TheSwamp
CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: MP on June 25, 2004, 01:23:35 PM
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I'll kick this off:
The ProjectName variable (RTM). :)
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lol lost me on this one!
like rtext diseal $getvar= ????
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rtext is dead!! 2005 has fields and are they powerful.
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How about Tool Palettes I haven't heard much noise about those!
take a look at this screen shot:
(http://www.theswamp.org/lilly.pond/mark/tp.png)
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Huh...finially decided to look at this tool pallete thing a ma bob.
NOt too shabby...It has potential :wink:
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Wanna have some malicious fun? Change the DIMTMOVE variable to 1 or 2. Your (was) friend, (now) enemy will never figure that one out. There are a whole bunch of variables out there that do some really wierd things. :lol:
I have a button that puts things back to where I want them. I've posted this many times in "the other" forum but here goes again. Keep in mind that I work almost exclusively in 3D so many of the variables are for that purpose. Some lisp routines change your settings and then don't put them back where they were. You can't keep adding as fires flare up because you're limited to 256 characters (I think??) but it does save allot of time on the front end.
^C^COSMODE 2303 DISPSILH 1 FACETRES 10 VIEWRES Y 20000 ISOLINES 21 UCSICON ON UCSICON N SNAPANG 0 SURFTAB1 12 DIMASO ON WHIPARC 1 SURFTAB2 12 DONUTID 0 DONUTOD .125 FACETRATIO 1 PROJMODE 2 SKPOLY 1 HIGHLIGHT 1 EXPERT 5 DIMLFAC 1 VISRETAIN 1 LTSCALE 1 FILLETRAD 0 DIMASSOC 2 PICKADD 1 DIMLWD -1 DIMLWE -1 UCS W HIDEPRECISION 1 INDEXCTL 3 DIMCLRD 256 DIMCLRE 256
Heck, obviously I don't fully understand what I'm doing. I just checked the above and it has 296 characters (no spaces) and 360 with spaces. Oh well, back to the drawing board. I must be getting like t-bear. I believe one of his posts said that his memory is the shortest thing he's got - according to his wife.
HI TED!!
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Wanna have some malicious fun?
I have to say malicious and fun are words that don't belong together; no good can come of this. Yes, I have experience to draw upon (oooh, good drafting pun).
My advice: Don't do it.
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modemacro
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qaflags?
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.x
:)
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'CAL
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"exit" :crazy:
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'filter
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zoomfactor...
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spacetrans
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2004 - 2005
BMPOUT
Saves selected objects to a file in device-independent bitmap format
JPGOUT
Saves selected objects to a file in JPEG file format
PNGOUT
Saves selected objects to a file in a Portable Network Graphics format
TIFOUT
Saves selected objects to a file in TIFF file format
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on a serious note then... superhatch
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EXPERT - controls whether certain prompts are issued
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vpsync
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paperupdate
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GRIPBLOCK - Controls the assignment of grip in blocks (also in options)
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align command.
it aligns awkward drawings and situtations, and alos gives the option to scale to two selected points
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edgemode
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:lisped#
Use MTEXTED to prefix your wordpad text editor with :lisped# as in:
:lisped#C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe
If the mtext entity has less than 32 characters it will pop up in a dialog box editor just like single line text, more than 32 will pop to the editor.
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VerticalMojo :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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F1
Ctrl-F1
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ctrl+s
osnap
F8
No not mine.............one of the architects in our office 8)
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ctrl+s
osnap
F8
No not mine.............one of the architects in our office 8)
42, that's got to be the ugliest :horror: avatar on the forum, congratulations :dood:
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VerticalMojo :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
does this mean Im most underated?
:?:
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At times when you want to be. :lol:
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align?
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While in Mtext, click any where on the screen to close dialog box.
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mpedit
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exit
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I don't know how many of you use the chamfer command instead of trim. Sometimes it's a lot quicker, but many of the folks I've talked with at seminars etc... never thought of it.
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exit
That's my favourite one of all time!
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QUIT... my favorite...
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polar ILO ortho
[opinionated moment]Who in their right mind would continue using ortho, when polar is so much more flexible. Everybody I work with or have worked with uses ortho still, even when I've shown them how much better it can be.[/opinionated moment]
Does anybody here not use polar, even if you still use ortho for any reason?
