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  1. CADaver

    How to Purge Layers Created by Solprof

    Those layers created by SOLxxxx are frozen is specific viewports. They must be thawed in all viewports to be purged. Use VPLAYER THAW <layer names> ALL. Then purge.
  2. CADaver

    Non-Associative Dimensions

    If you mean DIMASSOC=0, that may prove difficult considering that they are simple lines and text.
  3. CADaver

    how to NOT undo pan and zoom

    Another software does not UNDO the ZOOM commands. I have seen users undo things that were no longer visible on the screen trying to get back to what they thought was the last thing they did, only to find several wasted minutes re-building stuff that didn't need to be undone. I want UNDO to do...
  4. CADaver

    how to NOT undo pan and zoom

    I hope not.
  5. CADaver

    Redefining blocks - attribute problem

    oops, got interupted in the middle of that last reply, look for ATTREDEF.LSP not REFEDIT.lsp
  6. CADaver

    Redefining blocks - attribute problem

    ATTRIBUTES do not redefine with the block. Use REFEDIT and ATTSYNC or download REFEDIT.lsp from: http://www.mcneel.com/autoutil.htm
  7. CADaver

    &quot;Hidden&quot; view with solids

    If it curved objects, try ISOLINES=0
  8. CADaver

    APPLY MATERIALS

    Also command line RMAT
  9. CADaver

    AutoCAD Attributes

    Prior to R2000, attribute were propmted for in the order they were selected during creation of the block. For R2000 and later it is the REVERSE order of selection during creation. It can be changed by redefining the block and attributes using ATTREDEF.LSP See: http://www.mcneel.com/autoutil.htm
  10. CADaver

    Layers in &quot;Quick Select&quot; not in alphabetical order

    Remember that you have to count XREF layers when calculating MAXSORT.
  11. CADaver

    Password protection issue

    Depends on the CONTRACT. If the file is a deliverable, it's his file, not yours. If the file was never specified as a deliverable in the contract, you are under no obligation to provide it. If you wish to do so to keep your client happy (bill him for it or not), then do so with the...
  12. CADaver

    Suppress dimension extension lines

    The Properties box will allow you to suppress individual dimension extension lines. Are you using DIMSTYLES to define your TOLERANCEs?
  13. CADaver

    degree symbol

    Just another comment, if your customer doesn't ahve your &quot;new&quot; &quot;custom&quot; font, they will not plot the same symbol.
  14. CADaver

    Newbie lost in Paperspace

    First off, don't rotate your model, rotate your view. You can do that with a couple of different tools, VIEWPOINT, DVIEW, 3DORBIT or the VIEW toolbar. If you're comfortable with UCS control, you can even use that to rotate a view of the model by setting a UCs then using the PLAN comman. The...
  15. CADaver

    Snapping to the centroid of a regular polygon

    point filters? or (defun midpt () (if (= cal nil) (arxload &quot;geomcal&quot;) ) (setq pt1 (getpoint &quot;\n Select First Point for Midway Calculation&quot;) pt2 (getpoint &quot;\n Select Second Point for Midway Calculation&quot;)) (cal &quot;(pt1+pt2)/2&quot;) )
  16. CADaver

    Saving in AutoCAD 2004

    They'll survive the round trip unless they're noodled with in the lower release.
  17. CADaver

    Executing LSP routines

    Try entering XXX at the command line. Open the XXX.lsp with notepad or wordpad and search for (DEFUN C: DEFUN = define function and the C: means its a command line function. You would enter the portion follow the C: at the command line to execute the function.
  18. CADaver

    Attribute order in blocks

    From the &quot;AutoDESK Knowledge Base&quot;: Issue: Attribute prompts or attribute text appear in the wrong sequence after you insert a block. Solution: The program displays the attribute prompts in the reverse order from which they were originally created. To define attributes so that...
  19. CADaver

    Attribute order in blocks

    The manual is speaking of BLOCKs not WBLOCKing. If you're making a block in the current drawing, the attributes are prompted for in the order of selection. Write blocking or WBLOCK, is really a different function than making a BLOCK.
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