepage"))
   (or
      (and (eq asia_cd "dos932")
           (or (>= 159 code 129)
               (>= 252 code 224)))
      (and (eq asia_cd "big5")
           (>= 254 code 161))
      (and (eq asia_cd "johab")
           (>= 211 code 132))
      (and (eq asia_cd "ksc5601")
           (>= 253 code 161))
   )
)
;--------------------------CUT HERE-------------------------
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/* --------------------------------------------------- */
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Glenn Thompson  wrote in article
<01bbd15c$a8f44dc0$59fa82c1@oi53.dial.pipex.com>...
> Please Help Me!
>  
> I recently downloaded the R13C4 - R13C4a software upgrade from Autodesks'
> home pages.  When I installed them I the discovered that the DDINSERT
> command was not functioning anymore.  I get the error message NULL
> FUNCTION.
> 
> If you could email me a suggested fix at the address below it would be
much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanx Muchly In Adv'
> 
> Glenn Thompson.
> Email - Renovexx@dial.pipex.com.
> 

Wanted for cash. Siggraph proceedings for the following years.
1982 and earlier
1984
1989
email ilija@electriciti.com

I don't know about the other information you're getting
here on this, but I can import raster files into R13c4
with no problem. There are cases where colors might be
translated into ones that are the same as the graphics
display background color. Have you verified if the data
is being inserted by trying to select it, or by using
the LIST command?
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Glen Brent  wrote in article <328941FA.2080@mhv.net>...
> I have been attempting to import raster files in various formats, gif,
> pcx, and tiff without success. Seems to work fine except that after the
> scale is entered, the raster image disappears. I believe the image is in
> an anonymous block (*u2, or some such number) but did not actually get
> inserted into the drawing since I can purge it. Any notion as to why
> not?
> How can I make these import utilities work correctly?
> 
> Thanks, Glen Brent
> 
> 

 I have a problem with the Render files from my Acad "arxload failed"
and i thought that if i changed my render files, i will resolve my
problem.

TazMan  wrote:
>Casey Claiborne wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>>         where can I find an autolisp interpreter or
>> compiler?
>> 
>> TIA
>Casey,
>  There is no such thing as an AutoLisp compiler.  The interpreter is
>AutoCAD itself, nothing else could read an autolisp file.  There is an
>encrypter that allows you to encode your lisp files so that no else can
>edit them.  But there is no Compiler
>TazMan
Try this location to grab your compiler  (their are at least two
compilers available, one commercial and one shareware - check any
recent issue of Cadence/Cadalyst)
 	http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/progs/#code
One of the great things about compiling a lisp program is that it
can't be returned to its native ASCII format preventing unlawfull
usage of the code.  Beware of the simple "Protected" Lisp routines
which CAN be unprotected with a separate unprotect program !!
Compiled routines are usually more compact and probably execute
faster.

"Tony Tanzillo"  wrote:
>Phil - Not to throw any cold water on your post, but just out 
>of curiosity, I'd be interested in any thoughts you might have
>concerning Intergraph's Imagineer Technical, at least in terms 
>of the subject of this thread?
[chomp]
Tony: Compared to something like Visio, IT seems okay. For today's 
enterprise-wide engineering projects (especially those that rely on 
data longetivity) quality, productivity, and savings are unequaled 
with MicroStation products.
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 Bentley Systems                                   Fax: (610) 458-1060
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Hi,
Does anybody know how to REVSURF in AutoCAD LT. I know how to EXTRUDE
and I know how to create a revolving surface in AutoCAD 13, but up
until now I did not find a way to do the same thing in AutoCAD LT.
I am not even sure whether it is possible at all.
I hope someone can help me out,
Thanks in advance
Pieter-Jan Hische

Our company manufacturers capital equipment.  This is a full-time
permanent position requiring mechanical and/or structural design
experience and Autocad 12
experience.  The company is introducing a new product line, this is a new
position. We offer excellent fringe benefits including participation in an
employee
stock ownership plan that is very attractive. Please contact Mark
Stenerson, 
voice (703) 264-1114, fax (703) 264-5028, e-mail  mstenerson@aol.com

