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#Dissecting 3DStudio
Message #13877
Just letting everyone know I'm installing 3D Studio tomorrow morning. Brian
Tom, I don't recall the exact name, but I saw a comprehensive (thick) manual on R10 and R11 AutoCAD in the B. Dalton's Bookstore yesterday. I recommend it only because my Orlando Airport drawing is on the cover! Brian.
Hey, TonyT! Let me know when you UL that file, it sounds like the ticket! Brian
I DLed the Xlisp to look at several, several months ago… I don't remember if you can pass the instruction file to the interpreter on the command line or not, similar to the GWBASIC FILE method (or even ACAD DWGNAME ). Brian
From:
Brian Boatright [KBJ FL]
Autodesk AutoCAD Forum
· Hrdware/Drvrs/ADI
February 24, 1992 12:59 PM
Thanks, Dave, I'll be flinging shortly. Brian.
From:
Brian Boatright [KBJ FL]
Autodesk AutoCAD Forum
· Hrdware/Drvrs/ADI
February 24, 1992 12:59 PM
Thanks, David. I'll dig around for my September issue. And I'll also look into buying Hijaak, which seems to be the most well-rounded program of its type. Brian Boatwright
From:
Brian Boatright [KBJ FL]
Autodesk AutoCAD Forum
· Hrdware/Drvrs/ADI
February 24, 1992 12:59 PM
Thanks, Kevin. I'll investigate a little further — I had heard good reports about Hijaak, too. Brian.
Who's in here?
Message #34422
Chris, Thanks for the Bio. There have been four versions of the WHO-S.WHO file posted since last November. The most recent one about a week ago. When I get about 4 or 5 new additions, I UL a new version (SysOps *hate* it when I do that ), so you…
Myron, I never said you didn't know anything about Accounting, I said you didn't know anything about ECONOMICS! As for the 8 figure income, I wouldn't care if it was 20 figures!!… it doesn't make you an expert — it just means you know how to get more than you're…
[Continued] Perhaps I'm just dreaming, but I would like to see a system as powerful as AutoCAD evolve into a more interactive design tool, rather than primarily mimicing traditional drawing practices. There may be people already developing systems like this, although I haven't seen anything like it for architects. I…
#Linked Objects
Message #34416
I've been pondering a lot of options I would like to see in AutoCAD, but not being privy to the long-range goals I'll go ahead and ask them here. One feature which would be extremely helpful, and lead into some intelligent interaction between AutoCAD and architects (for instance) is a…
#Film Recorders
Message #34415
From:
Brian Boatright [KBJ FL]
Autodesk AutoCAD Forum
· Hrdware/Drvrs/ADI
February 24, 1992 10:52 AM
Has anyone here had any success with film recorders? We're interesting in purchasing one for our presentation work, but want to make sure it will work with AutoCAD. We would like to output SLD and RND files to slide format. Although there is a service here in town, I have…
>> Being first, being the most expensive, having the biggest market is not >> enough to sustain a competitive advantage over the long haul… C'mon Myron, I thought you were in the Accounting field. Don't they teach you guys economics? How the hell does one get to be first, supply…
Ah, but then again, I'm an architect! It's beaten into us in History classes…. Brian
Sorry, Tony, if I ruffled your feathers. My point was that although the Xlisp interpreter was fine to play around with, I don't think that it will be useful in creating stand-alone DOS applications, am I right? For this one would need a compiler. Part of the usefulness *I* found…
Mine varies a lot (since I'm in Florida, U.S. of A.)! Ah, Aachen… seat of Charlemagne, Karl der Groesse, Holy Roman Empire. I'm familiar with it. When we were in Germany on vacation in 1987, we wanted to visit Aachen and Trier, but since I had to see relatives in…
Scotty, There you go again: mangling the statistics… let's just say, *I* think it's the best program for the money. And the best if you're serious about producing CADD documents. If you took away AutoLisp, ADS, perspective viewing, paper space, and all the other things that give AutoCAD power and…
Tony, Isn't the XLisp in AIEXPERT an interpreter? Probably should use Borland or someone for a compiler — more useful, you know. Brian
🙁 Brian.
Hey! I fixed a problem without trying! Now I'm 3 for 3! Brian.