More unused commands:
From
Temporary tracking
parallel
tracking <-obsolete
extension
apparent intersection
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I don't know how many of you use the chamfer command instead of trim. Sometimes it's a lot quicker, but many of the folks I've talked with at seminars etc... never thought of it.
I use a zerio-radius fillet..it's got a shorter alias. :-)
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I use ortho regularly ... aint got that polar tracking thing figgurd out yet
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Me neither...
Ortho will do for now, but plan to 'someday' figure out what tracking actually does and how to work it.
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Gotta agree with Kate.. Mine is called f0 as in fillet with a 0 radius..
(defun C:F0()
(command "FILLET" "R" "0" "FILLET")
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I also like my xt routine that allows you to extend a line(s) to a temporary line that disappears when the routine is done..
(defun c:xt (/ p1 p2 e1 e2 d1)
(prompt "\nDraw line to extend to: ")
(setq p1 (getpoint))
(setq p2 (getpoint p1))
(command nil nil nil "POINT" "@")
(setq e1 (entlast))
(entdel e1)
(command "LINE" p1 p2 "")
(setq e2 (entnext e1))
(while
(setq d1 (entsel "\nSelect object to extend: "))
(command "EXTEND" e2 "" d1 "")
);while
(entdel e2)
(princ)
)
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DSVIEWER
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apparent intersection
Hear hear, Daron
favorite 3D osnap: APP
favorite 3D view change: 3DOrbit
favorite 3D edit tool: Align
favorite 2D tool: pen and paper?
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apparent intersection
Hear hear, Daron
favorite 3D osnap: APP
favorite 3D view change: 3DOrbit
favorite 3D edit tool: Align
favorite 2D tool: pen and paper?
Beautiful. :LOL
For the rest of you ORTHO-heads. Don't want to sound opinionated, but what's to figure out? Polar is just like ortho, but you can set it to different angles. I set the polarangle increment to 15 so I can draw 30, 45 and 60 degrees as well as the traditional ortho angles, plus the advantage polar has over ortho is the ability to move away from ortho without having to turn it off. As soon as polar came out I've been using it. It boggles my mind that I feel that I'm the only one who uses it. I'm sure that's not the case, but I haven't met anyone yet who uses polar. Anybody? As far as using the temporary tracking points, set them to shift to select and figure them out. For those using LT, I feel for you. They have polar, but not tracking of any sort except FROM and that's not even done right.
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Actually, I've played with polar a bit so far and I like it...I just need more time to get to know it. Too many other 'non-CAD' things to do lately...
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Daron, how do you temporarily disable polar tracking? Is it an F-key or can you hold sifht or something like that?
***Edit***
F-10 - Unmodified, turns Polar Tracking on or off.
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Daron, I've been useing POLAR ever since I looked at the STATUS BAR and asked myself, "What's this button do?" Can't remember how long that's been, but its a great command as you say. :)
(Note to self DON'T push BIG RED button.)
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Rectangle .... hit enter for the dialog box....kinda neat.
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It boggles my mind that I feel that I'm the only one who uses it. I'm sure that's not the case, but I haven't met anyone yet who uses polar. Anybody?
Me! Me! Polar's awesome! I know what you mean, though -- I can't get many people here to use it either. I should just go around and turn off all their Ortho toggle buttons. :-)
There's an add-on for LT called Slingshot that provides object snap tracking as well as some 3D and imaging commands...I'll be installing it on some of our machines as soon as I have a spare hour or two.
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Alright, Alright...I'm a converted believer now. I like it a lot. It's almost like getting your 10 year old son to help you out in the garage...Old enough to kinda know what he's doing, but he can still get in the way sometimes...
It would be nice if you could hold a button down to temporarily disable it instead of having to toggle it on and off...
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OH MY..... polar does rock :dood:
I think I just found a keeper!
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Stretch.
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Stretch -> CP
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Polar snap absolutely rocks. On my machine, the F10 key toggles it on and off. I'm on ACAD 2002.
Bob G.
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Hello, my name is Paul...... and I'm a Polar user..
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if you can use two hands does that make you bi-polar?
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I am not a believer ... yet .... simply because I almost never have any angles that I am required to follow outside of 0-90-180-270 ... the occasional 45, but not real often...
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Keith has a good point...... Im find myself using ortho again out of habit because I rarely use the 45........
