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#21528-LISP CALLING Message #21586
From: Andrew Bichard Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 4:21 AM
Jeff, I suspect you didn't already already have (chtext) already defined and loaded. The example I gave can only call a LISP function, it cannot, as written, load the function. To call the second routine without typing its name in, try: (defun chtext () ………) (defun C:Yourfunc () (initget "Chtext…
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#21554-#ACAD Message #21585
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 2:14 AM
There are two ways to authorize AutoCAD for the Sun SparcStation. 1. You buy one copy of AutoCAD. You tell your dealer the hostid of one machine, and the serial number of the AutoCAD. He gives you an authorization code. That AutoCAD can be run on that station and that…
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 2:13 AM
R10 c2 and R10 c7 are not all that different; it certainly shouldn't be a problem. There are no switches; R10 is R10 and R11 is R11. Can you give us some details? An error message, for instance? How do you transport the DWG/DXF files? Maybe you could upload a…
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 2:13 AM
Let's be reasonable. Is it even shipping yet? First I've heard of it. We do not yet have a Real Mode ADS library for Turbo C++. When we do, it will probably work. Sorry, but I don't have any timeframe on it. The fact that it now supports DPMI is…
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#21499-plotters Message #21582
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 2:13 AM
I'm afraid not. What kind of plotter do you have there?
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 2:13 AM
What kind of monitor do you have? Is it not adjustable?
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From: Robert Posma Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 1:17 AM
The problem you refer to is caused by the size of text selected. If you were to select the 8×8 character set, each of your characters amount to 8 scan lines on your display. The following table shows how the various fonts size show up at various resolutions on a…
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From: Michael Dakan Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:56 AM
Hi Katie! Do you have to be a Cyco user to get the Cycodelic? If not, put me on the list. I used AB a bit when I was at Vertex, but not since leaving there, unfortunately. I think you have my address, which was passed along through Mark M,…
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:36 AM
Structural Research Analysis Corp., makers of COSMOS/M – 213-452-2158 Structural Analysis Technologies, makers of AutoDesign – 408-496-1120 Swanson Analysis, makers of Ansys – Dang, I've lost that phone number three times now, but the address is: P.O Box 65 Johnson Rd. Houston, PA 15342-0006
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
Why, Roland has an ADI driver for the DXY series and most of their other plotters. Imagine that. 🙂 Roland Digital Group 5300 S. Eastern Ave. Ste. 110 Los Angeles, CA 90040 213-722-6933 voice 213-722-5318 fax
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
There are a couple of LaserJet III ADI drivers in Library 5 (Hardware/Drivers/ADI) that will allow you to assign pen speeds to one of 10 grayscale settings in the printer. I know that the file there called LJIII.ZIP will do that.
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#21356-Old Plotter Message #21575
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
All I can find is their address, no phone number. Textronix, Inc. Graphic Printing and Imaging Division Wilsonville Industrial Park P.O. Box 1000 Wilsonville, OR 97070 Try Directory Assistance in Oregon, 503-555-1212
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
The DeskJet can pretend it's a LaserJet. Works fine. Only A-size for the moment, tho.
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
You can rename a layer, block, linetype, text style, dimension style, named view, named UCS, or named viewport configuration with the AutoCAD RENAME command.
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
Did you send in your Release 11 registration card? The 50 page Release 11 IGES Specification is included in the Bonus Pack along with other goodies.
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#21301-FAX DWGS Message #21571
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:35 AM
Try GammaFax by GammaLink in Palo Alto, CA. 415-856-7421 voice or 415-494-7042 fax This can be run from within AutoCAD and will send plots to remote facsimile machines.
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#21331-#DWG Format Message #21570
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:34 AM
>>> "Each release will create a DXF file that is compatible with preceding releases…" This is a bit misleading. There are differences in the drawing header, so even if you have a Release 11 drawing with a single line in it, you will get an error when you try to…
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#ACAD INTERNAL ERROR Message #21568
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:34 AM
Is FILES=40 or more in your CONFIG.SYS? Are you on a network (permissions)? Is it Release 11 c2 (not that it should matter)?
