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Well, you've covered all the bases with your postings. 
A few questions:
W3.11, W95, or NT?
r13c4a?
Were all the Softdesk modules installed on the same partition?
FAT (not NTFS) I hope?
How much hard drive space free after compressing?
When was the last time scandisk and defrag were run?
One drawing or many? Older drawings or new ones?
I'm afraid I don't have any specific answers to your problem, but hopefully some
of the questions I've mentioned may put you on the right track, or at least
eliminate any further potential problems.
Let me know what happens.
- Jim
Al Hanke wrote:
> I am running r13 with Softdesk Civil/Survey Landscape r7.5  I started having
> trouble a while back with the program shutting down unexpectedly.
>
> The problem occurs when I try to do a qsave command.  I get a pop-up window
> with the message "This program has performed and illegal operation and will
> now shut-down" or some such thing.  When I click on the details box the
> message reads something about a "stack overload" in ACAD.exe
>
> I thought perhaps I had a problem with my virtual memory needing more hard
> drive space.  My 2 gig HD is getting pretty full.  So I changed to the "D"
> drive - an empty 205 meg drive.  Still had the problem.  So I compressed my
> drives with drivespace.  Still have the problem.  It seems to happen after
> I've been annotating planting symbols.  I don't recall it happening any other
> time.
>
> The Softdesk program is an eval and this is the first project I've tried using
> it on so I don't expect any help from their tech support.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.  This is a fairly large project that I want
> to get finished soon.

Pamela Cameron  wrote:
>Does anyone know of an HPGL to DXF conversion utility that brings
>LABELS from the HPGL file back into the DXF file as TEXT entities. Most
>of the converters I've tried convert everything to lines. i.e. you
>lose all of the text entities.
>
>Any suggestions welcomed
>Thanks
>
>Stewart Powell
>BCL Draughting Services
Dear Stewart,
Our HP2DXF supports the LB (label command) along with all the related
height/width
commands in HPGL. Please check our web site for a demo. The commercial version
is $295 and it has no size limitation.
-- 
Sincerely,
Hagai Pettel                                 Tel: 408 426-6163
Artwork Conversion Software, Inc.            Fax: 408 426-2824
1320 Mission St #5                           WEB http://www.artwork.com
Santa Cruz, CA 95060                         email: hagai@artwork.com
CAD Translators, viewers, plotter drivers
DXF/GDSII/Gerber/IGES/EGS/ME10/RTL

In article <33C80500.137@worldnet.att.net> edward.phillips@worldnet.att.net writes:
>> 
>Nastran V69 will account for this now.  It runs a static solution first
>to get a new stiffness matrix which is influenced by a load and then run
>a modal solution with this new stiffness matrix.  This allows for the
>induced stiffness caused by loads.  We used this approach on the SPACE
>STATION Node to account for pressure on-orbit and any effect it would
>have on the frequency.
Was this accepted?  Since the on-orbit pressure will increase the relative
stiffness of the node, the frequency will increase.  The higher frequency
means the node may not have as many modes participating in the overall 
dynamics.  While this is actually happening, does the program sign off on
it?  We can't include positive pressure to make our buckling calculations.
Is it valid for the station program to include pre-stressed models for
modal verification?
James

