March 2009

  • AutoCAD 2010 New Features Workshop and disabling InfoCenter

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 12:55

    You can access the AutoCAD 2010 new features workshop here.
    If you already have 2010 installed and you want to turn off the Infocenter for good, follow this link for instructions.
     

  • AutoCAD 2010, Free trial

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 16:30

    Get your free 30 day trial of AutoCAD 2010 here. If you can't manage the download, you can request a DVD here. Both 32 and 64 bit versions are available. You are free to install it on multiple computers, each with their own 30 day time limit.
    Here is my initial review of AutoCAD 2010, from February 5.

  • AutoCAD 2010 now shipping

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 16:25

    AutoCAD 2010 is now shipping. Are you ready to install it? Will you wait? Are you still on 2006 or 2007? If you have not already voted on my poll, please do so.
    So far, 40% of you say you will install 2010 as soon as you get it.

  • Silent, unattended install of Adobe Reader 9.1

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 18:46

    If you need to install (or update to) Adobe Reader version 9.1 and you want to perform a silent install, read on...
    First off, the default download from Adobe installs Acrobat Reader, Adobe AIR, and something else called "Acrobat.com". If you don't want all this, and you only want the reader installed, grab the "slim" download here ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1/enu/AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe
    Of course, I'm sure there are other ways to create a silent install, here is ONE of them. Read more »

  • AUGI elections survey

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 07:06

    If you are an AUGI member, take note. Because of the recent failed election process, a special election will take place soon to fill four open AUGI Board of Director seats and the nominations and elections committee would like your feedback.

    The deadline for submitting your feedback is midnight PST, March 31.

    http://www.augi.com/surveys/ballotsurvey.asp Read more »

  • When will you be upgrading to AutoCAD 2010?

    As soon as I can get it installed
    40% (57 votes)
    I'll wait a while to see how others are doing
    20% (29 votes)
    Not before SP1 is released
    19% (27 votes)
    Long after SP1 is proven to be good
    7% (10 votes)
    Never, I'm skipping it
    13% (19 votes)
    Total votes: 142

  • Spline to Polyline

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 07:40

    There are a number of ways to convert splines to polylines. Here are some of them.

    • Flatten - if you have Express Tools installed, run the flatten command and select the splines. They will be converted to LWPOLYLINES regardless of the setting of PLINETYPE.
    • AutoCAD 2009 with Bonus Pack 1 or later - Spline to Polyline is included in the PEDIT command.
    • SPL2PL.VLX - This is a free tool from dotsoft.com. After you download it, drag and drop the .VLX file into the AutoCAD editor, then run the command SPL2PL. This tool will create a POLYLINE or LWPOLYLINE depending on the setting of the system variable PLINETYPE.
    • WMFOUT/WMFIN - Run the WMFOUT command, enter a filename, then select the splines. Now erase the spline, and then run the WMFIN command. Use the upper left corner of the viewport as the insertion point, and then scale it 2X. The resulting entity is a POLYLINE.
    • Save As R12DXF - If you save a drawing as R12 DXF format, all splines will be converted to POLYLINE entities.
    Read more »

  • Where is my dialog?

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 07:52

    If you run the OPEN or SAVEAS command and you don't get the expected dialog box, but instead receive an invitation to provide the path on the command line... don't worry, you just need to change a system variable. Type in FILEDIA and set it to 1 to restore the dialogs.

    FILEDIA controls whether or not FILE DIAlogs appear for commands such as OPEN, SAVEAS, EXPORT, RECOVER, and NEW.

    So if you didn't set FILEDIA to 0, how did it get changed? Sometimes external (lisp, vba, etc) commands may set FILEDIA to avoid dialogs and fail to set it back to 1. Civil 3D itself is known for mysteriously setting FILEDIA to 0 also. The PUBLISH command also sets FILEDIA to 0, but I have only heard of rare cases where it doesn't get restored.

    Along these same lines, there is a less used system variable for CoMmanD DIAlogs named CMDDIA. According to AutoCAD documentation, CMDDIA only controls whether or not the in-place text editor appears for the LEADER and QLEADER commands, but it also controls dialog vs. command line prompts for many AutoCAD Map commands. A setting on 1 enables dialogs, and a setting of 0 means you will be prompted at the command line. Read more »

 

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