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Subject: Re: SummaSketch III problems on R12 Dos
From: "neil tull"
Date: 31 Dec 96 06:28:02 GMT
I recently purchased a Summasketch III 12x12 w/16button puck. I use it in
Win95 through the proxy driver. However, I have not been able to align it
correctly in R12 for DOS. When I push the cursor up to the top left
corner
of the screen, the puck is still a good quarter to half inch away from the
tablet's top left corner. My video card is a Matrox Millenium. I'm using
the R12 drivers that came with it when I bought it in late September(don't
know if that really effects it though). I loaded the tablet in protected
mode I believe. I couldn't get it to load in real(I think that's what the
other mode was called). Any help would be appreciated. I've emailed
SummaGraphics to no avail, and my father(who's used to dealing with
AutoCad's little problems) has not been able to take a look. I'm fairly
technical minded, but I've only used Cad for about five months now, and
only had the tablet for one month(first time I've ever dealt with one). I
can get the tablet to configure, but since it's not aligned properly, my
guides do me no good. I tried using the reset software utility(yes I did
it in the MicroGrid/16 button format). I also exit to DOS on Win 95. I
also have the real DOS 6.22 on my machine and I've skipped Win95 and gone
straight in to previous version of DOS. Same problem. Any help would be
appreciated as the time Cad takes me with a mouse is laughable. I don't
want to find out I wasted $230 on this tablet(I'm just passed the 30 day
return policy).
Thanx in advance,
Neil Tull
p.s. please email replies to: tullnd@ucunix.san.uc.edu
or: neil@pinky-and-the-brain.com
or: tultek@theonramp.net
Subject: Re: Help w/AutoCad R12_c4 for Win running on Win NT 4.0
From: davidr505@aol.com
Date: 31 Dec 1996 11:15:45 GMT
In article <01bbf5c6$546cb240$69ea1fcc@winnt40>, "Jim Stromberg"
writes:
>I recently upgraded my computer whose operating system is Win NT 4.0. I
>loaded AUTOCAD 12_C4 for Windows with no problem. However, I've
>experienced one problem. When I change the view with Zoom, Pan, etc.,
the
>drawing image disappears until I enter the Regen command. This may be an
>incompatibility with the video driver, though I'm not sure.
>
>Has anyone else experienced this problem?
>Can anyone help with a solution?
>
>
Try reconfiguring the video and uncheck the GDI Bypass check box.
HTH
Regards,
Dave
Internet:
DavidR505@aol.com
Subject: Re: SummaSketch III problems on R12 Dos
From: idaho@vnet.net (Marshall Caudle)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 96 12:17:52 GMT
On 12/31/96 1:28AM, in message <01bbf6e3$8bee9b20$0a10020a@hal>, "neil tull"
wrote:
>
>
> I recently purchased a Summasketch III 12x12 w/16button puck. I use it in
> Win95 through the proxy driver. However, I have not been able to align it
> correctly in R12 for DOS. When I push the cursor up to the top left
> corner
> of the screen, the puck is still a good quarter to half inch away from the
> tablet's top left corner. My video card is a Matrox Millenium. I'm using
> the R12 drivers that came with it when I bought it in late September(don't
> know if that really effects it though). I loaded the tablet in protected
> mode I believe. I couldn't get it to load in real(I think that's what the
> other mode was called). Any help would be appreciated. I've emailed
> SummaGraphics to no avail, and my father(who's used to dealing with
> AutoCad's little problems) has not been able to take a look. I'm fairly
> technical minded, but I've only used Cad for about five months now, and
> only had the tablet for one month(first time I've ever dealt with one). I
> can get the tablet to configure, but since it's not aligned properly, my
> guides do me no good. I tried using the reset software utility(yes I did
> it in the MicroGrid/16 button format). I also exit to DOS on Win 95. I
> also have the real DOS 6.22 on my machine and I've skipped Win95 and gone
> straight in to previous version of DOS. Same problem. Any help would be
> appreciated as the time Cad takes me with a mouse is laughable. I don't
> want to find out I wasted $230 on this tablet(I'm just passed the 30 day
> return policy).
