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#132050-R12- Windows or DOS???? Message #132258
From: Tony Holmquist Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum August 17, 1993 11:51 PM
The only problem with going to SparcStations is that if we do, we will probably drop AutoCAD as our main CAD package, and to to ARGOS. From what little I know of ARGOS right now, it is based on the AutoCAD concept, with many improvements. We will probably keep ACAD…
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#131393-AutoCAD and OS/2 Message #132257
From: Roger Sinsheimer Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum August 17, 1993 11:46 PM
Richard — Would it be possible to _talk_ to you about OS/2 and ACAD? If you could either post your phone number in the forum, or drop me a note, I'd greatly appreciate the opportunity to ask a few questions in real time. Thanks! — Roger
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Product for OS/2 Message #132256
From: CAN NGUYEN Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum August 17, 1993 11:45 PM
I wonder your company will offer ACAD for OS/2 ? I currently have to run AcadWin12. But our company want to move to OS/2. Do I have a choice between AutoCad or OS/2 ? please give us some idea. Thanks
#131938-486 R12c2 stretch gpe! Message #132255
From: Tony Holmquist Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum August 17, 1993 11:44 PM
I don't use my HPgl plotter anymore myself. I conned the upper brass into buying a Calcomp CCL 600 laser printer. At my current job, I don't use anything larger that 11×17 (took a while to get used to that). I think that sometime when I get time (if ever,…
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#131858-486 R12c2 stretch gpe! Message #132254
From: Tony Holmquist Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum August 17, 1993 11:40 PM
No, all my drivers right now are 4.2. I don't use the plotter anymore, since I got the CCL 600 printer, but I was kind of put off by all the messages from everyone about c2 problems…I still don't have time to install c2, so it will have to sit……
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DWG Deciphered? Message #132253
From: Syndesis Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum August 17, 1993 11:38 PM
I'd love to know the least little bit about the format of DWG files. Several companies have deciphered the format. Is anyone talking about it? Any clues would be appreciated… (I know, you're supposed to use DXF.)
#91388-Binary DXF vs. DXB? Message #91614
From: Walter Johnston Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum December 29, 1992 3:04 PM
We use dxb format to convert 3D drawings to 2D isometrics. The procedure is described in several books including the ACAD manuals (I can't remember where exactly). The output is fair. Small details are lost or misinterpreted so there is a tradeoff. I have never used dxf binary, but you…
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#91388-Binary DXF vs. DXB? Message #91418
From: Tony Tanzillo [LISP TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum December 28, 1992 2:36 AM
DXB files do not convey an AutoCAD drawing in its entirety. They only convey basic geometry. So, a comparison of the relative file sizes of DXFB and DXB isn't too meaningful. The DXB format is relatively unpopular as well, and I wouldn't recommend it for much. -TonyT.
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#80413-Layer+Tag Names? Message #80481
From: Mark Middlebrook[AcadTM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum October 29, 1992 12:56 PM
J.: Layer name restrictions are listed on p. 263 of my Release 11 "AutoCAD Reference Manual". Page 334 offers a little bit of information on attribute tags. Briefly: layer names can be up to 31 characters long, and AutoCAD converts 'em to uppercase automatically. Letters, numbers, and the three special…
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#34381-AutoCAD-trial basis??? Message #34550
From: Dieter Schlaepfer [Adesk Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 10:39 PM
Myron, Hope you're getting the information you're looking for. As you can see, the folks who use AutoCAD are very loyal to a great product. It's making them money for their CADD investment. So how you plan to use CADD will quite naturally determine what you decide to purchase, whether…
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#34518-Pline create in ALISP?? Message #34549
From: Ted Schaefer Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 10:32 PM
Dave – Try something like this. (not tested, just typed out) (setq pt (getpoint "\nFrom pt: ")) (command ".pline" pt) ;leave the pline command unfinished (while (= (type pt) 'list) (setq pt (getpoint "\nTo pt: ")) (if (= (type pt) 'list)(command pt)) );while (command "cl") ;if you want to close…
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#34441-AutoCAD + DOS 5 = REBOOT Message #34548
From: Ron Warris Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 9:51 PM
Mike, Actually, the link to DOS 5 may not be there. I am again experiencing the same reboot problem on another workstation that is running DOS 4.01. Same kind of thing, computer either locks up on exit from AutoCAD or reboots. After a couple of re-installs and lots of tweeking,…
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#34378-AutoCAD-trial basis??? Message #34547
From: Dennis W. Banaszak Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 9:36 PM
Myron, If you'll field one more reply, I hate to see you go away mad. There are those few in every social group that embarassingly flaunt the banners of their crusade, and you did come into this den of asps under less than ideal circumstances. Those close to a product…
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#34485-ACAD 3rd Party Fonts Message #34546
From: Dennis W. Banaszak Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 9:36 PM
Tom, I see, you need the serif. Have you tried any of the drivers that give you linewidths on the LJIII? Dennis
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#34371-acad286 help please Message #34544
From: Dennis W. Banaszak Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 9:36 PM
Doug, Use the REPly option when you respond so that our conversation remains in a continuous thread. This makes it easy to track conversations and create logs of question and answers that they generate. So much for Forum protocol. I don't know what level of ability you have with the…