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Don't you ever need to copy or move something in a non-orthogonal direction? I have my polar set to 90 degree snaps -- basically like an ortho I don't have to turn off -- but I'll add intervals when I have a building with angled wings or something.
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One thing though...If you use the Polar angles to move or copy, etc., you might have a group of lines, cirecles, etc that were drawn on snap. When you go to move them at some angle, it might throw them off snap. It seems to be almost like a virtual 'nearest' osnap or something. I know that isn't really easy to understand but it's hard to explain. Bottom line: It can't be trusted at all times to keep everything on snap.
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I'm not sure who's had this problem with 3DORBIT, but looking at that 'Communication Centre' with ACAD2k4, I found this and thought I'd post it.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=4306439&linkID=2475323
AutoCAD crashes when 3D ORBIT used
Published date: 2004-06-03
ID: TS84758
Applies to:
AutoCAD® 2004
AutoCAD® Mechanical 2004
Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2004
Autodesk® Land Desktop 2004
Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® 2004
Issue
When working in AutoCAD and using the 3D ORBIT command, AutoCAD closes unexpectedly, sometimes with the following error:
AutoCAD Error Aborting, Fatal Error: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0020 Exception at 63995d75h.
Solution
To resolve this issue, download the updated acgs.dll file and follow the instructions in the Readme file from the Autodesk website.
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I'm tryin this out...settings at 45-90...so far it's just confusin this ol' man....LOL
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One thing though...If you use the Polar angles to move or copy, etc., you might have a group of lines, cirecles, etc that were drawn on snap. When you go to move them at some angle, it might throw them off snap. It seems to be almost like a virtual 'nearest' osnap or something. I know that isn't really easy to understand but it's hard to explain. Bottom line: It can't be trusted at all times to keep everything on snap.
You are correct, but if I remember correctly, ortho will have the same snapping problems. BTW, I remember why I don't use nearest or perpendicular anymore unless I need to force it, nor should you set parallel to run always. Polar is very much like nearest, therefore, use nearest under duress<sp> only. Perpendicular is a beast that likes to show its ugly head when it's not wanted, therefore it should be caged. Parallel only works right when you force it and you can't snap to another object and remain parallel. It's good when you need it though.
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Well....I changed it to 15 deg increments...works better that way. Still prefer ortho & the old @xxx<xxxDeg. Bad habits are hard to break....but I'm tryin' ... VERY tryin'.
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I'm not sure who's had this problem with 3DORBIT, but...
Thanks M-dub. Wish I had looked up the TD or heard about the update before. 3DOrbit making crashes used to drive me nuts. With A2K5 it became stable, though (or rephrasing: no crashes yet!)
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One thing to be wary of when using POLAR: as a tracking mode, it's looser than ORTHO, and gives rise to the temptation to just leave it on all the time. However, as with the normal tracking, if you're zoomed out too far, you can draw lines to the wrong snap if you aren't careful. You might be thinking you're drawing a line to an intersection snap, but it really goes to the polar tracking point right next to your osnap. This can be a real headache, because the incorrectly-placed items can be hard to identify and fix.
Because I don't really like the shift-to-aquire, I keep TRACK and POLAR always off unless I'm specifically using them, then I turn them back off as soon as I complete the task. That way I don't have to worry about an improper snap. This problem might go away if I got in the habit of using shift-to-aquire, but so far I'm set in my ways...
And, to answer an earlier question, I still use ORTHO more often than POLAR, even though I use both. The reason is that when I'm rearranging blocks of text, I tend to use ORTHO a lot (although turning on SNAPs actually works better, but is sometimes more trouble depending on what's already been drawn and how) - for this task, other angles are not used. I prefer this over POLAR set to 90° because it's more obvious when I'm done that ORTHO is on, and less chance of me starting to do something without noticing I still have POLAR on.
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Well.... Bad habits are hard to break....but I'm tryin' ... VERY tryin'.
I know! That's why it's so hard to teach people, unless they want to learn. I tend to be of the philosophy that if money's going to be spent on getting the improvements, I should at least try out the improvements. As far as breaking habits? I've had that problem too. I've learned that if I want to do away with something and use something else, I've got to use it repeatedly. Kinda like making it second nature. I've been using polar so long that when I see others using ortho, I feel like I want to give the object they're moving a push. One of the designers, the other day was drawing an X in a rectangle and had ortho on. I had to keep from wanting to push the line up.