I understand that pen widths and printers is a popular subject here.
I run AutoCAD R13 in W95 and the only way I have been able to
print out different widths is by using Polyline and change its width.
Rather frustrating way to do it.
I read in an article that a emulator - PrintGL - was able to solve my
problem. I tried it but couldn't make it work.
Does anyone of you have any experiance of this issue? Is there
a better way?
/Robert Lindquist
 Gothenburg, Sweden

rurban@xarch.tu-graz.ac.at (Reini Urban) writes:
> g.cerven@ix.netcom.com(Gregory P. Cerven ) wrote:
> >AutoCAD will be able to view and plot that door, but it won't be able
> >to make it bigger or smaller 'cause it doesn't know what a door is. 
> >But if you buy this other application for only ...
> 
> Its already there! That's OO!
> Most of those zombies cant even be viewed or printed without the app.
Sorry Reini,
but this problem is not a consequence of OO. It's a very stupid design
decision, that just happens to be *implemented* using OO-technology.
If that decision was made deliberately or by accident will probably
remain the secret of some folks at autodesk. In both cases, it doesn't
shed a very positive light on them ...
And yes, I think it would have been almost trivial to implement it in
a way that allowed you to *view and plot* those zombies without the
3rd party app that created them.
-Georg
-- 
Georg Mischler  --  daylight&simulations;  --  mailto: gm@hl-technik.de
HL-Technik  AG  --  consulting engineers  --  http://www.hl-technik.de

> wmill@execpc.com wrote in article <3282c67d.11031886@news.execpc.com>...
> Ok, I have seen drawings with dimension styles set up with Extension
> line one color, dimensions line one color, and the Tick marks
> (arrowhead) a different color.
> What variable controls this? in DDIM, there is a choice for Dimension
> line color, extension line color, but where you choose the options for
> the arrowhead, no choice for color. Very odd.
>
> Is this located somewhere less obvious?
>
> TonyBesides using an arrowhead block, you can also globally change the color of the 
arrowheads using lisp.
(command "chprop" (ssget "X" '((8 . "DIM_LAYER") (0 . "SOLID"))) "" "c" 2 "")
This will change all the solids (arrowheads) on the dimension layer to yellow. 
Hope this helps.
-- 
Enjoy,
Jim Day
mailto:jday@infocom.net

Hi Johnny!
Try HP Design Jet 330 (for B&W;) or 350C (for color), our company just
bought 330, so far it is good and reliable, especially there is driver for
R12 and R13.
Shiong
Johnny Eliason  次寫入到主題
...
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Can someone recomend me a A0 plotter that works well with Acad13 and
> Windows NT Workstation??
> 
> Johnny
> 

I import the .tif file to Microsoft word and print it with injet printer.
I am also trying to print out the shaded drawing directly to our HP
Designjet 330, let's find the way.  Perhaps we should ask HP about it.
Ernest Lane  次寫入到主題 <328C78E7.1E16@apk.net>...
> I need help in plotting tif files in AutoCad documents.  The tif files 
> are seen in Autocad on the monitor.  The tif files are photographs.
> I am unable to plot the AutoCad file and have the tif file (photograph) 
> come out readable.  I am using a HP designjet 600.
> Are there any suggestions??  Thank you in advance. 
> Please email to: ernest@apk.net
> 

Try this, using "PLAN" commend, the drawing should be oriented the same way
as WCS does, but with your current UCS.
Shiong
bschwa3742@aol.com 次寫入到主題
<19961114034000.WAA11310@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> when picking a window to move,copy, ect. when ucs is set in another angle
> then the world ucs the cursor is in world while the window is picked. Is
> there a way to keep the window i'm picking to stay in present ucs.
> 
>              thank you,
>      schwanz@glis.net 
> 

