Subject: Re: Converting attribute-text from blocks to std. text
From: (Reini Urban)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 16:08:03 GMT
frodech@login.eunet.no (Frode Christiansen) wrote:
>We have several attribute blocks to fill in the text in the title
>block and pos. num. in the drawing. (ACAD R13 C4a)
>
>The text theese attributes contains, I would like to have exctracted
>and placed in the same posistions on the drawing but as normal text
>entities.
>This because some of my customers who I'm exchanging drawings with, do
>not insert attributes in theis systems as a company policy..
>Therefore, all my attributes text is not inserted into their
>CAD-sowtware.
I've done it several times for ArchiCAD users which got surveyors DXF
files. Most of other cad programs ignore attributes though they are just
simple text entities. Because the need appeared to grow I planned a dos
program which converted the DXF's in no time at all.
I tried ATLAST but couldn't handle it properly and almost solved it in
perl. When I'll have to do it again and have more time than 3 hours,
I'll finish this perl for sure.
But then I redid it in plain AutoLISP using some functions of mine in a
script which runs over all DWG's.
Function: (att2text)
Program: ATTCONV (converts all attributes to its text representation)
Its in my URBAN X utils. But the Win versions are not usable now,
hardcoded time expired today :(, but the dos version works well until
end of feb 97
But my best advice is to force your customers to switch to AutoCAD. :)
Its usual in Austria, but depends on your type of business who is on the
stronger end.
Maybe thats why AutoDESK has such a weak DXF reader ...
---
Reini Urban, TU Graz, Architecture & X-RAY
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/
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Subject: Re: What's in a Job Title ?
From: Kevin Jones
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:15:30 -0800
> What is a Stationary engineer? It's not a term I've come across in the
> UK civils industry. Save, perhaps, to describe an engineer having a nap
> in a slow afternoon :)
They pay me for what I know, not so much what I do. "Stationary" is the
operative word (grin).
> --
> Shaun Lewis, The Dredging and
> Assistant Estimator Construction Company Ltd.
A Stationary Engineer is a licenced trade, and is *usually* in charge
of the boiler
room, and associated equipment (refrigeration, ventilation, steam
generation and use).
The majority are involved in anything from medium to heavy industries
(i.e. from
small fire-tube boilers in manufacturing plants, to 1000 MW generating
stations).
In Ontario, Canada (and the rest of the provences, I believe), every
plant must have
a Chief Engineer, who would normally supervise the Shift Engineers,
maintenance staff, and many engineering projects (hence the business
cards).
A boiler room is quite often called the "power plant", so sometimes
Stationary
Engineers are called "Power Engineers" (the trade is actually called
Power Engineering,
the tradesmen Stationary Engineers).
When the steam locomotive had its day, the person in charge of the
boiler and engine
was called a "locomotive engineer" or "steam engineer". People who ran
nearly identical
equipment (boilers and steam engines), whose machinery was firmly
affixed to the ground,
were called "Stationary Engineers" (our boilers don't go anywhere
(grin)). Same equipment on ships, "Marine Engineers".
A while back we did have a bit of a dust-up over the use of the term
"Engineer". I guess the Society of Professional Engineers felt they had
the exclusive rights to the name "Engineer". But it seems "Power
Engineers" were around and using the name long, long, before any
"Professional Engineers" showed up (grin). So now (and please, anybody
correct me if I am wrong, it's happened more than once) only those
recognized by the Society, and Power Engineers, are allowed to use the
term.
Now that everybody knows more about Stationary Engineers than they
ever wanted to
know, I hope that answers the rest of the questions in the other posts.
K. Jones
Kjones@interlynx.net
Subject: Softdesk in play
From: "Tony Tanzillo"
Date: 20 Dec 1996 17:08:44 GMT
It appears that Softdesk is in play, and is the target of
a hostile acquisition by a third party. As a result, Autodesk
has raised its offer from $12 to $15/share:
------------------------------------------------------------
Autodesk Inc. has raised its takeover bid for Softdesk Inc.
to $15 a share, or about $90 million, after a second,
unidentified suitor made a competing proposal, the software
companies said Friday.
