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From: garrem@aix.rpi.edu (Matthew Olsen Garretson)
Subject: Article on S12
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:51:18 GMT

FWIW, here's the AP's synopsis of the cable bill situation as of 9/9/92
(posted without permission):

^Panel Proposes Government Regulation of Some Cable TV Rates<
^By DIANE DUSTON=
^Associated Press Writer=
    WASHINGTON (AP) _ Cable television rates for basic service would
be regulated by the government under legislation worked out
Wednesday by a House-Senate conference committee.
    The measure, which is a compromise of different bills passed
earlier by the House and the Senate, would require the Federal
Communications Commission to determine ``reasonable'' rates for
cable transmission of local broadcast stations.
    The bill now goes back to both the House and Senate for final
approval. The cable industry is waging an aggressive advertising
campaign against it and the White House has threatened a veto.
    Under the compromise reached Wednesday, basic service in most
cases would likely also include government-access channels, such as
C-SPAN, and public-access and community-affairs channels.
    Cable companies could charge extra for such cable offerings as
CNN, ESPN, HBO, Showtime, the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and
Discovery.
    The legislation requires that cable customers who sign up only
for basic cable also be allowed to pick certain premium channels,
such as the all-movie channels, without buying every other channel
on the band. However, this provision would not go into effect until
10 years after enactment.
    The cost of remote control devices, transmission boxes and other
equipment used to watch cable TV also would be regulated by the FCC
under the bill.
    Additionally, the FCC would be required to simplify its
procedures for handling complaints from dissatisfied cable
customers.
    In an effort to stimulate competition, the bill requires cable
programmers to make their offerings available to the so-called
wireless cable industry and others who are trying to break into the
market.
    Lawmakers have said repeatedly that the best way to control
cable rates is through competition. But those companies trying to
compete complain that they are charged exorbitant rates for popular
channels.
    Under the bill, the local broadcast affiliates of the major
over-the-air networks _ CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox _ would negotiate
with the cable company before their signals could be carried. This
provision is the result of broadcast complaints that cable
companies take their signals for free and sometimes place their
stations at locations on the dial that to not correspond to the
station's identity. In other words, Channel 4 might be Channel 24
on cable.
    This provision also could lead to certain financial agreements
between the cable companies and the broadcasters.
-- 
Matt Garretson                       :-)                          garrem@rpi.edu
From: bardo@ief-paris-sud.fr (Bardo Muller)
Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: Re: Finite Element software
Keywords: fem
Date: 5 Sep 92 07:10:09 GMT
Reply-To: bardo@ief-paris-sud.fr
Organization: Universite de Paris

> <1992Aug31.150938@cs.utwente.nl> 

>We are looking for a finite element package that has the following features:
>
>* A standard library of finite elements
>* We should be able to define our own elements.
>* Possibility to link it with other sofware
>* It should run on a sun-4 (sparc)
>* Graphical representations
>* An extended set of solution methods
>* ...

Try MODULEF, a complete fem package which comes with source code (f77).
It is distributed by the MODULEF club and is available for a 
"reasonable" fee (<2000 $) for universities. The graphical input
editor emc2 (2D only) is for about 1000$.
There is an english and a french version. 

For more information, contact

e-mail	pate@modulef.inria.fr or
	pascale.pate@inria.fr
fax	+33 1 39 63 53 30

In the public domain there is R. Banks PLTMG which offers adaptive grid 
refinement. With the version I picked on the net I never got it running.

Good luck!

Bardo 

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From: kertsine@castle.ed.ac.uk (K Scheffler)
Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: Autocad to Unix
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:05:12 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Edinburgh University

Help!  I'm trying to get some DXF (autocad) files into SIPP, the unix
polygon graphics display system : does anybody know where I can find a
conversion utility to help?

Replies to vg@uk.ac.ed.dcs or kertsine@uk.ac.ed.castle please.

Thankyou
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From: bill@turing.toronto.edu (Bill Monhemius)
Subject: CAD program for PC
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:32:09 GMT

Does anyone know of a shareware/freeware CAD program for the PC that provides
high resolution graphics?  I'd like to do some flowcharts and various 
illustrations and then dump them to some graphics format file and then
convert that file to the WordPerfect WPG format.

I've tried DraftChoice but it doesn't save italics and the WPG dump is not
high quality.

-Bill

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From: bardo@ief-paris-sud.fr (Bardo Muller)
Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: Re: Finite Element software / pltmg
Keywords: pltmg
Date: 14 Sep 92 07:48:48 GMT
Reply-To: bardo@ief-paris-sud.fr
Organization: Universite de Paris


pltmg is part of the netlib and other mathematical libraries like 

mgnet: try ftp

	casper.na.cs.yale.edu:/mgnet/pltmg

or elib: try mail

	To: eLib@sc.zib-berlin.de
	Subject: send index 

.pltmg runs.


Bardo
From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: Re: Pro-Engineer
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:47:49 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I have no first hand experience, BUT I saw a headline in this week's 
"Information Week" where Cummins Engine and Caterpillar are switching
entirely to Pro-Engineer.  You might try a computer reference library 
at a University or something.

