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From: ah395@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey T. Hansen)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: PostScript Plotting Followup ...
Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:51:07 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ah395@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey T. Hansen)
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Many thanks to the speedy replies to my question, I've got the
EPXtoPS.exe program, and it's fine.  The only thing I'd add would
be support for pens 9 thru 15, but of course that's an HP/GL thing,
limited by the physical pen turret slots.

Also, I should have included in my first post that we can't update
to release 12, we're hampered by two machines that are not upgradeable
(sun 386i's, ugh) and by a 'limited' budget.  (the partners would much
rather spend their budget on themselves, in other words)

But, in summation, the fine program EPXtoPS does just what it advertises,
it takes files written in HPGL for the Hewlett Packard EPX pen plotter and
turn it into postscript for processing ... many thanks!

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ah395@cleveland.freenet.edu
Jeffrey T. Hansen
Not affiliated with Case Western Reserve University

Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: dj@shiva.gsb.columbia.edu (Dev Joneja)
Subject: parametric drawing
Reply-To: dj@shiva.gsb.columbia.edu
Organization: Columbia Business School
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:35:15 GMT

Can anyone give me an idea of the use of parametric specifications in autocad?
I have been told that some third party programs allow this. Essentially, I am
looking for creating drawings with dimensions that are "symbolic", so that
associating actual numbers with the symbols will automatically resize and redraw
the picture to scale.

Have people any ideas about such capabilities? Any experience with these
packages? Prices, addresses ...?

Thanks, -Dev

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From: ah395@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey T. Hansen)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: Please specify location of nifty little utility programs
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:14:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ah395@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey T. Hansen)
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In a previous article, varkki@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Varkki George) says:

>In article <1993Jan21.072126.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi> moisande@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
>>In article <Pi8NXB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>, elmo@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Yuri Villanueva) writes:
>>> Is there an easy way to do this?  The other way around is easy.  r11 or 12
>>
>>        AC11TO10.exe. And it works!
>
>In article <1jmd8sINNqaj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ah395@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey T. Hansen) writes:
>>
>>Many thanks to the speedy replies to my question, I've got the
>>EPXtoPS.exe program, and it's fine.  The only thing I'd add would
>>be support for pens 9 thru 15, but of course that's an HP/GL thing,
>>limited by the physical pen turret slots.
>
>I find information about these various workarounds quite useful. I
>wish, however, that you would also post how one would have access to
>these utility programs. Please clarify.
>

I'd love to, but I'm a 'lowly community user' in cleveland, and any
nifty little programs I get, usually, I get from email.  While moast
of these files are out there on the net, I wouldn't know unless I
used archie to find them, then I have to rely on ftpmail to get the
file to my server machine, which I then have to download.

I've had success using archie, and ftpmail from many sources,
and I have no ftp access direct.  If I do have a site address,
I'm more than willing to give it, otherwise.


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Not affiliated with Case Western Reserve University

Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: milad@archsci.arch.su.edu.au (Milad Saad <milad>)
Subject: Re: How to print directly AUTOCAD draw
Reply-To: milad@archsci.arch.su.edu.au
Organization: Design Computing Unit, Sydney University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:28:17 GMT

QUESTION:
---------
>>> on a SUN SYSTEM (670 MP), and my users are on IPX Sparc stations.
>>> How can i send the ploting to the spooler of my unix system ?
>>> I want that my draw beeing printed on the QMS 810 of my lan.

---

I manage to automatically plot an AutoCAD drawing last year and
this is the solution:

	1. Set the environment variable ACADPLCMD to:
		%setenv ACADPLCMD "lpr -P<printername> %s"
	2. Configure AutoCAD plotter to be a Postscript Device.
	3. Next configure the Plot Spooler directory to be the user's home
	   directory ($HOME). Note that you can create a seperate spooling
	   directory.
	4. Choose the default plot file name to be AUTOSPOOL
	5. Configure AutoCAD to plot to a file.

For more info refer to Automatically Printing Spooler Plots pp104-107 in the
autoCAD AutomaticThe AutoCAD Interface, Installation, and Performance Guide,
for SUNS PARCstation Release 12.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Milad Saad

Design Computing Unit
Department of Architectural and Design Science
Wilkinson Building (G04)                    Tel:    +61-2-692-2053
The University of Sydney                    Fax:    +61-2-692-3031
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA                          E-mail: milad@archsci.arch.su.edu.au

Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: olasov@cs.columbia.edu (Ben Olasov)
Subject: Re: parametric drawing
Originator: olasov@ground.cs.columbia.edu
Organization: none
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:42:15 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.153515.17774@news.columbia.edu>
dj@shiva.gsb.columbia.edu writes:
 . . .
>Essentially, I am looking for creating drawings with dimensions that
>are "symbolic", so that associating actual numbers with the symbols
>will automatically resize and redraw the picture to scale.

