This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Greg: Sure, if you want a beginner. I've been wanting to learn ever since I saw A River Runs Through It. David
Rachel: I'll see you Monday afternoon. David
Greg: Well, sorry I won't get to see you. We'll make sure that Burt has a good time (is he on your expense account now? ). David PS. You never replied to my question about the little trip we're planning for next summer after A/E/C Systems.
James: Thanks for the kind words for Architectural Power Tools. Can I quote you? Facade will be shipping real soon now. The only thing holding it up is the manaul (which means me) and I'm about to loose a week on that thanks to Autodesk University. I'll be giving you…
Evan won't be there. He's going up to the Daratech dealer's conference in Boston on the 14th. I'll be glad to tell you about Eclipse. I'll be staying at the Holidy Inn Civic Center on Eighth Street.
Greg: Congrats. I assume I'll see you at Autodesk U next week. I'm arriving Monday afternoon. See ya then. David
Rachel: I'll see you there! David
David: We played with ideas like that years ago and decided not to pursue them. I'd much prefer to simply do a better job the way we already arrange things. Sure there will be some issues that will appeal more to certain readers than others, but over the course of…
>Send me a copy.< I assume that we were talking about Facade. We'll have a demo version available in a week or so. It's just coming out of beta now and I'm finishing up the documentation. Send me your address.
I'm in here every day. I just don't have as much to say. Sales of Architecture Power Tools are going well. Right now I'm finishing up documentation for version 1.5 of Facade, our new face-based architectural modeler for AutoCAD. You might want to take a look at this one. It's…
Acad10 incompatible
Message #59445
Ray: Somehow, that one drawing had to have been edited with a newer version of AutoCAD. Older versions cannot read DWG files created or edited with newer versions (the exception being Release 11 and Release 12 which are compatible). There are several things you can do. You can get a…
D-Studio Magazine?
Message #59444
Steve: I'll second Alan's endorsement of 3D Artist and also suggest that you pick up a copy of CADalyst. CADalyst is an AutoCAD magazine, but it has increasingly been providing more and more coverage of 3D Studio. There's a monthly 3D Corner column dealing with 3D Studio, and we have…
No, I'm just trying to maintain my own sanity. David
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#News from Videopolis
Message #19666
No Gary, you don't understand. The Carribean only exists *WHEN* we are there. The rest of the time it is just a figment of someone else's imagination. That's the way radio works. David
Rod: You should post AutoCAD-specific questions in the ACAD forum. ASOFT if for the multimedia products. There are a number of AutoCAD downward translators. CADalyst reviewed a bunch of them in the April '91 issue. Autodesk supplies one called DXFIX which is available in the ACAD forum and also on…
Tsuneo: You can use the PRINT command to send plot files, but only if you rebuild your plotter cable. The cable configuration illustrated in the AutoCAD Installation and Performance Guide (I&PG) only works if you use XON/XOFF. There are also a number of plot spooling programs that do what you…
Doug: You can also read about it in the June issue of CADalyst. David
Greg: I'll look forward to receiving your stuff. We're always looking. David
Greg: I'm actually senior editor at CADalyst. But I do a lot of the reviews myself. I am not as well versed on the 3D Studio side of things than on the AutoCAD side. I am now working my way through the r2.0 tutorials. One of my goals for the…
Phil: I don't have the forms, so I've forwarded your request to Sandy Lurins in our Eugene office. The forms and rules will also be published in the May issue of CADalyst. The deadline isn't until August 15 this year, so you've still got some time. David
Marc: Look at HiJaak from Inset Systems. David
Gary: Yeah? Right! We should form a "mutual compassion society." I'll buy the first round of beers. David
Gary: Would you by any chance have a copy of it ready for me by NCGA ? I'm working on an article about Alec right now. David
Gary: Did anyone record it? It was on at 8am here on the west coast and I didn't see your message until 11.
