I am interviewing for a CAD design job in the woodworking industry. I have a few questions about 20/20.

1- How similar to AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT is it to use?

2- Can I get a usable trail copy to learn the system?

3- How much does the basic 20/20 cost?

You may respond to my questions at engdesigner1981@yahoo.com

I have a quick mvparts question.... I hope.

I'm using Autocad MEP 2010.  I wanted to add another grille size to my parts catalog, so I went into the ceiling grilles drawing and inserted one of the grille model blocks.  I then exploded it and created a new size block and named it accordingly.  I then went into Content Builder and added the new size block and used the "Generate blocks" button to create the rest of the views and so on. 

Here's the problem.  Somewhere in the process of this, All of the insertion points for the grilles in that drawing were changed.  ???  So if I try to insert one of the ceiling grilles into my drawing, it's placed a good 20-30 feet away from the insertion point and the connection point.  Any idea of what I possibly could have done, or what I can do to fix this?

I work with a lot of multi-lines. They are great to manipulate if you need to hold the lines parrellel at all times. I use them for webbing in open web truss. The problem is, you can not read the actual length of the line without exploding it, which renders it useless. Is there a way to get the length, with a single pick? I know you can do "Distance", but you would still have to pick both ends. Any ideas?

Thank You!

Jamie Burnett:-)

 

hey Felicia! just dropping by to say that folks are really lucky to have your time here this week! in fact its mighty generous of every Expert who's signed up here to be making time to help. thanks for doing so!

Dear Felicia,

Actually I am going to offset helix with zero height as a spiral but nufortunatley when I want to do offset command software tells that both end are not in one plane and offset is not possbile while  I am pttung height zero and both end are in one plane!! Would you plaese help me how can i make spiral with 1 mm thickness.

Thanks

Hi

 

When inserting a block, and scaling x,y,z. Is there a way to scale to reference? I have an object that I want to scale unproportionately, and reference it to an object. What is the best way to do this?

Felicia - I purchased an early version of AutoCAD LT - Release 2 - in about 1995 and used it for many years until moving away from design work.  Now that I have returned to the design field and have a need  for a 2D CAD system, is there some way I can upgrade this to a more modern version to run in Windows XP.   Thank you - John Oliver

whats the best way to understand xref files. I do not know how to bond them to my drawings. I also do not know how to create them...

hi!
I'm Pablo Villalba and i have problems with Alias 2010.
I have Windows Vista x32 in my computer and Alias doesn't work. When i open Alias 2010 windws launch inmedialty a window saying: "The aplication stopped working" and next i need to close this window and nothing more happen.
Alias 2010 launch one window for make an issue or describe the problem.... but i hadn't recived a solution for this problem. Can you help me?

I tryed launch Alias 2010 like an Admin User (Right click - 3 option) but nothing different happen. Windows Launch the same window and Alias doesn't run.

hi!
I'm Pablo Villalba and i have problems with Alias 2010.
I have Windows Vista x32 in my computer and Alias doesn't work. When i open Alias 2010 windws launch inmedialty a window saying: "The aplication stopped working" and next i need to close this window and nothing more happen.
Alias 2010 launch one window for make an issue or describe the problem.... but i hadn't recived a solution for this problem. Can you help me?

I tryed launch Alias 2010 like an Admin User (Right click - 3 option) but nothing different happen. Windows Launch the same window and Alias doesn't run.

Thanks, the folder: Application Data\Autodesk\C3D2007\enu\Support\RegisteredTools isn't on the computer, and most certainly not in  All Uaers or the only other User Profile folder. It must be a bad intall? I was logged into the only user profile on the computer when I loaded ACAD and when I started it.

Greetings:

I have Autodesk Civil 3D 2007. While using Civil 3D for Autocad 2007, the Block Authoring Palettes Icons all give the message,"Unable to execute the Tool. Possible causes are: The tool is not registered properly, please check your installation. The tool is from another application and is incompatible with the current application."

Is the Dynamic Block feature not available with this program? I carefully reinstalled the program, and all else seems to function.

Thank you very much for  your consideration.

Charlie

I have to explode the drawing before i can do anything.  its then after that when i go to add or edit the lines that they only have one grip when that line is connected to an existing line.

the drawing was saved as a dxf, then i copied everything from the dxf and pasted in to a new dwg file.  these items in the AutoCAD 2009 were lines, however in the AutoCAD2010 verson when i go to end it or make a new line i only have one grip.

I am working on a drawing that used to be in canvas, I saved it as a dxf and now trying to make changes to the drawing. I have saved it as a dwg, however my lines only have one grip on one side. Also when I go to add another line that would be perpendicular to the first line it doesn’t recognize there is a line there. This also applies to my arcs, instead of having 3 spots where I can grab it and edit I only have one. and it’s in the form of an arrow. How to i change this?