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From: schien@zeus.calpoly.edu (Sheng-Fen (Nick) Chien)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Reconfigure AutoCAD using script file
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:08:52 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


Hi there,

I am working in a CAD lab.  In this lab, we have installed AutoCAD on
all PCs.  Since not all our PCs have the same hardware configuration,
we have to configure ACAD individually.  To speed up the ACAD configuration
process, I have found in the Customization Manual for R12 by AutoDesk that
one can reconfigure ACAD using a script file.

acad -r drawing-name script-file
(AutoCAD Customization Manual page 102)

Well, the truth is, it never worked for me.  I wonder if any one know
how to do it.

BTW, I did get around with another method, that is, put the CONFIG
command in the script file instead of using the -r switch.  Only this
time, I don't know how to put a RETURN key in the script file.  Can
anyone help me with this?

Please send your response to dasc160@academic.calpoly.edu.  Thanks.


-nick-

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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:58:52 LCL
From:         Sheng-Fen 'Nick' Chien <DASC160@ACADEMIC.BITNET>
Subject:      Reconfigure AutoCAD using scripts

Hi there,

I am working in a CAD lab.  In this lab, we have installed AutoCAD on
all PCs.  Since not all our PCs have the same hardware configuration,
we have to configure ACAD individually.  To speed up the ACAD configuration
process, I have found in the Customization Manual for R12 by AutoDesk that
one can reconfigure ACAD using a script file.

acad -r drawing-name script-file
(AutoCAD Customization Manual page 102)

Well, the truth is, it never worked for me.  I wonder if any one know
how to do it.

BTW, I did get around with another method, that is, put the CONFIG
command in the script file instead of using the -r switch.  Only this
time, I don't know how to put a RETURN key in the script file.  Can
anyone help me with this?

Please send your response to dasc160@academic.calpoly.edu.  Thanks.


-nick-

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  SHENG-FEN CHIEN (NICK)                                     ARCHITECTURE
                                                CAL POLY, SAN LUIS OBISPO
  BITNET   : DASC160@ACADEMIC.CALPOLY.EDU                1-805-7562024(O)
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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: arthurs@UPEI.CA (Hal Arthurs)
Subject: 3ds2 and os2
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island, CANADA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:08:17 GMT

Does anyone have 3DS2 running under OS2?

Can the memory management VCPI scheme in 3DS@ be deactivated or modified to 
allow this?

Hal

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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 09:02:50 -0500
From:         Bob <ACSRAINS@EKU.BITNET>
Subject:      FLI Creators/Players

I am presently using 3D-Studio Release 2 and am looking for any FLI, FLC
recorders or players...Would appreciate any information anyone may
have... Thanks ahead of time...

Bob Rains
Software Consultant
Academic Computing Services
Eastern Kentucky University
ACSRAINS@EKU.BITNET
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas)
Subject: C and AutoCAD
Summary: What's it like using C with AutoCAD R12?
Keywords: C AutoCAD
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:09:12 GMT

I'm not very familiar with using AutoCAD but I have been asked
to write several pieces of software for it using ADS C.
I'm very familiar with C, but I do not have a C compiler
yet (under DOS) to use with AutoCAD R12.

I'd very much appreciate any responses, recommendations, tips and
warnings y'all may have regarding using C code to implement things
under AutoCAD.  What sort of compilers do you recommend?  
Are there any big "gotchas" not mentioned in the AutoCAD manual?
Is it generally a pain in the rotunda or is it quite worthwile?

A related question: is there an ftp site somewhere that archives
AutoCAD code?

Martin

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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: jjhi@vipunen.hut.fi (Jari Hiltunen)
Subject: Re: Can not see vowel mutations in german 12.0 ACAD version - Need help
Reply-To: jjhi@vipunen.hut.fi (Jari Hiltunen)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:43:05 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.084141.7331@news.uni-stuttgart.de> wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes:
>
>   Hey,
>
>   we have a ACAD 12.0 version in german language, but we can not see
>   the vowel mutations in the menus. How can I change this ?
>   Please mail me your informations.

Are you using and ADI display driver?  Some ADI drivers can't handle
these special characters.  

BTW: What platform you are running on? DOS?