--=20
_______________
Al Hanke
Advantage Landscape Services
Austin, Texas
alhanke@swbell.net
____________________
Steve Twiss  wrote in article =
<33CA43EC.73B0@dacis.com>...
> Al Hanke wrote:
> >=20
> > I am running r13 with Softdesk Civil/Survey Landscape r7.5  I =
started having trouble a while back with the program shutting down =
unexpectedly.
> >=20
> > The problem occurs when I try to do a qsave command.  I get a pop-up =
window with the message "This program has performed and illegal =
operation and will now shut-down" or some such thing.  When I click on =
the details box the message reads something about a "stack overload" in =
ACAD.exe
> >=20
> > I thought perhaps I had a problem with my virtual memory needing =
more hard drive space.  My 2 gig HD is getting pretty full.  So I =
changed to the "D" drive - an empty 205 meg drive.  Still had the =
problem.  So I compressed my drives with drivespace.  Still have the =
problem.  It seems to happen after I've been annotating planting =
symbols.  I don't recall it happening any other time.
> >=20
> > The Softdesk program is an eval and this is the first project I've =
tried using it on so I don't expect any help from their tech support.
> >=20
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.  This is a fairly large project =
that I want to get finished soon.
> > --
> >=20
> > _______________
> > Al Hanke
> > Advantage Landscape Services
> > Austin, Texas
> > alhanke@swbell.net
> > ____________________
>=20
> Let's see now: you are using an 'eval' copy of the software to do
> commercial work? Are you sure the 'eval' license allows you to do =
that?
>=20
> Al Hanke wrote:
> >=20
> > Don't know, never even thought about it.  It was given to me to
> > evaluate and I am evaluating it by working with it.  In my book, =
this
> > is the only way to evaluate a program.
> >=20
> > Do you have anything helpful to contribute?
> >=20
> > Or are you just interested in being pissy?
> >=20
> > Al Hanke
> > Advantage Landscape Services
> > Austin, Texas
> >=20
> > alhanke@swbell.net
> > ------------------
>=20
> While I have no idea of what the specifics of the software license =
says,
> I can promise you that our 'eval' software license does not allow
> commercial use primarily because the user has not paid us for it. The
> user can try it on a piece of a real project but he better not use the
> software to finish it to the point of getting paid for it. The same =
goes
> for 'student' use: no commercial work is allowed. It is unfair to the
> software developer, and illegal, to use his intellectual property to
> generate revenue for yourself without paying for the rite to use it in
> that manner. This is quite common in the software community.=20
>=20
> If you want to learn how a program works, go see a demo and talk to
> existing users.=20
>=20
> Steve Twiss, President
> DACIS Systems, Inc.
> http://www.dacis.com
>=20
>=20
Boy Steve, people like you really=20
PISS ME OFF !!!
How DARE YOU make any sort of implications regarding me and my=20
software licence agreement with a company with whom you have=20
absolutely no affiliation what so ever and by your own admission, no=20
knowledge at all  of the terms of that agreement.
You are nothing but another low life, blood sucking software vendor=20
producing overpriced garbage and trying to cram it down the throats=20
of honest, hard working people trying to make a living with the crap=20
you produce. =20
If it wasn't for us end users Steve, evaluating the garbage you pump=20
out in real world applications you wouldn't have a market at all.  We=20
provide the feed back that you NEED to fine tune your junk so you can=20
sell it at grossly over priced rates.  That is if you listen to us at=20
all.
But in this case I wonder what the HELL you are doing here anyway. =20
I've looked at your home page and not only are you not affiliated=20
with the company that sent me the eval in the first place, you aren't=20
even affiliated with Softdesk.  No, you aren't even affiliated with=20
Autodesk.  Your company produces junk that runs under Microstation.
SO WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ON AN AUTOCAD NEWSGROUP?
These newsgroups are here so the vast majority of us serious software=20
users can help each other work through the problems we encounter when=20
trying to use the over priced junk you software vendors produce.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING  IN THIS WORLD IS MORE OVERPRICED OR OVER RATED=20
THAN CAD SOFTWARE.
NOTHING.
Last year I entered into a dialogue with Eagle Point.  They sent me=20
an "eval".  I went through the tutorial.  No problem.  Seemed nice to=20
me.  So I entered a purchase agreement with them.  Almost every=20
single drawing I tried to produce with that software gave me=20
problems.  The software was FULL of bugs.
So this year I talk to Softdesk.  I tell them about how thier=20
competition's software gave me problems and I want to try theirs. =20
They send me an "eval" and I work through the tutorial.  No problem. =20
But when I work on a REAL drawing, that's when the problems begin.
I'll tell you right now Steve, I don't give a DAMN what your "eval"=20
software license says.  Bring a copy of it down here to Texas and=20
I'll shove it down your throat!
Don't you EVER tell me that if I want "learn how a program works, go=20
see a demo and talk to existing users."  If I have to make a $2,000=20
to $5000 investment in software that should be priced at $200 to $500=20
I have every right in the world to test this crap in real world=20
situations before I pay for it. =20
And if you have a problem with that then you better go back and=20
re-evaluate the garbage you are selling.
I apologize to the rest of you out there for getting so angry, but=20
I've really had it with jerks like this guy...
I feel much better now,
I think I'll go have a beer and relax.