>
> Thanx in advance,
> Neil Tull
>
> p.s. please email replies to: tullnd@ucunix.san.uc.edu
> or: neil@pinky-and-the-brain.com
> or: tultek@theonramp.net
>
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Until I upgraded my system, I had a similar problem with a GTCO Ultima tablet. I
finally traced the problem to a conflict between my digitizer and my video card (a
Renegade by Appian Technologies). A real nightmare as GTCO blamed Appian and Appian
blamed GTCO (translation - neither had any idea what the problem was and really
weren't too interested in finding a solution to my problem). I never did solve the
problem so when I upgraded my system I decided to try a Matrox Video Card - no
problem so far. I would dump the digitizer and try another, but from what I read in
this newsgroup, no single manufacturer seems to have all the problems solved using a
digitizer with AutoCAD. I sometimes wonder if the real problem is that AutoCAD is
moving away from allowing the use of a digitizer in favor of strictly a mouse based
system!
Anyway I did discover that on my old system when I configured the digitizer, if I
went through the whole configure process using the closest points I could and then
repeated the whole process - the second time I could pick the corners exactly. GTCO
never could explain this. They had never heard of this problem and said that it
made no sense. That may be, but I know it was a fact!
Marshall Caudle
Monroe, NC
Subject: Re: Faxing
From: davidr@fast.net@fast.net
Date: 31 Dec 1996 12:55:42 GMT
Get OS/2 and use Faxworks. Enjoy your computer more!!
In <01bbf690$510dc100$57024ac3@p150>, "Jyrki Saloniemi" writes:
>
>
>Coriell wrote in article
><32C483A0.1EE6@sprintmail.com>...
>> Jerry Walter wrote:
>> >
>> > Garry D. Knapp wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I'd expect this has been asked a million time s before, but as I am
>new
>> > > to any newsgroups (only a few days) I'd like to know if there are any
>> > > simple ways of faxing drawings directly from Acad (R13c4) The only
>way
>> > > i've come across sofar has been to paste a drawing or section
>thereof,
>> > > into a word document and carry on with the fax from there. But, if i
>> > > wanted to create plots and send them as seen, can I?
>> > >
>> > > gk
>> > > Toronto, Canada.
>> >
>> > How about "printing" to the fax device ?
>> >
>> > Jerry
>>
>> change your settings in the printer to be defaulted to your fax and then
>> print to your fax.
>>
>> Coriell
>>
>But how you can fax several pages within one fax-connection?
Subject: Re: Faxing
From: dyoung@mcwi.com (Darren Young)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 07:23:26 -0600
In article <01bbf690$510dc100$57024ac3@p150>, jyrki.saloniemi@tre.ains.fi
says...
> But how you can fax several pages within one fax-connection?
Software such as Winfax will allow you to save these Faxed prints in
folders and later can be attached to allow this.
Sincerely,
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Subject: Re: Books For Desktop
From: dyoung@mcwi.com (Darren Young)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 07:21:54 -0600
In article <32C8327B.22AA@intercall.com>, fopalka@intercall.com says...
> Does anyone know of any sources for good AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop
> books? Please supply either authors or publishers. Thanks.
Autodesk publishes a Mechanical Desktop Training Kit. Contact your
dealer or Autodesk for details.
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Subject: Re: Unpurgable!
From: culprb@aol.com (Culprb)
Date: 31 Dec 1996 14:25:56 GMT
>> Maybe, but Msta is INCAPABLE of accurately drawing and dimensioning
>> angles.
>Wrong ole foolish acad user. You don't know how to use the software !!!
Msta uses a connect-the-dot approach to placing elements (UOR), if your
line happens to end between the dots, its endpoint is moved to the nearest
dot. That is NOT accurate. I repeat, Msta, because of the FLAW in this
concept, is INCAPABLE of ACCURATELY drawing or dimensioning angular
elements. What portion of this statement is WRONG.
Randy
Subject: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad Blinder!!!!
