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  1. Nate242

    Drawing tabs/page layouts

    Can anyone tell me what type of entity the layout tabs are? I am trying to write a quick lisp program to delete all layout tabs other than the current/model tab, but I'm not sure how to get the entity info so they can be deleted. Any help would be appreciated.
  2. Nate242

    Select object in pspace & viewport scale

    I'm writing a lisp program to auto-gen drawings. It gets a few dimensions from the user, switches to ms & draws the part, then switches to ps & inserts an autoscaled viewport. I want to then dimension it in ps, but to do that I need the center point of the circle (in ms) and the viewport scale...
  3. Nate242

    placing dimensions using AutoLISP

    Ok, I am trying to place some linear dimensions in my lisp program, and everything works fine until it has to set the dimension position. My code looks like this: (setvar "CLAYER" "T") (command "DIMSTYLE" "R" "standard") (setvar "DIMDEC" 3) (setvar "DIMATFIT" 3) (setvar "DIMUPT" 1) (setvar...
  4. Nate242

    Rounding...

    What is the best way to round using autolisp? I'd like to be able to round to 3 places. ex) 200.4955 -> 200.496
  5. Nate242

    Displaying system variables

    I've figured out how to calculate the info I want by the use of a lisp file, but I can't get the info I want onto the drawing. I was planning on using a field to display a user variable (have the code written and all), but none of the user variables are available for display, and when I enter...
  6. Nate242

    AUTO UPDATING FIELDS?

    Is it possible to have autocad calculate a formula and put the result in an auto updating field? Something like this: x = 200 (something that is able to be updated easily like a block attribute, or...) auto updating field = x*2 => auto updates and shows "400" I just want to be able to have a...
  7. Nate242

    Basic math in Autocad?

    Is it possible to add/subtract/divide, etc... on the command line (Something like .4136/2 to get .2086)?
  8. Nate242

    Dealing with huge patterns

    Many of the projects I'm currently working on have thousands of small cylinders(ø1.5mm .5mm high, with even smaller cylinders on top of them). My current system is really struggling with handling this many features. I'm currently running a Dell Precision 370 with a P4 2.8, 3.25GB ram, and an ATI...
  9. Nate242

    Custom Dimension Style

    Is it possible to create a custom dimension style in Solidworks? We currently have to alter the dimension in order to display the needed info. I would like a format that would include the measured dim, a scale factor, and the dim multiplied by the scale factor. Ideally this would be a style...
  10. Nate242

    Convert 2005 part to 2004

    I've been working on a project in Solidworks 2005, but our customer is using 2004. Is it possible to save the files as a 2004 file type? Anyone have any ideas?
  11. Nate242

    Upgrade to SW2005?

    We are currently running SW2004 SP3 on two computers and have the upgrade cds for SW2005, but I have some concerns with the upgrade. The first system is a Dell Precision @ 2.6GHz w/1GB ram and a QuadroFX 500 128MB. The second system is Dell laptop @ 1.6GHz w/1GB ram and a GF MX440 64MB. I...
  12. Nate242

    Part name/flat pattern question

    I am currently working with some sheetmetal parts which need to be exported/saved as a dxf in order for us to convert them to nc code. The current method I have been using is to open up a blank drawing file, place the flat pattern view, and save it as a dxf. Note that this dxf drawing is for nc...

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