   
   











































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Yeah - try PRINTGL, BUT I think the Mannesmann Tally listed in Printgl's
documentation is a line printer - not a plotter.  Does that PIXY 3 plotter
thing emulate anything?  PRINTGL will plot HPGL files on almost any printer
- Epson dot and stylus, Canon, IBM, all HP desk and laserjet, Protracer,
Jetpro, others.  Also does a great job converting HPGL plot files to
bitmaps - terrific for the net - lineweights are reproduced accurately.  In
any case the correct URL is:
http://www.concentric.net/~ravitz/
-Doug Julien

"Jon Wong"  wrote:
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Stephen,
you didn't say if you are using the DOS or Windows version.
Since you mentioned AutoCAD LT, I'll assume windows.
I have acadr12 win & a BJC-4550 on WinNT 4.0
The way that works best for me is to set the printer as 'System
Printer' using the CONFIG command in acad and things should work
properly.
Also, if you haven't yet, head to Canon's web site at:
http://www.ccsi.canon.com/care/download/bjprinters.html
to grab the latest driver for the BJC-4550. They have a driver for
acad 12 there at:
http://www.usa.canon.com/support/files/printers/bubblejet/SEAC1X14.EXE
and also they have updated win 3.x/95 drivers there that you'll
probably want.
About the faint lines. Not familiar w/ LT but in acad 12, click on the
Pen Assignments button in the PLOT dialog box and change the Pen Width
for the colors you use. Different printers use different widths, but I
use .003 (for light lines) to .010 (for dark lines)
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Good Luck
-Jason
jsmith@toccoafalls.edu
On Wed, 09 Jul 1997 10:45:56 -0700, Stephen Syrotiak
 wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Sorry if this has appeared earlier today.  I don't think it has.
>
>How can I get Acad12 to access the driver for the BJ4550?
>
>Autocad lite recoginizes the driver, but, the printout is exteremly 
>faint.  Canon's tech people haven't a clue.
>
>Thanks
>
>Stephen Syrotiak

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In article <868500822.21372@dejanews.com>, cwingert@qualcomm.com wrote:
>Could someone point me to a company who has the best prices on 
plotters?
I bought a DesignJet 330 last week.  I looked at ads in a couple of CAD 
magazines and also checked a number of web sites, including Off Broadway 
Systems (www.ob.com, as I recall).  Off Broadway appeared to have the 
lowest price, offering an 8MB upgrade (for a total of 12MB) and free 
shipping for $1,750.00, which was as low as I'd seen.  
I then called California Surveying & Drafting Supply (916-344-0232), 
which is close to home and with whom I've dealt before.  They have a 
price guarantee policy, and offered to match Off Broadway's price for 
the same hardware (they ended up beating it by $5.00), so I bought from 
them.  (Off Broadway includes McNeel's PlotPack, which I didn't feel I 
needed, but it might be a factor for some.)
It seems that the inkjet plotters are a commodity item now, so favorable 
experience with a vendor may be more of a consideration than a 
razor-thin price difference.
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Casey H. Gaetz wrote:
> 
> I'm looking at getting a new PC and was wondering the benefits of the MMX
> for AutoCAD We are using ver 14.
> 
> Is there a benefit to this chip for this application?
According to our AutoCAD dealer (who has run tests on similar machines
side by side - one MMX the other not), there was 30% or better
performance boost on the MMX machine. (I believe the version tested was
r13)
HTH,
Mike C.

