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From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · 3rd Party Software April 13, 1988 9:41 AM
Wayland, the ADI kit in complete form is no longer on the forum. You can download the Docs,(DL 10) but you need to purchase the kit from your dealer these days. ($100.00) Jamie
#21783- Fonts, Style Message #21809
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 13, 1988 9:41 AM
I am not sure, what font is missing? Please outline in more detail. Acad will not find files if they are in a directory it isn't using, or the files are not named correctly. Jamie
#21787 LISP EMPTY FILES Message #21808
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · Talk to the Trade April 13, 1988 9:41 AM
Easy enough, you upload it and enter the description FOR AUTODESK ONLY! Files when uploaded are put in a holding area so I can review them, no one else will see the file. Jamie
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 13, 1988 9:41 AM
#21776 #5 SIDED SOLIDS Message #21806
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 13, 1988 9:41 AM
What version of AutoCAD are you using? If you have 2.6 or better you would be best off using 3dfaces. (It sounds like you don't have that capability) It's hard to tell you what to use when I don't know what you have, but if Pre 2.6, then the one…
#21775 ACAD ERROR Message #21805
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · Talk to the Trade April 13, 1988 9:41 AM
Jim, Why it occurred? I can't say, somewhere the drawing took a hit. Have you tried the ^C method of recovery yet? (Page 401, top paragraph). I wish there was a pat answer and solution to EREADS, SMIOS and their relatives, but it can come from many areas. Voltage spikes,…
#21774 AUTOCAD (DOS SHELL) Message #21804
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 13, 1988 9:40 AM
Bill, tell me if I have this straight. 1) Your lisp routine shells AutoCAD to DOS 2) It then copies .DWGs from some other portion of the hard drive to the current subdirectory. (Updating/Replacing similar .DWGS?) 3) You attempt to insert these drawings and they are still the old drawings,…
#21772 dfx Message #21782
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 12, 1988 12:45 PM
#21766 #LISP EMPTY FILES Message #21781
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · Talk to the Trade April 12, 1988 12:45 PM
Sure, I love that kind of stuff . But do it soon, the "Expo crunch" is setting in and my time is getting a real squeeze. Jamie
#21764 Paradise Autoswitch Message #21780
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 12, 1988 12:45 PM
You mean in greater than EGA resolution? I know there was a problem with some AutoSwitchs that warranted an upgrade from Paradise, but the standard EGA mode should work with the pull downs. Jamie
#21773 3-d .dfx files Message #21779
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 12, 1988 12:45 PM
Well you must have the X-29 by now (it's in DL 1) and I should have the Ok to place the F-16 and stuff online. But no "dog fights". How about stunts? Jamie
Job Hunting? Message #21778
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · Programming April 12, 1988 12:45 PM
-I was asked to pass this message along to the forum- The Avery Group is looking for… "Contractors to write device drivers for Autodesk products. 3 years experience with graphics drivers, Unix, C, and Assembly required. Call Rebecca Davis 408-973-9733
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · What's New ! April 11, 1988 4:09 PM
"We're currently developing techniques for computing with diagrams and drawings," said mathematician Dr. William Bricken, head of the new research team. "A picture can represent an idea much more concisely than a string of words. The innovative contribution of boundary mathematics is to equate changing pictures with the act of…
Press Release Message #21759
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · What's New ! April 11, 1988 4:09 PM
SAUSALITO, California, April 7, 1988 — Autodesk, Inc., developer of computer-aided design (CAD) software products for desktop computers and workstations, announced today the formation of a new research program designed to explore innovative technologies with the goal of using research results to guide the future development of Autodesk products. The…
Press Release ! Message #21758
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · What's New ! April 11, 1988 4:00 PM
AUTODESK ANNOUNCES NEW FELLOWSHIP SAUSALITO, California, April 8, 1988 — Autodesk, Inc. announced today the appointment of Theodor Holm Nelson as a Distinguished Fellow. Ted will work in the Technology department at Autodesk's Sausalito office. Mr. Nelson, a world-famous visionary in computing, is one of the original developers of the…
#21718- Bad times Message #21757
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 11, 1988 3:59 PM
I tried and it works great. My question is, what's so hard about typing PKXARC ? NARC is real neat with the menus and stuff, perhaps it is better described as a .ARC file manager. I am the kind that unarcs the file once then stores the .ARC on disk…
#21727- NOVELL NETWORK Message #21756
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 11, 1988 3:59 PM
A LAN specific version is on the wishlist and we have been improving the way AutoCAD works in the LAN world. Perhaps in one of the next releases well will see a Network version. Jamie
#21712- ERRORS Message #21755
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 11, 1988 3:59 PM
What was it you were doing to get the _CHECKFD error? Basically it indicates a problem with a file descriptor. Jamie
#21708- Laserview AUI Message #21754
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 11, 1988 3:59 PM
(And now Jamie for Counter point) Cap, I can agree that in that many 3rd party programmers are missing the mundane in search of the bells and whistles, the B.& W.s sell product. We supply a recommended ADI test procedure with the kit, if they fail to follow it, then…
#21703- Hello Message #21753
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · Wishlist April 11, 1988 3:58 PM
Welcome Dan! Please send me a message TO:*Sysop with your Dealer Number. I will give you access to the special Dealers only section of the forum. Jamie
#21702- Kelvinator Message #21752
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · What's New ! April 11, 1988 3:58 PM
I will give you access to it. I am looking into the matter of putting the Kelvinator into the public section. I was not involved with the decision to segregate it in this fashion, that was set up this way before I took over. Jamie
#21695- 3-d .dfx files Message #21751
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 11, 1988 3:58 PM
It was made in Release 9 and is an entity only DXF file. There should not be any problems bringing it into AutoCAD 2.6 or Release 9. What version do you have? Or if this is all being done in post processor, what level of AutoCAD was it written for?…
#21699- dfx Message #21750
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 11, 1988 3:58 PM
Use the RM Function to read this message.
