This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Martin – of course not… you just asked who said he had CP. I didn't catch that your question was rhetorical. Dave
John – will do! By the way, I'm using Rasterex's AutoIcon for Windows as the display driver for ACADWIN with the Matrox, and it's great! Dave
Steve – can you download a thread? Theoretically, yes… if someone took the trouble to save it. Anyone can do so, and once it's saved as a file it can be uploaded. Do you have any message numbers that we could get started with? Dave
Martin – Jeffrey's mentioned in a few of his messages that he has CP. Dave
Martin – you forgot bush fires. They almost lost Sydney!! Dave
John – Maybe I'll DL the new drivers and see if they're any better. Dave
Greg – I wouldn't mind seeing this file myself … you've been getting a lot of requests; is there any chance of you uploading the file to the libraries?
Ara – I thought David Cohn of CADalyst would have jumped in by now, but he hasn't… he has a Micron Pentium on eval for the magazine, and he's been raving about it on the ACAD Forum. If you want to drop him a line, his CIS number is 73417,167.
Thanks, John. I'll have a look at it. Dave
Ang – thanks. Mebbe I'll give it a try… Hope you're keeping warm… do you think Clinton had an ulterior motive for visiting LA? Dave
Jeff – the Vancouver Sun ran quite a cruel pair of photos on the front page this morning… a Vancouver mailman, in the sun, jogging along his route in shorts and a short sleeve shirt. Beside it a shot of a man from Toronto with a toque down to his…
Jeffrey – there you go!! You obviously can teach your dealer a thing or two. Dave
Ang – gee, am I ever glad I live in the Great White North! It's been hovering around five degrees here (that's Celcius, of course–about 40 deg F) and either overcast or rainy. Mind you, that only holds for Vancouver and the first 100 miles east of it. The other…
John – well, I keep thinking maybe it's time I joined the 90s . I did download all the Ozcis stuff and it looked too different from Tapcis so I backed away from it. Where do you find CSNAV? Dave
John – I have the second issue of drivers, 1.1 I think. I find the Dynaview driver slow in regular AutoCAD when changing to a flip screen and when clearing away its own dialogue boxes. Also, entity colours change when you copy things around the drawing; a redraw doesn't cure…
John – what are the new drivers you speak of? I bought a VLBus 3Mb Impression last fall, and while it's great for most Windows stuff, it's a disappointment as far as AutoCAD goes, for both Windows and DOS versions–it's much slower than my last card, a Rasterex Lazer.
Joe – > BTW I think Cadalyst is an excellent publication and I never ever lend it. I > always say "Get your own subscription". Glad to hear it!! (I'm a contributing editor ) Dave PS – You mentioned Victoria… B.C.? I'm in North Van.
Don – thanks for the info, but I think I'll stick with Tapcis! Dave
Jeffrey – I've been reading some messages here that indicate there are going to be several new 3D Studio books on the market real soon now. TM stands for Thread Master. Other forums call them Section Leaders or Assistant Sysops. They started off on the ACAD Forum before the ASOFT…
Deanna – can't tell you much about 3D Studio except that it's sold through a network of Autodesk Multimedia dealers. There are a few dealers here on the forum–Kevin Krell, Chuck Mies and Evan Yares to name 3–that you could ask. Sorry, you'll have to look up their Compuserve addresses.…
Richard – hardly state-of-the-art, but I use Tapcis and Recon to access Compuserve. Recon is a front-end to Tapcis that takes care of sorting messages and lets you capture individual messages or threads into files. I then use Norton's Text Search to find keywords.
Pavel – I'm not a dealer, but I'm an owner of a VL-Bus MGA Impression. Why not buy it from Canada, its country of origin, rather than from the U.S.? They're based in Montreal, and their phone number is 514-685-2630. Dave
Kevin – glad to hear you're ok. A footnote… Trevor and I got into an argument–good natured, of course–on how the Richter scale worked after Loma Prieta, but we never got to finish it. All the best…
Jeffrey – I think you are being too hard on yourself. Neither AutoCAD nor 3D Studio are easy programs to learn. I started with AutoCAD in 1984 and have used it almost daily since 1988, and I *still* log on to the ACAD Forum 3 times a day and ask…
Jeffrey – I've got ProComm Plus too, but I can't help you out 'cause I've never made it work with Compuserve. I'd recommend Tapcis–it *does* cost $79 to register it–but most of the other similar programs are free; e.g., Wincim, Ozcis, etc. Dave
Joe – this is starting to get old… > People who have initiative and drive and are interested in improving > themselves and do not have many thousands of dollars are forced to pirate > software, and xerox manuals. There is no alternative. Wrong! People who have drive etc will…
Visitor – you're in the wrong forum. To reach the AutoCAD Forum, GO ACAD. And when you get there, how about joining?
