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  1. Don9of11

    spline help

    I am trying to create a spline tangent to two curves and passing through 3 points. Having selected the three spline points I hit enter to select the start tangent, so I bring the spline up along the upper radius until the intelligent thing reads tangent and there I click enter then proceed to...
  2. Don9of11

    drawing a circle issue

    I have a center point up and away from a point on a diagonal line but for some reason I can't get the circle to pass through the point on the diagonal line it keeps drawing the circle tangent to the diagonal line. [evil]
  3. Don9of11

    text along a curve

    Is it possible to have text follow a curved line if so how?
  4. Don9of11

    spline control

    When creating a spline and you want the spline to pass through each point exactly do you need to specify the tolerance with each point? The default is 0.0000; Isn't there a means to set this up in the options? I want to make sure my spline passes through each point exactly and I have noticed on...
  5. Don9of11

    hidden line creation

    Is there away to specify the length and spaces in a hidden line or create your own?
  6. Don9of11

    Drawing Scale of Sheet tab

    If I change the "Scale Factor" of my drawing to 1:2 under Format>Dimension Style>Linear Dimension, a dimension of 44 inches is now displayed as 22 inches but if I take my measure tool and verify that the dimension is 22 inches, the measure tool will return 44 which indicates to me that I really...
  7. Don9of11

    pdf export

    When I export Sheet 1 to a pdf all of my dashed lines in the pdf appear like half inch long line with 1/4 inch spaces. Is there anyway to have the dashed line export to the same size as shown in the model view?
  8. Don9of11

    replacing dimension text

    If I replace the dimension text from 1.625 to 1.625 TYP how do I do a carriage return so I can write 1.625 TYP 4 PLACES How do I do this in the property manager?
  9. Don9of11

    drawing a line at an angle

    I'm using Draftsight v1r4, WIN XP SP3. Something happened in the last few minutes and for some reason I can't draw a line at an angle, any angle. It seems fixed so that I can only draw horizontal or vertical. What's going on? Is there a setting to undo this?

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