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ACAD teacher ?
Message #22154
Does anyone know of an interactive tutor type program available either as shareware or PD, specifically for AutoCAD? I can not believe one does not exist, yet I have scanned the dl's and found nothing. Thankx, ***Jim***
Richard: .. Somehow your message got chopped off. You were asking about AutoCAD and the higher end Apples. Keep tuned. I hear from the grapevine that an announcement may be made at AEC Expo in early May. ..
Richard: .. We'd like to help you out. Can you be more specific about what you are trying to do? ..
Apollo
Message #22151
JRI replied to an old message of yours about acad/Apollo support and mistakenly mailed it to Jamie Clay 'stead of you. Could you call me (or Brad Bishop)at your convenience next week for the gist? It may show u up here in dealers only or ?? Thanks Randy@avcom 415.326.8686 Avcom…
cadvance/dxf
Message #22150
SM-Our guy at Intel said he would send up a copy of that file for your edification. Thanks for your help. Randy@avcom
#AUTOCAD ON APPLE?
Message #22149
IS THE STORY I HAVE HEARD THAT AUTOCAD WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGH-GRADE APPLES T
B.W. — We have no plans currently to release an AutoCAD that supports the Weitek, because our tests indicate that we would not realize a significant speed increase over the 80×87 versions. We have thought about introducing a 386-387 specific version of AutoCAD, but again, our tests indicate a speed…
Kevin — Isn't QEMM.SYS a TSR driver, and isn't that the machine that frees up less memory during a SHELL? In some cases, I think that both the size and the location of the TSR in conventional memory affect the amount of memory available for an AutoCAD SHELL. — Brad…
#QUESTION ON AUTOCAD
Message #22146
I AM USING AUTOCAD 2.6 AND NEED TO MAKE POSITION CHANGES ON THE DRAWING WITH OUT DRAWING LINES TO THE NEW POSITION. CAN THIS BE DONE? IS THERE AN AUTO-LISP ROUTINE I CAN USE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS?
Conference Logs
Message #22145
Hi, I was just wondering if you are posting the conference transcripts anywhere on the SIG??? If you posted them all it would probably take a new data library, but what if we could just see the (unedited) log of the last week's conference in DL9? It would sure save…
Not to belabor the subject, but will there be a version or "mode" which specifically supports the '386 and/or the Weitek 1187 numeric coprocessor card? B.W.
access
Message #22143
Just in case you didnt get my meeeage , I am Robert W. Fisher President Fisher Design Company 318 Land grant Richmond, Texas 77469 ACAD Dev. no. 53 please allow me access to dl 13 + Thanks Alot, Bro
Yup they are identicel system for system. The only difference being one uses an AboveBoard switched to backfill the 512 to 640K while the other uses QEMM.SYS to backfill using the MEM20 board extended. No TSR's are allowed, and besides the only trouble I find with those is on initial…
I put "MODE CO80" in my batch file that calls ACAD and the problem went away. thanks Jamie. Also, I asked you about Windows '386 on the conference Wed. (a power outage knocked me off early). I checked my installation on Thu. and found that in my haste I had…
Jamie, I've been doing some system re-arranging to find the REAL bugs with my Verticom Twin Focus, and it appears that the SHELL command is affected by the ACADFREERAM setting…..ie more freeram….more shell space available…… Y/N>: ?
Thanks for your suggestions, Don. That certainly is a better value. .. Lansing.
I think that's a perfectly reasonable approach. Thanks! .. ..
Font source code for the Hershey fonts? .. They aren't on my Bonus disk. Tell me if the are on yours. .. Thanks, .. .. Lansing
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AEC Dealer Upgrade
Message #22136
I will see that she gets it. Jamie
Joe, They are in a the utilities directory on the PICS forum. I think the file is arced in another file called EGAGIF.arc. What you do is Browse /keyword EGA and that will bring you all the EGA files. I think it is shareware. Jamie
What version of AutoCAD do you have? Release 9 has an IBM graphics printer driver that may work. I thought the Gemini's did Epson emulation. That doesn't work? Jamie
Sorry, I don't have any new info regarding the Mylex. I hear it is a hot board, but perhaps the AUI for it isn't feasible. I take it you have contacted them? Jamie
Thanks for the kudos, Did you know about the system variable COFF_BREAK? Grin> It works in increments of seconds like SET COFF_BREAK=60 Sets it for one minute! 300 = 5 mins and so on. And if you believe that…. But seriously, thanks and I will pass your comments on to…
I think the first question was more if a wish. I will pass that part along to the Product Managers. As for the second question, you were on the right track, one thing that can effect the amount of shell you can perform is the available system memory and what…
Thanks Jamie Talk to you later Ray Fantasia, MiCAD Systems, Inc.
Barb, Two years ago I had an interesting run in with Integraph. They told one of my customers that they supported the IGES interface. After about 6 months of no news and unreturned phone calls Integraph told our customer that we would have to write a custom interface. If Integraph…
Steve, Hate to say it, But that decompiler does'nt always work…….
