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  1. Welshman

    AutoCad 2004 Toolbar Icons

    My office has just changed from Acad 2002 to 2004 and a couple of "fussy" people in the office do not like the new look Toolbar icons, Fillet, Match properties etc.. To keep these people happy is there anyway, without individually changing each toolbar icon, that I can import the Acad 2002...
  2. Welshman

    Processors for AutoCad 2004

    I am looking to purchase a laptop to run AutoCad 2004 and also Revit 6,however I am on a budget of less than £1000 (which includes the VAT). I am confused with Celeron, Athelon, Centrino in comparison with a true Pentium 4 processor. We have pentium 4 1.5 Ghz machines in work which handle...
  3. Welshman

    Flat screen monitors

    Hi guys I work in a small local authority architect department and we are currently using AutoCad 2002 with 21" monitors (not flat screen). We have recently been offered 21" flat screens but it has been mentioned that flat screen monitors are not suitable for CAD work or Adobe...
  4. Welshman

    Usergroups

    Does anyone know of a user group site/ chat room / tip site etc.. like this AutoCad one, but instead for Adobe Photoshop. Many Thanks The Welshman
  5. Welshman

    AutoCad 2004 Operating System

    Will AutoCad 2004 run on windows 98 or are there known problems? Or is it simply that Acad 2004 does not run on Win 98 Regards Welshman
  6. Welshman

    What is Minimum Spec PC for Acad2004

    If anyone is running Acad2004 I wonder if you could tell me the minimum spec of PC that 2004 would be "happy" to run on. At the moment I have a 500mhz PC with only 64mb RAM but at the moment I do not want to spend a load on new motherboard, processor and RAM. I need to know the...
  7. Welshman

    ltscale

    Is is possible to have one drawing that has two xrefs in model spaces and display them in paper space in two seperate vports with each vport having a different LTSCALE. For instance Vport one is showing a 1:500 OS map with a LTSCALE of 500 and vport two is showing a 1:20 detail with an LTSCALE...
  8. Welshman

    METRIC BRICK DIMENSIONS

    Hi guys n gals Does any one have a copy of the Architectural British Brickwork Dimension tables (Metric Version) on file that they could E:mail to me. You know table for adding and subtracting vertical & horizontal brickwork courses. Many thanks in advance. The Welshman
  9. Welshman

    AutoCad 2D symbols

    Hi guys Does anyone know where I can find free 2D AutoCad symbols, I am mainly looking for plan view of cars lorries and agricultural vehicles. There was a load of free symbols on AUTODESK POINT A about 6 months ago but the web site has changed and they do not seem available any more, If...
  10. Welshman

    Lisp Help Please

    I am trying to devise a LISP routine that, when starting a new drawing the routine will look at the system variables "DWGNAME" and "LOGINNAME", collate the two resultant strings together and then write a blank file(zero bytes)with the name of the empty file being the joined...
  11. Welshman

    TODAY WINDOW SYSTEM VARIABLE

    Hi Guys n Gals Does anyone know if there is a system variable that controls the path that shows where your today window looks for your in-house bulletin board. I know how to find it via the today window itself, but I need to find the path out using a lisp routine. Any Ideas?? Thanks The...
  12. Welshman

    AutoCad 2002 Easter Egg

    Hi Guys Does anyone know if there is an "Easter Egg" hidden in AutoCad 2002? regards Welshman
  13. Welshman

    More LISP info please

    Hi guys If I have a lisp file located in a network sub directory EG O:\ARCHITECTS\ACAD2002\LISP\LISPFILE.LSP How do I load an run it with such a long path name? If I move the file to C:\ and type (Load "c:\lispfile.lsp") it loads and executes fine but, if I load it in its network...
  14. Welshman

    Lisp help

    Hi gang I am trying to write a simple lisp program that will check the system variable LOGINNAME and if the returned variable is a certain user then to write and ALERT command to screen. I think something like this (although I do not know anything about lisp), but its not working: (defun...
  15. Welshman

    AutoCad BPOLY command

    Hi Guys I might look like I am trying to teach my granny to suck eggs but I have been using AutoCad for about ten years now and only recently came across the BPOLY command. BPOLY will automatically create a closed polyline of any internal area. EG If you have a square made up of four...

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