The only problem with multiple angles, is that if you need to set a point at a short distance, it's hard to keep it at the angle you want or to remove the cursor from any set angle. Zooming in'll cure that.
I'm glad to hear that others here were previously using it and I'm also glad to hear that many of you guys have started giving it a try. Even if you don't like it in the end and revert back to ortho, at least you can say you looked into it.
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I'm not sure who's had this problem with 3DORBIT, but...
Thanks M-dub. Wish I had looked up the TD or heard about the update before. 3DOrbit making crashes used to drive me nuts. With A2K5 it became stable, though (or rephrasing: no crashes yet!)
There is a patch solution for R2002 and supposedly one for R2004.
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I tried some experimentation again - it had been a while since the last time - but I think I got it straight again. I like having some running osnaps going - endpoint, midpoint, and intersection are nearly always on. It's too easy to put things in the wrong spot with both running osnaps and tracking enabled all the time, so I generally have POLAR off, and have my Alignment Point Selection configuration option set to Shift To Aquire.
The biggest problem is that running osnaps don't work the same way when POLAR is on as they do when ORTHO is on. The problem is most noticeable with the intersection running OSNAP.
(For the following discussion, let's ignore the temporary tracking thing - assume Shift To Aquire is ON. Things are actually the same when this is set to AUTOMATIC, but get a bit convoluted and more complicated than necessary for this post.)
For example, assume you have the intersection running OSNAP on. If you have ORTHO on, and go to pick a point near enough an intersetion to trigger the OSNAP, you'll get the intersection, even if it violates the ORTHO. OSNAP overrides ORTHO.
However, OSNAP does NOT override POLAR; it works with it. Therefore, you'll get what looks like an intersection OSNAP when your POLAR vector intersects another object. This intersection OSNAP is, of course, visually indistinguishable from any other intersection OSNAP. Therefore, if you try to draw lines to intersections, it's possible you'll pick the wrong intersection, and get a POLAR-object intersection instead of an object-object intersection (or vice versa).
Similarly, I always turn Shift To Aquire on. Otherwise, it's too easy to accidently pick a point along an extension of an object.
There are times when POLAR is very useful. I particularly like having it set to work relative to the last line drawn. But I only use it sparingly, when the task at hand calls for its particular abilities. If ORTHO suffices, then I use it instead, since it's safer, and harder to accidently leave on.
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You know, it occurs to me that it would probably be simple enough to fix this problem, if OSNAPS that intersected tracking vectors were visually distinguishable from other OSNAPS. For example, if the intersect OSNAP is yellow, it represents the intersection of two objects; if it's red, it represents the intersection of the tracking vector and an object...
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I don't know how many of you use the chamfer command instead of trim. Sometimes it's a lot quicker, but many of the folks I've talked with at seminars etc... never thought of it.
I use a zerio-radius fillet..it's got a shorter alias. :-)
I use this ,
;;Tip1769: F0.LSP ZERO-RADIUS FILLET (C)2002, Paul Hernan
;fillet0.lsp - Produces a zero-fillet then reverts back to the previous radius value.
(defun
C:F0 (/ CMDECHO CMDDIA FRAD E1 E2)
(princ "\nZero-fillet two lines...")
(setq
ERR *ERROR*
*ERROR* LISP-ERR
CMDECHO 0
CMDDIA 0
E1 NIL
E2 NIL
FRAD (getvar "filletrad")
) ;_ end of setq
(setvar "filletrad" 0)
(while (not E1) (setq E1 (entsel "\nSelect first object: ")))
(redraw (car E1) 3)
(while (not E2) (setq E2 (entsel "\nSelect second object: ")))
(redraw (car E2) 3)
(command "fillet" E1 E2)
(setvar "filletrad" FRAD)
(princ)
) ;_ end of defun
(defun
LISP-ERR (MSG)
(if (/= MSG "Function cancelled")
(princ (strcat "\nError: " MSG))
) ;_ end of if
(setvar "filletrad" FRAD)
(princ)
) ;_ end of defun
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Now that's nice...Thanks Devitg.....
Kate: I have them both on my n52 so no typing
.... one keystroke enables either one. I'll be changing my fillet key to run D's lisp......
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It's not mine , I just picked it from Cadalyst.