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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: vladimir@cs.UAlberta.CA (Vladimir Alexiev)
Subject: DXF description / reading library NEEDED
Keywords: dxf
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:56:48 GMT

I need to read .DXF (2D) files from a program.
A (C or C++) library for this task or at least a description of the format
will be highly appreciated.
From: Neil.Price@p4.f113.n7102.z5.fidonet.org (Neil Price)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: C and AutoCAD
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 10:52:52 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7102/113.4 - Night Hawk BBS, CT

In a msg on <Jan 09 10:32>, Martin Dougiamas of martin@cs.curtin.edu.au writes:

 MD> warnings y'all may have regarding using C code to implement things
 MD> under AutoCAD.  What sort of compilers do you recommend?  

For Autocad 386 on DOS platforms only Watcom C/386 and Metaware High C are options. I have been very happy with Watcom. If you buy Metaware, you will also have to buy the Phar Lapp DOS Extender 386. Metaware is a good choice for non-DOS platforms, I am told.

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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: bi405a006@husky1.stmarys.ca
Subject: Re:      Text from a drawing
Organization: St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:19:30 GMT

In article <9301052234.AA05740@kingtut.Colorado.EDU.colorado.edu>,         Rebecca Esparza <rebeccae@KINGTUT.COLORADO.EDU> writes:
> I'm trying to save myself some work.  Does anyone know
> if there is a way to export text from a drawing to an
> ascii text file?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rebecca Esparza
> rebeccae@kingtut.colorado.edu

>Sorry, I can't help. I'm just lost in this computer!
>Jason Hatcher St.Mary's univ. Loyola bldg. 20-2-1 Halifax. N.S. Canada
>   B3H 3C3





Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar)
Subject: Can not see vowel mutations in german 12.0 ACAD version - Need help
Organization: IKE
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 10:39:36 GMT



   Hey,

   we have a ACAD 12.0 version in german language, but we can not see
   the vowel mutations in the menus. How can I change this ?
   Please mail me your informations.

   Thanks,
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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: jjhi@vipunen.hut.fi (Jari Hiltunen)
Subject: Re: Text from a drawing EXPORT.LSP
Reply-To: jjhi@vipunen.hut.fi (Jari Hiltunen)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 11:52:09 GMT

In article <9301052234.AA05740@kingtut.Colorado.EDU.colorado.edu> Rebecca Esparza <rebeccae@KINGTUT.COLORADO.EDU> writes:
>I'm trying to save myself some work.  Does anyone know
>if there is a way to export text from a drawing to an
>ascii text file?

I've got just the thing you need: the magic EXPORT command in
AutoLisp.  Save the following lisp program between the clip here lines
to a file (export.lsp) and load it in AutoCAD drawing editor with
(load "export") command.  When you want to save text strings to a file
say EXPORT.


------------------------ clip here -----------------------------

;;; File    : export.lsp
;;; Author  : Jari Hiltunen, jjhi@vipunen.hut.fi
;;; Company : Data-Helsinki Oy
;;; Date    : 01-Sep-92
;;;
;;; Use this as you wish.
;;;

;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
;;; Export writes selected text entities to a text file.  Entities
;;; should be picked one by one if they need to be in some particular
;;; order.  Window or Crossing selections returns entities in
;;; unpredicted order.
;;;
;;; If the designated file exists, text is appended to the file.
;;;
(defun export (/ fn ss fh i en el txt)

   (setq ss (ssget))
   (if (not *efname*) (setq *efname* (getvar "DWGNAME")))
   (prompt (strcat "\nWrite text to file <" *efname* ">: "))
   (setq fn (getstring))
   (if (/= fn "")
      (setq *efname* fn)
   ); if
   (setq fh (open *efname* "a"))
   (setq i 0)
   (while (< i (sslength ss))
      (setq en (ssname ss i))
      (setq el (entget en))
      (if (= (enttype el) "TEXT")
         (progn
            (setq txt (getval 1 el))
            (write-line txt fh)
         ); progn
      ); if
      (setq i (1+ i))
   ); while
   (close fh)
   (graphscr)
   (princ)

); export

(defun C:EXPORT () (export))

;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
;;; Getval returns the value associated with 'code' from 'elist'.
;;;
(defun getval (code elist)
   (cond
      ((= (type elist) 'ENAME)  (cdr (assoc code (entget elist))))
      (T                        (cdr (assoc code elist)))
   )
)