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:34 AM
Yes, it is a terrible catch-22. The hardware vendors don't want to write drivers for every application ever written, and the software vendors don't want to write drivers for every piece of hardware on the planet. You can't blame either one of them. I know! Let's dump it on the…
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From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:34 AM
AutoCAD Release 11 only supports 15 pens. The Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) specification currently supports 128, but I don't know how they are mapped. The ADI spec will probably support 256 pens in Release 12. If you want an ADI driver, please ask the hardware manufacturer. The ADI spec was…
#21564-HPLJ/UNIX/SUN Message #21565
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:34 AM
:sd=/usr/spool/acad:\ :ms=ixon,-parity,-cstopb,clocal,cread,crtscts,-opost:\ :if=/usr/lib/hplaserjet:\ :mx#0:\ #:br#9600:\ :br#38400:\ :sh:\ :sf: #:of=/files/acad11/misc/acadof:\ #:fc#0177777:\ #:fs#0000341:\ #:pw#80:\ #:pl#66:\ #lw:\ #:lp=:\ #:rm=ghost:\ #:rp=lj:\ #:sd=/usr/spool/yplp:\ #:lf=/usr/spool/yplp/yplp-log: # #lj_remote:\ #:lp=:\ #:rm=ghost:\ #:rp=lj:\ #:sd=/usr/spool/yplp:\ #:lf=/usr/spool/yplp/yplp-log: # #ljacad_remote:\ #:lp=:\ #:rm=ghost:\ #:rp=ljacad:\ #:sd=/usr/spool/yplp:\ #:lf=/usr/spool/yplp/yplp-log: #hp1:\ #:lp=:\ #:rm=california:\ #:rp=COM1:\ #:sd=/usr/spool/dp: # #hp:\ #:rm=ghost:\ #:lp=:\ #:rp=dp:\ #:sd=/usr/spool/dp: ##
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#HPLJ/UNIX/SUN Message #21564
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:33 AM
Here are a few Sun printcap entries. # Sun printcap file. # # For the laserjet running serial use this cable. # # 2 —– 3 # 3 —– 2 # 4 —– 5 # 5 —– 4 # 6 —– 20 # 7 —– 7 # 8 —– 8…
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:33 AM
Right you are, Mike. The bug has to do with the way we deal with the .XLG file (Xref Log). It takes somewhere between 5-20 times longer to load a drawing with many Xrefs from Sun to DOS (Sun to Sun is OK). PC-NFS seems to be the most adversely…
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POLYLINE BUG? Message #21561
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:33 AM
Re: Bug in PEDIT Join of closed polylines. It will be fixed in Release 12. Carl Bethea wrote an AutoLisp routine to avoid the problem. He will probably upload it soon.
From: David Gari Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:32 AM
You can save to the local drive any time BEFORE a crash…
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From: Phillip E. Rutledge Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:05 AM
Hi Jon, I replyed to your first message, than found the second one. I LIKE your group name. (a little catchier than the Windsor AutoCAD User Group). We meet on the first Wed. of the month (funny how Wed. always seems to be the best day) at St. Clair College…
From: Phillip E. Rutledge Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 23, 1991 12:05 AM
Roy, Some time ago (1 1/2 to 2 years?) Cadylist (me thinks) had published a routine called TCHANGE.LSP that did an excellent job of global text changes. We use it daily … but it has been so long since we started using it … that where it came from exactly…
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#21450-LSP Program Message #21555
From: Tony Tanzillo [LISP TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 11:35 PM
Leon – Give us some more information on the problem. For example, do you have a file that contains the text substitutions for a single drawing? If so, then what does the file look like? I have a program that does something like what you seem to be asking for,…
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#ACAD Message #21554
From: mike mulvey Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 11:24 PM
We just bought a second SUN Sparkstation used. I thought that one was allowed to run AutoCAD on any station on the net as long as one did not exceed the registered number of users (1 in this case) but whenever I try to enter the drawing editor on the…
#Picking off XREFS Message #21553
From: Steve Manes Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 11:19 PM
I have an application where I need to be able to open an AutoCAD drawing and extract the filenames of XREF objects. I need to be able to do this outside of AutoCAD itself. Does anyone have any code that accomplishes this or can anyone give me pointers on how…
From: Saulo Mendez Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:57 PM
If you're using AutoCAD Rel 11, look for chtext.lsp in your bonus disk. Also, under the bonus section of ACAD.MNU you will find chtext.lsp. Saulo
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#21524-#File uploads Message #21550
From: David Loving Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:39 PM
Ken, Ok, So your saying there ain't no stinkin way to automate the upload. Gotta do it by the book! Gotcha chief! Sheesh! Dave L.