From: "XSales"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 14:36:27 GMT
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I am not in a CAD war either, but by posting the difficulties we CAD users
are having this might get the attention of Autodesk in moving much faster
in improving Autocad product. As I said in my posting I'm an avid
Autocad user, 99% of the projects I have worked with is in Autocad. I
could not help but compare the milestone of Microstation superiority over
Autocad.
Recently I was faced with the challenge of using PS, which I normally aid
to do. The Drawing size is just about 1MB. I have 4 viewports to begin
with, autoregen set at off. The whole time I was working on the drawing
was a crawl. It was even hard to distinguish if the system might already
be lockup.
My bottomline again is PS is not a usable tool nor a workable tool at its
state right now. Autodesk must concentrate in improving its 'xref'
features and probably incorporate what it might have learn about PS.
Paper Space - Biggest Autocad Blinder!!!!
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> From: Vladimir Nesterovsky
> To: ALEX SALES
> Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder
> Date: Tuesday, December 31, 1996 1:56 AM
>
> Hello, and Happy New Year.
>
> I'm not in CAD wars, I don't care what's the name of a
> program I'm using. I just wanted to show you how to avoid
> regens and NOT wait minutes while in PS. In case you've
> overlooked this -- just hit ^C and do another regen.
> Now the VIEWPORT contents will be only REDRAWn.
> That's it. You just need to practice more discipline
> while in PS, naming views and all. If you just want
> to move around without having to pay attention to all this
> stuff, well, I'm with you here. I want it too. It's just
> that ACAD won't let us.
>
> Good luck,
> --
> Vladimir Nesterovsky LISP/C/C++ etc.
> 12/30/96 22:56:07
>
> On Sun, 29 Dec 1996 14:15:02 -0500 ALEX SALES wrote:
> >I appreciate very much your response to my posting.
> >
> >You have just demonstrated with your long article how Autocad presented
PS
> >as a great tool but the most ineffective in terms of moving around the
> >drawing. I dont think a computer user (for any application at all) has
> >the patience to wait minutes just to make the next entry in their
> >application. If the problem of autocad regenerating is just a hardware
>
>
>
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I am not in a CAD war either, but by =
posting the difficulties we CAD users are having this might get the =
attention of Autodesk in moving much faster in improving Autocad =
product. As I said in my posting I'm an avid =
Autocad user, 99% of the projects I have worked with is in Autocad. =
I could not help but compare the milestone of Microstation =
superiority over Autocad.
Recently I was faced with the =
challenge of using PS, which I normally aid to do. The =
Drawing size is just about 1MB. I have 4 viewports to begin with, =
autoregen set at off. The whole time I was working on the =
drawing was a crawl. It was even hard to distinguish if the system =
might already be lockup.
My bottomline again is PS is not =
a usable tool nor a workable tool at its state right now. Autodesk =
must concentrate in improving its 'xref' features and probably =
incorporate what it might have learn about PS.
Paper Space - =
Biggest Autocad Blinder!!!!
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> From: Vladimir =
Nesterovsky <vnestr@netvision.net.il>
> To: ALEX SALES <asales@erols.com>
> Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest =
Autocad blunder
> Date: Tuesday, December 31, 1996 1:56 =
AM
>
> Hello, and Happy New Year.
>
> I'm not =
in CAD wars, I don't care what's the name of a
> program I'm =
using. I just wanted to show you how to avoid
> regens and NOT =
wait minutes while in PS. In case you've
> overlooked this -- just =
hit ^C and do another regen.
> Now the VIEWPORT contents will be =
only REDRAWn.
> That's it. You just need to practice more =
discipline
> while in PS, naming views and all. If you just =
want
> to move around without having to pay attention to all =
this
> stuff, well, I'm with you here. I want it too. It's =
just
> that ACAD won't let us.
>
> Good luck,
> =
--
> Vladimir Nesterovsky =
LISP/C/C++ etc.
> <vnestr@netvision.net.il> 12/30/96 22:56:07
>
> On =
Sun, 29 Dec 1996 14:15:02 -0500 ALEX SALES wrote:
> >I =
appreciate very much your response to my posting.