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#34515-Device Toggle in Dwg. Message #34541
From: Dave Byrnes [AEC TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 9:35 PM
Mario – it's been strongly hinted that we will be able to toggle devices in Release 12, but nothing's for sure until it's done and out there. In the meantime, do you know about using scripts to reconfigure? I use them to switch between three different plotter configurations, and it…
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#34408-ACAD settings Message #34540
From: Dave Tosti-Lane Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 9:30 PM
Larry, I agree, that's what I do when I run under Win. When not under Win, some older apps require expanded as opposed to extended though. Also agree that Qemm is the better route, especially for non-Windows use. Dave T-L
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#34524-upgrade hardware Message #34537
From: Jake Richter [Panacea] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:58 PM
Actually, I have a question, Tom. When are you guys going to drop that unprofitable hardware business and go full-time with the software? Jake
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#34525-upgrade hardware Message #34536
From: Jake Richter [Panacea] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:58 PM
Seems rather Karmic, doesn't it? 🙂 Jake
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#34248-upgrade hardware Message #34535
From: Jake Richter [Panacea] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:58 PM
Hiya Scott! The Stealth board seems like a pretty nice product. It got PC Mag's Editor's Choice in the current issue, a Best Buy award from PC World (March), and the top pick in Computer Shopper… Jake
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#34379-Panacea DLD w/Gateway Message #34534
From: Jake Richter [Panacea] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:58 PM
Thanks Ang! We're pretty excited about the write-up in PC Mag. It still amazes how different (and larger) the mass-market/Window market is for software. I'll tell you more about it next week. Jake
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#34279-Panacea DLD w/Gateway Message #34533
From: Jake Richter [Panacea] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:58 PM
Keep me posted on your needs. Jake
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#34212-HP Deskjet 500C (Color) Message #34529
From: Kevin Stall Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:46 PM
When is someone going to write a regular ACAD driver for the 500C? The lack of one is losing them sales. I have no desire to have to add an additional step to my printing process. We have to use a outside plot program just to access a Postscript printer…
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A/E/C SYSTEMS '92 CD-ROM Message #34528
From: Ron Wooldridge Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:35 PM
Press Release For Release 9:00 AM February 20, 1992} Keywords: Tradeshow, Innovation, CD-ROM, Multimedia, Publishing, International, Design, Construction Tradeshow DiscTM puts A/E/C SYSTEMS '92 on Multimedia CD-ROM On center floor of the Dallas Convention Center, June 8-11,1992, A/E/C SYSTEMS '92, the world's largest computer applications show for the design and…
#34466-AME 2.0 Announcement Message #34527
From: TOMMY MARCHANT Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:28 PM
Ok, here is the $1000.00 question, I just got the AME 1 extensions on 2/11/92 for 2 packages that I have. Do I have to shell out another $150.00 or is there a "grace period" where I will get the AME 2 upgrade for free? Geez just when you think…
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#33656-SLOWWWWW ACAD Message #34526
From: Raymond H Emplit Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:25 PM
Joe, EMM386 and QEMM386 allow 386/486 machines to use EXTENDED memory as EXPANDED memory. This requires the use of a page frame in the memory space between 640K and 1M. Expanded memory can be used by many programs such as Quattro to allow large amounts of data to be processed.…
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#33913-#upgrade hardware Message #34525
From: Tom Lansford [ARTIST] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:21 PM
Jake, And to think that I just bought "If it ain't Broke, Break it!" this weekend. Good reading!! Thanks for the endorsement Tom
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#33829-#upgrade hardware Message #34524
From: Tom Lansford [ARTIST] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:18 PM
Steven, Call me biased, but I suggest that you keep your GT Express! In fact, look for Release 3.0 next month. It will come packed with drivers for SVGA, 8514, TIGA, and S3. It will also have a new release of AutoCLIC that will include our GT Utilities, several ADS…
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#34206-Need KILLER ASCII Editor Message #34523
From: STEVE WEIDEMANN Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:15 PM
Fred, Is the editor contained in Partner going to be modified to allow editing of lines over 200 characters? A lot of the lines in the basic .TB* files exceed this limitation. Currently we are running the version of Partner shipped with ASG Core 2.5/9. Please let me know if…
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#34273-Need KILLER ASCII Editor Message #34522
From: STEVE WEIDEMANN Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:15 PM
Originally, we wanted to replace all occurances of ^c^c in the ASG.MNU with ^c^c (ASAVE) . This routine checks all command selections, and if the proper amount of time has passed, an automatic save of the file is performed. The workaround we now use is to make these edits in…
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#33996-Extra pixels on screen Message #34521
From: Tom Lansford [ARTIST] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:11 PM
Evan, Where was your XJS… on vacation? Tom
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#34514-AutoCAD at home Message #34520
From: WALT M CRAIG Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:08 PM
Well Dave, guess we'll have to 'recall' the 'AutoCOPS'!