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From: Phillip E. Rutledge Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:34 PM
Sounds great Ralph! The guys that hold the purse strings are pretty tight these days … kinda difficult getting travel money … but I hope to see you there. Phil P.S.: For those that aren't able to attend, is it possible to leave a brief rundown here on the forum…
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From: Saulo Mendez Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:20 PM
and I thought that was a good thing to do!. Thanks Mark, I'll make not to have files flagged shareable unecessarily. Saulo.
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From: Mark W. Burns – TKLP Inc Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:12 PM
Larry, Well…the bug COULDN'T have existed prior to R11, because there was not AUDIT function available before R11, Remember? …or, more correctly, the BUG (which probably DID exist prior to R11 – sorta) couldn't manifest itself in this manner prior to R11. Regards, Mark Burns – TKLP Inc.
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From: Peter K. Sheerin Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:07 PM
Ok, all you display experts; Since the ARM doesn't clearly state which each of these sysvars does, could someone explain them in a little more depth? Am I close If I assume that: DRAGP1 (regen drags) affects the priority for displaying the image the first time DRAGP2 (fast-drags) affects the…
#AutoCad/Mac Message #21543
From: Joshua Dachs Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 10:06 PM
What does Autodesk consider to be the fastest Mac hardware configuration for AutoCad R11/Mac? Given the large number of variables – new 68040 CPU's, cache cards, video cards and a variety of monitors and accellerators like Tokamac and the Radius Rocket – I'd be interested to know which of these…
From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
Jake: But you *did* say that you had no problems running the software-only version of STACKER on your notebook, right? Just wondering, as my new AST notebook came with a 60Mb drive – just big enough for now, but definitely too small for next week! Larry
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From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
Donald: I keep all 4 pen widths (.25, .35, .5 & .7 mm) in a variety of colors for both bond and mylar available. I order the HP pens and use the adapter (available from Ioline or most of the pen makers) to get the fit. Make sure to order…
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From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
Mark: Ah… I see. The description *I* read made it sound like the only way to reproduce the bugg was to edit the DXF yourself. Pardons… OTOH, constantly asking for R11c3 has probably lessened your effectiveness now that there appears to be a good call for the update. FWIW, have…
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From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
C#: No… this one had to do with editing the text of a DXF file, and changing text from lower case to upper case *if I remember correctly*! I felt that if you screwed with the DXF.. well.. that's user induced, and as such, not a bugg. But I'm speaking…
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From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
Mark: Perhaps I should have said "and probably never will *so long* as Acad doesn't force me too!". Larry
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#21471-Off-line Message #21537
From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
James: Good luck with the move… seeya in December!! Larry
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From: Larry Beck [Windows TM] Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:25 PM
Donald: Check out ASCTEXT.LSP, which ships with the R10 and R11 Acad packages. It imports ASCII files and allows the user to format the imported text as required. Larry
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From: JON BOOTH Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:01 PM
Phillip, Sounds like we both have the same problem. I would love to exchange hosting an "International Meeting". We are have our Winter Banquet on December 18 here in the states and you are welcome to come. If interested, please call me at 313 737 8900. We also have an…
#21500-#DesignJet Message #21533
From: Peter K. Sheerin Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:01 PM
So, Evan- Now that you appear to be out from under NDA, could you perhaps tell me if the DesignJet can handle screened linetypes?
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From: Peter K. Sheerin Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum November 22, 1991 9:01 PM
OMF? Should I know what that stands for?
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From: SysOp Jeffrey Pike Forum: Autodesk AutoCAD Forum July 23, 1991 7:13 PM
J. – We still do. In fact we have a man on the job full time. I'm not sure about its availability at the moment. I'll check, and in the meantime, send me your address, and I'll let you know if I can get one for you.
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