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            JIM McKAY
Internet:   itchy@uiuc.edu (jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)
A.M.:       Data Networks Administrator, NSF STCS, 217/244-4396 
P.M.:       Manager of System Services, The Hypermedia Lab, 217/333-0309 (CCSO)
            University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
From: wmf@finlay.Gwinnett.COM (Mark Finlay)
Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: CAD for 3-Dimensional Medical Models
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:53:27 GMT
Organization: Advanced Software Research / Lawrenceville, Ga.

I would appreciate any help in finding a commerical CAD package
for the production of three-dimensional models of internal human
organs, specifically those of the abdominal cavity.

My preferences are for :
  1) A DOS and/or Windows 3.1 based package
  2) True 3-dimensional creation/editing,i.e., the appropriate
     polygonal description can be extracted
  3) A well-documented file format with, preferably, an already
     existing C/C++ library to read the files for use by
     an external application program.
  4) A solid rendering capability, though this is not essential

Most of the packages I have seen are, of course, geared entirely
towards mechanical/drafting applications.  Here, I wish to generate
much more amorphous shapes and so would like to have the capability
to do as much smooth three-dimensional curve shaping as possible.

Any help or leads any one can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

        Mark Finlay
Newsgroups: alt.cad
From: mparanan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Muralidhar Paranandi)
Subject: Re: CAD for 3-Dimensional Medical Models
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:24:00 GMT

In article <sJR4qB1w165w@finlay.Gwinnett.COM> wmf@finlay.Gwinnett.COM (Mark Finlay) writes:
>I would appreciate any help in finding a commerical CAD package
>for the production of three-dimensional models of internal human
>organs, specifically those of the abdominal cavity.
>

I know you are looking for PC platform, but I know an excellent package on
Macintosh Platform, which just might do all the things you are looking for.  
It is called Form*Z a Three dimesnional solid modeler, using boundary 
representation.  It supports NURBs (for making any kind of curvillinear 
surfaces, volumes) and Boolean operations and a decent renderer.  Call
(614) 488-9777 / 488-8838 or send me a mail if you would like more information.

I agree with your remark that most CAD packages out there are Mechanical Design
or Manufacturing oriented.  Form*z is designed by and for Architects.

For your information, there is top notch research group in ACAD here at
The Ohio State: some of their research pertains to Modeling for Medical
Applications and visualization.  I have seen some of the Medical related 
stuff they are doing on National T.V. several months ago.  You may want to 
contact them for more insight.

Good luck.

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Newsgroups: alt.cad
From: smithda@cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith)
Subject: Any Bravo3 users?
Originator: smithda@atlantic.cps.msu.edu
Keywords: Bravo3, Editor
Organization: Michigan State University, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 05:12:14 GMT

Just wondering if there are any users of "Bravo3" from
Schlumberger CAD/CAM (formerly MDSI or Applicon) out there.  If use
you Bravo3 or any other Schlumberger CAD/CAM products, I'd be
interested in hearing from you.

   Dan
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Michigan State University
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From: clmst8+@pitt.edu (Charles L Mills)
Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: OrCad, anyone?
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:41:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Originator: clmst8@unixd2.cis.pitt.edu

Has anyone heard of a program called "OrCad"?  Who makes it? Price?
anything?


Thanks...

Chuck

Charles L. Mills
University of Pittsburgh
clmst8+@pitt.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cad
From: wac@world.std.com (william a colbert)
Subject: Design CAD 2D/3D
Summary: Comments/Reviews 
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 15:40:56 GMT

Hello,
	I am an Architecture student at WIT.  I have just recently purchased
 a copy of DesignCAD 2D/3D at MacWorld and I have'nt had much of a chance
to play with it yet.  I would appreciate any comments, reviews, criticisms
or short cuts from anyone familiar with this package.
Thank you in advance.
Rob C.

Newsgroups: alt.cad
From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: Re: Pro-Engineer
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:48:35 GMT

In article <dale_alexander-080992152421@msdmac58.msd.anl.gov> dale_alexander@qmgate.anl.gov (Dale Alexander) writes:
>Anyone familiar with the CAD/CAM package Pro-Engineer by Parametric
>Technology Corp?  Comments?

We have been using Pro-Engineer at RPI for 1year now, and my fellow students
and I have used it quite extensively.  First of all, I will tell you that
it requires an approach of sketching first, detail later, which was quite
foreign to me a year ago.  It is I powerful package, though, and is the
most flexible 3D CAD system that I have ever seen.  I have seen it used for 
everything from mold design to wing design, and it will even do FEM and
generation of NC code.  If you have any other questions, I will try to 
answer them, just send me email...

mike
gilem@rpi.edu


Newsgroups: alt.cad
From: dale_alexander@qmgate.anl.gov (Dale Alexander)
Subject: Pro-Engineer
Followup-To: alt.cad
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:20:29 GMT

Anyone familiar with the CAD/CAM package Pro-Engineer by Parametric
Technology Corp?  Comments?
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: trandu@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: USA maps in DXF format?
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 04:45:09 GMT

hi,
i am looking for an USA map in DXF format. Also are state maps avail.
anywhere? I am mostly interested in DXF maps but anything that's
is convertible to DXF is fine. Please e-mail your response.
Thanks.
huy

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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:29:17 PDT
From:         "Venkata Nagesh" <63462901@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: architecture

I am interested in Architecture group.
Please send me more information on that.
Thank You.
From: garyad@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Gary Davidson)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:45:09 GMT
Subject: Mac Sys Recomm. w/Acad
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad

A friend of mine who does not have access to the net has a question.
She needs to do some layout and design with AutoCad at home.  She is looking 
at buying a Mac system to do this with.  She will also be doing some 
presentation graphics with some package.

