This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Mike – You won't see a list of features or a ship date until it's very near shipping. During the QA/beta test phase, features sometimes get kicked out if they don't work well or are incomplete and require more work than we have time or people to devote to them……
Mark – Although AutoCAD can read ASCII files in any of the various end-of-line formats, it tries to be a good citizen, and writes such files using the conventions of the system upon which it's running. Unix style on Unix, DOS style on DOS, Mac style on Mac…
I don't know, Peter. It does appear, however, that we haven't sold enough copies for XENIX to make any profit on developing for it. Similar to the OS/2 situation. We're always open to reconsideration… I'm not sure we've made any final decision about R12 for SCO UNIX. As for Solaris,…
Dennis, Whoa! This thread started out about whether or not DCA supplied the >>DWG
Dave, CAD/camera was released in UK June 1985 with CAD/camera 2 in August 1986. It cost UKL 3,000 but CAD/camera 2 was issued free to registered users. CAD/camera was a software only product designed to take a bit mapped raster image as input and generate AutoCAD compatible vector data. It…
Dennis- I'm curious about your statement that you were responsible for "bringing DCA inhouse". Was it difficult to convince management, or was it just obvious? What software were you using before?
Marco, Try this on your original drawing. At the command prompt, type in UCS and press the Enter key twice. This will align the movable User Coordinate System (often used with 3D) with the fixed World Coordinate System. Next, enter the PLAN command. This will align your viewing direction so…
Ian, If you need the mass properties of the spring under varying conditions, you might still be able to approximate it with AME close enough for your specifications. Of course the best approach would be to sweep a circle along a path but AME will need to support NURBs before…
Are you using a Display list driver, and if so is it installed when you boot, or at the time you open the DV window? If you are installing the driver in the window, try it the other way. Also try increasing the number of graphics pages in he advanced…
[Continued] Another thing I might look at is how much memory can be put on the mother board. One of the reasons I chose my current machine (Gateway 2000) was the ability to put up to 64Meg on the motherboard. Also ask how the memory is configured, i.e. if the…
Another opinion I concur with Dave on the monitor size. I've been using a 14" for a couple of years and a larger monitor is DEFINITELY on my "short list". My machine is similar to the one you are looking at, 486/33, 8Meg, 210M drive, and I have the Diamond…
I'd love to go to a meeting … just hard to find someone to pay the freight. A couple things about user groups … you never have a problem chewin' the rag with someone about CAD … and I have yet to go to a meeting and not learn something.…
CHTEXT.LSP
Message #21800
SYSOP I've been warned time & again about the bugs in CHTEXT.LSP. Unless I'm experiencing a setvar problem, I've noticed a couple of trouble makers myself. When justification is changed, I believe or all but "Left", you also get a prompt for a new location. The rubber band starts from…
#21299-
PIPING SOFTWARE
Message #21799
Rob I've turned over your suggestions to my boss & we're mulling it over currently. Thanx for the time & effort you put in assembling this report! Appreciatively, Jeff
PIPING SOFTWARE
Message #21798
Randy I've showed your message to my boss, along with a few others for him to peruse. I'll let you know if he goes for your suggestion. Either way, thanx for the great effort. Appreciatively, Jeff
LISP CALLING
Message #21797
Rusty Whatever you do, please stay on this wavelength. In the past 6 months, I've probably gotten 6-7 "answers" from SYSOPS around the globe. Your's was the first *correct* answer which incorporated the "C:", my missing ingredient. This has really freed up some "stuck" lisps I've had in the closet…
ACAD.HLP–HELP
Message #21796
David Great suggestion. It's been so long since I've edited the ACAD.HLP file, I did forget about that deleting so it could be recreated anew. That did take care of 50% of the problem. The other was turning on CMDECHO which is necessary for my Flexicon icon macros to display…
Helge, remove any lines from your config.sys or autoexec.bat that may be loading share, and place Share.exe in your root directory. DOS will "automagically" load it and your file sharing problems will go away. You might also add the line " FCBS=48,8 " to your Config.sys. If you want the…
Larry, how do I do look for conflicts in interrupts, and if I find one, how do I change it? Lincoln
Helge, The problem is with DOS 4.0. You need the following expression in your CONFIG.SYS……….FCBS=48,8 Also put Share.exe in the root directory of your boot drive…..DOS 4.0 will automatically load it.
Nah Dave, I didn't say that it would not be a good feature, I kinda like the idea of being able to merge layers.
Hugh – Well okay, in that case, it's not too odd. Your original question gave me the impression that you were referring OSNAP not working if the "basepoint" (e.g., "LASTPOINT"), wasn't on screen, not the selection point or the entity that you're object-snapping to. The very same rules that apply…
help.!!