Photos and details on line at http://members.aol.com/ThriftStor/hello.html
and then go to the "computer department".
tags01

Hi,	
  I require help trying to configure a Graphtec KD3320 digitizer with
Windows NT and Autocad r14. Is there a driver for this tablet? or is
there another way to get the digitizer configured???
	Any help would be appreciated.
					Leon Ross								zzlross@dingo.cc.uq.edu.au

-- 
Anthony Michael Ippolito
Construction Consulting and Architectural Drafting services.
For information or just free advice,  see my web page at
http://www.cqi.com/~tony or contact me at
tony@cqi.com

Hello,
I have a question that some of you can answer (I hope).
If I want to work with let's say AutoCAD release 13, what kind of
hardware-specs do I need to work comfortable with AutoCAD?
The worksituation is a one-man business-unit in architecture, so I think
that a workstation based on an Intel chip is the best choice, because I
want to work with MS-Office as well.
If some of you can give me some good usefull advise I will be pleased :-))
Please answer me with E-mail !!
Greetings,
Wolter Meeske
wmeeske@xs4all.nl

Here's the situation:
Using pasteclip to insert a .bmp object into acad.  Looks fine on the
screen,
but when it comes time to plot, the .bmp is shifted down 1/16".  I tried
inverting
the page in the plot dialog box, but that only resulted in the .bmp
being shifted
upwards 1/16".  Is the problem with my printer (Canon BJ 4550), or is
the problem
with the way acad handles OLE objects?  If the latter, is there a patch
available.
TIA,
Wuertz

Why would all selection commands stop working in Acadlt95?  Even the
snap-to commands don't work.  In other words, the drawing is right there on
the screen in front of me, but for all intents and purposes  it's not....I
can add new lines, but can't modify what's there - with one exception: 
Edit/Select All still works.
What's going on?  I've tried to duplicate the problem on a second machine
but can't.
Thanks for any ideas.
-Doug Julien

Please help!!!
I'm just need to this.
I've got AutoCad LT for Win 95. How do I "scale" up the text so that the
height entered into AutoCad is eg. 3.5 mm but prints out a 3.5mm high if
the scale of the drawing is 1:50.
	Does this have to do with ltscale or dimscale??
Please help.
Darkstalker

Bates Smart Architects wrote:
> 
> Does anybody have any guides as to how to go about using stereolithograohy to create
> 3dimensional models of architectural designs.
> 
> Specifically how do you create the 3d model in autocad, does it have to be a certain kind eg: all
> one unioned solid or pfaces?  Does the model have to be within a certain size or can it be scaled.
> And maybe some of the caveats with this type of work.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ashley Lane
****************
The only limitation that you MUST conform to when you build a model is
that all of its co-ordinates be in the positive (+) quadrant. No
negative co-ordinates are allowed. 
Any limitation in size is due to the size limit imposed by the tank that
holds the liquid plastic that the stereolith equipment has. Although a
model can be broken up into smaller pieces. Check with the service to
see whether you or they should do it. Use solids to construct the model
and union them all together. My experience with the stereolith services
that I've use tell me not to create the support to hold the model, they
prefer to do that themselves.
A criticism that I've heard about AutoCAD SAT files is that they're not
accurate enough when compared to Pro-E's SAT files. I think that if the
FACETRES variable is set to create the smallest tessallation that you
need, things will be O.K. Smaller means bigger SAT files. 
Most STL models need quite a bit of handwork to smooth the surfaces of
the model. Don't think for a minute that a STL model directly from the
tank will be picture perfect because it's NOT.
Regards,
Art Martinez