I'm not sure you can do this exactly as you describe it - the entities
being dimensioned need a literal value for the initial iteration in
the drawing.  One approach would be to attach XED (extended entity
data) with a 'transformable data type' to the entities whose
dimensional values are parametric, and later use the transformable
data to procedurally update them.
 
Alternatively, (there are plenty of alternative ways to do this) 
you could have the XED to take the form of something along the 
lines of 'attached procedures' rather than data, which would 
conditionally cause the entities to be resized. 

>Have people any ideas about such capabilities? Any experience with these
>packages? Prices, addresses ...?

I just saw an ADS application yesterday written by John Walker
for maintaining component dimiensions in a Lotus 123 spreadsheet
and have the changes propogate to the AutoCad drawing of the 
components.  The link is two-way - AutoCad can also be used to
update the Lotus spreadsheet.  I haven't tried it yet but it 
looks interesting.  If you'd like to take a look, it's on an 
Internet node in Switzerland.
 
Host liasun3.epfl.ch (128.178.155.12) 
 
    Location: /pub/acad 
      FILE rw-r--r-- 28865 Oct 23 14:14 123-rpc.tar.Z 
 
Ben
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From: SALOMAKI@jylk.jyu.fi (SALOM{KI KARI JUHANI, FYS)
Subject: ExlToPs utility
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:27:59 GMT
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     Information about program to produce PostScript from 
     AutoCAD's HP DraftPro EXL plot file.
     I done program for our own use and it nowadays can really 
     only convert Encoded Polyline type plot files. I have thougth
     that I will some day make it to support more common HPGL.

     ExlToPs rel 2.4 
          -    shows plot on screen while processing plot file
          -    different pens plots on screen with user defined colors
          -    PostScript linewidths by plot pens can be defined
          -    requires VGA, MsDos 3.3 or later

     If somebody is interested in this utility... just ask...


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From: mike@shemesh.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Summagraphics 1201 vs Release 12
Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:32:58 GMT
Organization: N.I.C.E.
Reply-To: trouble@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
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Summary: It won't work

System: SunOS 4.1.3, Openwindows 3.0, assorted sparcstations,
        "AutoPAD" Summagraphics MM 1201 tablets
        Autocad Rel 11 & Rel 12 & Rel 12-c1

We have been using Autocad in various forms for years, along
with these tablets.  We would like to upgrade from Release 11
to Release 12, but I cannot get the tablets to work.  No crosshairs.
No sign of life whatsoever. Instead, R12 will report either
"tablet not responding" or "digitizer: digital circuitry failure".
I have tried both the original Release 12 & something we 
received a few days ago called Release 12 C1.  No difference.

The tablet is happy to work with R11.

Any suggestions on getting R12 functional?

Thanks,
Michael Helm
Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: Summagraphics 1201 vs Release 12
From: eln@telerama.pgh.pa.us (Eric Nilson)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:39:46 GMT
Organization: Telerama
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Michael Helm (mike@shemesh.lbl.gov) wrote:
: System: SunOS 4.1.3, Openwindows 3.0, assorted sparcstations,
:         "AutoPAD" Summagraphics MM 1201 tablets
:         Autocad Rel 11 & Rel 12 & Rel 12-c1

: No sign of life whatsoever. Instead, R12 will report either
: "tablet not responding" or "digitizer: digital circuitry failure".
 
I had the same types of problems (except "analog circuitry failure" ??).

Summagraphics did update their drivers. Now recommending using their ADI
driver instead of the Autocad driver.  Might be worth a try.

One thing I noticed with the new Summagraphics ADI driver: the response to
pressing the pick button seems slower, it sometimes misses and you have to
press it again.
From: cca218@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("J.S.Jafari-Sisi")
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: QUESTION
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:57:01 GMT
Organization: University of Strathclyde

Hello Everyone

I wonder is there anyone who knows how to get software packages
for 3D STUDIO for student price.I am sure there must be somewhere
to buy this package in cheaper price.I apreciate anyone who could
give me some informations about it.


Thanks in Advance.
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: bgbq363@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Net Printing using Lisp
Organization: University of Texas @ Austin
Date: 26 Jan 93 02:44:08 CST

I have AutoCad R12 set up running under Windows 3.1 on a network. I can print
or plot from a workstation by printing to a file called LPT# where LPT# is the
nonlocal or rerouted port that the net sets up. I cannot however simply plot to 
a printer set up on LPT#, AutoCad returns an error. This works fine just
plotting to a file call LPT# except that when I use an Autolisp file for this
same purpose it doesn't go through the same dialog box but rather it uses the
command line syntax. Unfortunately AutoCad returns an error when you type LPT#
as the filename when you are using a command line syntax. Why is this? What can 
I do to fix it? I need to be able to plot from these workstations to a Laserjet
using AutoLisp. Thanks.


