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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 Paxton
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Feb 1, 2007
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21383
Good Morning again, VCad folks. OK. On that Update thingy: I did go to the MS website and stumbled my way to the Support area. ...
Marc Paxton
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Feb 1, 2007
3:11 pm
21384
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...
Adrian Scott
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Feb 1, 2007
3:15 pm
21385
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...
Gregory M. Richard
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Feb 1, 2007
3:18 pm
21386
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...
Damian Elias
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Feb 5, 2007
2:28 am
21387
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 Richardson
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Feb 5, 2007
3:39 am
21388
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...
Damian Elias
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Feb 5, 2007
3:54 am
21389
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...
John Richardson
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Feb 5, 2007
4:10 am
21390
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...
Timothy Carpenter
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Feb 5, 2007
12:10 pm
21391
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...
Hal Roenick
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Feb 5, 2007
1:32 pm
21392
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 Paxton
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Feb 5, 2007
2:42 pm
21393
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,...
Adrian Scott
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Feb 5, 2007
2:57 pm
21394
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...
dsurv1
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Feb 5, 2007
3:38 pm
21395
Is there a way to convert a .dwg or .dxf to .vcd in mass quantities without having to open each file and save. Thanks, Jerry...
jandre_eps
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Feb 5, 2007
3:55 pm
21396
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 ...
Marc Paxton
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Feb 5, 2007
4:01 pm
21397
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:...
Timothy Carpenter
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Feb 5, 2007
4:04 pm
21398
... 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....
Bob Morrison
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Feb 5, 2007
4:37 pm
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Jerry, You can using the Batch Converter in a add on program called Scalz. If you are not familiar with Scalz, here is the address. ...
Hal Roenick
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Feb 5, 2007
4:40 pm
21400
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
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Feb 5, 2007
5:42 pm
21401
... 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...
Bob Morrison
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Feb 5, 2007
6:21 pm
21402
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...
Gregory M. Richard
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Feb 5, 2007
8:29 pm
21403
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...
Michael Doherty
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Feb 5, 2007
8:31 pm
21404
... 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 ...
Bob Morrison
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Feb 5, 2007
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21405
Hal, While not a common thing we have to do, it seems only when I don't prepare the fills in sections that this is needed. I use a lot of fills in...
Damian Elias
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Feb 5, 2007
9:57 pm
21406
Damian, So are any of the suggestions made been acceptable? Hal ... From: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:visualcadd@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Damian...
Hal Roenick
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Feb 5, 2007
10:31 pm
21407
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 Elias
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Feb 5, 2007
10:42 pm
21408
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 Roenick
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Feb 5, 2007
11:02 pm
21409
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...
Damian Elias
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Feb 5, 2007
11:10 pm
21410
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 ...
J R Thompson
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Feb 5, 2007
11:38 pm
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.............though I just realised that Scalz supports adding vertices and islands to Fills as well! What a fine add-on, thanks Hal! jrt...
J R Thompson
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Feb 5, 2007
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