Under the definitive agreement, Autodesk will pay the
$15 a share in common stock based on the average closing
prices for the five trading days before the closing date.
The companies had originally announced a price of $12
a share, or about $72 million, on Dec. 10. Softdesk closed
at $10.50, and Autodesk closed at $27.75 on Nasdaq on Thursday.
"We have increased the purchase price principally in
response to an indication of interest received by Softdesk
from a third party," said Carol Bartz, Autodesk chairman and
chief executive.
Dave Arnold, the chief executive of Softdesk, said the
Henniker, N.H.-based company was committed to the Autodesk
merger, which will be accounted for as a pooling of interests.
-----------------------------------------------------------
There is a possibility that the 3rd party that is showing
interest in Softdesk is Parametric Technology Corp., which
has recently made it very clear that it has its ironsights
aimed squarely at Autodesk.
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Subject: Re: mtext string substitution?
From: ddp@awwwsome.com (Dave Jones)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:21:52 GMT
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:07:07 GMT, ddp@awwwsome.com (Dave Jones) wrote:
>Hi all
>Is there a way to substitute one string for another in multiple
>instances of mtext in a drawing? I have over 100 drawings done for a
>project with each drawing having many different mtext notes referring
>to a C4 x 7.5 steel channel. The channel is actually a C4 x 7.25 steel
>channel. Can I change 7.5 to 7.25 with lisp? Sure don't look forward
>to doing it one note at a time :-(
>Any help would be appreciated.
Just a public thanks to Scott Drager who obviously spent much of his
time to work me through this via e-mail. The routine that he wrote
worked like a charm on Mtext and I wrote it into a script file and
altered the offending text strings in 102 .dwg files while at lunch.
The routine that Scott came up with follows for anyone else who is
interested in it. THANKS SCOTT!
;Definitely a hack and slash Brute Force program.
(defun c:renum(/ found dwgtext textnum count editit teststr testlgn
tcount newtest
newstr t)
(setvar "cmdecho" 0)
(setq found 0)
(setq dwgtext(ssget "x"(list(cons 0 "MTEXT"))))
(setq textnum(sslength dwgtext))
(setq count 0)
(while (< count textnum)
(setq editit (entget (ssname dwgtext count)))
(setq teststr(cdr (assoc 1 (entget (ssname dwgtext
count)))))
;Why waste time checking strings that are obviously
too short?
(if (< 7 (strlen teststr))(progn
(setq testlng(- (strlen teststr) 1))
(setq tcount 1)
(while (> testlng tcount)
(setq newtest (substr teststr
tcount 8))
(if(= newtest "C4 X 7.5")(setq
found 1)
(setq found 0))
(if (= found 1)
(progn
(setq newstr (strcat
(substr teststr 1 (- tcount 1)) "C4 X 7.25" (substr teststr (+ 8
tcount))))
(setq editit
(subst(cons 1 newstr)(assoc 1 editit) editit))
(entmod editit)
(setq found 0)
)
)
(setq tcount (+ 1 tcount))
)
)(setq t nil))
(setq count (+ 1 count))
)
(setvar "cmdecho" 1)
(princ)
)
Also thanks to Sunny Barker who submitted a routine that, although
doesn't work on Mtext, is a valuable routine for use on text strings.
It will go in my lisp database for my next text screwup.
regards,
Dave Jones ddp@awwwsome.com
from lovely downtown Burney, CA
Subject: snapping misses corners even with snap mode off
From: "Steven P. Schneider"
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:28:16 -0500
I'm working with a drawing exported back to AutoCAD
from some other package. Other drawings are OK, but this one is
strange. If I snap to anything on the drawing, the points miss the
intersections, ends, etc; they are just off, and the amount of
error seems to be independent of the zoom setting -- always a half-mm
or so on the screen. If I dimension a part, snapping to the ends,
the snap points are off, but the lines snap to the part ends after
the command is complete. Some parts of the dimension stay with the
inaccurate snap points and some parts don't, so it looks terrible.
Snap mode is off, and grid is off. What could be doing this?
steve
Subject: Re:Draftpro EXL driver for NT4 with ACAD13C4 wrote:
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:07:28 -0800
Frederic Toussaint wrote:
>Where can help me?
