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Post by simplyloco on Jul 14, 2019 8:15:17 GMT
I started using Autocad 2.7 (I think) in the 80's on my Amstrad twin disc machine. Against that medieaval background I was at first concerned about 'constraints' in F360, and then I watched an Autodesk tutorial and all was revealed! Once understood, adjoining lines and shapes become equal, parallel or perpendicular at the touch of the mouse! The co-linear constraint makes sure any line which you 'think' is heading in the same direction as the previous one actually does... It took me only a couple of days to learn to make useable 3D parts, and I ain't Roger by a long way, so give it a go! John
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Post by 3405jimmy on Jul 14, 2019 13:31:07 GMT
... I have been playing with Solid edge 2D. ...have you worked out how to change the background colour to anything but white ? ... I think I've found it. At least for my copy of ST7. Click the button in the top left corner, to bring up the list of choices including open, save etc. At the bottom is a rectangular button "Solid Edge Options". In the resulting dialog box, choose "Colors" from the left hand list, and then change the setting of the "Sheet" choice. You can choose a standard colour, or the "More" button at the bottom brings a full-choice palette. When you've chosen, click "Apply", then "OK". Wilf Brilliant Wilf, thanks for that I'm sure my eyes will appreciate the darkness
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Post by David on Jul 15, 2019 9:55:16 GMT
AutoCAD on an 8-bit? I just had to google that, and found this: www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/www/chapter2_14.htmlI can't believe it was possible! I had a C64 and remember coding up a static 3rd angle projection drawing of something to try and impress my old man who was a draftsman at Clyde Engineering, one of NSW railways big workshops. The graphics resolution of the C64 just wasn't up to much. On a related note I read a Keith Wilson article the other day where he was talking about writing a program to simulate a train journey so you could drive it. The output was all text. He speculated on when it would be possible to be able to draw the journey as you went, and when computerised machine tools would be cheap enough to use for 'one off' jobs. I guess we're finally there.
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Post by 3405jimmy on Oct 13, 2019 9:28:06 GMT
Had to reactivate this morning to hunt out some legacy drawings and just keep getting kicked back to the desktop. Anyone else having this problem ?
Jim
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Post by David on Oct 13, 2019 21:41:40 GMT
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Post by steamer5 on Jan 8, 2021 8:20:49 GMT
Hi Team, Well I finally had to re register my copy of Draftsight this week. (I had the same issue as Jim above, nothing appeared to happen except getting bounced back to the desktop....until I checked my email, there was a nice letter telling me that Draftsight is now a paid for program) $99 per year I m thinking that the equivalent of 2 coffees a month could mean that my blood count in my coffee stream would go up! Ah well time to be brave & have another go at Fusion......I had to update it awhile back so on the current free version. Had a good run & managed to get a spring hanger drawn up....even looked like the one from the drawing I was working from! Time to save as a DXF file so I can trot off to the water cut guy..... BUGGER! If you want to save as either a DWG or a DXF file you need to upgrade! So I checked it out.....just on $750 NZ per year! Cough splutter ! That’s nearly 13 coffees a month! That would require some serious thinking about! It makes Draftsight look a bargain! I found were to go to so I can get a dimensioned multi view drawing which is useful Might have to check out what file type I can send to my son in Canada & get him to convert it for me.......
So to Fusion users out there have any of you found a way to convert drawings to DXF files ?
Cheers Kerrin
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Post by cplmickey on Jan 8, 2021 9:16:40 GMT
I used to use Draftsight but a year or so ago I changed to Nanocad which is free and does everything I want it to. Odd things take a bit of getting used to but what I like is that I can often type in an Autocad command (which I used for over 25 years at work so it became second nature to me) and if it's wrong the program automatically corrects it to a Nanocad command. Good enough for laser cutting files which is pretty much all I use CAD for these days. Ian
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