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"Martin Beland" 
>I am using R13 and I'm trying to convert a viewport of a 3d solid object
>into a 2d drawing but nothing seems to do it..  I'm also having problems
>with dimensionning solids in R13, it's a mess, it's very hard and in some
>cases it's seems impossible to get exactly what I want. Any word of advice
>
>Thanks in advance!
Hi Martin,
You can set the viewport to a 2D View of 3D solid by doing the VPOINT 
setting respective to the view required, like for side view and front 
view the VPOINT should be set to (0,1,0);(1,0,0);(-1,0,0);(0,-1,0) etc
as the orientation of the 3D solid.
         Dimensioning of Solids can be little hard but you should use 
Object Sanp options to give dimensions on 3D solid.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

yke@myinet.pc.my (Yeo Keng Et) wrote:
>I have recently upgraded one of the computer to lantastic95 7.0.
>The rest are still on lantastic 6.0. The problem surfaced when I
>wanted to plot the acadR13 drawing from the computer/lantastic7.0 to
>a pen  plotter connected to one of the computer in the network. I
>can't figure out how to connect the computer's com port to the remote
>plotter.
>Can anyone please help?
>
>
>
>Yeo Keng Et
>yke@myinet.jaring.my
>
>
Not sure what OS your computer is running under (Is LAN95 for Win95?), but 
in general you will have to define a network printer (give it a name) and 
then "associate" a port (usually a parallel port such as lpt1) with that 
named network printer. Then in AutoCAD, plot to the port, or plot to a file 
and use the port name as the filename. You'll find tech docs in the support 
area of http://www.autodesk.com for plotting across a network in both NT 
and Win95 environments.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

chris mortimer 
>Could anyone please tell me how to put in multiplcation signs and degree
>signs in drawings using AutoCAD r13.
>Thanks in advance  Chris.M.
Hi Chris,
You can make degree sign in drawing by using code %%d  while typing the 
text in any standard AutoCAD Text fonts and for putting mulitiplication
sign either use * or x while typing text.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

rrepp@iquest.net (Ralph Repp) wrote:
>I am experiencing 4 dramatic 1-second pauses every 5 minutes on the graphics page
> in Autocad 12 running under Win 95.
>
>It also is present in other applications, but is not a problem
> as the keyboard buffer hold the keypunches until needed.
>
>Anyone else experiencing this or have an idea what is causing the problem.
>
>I have saw comments in another group but the solution was invalid:(
>
>Regards,
>Ralph Repp
>rrepp@iquest.net
>
>Success is not permanent: The same is true of failure.
Release 12 DOS when used with a polled-mode digitizer will pause for 
both crosshairs and keyboard input. You can set the Phar Lap 
DOS|extender switch -vscan to a higher value to increase the 
frequency, and set -vslen to reduce the duration of the pauses. But 
they will still occur. A mouse or interrupt-driven digitizer 
configuration will resolve this. Release 12 for Windows has gone 
through several revisions, some of them with digitizer fixes. Be 
sure you're using R12c4 for Windows, and get the latest update for 
the digitizer if you're using the WINTAB configuration for Windows 
and AutoCAD. But the pause you are describing could be coming from 
some other type of polling mechanism, for example if you are on a 
network, or have fax software running in the background. Hope this 
helps.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

Colin Montoya-Lewis  wrote:
>Hi,
>I appologize if this is a newbie question, but I can't help my
>ignorance.  I just installed R12 for DOS and I'm trying to figure out
>how to configure my Hewlett Packard Deskjet 855C to work with it.  In
>the plotter configuration menu it offers a list of choices, but none are
>this printer, which is my windows system printer.  I know this must be
>an obvious one, but I don't know what to do.
>Thanks for any help,
>Colin
Hi Colin,
The driver for your Hewlett Packard Deskjet 855C printer is not present
in AutoCAD R12 Dos version, so you check wheather your printer dealer
has supplied a driver to run HP Deskjet 855C on AutoCAD R12, if not ask
for the same or try to locate it from Autodesk Homepage
 http://www.autodesk.com
and download the same. Load that driver in your AutoCAD and then run
the printer. You should not face any problem.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