Brad, Shucks, We're all ready to sign up for this class!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe they know something no one else does……. I suppose >>> must grow best in the spring, probably all that rain, or maybe just the extra OZONE from the lightning………..
hatch pattern
Message #22124
Anybody got a DL available hatch pattern for concrete that I could download as a favor to a customer??? Randy@avcom 415.326.8686 Thanks!
Bug Report??
Message #22123
Brad-any thots on why picking "quit" from the tablet menu area requires you to say "quit" again AND say "yes" at the screen menu?? Didn't it used to just require you to pick "quit" from the tablet and then just pick "yes"in 2.6?? Me and some clients were wondering… Thanks…
Autocad Demo copies
Message #22122
I have been having problems finding out if Autodesk still sells demoo copies of Autocad. I need one that would run on the Sun Roadrunner workstation (UNIX) and also one running on a VAXSTATION 2000. We need these A.S.A.P. for a project. Who should I contact to purchase these the…
No, this has not changed; the uncompiled new fonts are not supplied, but can be mailed to customers at the request of their dealer. As for uploading the fonts to a DL, the general consensus seems to be: just download the de-compiler in DL10 (SHX2SH.ARC), and uncompile the fonts yerself!…
I don't know of an existing program to do this, but it wouldn't be too hard to do. Basically, you want to remove any Spline curves from the R9 drawings, create a DXF file, and then remove lines 381-396 from this DXF file. Then you can DXFIN with Version 2.62.…
Tom- .. Why not plot to a file and then set up a background process to check the queue directory? It could be as simple as an "endless loop" TSR that checks for plot file existence and then does a COPY /B PLOTFILE.EXT PRN, assuming that you do a 3P…
Lansing – what about the Nth B752? 752 x 560 resolution on the Multisync, and a higher DPI ratio than a B1024 on a 19"….. and we all KNOW that Dots Per Inch are the ticket – not screen size. …. All for a puny $500 more….. -don strimbu, Authorized…
David, The function you are looking for is (defun minlist (alist) (apply 'min alist) ) My last message omitted a (. Phil
David, Here's what you want: (defun remove (item alist) (if (member item alist) (append (reverse (cdr (member item (reverse alist)))) (cdr (member item alist)) ) alist ) However, why not just insert your list items in sorted order: (defun insert (item alist) (cond ((or (null alist) (< item (car alist)))…
David, The function you are looking for is as follows: (defun minlist (alist) apply 'min alist) ) Phil Kreiker, Looking Glass Microproducts
Thanks for the help,as the saying goes….if at first you don't succeed….read the instructions ——phil
David – Here's another method involving a recusrive "mymin" function: (defun mymin (a) (cond ((> (length a) 2) (mymin (cons (min (car a) (cadr a)) (cddr a)))) ((= (length a) 2) (min (car a) (cadr a))) (T "Argument must be list of 2 or more numbers") ) ) Assuming you've…
GrabEGA
Message #22106
Jamie, I like the way .gif files shaow off what AutoShade can do. I would like to make some of my own but can't find GrabEGA I looked in PICS but no go. Does this file cost $$ or is it hiding somewhere? It is great for demoing the more…
Robert, I'll look out for one. We're on the "get it as soon as it's out" list for Control Systems drivers. Last I heard they weren't going to support anything but the display list processors on AUI. I'll check in the morning to see what's *really* coming down from St.…
Brad: Thanks for the response; I think you may have hit on something; the 255 character limit is new to me; You know, I have always had a goofy time combining command prompt responses and lisp routines in menu; macros. I think I have always been missing part of the…
Lansing: Without getting out my disks to look, aren't they in a separate sub-directory or on a bonus disk, etc? Craig.
Jim — After thinking about it, I don't think you need anything more complex than a simple script file, similar to this: .. 2 test1 dxfout test1 6 quit y 2 test2 dxfout test2 6 quit y 0 .. This file can be executed from the OS command prompt with…
Richard — That's impossible. Autodesk Training hasn't even decided on its final schedule for Release 10 training. I would say something about the quantity and quality of the rumors that seem to be floating around these days, but this is a family-oriented Forum. — Brad ..
David — Try this: .. (setq lst_of_reals (list 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 0.5)) .. (setq min_of_lst_of_reals (eval (cons 'min lst))) .. As you can see, we use CONS to place the atom MIN at the front of the list of reals, and then use EVAL to force an explicit evaluation…
Intergraf translator
Message #22099
Does anyone make a GOOD Intergraf to Acad data translator? I've heard there's one out there but it drops the text out. Barb
Printer Drivers
Message #22098
I am running AutoCAD and attempting to use a Star Gemini 10-X printer as an output device. I am unable to find a driver for this printer on any of the AutoCAD Driver disks and none of the other "compatible" drivers seem to work. Is there a printer driver for…
ADI DRIVERS
Message #22097
JAMIE I HAVE HAD REL 9 FOR ABOUT 5 MO. NOW AND STILL CANNOT USE THE PULL DOWN MENUS BECAUSE MYLEX AND NEC MULTISYNC HAVE NOT UPDATED THEIR DRIVERS TO SUPPORT THE NEW VERSION. DO YOU HAVE ANY INVORMATION AS TO WHEN THESE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE
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