You need to use PrintGL
available on the VAUS website at:
http://www.vaus.bc.ca/
the program can be downl loaded at:
http://24.113.45.40/vaus/files/utilities/printgl.zip
Regards,
Frank Zander
Contract CADD Group
http://24.113.45.40
------------------------------------------------------------
Hello everybody,
I'm looking for a printspool program for AutoCAD 12 Dos.
The problem is when my costumer wants to print to a Canon BJ 4550, he has
to wait for the job to be ready. The Dos print-command works much to slow.
Is there a free- or shareware program availible for this problem??
Arie Vet

budget here is the unstated issue.
Assuming small projects and low budget here's my advice.
P166 with 64 megs ram 10ms drive, 17" monitor (prefer NEC), calcomp
DB# 16 btn wireless digitizer or logitech inferred mouse (opinions
vary widely) don't get 13, get R14, HP 330 plotter (referbs are a
deal) with 12 megs ram, a backup device like tape, zip, or jazz), get
a minitower and keep it off the desk and floor, a ups is good too.
I'd save my money on a state of the art video card and get an add-on
driver instead.  there are a few manufacturers to skip (read
dejanews.com).
This is one option, more budget would indicate ppro or mmx or ppro2
and more ram, 9ms drive 21" monitor in that order.  also none of this
addresses the architectural add-on or other add-ons.  IMHO the jury is
still out...Chief Beta Tester List 
>On 14 Jul 1997 21:57:36 GMT, "Wolter Meeske"  wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a question that some of you can answer (I hope).
>If I want to work with let's say AutoCAD release 13, what kind of
>hardware-specs do I need to work comfortable with AutoCAD?
>The worksituation is a one-man business-unit in architecture, so I think
>that a workstation based on an Intel chip is the best choice, because I
>want to work with MS-Office as well.
>If some of you can give me some good usefull advise I will be pleased :-))
>Please answer me with E-mail !!
>
>Greetings,
>
>Wolter Meeske
>wmeeske@xs4all.nl
>

On 14 Jul 1997 08:15:56 GMT, "Michael Ginzburg"
 wrote:
>(snip) R14 is a real good
>stuff.
>
>By!
>
yeah, I agree, but it's always greener on the other side of the fence,
ya know :) I didn't realize that Microstation is essentially the same
price as AutoCAD. I wonder if they have as many snivelers as we do?
regards,
Dave Jones dave@ddpburney.com
Drafting & Design Plus
from lovely downtown Burney, CA

Hello all:
I have AutoCAD R13-c1h under WIN95 and whenever I try to use the RENDER
tool I always get the message "ARXLOAD failed". It seems the best idea is
to upgrade to R13-c4. Does anyone out there knows how to do it or have the
software needed? I would apreciate any help, it is very important to me.
Thanks
Oscar
106353.1345@compuserve.com

I'm having trouble setting up an ODBC DataBase with r14.  I followed
the directions on the autodesk homepage at:
http://www.autodesk.com/support/techdocs/cad14ase/td204069.htm
I can get everything to set up and I can connect to the Db in AutoCad but
when I go to link a record to an object I get some error that says Key value
can not be NULL.   I think it has something to do with the TABLE_CATALOG
or the CATALOG_NAME Field.  If anyone has any experience with this 
please drop me a note.
Thanks,
Zach

Hello everyone!
While reading the R13 Customization Guide, I only found facilities for
creating one-line edit windows. The HEIGHT attribute of the window can be
changed to make it look bigger, but only the top line is accessible. I
would like to have a multiline box with user access to every line.
Has anyone figured out how to make a multi-line text edit window with DCL
and AutoLISP?
Michael Lewis
Applied Materials
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997Brian McCready  wrote:
>if any one is interested;
>I am still looking for a plotter driver for a mannesmann tally PIXY 3
>desktop 3 pen plotter. Or advice on how to get it working with autocad
>LT.
Maybe you've received no answer or response because no one who has
read your post has an answer. I certainly don't. The newsgroups are
cluttered enough with junk without having every body who reads your
post respond with "I don't know".
I too have posted several questions in various groups with no
response. I don't take it personal when I don't get an answer. I just
mark it up as one more unknown and move on.
As for your plotter problem, I don't have a solution for you. Without
knowing your budget restraints, wouldn't it be more worth your time to
invest in a newer plotter? Compared to pricing in 1983, they are a LOT
less expensive now.
Anyway, I hope you do find a solution to your problem. Good luck!
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Hi Gang !
DBR  wrote in article <5qdo4q$9g3$1@lamb.login.net>...
> My customer is working with 2 computers running NT4.0 and Acad 13C4a.
> 
> How do I connect (configure) the other machine to be able to plot on the
other 
> machine's plotter?
Try an "A/B" switch (local computer store - around $12) and a good cable. 
I successfully ran our HP750c across 50ft. of parallel cable connected to
two NT stations.  Oh yea, one thing:  make sure your cables are
"bi-directional"...
-- 
Chris Ehly
CAD Admin.
Pacific Rim Mech.
(Remove ZZZ from e-mail address)

