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  1. CadDraftee

    Remote Text not Displaying Correctly

    I am having a problem with my remote text displaying correctly. The remote text is displayed as a rectangle with a cross though yet......to through a spanner in the works if I open the same drawing using a different profile it works just fine. So I tried to create a new profile using the one...
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    Opening Drawings - Searches as you type??

    HELP!!! In AutoCAD 2000 when you wanted to open a drawing you could start to type in the name of a drawing and a drop down list would appear and get smaller as it narrowed down the search selection - quite useful if you have quite a few hundred drawings in one directory. (similar to windows...
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    Bursting Blocks

    I need to burst some blocks that contain sme hidden atributes, but I do not wish these to be visable which they become when you burst, does anyone know of a way that I can do this without going through the drawing and deletign them?
  4. CadDraftee

    Computer Reboots when Plotting - Acad 2000

    On some occasions when i click the print icon in acad 2000 my system reboots without any advance warning, has anyone else had this sort of problem before or know what could be causing it. It is only occiasionallly that this occurs and is happening to about 6 out 40 people. Any Ideas?
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    Conditional Formatting - Contains a Value??

    Hi, I want to set up a conditional format, i currently have one setup as "equal to" but wish to change it to "Contains" but that doesn't appear to be an option in the drop down. Can anyone help?? Thanks in Advance Mel
  6. CadDraftee

    Special Charaters Needed!!!

    Does any one know how to do a LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CARON using the ISOCP2 font. (it is a G with a pointy hat) I also needed a LATIN CAPITAIL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA, but know that this is alt+0199
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    NEED A NEW PLOTTER - NEED ADVICE

    I need some help!!!! We are looking at finally upgrading from our very old HP650C and I need some advice as to what other machines may be out there and to get user opinions. I do like the HP's but what I don't like is that the rolls are to small and as we are high end users we can change them...
  8. CadDraftee

    View the contents of a shape file

    I know i have done this in the past when creatign complex linetypes but can can someone please tell me how to view what shapes are in the shape files and what there codes are please.
  9. CadDraftee

    P&ID Drafting Packages

    I am in the market for a package to draft P&IDs. Can anyone please help me by telling me and/or giving their opinions on what drafting packages are available for drafting P&ID's? I am on the hunt for something new. I currently use Aspect P&ID.
  10. CadDraftee

    Start-Up Dialog - Setvar

    Can someone please elaborate as to which setvar controls the start-up dialog box? I know how to switch it on and off in the system tab of the options, its just my curiousity getting the better of me.
  11. CadDraftee

    Change text width in a block

    Does anyone have an easy way of chaging the width of an attribute??
  12. CadDraftee

    Change Default font when fonts missing

    Is there a way that I can change the default font from "Fast Font - 127" when I am missing the fonts that my drawing requires and I can't get it.
  13. CadDraftee

    Fonts Required

    Can somebody please help me?? I am looking for font number 197 Anybody please
  14. CadDraftee

    Moving drawing screen during "cloud" command

    Does anyone know of a way that while you are drawing a rev cloud that you can move your screen to continue the cloud?? I find this so frustrating as it is very hard to be particular when you are zoomed so far out - I much rather be working in closer without having to stop and start different...
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    Creatings Slide Library

    Can someone please put into english for me how to create slide libraries???
  16. CadDraftee

    Subscript - Using basic AutoCAD fonts & not MTEXT

    I wish to use subscript using a plain old AutoCAD font (isocp2) and using good old fashioned DTEXT - NOT MTEXT. Can anyone plese help? I am familiar with superscript and really need to do things like H2O and S02.
  17. CadDraftee

    Hold / Revison Cloud - V8 *.ma application - DESPERATE

    Help me please!!! I am in desperate need of a ma application to draw a hold (reverse cloud) cloud. I have come accross the sscloud.ma but it wont allow me to draw a hold cloud as soon as I change direction it converts all the arcs to represent a regular cloud. In desperate need of help please.
  18. CadDraftee

    Export attributes from multiple drawings to single excel/txt file

    I wish to export some attributes from many auto drawings into a single excel or text file - not individual files for each drawing - any ideas Cheers Mel
  19. CadDraftee

    P&ID Symbols

    Hi, I am looking for symbols for a peristalic pump and a drum pump. Does anyone have these or know where I could get one, or even just the best site to get industry standard symbols? Cheers
  20. CadDraftee

    Fatal Error on insertion of blocks - WHY?

    Hi, I am trying to insert a block into my drawing but keep getting the following error and then get totally booted out of Autocad all together. " Exception in Acblock.arx ARX command" Does anyone know what is causing this and how to fix it?

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