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M.J.Sulaiman wrote:
> 
> Can somebody help me to solve an autolisp program, i.e. to post a
> "message" after completing drawing all the lines
First of all I make the assumption that you want the line command to
behave as it would do if you type line at the command prompt, i.e. to
let you draw as many line segments as you like.
Then change the code to this:
> 
> ( defun c:bp1 ()
>   (command "layer" "M" "BUILDING_L" "C" 3 "" "1" "continuos" "" "")
>   (command "line")
(while (/= 0 (getvar"cmdactive"))
 (command pause)
)
(prompt "\nYou have just completed my BPL routine.\n")
>   (princ)
> )
> 
The prompt can also be substituted by an alert, thus:
(alert "You have just completed my BPL routine.")
Scott's solution will work if you have a certain number of input points,
which you in your code substitutes with 'pause', thus
 ( defun c:bp1 ()
   (command "layer" "M" "BUILDING_L" "C" 3 "" "1" "continuos" "" "")
   (command "line" pause pause pause)
   (prompt "\nYou have just completed my BPL routine.\n")
 )
However if your routine does what I think it does you should also change
the line:
   (command "layer" "M" "BUILDING_L" "C" 3 "" "1" "continuos" "" "")
to an 'if' statement, thus:
 (if (tblsearch "LAYER" "BUILDING_L")
     (command "layer" "M" "BUILDING_L" "C" 3 "" "1" "continuos" "" "")
     (command "layer "S" "BUILDING_L")
 )
Hope this helps, 
Mortenw

On Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:41:30 GMT, wmill@execpc.com (Tony T) wrote:
>Heya,
>
>You wanna try to run Q in Win 95  over TCP/IP?   I had a guy call me
>up and connect  to my work machine, and it was just like he was on the
>network; I heard its supposed to be better than direct modem play
>(which rots)
>
>Lets give it a try.
>
>i am not exactly sure of all the settings tho; have you seen anything
>on it?
>
>Quick
>
>btw the Money thing was a side splitter;
>I am still giggling about the "magic Bob face"
>
>********************************
>"Never laugh at live dragons..."
>J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
>*********************************
DOH!! How did this get here??? 
(face turns beet red)
Must have hit the wrong "to" button!!
These dang programs are just too convenient!
1000 apologies, fellow Autocader's , this was supposed to be a private
email; don't have a clue how it got here; must have been on my 9th cup
of java.
Tony
********************************
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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
*********************************

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:23:17 -0600, dyoung@mcwi.com (Darren Young)
wrote:
>In article <32ae1eb9.156158554@news.execpc.com>, wmill@execpc.com says...
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am inserting blocks that never need to be scaled or rotated; is
>> there a way to get rid of the XY prompt and rotate angle prompt?
>> I tried the "Specify parameters on screen". but if I check this box, I
>> cant choose where to place the block, it always sticks it at 0,0.
>
>Tony,
>
Hey all,
Thanks for all the suggestions I recieved on this; it has been a great
help. It is always the simple ones that seem to help the most....
Dont know what I would do without all of you's (sniff)
:-)
Take care and Happy Holidays!
Tony
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*********************************

I have a friend who wish to scan his drawings to the computer and amend it
using Autocad. Is there a way to do this? How do I do this? Can the AutoCAD
recognize every line?
I wish you can help my friend and Thank you very much.
Yours sincerely,
Loh Wee Khee

