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#21592From: Dave LorenziniApr 7, 1988 12:06 AM
Just got done going through your invention and must tell you that I found it a fantastic program! It is a big help and time saver. My registration is on the way! One question – could you give me an example using the Zmode. I don't quite understand why you put it in(I understand what it does). Keep those updates coming – youse is jammin!!
#21626From: John Intorcio ADS TMApr 7, 1988 4:59 PM
Thanks for the kind words! As for the zoom mode, uh, well, it came in because someone asked for it and it seemed like a neat hack! I guess one use of it might be if you had a slide of a floor plan of a building. You could display the whole building or use the zoom mode to enalrge certain room or sections of the plan for a closer look. The same applies to peices of a mechanical drawing.. You might want to see a little more detail. Unlike AutoCAD, the resolution does not improve when you zoom in, however, so pushing too far gives a lot of jagged lines and sometimes a loss of clarity. It's all dependant on the resolution of the screen driver that was in use when the slide was made. So… You ARE better off making indevidual slides of the views that you want. On the other hand, if someone else gave you a slide and you can't reproduce parts of it… This is a way to look a little closer! Does that answer the question?
#21674From: Jamie Clay [Adesk]Apr 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 like the Quad views too. Jamie
#21690From: John Intorcio ADS TMApr 8, 1988 11:01 PM
I knew that got in there for some reason or another. Seems like a good feature to me. Getting more requests for menus… May be a couple of months but you'll see a new version with some new features one of these days! (Not a promise, just a guess – no legal hassles please… Anybody seen release 10?) Yeeee Haaaaa! >>> John <<<
#21690From: John Intorcio ADS TMApr 8, 1988 11:01 PM
I knew that got in there for some reason or another. Seems like a good feature to me. Getting more requests for menus… May be a couple of months but you'll see a new version with some new features one of these days! (Not a promise, just a guess – no legal hassles please… Anybody seen release 10?) Yeeee Haaaaa! >>> John <<<
#21674From: Jamie Clay [Adesk]Apr 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 like the Quad views too. Jamie
#21626From: John Intorcio ADS TMApr 7, 1988 4:59 PM
Thanks for the kind words! As for the zoom mode, uh, well, it came in because someone asked for it and it seemed like a neat hack! I guess one use of it might be if you had a slide of a floor plan of a building. You could display the whole building or use the zoom mode to enalrge certain room or sections of the plan for a closer look. The same applies to peices of a mechanical drawing.. You might want to see a little more detail. Unlike AutoCAD, the resolution does not improve when you zoom in, however, so pushing too far gives a lot of jagged lines and sometimes a loss of clarity. It's all dependant on the resolution of the screen driver that was in use when the slide was made. So… You ARE better off making indevidual slides of the views that you want. On the other hand, if someone else gave you a slide and you can't reproduce parts of it… This is a way to look a little closer! Does that answer the question?