Hi All,
  If anyone out there can help I'd really appreciate it.  My husband is
using ACAD LT v 2.0 on our home computer running Windows 95.  Everything
was working just fine until suddenly a couple of days ago whenever he
started the program a message would come up saying "Permission denied
access to Aclt.mnx?  When the program finally comes up no menus are
visible except File  Edit and View.  The toolbox is available.  Should
we just uninstall ACAD LT and then reinstall it?
Thanks,
Genie and Michael Murphy
genie@e-tex.com

nathanm@micromine.com.au (nathan) wrote:
>I am writing a script that converts ArcView shapefiles to DXF files.
>My confusion begins with the use of ATTDEF, INSERT and ATTRIB.
>
>Each block has an ATTDEF description.  In the entities section there
>is an INSERT and one (or more) ATTRIB sections.
>
>Does the ATTDEF section become redundant in the block definitions once
>you define INSERT sections in the entities part????
>
>Any ideas?  If you could post/email some ideas it would be greatly
>appreciated
>
>Nathan McAullay
>GIS analyst
When you talk about blocks you need to understand that there are block
definitions and block references.
Block definitions are found in the table section of the drawing and
define how a block looks. If the block has any attributes, then you'll
find an attribute definition as part of the block definition. The
ATTDEF simply defines how the attribute looks and acts (layer, text
style, tag, prompt, etc...). ATTDEF's rarely exist in the entity
section of the drawing.
Block references (INSERT's) are found in the entity section of the
drawing and define where to place a block definition. If the block
definition contains an attribute definition, then the block reference
will have an attribute (ATTRIB) associated with it. The ATTRIB object
simply stores the value that the user supplies when inserting the
block reference.
So to sum up...ATTDEF's are typically found in the table section as
part of a block definition.  ATTRIB's typically exist in the entities
section as part of  a block reference (INSERT) and hold the value of
the attribute for each block reference.
I hope this helps...it made sense in my mind but that doesn't always
translate......
-Jim Fitzgerald

I have my HP 560C Deskjet printer configured using the ACAD drivers that
come with version R13 C4. The printer works well in all respects, except
that gray tones are not an option. In the pen setup I only have 7 basic
colors, that doesn't include gray or any of the other 200+ colors. The
printer is capable of producing gray when I use MS excel or Word, Anyone
know how to fix this?
Thanks, Bruce

Is anyone aware of a Lisp routine that will allow me to place a 3D mesh
over a series of evenly spaced polylines? I digitized the lines in from
a geologic map, and they represent a curvaplanar rock-unit surface. The
lines are spaced at equal Z spacing (like contour lines), now I want to
represent the plane that the lines define with a mesh. I'm using V.R13
C4
Thanks, Bruce

How about "WblockAsR12" to go with "SaveAsR12".  Just in case "SaveAsR12" 
is going to be carried over to r14.  I got my doubts though.
Cheers,
Lu
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All my other W95 applications start up nicely when I double click the
document name with the appropriate extension (eg, xxx.TXT) in a 
directory listing.
But, when I double click XXX.DWG, Autocad LT W95 does open up but I have 
to do two things before I can look at my drawing:
1) First, I have to minimize the directory listing window which is 
sitting on top of the document (the other apps don't do that).
2) Then I have to "cancel" the setup wizzard which apparently thinks I 
am starting a brand-new drawing.
Then, the file I selected starts to load.
This process is getting boring and I feel sure there is some switch 
buried in there somewhere which will stop this.  Any suggestions would 
be appreciated.
Rob

frankc64@aol.com writes:
>  I can't seem to get my Acad(Unix) menu to recogize the my digitizer puck
> when used in conjuction with SHIFT/ALT/ and CTRL.  I've done this in a PC
> environment.  Is there a configuration problem or is this feature not
> available on Unix versions.
>
'Shift-pick' works fine with me (R12 Solaris) for multiple grip
selection.
'Alt-pick' is intercepted by X11, and used to manipulate the GUI (move
and resize windows etc). This will probably also prevent other
'alt-xxx-pick' combinations.
What is 'ctrl-pick'supposed to do?
-Georg
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Cadkey 7.0 for dos, all manuals.  New $500, asking $220.
Mike
Email:
Nomad808@juno.com

I have the education version of AutoCAD R12. I can't use the AME-Functions,
a don't have the File AME.EXE, what can I do? I need this Functions! Do You
know the e-mail from the Autodesk?
My e-mail-adress: roger_weg@bluewin.ch

I need help, when i load the Mechanical Desktop it does not bring up any
of the MDT menus or toolsbars.
On the command line right after 'menu loaded successfully MENUGROUP:acad
i get get this 'error: malformed list'
please can anyboby help me with this problem?
thanks
mike