In article <58lph4$7tq@news1.halcyon.com>, jeeper@halcyon.com says...
> If you use a dim override at the command prompt. AutoCAD creates an anonymous
> dimension style which may not take affect for the current style if indeed it is
> a named one. Frankly I'm still not clear how the relationship between dimvars
> entered at the Dim: prompt affect current dimension styles, but I know they've
> caused me no end of heartburn in the past. I rather prefer to use the ddim
> dialog to set them thus avoiding the furstrations therewith associated.
Dennis,
Let's first assume that all of your dimstyles are set up and saved.
In the DDIM dialog, none of the dimstyles will have an "+" in front of 
their name.
Where the problem comes into play is when we want to change one of the 
settings of a dimvar without creating a new style.  There are two 
different methods that we can use to acomplish this.
1:  You can open the DDIM dialog, change any of the dimvars and exit the 
dialog WITHOUT saving the changes to the style itself.  This would be the 
same as changing a DIMVAR directly from the command line.  Upon the next 
entry into the DDIM dialog, you will notice that there is a new dimstyle 
with a "+" in front of this.  This is what you refered to as an anonymous 
dimstyle.  This indicates that the dimension style has overrides applied 
to it.  After you are done placing the dimensions that need the variable 
overrides, you MUST go back to the DDIM dialog and change back the 
settings to what the style originaly was. (again, this can be done via 
the command line by directly changing the dimvars).  Upon doing this, the 
anonymous dimstyle (the one with the "+" if from of the name) will be 
removed from the list.  You must make certain that you change ALL of the 
settings back to exactly what they were before you applied the overrides 
otherwise you will not get rid of the anonymous dimstyle.
2:  This second method is a little more fool proof when it comes to 
eliminating anonymous dimstyles.  As an alternative, just place your 
dimensions using the style that closest matches what you need without 
changing any dimvars.  After the dimensions are placed, use the 
DIMOVERRIDE command to specify which dimensions will have variable 
overrides, the variables that will be overridded and their value.  This 
process will not create an anonymous dimstyle.
I believe that the people having problems with anonymous dimstyles 
showing up are a result of forgetting to change the settings back to what 
the style originaly set to.  This is quite easy to do.  In this case, the 
second method for applying dimension overrides would be a better method 
for doing this.
Sincerely,
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In article <58mqgf$q6l@io>, m.j.sulaiman@surveying.salford.ac.uk says...
> Dearest everybody
> 
> Can somebody help me to solve an autolisp program, i.e. to post a 
> "message" after completing drawing all the lines
> 
> ( defun c:bp1 ()
>   (command "layer" "M" "BUILDING_L" "C" 3 "" "1" "continuos" "" "")
>   (command "line")
>   (princ)
> )
Posting a message via LISP is quite easy.  To display it on the command 
line you can use the following....
(princ "\nAll Lines Have Been Drawn.")
To have your message show up in a dialog use the following...
(alert "All Lines Have Been Drawn")
There is, however, a problem with what your trying to do in your LISP 
routine.  The line (command "line") specifies no coordinates for your 
lines.  This leaves the LINE command still in effect  after your program 
is finished running, which means that your messages will not appear 
properly.  You'll have to build into your program somewhere, a way for 
the user to enter points and to properly exit the line command when they 
are done.
Sincerely,
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I am currently a student working on a Pro Pentium 166 with enough RAM
and Space on the HHD to not worry about running Auto CAD Release 12.  
The problem is I can not figure out how to make a 3d model of two
different, irregular shapes.  I am trying to model an ore body from
cross section, so basically in the end I have a blob with no primitive
shapes.  I can not extrude or use SOLEXT because no two sections are the
same to attach to eahother.  Is there a way to cause a wireframe or mesh
to conform to arrbitary, closed, less that 500 point polylines or is
there another method??
If your suggestion deals with RULESURF, how would I downsize a file?
Thanks,
Brooke Werner
Email: bawerner@mtu.edu

Morten - What I am saying, and what Wall Street has 
fully concurred with, is that Autodesk is out to eliminate
its competition in the AutoCAD third-party market, and that 
in my opinion constitutes an attempt to destroy a thriving,
competitive, market.
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Morten Warankov  wrote in article
<32AFD886.12D@abacus.no>...
> Tony Tanzillo wrote:
> > 
> > ......I urge anyone else
> > who does not want to see Autodesk completely destroy the
> > A/E/C segment of the third-party industry to do the same.
> > 
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> This is really interesting. In my opinion, one of the reasons why
> Autocad has become so popular is the easy way of making applications and
> enhancements to the software. Furthermore, all these application
> developers, from large companies to single end users, are developing
> Autocad to be a very specialized tool for most businesses.
> 
> Do you really think that Autodesk want to destroy this industry ? 
> The industry that makes them among the most popular CAD software
> developers?
> 
> Don't you think that the result will be the brother/sister of AMD,
> another extension of Autocad?
> Not that I like these horisontal verticals like AMD and AWC, since they
> create a mess for some of us 3rd party developers, but I suppose they've
> come to stay?
> 
> Mortenw.
> 

Hi All,
	Suddenly, when I shut down to DOS to use 3DS or ACAD the programs are
not seeing the hardware locks.  The locks are physically OK.   ...used
to work fine...tried reinstalling and it worked once and then even after
a reinstall it won't work.
	It's gotta be a Win 95 thing, but I'm at a loss.  Any ideas?
TIA...