Joe – well… one way of upgrading your skills without spending thousands of bucks is to take continuing education courses from a local college or ATC. Many of them teach third-party apps as well as AutoCAD. Dave
Deanna – your question actually belongs on the Autodesk AutoCAD Forum (GO ACAD). That's the place where AutoCAD is supported. This is the Autodesk Software Forum (GO ASOFT) and is the place where the multimedia programs like Animator Pro and 3D Studio are supported. But a quick answer… if your…
Jeffrey – > Dear Martin, what if members don't want to read all of the messages except to > themselves? I don't want to read all messages except to myself. If you only want to read messages to yourself, use Compuserve's REAd WAIting message option when you log on, rather…
Joe – another point I forgot to make was that instead of viewing dealers as the root of your problems, you view them as a potential source of revenue. I do a considerable amount of training and support work for a local dealer and I started off as one of…
Joe – I understood the point you were trying to make; I don't think you're picking up on the point that others and I are trying to get across… you're going to HAVE to "have" the software in order to learn it. The best way to learn it, unless you're…
Joe – > Should I buy Omnipipe, Autoplant, Adev or CADpipe? If I'm not going to be > using them myself, why should I have to pay the thousands of dollars to > learn them? That's life eh? Actually, you might be able to get a demo copy of Autoplant…
Pat – BIG question! Have you thought of posting it on the Education Forum as well? (GO EDFORUM). Dave
Jairo – as Jonas suggested, you should ask your question over in the ACAD Forum. When you do, you should know that it's not a good idea to make your AutoCAD serial number public knowledge… you don't need to post a serial number to get help on the Autodesk forums.…
Mike – many tablets come with mouse emulator drivers. I think the Kurta's is good, but the one that comes with Summasketches doesn't like to let go if you're switching back and forth between mouse and digitizer mode. At least if you're working with AutoCAD, that is… Dave
Michael – are you using Compuserve directly, or through a front-end like Tapcis or WinCIM? To reply to a message in plain Compuserve, you type REP for reply instead of COM for compose at the forum ! prompt. If you have a front end, you'll find it all much easier,…
Michael – GO ARETAIL. Dave
Yvonne – I can't answer your question, but I just wanted to let you know it got onto the board and that HOPEFULLY, someone will have an answer for you. Please let us know if you don't receive one in a timely fashion and someone will forward the message to…
Jeffrey – sorry, I'm way behind you with 3D Studio so I can't answer ANY of your questions… but it sounds like you are doing some pretty neat stuff! Is the NY subway thing for some kind of project? As to the Internet, nope; as far as Autodesk forums goes,…
Stephen – if you should have access to Section 14, send a message to Jeffrey Pike and let him know. I don't have his PPN handy, but if you send it to *sysop, he'll get it. Once you have authorization, simply join the forum again. If you're using a nice…
Errol – I don't know whether or not such a driver exists, but the place to find out is in the Autodesk Retail Products Forum (GO ARETAIL). Dave
Shoe – thanks! Here's my address: David Byrnes Box 277 Collins Road Bowen Island, B.C. CANADA V0N 1G0
Shoe – what *is* your book again, and where can I see it? Do bookstores carry it? (I'm in Canada so don't have access to Walden or your other big chain.) Dave
Mark – I must confess I never even thought of teaching the LAYER command. I'm trying to use menus whenever I can, and wherever you pick LAYER… from a menu, you get the dialogue. I think teaching the old LAYER command–at least to beginners–would be like teaching the PLOT command…
Roger – thing is, I see the regular edit commands as the easier to comprehend… MOVE, for instance, is just MOVE-what-from where-to where, whereas with grips, it's select-pick a grip-cycle to move-base point (maybe/maybe not)… If it weren't for the ones that don't fit PICKFIRST (TRIM, EXTEND, FILLET & BREAK),…
#When to teach GRIPS
Message #28070
Opinions please… When is the best time to teach grips? Very early on, to beginners, or later, to more practised users? I know they were added to make the editing process more Windows-like, and therefore presumably easier, but I figure with all the options at the prompt line, and the…
Bill – ok, I know the round house… Yeah, come visit for sure, but call first (pager 443-3939) to make sure I'm home… I work at the Beach Group. I do AutoCAD/Softdesk training and support for them. Even as we speak, I'm trying to whip up an Introduction to AutoCAD…
Bill – you pass my place on the way to your place!! I live on Collins Lane, just below the old farmhouse. Where's your place? Dave
Bill – hi! Do you know Ralph Grabowski? He's a former senior editor of CADalyst, now contributes to Cadence and has written several AutoCAD books. He also lives in Abbotsford. Dave (from Bowen Island)
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