Tips & Tools Weekly (Vol. 12, No. 10)
18 Mar, 2007Cadalyst Labs Review: Workstations on the Rise CAD Manager Column: Building Your Workplace Action Plan Cadalyst Daily Update |
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Week's Software Tips Send us your tip, code or shortcut for your favorite CAD software. If we publish it, we'll send you a "Cadalyst: CAD the Way You Want It" T-shirt, and each month Cadalyst editors will randomly select one published tip and send $100 to its author. Please submit only code and other tips that are your original work, or provide the original source so we can include proper credit. By submitting code to Cadalyst, you grant Cadalyst the right to print and distribute your code in print, digitally and by other means. Cadalyst and individual authors retain all rights to the code; published code is not to be used for commercial purposes. Send a Drawing in MS Word Subscribe to Cadalyst Daily today and we'll deliver the latest CAD news and new products to your desktop each workday. Write Sequential Numbers NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: "This routine does what it says, but with a few quirks. With accelerated mouse movement, which is fairly common these days, it’s very difficult to stop your drag on the desired number. When this happens, you have to erase the unwanted additional entries. The routine doesn’t let you drag in any direction either than that specifically stated: You must enter the direction in the dialog box and then the direction is fixed. A suggestion would be to structure the dialog box to default to the last entered values, such as prefix and suffix, upon running and also to specify the increment value to something other than 1." Wrap Your Routines NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: Our expert LISP Patroller says, "This is an effective use of multiple programming formats, such as LISP, VBA and VL. I prefer to keep my routines as separate, individual files so I can easily access them for updates. I also tend to use the AutoLoad feature for my LISP routines via hotkeys. But that is purely the way I do things. This routine functions well and can be useful for those who know the various programming languages." Publish to Web Mtext Tips Mtext Tip 1 (DEFUN C:TX (/ SCF HT) Mtext Tip 2 (DEFUN C:TXS (/ SCF HT) Mtext Tip 3 (DEFUN C:TXT (/ SCF HT) NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: Tip Patrol reviewers agree that these three Mtext tips work fine. For users looking to add further functionality, one Patroller reminds users that the Mtext command offers various suboptions, such as justification, text size and the like, so ideally additions such as these should terminate after the Mtext command so users can access all the suboptions. "It would also be better to reset current layer, color and the like back to the settings at initiation time," he adds. Follow-Up: AutoCAD Dimensioning Follow-Up: Chspace MicroStation Tip: Take Your Cell Library to Other Dimensions Answer: Easy! Just use MicroStation's Export function. Click here for details. Axiom offers many MicroStation Tips on its MicroStationTips.com Web site. Tips & Tools Weekly software tips for AutoCAD are reviewed by Cadalyst staff and the Cadalyst Tip Patrol before publication. Use tips at your own discretion, please, and watch later editions of this newsletter for updates and corrections. Many thanks to our volunteer Cadalyst Tip Patrol members: Don Boyer, Mitchell Hirschklau, R.K. McSwain, Don Reichle, Kevin Sawyer, Ivanhoe Tejeda, Billy Wooten and Ben Young. |
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