#21691- Encode Message #21749
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 11, 1988 3:57 PM
Don't have that issue. Well, people will buy/sell what they can. Most don't know the Kelvinator is "free for the asking". I wish them luck. (and can't wait till I get my issue of CADalyst.) Jamie
#21687- [DHelp during the conf Message #21748
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · General April 11, 1988 3:57 PM
Great. Glad we have been of service! Jamie
#21686- #LISP EMPTY FILES Message #21747
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · Talk to the Trade April 11, 1988 3:57 PM
Have you had ANY machine work with this code? If not I would like to see it, can you upload a file here? (DL 9) It will not get on the public section so worry not and uploads are free. Jamie
#21684- Sun/acad/electrostatic i Message #21746
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 11, 1988 3:57 PM
I'll slide this past Robert and see if he has a trick up his sleeve. I remember this question was asked about a year ago and the answer was "no way", but that was a year ago, things may have changed. Jamie
#21683- Various Sob stories Message #21745
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Autodesk · AutoCAD April 11, 1988 3:57 PM
Well Randy, 1) If this is a pline definition there will no doubt be a number of lines to delete. If all he does is delete the single line, the next line (in line) will cause the error. He needs delete everything up to the next entity call. 2) It…
Sun 386i (part 1) Message #21692
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoCAD April 8, 1988 11:36 PM
WORKSTATIONS PROVIDES IMPORTANT CAPABILITIES FOR CAD/CAE APPLICATIONS MARKET BOSTON, Massachusets, April 6, 1988 — Autodesk, Inc. announced today that its AutoCAD computer-aided design software package will be available on Sun Microsystems' new Sun386i family of workstations. AutoCAD brings to the SUN386i/150 and Sun 386i/250 workstations the world's most widely used…
Sun 386i (part 1) Message #21692
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoCAD April 8, 1988 11:36 PM
WORKSTATIONS PROVIDES IMPORTANT CAPABILITIES FOR CAD/CAE APPLICATIONS MARKET BOSTON, Massachusets, April 6, 1988 — Autodesk, Inc. announced today that its AutoCAD computer-aided design software package will be available on Sun Microsystems' new Sun386i family of workstations. AutoCAD brings to the SUN386i/150 and Sun 386i/250 workstations the world's most widely used…
#21653- Hatch & pull down menu Message #21677
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 12:34 PM
I would wager your ACAD.PAT is missing or is a custom one that contains Patterns that ACAD.MNU isn't setup for. Are you getting the error message… Unknown pattern name. *Invalid* If so, I would make sure that ACAD.PAT is either in the ACAD directory or in the support directory. Jamie
#21653- Hatch & pull down menu Message #21677
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 12:34 PM
I would wager your ACAD.PAT is missing or is a custom one that contains Patterns that ACAD.MNU isn't setup for. Are you getting the error message… Unknown pattern name. *Invalid* If so, I would make sure that ACAD.PAT is either in the ACAD directory or in the support directory. Jamie
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoLISP April 8, 1988 12:33 PM
It sounds like you need to get in touch with our Applications Marketing Department. You should contact Greg Kerrigan at (415) 332-2344 ext 2651. The Protect routine is sent out through the Application Marketing Dept. so Greg should be able to get you going. I think the Apps Catalog is…
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoLISP April 8, 1988 12:33 PM
It sounds like you need to get in touch with our Applications Marketing Department. You should contact Greg Kerrigan at (415) 332-2344 ext 2651. The Protect routine is sent out through the Application Marketing Dept. so Greg should be able to get you going. I think the Apps Catalog is…
#21629 MORE ON HOW TO Message #21675
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoLISP April 8, 1988 12:33 PM
What you have to do to get the VERTEX lists for a specific PLINE is to do an (entget (entnext pline)) where "pline" is the entity name for the PLINE you wish to search. You set up a while loop looking for an entity called a SEQEND. This is the…
#21629 MORE ON HOW TO Message #21675
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoLISP April 8, 1988 12:33 PM
What you have to do to get the VERTEX lists for a specific PLINE is to do an (entget (entnext pline)) where "pline" is the entity name for the PLINE you wish to search. You set up a while loop looking for an entity called a SEQEND. This is the…
#21626 #Sldmgr Message #21674
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 12:33 PM