I have just recieved a AUTOCAD system using release 13 under NT4. I have a
HP 750C plotter which is token ring attached with a TCP/IP number. I can
attach NT4 to the plotter using TCP/IP, but is there any way that I can get
AUTOCAD to print to this device if it does not have a LPT port assigned.
Thanks
Martin Sey

I posted this semi-recently, but never got back to see any answers. I
searched back but could not find any refferences, so I'll ask again
(sorry).
Whenever I export an EPS file from AutoCAD and "they" bring it in to
another program, it looks ok on the computer, but when it is printed,
all of the lines come out *very* thin, some don't even print. If I
export a WMF we don't have this problem, but for whatever reason
("they" say EPS's are more flexible to work with), "they" want an EPS.
Don't get me wrong, I want to give "them" what "they" want.
Any suggestions?
chris

In article , 
dyoung@mcwi.com says...
> In article <58mqgf$q6l@io>, m.j.sulaiman@surveying.salford.ac.uk says...
> > Dearest everybody
> > 
> > Can somebody help me to solve an autolisp program, i.e. to post a 
> > "message" after completing drawing all the lines
> > 
> > ( defun c:bp1 ()
> >   (command "layer" "M" "BUILDING_L" "C" 3 "" "1" "continuos" "" "")
> >   (command "line")
> >   (princ)
> > )
> 
> Posting a message via LISP is quite easy.  To display it on the command 
> line you can use the following....
> 
> (princ "\nAll Lines Have Been Drawn.")
> 
> To have your message show up in a dialog use the following...
> 
> (alert "All Lines Have Been Drawn")
> 
> There is, however, a problem with what your trying to do in your LISP 
> routine.  The line (command "line") specifies no coordinates for your 
> lines.  This leaves the LINE command still in effect  after your program 
> is finished running, which means that your messages will not appear 
> properly.  You'll have to build into your program somewhere, a way for 
> the user to enter points and to properly exit the line command when they 
> are done.
Thought I'd add the LISP code to do this for others that may be 
interested....
---snip---snip---
(command "line")
(while (> (getvar "CMDACTIVE") 0)
   (command pause)
)
(alert "Done!")
---snip---snip---
Sincerely,
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HP 4MV is definitely the way to go.  No doubt about it.
Malcolm H. Lyle III, PE  wrote in article
<55a94t$2t9@camel0.mindspring.com>...
> Charlie Carlson  wrote:
> 
> >eporter wrote:
> 
> >> We've got the HP 4V Laser works like a charm pretty quik also. I think
> >> there down to $1500.
> 
> >The brand-new QMS 2060 print system is now available, starting at $1999
> >list.
> >It can print up to 1200 dpi on up to 13"x19" paper.
> >See http://www.qms.com/ for details.
> 
> >Charlie Carlson
> >Embedded SW Development
> >QMS, Inc.
> 
> We use a lot of Canon BJ-230 printers.  There only available as
> clearance now, but they are fast, crisp and CHEAP!!!  Good for check
> plots.
> 
> --
> 			Malcolm Lyle, PE
> 			Bryant Engineering Consultants, Inc.
> 			105 Annjo Court
> 			Forest, Virginia 24551
> 			Tel: 804.385.4383
> 			Fax: 804.385.9059
> 
> 

