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    Oil Water Seperator Calculcations

    Does anyone know a method of providing calculations for an Oil Water Seperator for a Truck Dock? We have a trench drain which collects to a common point and then will travel through the Oil Water Seperator before it hits the outlet. Thank you for your help!
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    Plot PLT and Regular plot at same time.

    Is there a way to plot a drawing to the plotter and to a PLT in one step rather than double stepping. I didnt know if there was a VB script or LISP I could use to do this. Thanks for your help
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    Labels connected to Linework

    Is there a lisp or away to connect labels to linework. So if i have linework on a concrete layer, it will randomly place a label to that linework saying Concrete. Hopefully that makes sense. or If there is a way to select a linework and you manually place the lable where ever. thanks
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    Autodesk Land desk 2D to 3D drafting

    Just wanted opinions on Drawing Civil Site Plans in 3D or 2D. Whats the benefiets? Is it harder, is there new things to learn to do plans in 3D?
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    Autodesk Land Desk 3 + Automation of Drawings

    Just curious, Is it hard to have land desk automate drawings for the user? Or Dynamically have drawings which are current through the whole set? EX. besides using xrefs, having information from a sheet drawing title by dynamically linked to its cover sheet. when cover sheet title changes, so...
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    Raster to Vector CAD

    What is the best Raster to Vector programs to user with taking details from a scan file to a dwg. What types of settings as well? jpg or bmp? thanks!
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    Create a Lisp help for Grading site plans

    I need to know how hard it is to create a lisp which will do the following: 1 - Pick a place on the drawing which places a leader or spot X. 2 - Then Prompts for an Elevation XXX.XX with a rectangle around it. 3 - Then takes the XXX.XX value and adds .50 to it and places it above the value...
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    Measure a Distances from a Photograph

    Want to know how to measure a distance from a photograph. Ex. I have a picture of a building with 3 corners on it... two up close one far away. I know the distance of the first two which are up close. How can i ge the distance of the 3rd point of the corner. Are there fomulas to solve this or...
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    How do you get blocks to have the same handle

    Here is my question.... How do you get blocks to have the same handle? Also... is it possible to have the attribute tags reference an xls cell? while a block has the same name and same handle? thanks
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    Autocad HIGHTLIGHT over image or vector

    In an App called XMAP or 3d topo quads... you can draw an area over somewhere on a map and it would highlight it with a bold regular line on the perimeter of the area. in the Area inside the Perimeter it is like a SOLID HATCH but translucent so you can still see the area. Is there a way that...
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    What is the BEST Raster to VECTOR proggy

    What do you think is the best raster to vector program out on the market or on the net.. software? And can you give a reason why you like it? I like TraceTrix 2000. Why B/c it has presets and runs within cad software engine.... I hope there is beter than this... but for now.. it works...
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    Quick Question... Excel Intergration

    Question... Is Excel possible to link a CELL (A1) into other MS products and what ever is updated on the EXCEL cell will UPDATE where it is linked in the other MS products? one step further... Can it intergrate into other NON MS products like Autodesk... and if so... how? thanks
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    Attaching Custom ACAD Blocks attributes to Database or excel

    Here is the magical question. Is it possible to create a GENERIC Block in autocad with attributes ( lets use 3 ) and when you insert the block into autocad it prompts for the 3 values... In where you put the vaules, is it possible to link that value to a Excel CELL ( A1 ) for example... and (...
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    INSERT PDF INTO AUTOCAD

    Is there a way to either XREF or INSERT a PDF into autocad. so the PDF will show up, besides using a OLE Link. Any ideas... thanks

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