I am running an old Zeta 836 which is setup to emulate an HP7585. I have yet to be able to make it work in Vcadd's plot mode but setup as a printer it hums...
I find I have to import a bunch of DXF files from a European manufacturer which are all in metric of course. Since my database is set to inches, 35 mm becomes...
... wrote: mark utilities, DWG import/export, base autocad units, millimeters have the reverse problem here regards harpo ... manufacturer which are all in...
Harpo Thanks for the quick reply, help files are not very useful if you don't know the "exact" question to ask! Made the setting changes you suggested and...
... wrote: Mark Bugger! Had the same problem with a router cutter path 1mm became 1 inch. Router went silly. Import the file and do a SZ, drawing command @...
... Mark Don't do that something to do with your unit's setting will think about it and post you soon regards Harpo ... command ... <mdevaney@r...> ... to...
... wrote: mark it's 3.30am here and i've been trying to get a plotter working. will have to rubberise walls soon. let me go into vcadd and play for a while....
... Mark just opened a DXF file with base units set to Inches came up with a line length of 11303. changed import to mm and she loaded at 445 mm, the filter...
Harpo Somedays software gets too smart for its own good! The size conversion really did happen as asked for but the program changed the display units to mm so...
** High Priority ** If the drawing converts in units but is not to the real world scale the Vcadd likes to work in use the FIT SCALE command (FT). First draw a...
Brian Mansky
brian@...
Feb 1, 2003 4:53 pm
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... wrote: Mark What are you secondary diplay units set to? utilities, settings, numeric mine are all metric ... conversion ... units to ... import this ... in...
... wrote: Mark all units on my machine are metric. Try all imperial on your's regards Harpo ... display ... inch ... the ... <mdevaney@r...> ... became ... if...
... wrote: Mark Just had a thought 1/2 horse motor about an inch. scaling factor? 1 inch =25.4mm. A 1/2 horse motor is about 250mm. May the base unit in the...
Harpo Sorry, I didn't make the message clear. The conversion is working fine, just like you said it would. The part was full size metric and converted to ...
Think you mean here for Hatches http://www.visualcadd.org/cadcustom.html JK ... From: ch00ch00 [mailto:ch00ch00@...] Sent: February 2, 2003 9:53 AM To:...
Thanks in advance, I have loaded the current version of Image 1.7 on my VCADD 3 but I am having difficulty printing the image with the layers. I have checked...
Jeffrey A. Chartrand
jchartra@...
Feb 3, 2003 10:01 am
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Paul, Will e-mail four wood hatches you probably don't have and aren't on the VC site. Bob...
I'm having trouble snapping to the midpoint SM of two lines which have been joined JO. If you draw one line, any length, draw another line from the endpoint...
Stephen, When you join two lines you get a single continuous line. It may be a single entity, but there are still two segments. By design, the SM command...
Stephen, When Joining two lines, they become two segments of a continous line. Try turning on Construction Points DC and you can see the common point for the...
Gudmund Madsen
gudmund@...
Feb 3, 2003 4:38 pm
5864
Stephen, ... the first line, then join them, shouldn't snapping to midpoint put you at the midpoint of the combined (joined) lines? << No! "Joining" 2 lines...
Adrian Thank you. Another bit of info to tuck away. Stephen ... From: "Adrian Scott" <ascott@...> To: <visualcadd@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February...