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Sinc, a couple things come to mind. When using osnaps with polar, if you wait for the tooltip, it'll tell you whether or not it's finding a polar intersection or an object intersection. At the same time, who waits for the tooltip?!?, right? My personal solution, when things are too close to tell: force the intersection osnap. I use apparent intersection for any intersection. Anyway, if I force the snap, I can then select one object and then select the object I'm looking to intersect with. I then know that I've gotten the object intersection. Well, that's how I've dealt with the issue you mention. At the same rate, I don't wish to appear to be telling you how you should draw with your software. I'm just putting out information. I'm enjoying this discussion, too. I think it will really open everybody's eyes to the pro's and con's of this particular funtion. Thanks for getting so involved.
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My fillet 0 is a little simpler I think..
(defun C:F0()
(command "FILLET" "R" "0" "FILLET")
)
It's been workin for me for a looonngg time..
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My fillet 0 is a little simpler I think..
(defun C:F0()
(command "FILLET" "R" "0" "FILLET")
)
It's been workin for me for a looonngg time..
Because I use a radius of 0 more than anything else, mine is:
(defun C:F()
(command "FILLET" "R" "0" "FILLET")
)
Then I add a variable for radius and use FR to recall the last radius entered:
(setq frad 0)
(defun C:FR ()
(IF (SETQ NFRAD (GETDIST (STRCAT "Enter Fillet Radius <" (RTOS FRAD) ">: ")))
(SETQ FRAD NFRAD))
(command ".FILLET" "R" FRAD)
(command ".FILLET")
)
I know there's slicker ways of doing it now, but this has worked fine for 18 years, and I'm just to lazy to change it.
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MTEXT formatting codes:
Look in "HELP" in "AutoCAD User's Guide" under "Format multiline text in a text editor"
Use the following table to create a document with formatting codes.
\0...\o Turns overline on and off
\L...\l Turns underline on and off
\~ Inserts a nonbreaking space
\\ Inserts a backslash
\{...\} Inserts an opening and closing brace
\Cvalue; Changes to the specified color
\File name; Changes to the specified font file
\Hvalue; Changes to the text height specified in drawing units
\Hvaluex; Changes the text height to a multiple of the current text height
\S...^...; Stacks the subsequent text at the \, #, or ^ symbol
\Tvalue; Adjusts the space between characters, from .75 to 4 times
\Qangle; Changes obliquing angle
\Wvalue; Changes width factor to produce wide text
\A Sets the alignment value; valid values: 0, 1, 2 (bottom, center, top)
\P Ends paragraph Autodesk
Formatting codes along with text INSIDE "curly" brackets {} only that text receives coding, in the example below "WIDE TEXT" has a width factor of 2, the "normal width is defined in the style.
This is normal text, this is {\W2;WIDE TEXT}, this is back to normal.
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...I use apparent intersection for any intersection. Anyway, if I force the snap, I can then select one object and then select the object I'm looking to intersect with. I then know that I've gotten the object intersection. Well, that's how I've dealt with the issue you mention. At the same rate, I don't wish to appear to be telling you how you should draw with your software. I'm just putting out information. I'm enjoying this discussion, too. I think it will really open everybody's eyes to the pro's and con's of this particular funtion...
Yeah, using the apparent intersect rather than the intersect as a running osnap would work. Of course, then you need to click twice for an intersection, rather than once. Since I do a lot of drawing to intersections, and comparatively little drawing where POLAR comes in handy, I tend to find keeping intersect as a running osnap my default setting, rather than polar tracking+appint running osnap. For various tasks, I might switch. And so far, I've tended to think of appint as a kind of "intersect override", which I only use explicitely. It hadn't occurred to me to use it instead of intersect as a running osnap, although I can see how that would be useful in certain situations.
As is generally the case, one way may be better in some situations, the other better in others. It's best to know what options are available, and what strong points and drawbacks each has, so you can choose the most appropriate one for a given task.
In that vein, here's another factor to consider when deciding which is better for a given task: polar or ortho? With polar, you have to be relatively close to the intended direction to trigger the polar tracking vector; get too far off line, and the tracking vector disappears. With ortho, you can move the cursor through a whole quadrant without changing the direction of the ortho tracking vector. So, you can be "sloppier" with ortho. If all you need are 90° angles, this factor might make ortho easier/quicker to use.
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I'm beginning to find the Communication Centre to be quite handy believe it or not. Keep readin'. (Not sure if the link will work or not...)
