Subject: Re:Please Help! Plotting problem.
From: hopltd@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (G Rajesh)
Date: 18 Jan 1997 05:22:52 -0800
SHughes wrote:
>We use the Calcomp Techjet Personal inkjet printer with R13c4 under
>W95. We also have the most recent Calcomp driver. We can print fine,
>but EVERY time we switch to a different plotter configuration (like to
>make plots for our HP Designjets) Acad crashes with the message "Fatal
>Error: Unhandled Exception". After we relaunch Acad, we can choose any
>plotter/printer we want. It's only after using the Calcomp, then trying
>to switch, that it crashes. It happens on every machine, most of which
>are 486/66's w/16mb ram.
>
>ANY help or ideas would GREATLY be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>
>Steve
>
Steve,
This is for sure caused by the Calcomp driver and creates a conflict
with the HP driver. Even I had the same problem with the Olivetti and
Hp drivers. You can try doing the following to avoid this conflict.
Load the Windows drivers of both the Calcomp and the HP in the
PRINT MANAGER of Windows. Set any one as Default printer .
Configure Autocad for SYSTEMS PRINTER . Now try using it. Now if you want
to use HP driver then goto the Print Manager and set the HP as default.
Switch back to Autocad . Now must be able to print it directly , without
any problem.
Please let me know if you have any more problems.
G.Rajesh
//Autodesk Product Support on the Internet//
Subject: Re: Looking for Nursing Homes Plans in .dwg or dxf format
From: Stephen Raskin
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 09:29:54 -0600
Sorry, I just could not let this post go by without comment.
What the ~!@#$%^&*( are you thinking? I thought I went to college, took
licensing exams and worked for a company that did this type of work for
a LIVING! I know that this is becoming a lost art in this day of
automation, prototypes and get it done the fast and easy way, but do it
yourself. O.K. here is an idea, sit down, think about it, research
existing nursing/healthcare facilities and design your own nursing
home. If you don't have the knowledge to do so on your own, hire
somebody who does.
If this doesn't seem to make any sense to you, let me know and I will be
glad to give you all the work I have done over the past 9 years.
I feel better now.
Steve
sryak@cdmnet.com
Subject: Saving Units Settings
From: psbesh@aol.com (Psbesh)
Date: 18 Jan 1997 20:11:32 GMT
I'm using AutoCAD R12 DOS & AutoCAD R13c4a Win95 on a Pentium 133, 32MB,
ELSA Winner 2000-PRO-X 4MB. All my drawings are made with Dimension Units
set as DECIMAL and with COORDS=1, and then saved. Within the last month,
any and all drawings re-opened now have the Dimension Units in
Architectural (ft/in/fractions) and COORDS=0. This is true in both R12 &
R13.
Have to stop & reset these to my preferences before starting work;
annoying and unnecessary to say the least!
Tried setting the prototype ACAD.DWG with my preferences and saving, but
no change.
Dealer can't reproduce my problem on his installation; suggested
re-installing software. Did this, but no change.
R13 Installation and Guides make no mention of this problem.
What have I overlooked? I feel that there is a simple answer that is
eluding me.
Paul Beshgetoorian psbesh@aol.com
Subject: New LUG Web Site
From: "Jeff Tippit"
Date: 18 Jan 1997 20:08:11 GMT
SPAUG (South Plains AutoCAD Users Group) has just undergone new leadership.
So, we needed a new web site. Check it out at
http://www.tomstreeplace.com/SPAUG
This site is very new so it doesn't have much on it yet, but it is added to
weekly.
This new site will have AccuRender Support and files,3D Blocks, LISP
routines, and monthly lessons.
If you have any questions or comments on how to improve our site, please
e-mail to
jefft@iglobal.net
Thanks.
Subject: Can't set-up Prototype Drawing R-13c4
From: Spencer
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:05:01 -0600
I recently set-up R-13c4 in WIN-95. (Was_Running Great)
I also set-up Internet Utilities. (Haven't had time to play with yet)
The last thing I remember doing before things went a-rye; I exported a
file to 3DS (3DSOUT).
Now, When I go to open a new file, I get a command prompt line [Enter
Name of Drawing:] What's missing is the dialog box to Find, Browse, and
set-up Prototype Drawing.
I downloaded most recent McaFee. (No Virus found)
I reinstalled R-13, but not Internet Utilities.
I suspect that Internet Utilities may be the culprit, but I hadn't been
using it when the problem came-up.
Before I unistall Utilities, I'll throw this out to anyone who has an
idea.
Thanks for your time!!!
Spencer Stewart
stew@flash.net
Subject: Re: Won't load WHIP/DWF driver!
From: "Brian M."
