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    Viewports always ZOOM EXTENTS

    Have you tried the AutoCAD variable 'ucsfollow'? If it is set to 0 you should not have a problem, but if it is set to 1, the view will automatically change to a plan view in the current UCS. Also a little trick, if you have AutoCAD 2000 or later, you should be able to double click inside the...
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    Plot to HP-GL format

    We regularly use .plt files and copy these files to our HP plotter. Now we need to turn some of these plot files back into drawings. The PLT2DWG does not work because these files are not HP-GL or HP-GL/2 format. How can these files be converted to HP-GL format, and also how can I set up a...
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    Don't Overwrite Plot File Automatically

    Thanks Marc! That worked perfectly. Its amazing what a little checked box can do.
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    Don't Overwrite Plot File Automatically

    When you are plotting to file, and are plotting the same layout, the dialogue box will usually come up saying "Do you wish to overwrite this file?" and there is a box that you can check to not warn again before overwriting the plot file. Well somehow this box got checked, and the...
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    Convert 3d mesh into 3d solid

    Thank you for your responses. My main intention was to turn a drawing full of 'closed' poly meshes into solids so that the file size would not be quit as large. Currently these drawings are 40mb+. I do not have Mechanical desktop, and the m2s lisp is a handy little tool, but appears to only...
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    Convert 3d mesh into 3d solid

    I know how to convert a solid into a 3dmesh, and a 3dmesh into lines, but does anyone out there know how to convert a 3dmesh into a solid?

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