"Stephen W. Lee"   wrote:
>Hi,
>I can not seem to get AutoCAD R13c4 installed under a _new_ 
>installation of WinNT 4.0 on a DEC Alpha.  The 
>"InstallShield" (or whatever it is called) always stops at 
>22% during its loading process.  My dealer said that this 
>happens with WinNT 4.0 upgrades, but, according to Autodesk, 
>should not happen on fresh WinNT 4.0 installs.  However, I 
>have tried both, and I get the same error in each case.
>
>I was able to get the original version of R13c2b installed, 
>but it has its own problems.
>
>Does anyone know how to get R13c4 installed on a DEC Alpha 
>running WinNT 4.0?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!
>--
>Steve Lee            -------            steve_lee@ycrdi.com 
>Senior Mechanical Engineer
>Young Chang R+D Institute
>--Engineers of Kurzweil Music Systems/Young Chang Products--
>
Steve - Just to be sure, you are installing the DEC Alpha version of 
AutoCAD, correct? The Win/NT version wasn't designed to run a DEC Alpha 
system.  Another thing to be sure of is that you're running setup from 
the CDROM drive instead of from the floppy disk. Lastly, shut everything 
else down and try again (Install Shield is picky).
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

Beever  wrote:
>I am about to buy a new computer.  It comes with Windows '95 "only".
>
>I want to run ACAD12 which I am currently running on DOS_6.
>
>Do I have to install DOS_6?  If so, what is the procedure?  How do I
>select which OS to start-up?
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
You can either run your machine loaded with Windows95 in DOS mode by
selecting the option `Restart the computer in Dos mode' in Shut Down
option in START and then run the Acad.bat file at C:/> to initialise
AutoCAD or directly select MS-DOS Prompt under programs head.
If you want to run ACADR12 from Windows95 without switching over to Dos
mode you have to write one line in SYSTEM.INI file of Windows directory
as follows:
1)Goto Windows directory and edit SYSTEM.INI file by adding the 
following line 
DEVICE=C:\R12\DOS\PHARLAP.386
in the section [386Enh] of this file.
Then restart the system and you will be able to run DOS version of AutoCAD
as a full screen application.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet// 

chris mortimer  wrote:
>Is it possible to have more than one drawing open at a time with autoCAD
>r13c4. So you can switch between the two?
>Cheers Chris.M.
Hi Chris,
You can open multiple sessions of AutoCAD if you are working on Windows95
platform and in these sesesions you can open different drawings between
which you can Toggle easily by using Alt+Tab keys.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet// 

eoneal@bangate.compaq.com wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>        I have written a LISP program that inserts blocks into a drawing. The
>program inserts as many drawings as you tell it to. My problem is....
>
>Whenever the program inserts the 24th drawing...AutoCAD hoses BIG
>TIME! It gives the following error message:
>
>Internal Error: !Scandr.cc @2252 eWas Erased
>
>Then AutoCAD shuts down....
>
>The program works great as long as there are not more than 23
>drawings...
>I even tried different windows drivers and have the same results.
>
>I am running Win 95 & AutoCAD R. 13 C4a
>
>Is this a bug ???? Or am I doing something wrong ????
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>Eddie O'
>
>
Eddie - If possible (if not too long), post your LISP routine here for us 
to examine. Also, is the 24th drawing the same each time, or does it vary? 
If it is the same, open it up and run audit to check for problems with that 
file. Something else to check is the swap file size setting for Win95. 
Although ACAD shouldn't crash for this reason, the swap file may not be 
large enough to handle the process.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

Christophe Saint  wrote:
>From within AutoCAD R13 for windows, I send plots through  network
>printer port. I use the ACADPLCMD variable and redirect my plots to a
>file named "autospool" in the "spfile" directory.
>
>Actually, I associate a batch file in dos mode to print on the printer
>port. I have to wait for a long time the job end to return in AutoCAD.
>Is there a windows utility to replace the Dos batch file?
>
>This AutoCAD configuration is imperative. I know other solution exists
>with the printer sharing of Windows 3.11 for workgroup.
>
>Thanks for help !
>
>Christophe.
There are several applications on the market that will speed up AutoCAD for 
Windows plotting times. Here are two that are listed in the Industry Solutions 
area of http://www.autodesk.com. You will have to check to see if they sell 
their products outside of the U.S.
PRINTCACHE 
LASERTOOLS CORPORATION
1250 45th Street, Suite 100
Emeryville, CA 94608   
510-420-8777
510-420-1150 (FAX)
AUTOPLOT 3
THE SOFTWARE MACHINE
P.O. Box 270269
Tampa, FL 33688  
813-920-5328
813-920-4917 (FAX) 
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