Michael_Lewis@amat.com wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> While reading the R13 Customization Guide, I only found facilities for
> creating one-line edit windows. The HEIGHT attribute of the window can be
> changed to make it look bigger, but only the top line is accessible. I
> would like to have a multiline box with user access to every line.
> 
> Has anyone figured out how to make a multi-line text edit window with DCL
> and AutoLISP?
> 
> Michael Lewis
> Applied Materials
> 
> -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
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If you are trying to write an "mtext" editor, lisp is probably not going
to work.  Especially if you want to write a backward compatiable
program.  To my knowledge, some will show me wrong , you can not
detect the cursor keys with lisp.  ie: You may want to move up one line
with the up arrow.
Cheers,
Lu  
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Charles Outlaw wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to use this lisp routine to setup my autocad environment.
> I get an error trying to run it. Can someone help me?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles Outlaw
> 
>     ---------------------------------------------------------------
>  (defun setup ()
>    (setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
>    (setvar "dimscale" scale)
>    (setvar "ltscale"(/ scale 2.0))
>    (command
>       "style" "140" "SIMPCMO" (* scale 0.140) "1.00" "0" "N" "N" "N"
>       "limits" "0,0" (list (* scale limx) (* scale limy))
>       "zoom" "a"
>       "menu" "ACAD"
>       "insert" format "0,0" scale "" "0"
>       "DIMTXT" 0.140
>    )
>    (setq format nil)
>    (setvar "CMDECHO" 1)
>    (setvar "CLAYER" 0)
>    (princ)
>  )
Hi Charles,
What's the value for scale?  Try entering, !scale, at the AutoCAD
command prompt.  If it returns NIL, there is your error.  I noticed it
seems like you are using it before defining it.  Is it defined by
another program/function first?
How about (SETQ scale(GETVAR "dimScale")) ?
Cheers,
Lu  
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Don Buschert wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 14:44:49 -0400, Lu  wrote:
> 
> >Shield Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm using R13C4 and have written a lisp routine to rotate an attribute
> >> to zero degrees and move it to a new position.  It works pretty well
> >> except sometimes when I select the attribute it doesn't get selected!
> >> Even when I click all over and around the attribute it won't acknowledge
> >> it's been selected.  If I've just inserted the block, it seems to work
> >> much better.
> >>
> >> I've checked all the sysvars I can think of to see what's causing this,
> >> with no luck.  Could you possibly e-mail to me (to be sure I see it  -
> >> the group's pretty big and I can't always keep up) in addition to a
> >> reply posted to the group?
How are you selecting the attrib?  (entsel) with a whole lot of entnexting, or 
(nentsel)?  How are you initializing the OSMODE setting?  Try setting it to pick by 
INSert, and ACAD will give the text entity preference.
> >Make sure the entity is *really* still there!   I have seen this.
> >Sometimes the video driver dosn't update the screen os some other silly
> >bug like that.  Do a REGEN, then try it again.
For modifying a complex entity, the last step should be an (entupd).
> In addition to Lu's comments, I find that zooming out a bit, then
> picking; helps AutoCAD to "find" the attribute.  This may be a display
> problem as Lu is eluding to.  I've tried different video drivers (just
> the ones supplied by Autodesk) and get the same results.
> 
> On a side note, I've noticed that when editing LEADER objects by
> grips, often the original leader is still displayed.  Of course a
> REGEN will fix the display, but it is rather annoying...
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> Don Buschert
> don.buschert@sait.ab.ca
> Facilities Planning & Design
> Campus Operations & Maintenance
> Southern Alberta Institute of Technology  Calgary, AB, Canada

