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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…
#Device Toggle in Dwg.
Message #34515
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 ?
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
#Plt files to EPS format
Message #34494
I am using AUTOCAD 11 and would like to be able to bring my autocad drawings into my desk top publishing package (Page Maker). In the past (prior to version 11) I would plot to a file and then run PPEPSF to change it to EPS format. Now when I…
Craig – You assumed correct. If you scale the distance 1.0 by 3.5x, the resulting distance is 3.5 units. -TonyT.
No kidding…I'd just assumed that the coordinates were reading units, not scale factors. Guess I'll have to pay more attention from now on . Craig B
Craig – That's exactly how it works right now. The AutoCAD SCALE command will by default, use an implied "Reference length" of 1.0, meaning that the distance from the basepoint to the cursor _IS_ the scale factor. You can see that distance and have it updated dynamically, by toggling your…
Craig – No, there's nothing in the works for that, but it sounds like a fine idea to me…
#scale factors
Message #33900
Jeffrey – (or anyone more or less official – which is not to say "officious," at least not necessarily. But I digress…) Is there anything in the works to change the coordinate display from coords. to a relative scale factor when using the SCALE command, or after inserting blocks? IOW,…
Duff: We are *eagerly* awaiting that noun/verb relationship!! Larry
Brian – Thanks for your thoughts on this subject. I suspect we'll just sit back and compile them, and see if a consensus emerges. In the beginning, PLOT was a totally separate program… then the Main Menu was developed to allow you to switch among the "separate" Drawing Editor, Configurator,…
Rick – If you're talking about an extension to VISRETAIN to include XREF layer color/linetype info as well as on/off settings, it's something we need to do. No committment for any particular release, however. Our message scroll rate varies depending on the traffic load, but tends to be about 5…
David – There is (or was) a version of Interleav TPS for OS/2, not sure about DOS though. -TonyT.
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#Interleaf
Message #28850
Release 11 for the Sun 3 and the Sun 386i are currently shipping and should include the Interleaf conversion program (R11 for the Sparc inadvertantly omitted it). I guess the reason the converter is not in the DOS version is because there isn't a DOS Interleaf; is there?
Duff- Did you see my post re: color/linetype storage in paperspace? I have been off-line this week and I'm new to CIS. I'm not sure how long before a message to me would be purged. I was wondering if r.12 was implementing this feature.
Duff: I'd say start out small, if necessary. A command history set similar to the way 4DOS does theirs shouldn't be too hard. I'd think you might get away without putting mouse picks, digitizer picks, etc into the first go-round for clarity, with the promise that it will be considered…
[Continued] The other issue is command interception, such as with Lisp. It is very awkward to have to Undefine commands to provide interception; one would have undefine numerous commands to provide any kind of usable features, such as AutoSaves or intercepting the Plot command to update a Drawing Management attribute.…
Duff, My initial reaction is to request that it be rather simple — more like the DOS command recall. QDos III goes further into allowing a command history to be popped up and a past command either run or selected for editing. I don't think that mouse PICKS should be…
Dave: Great wishlist item: I have tons of CFG directories holding just that one, lonely ACAD.CFG file. It isn't just output devices that require different configurations, though – many third party applications have special requirements (prototype drawings, espcecially). – Mark M.
Peter, Right. I thought about that, too. Actually, I'd like to see environmental variables that specify specific directories for specific uses, such as ACADXREF for Xref files, which are usually located in different directories than blocks. Be nice to have a ACADBLOCK variable. This way I could have it point…
Dave – Thanks for the wishlist item. If your multiple-configuration requirement is indeed due to the need to switch among multiple printers/plotters, you should like what we're doing for R12.
#ACADCFG variable
Message #28721
Duff, I've had this wishlist item for some time. Now that our company is going to server-based AutoCAD, I want it even more. At present, ACADCFG is a DOS environment variable which contains the drive and/or path to the ACAD.CFG file. If we want to use multiple configurations, we can…
Brian – A command recall/edit facility has been requested often. We've prototyped a few, but have yet to find a suitable solution. I doubt we'll have one for R12. Some of the issues involve mouse/digitizer picks (should they be replayed too? Should they be editable or replaceable by new point…
Kenneth- (&Duff) This one sure has my vote! But let me suggest a slight modification. Since your wish seems to be specifically oriented towards inserting blocks, why not another environment variable? IMHO, at least, I view the ACAD environment variable as specific to *Autocad* support files, not as a place…
#Command line editing
Message #28635
Duff, Any chance of some command line buffering control in R12? It sure would be nice to intercept the command before it was passed to the interpreter…AND be able to F3 the previously typed command in for retyping. Brian (I *hate* tablets… and mice – although mice are necessary)
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#searching sub-dirs
Message #28581
Duff, Here's my wishlist: Problem: As users build a large library of blocks over the years, management becomes a problem. The usual solution is to seperate these file into different sub-directories. It is not unusual to have a very long path such as "c:\blocks\mech\bearings\roller\RB32899.dwg". Such long path names prevent the…
fractions
Message #22077
Dear AutoDesk people: I recently exchanged messages (#21684, #21892, #21994 Sb: %%help) regarding fractions, and was invited to submit a formal wishlist item. Here it is: It would be nice if AutoCAD included a fraction font. While there are numerous fraction fonts floating around, the lack of a standard calling…
trans improvement
Message #22031
Please make this a wish list item. It should be easy to implement and will save us some time. I wish (trans) could transform a point from one named UCS to another named UCS. Instead of going via WCS and changing UCSes in between, I'd like to see trans work…
I Wish I Could Jump
Message #21856
Brad: I realize asking whether the Windows version of ACAD is intentionally hobbled is like asking whether you've stopped beating your wife yet. Sorry if the remark came off wrong. I talked to another CAD developer who explained to me that, in fact, Windows does limit large memory model programs.…
I Wish I Could Jump
Message #21659
Jim, right on, the only way to do this is using Unix. Slowly but ever slowly Autodesk are making AutoCAD a Unix ans workstation product. Ian Dagger Sydney Australia AutoCAD Unix Dealer