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Dear People: I need to update a VisualCADD 5 drawing to make the text color(s) easier to read on my monitor. Is there any way to select all text of any given...
Keith Rauch
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Mar 6, 2009
6:26 pm
24229
It's not quite working completely right for me, but try this: type SF to open the selection filter. Under "entity" select text and leave all else the same....
Anthony Ferrer
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Mar 6, 2009
6:41 pm
24230
Keith, You need to use the selection filter (SF) to select the text you want, then change the color property. If you have "Use Text Layer" Checked you may need...
Hal Roenick
scalz4vcadd
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Mar 6, 2009
6:49 pm
24231
I think that my "dull" cap has assumed control of my capabilities today; I tried following the directions offered by Anthony and Hal, and ended up ...
Keith Rauch
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Mar 6, 2009
9:13 pm
24232
I find it very easy tom change all the "TEXT" in any VCadd drawing by simply doing a SF (Select Filter), selecting TEXT in the first drop down of the filter...
Ed Chatlos
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Mar 6, 2009
9:35 pm
24233
Type in S1. check use filter. Click filter block (last one on the right) Choose text, all layer, all colors, all fonts. then OK. enter SA. Then ED. Change...
Gordon
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Mar 6, 2009
9:37 pm
24234
Ed's comments reminds me that I have previously thought that it sure would be nice to have a "chinese menu" drop down. This would have check-boxes in that...
Marc Paxton
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Mar 6, 2009
9:44 pm
24235
Keith, I have sent you a default VGA.Pal file off list to get your colors back. I am not sure what you did. All you should have to do to change the color of...
Hal Roenick
scalz4vcadd
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Mar 6, 2009
9:45 pm
24236
You can do this. . . sorta; Do your first filter select (Lines), then rt click and choose filter again, change to continuous lines, click OK and hold the shift...
Kennard Johnson
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Mar 7, 2009
12:54 pm
24237
Marc, One of the things that's often overlooked about the selection ribalog is that it's additive - you can add and remove entities from the selection set. ...
Adrian Scott
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Mar 7, 2009
2:05 pm
24238
Many Thanks to Hal, and all the others who responded to my request for help (see below?). It turned out to be that I was a victim of my own oversight! Several...
Keith Rauch
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Mar 7, 2009
4:49 pm
24239
Where do I find the file on how to load hatches which have been downloaded? Thanks, Steve...
saernstbuilder
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Mar 8, 2009
12:27 pm
24240
The Hatches file is call Hatches.hat and is a Text file, it is in the VCadd System folder . If you open that in Notepad you can see and edit it. Just copy and...
Ed Chatlos
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Mar 8, 2009
12:49 pm
24241
Search the computer using Explorer or a suitable substitute for file 'hatches.hat." Rename it to something like 'hatches.old' and past your new file into the...
d.helmich
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Mar 8, 2009
8:58 pm
24242
I have a technical drawing, that is in PDF format, that I need to use in one of my VC drawings. I know (or at least I think I do) that there is no direct...
J. Ricky Tanenbaum
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Mar 10, 2009
3:52 pm
24243
Rick: I have converted many vector PDF's to DWG's using Corel Draw. Is the PDF a scan (raster) or a direct print (vector)? If it's a scan, you might be able...
Glen Jackson
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Mar 10, 2009
4:06 pm
24244
Ricky, This might help. I've been using a program (not very expensive) Aide PDF to DXF Converter - V 6.5. The web site is http://www.aidecad.com & the eamil...
David Hamaoka
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Mar 10, 2009
5:05 pm
24245
Dear Rick, To trace a PDF in Visual Cadd, save the page as an image (assuming your version of Adobe Acrobat can do that). Import the image into Visual Cadd...
Wayne
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Mar 10, 2009
5:58 pm
24246
Thanks Glen and David. Glen, I appreciate the offer. It was very kind of you. I took David's suggestion and downloaded the trial version of the Aide PDF to...
J. Ricky Tanenbaum
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Mar 11, 2009
2:14 pm
24247
Ricky,   The best way to import a jpg I have found is to open it up in word and copy and paste. You will find that it is not part of the drawing. It will...
J, Clarke McCollister
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Mar 11, 2009
7:15 pm
24248
... snipped..... ... Use Adrian's Image.dll which can be found here <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/visualcadd/files/Adrian%27s%20Files/> Bruce Wilson ...
wilsonbrucea
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Mar 11, 2009
7:52 pm
24249
I just installed Vista on my PC that contained VC5. I did a clean install of Vista thus I need to reinstall VC5. I did that and VC5 with the latest update...
Bob Petruska
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Mar 11, 2009
10:09 pm
24250
Just to clarify, I trying to insert the VC5 serial number but can't find the screen to do so.... ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Bob Petruska
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Mar 11, 2009
11:50 pm
24251
Thanks guys. Adrian's Image.dll works like a charm. That was what I used before and it didn't get reinstalled after I had a system crash a year or so ago. I...
J. Ricky Tanenbaum
rick_tanenbaum
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Mar 12, 2009
8:16 pm
24252
Hal: How do you control the spacing between nodes when using the Scalz Draw Clouds tool? I have my computer set up in imperial units and get just under an...
Bruce Wilson
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Mar 13, 2009
4:08 pm
24253
Never mind. Guess where the answer is? The Help file of course 8{(}. ... Bruce Wilson Barrie, Ontario, Canada Life Member NMRA Member Scale 7 Group...
Bruce Wilson
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Mar 13, 2009
4:18 pm
24254
Oooh!! I can answer this one! Everything in Scalz is based on the text height. Assuming your text is set at a reasonable size for the scale of your drawing,...
Glen Jackson
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Mar 13, 2009
4:18 pm
24255
To the List, Can't figure this out (or don't want to waste time figuring it out) I use a 90 degree arc, quarter circle, to indicate door swings on my ...
Gregory M. Richard
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Mar 15, 2009
3:35 pm
24256
Do you not draw the door before you draw trhe arc? Steve Bryant The Bryant design Group To: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com From: gmr@... Date: Sun, 15...
Steve Bryant
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Mar 15, 2009
8:18 pm
24257
I might should have said position your doors. Steve Bryant The Bryant Design Group To: visualcadd@yahoogroups.com From: tbdg@... Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009...
Steve Bryant
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Mar 15, 2009
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