What I don't understand is, AutoCAD is supposed to be an open
development environment to all, and Autodesk's stated reasons for
aquiring Softdesk is to be able to produce more powerful tool for the
AEC industry.  Well, if AutoCAD is truely open to all developers then
there is no reason for the aquisition.  Softdesk already has
everything it needs to develop those tools along with everyone else.
The only true reason I can see for this aquisition is to give Softdesk
products an unfair insiders track.
David J. Gates
Inter-Gate, Inc.
dgates@accessone.com
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 05:09:47, Tom@tcicorp.com (Tom L. Inloes) wrote:
>Announced today - Autodesk will acquire Softdesk.
>
>They say it will benefit all of us, what do you think?
>
>Tom
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cking@pcc1.com (chris204) insisted that:
->"Glen A. Mathis"  insisted that:
->->I am trying to print to a HP Laserjet4M plus network printer. I am
->->running Autocad Release 13-c4 under Windows 95. The port is LPT1.
->The
->->Network is novell 3.12. Can anyone give me any answers as to Why I
->ty to
->->print (plot) to this printer, I keep getting the error message
->"Unable
->->to open Port"?
->We had a similar problem, with a similar setup. It seems that Acad
->R13c4 and Win95 (or maybe everything and Win95) have some weird
->plot/print problems. Anyway what it seems like I have to do when
->configuring a plotter in Acad is always choose "15. System
Printer..."
->and just make sure the configuration I want to use in Win95
"Printers"
->is setup correctly and set as default. It's a pain and so far I have
->not been able to get this HiPlot 7100 to work, but I am able to
->print/plot to an HP Laserjet 4 as well as an HP DesignJet.
->anyone know of a better way?
->chris
I got this response via email, I thought it might be helpful:
------------------------------
I had a similar problem which my dealer(Cad Resource Centre in
Vancouver)  
showed me how to fix. It's a bit complicated, but what you have to do
is 
select the network printer from My Computer/Printers and in the 
Properties/Details and use the "Capture Printer Port" button to make
sure that 
it has captured the correct LPT port.
 You then configure your printer(plotter) in AutoCAD. For the HP4MV
you can 
pick the HP/GL 2 driver and select the 4mv printer. Make sure that you
specify 
the same LPT port in the configuration. You then have to set the
"default plot 
file name" to the name of the LPT port. (that's in the Operating
parameters 
config, I think). Set up your plot, set your pens, plot to file(named
LPT 
whatever you set in "default plot file name")and faster than you can
say 
"Oops, I think I was in Model Space" out comes the plot. The only
drawback is 
you can only specify 1 default plot file name. But if you do 90
percent of 
your plots to one plotter(printer) that shouldn't be too much of an 
inconvenience.
 Joe Feldman
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I have not tried it yet.
chris

Hej!
Sometimes ago I read in this newsgroup that it is possible to run AutoCAD 13c4 (DOS and Windows
version) under OS/2 Warp 4 without any problems.
I have just installed the Windows version under OS/2 Warp 4. The installation went ok. But
when I start the program it hangs at the AutoCAD logo...
Can anybody please give me a hint?
Frank (schwedler@geographie.uni-kiel.de)

Brian Shelley wrote:
> 
> Please help - I'm at a lost on this one.
> 
> End User:
> 
> For some reason, when I open a drawing file on the network, by default
> it makes it a read-only file. There is is a box that can be clicked on
> to disable this feature each time, but I would like to disable it
> permanently.  When I open a file on my local drive it is not
> "Read-Only".
> 
> Note:  End User rights and network file attributes are read/write to
> the files and directories involved.
> 
> I did not experience this problem with R12 DOS.  I thought at first
> this was a new system variable (DWGWRITE) with R13, but checked and it
> does exist in R12 DOS.  I tried changing the setting and it had no
> effect even after exiting AutoCAD and restarting AutoCAD.  AutoDesk's
> online help says it will change based on setting it at "0" for
> read-only and "1" for read/write opening of files, but it had no
> effect.   None of our settings have changed here at the office.
> Has anyone else seen this one or have a solution?
Please try the suggestions outlined in:
http://www.autodesk.com/support/techdocs/acadni/td151708.htm
Autodesk's technical document titled "Drawings on Novell Server appear
as  Read-Only"
-Cara, Autodesk

I am using AutoCAD R12 for DOS, and I have installed the driver for HP750C.
When I try to use HPConfig, I got a message that tells me:
No HP-GL/2 devices configured.
But config tells me that I had installed a HP-GL/2 device.
Why can't HPConfig find my HP-GL/2 device configurations?
I have tried to remove all plotter drivers from config. Then I installed
the driver for HP Designjet 750C. And next I could run HPCONFIG. I made a
copy of acad.cfg, and installed the rest of my plotter drivers. Now I
couldn't run HPCONFIG. I took my copy of acad.cfg with only one plotter
driver. But now I can't run HPCONFIG.
Any suggestions?
Many Thanks
Allan Porse Kristiansen
Please post suggestions to my email :  apk@ramboll.dk

