Who's afraid of 2006?

I tested on AutoCAD 2005 and I don't get any error... what is the kind of message displayed?

 

No problem in vanilla AutoCAD 2005 or 2006. Might be related to LDT.

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well, I hadn't heard myself, and am not going to put in a date without
knowing for sure...

 

i'll give her a go... I can do it... (i'll be a little twitchy for a while,
but, I can change if I really, really want to... )

 

sorry, it was my bent sense of humor making my fingers work the keyboard
that time

 

no sorry necessary, i'm prone to that myself at times.

 

the question is, when can we start complaining about it, oh I mean when can we talk about the new "features" that we
couldn't figure out or what wasn't fixed in 2006

"Doug Broad" <>
|>You shouldn't be.
|>I have used it for a while and found it easy to continue using it as if I was using 2005.
|>The
|>new features workshops do a great job of introducing the changes. Many of the new
|>features
|>will quickly become things you rely on.
|>
|>My customizations continued to work.
|>
|>While I have chosen to continue to use the command line, many will like the new dynamic
|>input features which allow you to enter commands and read prompts at the cursor location.
|>
|>The biggest change of thinking will be adjusting to the powerful new dynamic blocks
|>feature.
|>
|>If any of you have questions about 2006 or customizing it, I'd be glad to try to answer.
|>
|>Regards,
|>Doug
|>


David

 

Here's a link to a forum that provides several links to several blogs discussing R2006:

http://theswamp.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=52625#52625

 

;-) I'm sure it won't be long. I'm still learning things about 2004. When I was testing
the beta,
I sent a wish or two that had been already been incorporated into ADT several versions
before
that I had been unaware of. Thankfully some kind soul filled me in.

about the new "features" that we

 

I type (command "undo" "end") before any (command "undo" "begin") in my code, so that it will end any undo that is still open. Just a safety feature.

 

Has AutoCAD fixed the copy and paste a group problem?
In 2005 the paste command EXPLODES a group.

 

I don't have 2006 yet so can't answer your question, but the problem has
been present since Groups were introduced and is the reason I've never been
able to use them. What good is something that only works in one drawing?
Dave
DDP

 

the groups thing is due to the fact that dictionary info does not acrry accross wblock operations...
it should not be too hard to write a tool that preserves grouping, since the info on group names and entities involved
is easily accessible.

"Dave Jones" <>
|>|>> Has AutoCAD fixed the copy and paste a group problem?
|>> In 2005 the paste command EXPLODES a group.
|>>
|>> --
|>> Gary Fowler - Architect
|>>
|>>
|>>
|>I don't have 2006 yet so can't answer your question, but the problem has
|>been present since Groups were introduced and is the reason I've never been
|>able to use them. What good is something that only works in one drawing?
|>Dave
|>DDP
|>

James Maeding
jmaeding at hunsaker dot com
Civil Engineer/Programmer

 

I talking about even within the same drawing file. Make a group. Use the
copyclip, then
the pasteclip command. The group is now broken.

 

probably one of the reasons I've never found a need to Copyclip unless I'm
moving objects between drawings...
Dave

 

It doesn't matter whether you paste back into the same drawing or not, the
mechanism is the same - the selected objects are wblocked to a temporary dwg
file which is then inserted into the target drawing.

 

Hi Doug,

Hope you are still checking this thread.

I can't find it now, but I think you said something somewhere regarding the idea ADT
2006 can be used like vanilla 2006. I'm also recalling posts from you in the past
which indicated that could not be done with previous versions of ADT. As I recall,
the issue had something to do with certain ADT commands reloading ADT specific menus
which were unloaded to make ADT look like vanilla.

Sorry about the vagueness of these questions. I'm not familiar with ATD. I'm asking
because one of my clients is suggesting we might use use ADT 2006 on some future
projects. I welcome the idea, but I'm concerned about the fact using ADT may be
problematic when all I need is vanilla ACAD. I assume I could have both installed,
but I'd rather not, for obvious reasons.

Any light you can shed on these questions would be welcome.

Thanks
Joe Burke

 

How to send text to the dynamic output using LISP, just like "area" command does?

 

Yes, you can use the ACAD menus and unload the ADT menus and have ADT but not use it, of course, I don't see the point in getting it then.

 

You mean howdo you put user output to the command line?

If you have a variable for an area (let's say it's called 'a'), then do:

(defun c:test ()
(setq a "3000")
(prompt (strcat "\nThe area is " a " sq. ft."))
(princ)
)