Can anyone make a recommondation for a minimum system she will need if 
purchases a Mac.

All comments and recommendations appreciated.  Please reply to me. 

Thanks-

Gary Davidson
garyad@hpbsfc17.boi.hp.com
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From:         MASSIMO@IUAVCD.UNIVE.IT
Subject:      ADS applications

I would like to compile an ADS application (AutoCAD Development System
running with AutoCAD 11) whit Borland Turbo C 2.0.
Is this possible? In such case, what are the compiling and linking
instructions? and the hardware requirements?.
Some other suggestion?.

Thanks in advance.

Massimo Mazzanti
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From: eczjr@mips.nott.ac.uk (John Richards)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Re: AutoLISP func. for exploded block selection set
Date: 11 Sep 92 09:31:49 GMT
Reply-To: eczjr@mips.nott.ac.uk (John Richards)
Organization: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK

In article <18ns97INN7bj@early-bird.think.com>, bobs@Think.COM ( Robert Schwartz) writes:
|> Does anyone have a routine to make a selection set from a block
|> that has been exploded?  In detail, a block is inserted into
|> a drawing during an AutoLISP program, it is then exploded.  I
|> need to do some further processing of the entities in the block
|> and would like to create a selection set.  Any help would be 
|> appreciated.
|> 
This i s quite easy.

INSERT the block
(setq this-ent (entlast)
         ss (ssadd))
EXPLODE  the block [aka this-ent, entlast]
(setq this-ent (entnext this-ent))
(while (not (equal this-ent (entlast)))
    (ssadd this-ent ss)
    (setq this-ent (entnext this-ent))
    ) ; end while

ss is now a selection set of the entities in the block.

This seems the simplest method of getting all the bits from a block.

Hope this helps.

John.

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From: diesel@odie.ee.wits.ac.za (Bruce Diesel )
Subject: Any GOOD literature on ADS
Organization: Wits Electrical Engineering (Novell Users).
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:28:38 GMT

Hi Everyone

Does anybody know of any good literature on programming in the ADS 
environment.  The documentation that comes with AutoCAD is rather weak - 
especially AutoCAD ext for Windows.

I also need a decent explanation of DXF codes and how they are used for 
different entities.

Thanks in advance.
	Bruce
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From: kertsine@castle.ed.ac.uk (K Scheffler)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: Autocad to SIPP
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:02:01 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Edinburgh University

Help!  I'm trying to get some Autocad data into SIPP, the unix
model/display program - does anybody know if conversion utilities exist?

Replies to kertsine@uk.ac.ed.castle or vg@uk.ac.ed.dcs please.

Thankyou.
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Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:09:45 PDT
From:         Andy Bouffard <esri!england!andyb@UUNET.UU.NET>
Subject:      Re: AutoLISP func. for exploded block selection set

Robert Schwartz <uunet!OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!bobs%THINK.COM> writes:

> Does anyone have a routine to make a selection set from a block
> that has been exploded?  In detail, a block is inserted into
> a drawing during an AutoLISP program, it is then exploded.  I
> need to do some further processing of the entities in the block
> and would like to create a selection set.  Any help would be
> appreciated.

Use the (entlast) function to make a note of the entity name of
the last entity in the drawing.  Now insert the drawing and explode.
You can use the entity name you saved earlier as a starting place
to step through the drawing database, adding each entity to your
selection set.  All of the entities from this last entity through the
end of the drawing should have come from the exploded block.

I haven't tried this yet so please let me know if this works.  It
seems to me that it should.

Good luck,

--Andy
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From: bobs@Think.COM ( Robert Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
Subject: AutoLISP func. for exploded block selection set
Date: 10 Sep 1992 16:14:31 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: grendle.think.com

Does anyone have a routine to make a selection set from a block
that has been exploded?  In detail, a block is inserted into
a drawing during an AutoLISP program, it is then exploded.  I
need to do some further processing of the entities in the block
and would like to create a selection set.  Any help would be 
appreciated.


Bob Schwartz
Thinking Machines Corp.
Cambridge MA
bobs@think.com

Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
From: rogers@hal.emba.uvm.edu (Jeffrey K Rogers)
Subject: ACAD for Silicon Graphics
Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 00:02:38 GMT

  I've been looking for AutoCAD for a Silicon Graphics computer.  I called
AutoDesk.  They couldn't tell me of a dealer!  I called SGI, They could
only tell me it existed!
  Does anybody out there use AutoCAD on a SGI? If so how is it, and where
can I get it?

Thanks    -JeffR
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