>How I have to install the plotter, that I can use it in NT4? I havn't
>found a driver for Draftpro EXL. Which driver I have to use?
>How then I have to install the plotter in ACAD, that I can plot my dwgs?
>When I want plot from another workstation over the network, what I've
>there to done?
>
>Sorry, but I'm a Newbie with plotters.
>
>Hope for answer
>
>Frederic
>________________________________________________________
>
>Frederic Toussaint Tel. 0721 / 608-6056
>CIP-Pool der Fakult=E4t XII Fax. 0721 / 69 37 17
>76128 Universit=E4t Karlsruhe
>E-mail: frederic.toussaint@wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de
>WWW : http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~wiwi/cip/index.html
>________________________________________________________
Fredric,
In Windows NT you have the print manager. Just open it up and
install a new printer . It should surely have the draft pro EXL
model. If not then install the other HP pen plotter model.
From NT you can plot only using either system printer option or
using the AutoSpool method.
You can find a detailed white paper at the Autodesk web site at
the technical support section
http://www.autodesk.com/support/techdocs/techdocs.htm
Using the Autospool method you can plot it in network.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:Acad 13, NT, Canon Color Printing
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:25:42 -0800
movpix@vaxxine.com (Mike Fancy) wrote:
>Testing a new system in our office, prior to purchase:
>
>Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
>Pentium 133 System 64 meg ram
>Autocad 13
>Roland Pen Plotter
>Canon Color BubbleJet printer for draft output
>
>Problem is getting color output from the Canon Color BubbleJet 240.
>
>We are using the "SYSTEM PRINTER" option in Acad13, assuming that it will
>print in color on the inkjet. No such luck. We are only getting black
>and white output, even on colour drawings which plot in colour on the
>Roland Plotter.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Mike
>
>
Mike,
Configure again for the system printer option and give YES to the option
when it asks for DO YOU WANT COLOURED OUTPUTS?
This should solve the problem.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:***** Looking for a Position *****
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:14:09 -0800
Mahesh Chitnis wrote:
>Dear Sir/Madam :
>
>I am interested in the employment opportunity as a designer or CAD expert.
>I have a strong architecture, computer training, help desk and facility
>management background. I would be pleased to be considered for the
>position, if you have any.
>
>I have a reputation for being a reliable and enthusiastic employee.
>Self-motivated, determined and hard working; these are the qualities I
>possess which would make me an excellent employee in contruction related
>position. I possess strong management skills and am an eager team member.
>I know I am sending a multipage resume. But I am sure you will be happy to
>read every line of it.
>
>I have very quick learner I look forward to further discussing your needs
>and may be reached at (201) 343-0374 after 6:00pm(EST) on weekdays and
>anytime on weekends. Will you please suggest me how and when I can get in
>touch with you?
>
>Your guidance in finding an appropeate position will also be highly
>appreciated.
>
>I am ready to join your team anytime in new year. I am ready for a long
>term commitment and ready to relocate anywhere in US. Looking forward for
>a favourable reply from you.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Mahesh Chitnis
>
Mahesh,
Take a look at Dennis Shinn's homepage. He has a separate career opportunities
page at
www.halcyon.com/jeeper/saug/saughome.htm
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:carpet take-off software
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:14:57 -0800
Tom Biel
>We currently use Softdesk's AutoArchitect v7.5 and AutoCAD v13. We are
>looking for software to do accurate carpet/flooring take-offs rather
>than relying on the installers. Autoarchitect will calculate areas now,
>but we would actually like to produce a "cut-list" and ideally, diagram
>the installation seams, taking into account the flooring pattern-match.
>If you or a third party offer such software, please advise. THANK YOU!
I am really not sure. I assume you are looking for a software that does
the cutting of the flooring and creating the optimum floor drawing out
of it.