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=4248573&linkID=2475176
Change Text Justification Without Moving the Text Position with JUSTIFYTEXT
Published date: 2004-04-23
ID: TP00156
Applies to:
AutoCAD® 2004
AutoCAD LT® 2004
AutoCAD supports multiple justification points (also known as attachment points). Some methods of changing a text object’s justification point move the insertion point to preserve the text position, while other methods do not (causing the text to move). The JUSTIFYTEXT command changes text justification without moving the text position. Both the justification point and insertion point are relocated.
Tip submitted by:
Eric Stover
Autodesk
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DVIEW CLIP
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Well... I guess I'll stop lurking, and start posting...
I love the WIPEOUT command. I don't know of too many people that have ever even heard of it, let alone use it. It is great to use in your blocks so that information under the block is "wiped out", not deleted or broken to eliminate overlap.
Anyone else use the wipeout command?
Brian
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ALL OVER the guy next to me's drawings. Boy, is he chapped!!
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Anyone else use the wipeout command?
All the time, although sometimes (depending on some of your plotters settings) it doesn't do what you want.
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MTEXT formatting codes:
Look in "HELP" in "AutoCAD User's Guide" under "Format multiline text in a text editor"
Use the following table to create a document with formatting codes.
\0...\o Turns overline on and off
\L...\l Turns underline on and off
\~ Inserts a nonbreaking space
\\ Inserts a backslash
\{...\} Inserts an opening and closing brace
\Cvalue; Changes to the specified color
\File name; Changes to the specified font file
\Hvalue; Changes to the text height specified in drawing units
\Hvaluex; Changes the text height to a multiple of the current text height
\S...^...; Stacks the subsequent text at the \, #, or ^ symbol
\Tvalue; Adjusts the space between characters, from .75 to 4 times
\Qangle; Changes obliquing angle
\Wvalue; Changes width factor to produce wide text
\A Sets the alignment value; valid values: 0, 1, 2 (bottom, center, top)
\P Ends paragraph Autodesk
Formatting codes along with text INSIDE "curly" brackets {} only that text receives coding, in the example below "WIDE TEXT" has a width factor of 2, the "normal width is defined in the style.
This is normal text, this is {\W2;WIDE TEXT}, this is back to normal.
Don't forget \X. It allows you to have a carriage return that doesn't break the dimension line. I used to use it a lot like this: <>\XBSL.
As far as wipeout goes? Know about it. Used it in the past. Found the plotter issue. Never used it again. Would love to though. The other problem I have is that xref's seem to reverse the order of some things. If I remember correctly, wipeout was one of them.
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Don't forget \X. It allows you to have a carriage return that doesn't break the dimension line. I used to use it a lot like this: <>\XBSL.
Also, you can use the \X as a suffix in primary dims to move the alternate dims below the dim line.
For dims with several lines below din line, use the \X for the first line break and \P for subsequent line breaks. Using the \P for the first, \X for the second, and \P for the rest, the dim text will have two lines above dim line witht he rest below.
Ain't it fun playin' wit dims??? :mrgreen:
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chspace
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Wipeouts also lose their associations with text when they're blocked out of a drawing... I believe they added a background-mask property to text objects in 2005 because of this problem (something they should have done a long time ago :) ).
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add and remove when selecting
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Well... I guess I'll stop lurking, and start posting...
I love the WIPEOUT command. I don't know of too many people that have ever even heard of it, let alone use it. It is great to use in your blocks so that information under the block is "wiped out", not deleted or broken to eliminate overlap.
Anyone else use the wipeout command?
Brian
Dude... please tell me you are not still using R12 DOS ....that avatar brings back fond memories... :)
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~At least for AutoCAD 2004 Express Tools~
ATTIN
ATTOUT
Very nice!
'Bout Bloody Time!
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Neat post!
OVERKILL (express tools)
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3DCONFIG has a hidden option that is not documented. Try enter V and you will see this:
Command: 3DCONFIG Configure: 3DCONFIG
Enter option [Adaptive degradation/Dynamic tessellation/Render
options/Geometry/acceLeration/eXit] <Adaptive degradation>: V
Configure: adVanced
Enter option [Redraw on window expose/Cache viewport draw geometry/Display
lists/Fast hidden line only/Pixel Deviation/eXit]
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Undocumented commands are +CUSTOMIZE, +DSETTINGS, +OPTIONS, +UCSMAN, and +VPORTS. With the '+' sign before the command name AutoCAD ask you to enter the index for the tab that will be active in the dialog box. +PUBLISH is another one.