Message #21789
Howard – See the (getangle) and (getorient) functions in the AutoLISP Manual. You can obtain a rotation angle, using either a point, or by entering it in the form "nnn" or "
Phil, You betcha, member in good standing two years now. You been to the meetings or did you just send them you money? Naaugies Rule, Dennis
Trade Plotter 4 Notebook
Message #21786
Ok here's the deal, I need a 386SX notebook (16 or 20) and I have a Houston Instruments DMP52MP plotter that is like brand new just sitting here taking up space. This plotter is a "D" size engineering plotter and I have a 512K buffer that I will add to…
#PLOT SPOOLER SOFTWARE
Message #21784
Alan, I can second that vote of confidence in 10-CAD. Dennis
Scott, I'm still cleaning out the attic. I haven't had much time to play with the other capabilities of this board. I gotta kid now, ya know? Actually the CC has been on the back burner, otherwise you would have probobly received several phones calls from me by now. Hey,…
Brad, I don't think so. Like I said, a legit copy is worth every penny that was paid for it. If you get it for that much I'll be insanely jealous, it's worth almost 10 times that. Dennis P.S. These people gotta phone number?
Paul, Did you get a reply? My curiosity has been piqued. Dennis
Kans, (as in Kansmanian Devil) Don't make me get up outta this chair son, take a second to regain your composure and let the color drain back out of your face. I see your point(y little head) now. You need to jump into a block definition, grab the layer that…
Mike, Au Contraire, these were of the same laminated plastic material that the AutoCAD menus were. They were too professional to be in-house products. Besides, I was responsible for bringing DCA in-house so I know WE didn't make them. I just can't remember if they came shrink wrapped with the…
Oh, sure…I tell you I'll do whatever you recommend, and you give me a *choice*! All seriousness aside, though, thanks for the input…I appreciate it. Craig
#21365-
Why ACAD
Message #21777
Thanks Dave
#21308-
Why ACAD
Message #21776
Thanks, Dave
Tony, No, DVIEW is off, the problem occurs in plane jane Acad, no buttons, bows or frills. Just seems like if the object of the "PER" is off screen due to zoom, then osnap fails. I've written my way around this problem on the ads side so its no big…
Antonio – There's fluid dynamics applications available on platforms such as the Sun SparcStation, and the Silicon Graphics IRIS line, but I'm not aware of any running under DOS. Then again, I'm not terribly familiar with any of this stuff to begin with. You might try posting your question over…
Yes Dennis, I know there is two … myself and one other member … why do you ask? Are you a member too? Phil
Tom – One of my clients has just received a GXI eval unit, and they're going to be installing it in a day or so, and then I'll be taking a very close look at it, and that'll include compatiblity and benchmark testing. Just for your information, the SPEA board…
Mark – Get an editor that can write files using LF's or CR/LF's. *NIX versions of AutoCAD write DXF files in the format that most *NIX text editors/processors expect them. -TonyT.
Hugh – Are you working in perspective views? I've not checked, but going by the fact that pointing is not allowed in perspective views, and that object snap is in essence, a form of pointing, then I wouldn't be surprised if (osnap) and ads_osnap() didn't function in a perspective view.…
Mark – CADalyst files are posted in Library 9, and are then moved to Library 2 after a month (or so). The names of the files coorespond to the month and year of the issue, for example, the files for the October '91 issue would be in the file OCT91.EXE.…
#help.!!
Message #21767
Howard – In the future, please use the STORE UNFormatted option to save the message, so that the LISP code is not scrambled. Your code contains a call to a function that isn't included. Can you post that function as well? -TonyT.
Craig: I'd go for either an HP Deskjet 500C (for color) or a Canon BJ330e (for larger plots). Evan
#FLUID DYNAMICS
Message #21764
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT CAN SIMULATE FLUID DYNAMICS. THANKS
#Unwanted 3D, help !!!
Message #21763
Please help to resolve this problem. After I loaded a file I'm working on, I found my dwg with its previous X axis oriented at 270d. I tried in many ways to bring things back with no results. It seems that the dwg, for some strange reason, is now in…
#Cadalyst lisp programs
Message #21762
How do I find the Lisp programs that are published in Cadalyst magazines? Cadalyst says that they are on Compuserve but I have been unable to locate them. Thank you. Mark Woods, 70564,513.
#Acad and Windows 3.0
Message #21761
Thanks, I'll try that and let you now the results
Lincoln: I'd look for a conflict with the interrupts between the rodent and the game port. Larry
Dennis… You know me! I don't *sell* anything! I'm a philanthropic phool, and I *give* stuff away! Didn't you pick up a copy of the PRPLOT ADI driver for your board yet??? Scooter P.S. Where did you end up hiding that TSR??
Mark: Gee… couldn't it just as well be a bugg with AES?? Larry
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