> >
> =
>You have just demonstrated with your long article how Autocad =
presented PS
> >as a great tool but the most ineffective in =
terms of moving around the
> >drawing. I dont think =
a computer user (for any application at all) has
> >the =
patience to wait minutes just to make the next entry in =
their
> >application. If the problem of autocad =
regenerating is just a hardware
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Mech. Desktop - Large Model -
From: Trout
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 09:45:35 -0800
Ken Dresser wrote:
>
> If I create a relatively small parametric model, change a dimension and
> do an update everything works as expected. So, I created a rather large
> model and when I pick UPDATE, AutoCad crashes with NO error messages.
>
> I'm running Designer R2, Windows NT Workstation 3.51 (no service packs
> installed) Autocad R13C4 on a 133Mhz Pentium, 128MB of memory and up to
> 1GB of virtual memory.
>
> Suggestions??
I think you need more memory.
Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder #
From: "XSales"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 15:11:59 GMT
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I am surprise by your response. While it is obvious that the intent of PS
is to show different parts of the drawing file in different scale, I must
have miss a new feature about orientation in viewports being flexible and
powerful.
I think plotting is a different whole issue in this matter. The whole
intent of PS is not to make plotting easier by setting things in a 1:1
scale. The basic intent was to present a drawing in different views,
scale, customize each vport, thaw/freeze layers different for each vport
without having to draw the same entities. Therefore, we expect that
Autocad should be able to handle effectively multiple viewports. I just
wonder the horror of CAD users who are using 3D.
Try facing yourself with a moderate size drawing, say 1MB. 2D, PS with 4
viwports, autoregen off. Try customizing each vport and experience how the
program crawl. May I remind you that my experience in this situation is
not pushing Autocad to the limit, but a simple reality in what you face in
trying to make your drawing an effective communication tool.
In this case the best trick is to copy over the same drawing, scale details
to your liking, re-draw the rest of the files, and most important remain
in MS!!
Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder !!!
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I am surprise by your response. =
While it is obvious that the intent of PS is to show different =
parts of the drawing file in different scale, I must have miss a =
new feature about orientation in viewports being flexible and =
powerful.
I think plotting is a different whole issue in this =
matter. The whole intent of PS is not to make plotting =
easier by setting things in a 1:1 scale. The basic intent =
was to present a drawing in different views, scale, customize each =
vport, thaw/freeze layers different for each vport without having to =
draw the same entities. Therefore, we expect that Autocad =
should be able to handle effectively multiple viewports. I just =
wonder the horror of CAD users who are using 3D.
Try facing =
yourself with a moderate size drawing, say 1MB. 2D, PS with 4 =
viwports, autoregen off. Try customizing each vport and experience =
how the program crawl. May I remind you that my experience =
in this situation is not pushing Autocad to the limit, but a simple =
reality in what you face in trying to make your drawing an effective =
communication tool.
In this case the best trick is =
to copy over the same drawing, scale details to your liking, =
re-draw the rest of the files, and most important remain in =
MS!!
Paper Space =
- Biggest Autocad blunder !!!
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Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder
From: "XSales"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 15:26:06 GMT
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I am sure many of us in this newsgroup have had worked on complicated
drawings in various discipline. I am quite sure however that you could
effectively present your drawings without getting into the hassle of PS.
I find it surprising that USTN could not make a simple angular dimension.
Randy, I challenge you that your present your details in PS without having
to re-draw the same layout and you will see how the program crawls.
--
ASales
ASales@erols.com
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I am sure many of us in this newsgroup =
have had worked on complicated drawings in various discipline. =
I am quite sure however that you could effectively present =
your drawings without getting into the hassle of PS.
I find it =
surprising that USTN could not make a simple angular dimension. =
Randy, I challenge you that your present your details in =
PS without having to re-draw the same layout and you will see how the =
program crawls.
