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    Can I change the Drawing Units using VBA

    ThisDrawing.SetVariable "LUPREC", 4 Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    How do I *successfully* plot tiff and pdf files to an Oce 9400?

    We had a 9400. Use the plotter manager to set up for my computer. Use the OCE 9400 driver (firmware reliant) and then try printing to it. Report back whenever Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning...
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    ANNOTATIVE TEXT IN 2008 NOT VISIBLE IN 2007

    annoallvisible Variable? Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    AutoCAD Mechanical

    Do you have any startup flags toggled for startup (within the shortcut)? Or are you opening a Mechanical drawing by clicking on it (this invokes the routines automatically)? Normally, Mechanical routines are demand loaded and not at startup. Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice...
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    AutoCAD Internal Error

    Exxit is on the right track. Try a RECOVER first and then an AUDIT and then report back. Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    Problem Converting Acad 2008 to Acad 2006

    I do not know if this would help any. Give it a view... http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6703438 Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    CAD QUESTION

    Could you describe exactly what you want the LISP to do? Draw a polyline with information positioned along the way? Or would you pick an already existing line and have something happen? Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear...
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    saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

    I can second PDF995. We use it throughout the department. Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    Dimensioning-please help???

    AutoCAD Mechanical does this of sorts but it does not do this by an exact amount. It does it by taking a base snap and setting the first dimension at least the base dimension away from the object (at a given snap interval) and then placing the remaining dims at the determined space. It works...
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    Is there an online tutor/steps for creating Profiles? (pipes)

    Probably like everybody, I go searching for something and come across some "neat" stuff that does not exactly pertain to me but I throw it in my bookmarks "just in case". Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is...
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    Dimensions

    Some facts.. AutoCAD does not know the difference between metric and inch. It counts 1 unit as 1 unit, that could be inches or millimeters. If you want to have you drawing measure correctly, you will need to scale all drawing entities. If the drawing presently measure 1 unit now as 1 inch, you...
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    Is there an online tutor/steps for creating Profiles? (pipes)

    This site has a nice set of blocks (if that is the type of thing you need?) http://www.va.gov/facmgt/standard/details-plumb.asp Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    Landdesktop

    They may need this... http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=7176105&linkID=9240778 http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    Copy map from Mapquest or Yahoo.com

    In Firefox, you can add download extensions to "grab" the map images. The only issue is that the maps are divided into sectors and are not one complete image. You will have to piece them together. http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/ "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
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    Lisp-Adding to a Selection Set

    Heres the VLISP way to cycle through all the layers. This example shows how to unlock all of the layers but you can apply a test to the layer names and then apply the property you want the layers to have (eg be ON and THAWED). IHTH. (setq *acad-object* nil) ; Initialize global variable...

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