Anyone- I apologize right off - this is a B'Gates thing, but some of you are so up to snuff on this stuff that I trust you all more. Windows XP (SP-2) just...
Marc, The Process Status API is an integral part of Windows. It's used by applications to get information about the processes running in Windows. It could be...
Mark, I too got the "forced" update. It would not let me click through and delete the update, plus it "verified" my current copy of Windows (obviously...
Hi guys/girls, Does anyone know a quick way to trim fills ? or auto-generate an outline that I can adjust and re-fill ? Damian Damian Elias Eslers & Associates...
Damien I use the stretch tool a lot to trim back hatches and fills after moving windows or doors and on rare ocassions I have used the move point tool to align...
John I have done the same for small jobs; but this time it's editing an A1 Development Control Plan of a 800 lot subdivision showing the existing restrictions...
Sorry then Damien that be the case I am unable to assist you. I thought all councils had to be difficult, is it not their nature. I too am having an ongoing...
Damian, If the edits that you must make are easily definable in a spreadsheet format, then you might want to consider exporting the existing hatch layer to...
Damian Et al, As many of you know, I have been working on Exporting and Importing drawings via batch files. I've been fairly successful to date, but have not...
Good AM. A seemingly wandering discourse but at least it's on topic. Let's say you have a simple "lines" hatch describing the area between one rectangle and...
Marc, I would be more inclined to use an alignment of LL corner and adjust the offset from that. The exact location of the First Point is a bit variable and,...
Hi, New to group and need to ask a question. When importing a Dwg from autocad based drawing program to Vcadd, the line work text does keep it's relationship...
Hi Adrian- Thanks for the tip. I think I tried this before. I guess it works; sort of. To test it I just drew a trapezoidal area tapering "in" from the lower ...
Jerry, I haven't tried it yet myself, but Scalz has a Batch Conversion tool (ZCB) that should do exactly what you want. You can get a 30-day demo here:...
... Mike: Fonts are handled a little differently in the two programs. VCadd actually has more options when it comes to font width and character spacing....
I like to work in fractional feet and inches. (period) I have my environment set up to do just that. However, when I import someone else's drawings, like I...
... Mark: The units settings are saved with the drawing so the quick way to do this is to set up either a style sheet or 3-letter shortcuts to change the...
To All, I'm starting to dig a little deeper into reference frames and find that the only way to edit reference frames is through right click mouse menu for...
You can't directly edit a hatch but what you can do is: 1. Take a copy of the hatch. 2. Make sure show hatch boundary is turned on 3. Explode the hatch 4. Use...
... Gregory: As far as I know, there are no accessible native commands for all the items found in the Reference Frame Menu. There are a few command for ...
Damian, So are any of the suggestions made been acceptable? Hal ... From: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:visualcadd@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Damian...
Hal, I believe so, but I'm unsure on the likely end result (I guess a polyline); and whether it's worth your time, especially as it only saves about 25 minutes...
Damian, I'm not sure your answer answered my question which may have been ambiguous...Which of the methods suggested might you employ if one was to work? If it...
Hal, To be honest you did loose me, i thought that was all behind the scenes of the tools, neither way would be appropriate i guess; as it's not always all the...
Hal & Damian, Scalz already supports editing of hatches (!) And if the question is how to edit fills, there is another add-on by Adrian (Scott) to convert ...