If this is the case , then take a look at the Registered developer
section at the AUtodesk web site.
http://www.autodesk.com
Don't laugh at me, I think you can also use any of the good sheet metal
software also to do this. Instead of the carpet , you are going to use the
sheet. :)
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:Internal Error !DBSPACE.CC3
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:09:16 -0800
Marc Brousseau wrote:
>I'm having a problem with one of my dwg files. Each time that I try to
>open it, the error !SPSPACE.CC3 keep occuring which stop the drawing
>from loading up (it get up to 43% before this error appears). I've tried
>recover, bring the file in as a block, renaming the file but I still get
>the same error. If anyone has a solution it would be appreciated, since
>I just finish this drawing for release. It was OK last night and this
>morning I cant open it for ploting.:-(
>
>Regards,
>Marc
>
Marc,
It looks there is something wrong with the system too. Is there any bad
sectors in your machine.
Just open the drawing. While it starts loading and says regenerating , press
ctrl+c . Now just take a DXF file output and quit this drawing.
Open a new drawing file and use the DXFIN command and open the drawing
file and save it to a different file name and location. I have seen this
error appears if the file allocation of the directory where it lies has gone
bad.
Do also a Scandisk and defrag. Please also visit the autodesk web site for
a detailed paper on this topic at the technical support section
http://www.autodesk.com/support/techdocs/techdocs.html
Please also send me the drawing if possible.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:Redering and 3D view crashes r12c3 for DOS under network environment
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:03:35 -0800
"Charles Yang" wrote:
>Help. all the gurus out there!!!
>I have this totally strange problem, PLEASE help me.
>
>Environment: educational institution, multi-purpose lab.
> Operates with 20 networked ACAD station under DOS.
>Software: network installation of ACAD r12c3, Novell 3.12,
> MS-DOS v6.22, Client32 for dos/win3.x
>Hardware: Unisys 486 dx2/66, 8MB RAM,
> Summagraphic digitizer
>Problem: Now these days, lab users kept encopuntering with system crash
> when they try to do a 3d view /object shifting, and or rendering.
> I have been investigate on this issue for a month now, I seems
> can't find any reference on it. Even with Autodesk's web site. The
>strange thing is,
> I have no this kind of poroblem before.
> I supected there is a memory problem, and the network station conflict
> but no luck with it. (what I did include rewrite and inspect acad.cfg and
>acadr12.bat,
> network lock, increase the swap mem. size on local station.)
> Viro infection? No trace of any.
> I am also suspecting Novell's Client32 for DOS/WIn3.x version-- the
>latest client update.
> I re-config and rewrite the net.cfg, to max. the connectivity and
>other.----no luck.
> the station still crashing whenever it does not like the redering job..
>
>I really beat my brain out on this, is there any guru out there, can help
>me with this?
>
>Please, send email to yangc@dbcc.cc.fl.us, or reply on the group.
>
I feel that it is not able to find any swap file while doing rendering.
I have seen this type of problems. Just do a CHKDSK/F and remove all the
temporary swap files. Delete the render.cfg file and check whether it is
been given common read write sharing access rights.
Meanwhile I will look into the other possibilities.
:)
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:Network plotting with ACAD12 (DOS)
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:12:17 -0800
zechner@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at (Christoph Zechner) wrote:
>I have problems to configure ACAD 12 c1 for DOS to plot to a
>file and then starting a batch file, that should copy the
>plot file to a network plotter.
>
>I have modified my acad start batch by setting the ACADPLCMD
>to a batch file called plot.bat.
>
>acad start batch:
>SET ACADPLCMD=plot.bat %s
>
>plot.bat:
>copy %1 /b lpt1:
>
>When using the filename AUTOSPOOL, the plot files are
>created in the spool directory, which I have configured, but
>the batch file, that should copy the files to the plotter
>does not execute. What is wrong? Do I really need a TSR
>spool program to copy the files?
>
>cu Christoph
>
>
Cu,
Just visit the Autodesk web site for a detailed white paper on
Printing from AutoCAD using AutoSpool option at the technical
support section
http://www.autodesk.com/support/techdocs/techdocs.htm
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:New Video Crd for Acad 12-dos
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:09:52 -0800
"J. Jones" wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I need some advice on a Video Card for Acad 12 for Dos. We've always
>used Diamond Stealth 64's with the enclosed Panacea Turbodld drivers, in
>the past with no problems, but on my new system I'd like to buy with the
>future in mind -- DirectX capability, maybe 3D. Does anyone know if the
>newer cards, example 3D, still come with the ACAD 12 drivers? I will be
>running a dual boot system with ACAD 12 running with the MS Dos 6.22, and
>Win 95 as the other alternative.
