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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

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

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?

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

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:-)

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 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

AutoCad 2006 use to create a blk template file to be use with the attribute extraction wizard.  The AutoCad 2009 doesn't appear to use generate this template, although if you had one it will use it.  How do I go about creating a new blk template or editing that one that I have from my 2006 version.  I am looking to add a few more blocks and update the path so that it saves in a new directory.

Thanks, your response will be greatly appreciated.

Hi Felicia:

A coworker came to me with a problem about image frames plotting when they should not (imageframe set to 0 or 2).  After trying several things, I noticed it only happens in viewports that have been "rotated" by the DVIEW command.  I tried creating a rotated UCS to get the rotation, but that didn't work.  I tried bringing the images in with an xref instead of directly, that alos didn't work.  The files are "ECW".  This is in Autocad Map 2009.  This happens when plotting full size to an HP 1050c plotter, but not at half size to a Xerox printer.

Thanks and its good to talk to you again.

Joe Glick

Clark County Public Works

Las Vegas, NV

Hi Felicia,

Is using CAP Studio similar to using Revit Architecture?

hi, i have autocad 2009, trying to download the trial alias sketch add on for autocad, but after downloading it itells me folder is invalid or corrupted. what do i do?

thanks.

ekua

Thanks for your answer. We are loading the file into Illustrator and open it there. When we create a square with the same size as the one in AutoCad, the square created in Illustrator is different, and what makes it worse, the ratio is changed. So for example a square of 20 x 30 mm (= a barcode size) will end in Illustrator as something like 19,9858 x 30,0153 mm. Any idea, where this could come from? We tried all formats from conversion into *.pdf files, *.dxf, *.eps we tried different "print sizes" on different paper and all end up with DIFFERENT dimensions. Any lead would be very helpful.

Thanks for your tine

Like so many of your tutorials and help files it doesn't show you how to get to the very first step!!!!

how do you get to the space generation tool ??

WHERE IS IT

I am looking to make sure that there is a process or software package to transfer a Pro-E model into AutoCAD and then if necessary transfer the AutoCAD model back into Pro-E. 

1. 1.  Can this be done directly through Pro-E and AutoCAD?
2. 2.  Is there a standalone software package that will do and will this standalone package be able to do it in a batch manner?

Thank you for you help.

i was wondering if you knew what i need to download to view cadduct duct work on drawings using AutoCAD LT 2009

thanks

Aron

Hi Felicia,

I am trying to get drawings from AutoCAD LT 2009 into Word, to creat a catalog.  I have plotted the file to a jpg, but the lines are very light.  What can I do to fix that problem or is there another way to get files into Word?

Thanks,

Kathy

Hi Felicia,

I am working on a 3d rendering of a house.  I am new to rendering. I have created a material that is basically a white brick and applied it to the walls of the house, in model space i can see the material well, however when I render all i can see is white.  How do I make the material render like it looks in model space? Also, I am having trouble with the whole lighting issue...everything that I print out is some hue of green or gray...is there some special way to print out renderings a little more true to color?

Thanks for your help,

Jennifer

I use a 16 button mouse/puck on a CadPro tablet.  When I customize the buttons Autocad 2010 doesn't remember them.  After customizing them I click apply they are there but when i click OK to close. The buttons revert to something else.  I have changed them in both the legsacy tablet and mouse button fields but they will not keep.  Is the CadPro tablet compatible with ACAD 2010

Hi Felicia - I currently use ADT 2004 and I have a problem converting my D size drawings into a PDF document. When I select print devise (Adobe PDF) and then select page size, there is a small selection of sizes (letter, legal, etc.). Is possible to convert to a larger format PDF.

Thanks for your help.

rama0355

I have an issue. I've recently purchased a laptop and loaded AutoCAD student version for 13-months. I am going to return this computer because I don't like it. Will I be able to load this software again on a new laptop?

Thank you,

Darya Chernova

in regards to question 27, the files are saved in .dwg format and i can see the 2d room layout drawing that the cadduct is drawn upon, but not the ducting itself.

thanks 

Hi Felicia. I am working with Revit 2010 and would like to change the standard font to an architectural style font. I have no issues with thetext and labels, but how do I change the font for items like title names, dimensions and level elevation tags?

Thanks.

I need to find out the number of instances of the same block inserted in my drawing.

I use AutoCAD 2007 & AutoCAD 2009

Please help.

I am having problems installing AutoCad 2010 onto my computer. I have downloaded the project through the education community, but when I attempt to Install the product, I get an error message saying I cannot install the product on the current operating system. I also receive an error message that says I cannot install the product on the current network. Any suggestions?

Thanks