We have ACAD LT 2c1 running on Win for Workgroups. We cannot plot on the HP 
Draftmaster RX, we get garbage. Plotter driver is supplied with ACAD LT software, 
have checked with HP without any luck. Autodesk does mention the HP 7596A plotter in 
their documentation.
Any info would be appreciated !
Thanks ...  Ray Tham

Parameshwar Babu wrote:
> 
> What are the precautions that have to be taken to export DWG files into a DXF file that
> will be recognized by 3DS Rel.4? I created a 3D object in ACAD r13 for windows by
> revolving a polyline along a certain axis. I saved it and exported into a DXF file.
> I opened the DXF file again in acad and found it to be a 3d object in perfect conditon.
> 
> But when i went to 3dstudio and open the dxf file in 3deditor, it said "no 3d
> entities found". I even went to 2d shaper to open the dxf file but it now said "no 2d
> entities found". I do not face this problem when import some DXF files this way. I
> experience this problem only if I import certain dwg files.
> What should be wrong?
How about using _3DSOUT instead of _DXFOUT?
I don't think 3DS R4 reads R13 DXF files.
Another choice is to run the DXF file through DXFIX to convert it to R12
format.
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Hello,  For a poster presentation, I need to darken an autocad R12 plot.
 Is there anyway to make all of the text bold and the lines thicker? 
Any other suggestion?
thanks,
Mike.

"What goes around, comes around"
I wonder when Microsoft will acquire Aotodesk?  If you think I am 
kidding, look what has happened to some very large software 
developers over tha last few years.  It's not about better technology, 
it's *pure greed* and we are paying for it.  Come on people, wake up and 
read between the lines.  
A few years ago, a number of people followed their religious leader to 
South America.  Do you remember what happened to them? 
Remember CocoCola,
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As the originator you could have simply deleted the original post :)
Dave Rich
Tony T wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:41:30 GMT, wmill@execpc.com (Tony T) wrote:
> 
> >Heya,
> >
> >You wanna try to run Q in Win 95  over TCP/IP?   I had a guy call me
> >up and connect  to my work machine, and it was just like he was on the
> >network; I heard its supposed to be better than direct modem play
> >(which rots)
> >
> >Lets give it a try.
> >
> >i am not exactly sure of all the settings tho; have you seen anything
> >on it?
> >
> >Quick
> >
> >btw the Money thing was a side splitter;
> >I am still giggling about the "magic Bob face"
> >
> >********************************
> >"Never laugh at live dragons..."
> >J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
> >*********************************
> 
> DOH!! How did this get here???
> 
> (face turns beet red)
> 
> Must have hit the wrong "to" button!!
> These dang programs are just too convenient!
> 
> 1000 apologies, fellow Autocader's , this was supposed to be a private
> email; don't have a clue how it got here; must have been on my 9th cup
> of java.
> 
> Tony
> 
> ********************************
> "Never laugh at live dragons..."
> J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
> *********************************

Will MCAD 1.2 offer official support for NT 4.0.
Right now on R13c4a is officially supported, not 
MCAD 1.1, at least as I understand it.
Anyone know?

Hi,
I do mostly 2-d drawings, I prefer using ps-ms, simply because if there is
a revision later down the road it is easier to change.  The person that
had my job used strictly ms, and now it is practically impossible to edit
a drawing that was created then. 
Also we use company standardized borders for our drawings, it is easier to
just import them into ps, and then I don't have to worry about scaling the
objects to fit into the border.
Sheila Davis
Advanced Ceramics Research

Can anybody help me find an AutoCad R13 driver for a Xerox Versatec 8510
plotter.
Or even a driver for WIN-95 or win3.11?
This would help me a lot
Steven.cruysberghs@ping.be