-- =
ASales
ASales@erols.com
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Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder
From: "XSales"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 15:34:47 GMT
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Sean,
If someone comes in to take your place, you think he/she could understand
how you manage your files without your bible explaining why you did what
your suggesting.
Autocad should be able to handle the load given that you have sufficient
hardware requirement to run the program (period).
If that is the case, Autocad should have a separate section calling it
"tricks of the trade".
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Sean,
If someone comes in to =
take your place, you think he/she could understand how you manage your =
files without your bible explaining why you did what your suggesting. =
Autocad should be able to handle the load given that you have =
sufficient hardware requirement to run the program (period). =
If that is the case, Autocad should have a separate =
section calling it "tricks of the trade".
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Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder
From: "XSales"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 15:44:12 GMT
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PS is only a good tool in theory and concept. In practice, remain in MS.
Quoting on the articles posted, it makes plotting easier.
With a moderate size drawing (1MB) and 4 vports, Autocad should be able to
handle the load with ease.
Autodesk should be publishing a manual about "PS_tricks of the trade" so we
could get around its ineffectiveness.
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PS is only a good tool in theory and =
concept. In practice, remain in MS. Quoting on the =
articles posted, it makes plotting easier.
With a moderate size =
drawing (1MB) and 4 vports, Autocad should be able to handle the load =
with ease.
Autodesk should be publishing a manual about =
"PS_tricks of the trade" so we could get around its =
ineffectiveness.
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Subject: Re: FOR SALE Autocad R13C4 and Mech Desktop
From: dyoung@mcwi.com (Darren Young)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 10:13:34 -0600
> You may not be aware that Autodesk recently began enforcing the
> "non-transferrable" part of the AutoCAD license. The current policy is
> that you *CANNOT* transfer a license except in cases of the license
> holder's death or when one company buys another (although they say they may
> consider transfers for other reasons on a case-by-case basis).
Interesting news. So in other words, Autodesk has pretty much scrapped
their license transfer policy that they once had in place.
I wonder if this was a result of companies "Buying Used AutoCAD. Any
Version". There use to be posts here from a couple. I would only
imagine that for a few hundred you could pick up r10, upgrade the license
and sell r13 at a much higher profit.
Sincerely,
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Subject: Re: Paper Space - Biggest Autocad blunder
From: dyoung@mcwi.com (Darren Young)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 10:23:29 -0600
In article <01bbf72f$77104860$57bea1ce@legend>, asales@erols.com says...
> I am sure many of us in this newsgroup have had worked on complicated
> drawings in various discipline. I am quite sure however that you could
> effectively present your drawings without getting into the hassle of PS.
PS is not for everyone. There are places when it is better to use than
others. You shouldn't think of PS as a presentation tool, rather a
productivity tool. It also allows you to save a lot of disk space.
PS is like any tool. It works well in some situations and not very well
in others. A hammer can't do everything after all.
I don't use paperspace very often, but there are times when I do, that
using just MS would be a waste of time. An example of this would be one
project that we are working on right now. PS used in conjunction with
Xref'ing allows me to make a change on just one drawings, and have 10
other drawings be automaticaly updated. There's no way, anyone can say
that updating 10 drawings individualy is more productive than updating 1.
Yes, maybe the drawing might load a little slower but loading and
changing 10 drawings isn't really that zippy of an operation.
Later,
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Subject: group-add-bug in AutoCADr13c4a
From: "Ed van den Enden"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 16:13:59 GMT
Hi,
I've written an application in AutoLISP, which makes use of groups (new
AutoCADr13 feature), and discovered a problem with the group-add-command.
Here is a problemdescription and an AutoLISP test-program, which will make
the bug clear.
I hope someone has a solution for this little insect, because my
application is based on adding entities to groups and will be useless
without it.
I hope a real AutoCAD expert will help me out,
oh yeah.........Happy new year to all,
Bas Oversier
Process Developer
Enden Engineering
Eindhoven Holland
Problemdescription:
When a group is made (using the AutoCAD 'group'-command) and contains in
this case one entity (it doesn't matter if the group contains one entity or
more) and we add entities using the 'add'-function from the 'group'-command
AutoCAD crashes after adding 209 entities.
