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Thank you for the Good Wishes
Thanks to all those who emailed to congratulate me on
my new son. No shower gifts, please.
I have set up a blog so that his friends and relatives
can keep track of him...a big fear was that he would
disappear in "the system".
Isaiah's Blog
Quick Links...
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Greetings!
A Get Well Soon to Ralph Grabowski who reported in
last week's upFront.Ezine that he contracted food
poisoning at a Disney restaurant while attending
Autodesk University.
Food poisoning, if you have never had it, is a painful
intestinal disorder caused when food is improperly
stored or prepared. It has gotten to be such a problem
here in the States that pediatricians are recommending
that children be vaccinated for Hepatitis. Ralph, who is
from Canada - but a well-seasoned traveler, probably
expected higher standards in an industrial nation.
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Autodesk Goes Open Source
Autodesk has joined forces with the leading members of
the open source web mapping community to jointly take
the next step in open source web mapping technology.
The groups working together to launch and sponsor this
effort include DM Solutions Group, the University of
Minnesota, and Autodesk.
MapServer Enterprise is a new web mapping platform
that enables users to quickly develop and distribute
spatial and design data over the web or intranets.
MapServer Enterprise provides for the integration and
dissemination of spatial, design, or tabular information.
It also provides tools to integrate and convert various
data types, structure and stylize that data, create
applications that use the data, and finally publish the
data on the web or an intranet. It supports both the
Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms.
Learn more.... »
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Tenlinks Goes Dark
Tenlinks went dark this week. No word from Roopinder
Tara as to what happened, if it will return, or if it is
gone for good.
Tenlinks was a fairly good resource for all things CAD
and I hope that this will be a temporary situation.
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Plotting in AutoCAD
Everyday I am reminded that plotting is a major ordeal
for many users. To resolve the issue in my company, I
have written a lisp routine and set up a custom menu.
The menu allows the user to select the plot size of
paper he wants to use or whether he wants to create a
PDF. Once he has set the plot size, he can then use
the Date Stamp and Plot to actually plot.
To make this system work, I have set up a
template "dwt" file on the network where I store each
plot setup users might need. I then wrote a lisp routine
that imports the desired plot setup into their current
drawing and set it active.
Creating the plot setups is easy...simply select the
desired plotter, the paper size, etc. Then press 'Add'
on the top Page setup area of the plot dialog. If you
create a page setup you don't want to use anymore,
right click on the layout tab. Select Page Setup
Manager. Highlight the page setup you don't want.
Right click and select 'Delete'. You can also rename a
Page Setup if you need to using this method.
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Setting up the Plot Menu
To create the Plot Menu, simply type CUI to get into
the Custom User Interface dialog. Then create a New
Command.
My custom command loads a lisp routine which then
imports the desired page setup into the active drawing
and sets it current.
Download the lisp routine here.... »
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