Greetings
Brian McCready  posted the following
> I will go elsewhere, where there are less ignorant
>people. thanks for nothing
Since when does the world owe *you* a living?
I got lucky ... I posted a smart ass comment about wanting a meerchaum pipe
and got one ... (from a dear old friend who had moved to another part of
the country). Maybe your attitude precludes any such type of relationship.
Dennis Shinn
Seattle AutoCAD User Group
CAD Systems manager/GLY Construction

Brian McCready wrote:
> 
> ken wrote:
> >
> > Dear Brian,
> > Up yours buddy.  this is not AutoDesk tech support.  Autocad comes
> > with plenty of drivers and the net is full of them.  Hardware vendors
> > have them. Like most people I read this for my personal edification
> > and answer on topics of interest to me.  What interest is your request
> > to me?  what do i learn from reading your post?  I don't mind helping
> > a guy out either if it seems that he has tried to do his homework but
> > you didn't.  All you had to do was go search yahoo or cadalog and you
> > could have gotten plenty of drivers.  If you want someone to take up
> > their valuable time finding items that are already available for you
> > try buying tech support and wasting their time.
> >
> > this is not your entitlement.  It's a favor.
> >
> > BIOYA
> >
> OK...
> in response to the first on the list;
> I did get in touch with the manufacturer and since the plotter is a 1983
> model they said they didn't have anything. they also suggested I look on
> newsgroups such as this to find one because, even though it won't work
> with ALL cad software, there are probably still people out there that
> use it. I basically HAVE permission.
> 
> second response;
> 
> It is nice to see some one that takes an avid interest in this
> newsgroup. Keep up the good work.
> 
> third response;
> 
> Yes autocad comes with plenty of drivers (none work obviously) and the
> net is full of drivers for NEWER plotters. Where mine is 1983 and not
> made any more...any other suggestions? I have searched the web with
> Yahoo, Altavista, search.com, metacrawler etc. and all I have found was
> an article from a German Magazine printed in German. (ie. homework) And
> this is the first I have heard of CADALOG. What exactly is it? (never
> mind I will search for it)
> 
> It is obviouse none of you have read my many posts over the last few
> weeks, until I posted an angry letter.
> At least I know that 3 people read it so far. I did not mean to offend
> any one in this group, but it is very fraustrating to post and post and
> not get a response at all. I vented some anger and feel better now.
> 
> if any one is interested;
> I am still looking for a plotter driver for a mannesmann tally PIXY 3
> desktop 3 pen plotter. Or advice on how to get it working with autocad
> LT.
> Thank you. BRIAN.
Brian,
You might want to check out Ravitz Software @ www.ravitz.com they are
the creators of PRINTGL and Printcad HP/GL plot/print software I think
it will handle a Mannesmann Tally plotter.
If it doesn't appear that it cannot, email them, they might be able to
locate the needed driver.
Hope this helps,
Joseph D. Mason
Mason Consulting

    Hi I am a Cad Manager in central Wisconsin, w/ a Technical degree in
Structo Architectural Design and Cadd Technology w/1 1/2 years experience.
I am very fluent in AutoCad 10-14 and am training on a new software program
Ketiv, the only one in the company that knows anything about computers and
how to network them. I am suppossed to be teaching 5 other co-workers
AutoCad. And I think that I am being underpaid @ 11.75 hr. What do you
think??
And what do you think about teaching others AutoCad. I had to go to school
shouldn't they or do you think that, should be part of my job? Should I be
paid extra for it? 
Thank you for your time and help,
John
dp200-s@usa.net

