Marc, I would simply ask them which version of Adobe for Mac they have installed. Anthony has given you the information "I downloaded and installed Adobe ...
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Marc Paxton
paxtonmarchitect@...
Feb 1, 2012 12:37 pm
Hal, and all who responded- yes. I have (very politely) broached the topic and advised my client that I have had a few knowledgeable folks look at and try out...
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pcdrafting2
Feb 2, 2012 5:31 am
G'day all Several years ago after reading some posts here I became interested in Hal's Excel to Visual CADD macro. Please understand that I have no expertise...
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Hal Roenick
scalz4vcadd
Feb 2, 2012 1:09 pm
John, Adrian Scott converted my program using "Automation" and may more able to handle the changes in systems. I have attached it for you to try and see if it...
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Adrian Scott
ascottca
Feb 2, 2012 1:12 pm
John, The problem is likely a memory conflict between Excel and VCadd. The best way to avoid conflicts of this type is to use VCadd's ActiveX (Automation) ...
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pcdrafting2
Feb 3, 2012 5:56 am
Adrian and Hal Thanks for your replies. When you mentioned automation I remembered that I tried it at the time and couldn't get it to work properly. I couldn't...
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Hal Roenick
scalz4vcadd
Feb 3, 2012 1:59 pm
John, I would need the Excel File to actually debug the program along with both the automation and VBA versions to compare, but after a quick look, you might...
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Adrian Scott
ascottca
Feb 3, 2012 2:10 pm
John, As Hal has surmised, there's an issue with left justified text. I've uploaded a revised file to the Files area. ... It's actually simpler than it looks...
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Marc Paxton
paxtonmarchitect@...
Feb 3, 2012 4:44 pm
I had a client meeting today: called up a picture of the front/side of their house on my computer and then, to explain, put a piece of tracing paper on the...
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Hal Roenick
scalz4vcadd
Feb 3, 2012 5:49 pm
Marc, I’m not sure if this follows your story or not, but a few years ago I developed what I called “Free Hand” in Scalz. It allows you to take a V CADD ...
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Marc Paxton
paxtonmarchitect@...
Feb 3, 2012 6:12 pm
Hal- not directly - i was just making my little friday joke! my brother agrees that this could be our (or Apple's) next muse, and, being that it should be...
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Hal Roenick
scalz4vcadd
Feb 3, 2012 8:29 pm
Marc et al South Pacific folks, My bride and I are just talking about planning a trip to Australia in the next year or 2 as I have always been fascinated with...
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Ed Chatlos
ed_chatlos
Feb 3, 2012 9:42 pm
You really can't blame them, Mac users. They have drank the Cool Aid and believe everything is right in their world. When in fact Mac's suffer the same...
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Ray Parsell
rparsell@...
Feb 4, 2012 4:25 am
Hal As an Aussie and lifetime Sydney lad I can only tell the bits I know. I travelled around Oz in 88 for 13 weeks and loved it - skipped Victoria and Tasmania...
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pcdrafting2
Feb 4, 2012 5:04 am
Hal You were right on the money. I had a mixture of text justification in that sheet. Thanks so much for your help. I'll buy you a beer when your in Oz. Adrian...
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Tom Kintz
kintzfrpoa
Feb 4, 2012 5:37 pm
My wife and I spent 11 weeks touring Oz in 1994 including Tasmania. To augment what Ray said... We had intended to see all of Australia until we discovered...
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jbark
Feb 6, 2012 7:14 am
...are now available. See the Purchase page at the www.tritools.com website. The CD is a demo version, so you must also purchase a license to get the keycodes...
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Enginer
jhebbard
Feb 6, 2012 9:39 pm
In the hope that this post might help at least one other person... I was going nuts trying to import autocad 2007 drawings for even simple things like...
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Albert Blanton
agb1937...
Feb 7, 2012 12:40 am
I am a retired Mechanical Engineer and have been stating for years that the biggest mistake in the Digital Engineering world was providing all of these ...
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Walter 'Dutch'...
dutch002001
Feb 7, 2012 1:42 am
Albert, I was hired in at AHD (Arizona Highway Department) as a draftsman in 1969. At that time the most important thing for the drawing was ...
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DE
mrdecarson
Feb 7, 2012 7:50 pm
I am trying to import a scanned image into my vCadd and have no success. Is there a simple way to do this?...
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Harley
harleydixon
Feb 7, 2012 8:01 pm
The method depends on which VCAD version you have. VCAD6, use IG... Versions before VCAD6, you need to install Adrian's Image program which you can download...
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Harley
harleydixon
Feb 7, 2012 8:06 pm
Also, be sure that the image is in a format that VCAD can use: .jpg,.tif,.bmp,.gif,.png or .psd. Harley...
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Keith Rauch
kgrauch
Feb 7, 2012 10:14 pm
Regarding TrueType fonts, I have found that MS Reference Sans Serif is a very-readable no-nonsense typeface for general-purpose use. It is readily available...
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daniel.crosby
Feb 8, 2012 12:24 am
1) Draw a diagonal line across the screen. 2) Using 2-point circle, draw a circle, with the origin snapped to the line. 3) With all running snaps enabled,...
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Harley
harleydixon
Feb 8, 2012 2:30 am
Unless I didn't understand your directions, it worked fine for me...the point appeared right at the intersection...I zoomed in quite a ways and it never left...
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daniel.crosby
Feb 8, 2012 2:45 am
Hmmm... I had trouble re-repeating this, but it does seem to happen often enough to notice. The cross hair will visibly snap away from the intersection and the...
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daniel.crosby
Feb 8, 2012 3:06 am
It seems to be most prevalent first time through... I do this: 1) Start new drawing 2) Draw diagonal line (down from TL to BR, if that matters) 3)...
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Russell Masters
trackscad
Feb 8, 2012 3:15 am
Hey Daniel, I'm missing something in following your steps, when I'm drawing the circle what is the intersection point your trying to snap to. I only have a...
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Dan Crosby
daniel.crosby
Feb 8, 2012 3:21 am
Ah - I think I see where I'm might be losing people, probably my explanation! You should end up with three entities - a line, a circle and a point. The...