Mike Bernoski

Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: b259phl@utarlg.uta.edu (PHILIP LIPPEL)
Subject: Re: Request: ADI driver for ET4000
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:15:00 GMT

In article <1jopo2INN5ct@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE>, zimzim@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Veit Zimmermann) writes...
>Hi Folks
> 
>As the subject may have told you I am in need of an ADI driver for my
>ET4000 Video Card. It would be nice if sombody tells me where I can get 
>somthing like this since I'm tired of working in 640*480*16 Mode on the
>Computer.
> 
Orchid distributes both " regular" and display list drivers with their
ET4000 based cards (e.g., the ProDesigner II), as do many other vendors.
Since the Orhid-distributed DLD drivers are versions of the Panacea drivers,
I'd guess that Panacea would sell a driver you could use.
From: pgonzale@CICESE.MX (Paulo Gonzalez Otero)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: How to print directly AUTOCAD draw via the spooler (Unix) ?
Date: 24 Jan 93 14:57:01 GMT
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Hello in response to

on a SUN SYSTEM (670 MP), and my users are on IPX Sparc stations.
How can i send the ploting to the spooler of my unix system ?
I want that my draw beeing printed on the QMS 810 of my lan.

        The QMS 810 can speak POSTSCRIPT so, configure AUTOCAD for a postscript
ploter
 print to file and spool it with lpr -P[printer] file name


        Paulo Gonzalez Otero
        Earth Sciences Department
        CICESE
        Internet: pgonzale@cicese.mx
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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:15:24 EDT
From:         "CARLOS RIVAS L." <ESTUDIO@UJCCOL.BITNET>
Subject:      urgent question

Dear autocad users;

Our purpose is to ask you, about the right way of calling
an executable file throug the ACAD.PGP file from an autolisp
programm, without loosing the "GRAPHIC MODE" (Graphic editor)
during the execution of the last one, for our case, the executable
file was generated from Turbo C.

We will be very gratefull if you can recomend us any solution, it
will be a lot of help for our graduation Work ( TESIS ).

thank you.
            Luis Bustos C.
            Carlos Rivas L.
From: iarit@slate.mines.colorado.edu (ARIT ISMAIL)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: epson lq-510 printing..HELPPP!!!!
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:47:22 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines


Hi there,

I am having problems printing to a epson LQ-510 using AutoCAD 10.0.
I just checked the configuration, and looks like version 10. does not 
support epson LQ-510. I can configure for LQ-286 or some other epson
printers but the scaled printout comes out to be unscaled.
if I print a 4inx4in square, it comes out as 4.68x4. Does anybody 
know how I can setup AutoCAD so that I can get the right scaled output?,
or is there any driver that I can use with version 10. for LQ-510?

I appreciate any help..

iarit@slate.mines.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad,comp.graphics.animation
From: as000232@orion.yorku.ca
Subject: Help with Camera Positions....
Organization: York University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:19:42 GMT

       Hi there.  I'd like to ask for some pointers to some software out 
there, if it exists.  To explain the situation I'm in, I've currently 
got two machines, a 386-33, and a VAX 4000-300.  At the moment, I'm 
trying to do some simple animations, for fun.  I'm doing all of the 
drawing of objects and scenes in AutoCAD 10, and then converting them 
into POV format for the Persistance of Vision Ray-Tracer.  I've got the 
raytracer running on the VAX unit at the office to do all of the tracing 
of the frames.

       The problem that I am having, however, is that it is difficult to 
deal with the camera position.  What I'm really trying to find, is some 
software that resembles a flight simulator, but will let you fly past 
your own 3D creations/landscapes and monitors and keeps track of your 
path.  I've seen such programs as CAMPATH and AEWIRE, but neither were 
of any help.

       If anyone has any ideas/pointers to software or source of one 
kind or another that might help me out a bit, I would appreciate if 
someone could pass it along.  As well, since I'm doing this for fun and 
not for profit, I'd like to try to keep cost to an absolute minimum.

Suggestions?

Graham TerMarsch
as000232@Orion.YorkU.CA
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas)
Subject: Re: Where can I get Watcom C? How much?
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:52:32 GMT

Earlier, I asked:
>Where can I purchase Watcom C?  How much can I expect to pay?

The contact info I recieved from many kind people (esp. Frank Fueten) was:

WATCOM is in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  Toll-free: 1-800-265-4555
  Phone:     +1 519-886-3700
  Fax:       +1 519-747-4971
  BBS:       +1 519-884-2103

List Price for Watcom C9.0/386 is $895.