There is a technical document on Autodesk's web 
site called "Using Desktop View under MS WindowsNT 
4.0"  It gives a detailed work around.
Mike
Albert Szilvasy wrote:
> 
> Joseph Matiacio wrote:
> 
> Hi Joseph,
> 
> > I currently have a copy of Mechanical Desktop v1.1. After switching OS's to
> > Win NT 4.0, the dynamic shaded commands are not recognized. The  'Dektop
> > View' toolbars baox loads properly, but when selecting something such as
> > 'Display Shaded' I get this message --- "_avrender Unknown command
> > "AVRENDER". Type ? for list of commands." It seems that this runtime
> > extension is not supported in in NT 4.0. Does any body no if this is the
> > case or point me in the right area from a fix.
> >
> 
> I had the same problem. It was solved when I downloaded the new version
> of the  accelvw.arx. I think I sucked it from www.autodesk.com.
> Cheers,
> Albert

> I beleive you have given a very high value for FACETRES system variable.
> Try to reduce and check out whether this helps.
> Check out also your harddisk , as sometimes if the program is written
> out in the bad sectors you may face this problem too.
> Waiting for your reply.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> G.Rajesh
> //Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
I checked the FACETRES variable, and it was set at 0.5, so I set it at
0.1, but the rendering still locked up.  I also ran the scandisk
utility, but it didn't detect any bad sectors.  Any other suggestions?
Thanks, Tony

On 10 Dec 1996 18:02:20 GMT, robwilhelm@aol.com wrote:
>I have 92 files that have quite a few layers (around 100) Is it Possible
>to Print Out the Layering Settings ? Such as what is Frozen, On, Off with
>the respective layer name ?                              Thanks...Rob
This is what I use:
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(defun C:LAYERS ( / ss1 blk index a b out file out count blk name pt ht in line)
   (setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
   (setq *error* errhand)
   (defun go ( / b c d e f g h)
      (setq b (cdr (assoc 2 a)))
      (while (< (strlen b) 11) (setq b (strcat b " ")))    ; layer name
      (setq c (itoa (abs (cdr (assoc 62 a)))))
      (while (< (strlen c) 3) (setq c (strcat " " c)))     ; layer color
      (setq d (cdr (assoc 6 a)))
      (while (< (strlen d) 10) (setq d (strcat d " ")))    ; layer linetype
      (setq e (if (minusp (cdr (assoc 62 a))) "Off" " On"))
      (setq f (cdr (assoc 70 a)))
      (setq g (if (= (logand f 1) 1) ", Frozen" ""))
      (setq h (if (= (logand f 4) 4) ", Locked" ""))
      (strcat "\n " b "   " c "   " d "  " e g h)
   )
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (prompt "\n Formating layer information . . . ")
   (setq file (getvar "DWGNAME"))
   (setq out (open (strcat file ".lyr") "w"))
   (princ (strcat  file ".DWG    " (date) "   " (time)) out)
   (princ "\nLayer:       Color:  Linetype:  Status: " out)
   (princ "\n------------------------------------------" out)
   (setq a (tblnext "LAYER" T))
   (while a
      (setq b (go))
      (princ b out)
      (setq a (tblnext "LAYER"))
   )
   (princ "\n------------------------------------------" out)
   (setq out (close out))
   (initget "Drawing Screen")
   (setq a (getkword "\n To Drawing/Screen: "))
   (if (= a "Drawing") (progn
      (setq pt (getpoint "\n Layer table insertion point: ")
            ht (getdist pt (strcat "\n Text height <" (rtos (getvar "TEXTSIZE")) ">: ")))
      (if (= ht nil) (setq ht (getvar "TEXTSIZE")))
      (setq in (open (strcat file ".lyr") "r"))
      (setq line (read-line in))
      (command ".TEXT" pt ht "0" line)
      (while (setq line (read-line in)) (command ".TEXT" "" line))
      (setq in (close in))
   ) (progn
      (command ".TYPE" (strcat file ".lyr|more"))
   ))
   (setvar "CMDECHO" 1)
   (setq *error* nil)
   (princ)
)
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________________________________
Michael Rounds, Computer Aided Design Manager          ay665@freenet.uchsc.edu
Hoover Berg Desmond, Architects                                    hbd@csd.net
Denver, Colorado, USA                  For true multitasking, try orienteering