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 20:41:01 -0800
Victor Fung wrote:
>
> hi there
>
> i downloaded the autocad internet utilities and
> installed it (btw, using r13c4 and w95). but when
> i try to change the video display to whip/dwf by
> heidi, i get the message:
>
> can't load c:\r13\win\ds_dwf.dll
>
> the dll file is there. any ideas why??????!!!!!!!
>
> thanks
>
> --
> Victor Fung vicfung@i1.net
> St. Louis, MO http://www.i1.net/~vicfung
Most likely the problem is a missing DLL, or a DLL
that isn't in the Windows search PATH.
Check your system and look for the file WHIPTK.DLL.
If it is missing, that is your problem, try getting
a fresh installation off the Autodesk web site.
If it exists, try moving the file to your
\windows\system directory or your c:\r13\win\ directory.
If that still doesn't work, the problem might be with
the MFC or Runtime dll's. If you're still stuck, I can
try and track down what those other DLL's are...
-Brian
Subject: Re: R13C4 and WHIP Driver
From: "Brian M."
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 20:48:32 -0800
James R Colacino wrote:
>
> I am having a problem with AutoCad R13C4 and the WHIP Driver under Windows
> 95. This driver worked till about a week ago and then started crashing ACAD
> when I try to open a drawing! I have a dual boot Win NT 4.0 and Win 95 on a
> Pentium Pro 200. I have no clue what happened but when I Use the windows
> display driver, ACAD works, but when I use the WHIP driver it drops out of
> ACAD completely. The only thing that I can think of that I did between the
> time that ACAD worked with WHIP, and now is use Microsofts PLUS disk themes
> for the desktop. What the heck is going on??
>
> Please reply by E-MAIL if you can
>
> James R Colacino
> Newark Electric Corp.
> electric@vivanet.com
Hmmm. Is the Microsoft Plus theme you chose a Hi-Color
background? If so, are you running your display adapter
in 256 color mode?
If so, I think the problem is that the Plus pack changes
some of the color definitions of the 20 "standard" windows
colors. Whip might be depending on the first 10 and last
10 colors in the hardware palette to be the Microsoft
"standard" colors. When you pick certain Hi-Color backdrops
when running in 256 color mode, these standard colors are
changed, thereby confusing the Whip driver.
Solution: use only 256 color backgrounds (or no background
at all) when running your video card in 256 color mode.
Otherwise you can reconfigure your display card to run
in a higher color mode (if your card has the memory)--
though this will make whip run slower since it has more
color information to process when drawing.
-Brian
Subject: Re: Whip Driver Q
From: "Brian M."
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:40:11 -0800
Tony, you say that the other blow away WHIP's performance.
However, Mathew's question was if there were a way to speed
up REGEN. In his words "this is really the only time that
I see any significant 'down' time".
According to the statistics on Tony's web site for REGEN:
WHIP R13c4 NT3.51: 15.67 seconds
Softengine R13c4 DOS : 16.82 seconds
VMI AutoMate Pro R13c4 NT3.51: 15.35 seconds
So Mathew, if all you care about is REGEN, it might
not be worth the cost to go further than what you have...
Tony Tanzillo wrote:
>
> Both VMI AutoMate Pro, and SoftEngine from Vibrant Graphics
> blow WHIP away in the performance department. Go to my web
> page and see the benchmark results.
> --
> /*******************************************************/
> /* Tony Tanzillo Design Automation Consulting */
> /* Expert AutoCAD Programming and Customization */
> /* --------------------------------------------------- */
> /* Co-Author of Maximizing AutoCAD R13 and */
> /* Maximizing AutoLISP for AutoCAD R13 */
> /* --------------------------------------------------- */
> /* tony.tanzillo@worldnet.att.net */
> /* tonyt@compuserve.com */
> /* --------------------------------------------------- */
> /* http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tonyt */
> /*******************************************************/
>
> Mathew White wrote in article <32D498D4.6D04@bga.com>...
> > In a post titled Re: Acad13C4a video garbage Tony Tanzillo advised Ken
> > Redman to loose the Whip driver. . . Question for ya Tony:
> > I'm using a Diamond Stealth 64 w/ 2megs of DRAM on it. I have what I
> > will call slow regens. 10MB drawings (80,000+ entities about 20%
> > polylines, if it's relevant) usually take 45-60 seconds, I use the WHIP
> > driver. Is there another driver that may run any faster? this is really
> > the only time that I see any significant 'down' time, and I guess I'm
> > not complaining but a coffee break ever 10-15 minutes is a bit extreme.
> > . :)
> > Other sys info:
> > Pentium 100
> > 2- 1.2Gb HDD (40% free on each)
> > 64Mb RAM
> > Viewsonic 17GS monitor (1024x768 72Hz)
> >
> > Thank you for your time and Achtung!
