in this issue
What A Deal!
My Revit 6.0 Book is now available for purchase. But
my publisher is more excited about a new deal being
offered. Buy one of my Inventor R8 textbooks from the
publisher and you will get a 180-day license of Inventor
R8 included absolutely free!
This is a great way to be able to explore the world of
3D mechanical design for very little cost.
My Architectural Desktop 2005 Fundamentals text will
be available in June...you also have the option of
buying this textbook with a 180-day license of
ADT2005. What a great way to check out a software
before you decide to take the big plunge!
Check out the books available from Schroff Development
Quick Links...
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Greetings!
Sorry, this newsletter is late coming to your in-box, but
I wanted to attend the Go Further Tour today and see
what info I could pick up and pass on...
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Time is Running Out!
Less than a week remains for users to file for their
Microsoft rebates. The deadline is April 28, 2004.
Some experts are saying less than ten percent of the
users out there have filed for their rebates. That
leaves a lot of uncollected pennies lying on the floor.
It may be users feel burned by all the other rebate
offers that never pan out, the fact that you are
basically getting a coupon
good for your next software upgrade instead of a
check, or just a general lack of interest.
A percentage of the uncollected funds will go to
California schools, so if you don't file for the rebate, at
least you can rest assured our schools are getting their
cut.
Microsoft may extend the deadline since so few users
have filed, but I don't see that a deadline extension will
result in any huge difference in the number of filings.
Download your claim form »
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Linetype Problem
This question was raised at last night's SVAPU meeting:
I have created a custom linetype for sewer lines
incorporating the letter S; i.e. --S--S--S. When I draw
from left to right, the linetype looks correct, when I
draw down, or right to left, the letters are reversed.
Setting the mirrtext variable doesn't fix this.
Misha's response was that this was "as designed" and
Autodesk doesn't have any plans to fix this bug - if it is
a bug, which is up for argument. Steve Wells had an
interesting idea for a solution, use a simple lisp routine
to swap out the start and end points for the line...This
would reverse the line direction and fix the problem.
If you don't have such a lisp routine, they're pretty
easy to find on the various lisp sites. Check out the
Better Than Nothing link listed under Quick Links and
you will probably find a routine that does this. I will put
my version in the download area of my website in the
coming week.
Check out SVAPU's site »
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New 2005 Express Tool-OVERKILL
Oh boy, a new express tool in 2005 that is sure to
answer a lot of folks' headaches...OVERKILL. This
routine eliminates overlying lines, arcs, polylines, all
that extra garbage that makes editing and file size a
drag.
Just like in 2004, Express Tools are free and included in
2005 - but as a separate install on the CD. Once
they're installed, you should see the menu and toolbars.
If you don't, just type EXPRESSTOOLSMENU and the
express tools should become activated.
If you are stuck on a lower version of AutoCAD and
can't or won't upgrade, you can buy the Express Tools
and they will work in Versions 2000,2000i, and 2002.
Check out the Express Tools »
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DRAWORDERCTL-NEW 2005 SYSTEM VARIABLE
Generally, overlapping objects such as text, wide
polylines, and solid-filled polygons are displayed in the
order they are created: newly created objects in front
of existing objects. This system variable controls how
draworder is managed.
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