;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
;;; EntType returns the entity type (= value of group 0)
;;;
(defun enttype (ent)
   (getval 0 ent)
)

(setq *efname* nil)

------------------------ clip here --------------------------------

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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: AME volume estimation accuracy
From: gann@violet.ccit.arizona.edu
Date: 9 Jan 93 12:34:32 MST
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In article <1993Jan7.124007.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>, gann@violet.ccit.arizona.edu writes:
>     Hi Folks,
>     Anybody out there have any experience in volume estimations from solids
> in release 11 AME?.  The figures I'm getting are out and out wierd (even with 
> the 8 vector option.  Is release 12 ame any better?  Any help would be greatly 
> apprecieated.
> Thanks
> Doug Gann
> Arizona State Museum
> Special Purpose Archaeological Mapping lab.
> 
>
From: andro@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu ()
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: Can not see vowel mutations in german 12.0 ACAD version - Need help
Date: 12 Jan 1993 22:23:44 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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In article <1993Jan7.084141.7331@news.uni-stuttgart.de> wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes:
>
>
>   Hey,
>
>   we have a ACAD 12.0 version in german language, but we can not see
>   the vowel mutations in the menus. How can I change this ?
>   Please mail me your informations.
>
The display of extended character sets is dependent upon your display
driver.  Which driver are you using?

Steve Chauvin
Nth Graphics
andro@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
From: zap@lysator.liu.se (H}kan Andersson)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: Any Autodesk folks out there?
Date: 11 Jan 93 06:30:48 GMT
Organization: Lysator ACC at Linkoping University

kjv@exucom.com (Karl J. Vesterling) writes:

>Earl Boebert (boebert@sctc.com) wrote:
>: If anybody from Autodesk monitors this list, I would appreciate
>: hearing from you; I have some fairly simple questions about 3D
>: Concepts.

>: Earl (boebert@sctc.com)

>	Nope, noone from Autodesk is on Internet.  They apparently
>think that CompuServe is larger...  (Only we know better ;-)

That's partly B***S**T (babysuit? :-) since I have the email of several
autodesk people (not in a position to share them, however, sorry) but I
would tend to agree that they dont read News all that much...


..but tell you what: I'll email a few of my Autodesk friends and tell them:
"Hey Guys, get on diz newsgroup" and if they refuse I might add an "or else"
to that statement.... problem is I have nothing nice to put after "or else" :-)

>	If you have some questions, maybe jfonzi@fonzi.exucom.com
>would be able to help you.

>	The guy is amazing with AutoCad...

So am I :-)

>	BTW, ExuCom is an Authorized AutoCAD dealer for AutoCAD on the
>SGI Indigo.

Nice. I will get my indigo next week. I may attack you then ;-)

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From: sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de (Stefan Reck)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: SERCHING for usermenu.zip and lspsql.zip
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 14:50:50 GMT
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I am searching for the programs USERMENU.ZIP and LSPSQL.ZIP. This programs are
at compuserve, but i have no compuserve access. Can some one e-mail this
programs ?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCED

  Stefan

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From: to3@ph3hp840.physik.uni-stuttgart.de (Thomas Stuempfig)
Subject: CAD for groundplans
Organization: Physikalisches Institut, U of Stuttgart, Germany
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:46:00 GMT

Hello,

a relative is selling  buildings. So he should have a CAD programm for
drawing groundplans of buildings. Of course every CAD programm can be used,
but perhaps there are some special programs or programs with a library for
groundplans available.
Can you report about your experiences with different programs? I'm interested
in both commercial and shareware/public domain programs. Does anyone know,
where I can get Shareware-Programs like Cascade or PC-Draft-CAD via
anonymous ftp?

Regards
   Thomas Stuempfig

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Newsgroups: alt.cad
From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Subject: CADKEY with HP500(C)
Keywords: CADKEY HP DeskJet
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:21:37 GMT

Does anyone have any experience/knowledge about using an HP DeskJet 500
(or 500C) with CADKEY V4.06?

Any infomation would be appreciated.


Cal.
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From: rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Newsgroups: alt.cad,alt.cad.autocad
Subject: IGES->DXF
Date: 5 Jan 1993 20:01:04 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

Hi-

I posted this question about 3 weeks ago, but didn't get any response in my
Email.  I have also been disconnected from Usenet for about 2 weeks, so if
there were any posted responses, I missed it.