Tim Child also informs me Watcom C9.0 is available for about US$600 
(plus shipping and import duty) from:
 
  The Programmers Shop 
  90 Industrial Park Rd.
  Hingham, MA 02043, USA
  Phone: +1 (617) 740-2510
  Fax:   +1 (617) 749-2018

Thanks all.

Martin
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From: frank@wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Frank Kok)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: Partslist generator
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:02:27 GMT
Organization: ProSoft Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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First read the remarks mentioned in stuklst.lsp
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: kcorbrid@snowbird.b30.ingr.com (Kim Corbridge)
Subject: Re: Converting ACAD drawings to prototypes
Organization: Intergraph
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:08:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.192014.172@news.acns.nwu.edu>, tilden@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Robert Tilden) writes:
|> Some years ago a process was developed for creating rapid, 3D prototypes of
|> solid structures using a tank of liquid, a moveable stage within the tank,
|> and a steerable laser. A 3-D drawing of a part is 'sliced' into a series of
|> thin cross sections, which are then scanned onto the surface of the liquid
|> polymer with the laser. The stage drops a distance equal to one slice, and
|> the process is repeated. The result is an accurate model of the structure.
|> Other, similar, processes have been developed using plastic or metal powders.
|> 
|> My question is whether anyone out there knows of a service which will take
|> 3-D autocad drawings and (rapidly) produce a prototype. Addresses and phone
|> numbers welcome.
|> 
|> Bob	tilden@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
|> 

Bob,

There is a directory of firms related to this field available from 

CAD/CAM Publishing, Inc.
841 Turquise Street, #D
San Deigo, CA  92109

Pn. 619-488-0533
Fax 619-488-6052

This directory lists vendors of SLA equipment and materials as well as vendors
who support SLA (AutoDesk is listed thru their AME extensions) and service
bureaus.


				Kim
From: dev_russell@vd.seqeb.gov.au
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: <None>
Date: 20 Jan 93 09:43:25 +1000
Organization: South East Queensland Electricity Board

In article <1993Jan15.084206.24462@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>, moran@clodii.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dan Moran) writes:
> Regarding a previous posting about inserting a CR into a script:
> 
> Normally a blank line works but I have found one instance when this
> doesn't work in a reconfiguration script (at least with versions R10 and
> below - no experience with 11 & 12 yet):  when the selection of devices
> (display, plotter, whatever) is long and the screen output pauses before
> displaying more.  The script will halt at this point as AutoCAD will not
> respond to anything within the script.
> 
> Is this still a problem in R12 and has anyone found a workaround for it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan Moran
> moran@clodii.columbiasc.ncr.com

There is no way in rel 10 when video drivers go over the page (delete extra
driver and you will be OK) . I would also suggest using a . rather than a
blank line or a space it is far easier to read.
In Rel 12 haven't struck same problems YET.

Russell
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: andy@meefun.autodesk.com (Andrew Purshottam)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: Please specify location of nifty little utility programs
Date: 24 Jan 93 07:12:28 GMT
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Organization: Autodesk Inc.
In-reply-to: varkki@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 21 Jan 93 18:49:22 GMT

Probably they are on compuserve autocad forum. I hope
someday autodesk will make these material avails through 
internet, but right now compuserve is best place to look.
I have just started reading downloads of the forums,
and the volume and technical detail is quite remarkable.

Andy

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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: sd7047787@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg (SD7047787)
Subject: Re: parametric drawing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:07:00 GMT

>In article <1993Jan26.153515.17774@news.columbia.edu>, dj@shiva.gsb.columbia.edu writes...
>>Can anyone give me an idea of the use of parametric specifications in autocad?
>>I have been told that some third party programs allow this. Essentially, I am
>>looking for creating drawings with dimensions that are "symbolic", so that
>>associating actual numbers with the symbols will automatically resize and redraw
>>the picture to scale.
>> 
>>Have people any ideas about such capabilities? Any experience with these
>>packages? Prices, addresses ...?
>> 
>>Thanks, -Dev
>> 
>>---
>>-------
>>Dev Joneja    dj@shiva.gsb.columbia.edu
>> 

I'm also looking for some solutions to these questions. If anyone have any 
answer please drop me a note as well. Thanx a million!


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From:         David Lewis <kelson@AIS.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Summagraphics 1201 vs Release 12
              93 02:39:46 pm

> I had the same types of problems (except "analog circuitry failure" ??).
>
> Summagraphics did update their drivers. Now recommending using their ADI
> driver instead of the Autocad driver.  Might be worth a try.
>
> One thing I noticed with the new Summagraphics ADI driver: the response to
> pressing the pick button seems slower, it sometimes misses and you have to
> press it again.
>


  I had this problem, I actually switched to a driver for my seiko
tablets that works on the summagraphics.. and it performed better
and cleared up the pressing of the pick button problem