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"Jordi y Alfredo Arias"  wrote:
>Please could anybody send any information about freeware electrical
>libraries for ACAD 12
Encontrareis lo que buscais en : http://www.cadalog.com/
Germán Martínez
avg@lander.es
Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)
Spain
http://www.ocea.es/forem/radical.htm

I have a Pacific data Plotter which emulates a HPGL 7580,7585 I can set
up the plotter in windows and it works fine.But when i try to use it in
ACad it will not work?How do I setup this plotter in ACad LT?Is there a
way to Test Page???

On 24 Nov 1996 17:05:39 GMT,  - rurban@xarch.tu-graz.ac.at (Reini Urban)
wrote in comp.cad.autocad:
>Georg Mischler (gm@HL-Technik.de) wrote:
>: finally I got an official letter from autodesk, stating (though in
>: other words) that they are too stupid to continue developpement for
>: any operating system but microsoft windows.
>It certainly was not "too stupid"! But it would had cost too much effort to
>continue supporting other systems than win32. 
As I see it, instead of writing portable self-contained app
like Microstation did, Adesk goes with COM/OLE as implementation
for their OO. That's the real problem here. If there would be
COM/OLE support on Linux, ACAD would probably run on it.
Oh no -- but they use MFC now! That's another issue.
BTW, everyone knows that you don't have to use C++ exclusivly
to get OOD, you would just have to work harder (and then
C++ means MFC for Microsoft...)
--
Vladimir Nesterovsky    ADS/LISP/C/C++ etc

> >Please could anybody send any information about freeware electrical
> >libraries for ACAD 12
One other place that I know has several zip files containing electrical
symbol libraries is PIRS online and the file are free to download. 
http://Biz.rtd.com/insa/
The only catch is you need to download the exaclibur program first and
configure your browser to use it as a helper file.  The also have a BBS
but again you need the excalibur program.  I have used their BBS and
there is a lot of good stuff on it.  To bad they make you go thru the
hassle of having to use the excalibur program.
Don

In article <329892BB.4F29@sonic.net> Robert wrote:
>Date:	Sun, 24 Nov 1996 10:23:55 -0800
>From:	Robert 
>Newsgroups:	comp.cad.autocad,alt.cad.autocad
>Subject:	Re: Cad color to line/weight standards
>
>Bill Gilliss wrote:
>> 
>> > > > My company is reviewing the cad standards and I was wondering if
> anyone
>> > > > knows of any recognized standards for:
>> > > >
>> > > >     color to line type
>> > > >
>> > > >     color to line weight
>> > > >
>> 
>> Not having seen any color standards that didn't seem completely
>> arbitrary
>> and unrememberable, I devised my own standard that is equally arbitrary
>> but
>> very rememberable. I use only three line weights - fine, medium, and
>> heavy.
>> For anything wider, like a property line, I use polylines with width.
>
>The problem with polylines is that they will change their appearance if
>you change your plotscale...
>
>I've yet to see a real color/pen width system that is perfect and works
>for all users. I think that is because colors are by themselves so
>subjective and personal that most people will not agree on what "looks"
>best. ("I hate purple...but Green's my favorite color...this white too
>glary on my eyes and gives me eyestrain...etc, etc.") I've found that
>what usually needs to happen is to have a benevolent dictator set those
>standards in an office environment and just have everyone adopt to that
>standard (of course, it should make sense...) ; )
I might add that I for instance use yellow as a relatively heavy line weight, 
but if my backgournd color where lighter, or white I probably would use the 
same color because of lack of contract.... adding another complication to the 
color/weight problem...

RNJ Higa, LPLS wrote:
> 
> After editing c:\acadwin\support\acad.mnu, then openning autocad, I get
> the following message: "Unable to lock file c:\acadwin\support\acad.mnx
> A temporary lock exists. File locked by multiple readers. at 0:00 on
> 0/00/0.
> 
> The prompt line reads: error compliling menu c:\acadwin\support\acad.mnx
> *Invalid*
> 
> WHY ISN'T THE ACAD.MNX FILE BEING LOADED ????
This problem may occur if you edit the acad.mnu file with AutoCAD still 
open.  The easiest way to eliminate the problem is to delete the acad.mnk 
file in the support folder.  Then reload the menu by typing "menu" at the 
command line.
good luck, jim