Brian: As David Byrnes mentions, fling me any questions you might have. I reviewed several film recorders in the September '91 issue of CADalyst. I also reviewed several others a couple of years before that. Personally, I've got a Lasergraphics LFR Plus sitting here and have managed to record just…
Jake: I got to play with a RapidCAD just before it was shipped. It's a two chip set. One chip goes into the 386 socket; the other replaces the math-copro and handles exceptions that must go out across the bus. The major speed improvement is due to the integration of…
Joe: I'm gonna do a little experiment. After I send this message to you publicly, I'm going to send you two other messages, one using option 2 in TAPCIS and one using option 4. Let's see what happens. David
Joe: Is that what 4 does? I thought it posted it as private and then the Forum software sent it to Email. Oops. I just went to send this message to you and found out that you were right. Now I don't remember which I was doing, 2 or 4.…
Kevin: I've been sending "private" messages on Autodesk forums for years. I mark it as private using TAPCIS, which just adds a "post private" at the end of the dialog. When TAPCIS sends the message and the forum software sees the post private, it just sends it via Email. I…
Kevin: You sent the message about private messages to me instead of to Michael. Besides, if you send something marked as private while here in this forum, it simply rolls over to Email anyway. David
Dietmar: I'm glad someone pointed that out to Ken. I've seen people put the virus right back onto their systems. David
Gary: I tried out a bunch of anti-virus programs. You may want to consider a different program than Norton Anti-Virus. The Norton program creates a checksum file for every executable file that it checks (ie. EXE, COM, SYS, BIN, PIF, etc.). Depending on your hard disk's sector size, these files…
Joe: Both Sound Blasters and the AdLib board are similar (although a bit different) and most programs that support one support the other. The Roland products, on the other hand, are considerably different in that they support the MPU401 interface specification (which is based on a Roland chip). Most MIDI…
Evan: I just talked with John Haestad at Haestad Systems and he was telling me about their new spell checker. Lo and behold, there's a message here on the forum tonight announcing it. See message 28726 from Mike Tajmajer [71510,562] of Haestad. David
Ray: The HP plotters are funny about that (when working with AutoCAD). If the drawing is even a single plotter step (0.001) bigger than the hard clip limits, AutoCAD give you that message. John Intorcio is the author of the Plot Manager shareware program and several other excellent AutoCAD utilities…
Ray: John Intorcio could give you a more detailed (and probably more accurate) explaination of how AutoCAD and the HP plotter determine the paper size. The hard clip limits, which the HP manual will refer to as P1 and P2, are calculated when the plotter scrolls the paper back and…
Dave: Did the Seattle station give any indication of when that episode will run? I want to make sure I catch it. David
Laurie: I saw your message and David Byrne's reply to you. CADalyst reviewed a number of programs that do what you are looking for (see April 1991), including both DXFIX and The Stripper. I wrote The Stripper. It can read either a DWG or a DXF file from any version…
Ted: MEND.LSP is being uploaded later today. Once it's posted it will be in JAN92.EXE, the file containing all the code from the January 1992 issue of CADalyst, which will be in DL9. David
#Plot Questions
Message #28464
Ray: When you get ready to plot to the HP plotter, AutoCAD talks to the plotter and the plotter, with paper already loaded, returns the hard clip limits. This is the area that the plotter says it can plot within. AutoCAD takes these limits and, based on the drawing area…
Angelo: I cast my vote for Collage Plus from Inner Media. It even has a Windows version. David
David: Yes. I'm aware of AutoSpool's ability to call the spooler. But we've elected to continue to watch for the plot file to be closed as well. Since not all DOS versions support Xon/Xoff, I continue to treat PRINT as if it doesn't (you never know which version someone is…
David: I see that you've already had some responses to your question. The answer really depends on what kind of quality you're trying to achieve and how many slides you're going to need. You can shoot them directly off the screen in a completely dark room, but you're limited by…
Bradley: You've covered most of it. First, they have to handle the Xon/Xoff. Next, they've got to handle the time slicing, and provide for some fine tuing in that area. If you want the spooler to work with AutoCAD's AutoSpool feature they have to be able to watch for when…
Al: CADalyst reviewed all the plot spoolers out there, but it's been a while. We'll be looking at the latest ones in the March '92 issue. Besides AutoPlot, which is an excellent program, my company sells two spoolers that have been around in various versions for a long time. PLUMP…
Mike: That would have to be addressed directly to your ad rep and/or John Kiesewetter, the publisher. I don't know what their policies are on that. I maintain a strict separation between advertising and editorial, kinda like church and state. David Cohn
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Plot File Plotting Help
Message #21604
Robin: Actually, the 1.5MB board in the LJIIP doesn't have anything to do with it if you're running the laser on a parallel port. It has to do with the difference between the way the computer communicates with the printer on the parallel port vs. the plotter on the serial…
George: The Stripper is available from SSC Softsystems (206) 676-6175 or your Authorized AutoCAD Dealer. Suggested retail price is $100. Sorry, it is not currently available for the Mac. David
Rick: Thanks. I appreciate the help. You can send the article to: David Cohn 711 Chuckanut Drive Bellingham, WA 98226-8930 David
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#DWG to DXF Utility?
Message #3914
George: My program, The Stripper, can convert a DWG to a DXF. The program is meant primarily for converting DWGs or DXFs from newer versions of AutoCAD back to earlier versions, but it can also just convert DWG files to DXF files in the same version if you like. David
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