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The undocumented SPACESWITCH system variable can be used to allow or forbid switching between between paperspace and floating modelspace with a double click.
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FNSPLITL (File Name Split To List) is an undocumented lisp function. It returns a list of (path filename extension). Example: (cadr (fnsplitl (getvar "dwgname")))
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QAFLAGS been used a long time (<r12) by developers and autodesk themself too. QAFLAGS acceps a value between 0 and 32767
bit 0 (1) : ^C in menu macro cancels grips (acts like keyboard <Esc>).
bit 1 (2) : no pause during text screen listings.
bit 2 (4) : no "alert" dialogs (text display instead).
bit 7 (128) : accepts "screen picks" (point lists) via (command) function.
Normally QAFLAGS should be set to 0.
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TIME
displayes the time spent working on a given project so far. Useful if you forget your timesheets...
I think there is a way to pause the counter though, somewhere.
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<TAB>
as in tabbing between OSNAP points.
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My vote has to go with "align"
But I also love the polar command
But the one variable that gets me wound up the most is "textfill" being switched off, it seems to spread like a virus around drawings :x
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I like rarely used bpoly command takes a mess of lines and arcs that are closed and makes one single polyline
Also edit paste special
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TIME
displayes the time spent working on a given project so far. Useful if you forget your timesheets...
I think there is a way to pause the counter though, somewhere.
COOOL....
thanks
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TIME
Useful if you forget your timesheets...
The AutoCAD today feature was great for that :P Dont think 2K6 has it anymore though
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I am digging polar, it works great for placing furniture, which does not need to be exact, but i try to stick w/ 90 or 45's
my favorite are:
(anything) previous
layer translate
Battman
we are still leary of palletts, -not sure though, the idea is sound and it seems it would be easier than customizing menu's, but too many glitches would be bad, very very bad.....
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not a command; a key: NUM LOCK. Don't think it's powerfull? When the guy next to you ain't looking, push it on his key board. Then sit back and watch the fun. Time the event. It would be interesting to see if the people in your office are as dumb as the ones in my office. The shortest time so far is 30 seconds(and that's my time. :oops: )
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not a command; a key: NUM LOCK. Don't think it's powerfull? When the guy next to you ain't looking, push it on his key board. Then sit back and watch the fun. Time the event. It would be interesting to see if the people in your office are as dumb as the ones in my office. The shortest time so far is 30 seconds(and that's my time. :oops: )
Dent, you make me laugh many times each day, but I have to say, I am very happy not to work with you ( I would have to kill you) :lol:
we have someone in our office who changes all of the adjustments to your chair- that is annoying :x
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sounds like fun ...
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Simple, useful:
TR space
and
TR space space.
BTW, I'm polar-ized now. Handier than ortho, esp. placing arrows & notes.
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annoying trick
take a screen capture while word or excel is open then save it as a bitmap. Then set there background to use that bitmap and watch the fun begin. See how many times they reboot before they figure that one out.
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Did it with the desktop .. desktop to bitmap, bitmap to background, hide desktop icons, and autohide taskbar, putting it on the top of the screen ... funny stuff
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OH!! What have I started!!?? :twisted: :twisted:
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UNDEFINE & REDEFINE
Quite usefull for removing the exit command, or other commands that are off limits.
For a little fun, undefine someones zoom and pan commands......make sure you redefine them after you had you laugh.
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I hate undefine. Never use it. If ever I find anything undefined, I just .command it.
BTW, I've been using polar since it came out and I don't remember when that was: 2000, 2002? What I miss the most is tracking, not temporary track points, but tracking. That was handy. From and Temporary track points are good to though. I use them all the time.
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I used to have a lisp routine that mirrored all the text in a drawing
It was so cool
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shell is another that ive not seen used in YEARS!!!
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I miss WCEdit.. It was an add on but man did it rock.. Freeware even..
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Hey, MP go here------> www.boltcad.com
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I don't think anyone besides myself (I could be wrong) uses PDMODE as much as I do...
..and heres a fairly unappreciated Lisp reference (atoms-family 1) or 0.
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shell is another that ive not seen used in YEARS!!!
