Topic: What would you like to see in the new release

[nivuahc]

If more people would help out in the development of PythonCAD, I could see it being a good alternative one day.

[Andrea]

The possibiities to enter a variable value in ToolPalettes !!

[Greg B]

Ability to more accurately import files created by other CAD software.

I'm tired of other companies that use AutoCAD not get a set of my drawings correctly because AutoCAD can't pull in a couple xrefs.

That's not a problem with AutoCAD pulling in the files correctly as much as it's a problem with Autodesk allowing others to play along with AutoCAD. If there were published, open specifications for the DWG format you wouldn't have that kind of problem. The best any of the competitors can do is take their best guess. And, what you end up with, is usually far from desirable for anyone.

While I know this is true, since I saw a post about AutoCAD being able to make DGN files, I figured it was something worth sharing.  DataCAD can export to any number of AutoCAD Version dwg and dxf files.  It's just that when someone opens up a main page of what I send it should be able to read that there is an xref in that drawing and look for the file.

[Draftek]

Andrea, You can run lisp from a tool palette. I use lisp to run my vba / vb apps from the tool palettes:

<Macro><![CDATA[^C^C(defun c:Concealed()(command "-vbarun" "Concealed.dvb!MainModule.Concealed"));Concealed ]]></Macro>

[Andrea]

Andrea, You can run lisp from a tool palette. I use lisp to run my vba / vb apps from the tool palettes:

<Macro><![CDATA[^C^C(defun c:Concealed()(command "-vbarun" "Concealed.dvb!MainModule.Concealed"));Concealed ]]></Macro>

Sorry Draftek...
But in 2006 you can''t write anyting else if it's not a number...

could you explain how you doing this ?

[Crank]

Change the 'Auxiliary scale' to DIMSCALE for PSCACE-drawings or to PLOTSCALE for MODELSPACE drawings.

That should work.

[Andrea]

Change the 'Auxiliary scale' to DIMSCALE for PSCACE-drawings or to PLOTSCALE for MODELSPACE drawings.

That should work.

Crank..

I have many diffrent standard of insertion tools...depending clients..
so I'va made a program who create this variable.

so you can use diffrent insertion scale in diffrent drawing without changing LUNITS DIMSCALE or any other AutoCAD variable..
this is more complex that you think..
It will be more useful if we can only put lisp in this field.

[Crank]

We also have more clients. They all have their own standards (4), but we use only one menu.

I think you don't need more scales than this, but if you do, you can make special toolbars for each client.

[Draftek]

I'm sorry, my example uses the macro tool for the tool palette, not the standard autocad insert tool. Kinda like the old toolbars.

For symbol insertion and scale factors in my tool palettes I use a small arx app I wrote that determines whether the block is being inserted into modespacel or paperspace and inserts itself to either the dimscale factor or scale of 1 respectively:

Here is the macro in the tool palette which uses lisp:
<Macro><![CDATA[^C^C(Command "InsertSymbol" "SealantArrow") ]]></Macro>

[Andrea]

We also have more clients. They all have their own standards (4), but we use only one menu.

I think you don't need more scales than this, but if you do, you can make special toolbars for each client.

Crank,

Thanks....that why users here never use the toolpalettes...
they use SBLOCK insertion program.

[hyposmurf]

I'd like to try SBLOCK but can never get to the download page.

Le document que vous recherchez n'existe pas

[Andrea]

sorry...
you must be a member..
there it is..

[hudster]

layer spanning

[t-bear]

Stronger 3D capability in vanilla CAD.  I know, I know...Inventor. We're a small company, three seats, and can't afford the darned thing.  Besides, I've got literally thousands of blocks that I would have to re-create as "i-parts" .  Just beef up the vanilla 3D capability ala the (now defunct) mechanical.....this was a great proggy.

[PHX cadie]

Here's something that should be simple, (maybe already done and I'm missing something)
When attaching a new Xref it should open to the folder you're currently in, (not the Xref folder you last attached yesterday or last week)