>
>Thanks for any info,
>
>Janet
>
Janet,
Take a look at the recent issues of CADALYST magazine. It had a cover story
review regarding the different 2D & 3D graphics boards and its drivers. I
hope this will help you selecting the correct one of your choice.
:)
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re:Nth Engine driver for R13
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 07:11:24 -0800
Mack Rasmussen wrote:
>Hi, I'm running R12 DOS using the nth engine driver for Acad. I have
>become very used to the zooming and panning capabilities this driver
>offers. My company is dictating that I upgrade to R13 NT any chance
>there is a same or similar zoom and pan capability offered by Nth or
>someone else. I've had an attempt made to write this capability in
>AutoLISP but without success. The key is minimizing the number of mouse
>picks. I work from an entire plant layout drawing 500 yards by 300
>yards and need to zoom in to 12"x12" window, begin a line, zoom all the
>way back out, pan, and zoom back in to a 12":x12" window. Can anybody
>help me? An email response is fine.
>
>Thanks Carl ccor@cadcamsys.com
>
Carl,
AutoCAD R13 has a inbuilt display driver called WHIP . This helps you
to pan and zoom the drawing in real time. The commands are RTPAN
and RTZOOM. This will be very helpful to do the job you are looking for.
In the case of DOS version of R13 c4 you have hidden commands like AV.
Just try this and see the performance. This is really fast.
You can also type DLX and see all the remaining commands in R13c4 dos
version.
:)
G.Rajesh
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Subject: Re: I made a Shareware program - Advices Needed !!!
From: "Scott Hallmark"
Date: 20 Dec 1996 17:30:58 GMT
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What does your program do? I have many that I have written. Unless you are
a big-time company, you won't make squat. It all depends on who has the
bucks to advertise, like in Cadence and Cadalyst, BIG one page ads!
Sorry to bust your bubble. I would like to see your demo...depending on
what it does. What are you gonna charge? I have found that $10-20 is the
best way to go, because, yes I know you spent 4 months working on it, but
people will not pay you 4 months worth of programming time to save them
maybe 20 minutes to 1 hour a day. Don't be too proud of your product, or
at least don't charge as if you're proud of it. I'll even swap some of
mine for some of yours???
Whatever.
Scott Hallmark
Network Administrator/Webmaster/CAD Analyst
hallmark@mindspring.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~hallmark/hallmark.html
cyberben@total.net wrote in article <32b89f21.2422359@news.total.net>...
> Hi,
>
> I will ship, early next year, a shareware version of an AutoLISP
> program. The program is huge and took more than 4 months of
> developpement. I also bought Vital Lisp 2.0 to compile the program
> into an ARX file. I'm very serious about it. The shareware version
> will be a full working copy but will have the limitation of ....
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What does your program do? I have many =
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won't make squat. It all depends on who has the bucks to =
advertise, like in Cadence and Cadalyst, BIG one page ads!
Sorry =
to bust your bubble. I would like to see your demo...depending on =
what it does. What are you gonna charge? I have found that =
$10-20 is the best way to go, because, yes I know you spent 4 months =
working on it, but people will not pay you 4 months worth of =
programming time to save them maybe 20 minutes to 1 hour a day. =
Don't be too proud of your product, or at least don't charge as if =
you're proud of it. I'll even swap some of mine for some of =
yours???
Whatever.
Scott Hallmark
Network =
Administrator/Webmaster/CAD =
Analyst
hallmark@mindspring.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~hallmark=
/hallmark.html
cyberben@total.net =
wrote in article <32b89f21.2422359@news.total.net>...
> Hi,
>
> I will ship, =
early next year, a shareware version of an AutoLISP
> program. The =
program is huge and took more than 4 months of
> developpement. I =
also bought Vital Lisp 2.0 to compile the program
> into an ARX =
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> will be a =
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