I don't use it nearly as often as I used to, of course, I'm not doing everything in DOS anymore, but I still find the need to shell every couplefew months.
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I don't think anyone besides myself (I could be wrong) uses PDMODE as much as I do...
I have a couple of quickie functions for toggling between PDMODE 3, 0 and 1. Use 'em all the time.
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RANDY'S BACK!! RANDY'S BACK!! :shock: :lol:
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ummmm... thanks.... I think?
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RANDY'S BACK!! RANDY'S BACK!! :shock: :lol:
When I saw this post my first thought was of Randy's back. :yikes:
Sorry for the visual guys
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Well... I guess I'll stop lurking, and start posting...
I love the WIPEOUT command. I don't know of too many people that have ever even heard of it, let alone use it. It is great to use in your blocks so that information under the block is "wiped out", not deleted or broken to eliminate overlap.
Anyone else use the wipeout command?
Brian
Dude... please tell me you are not still using R12 DOS ....that avatar brings back fond memories... :)
Sorry if this confuses everyone by going back so far but, too bad. Keith, the president of our local users group here does that to every new version of AutoCad. The first thing he modifies is the menu so he can have the old R12 DOS like screen and have the side bar menu. It confuses the heck out of a lot of people when he uses it on the overhead projector thingy but, then he gets to brag about his programming skillz.. Oh, he also uses blipmodes all the time..
So there's my part for this post..
The command: Blipmode
The problem: It makes me want to choke the poo out of the person until they regen the dang drawing.
Two other unused commands would be remote text in the express tools and also quickselect. Quickselect make take some further eyeballin by me.. Looks a lot like the old ssx command that I still use.
Aight, carry on, nothing to see here..
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God, i'd forgotten blipmode. Thats always a great one for winding people up with! :x
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DRAGMODE
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OOPS
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Can someone enlighten me as to how "OOPS" is better than "undo"? I never did quite see the point in that command, but thats not to say there isn't one :?
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Can someone enlighten me as to how "OOPS" is better than "undo"? I never did quite see the point in that command, but thats not to say there isn't one :?
Hi
Below snippet is taken directly from the AutoCAD Online Help File [F1] -
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You can restore accidentally erased objects using UNDO. The OOPS command restores all objects deleted by the most recent use of ERASE, BLOCK, or WBLOCK.
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Have a good one, Mike
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I like OOPS.
When I used to teach CAD, the students used to think I was pulling their leg about it.
Its very useful when you have erased something about 5 minutes before, and instead of using undo to back-track, and having to redraw things, simply oops and the drawing remains in tact.
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Oops works well when you want to hatch an area that has entities within that would prevent the desired hatch. Erase them, hatch, then oops.
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DING!!!DING!!!DING!!!
Ok Folks! I think we have a winner.
It appears that the 'oops' command is never used in my office and it looks like the greatest thing since sliced bread. :)
Thanks for the ENLIGHTENMENT.
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I see, so its a very selective undo... I sure as hell wish they'd explained that properly in CAD class, i thought it was like undo-for-dummies!
Maybe not best thing since sliced bread, but perhaps a contender for best thing since reintroduction of unsliced bread... :roll:
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What was the best thing before sliced bread??
Never have been an oops user here.. Don't even have a set of quick keys for it..
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HAHA..I dont even use oops i used oops in highschool...autocad release 12 LT
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I forgot oops existed. Don't think I've used it since r9, maybe 10.
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The CHANGE command.
Use it to change the radii of several circles
or
CHANGE a line with ORTHO on to guarantee a true horizontal or vertical line.
or
CHANGE several lines to the same point (with ORTHO on to make parallel lines)
or
Draw several random lines, and a couple of circles. Enter the CHANGE command and select the objects and press enter. When prompted for the change point or properties enter the word DRAG (toggle ORTHO off). You can then change the elements one at a time. To swap ends of lines that are being changed, move the crosshair such the the "dragged" line would be 0 length, and the anchored end will switch.
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Revert
Kinda like 'oops'
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Revert
Kinda like 'oops'
Isn't that an Express Tool?
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How about the LSP and or ARX commands
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REA
As in REgen All
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How about "Align"? I haven't used this command since I started manipulating the UCS.
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I still use it in 3D occasionally.....can be a bit unpredictable with solids.............
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wow, I use align a lot.
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wow, I use align a lot.
Ditto!!