I am looking at a need to move into the world of 3D cad and wondered if anybody out there had a recommendation for a low cost entry level program. Probably the...
Lee I use and recommend SketchUp. It is a very ease of use and has a lot of tutorials. You can import on it your 2D .VCD saved as DWG and begin in a very easy...
Lee: It probably depends on what you are drawing. For architectural stuff, SketchUp has been given rave reviews, and Chief Architect seems to be a close...
Yeah, I probably should have mentioned what we do. We're metal fabricator, so I'm looking at stuff from thin gage metal up to 1/4" thick that has bends in it....
Thanks everyone. I've made almost a complete migration to Visual 5.0... but will leave 4.0 in case I need to open old Autocad dwg's. I was one of those having...
My vote is in for Chief Architect & Rhino as a combo. Chief allows for a very quick creation of a 3D building model, Rhino can do what sketch up does but a lot...
Glen, ... I never saw that before...Good call! Regards, Hal ... From: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:visualcadd@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Glen Jackson ...
To All, Lately I've been noticing that when I window select (SW) a string of text it will not select unless I really "over select" the length of the string. ...
... Gregory: TT fonts have always had a few problems. They are not really made for CAD work, and for that reason I don't use them. On occasion I do use...
Gregory, Perchance, have you changed the alignment (justification) of the text e.g., Left, Centered or Right? I just tried to "cause the problem" in VC5 but I ...
Timothy, I believe I have the latest release and all the updates. I'm going to try to re-create the event in another, smaller, drawing tomorrow. ... -- Best...
What is your default tool? If not Select the just type SE (Select Tool) and the click and drag from RIGHT to LEFT across part of the text. With the Select tool...
Also the TEXT BOX, the area the text is placed into, is bigger then the text itself. When using select window you must encompass the whole object, in this case...
I recently installed VCadd 5.0 after using VCadd 4.0 and earlier versions and going back to Generic Cadd. I VCadd 4.0 if I wanted to add a layer to a drawing...
... Two things: 1. Make certain that you have the latest version installed 2. I believe you might have to have ABS coordinate system turned on. Do this by...
Tritools, I have a case here of the bearing tool [BB] and Linear Dimension [DL] reporting different distances on the same line.. I've attached the plan in ...
John: Try hitting [Tab] when in the process of pasting... it will toggle the reference point of the pasted objects from a relative to an absolute origin. HTH!...
Oh really? More trix. I must remember this MO toggle. But, if you are already set to absolute, does the tab-toggle toggle you back to relative origin? (This...
Marc: Nope, the [Tab] toggle only changes the reference point with respect to the objects being pasted. One setting is the lower left point of the group of ...
Damian: I'm not with TriTools, but the first thing I noticed is the drawing came up in millimeters. Those are my default units, but it seemed strange that the...
Gregory, Sometime ago I was having the same problem selecting text & was advised by someone on the list to use "crossing" instead of "window" to select text....
Gregory I have been using DH and you can select the handle point, then DH again to turn off. (A tip from the list many years ago) John Richardson ... From:...
John and others, Thanks for the al the work-arounds, but I'm really interested in why this phenomenon (inability to "window select" text) happens in the first ...
It's not really a phenomenon. The test is stored in a area slightly bigger then the text itself, up/down/left/right, and if you do not include that WHOLE area...
I usually do the same thing Ed does...just click on text to select it. But, I think Greg first mentioned that he was using True Type fonts...if that is so, and...
... Don't bother -- it's NOT a bug with Visual Cadd, rather one of Windows in-built "features"! This is a problem with TT Fonts that has been around since the...
... Ed is right. And the problem is worse the smaller the text is displayed on-screen (see my previous post). You need to "over select" as he advises or click...
Damian, Yahoo has shut me out for a few days so I didn't get the email notification of this and, hence, didn't get the attachment. If you can send it to...
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