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adi 3.1
Message #21342
I'm working on an ADI display driver for an EGA add-on board. So far it's doing most of what I want. Fast vector mode works well, but the graphics text writes (borrowed from the sample DSEGA) are pathetically slow. Is this an unavoidable consequence of ADI overhead, or might I…
I mailed my registraton about a month ago. Serial number 10-122300. Thank you.
Great Info – to bad you sent it to the wrong guy ! I was also responding to Herc info to our troubled user – you sent to me not him ! Dave Maki
Jamie, . I will try the mouse sans driver as you suggest, sounds great for saving ram. I will probally have to leave the mouse driver in though for use with Norton Editor since I toggle between that and Acad all day long. . I will test the script thing…
Yea !!!!! , Lansing I see I'm not the only one who hauled out his soap box. Corky Deeds LightSpeed Corp.
I've fought with several of the almost Herc clones and found that some of them when used with Acad will push the Hor. and Vert. out beyond the lock limits of some mono monitors. Try letting the monitor cool off and then bring up Acad and try to adjust the…
Thanks Jamie, I will take your advise and keep caps OFF. bob c
THANKYOU, I WILL DOWNLOAD PROGRAM FROM IBM SIG.!
THANKS ALOT DAVID ! BC
Sounds like your in the same boat we are,doing everything before finishing anything. We've come to the conclusion that we can only sell some of the products that are out there and try to give our customers a choice of two or three from which to choose in each group.…
General
Message #21332
All, I've been on the road this week, and just returning home find that there are more messages here in a week's time than I could *possibly* hope to keep up with. If anyone sent me anything important, please send it again. Otherwise, I'll try and plod through all these…
#21203-
(SSGET "X")
Message #21331
Duff– Thanks for straightening me out. It makes sense all of a sudden. You wouldn't happen to have any tips on handling polylines just lying around would you? I'm trying to either trim or break a set of polylines along an edge defined by a polyline box. The plines can…
LaserJet on a Network
Message #21330
Jamie, Success !!!!! I left a message a couple of days ago re: our laser jet printing strips of a printer plot spooled to the sha shared network laser jet.. well seems the problem is the network spooler We send the spooler program a time out statement that listens for…
There is a way to uninstall the mouse emulator on the Summasketch. First, disconnect the AC cord from the tablet. Second, reconnect the plug and the tablet is back in tablet mode.
Use the RM Function to read this message.
Jean-Paul, There's two ways to use the Summasketch with AutoShade: 1) Summagraphics has a driver that emulates the Microsoft Mouse. Unfortunately, there's no way to uninstall the driver when switching BACK to ACAD. 2) We have for sale an ADI driver for the Summasketch. This allows using ONE configuration for…
Lansing: Go get 'em, buddy. Architects that use ACAD without AEC must be masochists. I, too, didn't read the fine print about OPEN architecture when I bought AEC along with ACAD. I guess if I had, I wouldn't be so disturbed by the things that I don't like that I…
acad.lsp
Message #21325
Dick: First, as you can see, decrypting the AEC lisp files is not a popular subject with the guys at ADESK. Actually, Jamie's reply was much milder than I expected. I would suspect that you did your editing with the wordprocessor in a document mode. You either have to use…
Rusty — Oh. Sure. In fact, some sort of translation table capability makes sense with AEC, doesn't it? — Brad ..
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Balloon.lsp
Message #21323
Ed: In the book CUSTOMIZING AutoCAD (New Riders Publishing) there is an RCLOUD.LSP program that draws nicely bubbled "revision clouds". Check out B. Dalton's, or call 818-991-5392 if interested. Rusty
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#AEC Arch & Mech
Message #21322
Brad: What I mean't was that an AEC user could translate his AEC layers into a consultant's "standard" for the consultant to use, or "translate" imported drawings into the AEC standard for use in AEC. Rusty, New Riders Publishing
Gregg — Thanks for the comments on AutoShade. I'm sure they'll be passed along to Product Management. Gee, I'd love to read the article, only we don't have the March issue of CADalyst here in the office. I'll certainly look for it as soon as I receive a copy. —…
Jeff — Ok, that's another vote for allowing the text in an associative dimension to assume a color other than that of the rest of the entity. It's been on the Wishlist before. Making a change like that isn't as simple as it appears. Consider that an AutoLISP entity association…
Mike, you're exactly right: any change to the prototype drawing (ACAD.DWG unless specified otherwise) will cause DXFIN to warn you that it is not a "new" drawing. One way around this is to begin a new drawing and enter a "=" after the filename. For example, if your new drawing…
File Manager
Message #21317
Seem to have lost my save file. Where can I find those file manage programs that have appeared from time to time? -Thanks, David.