> > --
> > - mw
> > Do not sell or distribute this address without express permission!
> >
Subject: AutoCAD : Token Ring vs. Ethernet
From: "Brian J. Marks"
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 15:28:21 -0500
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My client is an engineering firm whose network is now 10 & 16mbps Token
Ring running Netware 3.12. My client is looking to upgrade the network
to Netware 4.11 and change over to 100mpbs Ethernet. They are running
diferent versions of AutoCad throughout the building, from version 11 to
version 13 for Win95. My client has concerns and questions as to
whether token ring or ethernet is the best network cabling to run it
on. He has heard different info from other venders telling him to keep
token ring, it will run better and with less collisions. Now I'm
telling him to go Ethernet because the new Ethernet is much better and
100mbps, well that's just a hell-of-a-lot faster than 16mbps token
ring!!!!! I'm a little confused as to why anyone would be telling them
to stay with an old technology that has not advanced in years and from
what I can see isn't going too ???!?!?!
My question is, Is there a difference in performance, with AutoCAD,
running AutoCAD on a token ring or ethernet network ???? And if so,
what are the differences to AutoCAD and which is better ????
Thanks
--
Brian J. Marks
bjmarks@ix.netcom.com
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My client is an engineering firm whose network is now 10 & 16mbps
Token Ring running Netware 3.12. My client is looking to upgrade
the network to Netware 4.11 and change over to 100mpbs Ethernet.
They are running diferent versions of AutoCad throughout the building,
from version 11 to version 13 for Win95. My client has concerns and
questions as to whether token ring or ethernet is the best network cabling
to run it on. He has heard different info from other venders telling
him to keep token ring, it will run better and with less collisions.
Now I'm telling him to go Ethernet because the new Ethernet is much better
and 100mbps, well that's just a hell-of-a-lot faster than 16mbps token
ring!!!!! I'm a little confused as to why anyone would be telling
them to stay with an old technology that has not advanced in years and
from what I can see isn't going too ???!?!?!
My question is, Is there
a difference in performance, with AutoCAD, running AutoCAD on a token
ring or ethernet network ???? And if so, what are the differences
to AutoCAD and which is better ????
Thanks
--
Brian J. Marks
bjmarks@ix.netcom.com
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Subject: Scanning Drawings
From: glennss@voicenet.com (Glenn Smith)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:45:38 GMT
Hello,
I work at an architectural firm that is currently looking at
scanning old building base plans to be used in Autocad for base plans
for interior design projects. Anybody have any stories (good or bad)
on how well this works, costs of scanning at various levels (use as
graphic picture background vs. full translation to autocad entities),
hardware and software required to do this, etc. I would appreciate
any info on this, any places on the web I can look for more info.
Thanks in advance, Glenn
Signature under construction....Really!
Subject: Re: AutoCAD : Token Ring vs. Ethernet
From: John Malotky
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 16:15:35 -0600
Brian J. Marks wrote:
>
> My client is an engineering firm whose network is now 10 & 16mbps
> Token Ring running Netware 3.12. My client is looking to upgrade the
> network to Netware 4.11 and change over to 100mpbs Ethernet. They are
> running diferent versions of AutoCad throughout the building, from
> version 11 to version 13 for Win95. My client has concerns and
> questions as to whether token ring or ethernet is the best network
> cabling to run it on. He has heard different info from other venders
> telling him to keep token ring, it will run better and with less
> collisions. Now I'm telling him to go Ethernet because the new
> Ethernet is much better and 100mbps, well that's just a hell-of-a-lot
> faster than 16mbps token ring!!!!! I'm a little confused as to why
> anyone would be telling them to stay with an old technology that has
> not advanced in years and from what I can see isn't going too ???!?!?!
>
> My question is, Is there a difference in performance, with
> AutoCAD, running AutoCAD on a token ring or ethernet network ???? And
> if so, what are the differences to AutoCAD and which is better ????
>
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Brian J. Marks
Brian The first thing to think about is cableing that will be used in
the future. The answer is Catagory 5. Cat 5 can be used for 100 E and
ring so you can't loose.
E 100 is much faster than ring, and is reasonably cheap. Go E 100 if all
your machines can run 100. They must be able to run PCI nic cards to
get the speed performance. If a department has older PC's you can
segment them on a 10 meg ethernet segment just fine but still run CAT 5
for future 100 meg service.
Also I know people who have run ring on a 100 meg ethernet network. The
2 do mix but only in the 100 meg arena. Personally I have never tried
this but you could look into this as an option.
Bottom line 100 meg Ethernet is faster and more scaleable.
--
John Malotky
AutoCAD, Windows NT, UNIX, TCP/IP expert.
