This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Well, give me a bunch of hulla hoops, and I'll jump through them! Is this true for *all* accelerators, or is it much more of a problem with the actual co-processors (8514, TIGA) than the straight accelerators (s3, ET4000/w32, AGX)? Are there any chipsets that aren't affected with the same…
# 3DS on Prime Time CBS!
Message #33835
Greg- I'm new over here, so what's this special about?
Ok, if it's so nice, how the devil do I get it to run AutoCAD R12 under Windows 386 enhanced mode with DLXpress?!
Evan- Is that interlaced at 1600×1200?
Howabout price?
Jack! What a neat board. Is it fast? Whose drivers come with it?
Michael- I'm pretty sure that both Vibrant Graphics' (Soft Engine) and Panacea's (DLD-383) drivers support 3DS 2.0. In the case of Soft Engine, I'm positive. I'll get you phone numbers if you'd like.
Ok, then, since I missed the 3DS meeting, where are his next stops?
Where can I get a chance to see these tapes?!?!?
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SFBA 3DS Meeting
Message #11031
Laurie- Does that phone number mean that we need to RSVP?
Mike- I almost hate to fire TonyT up again, but could you tell us more about your complaints about XREFS with respect to VISRETAIN?
Ken- What's the pricing?
I believe that 6.0 is currently out for IBM only, but from what Malcom said, it sounds like the equivelant version for the mac is due soon. I haven't used Generic Cad, so I don't know what it's command structure is like, but it's screen layout is similar to Autocad…
[Continued] >The real solution to this and other problems you people keep hemming and hawing >about, is a database architecture whose scope extends beyond both a physical >and logical "drawing" (e.g, it could encompass an entire project). But you're >not going to see anything like this for some time. I…
I think *some* people will be confused by the differences no matter what it's called. But then, some people are confused by such simple things as "press any key to….". Well, you get my point. >I am also not questioning your need for the functionality that you would like >XREF's…
[Continued] (Pardon me, people, and Tony, if this sounds like a flame. It's not; I just feel *very* strongly about this type of control showing up in R12.) I don't think that the simple change to color settings would be at all difficult for the existing users. How many people…
Well, I'm not expecting *everyone* to be on my side, so I don't mind dissent too much. I am glad that you see the need for "some sort of thing that behaves like that", but I question (just playing the devil's advocate) whether having yet a third type of "block"…
Myron- Generic Software was bought by Autodesk a couple of years back, and has recently been rechristened Autodesk Retail Products. They sell Autosketch, GenCAD, and perhaps a few other goodies. Rather than buying them to snuff out the competition, they've kept their offices up in Washington open, and the development…
Myron- If your goal is to simply learn Autocad, there is a program called AutoSim, from Autodesk, that gives one a good interactive tutorial (from what I've heard) of how to use Autocad. The price is cheap, too. If you want to exchange files with your clients, then Generic CADD's…
Hehehe. All kidding aside, if it *does* ship without that fix, then my visit will be to deliver all the letters from the letter writing campaing I start the day after delivery, personally. The letters will all ask for a R12 c1 bugfix more eagerly than Mark Burns ever did…
Gee, Ron- Seems like you ran into the same problem I did when we were scouting out the DesignJet. We haven't purchaced one yet, partly due to that problem, partly due to a convincing enough need (read: lower than normal plotting load). Same story as your's: Dealer couldn't explain the…
I was thinking of warning Malcom that I'd pay him a personal visit to complain about VISRETAIN, if that's what it takes. Heck, if it helped, it'd be more than worth the 2+ hour round trip! Perhaps I can convince Malcom to come to the SFAUG's demo of WinACAD, and…
Gee, Brad- It sounds like you are just the person to help lead the training program in the directions necessary to make R12 blow everyone's socks off; what with your presumably intimate knowledge of the features of R12, knowledge of the process of the development of each feature, of what/how/when…
David- Are you xref'ing drawings in at different scales to these drawings? If so, you will find that you'd need different LTSCALE settings for different drawings.
Whew! Two years again between releases. I'll bet it will be worth the wait, too. Let me put something bluntly, though: With two years between R11 & R12, I will scream bloody murder if it ships without a proper extention of VISRETAIN! I'm not kidding; it's that important. We won't…
What's wrong with the Autocad Postscript driver?