Thanks, Brad. I'll give it a try tonight. Let you know the results.
lines
Message #21314
Jamie : Is there a command or lisp program to convert "lines" to "plines" which have a specified width on a particular layer found throughout a drawing. This would be done to an entire drawing or layer rather than with pedit which selects single entities Thank you very much Steve…
BRO-#.ARC
Message #21313
Thanks much Steve. Angus Robertson
Can'y you configure your board for a different address and concurrently config AutoCAD to look for that address. 'Seems to me that I had a board pass through one of my machines that was set up for a different address. I just use the config program supplied with the board…
I agree, it is hard to imagine that people would buy Amigas to get a AutoShade-like rendering system, but there are a number of things that could make it appealing. The NTSC video-out on the Amiga means you can lay these animations to video tape without extra hardware, and you…
Thank you, Steve and Jamie. I hold nothing against you for being cautious, but I didn't expect to be frisked as I entered the Forum. 🙂 No luck on the Hercules troubles. I know it's a clone of some kind, because it's the one that came with the PC Ltd…
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AutoSketch ?/wishes
Message #21309
Dear Duff, Thanks! Could you make that two votes for each wish? Both of us would love to see these enhancements … in the meantime, I read Jamie's reply and will start to get creative in my technique soon … THanks — Melanie
Jamie — Thanks! A lot of these techniques you mentioned are neato and in some distant way, it may have occurred to us but we're just a bunch of lazy people who'd rather push a mouse than use a pencil… THanks again! — Melanie
LISP EMPTY FILES
Message #21307
Dear Jamie, Brad I'm still having that trouble with the AutoLISP writing a file with "0" bytes. I think I have a clue. After AutoLISP reaches this point, it can only create files with 0 bytes. For example, I have a file called D:\1.lsp that contains the following routine: (defun…
ACAD ON LARGE DISK
Message #21306
I am running autocad on a 178meg hard disk and get "Not enough disk space" error if i have over mayb130meg free space. Ever heard of this problem?
J-Naaaah,the only stuff we develop is ulcers. So we can't be in the club,huh? Ah well, one less DL to monitor. Thanks. Randy@avcom
GOOD-LUCK, We looked at a number of different conventions that are offerred through the various layout packages. Finally, we set on generating our own standards – my recommendation ! Maki
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Herc Troubles
Message #21303
I am using a few PC LTD 286 clones with AutoCAD with their mono card with no problem. They are configured using the Hercules Mono option.
Kelvinator
Message #21302
Jamie, I take back my THANX – I can find only one file in DL 12. It is for ADI, not the Kelvinator program. Help ? Dave Maki
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KELVINATOR
Message #21301
JAMIE, THANX ! DAVE MAKI
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KELVINIZER
Message #21300
Thanks, but I just tried to get into DL 12 and could not. Is there a time limit for access? I haven't been on in a couple of days.
Well, we got it Brad. Third time's a charm, I guess. I also had an error in the (command "ATTEDIT" line. I sure appreciate your help. Until next time………… .. ————- ROGER ———– ..
It all sounds really interesting. I think it could be something some would go for, but having a whole other computer system may inhibit a majority of your targeted market. It also competes with AutoShade & AutoFlix directly and I would think the total costs may inhibit most from going…
No problem, I checked the serial number and it is still registered to your friend. Please makes steps to resolve that. I didn't really think you were a pirate, they seldom make statements like "software my friend gave me". But it did seem odd so I had to "put my…
What version of AutoCAD do you have? The Series II works using the Laser Jet driver. Jamie
AEC Menus…Yes indeed you can EDIT AEC-A.MNU to add the pull downs. Of course this is dependant on your graphic cards ability to use them. One of the easier ways to star this is to cut the top portion of the normal ACAD.mnu (that contains all the pull down code)…
Bob, As per my earlier message, the answer to your CompuServe needs lie in either one of two programs that are available in the IBM COMmunications forum. (GO IBMCOM) AutoSIG (ATO) is a public domain program that does quite a lot for so little. It will automatically thread / scan…
Bob, I am not sure where I can help you except in the communications area. I would get a copy of either TAPCIS or AutoSIG (GO IBMCOM) to handle your messages. Both offer automatic passes and message retrieval. And make sure to set CAPS LOCK off next time. Jamie
Randy, You can order the ADI through your sales rep. It is here in DOCs only. Now Rando, are you guys a registered Developer? If so fill me in on the details. Brad can answer your last ques. grin> Jamie
Well, I wasn't "jesting". But I think there is a fairly clear issue you yourself brought up. In the Software Licence Agreement it does state you promise not to change the software. It also says you promise not to modify any copyright or trademark notice in the software. I would…
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