in this issue
More Email Glitches
My apologies to all who tried to email me over the last
two weeks and got emails saying that their email
addresses had been blocked.
Once again, my ISP has been identified as a source of
spam - NOT me, but apparently other customers on my
ISP. As a result, my ISP has been blacklisted from
several accounts.
I have a temporary fix in place, but no long-term
solution yet.
I suspect that this will be an on-going problem for many
people as long as there are spammers around...and
they probably have the same life-expectancy as
cockroaches.
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A VBA Alternative to Last Week's Lisp Routine
Allan Seidel writes in:
The routine to turn off the real layer in an Xref is a pet
peeve. The
attached dvb is how I handle the task of turning off an
xref's layer.
The function is built into a small VBA that tells me
about items that I
pick. The layer off/on button is a toggle. The other
buttons are
similar except for the xref unload. Press that button
while holding
down the shift key will reload the xref instead of unload
the xref.
The VBA requires you to pick something. Therefore you
will be stuck if
you run it without having something to pick. Press Ctrl
+ Break if that
happens. Then select End.
The VBA stores the last screen position in the autocad
temp directory
for the form it puts up. Therefore you can position the
form where you
like to have it pop up.
I run the thing with a toolbar button set execute this
command:
^C^C^P(command "-
vbarun" "//path/path/path/ItemStat.dvb!
main.itemstat")
You need to include the path or have the path
listed in your support files.
Download Allan's VBA Routine »
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Automating Tiresome Tasks
Over in the Inventor Yahoo groups, there has been
some discussion on how to automate tasks...for
example, let's say you have 1,000+ AutoCAD drawings
and your company decides to change it's logo. How do
you automate the process of opening each drawing and
inserting the new logo?
You create a list of files in Excel and then use the
Wintask software to update your files.
Download a 30 day trial version.... »
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Exporting AutoCAD to PhotoShop
To work with PhotoShop, it's not as straightforward
as "File > Export." What
you have to do is set up a printer in AutoCAD and then
print your drawing to a file.
Your first step is to define a virtual printer to send your
raster image. Go to File->Plotter Manager. Then
select the Add a Plotter Wizard. Press Next. Then
under Manufacturer, select the Raster File Format
option. Under Model, select TIFF. Press Next to go
through the next few dialogs until you get to Finish.
Now, open the drawing you wish to export to
PhotoShop. Launch the Plot dialog and select the
raster plotter you just defined. You will be asked to
set the pixel rate. You can select the higher rate with
no problems.
When you press Plot, you will be prompted for a file
name and browse to the desired folder to save the file.
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Beta: Hotfix for Inches/Millimeters toggle in AutoCAD 2005 Plot & Page Setup
The Plot and Page Setup dialog boxes had been
modified so that the units of measurement displayed in
the dialog box depend on whether an imperial or metric
paper size is selected. However, some countries such
as Canada use a combination of imperial-sized paper
and metric measurements. This update modifies the Plot
and Page Setup dialog boxes to reintroduce a setting in
the Plot Scale area that controls the units of
measurement display, independent of paper size. The
workaround has been to use a driver that has metric
paper sizes but not all older drivers supported this so
we are making a Hotfix available after successful beta
testing feedback.
Selecting a paper size continues to change the unit
type displayed in the dialog box to correspond to the
most common unit type associated with that paper. For
example, choosing Letter paper size changes the
displayed descriptions to imperial units (inches). With
this update, however, you can override the default unit
type for the paper size you have chosen by selecting
Millimeters or Inches from the drop-down list in the Plot
Scale area.
To access this hotfix (as well as others), you need to
register in the Beta Program. (see link below)
Select Sign up from the Active Zone Menu. You will
then be asked to fill out a profile. Please select Yes to
participating in betas and for Product Usage be certain
to select AutoCAD 2005 or AutoCAD LT 2005 at
minimum (it is important that you select this product).
Once the profile is complete and submitted you will be
emailed a password for the site. When you logon you
will be able to see all the zones you are added to. The
process of adding participants to zones is not
automatic and requests are reviewed periodically during
business hours.
Sign up for the hotfix »
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