I think I was one of the folks that requested it, I did a batch script where SLDMGR went through all the zooms in a particular slide. I thought it was pretty interesting and could lend itself to demo applications. What the heck, it was a good hack. I really…
#21626 #Sldmgr Message #21674
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 12:33 PM
I think I was one of the folks that requested it, I did a batch script where SLDMGR went through all the zooms in a particular slide. I thought it was pretty interesting and could lend itself to demo applications. What the heck, it was a good hack. I really…
#21647 MULTIPLE PLOTTERS Message #21657
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoCAD April 8, 1988 9:27 AM
Well, not in the way you would probably like. There have been some techniques discussed as to how this could be done. One was having a script file that fires up and re-configures AutoCAD for the new device. Another method (even slower) would be to have two cfg directories and…
#21647 MULTIPLE PLOTTERS Message #21657
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AutoCAD April 8, 1988 9:27 AM
Well, not in the way you would probably like. There have been some techniques discussed as to how this could be done. One was having a script file that fires up and re-configures AutoCAD for the new device. Another method (even slower) would be to have two cfg directories and…
#21639 pkxarc Message #21656
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 9:27 AM
Yes it is the same, you can download that or the larger, newer PKX35A.EXE that is in DL9 just now. Either will do the job and I know you will find them very useful. Jamie
#21639 pkxarc Message #21656
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 9:27 AM
Yes it is the same, you can download that or the larger, newer PKX35A.EXE that is in DL9 just now. Either will do the job and I know you will find them very useful. Jamie
#21617 AEC Message #21655
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AEC April 8, 1988 9:27 AM
We did have some early problems with attribute insertion with one version of AEC and AutoCAD. Could you please tell me which version of the software(s) you have. (and for the AEC I'll need the serial number) The problem we had was resolved but you may want to download a…
#21617 AEC Message #21655
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · AEC April 8, 1988 9:27 AM
We did have some early problems with attribute insertion with one version of AEC and AutoCAD. Could you please tell me which version of the software(s) you have. (and for the AEC I'll need the serial number) The problem we had was resolved but you may want to download a…
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 9:26 AM
Ed, like Brad said, the code for AutoFlix is hardware specific, to make it work on other boards would require a complete rewrite. Now it is my understanding we have offered to sell the source to any board manufacturer seriously interested in building AutoFlix for their graphics card. I don't…
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 9:26 AM
Ed, like Brad said, the code for AutoFlix is hardware specific, to make it work on other boards would require a complete rewrite. Now it is my understanding we have offered to sell the source to any board manufacturer seriously interested in building AutoFlix for their graphics card. I don't…
#Xanadu! Message #21621
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 7, 1988 4:28 PM
AUTODESK ACQUIRES XANADU SAUSALITO, California, April 6, 1988 — Autodesk, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire an eighty percent equity interest in Xanadu Operating Company, of Palo Alto, California. Xanadu is the developer, along with concept originator Theodor Nelson, of the XanaduTM Hypertext System. .…
#Xanadu! Message #21621
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 7, 1988 4:28 PM
AUTODESK ACQUIRES XANADU SAUSALITO, California, April 6, 1988 — Autodesk, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire an eighty percent equity interest in Xanadu Operating Company, of Palo Alto, California. Xanadu is the developer, along with concept originator Theodor Nelson, of the XanaduTM Hypertext System. .…
#21583 PLOT 10 SUPPORT Message #21618
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 7, 1988 3:16 PM
There are no versions that support the Plot-10 Technicad directly, but there is a translator called Cadport (for about $2500.00) that will translate Plot-10 to DXF or IGES. You can contact Techtronix at 800-835-9433. Jamie
#21583 PLOT 10 SUPPORT Message #21618
From: Jamie Clay [Adesk] Forum unknown · General April 7, 1988 3:16 PM
There are no versions that support the Plot-10 Technicad directly, but there is a translator called Cadport (for about $2500.00) that will translate Plot-10 to DXF or IGES. You can contact Techtronix at 800-835-9433. Jamie

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