Chris, You may want to try the LANG.zip here on the Forum… it has some limited translation ability from english to german, etc. The (command ".ucs") ensures that the *true* "ucs" command is used. If for some reason another program redefines "ucs", the ".ucs" (note the period) will get you…
Well…. welcome. Now, blind us with some science!
Dave, which issue was that again? , I must have missed it! Didja review QEdit, huh, didja? Just nosey…. Brian
Okay, guys, I'm NOT going to answer this one first so's you guys can all criticize my answers again! Someone else holler "snipe!" awhile…. Brian (getting down off the soapbox…)
Myron, For those of us who *do* make a living at CADD, $4,000 is a very small price to pay for as much as cutting our man-hours by four! As for a "captive market", consider the alternatives which may have the same power, flexibility, or ubiquity: Intergraph, Cadvance, all about…
Got it.
Larr' ol' buddy… I don't know about you but no TAPCIS (not to mention ATO) would create some problems in the bathroom…. Brian (Don't let Alaska read this!!!)
Ah ha! I knew that… just didn't know it was called the MCS! So, as I now understand it, the MCS -> WCS Matrix does the following: 1. Translate all points relative to the insertion point. 2. Rotate all points polar to the insertion point. 3. Scale all points relative…
You could try the Kedit or better yet, WCEdit (Walt's pushing it… he needs the moral support)… Brian (I ain't got no problems working with teeny pieces…)
Steve, I've tried all the files you mentioned… and I *love* QEdit. What I did was to chop up the MNU file into managable pieces, each about 100K. Then i wrote a one-line batch file to copy+ them together. Since the order of the parts doesn't really matter, I arranged…
"I Brian Boatright do slalomly sky that I will not, shall not, think not ever again about that … uh, uh … thing that I'm supposed to forget about. And even if I come across such a thing that probably existed, I will immediately forget about it before I remember…
Tony, Yes, now that you mention it, I realize my error. There's a little confusion over the word "name". What you are saying is that it wants the 2 group, *not* the -1 group. As to the matrix, I thought (not very deeply) that the (trans) function could translate from…
Hi Cynthia. The simplest way (although probably not the most efficient) is to pass the main insert entity name to the (tblsearch) command and then (entnext) through its subentities until you get to the nested block, then repeat the (tblsearch) on it as needed. I think that this process will…
(tsk, tsk) ONLY $20,000? Try around $200,000… but hey, it's progress!
Okay, Okay, guys…. Look. I'm sorry; I apologize; I made a MISTAKE! (only time you'll see *that* from me, better save this message) I *thought* (I know… _Total Recall_…) that I had at one time seen an unprotect routine on the Forum. It was at least a year ago, I…
There is (or was) an UNPROT.exe file somewhere here on the Forum. Gotta warn you though if you've been kelvinating too: it's gonna look like hell! Forget seeing all those nifty mnemonic variable names….. Brian
As a plug, look at the WHO-S.WHO file in What's New. It lists biographical information submitted by the members themselves. You can give me your own bio and I'll update the file. Brian
Uh… which message had the original question (not that I'm a Tablet TM or anything )? Brian
Jim, I didn't read your first message, but if you are trying to capture Autocad screens to GIF I might be able to help you. I've been trying to do the same thing for about a year! There are two possible paths: either use the VGA display driver and capture…
[Continued] The other issue is command interception, such as with Lisp. It is very awkward to have to Undefine commands to provide interception; one would have undefine numerous commands to provide any kind of usable features, such as AutoSaves or intercepting the Plot command to update a Drawing Management attribute.…
Duff, My initial reaction is to request that it be rather simple — more like the DOS command recall. QDos III goes further into allowing a command history to be popped up and a past command either run or selected for editing. I don't think that mouse PICKS should be…
C-man…you KNOW that no one can type !atomlist…it's just a myth perpetrated by Autodesk! Brian
First suggestion… Don't read Manuals Brian
Pleez turn off your CapsLock – my eyeballs hurt! Brian.
#Command line editing
Message #28635
Duff, Any chance of some command line buffering control in R12? It sure would be nice to intercept the command before it was passed to the interpreter…AND be able to F3 the previously typed command in for retyping. Brian (I *hate* tablets… and mice – although mice are necessary)