The problem only occurs when the 'add'-function is executed for about 210
times, not when 210 (or more) entities are add to the group using the
'add'-function only once.
It also doesn't matter if we use more groups to add entities to, it's the
number of entities that count here.
(e.g. when we make 11 groups and add 20 entities per group one by one,
AutoCAD will crash when adding the 9th entity to the 11th group)
This is the error I get:
Error writing c:\r13\win\SS1269.AC$
Possible causes: open drive door,
disk write protected, network
sharing conflict, device not ready,
operating system out of resources,
other device or system error.
System:
AutoCADr13c4a (Windows95)
Pentium 100
48 MB
test program:
(defun c:test (/ x1 y1 y2 ent)
;*** when AutoCAD crashes the 'explode group'-command willl be useless
;*** and.....AutoCAD will crash
(if (= yes 1)(command "._-GROUP" "EXPLODE" "TEST_GROUP" ""))
(setq x1 0
y1 0
y2 10
yes 1
teller 1
)
(command "._ZOOM" '(0 0 0) '(250 250 0))
(command "._LINE" (list x1 y1 0) (list x1 y2 0) "")
(setq ent (entlast))
(command "._-GROUP" "CREATE" "TEST_GROUP" "" ent "")
(repeat 250
(setq x1 (+ x1 10 )
teller (1+ teller)
)
(if (> x1 200)
(setq x1 0
y1 (+ y1 20)
y2 (+ y2 20)
)
)
(command "._LINE" (list x1 y1 0) (list x1 y2 0) "")
(setq ent (entlast))
(command "_.-GROUP" "ADD" "TEST_GROUP" ent "")
(princ "\n")(princ teller)
)
)
Subject: Re: Summa flickering cursor/hesitation problem
From: bfeuchuk@jumppoint.com (Bruce Feuchuk)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 17:54:11 GMT
With Deft Fingers, "David E. Gonsalves" wrote:
>We have several Summa Microgrid tablets in use with WIN95/R13c4 on 486-66
>machines, all of them have at least 32 MB RAM, and most have 64. I've
>downloaded and installed the latest drivers from the Calcomp/Summagraphics
>Does anyone have a solution or suggestion?
At work we've 486-66 with Win95 and Acad v13c4 and Summa's v2.1 drivers and
experience the same thing! We have just gotten use to the fact that with the
slower machines you will experience this.
All we do now is to use the Mouse to do 95% of our drafting and only the
digitizer to select certain commands and all our symbols! Not as bad as you
would think. But given time, it is workable. One of these days, we'll get
the bosses to spring for Pentiums 166's!
Regards,
Bruce
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If your project doesn't work, look for the
part you didn't think was that important!
(live from the West End of Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
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Subject: Re: Win 32's requested in win95
From: "XSales"
Date: 31 Dec 1996 17:53:09 GMT
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Install the win32 program which comes with the Autocad program diskettes.
The installation instruction should be clear about it. At any rate if you
have the 24 diskettes, it should be the last two diskettes. If you have
the CD rom it should come as a separate setup too for win32. If my memory
serves me right there is a separate directory for it.
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should be clear about it. At any rate if you have the 24 =
diskettes, it should be the last two diskettes. If you have the CD =
rom it should come as a separate setup too for win32. If my memory =
serves me right there is a separate directory for it.
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Subject: AutoCAD History
From: cds59@mail.idt.net (Shawn L. Bradley)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 22:12:47 GMT
Hello all!
I am doing some research on the history of the CAD industry and I wanted to know a few
basic things about AutoCAD. I would like to know:
1) When was it first released
2) Who were the original authors and what was the story behind its conception. Was it a
Bill Gates/Paul Allen kind of thing, or what? How exactly did AutoCAD come to be?
3) Did the original folks behind AutoCAD anticipate that it would be as successful as it
has and grow as large as it has?
4) Anything else interesting about the history of AutoCAD.
Thanks for all your help.
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CADD Design Solutions
e-mail: cds@59mail.idt.net
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