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Greetings!
Free Pro/Desktop Offer About to Expire
Pro/DESKTOP Express has run its course and will be
discontinued as of December 31, 2003. To
accommodate any existing users who may wish to
extend their use of Pro/DESKTOP Express beyond the
timeframe provided by the current license key, below
are instructions on how to manually change the license
key and extend your current license to a 5-year
license. It is important to note that users must take
action to re-register Pro/DESKTOP Express by
December 31, 2003 in order to receive this extended
license key. After December 31, license keys for
Pro/DESKTOP Express will no longer be available.
Pro/Desktop is a Pro/E CAD program that allows users
to create, edit, and save Pro/E files. It does not have
the full functionality of Pro/E - think of it as Pro/E's
equivalent to AutoCAD LT.
However, it is a great tool if you have Pro/E files you
need to open and edit and even as a basic 3D CAD
modeling tool.
And you can't beat the price - it is FREE!
To download and register...
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Download AU Course Materials |
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If you weren't able to attend AU (or even if you were
and weren't able to get in all the classes you desired),
you can download the course materials for free for a
limited time.
The password to enter the site is outthere.
Dates for Autodesk University 2004 will be November
30 - December 3 in Las Vegas. Check out these
materials and you'll see why you should reserve the
dates now, so you don't miss out!
Click here to access AU Handouts... »
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Tips and Bits |
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The Cookie Cutter trim tool in AutoCAD 2004 has been
renamed to extrim
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A user creates a viewport in a Layout and scaled it to
1:100. If he then creates a new viewport in the same
layout and double clicks in it ( to get into MS) both
viewports zoom to the extents and regen. This
happens every time he enters MS in a viewport.
To prevent this: set up one viewport, then set it to
Display Locked = yes. Then set up the other viewport
and lock it. This works OK
This setup uses the UCSFOLLOW system variable.
UCSFOLLOW needs to be set to 0 in each viewport
individually.
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To turn off Hatch Patterns, type FILL, OFF.
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Right click bug in 2004?
Select Offset. Specify the offset distance, typing it at
the command line, and then press enter. Then press
and hold the Ctrl key to cycle
through some overlapping lines until the one desired is
highlighted. Right-click and it cancels the entire
operation!
If when finishing the cycle you use the enter key
instead of right clicking the
mouse, it will work properly.
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Setting Up Layer Properties in AutoCAD Electrical |
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If you recently acquired AutoCAD Electrical, it probably
did not take you too long to realize that you want to
get under the hood and set up AE to use the layer
standards for your company.
The layer properties in AE are controlled using the
WD_M.dwg file. If you modify this file, you can set up
the layers to look the way you want.
Download the full tutorial... »
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SDI v. MDI |
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Some lisp and VBA utlities may force your AutoCAD or
ADT software into single document mode (SDI). How
to force it back into multiple document mode (MDI)?
The difference between the modes is pretty
obvious...SDI is how AutoCAD worked back in R13 - you
can only have one file open at a time. Remember the
days when you had more than one session of AutoCAD
open in order to work in multiple drawings? Remember
when you'd be in the middle of your work and a co-
worker would come in and make you close your
drawing, so you could look at an entirely different file?
It is controlled from the SDI system variable. Type
SDI on the command line.
- 0 Turns on multiple-drawing interface.
- 1 Turns off multiple-drawing interface.
- 2 (Read-only) Multiple-drawing interface is disabled
because AutoCAD has
loaded an application that does not support multiple
drawings. SDI setting 2
is not saved.
- 3 (Read-only) Multiple-drawing interface is disabled
because the user has
set SDI to 1 and AutoCAD has loaded an application
that does not support
multiple drawings. (SDI was set to 1 before the
application was loaded.) SDI
setting 3 is not saved.
To work in MDI mode, set SDI to 0.
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Free Utility to help Boost performance on HP Systems |
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If you own an HP Intel Pentium 4/Xeon-based
workstations, you can use a free utility offered by HP
to boost performance on your workstation.
HP Performance Tuning Framework will guide your
system setup allowing a "custom" configuration that
best matches the workstation to user requirements.
This customization ensures availability of the latest
graphics cards and drivers and removes some memory
restraints.
The Framework is currently supported only on Hewlett-
Packard's Intel Pentium 4/Xeon-based workstations
running either Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or
Windows XP Professional.
If you don't own an HP, don't dispair. Your desktop
manufacturer may offer a similar utility. It is a good
idea to visit the website for the manufacturer of your
motherboard, memory, monitor, and graphics card at
least quarterly to check for updated drivers and utilities.
Check it out... »
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Microsoft Office/Exchange Server - Reduce Spam |
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Take control of your junk email today! With Microsoft
Office 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, you
don't need to be bothered with junk email ever again.
On the Tools menu, choose Options and then click Junk
E-mail. Then, Select the protection level that you
want.
- *No protection Although this turns off the
automatic Junk E-mail Filter, Microsoft Office Outlook
2003 will continue to evaluate messages by using
domain names and e-mail addresses on your Blocked
Senders List, and messages will continue to be moved
to your Junk E-mail folder.
- *Low If you don't receive many junk e-mail
messages and want to see all but the most obvious
junk messages, you should select this option.
- *High If you receive a large volume of junk e-mail
messages, you should select this option. However, you
should periodically review the messages moved to your
Junk E-mail folder, because some wanted messages
may be moved there as well.
- *Safe Lists Only Any e-mail messages sent from
someone not on your Safe Senders List or sent to a
mailing list not on the Safe Recipients List will be
treated as junk e-mail messages.
You can also choose to have junk email messages
saved in the Junk E-mails folder or permanently deleted
upon detection. To select one of these options,
choose Tools - Options - Junk E-mail and either select
or deselect the Permanently delete suspected junk e-
mail instead of moving it to the Junk E-mail folder check
box.
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NDES to be held in February |
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NATIONAL MANUFACTURING WEEK
February 23-26, 2004-
McCormick Place - Chicago
At six shows in one location, you can view product
demonstrations,
comparison shop, and find new suppliers. At conference
sessions sponsored
by ASME and other leading professional associations,
you gain the expert
perspective on technical advances in...Design
Engineering...Plant
Engineering & Facilities Management...Industrial
Automation...Enterprise
IT...Technology Transfer...Cleaning Technology...and
Executive Management.
If you would like to register using the link below, click
on Register Now.
Be sure to enter the priority code ASM1 to receive your
15% off.
ASME members receive a 15% discount. To register directly and get your discount... »
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Reducing File Size? |
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Denny Dischke complains that his files in AutoCAD2000
have grown to 18 MB+ and are becoming more and
more difficult to manage. What's a fellow to do?
My first choice is to run a purge on the file. You have
no idea how much "garbage" your file can accumulate
just due to editing changes, etc. You can use the
PURGE command, of course. However, the WBLOCK
command actually does a SUPERPURGE, minus the
obnoxious prompts and dialog. Simply type WBLOCK on
your command line, enable the entire drawing option.
Set the path and file name for the purged drawing and
press OK.
Compare your file sizes and you will be pleasantly
surprised. There is no way to get an 18 MB+ file below
1 MB, but with purging and then using zip, you might
get it under 10 MB.
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