Seeing as this message ended up in autocad anyway I was wondering if the originator has had 
any experience in taking autocad .dwg files and converting them to quake files .map or 
whatever.  At the moment I am trying to export them as 3d studio files use 3ds2map and then 
import them into an editor called thred to try to texture them.  No luck so far due to lack of 
experience in such things.  Any links to help files would be appreciated.
Ashley Lane 
> >Heya,
> >
> >You wanna try to run Q in Win 95  over TCP/IP?   I had a guy call me
> >up and connect  to my work machine, and it was just like he was on the
> >network; I heard its supposed to be better than direct modem play
> >(which rots)
> >
> >Lets give it a try.
> >
> >i am not exactly sure of all the settings tho; have you seen anything
> >on it?
> >
> >Quick
> >
> >btw the Money thing was a side splitter;
> >I am still giggling about the "magic Bob face"
> >
> >********************************
> >"Never laugh at live dragons..."
> >J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
> >*********************************
> 
> DOH!! How did this get here???
> 
> (face turns beet red)
> 
> Must have hit the wrong "to" button!!
> These dang programs are just too convenient!
> 
> 1000 apologies, fellow Autocader's , this was supposed to be a private
> email; don't have a clue how it got here; must have been on my 9th cup
> of java.
> 
> Tony
> 
> ********************************
> "Never laugh at live dragons..."
> J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
> *********************************
>

On 9 Dec 1996 18:27:01 GMT, "Shawn"  wrote:
>When I mirror a dimension and leave a copy behind the new dimension text is
>upside down.  This becomes quite annoying when I have to mirror ~30 dim's.
>
Go into 'OPTIONS' pull down menu and select 'SYSTEM VARIABLES',  click
on 'SET'  and type in "MIRRTEXT" at the 'Command:" prompt on the
bottom of your screen.  Replace the default value of "1" with a "0".
This will force the text to be readable, and not mirror with any other
objects.  
Hopes this helps.
Michael

Is there an easy way to convert DWG files into GIF?  More so is there 
a viewer that will allow you to view DWG files on the internet that 
will allow you to zoom in on the image?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kim
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Is there anybody that can tell me how to spool plots in Autocadlite win95 
under NT4.0.
Thanks for any suggestion Coert
knubbel@worldonline.nl

Well, this continue to amaze me, although it shouldn't really.
Your routine produces PERFECT RESULTS in R12, and total
garbage in R13! I've got BOTH circles WRONG. Go figure! ;) ;)
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:37:43 GMT,  - jimf@protosys.com (Jim Fitzgerald) wrote
in comp.cad.autocad:
>"Mike.D"  wrote:
>>Hi Jim,
>>        Thanks for the reply I,m not going completely mad then and there
>Here's a lisp routine that demonstrates the problem. The routine draws
>a 2" square centered at 0,0, and then a 2"dia circle also centered at
>0,0. All is fine so far, in the area between the circle and square
>there are 4 "triangular" areas defined, one in each corner.
>[...]
>The green circle is correct and what I would expect. The red circle is
>also technically correct, but is not the circle closet to the selected
>points.
>[...]
>Anyway, I don't know how many people have come across this.  Doesn't
>seem to affect most people so Autodesk may or may not address it. BTW
>this was done on R13c4, I haven't tried it on earlier or later
>versions.
I did...
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Joel TANGUY wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I generally receive from my customers some plans that I numerize with a
> scanner.
> I would like to transform them into vectorial images that I can use with
> AutoCad.
> The problem is that I need CURVES and not lines after the conversion!
> 
> I search a product (shareware or not) which can manage that... I've already
> tried Adobe Streamline, but when I want to save the picture as a DXF, it
> doesn't accept curves anymore but only lines...
> 
> I need help!
> 
> JoelHitachi Software has a product that's capable of bitmap to vector 
conversion, although I can't recall the name of the application. Sorry, 
but I don't have any info on how you might contact Hitachi.

Betsy Reiser wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> While "zoom" is a transparent command in model space, it is not one in
> paper space. I'm trying to zoom while in a dimension command in paper
> space. Is there anyway to accomplish this. Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Betsy
Dear Betsy,
You cannot zoom or pan transparantly while being in paperspace.
There is an Autodesk product that has implemented this feature though :
Mechanical Desktop.
But I guess you won't consider buying the product just for this.
Bob Van der Donck 
Autodesk Switzerland.

Tony, how much Eagle Point stock did you own?
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I'm having a bit of a problem with AutoCAD LT for Windows95.
When I try to modify the Toolbars I get a "Fatal Error:Unhandled
Exception" message.
Has anyone else had any experience with this?