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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

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,…

Heather: Where do you live? I've noticed in reasonably large metro areas (like Indy, or even Peoria, for that matter) there are often local vendors who can come real close or even beat mail order. It might be worth a look. Otherwise, I'd sure recommend Gateway. I bought a 486-33…

You say you use DOS ACAD and that you always evaluate software before purchasing. Does that mean you found a trial source for DOS ACAD before you bought it? Craig B

"Donkashein?" Is that some sort of burro buffing kit?

I've imported ACAD drawings into Ventura at my old job without too much hassle (although I'm sorry to say I no longer remember the details of just how I did it). I seem to recall there were a number of methods which produced results of varying quality – like SLD…

Has anyone run into this before: I create a 3d model in ACAD, load the Autoshade routines in Autolisp, name and place cameras and lights, run the SCENE routine – name it, choose camera and lights and place the clapper. Then I create the filmroll file, end out of the…

Oh, sure…I tell you I'll do whatever you recommend, and you give me a *choice*! All seriousness aside, though, thanks for the input…I appreciate it. Craig

Evan – Here's a simple one for you – I need to get a printer. Ideally I'd like to get an HPIIIP, but I don't think I could scare up the bucks for a while, and I need to get something fairly soon. I seem to recall seeing you saying…