On Sat, 05 Jul 1997 18:39:15 GMT, rykko@hotmail.com (Rykko) proclaimed
thus:
>When I zoom in I'm losing layers. I really want to get rid of Win3.1
>but I cant until I solve this problem. Any ideas please?
>Rykko.
>http://homepages.enterprise.net/rykko
>
Thanks to all those who advised me to re-configure the video display
and turn off GDI bypass.
Rykko.
http://homepages.enterprise.net/rykko

On 11 Jul 1997 20:41:26 GMT, "Ron Binshtok"  wrote:
> My first goal is to simply turn them on and off together, but I would 
>also like to know how to turn one on, and the other off at the same time.
Ok. It's easy. Take a look and ask me something if you don't
understand.
------------------------- TEST.DCL
/* test.dcl - dcl file for test.lsp*/
test : dialog {
		label = "Toggle Test";
	: boxed_column {
		: toggle {
		label = "On - Off";
		key = "onoff";
	                 }
		:column{
		key="ckey";
		: edit_box {	
			label = "Hello";
			key = "hello";
			edit_width = 5;
                           }
		: edit_box {	
			label = "Goodbye";
			key = "goodbye";
			edit_width = 5;
                           }
		}
	}
ok_cancel ;
}
------------------------------- TEST.LSP 
;I would like some help enabling and disabling these two edit boxes
;with the toggle button. First, I would like to know how to enable or
;disable both at the same time, then how to enable one and disable
;the other.
;; I haven't tested it .. but it should work. >> HeDa
	(setq dcl_id (load_dialog "test.dcl"))
	(if (not (new_dialog "test" dcl_id))(exit))
	(set_tile "onoff" activated)
	(if (= activated "1")(mode_tile "ckey" 0)(mode_tile "ckey" 1))
	(action_tile "onoff" "(onoff_click)")
	(action_tile "hello" "(setq hello $value)")
	(action_tile "goodbye" "(setq goodbye $value)")
	(action_tile "accept" "(done_dialog)")
	(start_dialog)
	(unload_dialog dcl_id)
	(princ)
;; if you want to disable only the hello for example.. 
;; (mode_tile "hello" 1) etc
(defun onoff_click ()
(if (= activated "1")(progn 
	(setq activated "0")
	(mode_tile "ckey" 1)
)(progn
	(setq activated "1")
	(mode_tile "ckey" 0)
))
)
-----------------------------------------------------------
(setq sign (list (list name "Hector D. Corcin")
		 (list nickname "_HeDa_")
		 (list e-mail "heda@geocities.com")
		 (list homepage "http://www.yi.com/home/CorcinHector")
	   )
)

In <01bc9090$5f89fba0$841e66cf@SmarttNet.smartt.com>, "Casey H. Gaetz"  writes:
>I'm looking at getting a new PC and was wondering the benefits of the MMX
>for AutoCAD We are using ver 14.
>
>Is there a benefit to this chip for this application?
>
I dont have any experience with R14 yet, but I believe the MMX gives about a
15% overall performance increase.  I'm not an MMX fan at all, but this is a 
number that I read somewhere in a magazine.
It is up to you to decide if this little pinch of performance is worth the extra
money.  I would prefer to get a super fast video card and a screamin' hard drive.
That is where you are going to see the best performance increase, along with
more RAM.
Take out the "bite-me" to email.

If I open a drawing with the splash screen Wizard, selection works normally.
If I open a drawing using any other button or method other than start-up wizard, no selection
works at all.
Have reinstalled the program, cleaned the registry.  C'mon, what's going on?
-Doug Julien
Doug Julien AIA  wrote in article <01bc90d5$252bea00$f43ae6cf@julien>...
> Why would all selection commands stop working in Acadlt95?  Even the
> snap-to commands don't work.  In other words, the drawing is right there on
> the screen in front of me, but for all intents and purposes  it's not....I
> can add new lines, but can't modify what's there - with one exception: 
> Edit/Select All still works.
> 
> What's going on?  I've tried to duplicate the problem on a second machine
> but can't.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.
> 
> -Doug Julien
> 

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Has anyone ever heard of R10?