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#34495-Acad FACES for 3D Studio Message #34519
From: Craig Sharp [Mem TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 8:03 PM
Angelo: No, you are very clear now and I don't agree with you. You can't send disjointed faces or pmesh surfaces to 3DS and guarantee that all of the face normals will be aligned. If you leave the meshes together (closed) then you have to separate them into objects once…
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#Pline create in ALISP?? Message #34518
From: DAVE HRYNKIW Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:57 PM
Hi all. Is there anyway to use a (command "pline") in a LISP routine? I'm trying to write a routine that lets you enclose an architectural floor plan area with a PLINE, and then brings up a tag with the area (& other stuff). My idea was to create a…
#34445-Film Recorders Message #34517
From: CSA/CA Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:52 PM
Brian, Actually, Hijaak is kind of a pain, user-interface-wise. If you also run Windows, you might look at Picture-Eze (from Application Techniques) as a file converter. Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
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#33773-Release 11 c2 (386) hang Message #34516
From: Ray Shay Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:50 PM
The coprocessor was firmly seated and the bios did recognize it. I increase RAM to 4 MB with no luck. I tried a plain vanilla boot-up with no autoexec.bat and only files=40, buffers=20 in config.sys with no change in symptoms. I tried DOS 5.0 without anything load high but no…
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#Device Toggle in Dwg. Message #34515
From: MARIO CASOL Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:47 PM
Will AutoCAD Release 12 > be able to toggle between device configurations while in a drawing and not have to exit to the main menu and go through the config. sequence from menu pick # 5 ?
#AutoCAD at home Message #34514
From: Dave Byrnes [AEC TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:41 PM
"Help…I took Autocad Release 10 home from the office and loaded on my home machine (486 system) when I try to run Autocad I get message "The 386 chip is currently executing in virtual 8086 mode under the control of another program. You must turn off this other program in…
AutoCAD 11c2 Update Message #34513
From: Dale K Moriguchi Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:38 PM
We currently have AutoCAD 11 dated (10/17/90) and would like to obtain the latest maintence update, which I am told is AutoCAD 11c2. Can the necessary disks be ordered from this message area? If it can please send us the latest maintenance update on 3 1/2" disk. Our version of…
Acad to Quark Message #34512
From: TIM MORGAN Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:32 PM
Does anyone know what the best method/approach is for getting ACAD Dwg/Dxf files into Quark Express? Any inputs would be much appreciated.
BLOCKS NOT DISPLAYING Message #34511
From: MARIO CASOL Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:30 PM
I had poroblems with the video card's ADI driver conflicting with a Novell Network card's address on the same machine experiencing the block/attribute problems. So I ended up using a different interrupt ( 7c ) for the ADI driver. [ACould this affect how AutoCAD displays certain things ? I will…
#34307-AuotCAD Vendor Message #34510
From: Off Broadway Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:26 PM
Bill… Off Broadway is close by in Oakland. Robert Schutz – Off Broadway – 510-547-8801
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#34494-Plt files to EPS format Message #34507
From: Dave Byrnes [AEC TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 7:17 PM
Irv – Release 11 creates EPS output if you configure your plotter for a postscript device and plot to file. The extension by default is PLT, but you can simply rename it to EPS. Release 10's postscript output was not encapsulated. Dave
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Plotting in AutoCAD Message #34506
From: NABIL SATER Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:32 PM
I am looking for a plotting solution for an AEC client. He is currently using AutoCAD version 11.0/386 with Softsdesk's AutoArchitect. His files are quite large. When he plots a prespective view with hidden lines removed, some of the plots are taking up to 24 hours to hide the lines…
#34457-LISP Message #34505
From: DANIEL S. GUNLOCK Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:16 PM
WOW! Tony, this sounds like the Ticket! I'll be checking in daily. Thanks.. Dan
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#34360-SUMMAGRAPHICS Digitizer Message #34504
From: Mark Sage Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:12 PM
Pierre, Please contact Summagraphics at (203)881-5400. MS
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#34313-Renaissance TIGA 2.0 Message #34503
From: Mark Sage Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:12 PM
Why not try Appian Technology (the new name for Renaissance)? The number is (206)649-8086. Enjoy! MS
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#33701-Plot prob. HP7600 240E Message #34502
From: Mark Sage Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:12 PM
John, Have you tried the driver for the 7600? There are in-line and ADI versions shipped with R11. If you are at R10 (your message doesn't say) there are ADI 4.0 versions of the same driver available. The 7586 driver is HPGL while the in-line and ADI drivers both are…
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#33622-plotter Message #34501
From: Mark Sage Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:12 PM
Contact ZETA Graphics at (510)372-7568. I'm sure they can help you. MS
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#34239-#ACAD R11C2 NETWORK BUG Message #34499
From: Carl Bethea [Adesk] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum February 24, 1992 6:00 PM
Bill – We are considering adding options to a future release which will let you configure AutoCAD's file safety features, like the EXPERT system variable. Logic dictates that the spacer files reside in the same directory where the DWG came from, because that's where the DWG will go when you're…
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