Anyway, I'm looking for a way to convert IGES files to 3D DXF files without
using AutoCAD.  What would be ideal would be short C source code for a utility
that would do this, which I could compile and run on a Unix system.  Also
acceptable would be conversion of IGES files to DynaCADD DEF files.

Thanks for any help anyone cad provide...

-Rob
rknop@cco.caltech.edu
From: KRB104@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.discrimination
Subject: Re: Discrimination against whites is rampant
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:02:47 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Penn State University


  Your analogy is ludicrous.  Sports and entertainment are the two fields that
Black have been allowed to achieve in historically!  Even back in the Jim Crow
days Blacks were allowed to achieve in these two fields, as long as they knew
their places (Jack Johnson married a white woman and was arrested, Muhammed Ali
stood on his religious beliefs and was stripped of his heavyweight championship
etc, Sammy Davis Jr., a good friend of JFK wasn't allowed to go to his
inauguration because he was married to a white woman).  So if you can think of
any other field that Blacks are over represented in besides sports and
entertainment let me know!  Even in the Roman empire, slaves were used as
gladiators to amuse the emporer and his roman subjects.  Remember, sports is
entertainment and as long as we can of use for your entertainment, then fine.
  Your experiences with your fellowship is different.  Answer this, how do you
know the test scores and grades of the other students?  By law they are not
in the public domain.  Did they tell you?  I doubt it!  Or are you just
speculating because you are white and they are Black that they had worse
scores.  When I was a freshman in college, I was called into my Chemical
Engineering professor's office.  Being the first Black in the Chemical Engin-
eering department at my undergraduate institution was pressure enough, but this
professor asked me whether or not I should be given a tutor.  This was before
any classes began.  I asked why, and he said because most students from
inner-city schools have problems with calculus and other subjects that are
important to Engineers.  Well, I am not from the inner-city, I scored 780 on
 the math SAT's and I AP'ed out of Calculus. I asked other students in my class
whether the professor had asked them the same question and all of them said no.
That is discrimination.  I ended up getting my degree in Chemical Engineering
(and also Sociology) even though I discovered that I didn't want to do it for
a living just to show that professor that he was full of shit (I even finished
second in my class).  So those "unqualified whites" were given an easier ride
them myself (at least I could say that using the same logic that the original
poster used).
  I am not saying that some schools may give fellowships and assistantships to
less qualifed minorities over more qualified whites (usually they do it in the
name of diversity).  It is wrong, and should be corrected.  The problem is that
a great deal of white people think that if a Black is admitted or is given
an assistantship or fellowship, that they are, by law, unqualifed or less
qualified then themselves, and that is simply wrong!  Until all these ills are
corrected we are going to have problems like you state. But I am really curious
as to how you know these students test scores and grades.   And also how do you
know that they are on academic probation, again this information is
confedential between the school and the student?
From: Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt)
Newsgroups: alt.discrimination
Subject: Re: Anybody for 'Ethnic Cleansing'?
Keywords: Kill 'em all
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:36:37 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU

Sigh.  Yet another person who thinks they have invented the concept
of flame bait.  But the young will be young...

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>To whom it may concern:
>
>	Well I am sure I have you looking at this posting, because of the bril-
>	liant little title! Now I shall engage into a little philosophizing.
>	Why is 'social darwinism' of the late nineteenth century so villified
>	in the history courses that I have taken? Is it because the liberal
>	history professors, wish to denigrate the idea of racial superiority?
>	I believe it is! Therefore I celebrate all forms of ethnic cleansing
>	existing from tribal warfare in Africa all the way to the 'Final Sol-
>	ution' presented by Hitler and his cohorts! I am curious to know what
>	you people think, so drop me a line or post your follow up response!
>	By the way for more racial controversy tune into alt.skinheads!
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From: robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob)
Subject: Re: Why we go for non-black women
Organization: a gora
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:06:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.210607.23330@cs.wm.edu> sunny@me.cs.wm.edu (John S. Egbo) writes:
>
>Ok, I am convinced.  Stephen Chaney is White. This note convinced me in light
>of his other postings.  Why do White people try to pass themselves off as
>Black with materials that are fit for the slave days, materials that are
>intrinsically racist thinking they might fool people?  Why?  


  Why do you persist in this anti-white racism?