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Mark

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QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« on: August 14, 2008, 01:27:26 PM »
Up until a few days ago I wasn't to impressed with QuickCalc but after reading some documentation on '09 and QuickCalc ( which mostly works in '06 ) I've got a whole new respect for it. I would like/use it a lot more if I could do ALT+TAB to bring it to focus. I also you this calculator quiet a bit from a shell, that I can ALT+TAB to.
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 01:53:09 PM »
I have a nice desktop model that I keep handy .. I can program it to do a wide variety of tasks and it is portable besides
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 02:31:01 PM »
Quote from: Keith™ on August 14, 2008, 01:53:09 PM
I have a nice desktop model that I keep handy .. I can program it to do a wide variety of tasks and it is portable besides

I do too but it's hard to make it interact with AutoCAD. :-)
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 02:34:28 PM »
esp my friend .. esp
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2008, 02:37:32 PM »
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2008, 02:45:19 PM »
Yea, I voted 'neither' as well :/  I use the 'ol desktop model

Whenever I need anything to be integrated with a drawing, I usually make a table with the equation in a cell... a one-cell table sometimes does some wonders... yes, I'll admit it may be considered ugly, but it gives me some flexibility.  Turn them borders off, and if you do it right, no one will know it's a table.
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2008, 04:38:56 PM »
I've been getting into the habit of using simple lisp in commands like offset etc when I want to set up some stairs etc

(/ (getdist) 5) - which divides my two pick points by five for the equal offsets. I can type it in cad quicker than grabbing the calculator.

Other wise I use my desktop one. must have a look at th one you posted though Mark, thanks.
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2008, 06:36:16 PM »
That's what I do too Mick. And at other times I use this.......

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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2008, 06:46:04 PM »
Same as Mick, lots of simple lisps, or I punch a few numbers into this one..
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2008, 10:58:34 PM »
lisp commandline calculator. best and probably most useful routine i use.
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2008, 12:35:13 AM »
Neither for this reason:


Command:
CAL >> Expression: 2324555*2334525
Error:
Integer numbers must be between 2147483647 and -2147483648
>> Expression: *Cancel*

And the windows calculator has no trouble with these numbers.
Doesn't autodesk know how to ADD or Multiply for real?

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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2008, 11:20:32 AM »
Kate, is QuickCalc in LT? If so that might make for a good read on your blog. :-)
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2008, 11:24:57 AM »
Did you know you can set variables in QuickCalc by simply entering '$var=20'. And recall the variable using '$var+100'.
« Last Edit: August 15, 2008, 11:29:39 AM by Mark Thomas »
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2008, 11:40:27 AM »
I don't us it that much.  here and there when I need it to feed numbers to the command line. 
It is IMO a little slow to load and a little clunky but good overall.  I would give it a B+.
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Re: QuickCalc, CAL or ...
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2008, 12:22:00 PM »
Quote from: Mark Thomas on August 15, 2008, 11:24:57 AM
Did you know you can set variables in QuickCalc by simply entering '$var=20'. And recall the variable using '$var+100'.

mark..I can do that in lisp too....

(setq var 20)

and recall it with...!var...or as part of a lisp routine........(setq answer (/ var 5))

horses for courses mate.
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