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  1. bot1357

    Monitored System Vs Non-Monitored System

    Hi there. I am after some advice regarding a project I am working on at the moment. My company is supplying a PLC based system on a ship which is going to be controlling hundreds of valves and reading back their status. These valves will be controlling numerous fire safety systems across the...
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    Dimension Stretching/Movement

    Sussed it...you need to install Autocad Mechanical 2006 service pack 2.
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    Dimension Stretching/Movement

    Further to this I think it may have something to do with grip association. If you draw a new line and dimension it up you pick the end points of the line. The dimension grip then associates itself with the grip point of the line so when you stretch the line and dimension it, it works. I have...
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    Dimension Stretching/Movement

    Guys, I have a problem with my dimensioning in AutoCAD mechanical 2006. I want to stretch a horizontal dimension but everytime I select the dimension I want to stretch it moves the whole dimension. I can however stretch it over using the grip edit but I then have to stretch the line I want to...
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    Viweport Zoomin

    Guys/Girls This may have been covered already so forgive me for asking again. When I click into the viewport window in paperspace and try and scale the viewport window it scales the paperspace and modelspace? Anyone know the solution?
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    Creating a PDF with multipule layout sheets

    I suggest you invest in the software from these people http://www.autodwg.com/ You can pdf all dwg layouts into 1 single file and at any paper size. You don't even have to AutoCAD to convert the files. It has saved me thousands and thousands in man hours...I have just recently used it to...
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    Drawing File Size

    Guys, I have searched this forum and done all of the things required to reduce my file size. I was hoping someone could possible help me to get the file size even smaller. The issue I have is of download time, the GA that includes our design overlaid onto it is at the moment 8Meg. This GA...
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    Paperspace Modelspace Procedure

    Hi there, Just wondering if anyone has a procedure that details the setting up of paperspace modelspace drawings. I have been given the task of dragging the CAD department into the 21st century but I am not very good at teaching others. The main points I want to address are the 'Page Setup'...
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    Attaching symbols to cells in excel.

    Borgunit - Spot on thanks for your time I appreciate it.
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    Attaching symbols to cells in excel.

    Yes Insert > Picture is fine however I want the picture to be attached to a specific cell. If I then want to manipulate that cell the picture moves with it.
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    Attaching symbols to cells in excel.

    Sorry about previous message - did not make much sense! Bascially I just want to attach a picture to an indivdual cell in excel. Can this be done?
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    Attaching symbols to cells in excel.

    Hello, Hopefully someone has a quick answer for this question. I have a table, its actually a symbol legend inserted into an AutoCAD drawing. Does anyone know if there is a way to actually attach the symbol picture to the cell? In some cases I do not require a certain symbol to be shown so...
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    Excel Spreadsheets, AutoCAD and Limited Data

    Lothar, Thanks for your reply I read the information on the link supplied and decided to split the excel spreadsheet into more manageable chucks and then pieced them together in AutoCAD. However I was thinking last night, I wondered if you could do it the other way round? i.e insert the...
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    Excel Spreadsheets, AutoCAD and Limited Data

    Ladys and Gents, I am inserting excel spreadsheets into an AutoCAD drawing, simple enough. However why, after I insert the excel spreadsheet does it only show a limited number of colums and a limited number of rows? Is there a way to get round this so I can see all my data in one go? Ta Dan
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    Vports

    AV, You understood my question and thanks for the reply. Problem solved - I slowly getting used to paperspace etc. Ta Dan
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    Vports

    Hi there, I have a small problem. I have a viewport inserted in paperspace of a ship. I have zoomed into the viewport in paperspace then selected the viewport. However I cannot now get out of the viewport to zoom extents of paperspace drawing. There must be a command to de-select the...
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    Problem with the copy and paste command

    I have found a solution. Firstly I got the original and saved it off with another name (temp1.dwg). I then opened a new drawing and inserted the orginal saved drawing (temp1.dwg) into into. Saved off as temp2.dwg I then exploded it and tried the copy paste command again and it worked. You...
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    Problem with the copy and paste command

    Hi there, I have a drawing that was produced in autocad 2006. I saved it down to 2000. I then wanted to copy and paste certain parts of the drawing into another drawing. I use the copy command, select a point and copy the bit I require. I then try to paste to the other drawing but nothing...
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    Linetype

    Lothar, I appreciate your help with this however I have just realised that I do not have express tools. I was wondering if I worked out the code would I be able to create it that way? Regards Dan
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    Linetype

    L. One problem though this file(express_shapes.shx) I am trying to download from the site you gave is no longer availabe. Do you know of any other locations? Regards Dan
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