Innovative Computer Solutions
http://www.execpc.com/~innovate
Subject: Re: keep runing lisp program
From: Lu
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 17:07:12 -0500
bucros@true.net wrote:
>
> How i can keep running LISP program while opening a new file in ACAD12
> -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
That can not be done since LISP is reloaded/reset each time a drawing is
loaded. What can be done is create a script file to load the drawings
and add to the script a lisp program to run;
The following is an example of a script to open drawings and add title
block data to a database. For what it is worth, the script was
generated by a lisp program also.
..OPEN Y ; open command with quit currrent
D:\DWG\10131\06217 ; drawing to open
(LOAD "P5000") ; load lisp program
(P5000addData NIL) ; run lisp program
..OPEN Y
D:\DWG\10131\06220
(LOAD "P5000")
(P5000addData NIL)
..OPEN Y
D:\DWG\10131\06222
(LOAD "P5000")
(P5000addData NIL)
Cheers,
Lu
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Subject: Cooperative CAD Advertising
From: imtinfo@ix.netcom.com (Scott C. Carter)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:44:31 GMT
Dear fellow members,
Do you want a free banner advertisement of your company on my cad link
page at http://www.webcom.com/imt/wwwcad.html?
You have seen these banner ads...they are everywhere on the internet,
and they cost an arm and a leg to be included on a web page.
I am proposing the inclusion of two (2) banner ads, (at no cost,..yes
free!), that will appear on the following page(s)...
http://www.webcom.com/imt/wwwcad.html
http://www.webcom.com/imt/wwwcadsw.html
http://www.webcom.com/imt/wwwcadds.html
http://www.webcom.com/imt/wwwcadsh.html
http://www.webcom.com/imt/wwwcadut.html
Here is the catch...
* You design the ad yourself (I don't have the time to do it)
* The ad MUST BE NO LARGER THAN 500 X 70 PIXELS (I would prefer ads
that are, or pretty close to, 500x70 pixels)
* The file must be in a .gif format
* E-mail the attached file to imtinfo@ix.netcom.com
* You must include the hyperlink text that is associated with image.
For example:
* I will notify you by e-mail when your banner ad will be posted.
* I would prefer ads that are CAD related, and link to a CAD related
website.
That's it...
Please e-mail me with questions.
Thank you for your time.
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scanimt@ix.netcom.com http://www.webcom.com/imt
(303) 715-9613 (303) 715-0146 FAX
SCANNING, MAPPING, CAD/GIS CONVERSIONS, and DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT.
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Subject: Re: What is the BEST PCB DESIGN SOFTWARE fro the Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!
From: Jon
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 08:52:39 -0800
Oliver Bartels wrote:
...snip
> We have the manuals of the latest (V3.4) DOS/Win./NT/HP version online, plus
> an elder DOS demo (V3.2) for download. The latest demo is available on CD.
does this have a dongle ??
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Subject: What's the best way to get 2D views from 3D Model?
From: adrianjl@aol.com (AdrianJL)
Date: 18 Jan 1997 23:49:02 GMT
I'm trying to get some different opinions on what is the best method to
dimension your 2D views in Paper Space from the 3D models that you create
AutoCAD R13. I know people do it different ways, and I want to get your
opinion and some of the pros and cons. Which is the best method?......
1) In Paper Space, create your viewports and then use the SOLPROF(c4)
command to create a 2D profile of the model, and then dimension the 2D
profile, or.....
2) In Paper Space, arrange your viewports just how you want them and
directly dimension the 3D model in Model Space, *NOT* using SOLPROF to
create a profile, or .....
3) Do you do it some other way?
The first 2 are the ones that I have played around with and some to be
some of the more common solutions to getting your 2D views from your solid
model, but how do you all do it? Please let me know!!!
Thanks,
Adrian Laveaga
adrianjl@aol.com
Subject: Re: Scanning Drawings
From: imtinfo@ix.netcom.com (Scott C. Carter)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:53:26 GMT
glennss@voicenet.com (Glenn Smith) wrote:
>Hello,
> I work at an architectural firm that is currently looking at
>scanning old building base plans to be used in Autocad for base plans
>for interior design projects. Anybody have any stories (good or bad)
>on how well this works, costs of scanning at various levels (use as
>graphic picture background vs. full translation to autocad entities),
>hardware and software required to do this, etc. I would appreciate
>any info on this, any places on the web I can look for more info.
>Thanks in advance, Glenn
>Signature under construction....Really!
Check out http://www.webcom.com/imt/cad_conv.html
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Scott C. Carter IMT Associates
scanimt@ix.netcom.com http://www.webcom.com/imt
(303) 715-9613 (303) 715-0146 FAX
SCANNING, MAPPING, CAD/GIS CONVERSIONS, and DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT.
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