Ken- I missed the beginning of the thread on AutoCAD World; Sounds like a new magazine, no? How do I get on the subscription list?
Ok, now, forget about speed. HP-GL/2 and Postscript seem to have some of the same features (screens, etc.) What functional differences are there in terms of plotted output? Do both support screened linetypes? Is there any support in Postscript for user defined linetypes? And obviously, linewidths should be no problem…
Gary- I believe that there was a recent upload to one of the libraries dealing with just this issue. I'm really curious about your wish, though. I tried to start a thread a month or so back, dealing with just that issue; with the advent of reference files, how do…
The first thing you should do is to NOT (xunload "errata17"), and the second, is to load it from ACAD.ADS, rather than ACAD.LSP, by placing, or adding the line "errata17" to an ASCII file called ACAD.ADS.
Brian- You can run Lantastic at 10Mbps, as well as setting a Lantastic server to dedicated mode.
Ok, then; How about some documentation in the ARM about the limitation, and explain just where the limit is in relation to the origin, under whatever curcumstances are needed?
Looks like you need one, Dennis! Haestad. No "TEE"
Mike- I heard about this when I called for some tech support for CadMagic, and it's capabilities sound *really* neat. Not your average Autocad text editor. So why don't you tell us more about it, since you can probably do a better job than I. Oh, and don't forget to…
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…
I think both conventions are valid. When it's all done with layers, one's layering standard can become convoluted. If I've got several groups of entities that need to have different appearances in other drawings, then I am forced to have one additional layer for each group. This can really make…
If you are simply using AMPRO outside of Autocad, then you need to use a Summagraphics utility program called MMRST.EXE, or something like that. Place it in the batch file that starts Autocad, and that will usually fix the problem. Another workarround is to start a plot in the drawing…
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#R11 Xref (entmod)??
Message #28518
Well, I'd like to try to convince you, anyway. Sure, not every user or discipline will have the need to change the properties of specific xref'd entities, but some of us do. It's common enough for us to run into situations where we have entities in certian drawings which can…
Evan- I'm curious about the NovaJet. With 4 pens, it can aparently do 256 colors, right? How about 256, or 64, or even 16 shades of grey? Could you put several different shades of grey-black ink in, and work it that way? (Pardon the novice questions about colour mixing )
I'm glad you have NDOS! I'm using DOS 5.0, and 4DOS 4.0, but I don't think I used anything specific to 4DOS 4.0 that can't be done with 3.x. Let me know… As for the time, it wasn't too bad. But you wouldn't want to ask how much time I…
Bob- This sounds really neat! I'd love some more technical information, such as comparisons with Cad Overlay, and what support you have for plotting greyscale raster immages combined with vector Autocad drawings (ie. which plotters you have drivers for that can handle this).
Darrell- Do you have a price for Vectory? (BTW, I *love* the name!)
Sure- Just place the viewport on a seperate layer, and freeze, or turn that layer off.
Duff- As you happend to mention it, let me fill you in on one of my pet peeves about file open dialogue boxes that I've seen all around (Acad, Windows, Mac). I HATE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE MORE INFO THAN SIMPLY THE FILE NAME! (Yes, I'm shouting!) Don't forget…
(Do I hear an echo? (CI$ strikes again) Gale- I'm really interested in the *method* you used to figure out how to modify the spacing; I haven't toyed with font files, yet, and could do with some advice. Yeah, those 6 character file names can be anoying for you Unix…
Good guess, but I've downloaded every new version of the Tseng 4000 drivers I've found, to no avail. 800×600 works fine, and the tseng 3000 drivers don't work at that resolution, either…. Thanks, though!
David- You do realize what's so bad about Scooter being up in the chopper, don't you? He's the type that aims! (Hey Scooter….! Bet you can't hit me; nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah!) (Ouch!)
Steve- I'm curious as to why you need to "check out" xrefs; Autocad handles file locking itself, and I would tend to think that doing anything would only interfere with the way R11 was designed to work. Keep in mind that I am *not* criticising you; I'm just trying to…
Dennis- Do you use 10-CAD?
Yea, Dennis, this plotter sure looks like the right thing. I should have a chance to see one in action next week. If we're lucky, we just might even buy one! (lessee, $7500 for the DesignJet; $2K, possibly $3K or more to repair our Calcomp 965A properly….) Now, for a…
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