iasi@village.ios.com wrote:
> 
> "Martin Beland"  wrote:
> 
> >I am using R13 and I'm trying to convert a viewport of a 3d solid object
> >into a 2d drawing but nothing seems to do it..  I'm also having problems
> >with dimensionning solids in R13, it's a mess, it's very hard and in some
> >cases it's seems impossible to get exactly what I want. Any word of advice?
> 
> >Thanks in advance!
> the way i do it is with the section command: simply select the solid, 
pick an axis and a point (or any plane defined by 3 points), and you're 
set...i usually keep these things in another layer so you can play w/them 
independently later (i.e.: pspace).
hope this helps,
andres

iasi@village.ios.com wrote:
> 
> "Martin Beland"  wrote:
> 
> >I am using R13 and I'm trying to convert a viewport of a 3d solid object
> >into a 2d drawing but nothing seems to do it..  I'm also having problems
> >with dimensionning solids in R13, it's a mess, it's very hard and in some
> >cases it's seems impossible to get exactly what I want. Any word of advice?
> 
> >Thanks in advance!
> the way i do it is with the section command: simply select the solid, 
pick an axis and a point (or any plane defined by 3 points), and you're 
set...i usually keep these things in another layer so you can play w/them 
independently later (i.e.: pspace).
hope this helps,
andres

Hello,
I bought a new display card DIAMOND STELTH 3D 2000 PCI64/2MB edo ram
I Set resolution to 1024 x 768
Now i wonder what is the best way to configure autocad R13C4
1. Whip driver,
2. Windows system driver
3. or other Way??????????????
-- 
Greets,
Pieter
Mailto:PY@INnet.be
http://www.club.innet.be/~year1275/

Phil Hontz   Wrote:
>Does anyone know where to obtain a free driver for the hp 682c inkjet and
>acad r12 dos? thanks. I can be emailed at goldpan1@gnn.com
Hi Phil,
You can try to locate the Driver for your HP 682C Inkjet printer at
HP Website
 http://www.hp.com
and if it is there you can download the same Free of cost.
Nikhil Kaila
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//

You are probably trying to update a prior version with a newer version whic
has different authorization codes. Completely remove the old version, and
re-install with the new version and its authorization codes.
brettcraig@aol.com wrote in article
<19961123004200.TAA11921@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> NEED HELP... TRIED TO LOAD ACAD R13C4 ON MY NEW COMPUTER AND GOT ACAD
> ERROR ABORTING MESSAGE -  FATAL ERROR  MESSAGE "NOT AUTHORIZED TO RUN ON
> THIS MACHINE.  I AM USING PACKARD BELL P-133 WITH 32MB RAM.
> 
> EMAIL: BRETTCRAIG@AOL.COM
> 

On 23 Nov 1996 00:40:10 GMT, brettcraig@aol.com wrote:
>NEED HELP... TRIED TO LOAD ACAD R13C4 ON MY NEW COMPUTER AND GOT ACAD
>ERROR ABORTING MESSAGE -  FATAL ERROR  MESSAGE "NOT AUTHORIZED TO RUN ON
>THIS MACHINE.  I AM USING PACKARD BELL P-133 WITH 32MB RAM.
>
>EMAIL: BRETTCRAIG@AOL.COM
Sounds like an illegal copy to me. You might want to call AutoCAD tech
support. I suspect that somebody either sold you an illegal copy of
AutoCAD or gave you the wrong hardware lock for that package.

I have an old application that only works with the ver. 11 dxf files
does anyone have a solution 
another problem is an old lisp file to remove unused blocks, layers and
fonts does not work in release 13
tnx i advance for any help!
Kresten Skak Jensen
ksj@infocom.dk

