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  1. cfee

    Weight per inch table for standard welds ?

    Hello ! I'm over from the AutoCAD forum with a little bit different question- We have a fairly large welded structure and would like to estimate the added weight of all of the welds. My opinion is that the difference would be insignificant, but there are other "wiser" opinions that want to be...
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    White zoom-window box on a White background.

    They've swapped a new computer under me, and upgraded my ACAD. All good. HOWEVER - Now on my white background in model-space (I use a white background when swapping my view style to HIDDEN) my Zoom-W box stays white. In the past (and on my previous computer) if I selected a color-7 background...
  3. cfee

    Looking for an AutoCAD alternative that handles FLATSHOT effectively.

    I use AutoCAD 2015 at work, and have been using AutoCAD since v2.15 (OLD DOS days...!). I need something I can use at home when I need to bring work home and conceptualize or complete, etc. I have ProgeCAD 2011, and its very useful, looks and acts almost exactly like AutoCAD, and for many...
  4. cfee

    ACAD 3D Variable

    I'm seeking the variable that allows the showing of the intersecting line where 2 3D solids pass through one another, much like the line developed by boolean "JOIN" of the 2, but without having to do the "JOIN". Thoughts? Thanks- - C.
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    AutoCAD RENDER BACKGROUND COLOR

    An associate is having a problem that I thought I knew the solution for, but no luck. In the past, I was able to change the background color for simple renders (No, NOT interested in "Sun Studies, etc.) by setting the background color to WHITE in the OPTIONS dialog, under the "Colors" tab ...
  6. cfee

    Running cable in an AutoCAD 3D Model

    I have to run some cable in an AutoCAD 3D Model. In the past, the only way I've found to run tubing or cable has been to create a series of lines and arcs. Some of these can be joined as plines, or 2 straight pline segments can be filleted if they are in the same plane, but the co-planar...
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    Mirroring with OSNAPS not working as expected in ACAD 2012

    Intel XEON 4X ACAD - 2012 CADWORX-Plant 2012 Win-7/64 8Gb RAM Nvidea gt600x/2Gb video ... a decent capable setup... A colleague here stopped me with an interesting question this morning. A 3D model I'd started and he's taken over, required some tweaking. He got everything worked out on one...
  8. cfee

    Any way to unstack stacked fractions ?

    I'm looking for that variable now ! One of our guys stacked fractions in a dialog asking about preference, and thinks he probably clicked the wrong box. Now the ability to stack/unstack is greyed out. I'm sure there's a controlling variable for that. Also, tr1tx posted a question in my earlier...
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    Variable to control text size in stacked fractions ?

    We're looking for the variable that controls the height of text in stacked fractions, in BOTH dimensions and MTEXT ? I think its controled as a percentage of base text ht in dimensions, but I'm missing the check box for that, and also the control for similar in regular MTEXT. Thanks - C.
  10. cfee

    HEA or IPE in DIN-1025

    Hi ! Doing my first job requiring the use of Euro-standard I-Beams for some skid work. Some places in the requirement, I see a call for IPE standard beams, and some places I see a call for HEA standard beams. What's the difference (so I can understand what I'm reading better) ? Thanks - C.
  11. cfee

    Inventor Workalike ?

    I've heard ALIBRE is similar in work-flow and interface to SOLIDWORKS. Is there anything like that for INVENTOR ? Tks - C. Fee
  12. cfee

    VARIABLE TO RETAIN SLECTED SOLID

    Is there a variable to retain the subtracted solid object ? DELOBJ isn't it. THAT one only retains lines and curves used to define surface or solid objects. I need to subtract the same component from a series of other components arranged along the one I want to retain. Making multiple copies of...
  13. cfee

    AutoCAD (BricsCAD) question

    A BricsCAD quesiton for anyone who is familiar with AutoCAD but uses BricsCAD too. I use AutoCAD at work, and bought a copy of BricsCAD for home for pricing and compatibility reasons ... In AutoCAD, if I have a shape I need to extrude along a centerline, including bends & turns, etc, I select...
  14. cfee

    3DCONNEXION 3D Mouse

    Hi ! I get an annoyingly consistent speedbump these days. According to all I read, the 3DCONNEXION 3D Mouse ("SpaceNavigsator" puck) should operate reliably in AutoCAD 3D SHADEMODE (any display mode ex: GARAUD or HIDDEN). Problem - About every 3rd or 4th Rotation, my AutoCAD crashes, losing...
  15. cfee

    Shade Modes

    Hi ! Its been awhile ! Q: Is there a "Ghosted" style 3D shade mode where the visible lines in a "3DHide" are regular visible lines, but hidden lines still show up but greyed out or at least dashed or "Hidden" ? I've been working with RHINO and have gotten SPOILED using their shade modes, my...
  16. cfee

    Object following polyline in AutoCAD 2012

    My boss "recalls" a command where he thinks he should be able to make an object "follow" a polyline. No, not extrude to a polyline, but move along it. I told him I couldn't recall a command like that but that I'd check here to see. Thoughts anyone ? Thanks - Charley.
  17. cfee

    "Free Store Overflow" error

    Hey there ! I got a "Free Store Overflow" error, and my AutoCAD "couldn't continue" & crashed. Running ACAD-2011 on Vista/32, 4Gb RAM. Thoughts ? Tks- C. Fee
  18. cfee

    ACAD 3D X-Ray mode "Dithered"

    Yesterday I think I hit the RAM ceiling in my 32-bit system while modeling a fairly large part-count assembly. I got an error message announcing a function of the video was being disabled and my ACAD was reverting to "defailt settings" of some sort. What was smooth shading in X-Ray mode...
  19. cfee

    X-Ref question- Updating changed save folders

    I have a situation where X-Reffing may be a useable tool. HOWEVER- In the past I've avoided X-Ref because I could discover no effective method for selecting the reference file in a new folder (you know how network managers can be...) and have the new path update to the X-Ref. I'm figuring...
  20. cfee

    Variable to RETAIN the subtracted object ?

    At one time there was a variable that would allow you to retain the subtracted object when using the Boolean operation to remove material from a 3D Solid. I'm sure its here somewhere, but I can't remember it, and I can't find it in the variables list (I'm sure I'm overlooking it in my search)...

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