"Bradley E. Smith"  wrote:
>Does anybody out there have any experience with Land and/or Highway 
>modeling? I work for an architectural firm and we have a possible job 
>coming our way. If we get this, we will need to be able to do a simple 
>model of existing contours and new roadways. We would, more than likely, 
>be presenting this with a simple rendering and/or animation.
>I am not terribly worried about the rendering/animation. However, we 
>don't have a lot of experience with the land/road modeling. We have done 
>them in the past (manually in AutoCAD), but this project, although not 
>super complicated, will be more than we probably want to tackle without 
>some specialized software.
>If anyone can shed some advice, or give examples of good software to 
>purchase, it would be appreciated. We obviously don't need to buy a full 
>blown civil/surveying 3rd party app... and spend thousands of dollars. 
>Someone has probably run into this situation before... right? Thanks.
>-- 
>Brad
>  --				bsmith@ix.netcom.com
>				"Conform to Individuality" -- Me
I can't tell the true scope of the project in question.  Yet you say
you do small projects of this nature and this is not one of them.  I
would tend to think that this DOES require more of a full blown
civil/survey package.  If you aren't interested in investing in one,
perhaps you would consider contracting a civil or surveying firm to do
that end of the work.
Terry Scanlon

This breaks my heart but I've tried to sell these w/o result.
Calcomp 9100 digitizer 
Mutoh IP530A pen/pencil plotter
both in good working order cost thousands of dollars when purchased.
They are both large devices so if you want 'em, bring a van or truck.
Roger (206) 432-9241      SEATTLE area

somebody  wrote:
>if a company gives out copies of acad software to it's employees, can 
>autodesk sue this company?
They have to know about it first. (nudge-nudge/wink-wink)
Dennis Shinn
Seattle AutoCAD User Group
SAUG-BBS [206] 644-7115 [PCGNet]9:517/215
CAD Systems manager/GLY Construction

I have picked up bits & pieces about the job title for one who does drafting.  Some stand by the longtime 
term of draftsman, while others object.  In recent years, we have always called the drafters, which has 
drawn (no pun intended) no complaints, but what about some of the job titles in the surveying profession?
Are rodmen & chainmen now rodders & chainer?  Are instrumentmen now instrumentors?  I have tried to use 
the term Surveyor's Assistant, but that is a catch all phrase, that really doesn't define the specific 
duties of the job, like the old titles do.  What do you think?
--
Sam King
rls2222@iland.net

Gary Underhill wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for fonts that work w/ R13.  I have some old drawings in my
> database, but no longer have the .SHX files for the fonts.  If you have
> these, please email them to me!  Thanks.
> 
> The following are my missing fonts:
> 
> UFEURO
> UFOPTB
> X-HLVM1D
> HELVBOLD
> ARCH3
> ARCHSTYL
> FSIMPLEX
> MONOQUICK
> OPTIMA-O
> 
> Even if you only have one of these, please email it to gmudesign@jps.net
> 
> Also, if you just know where I might want to look to find them, let me know
> that, too!
These sound like they may be custom fonts, and therefore, you may have
trouble finding them.  If you can't, one trick you can try is copying
a SHX file that you have to the name of the font that you are missing.
I do this when I get outside drawings that were created on another CAD
system that uses font files that I don't have.  This saves alot of time
because I don't have to redefine fonts in the drawing.
-- 
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HOMEPAGE http://www.enteract.com/~jgarnett/lispfactory.htm

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Gee, you don't just happen to SELL information managment software as a
sideline to your "survey" work do you?

Martin Beland wrote:
> 
> I am using R13 and I'm trying to convert a viewport of a 3d solid object
> into a 2d drawing but nothing seems to do it..  I'm also having problems
> with dimensionning solids in R13, it's a mess, it's very hard and in some
> cases it's seems impossible to get exactly what I want. Any word of advice?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
This can be a little messy, but you can configure a plotter for DXB
output,
run the plot, then use the DXBIN command to bring the plot back in.
To configure a DXB plotter, go into CONFIG choose add a plotter, select
AutoCAD file Output Formats, then choose DXB.
Regards
Jay Garnett
-- 
E-MAIL jgarnett@enteract.com
HOMEPAGE http://www.enteract.com/~jgarnett/lispfactory.htm

Hi,
who knows a distributor of an wireless 4-buttonmouse for a
summagraphics-tablet for autocad?
thanks

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Hello!
My collegue is running AutoCAD R12 DOS on a Toshiba 100CS laptop.  Are
there any graphics drivers for these systems that offer:
- Nice thin lines (including crosshairs);
- No jumping/blinking during crosshair movement.
Thanks in advance!
Algis Kibirkstis
kibi@cam.org
-- 

Hello!
Could someone please either send me a driver, or inform me as to how to
pick up a driver, to plot Autocad R12 drawings using the following
plotter:
Roland DG
X-Y Plotter
DXY-800
Thank you very much!
Algis Kibirkstis
kibi@cam.org
-- 

> > I generally run multiple ACAD sessions so that I can have a ref.
drawing /
> > work drawing in the background, but under NT 4.0 when I close ACAD the
> > second session remains in memory and consumes 100% of the CPU time. The
> > only way to reclaim the cycles is to go into task manager and manually
end
> > the process.
> Go back to Win '95.
> 
I have exactly the same problem with ACAD13c4, but on WIN95 and wintab
driver (Cacomp digitizer)...

On 22 Nov 1996 23:30:02 GMT, ttuvm1.ttu.edu (Gary DeJarnett) wrote:
>My dad has been using GenericCadd for years and likes it so well that he still
>wants to use it even though he now has Autocad.  His only problem is that ever
>since he upgraded to a larger hard drive, he cannot select a menu item with
>his right mouse button.  The mouse drivers are properly installed and the
>mouse works fine with all programs (including Autocad).  Menu items can be
>selected using the home key, but that is a hastle and we are not able to
>program "home" to the right mouse button.  We have tried programming the
>button to "PU" (pen up) and also leaving the macro for the right mouse button
>blank, nothing works.  I have reinstalled GenericCadd at least twice.  The
>right button is assigned a "NP" nearest point macro when I check it right
>after reinstalling.
You have to activate tandem cursors.  If you don't have tandem cursors
on, then you must use the pick button and select the menu item as in
AutoCAD.
Regards,
Ian A. White, CPEng
waiwhite@zip.com.au
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

If you or your company is looking for an ARX developer,
drop me a note.  I have developed several ARX applications
and I could help you.

Keith Bentley  wrote:
> - they are not self-contained. It is not possible to just "view a dgn 
>     file." That’s because the dgn itself does not hold all of the
>     information required to create an accurate representation of what’s
>     in it. It is also necessary to access all of the attached reference
>     files (XREFs), symbology and font resources, and project 
>     configuration files, etc. Locating and transferring all of that
>     data for viewing purposes only exacerbates problem #1 above.
  Hey, even AutoCAD itself cannot accurately represent its own
drawings if the font the draftsman used is not in the correct location
in your own computer.

>>> fdunner@netup.cl (F.D.M.) wrote:
>>> 
>>> Normally, you can *attach* a .dwg file to your mail message.
>>> 
>>> Steve
  I think I may have posed this problem a while back, but have never
gotten a solution.
  I have attempted to attach drawings to e-mail messages.  It works
for smaller files. But a file over 90k has only about a 50% chance of
getting from my employer to me. The E-mail with the attachment is not
recieved in any form and there are no error messages sent back to the
origionator.
  I don't know if the problem is with his internet provider or mine,
or somewhere inbetween.
  Anyone have any ideas on what causes this problem and what to do
about it?

Currently, I'm using the "System Printer" which does not allow me to
specify different pen widths for individual colours.
Does anyone know if there is a Win95 driver for the HP 4MV laser
printer that would allow me to set pen widths in ACADr12/Win?
I've tried the LaserJet III driver but that allows me to use only
8.5"x11" paper. I'd like to be able to plot on 11"x17".

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Please can anyone help with solutions to the following editing problems
?
1)  I use yellow text for my dimensions - the text edit command dialog
box has a white background and I cannot find the variable that allows me
to change it to something darker (yellow on white is very difficult to
read).
2)  In R12 as you dimensioned, you could change the actual dimension on
the fly,in R13 you do not have the option and have to edit after. Can
this be changed back to the R12 way ?
3)  In R12 when you edited a dimension (associative) it displayed the
true dimension, as well as the new dimension. R13 does not seem to have
the same function. Is there some variable I cannot find ?
Thanks for your time
Mike Lesyszyn
Brisbane Australia

Who is using autocad 12.0 dos-version hand has a file called
'acadlc.exp'.
I have a program which is searching for the compiler-version of
autolisp. 
Please post it in this group or send it by email.
r.resort@codetel.net.do
Thank you very much.

We've just upgraded to R13, and it seems that there is no more
"Paste Command".
We have some useful calculation in Excel for drawing curves. It worked
perfectly
with Paste Command.
What know? (AutoLisp is fine, but "Paste Command" is simple and good)
-- 
Dario Sekusak
Dario.Sekusak@zg.tel.hr