Guitarists over 40...

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Whoa!! Toki didn't mean to dis ya! I actually went back looking for that post about MP3 and realized it was on this thread. Thanks, but to be honest I just realized I downloaded audiograbber. Had it the whole time...DUH.

Hey Fitz. I wish I could afford Autocad. I'm doin my new house by hand. I could just e-mail the cad files to my printer and get in the car. By time I get there the prints would be ready. God I love technology.....just aint got the duckets.
 
LT Or Not LT - That Is The Question...

bdbdbuck said:
I wish I could afford Autocad. I'm doin my new house by hand. I could just e-mail the cad files to my printer and get in the car. By time I get there the prints would be ready.
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I use AutoCAD LT. It's actually a Win 3.1 prog but is perfectly happy running under Win 98. I also have AutoCAD LT 97 which is closer in look and feel to the latest release (2000?). I still prefer AutoCAD LT tho'. It's simple, does everything I want it to and didn't cost a couple of my favourite limbs. See if you can pick a copy up on E-Bay. It would be well worth it. And you don't need a previous version of AutoCAD to install LT, it's a stand-alone.

I drew up the floor plans of my house with LT.

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BluesMeister
 
Thanks, I'll check it out. Although I'm wondering about the files it would create, wheather they would be compatible or not. Is it something that I could e-mail to my repro guy or not? I dont have a wide format printer.
BTW this probably shouldn't be on this thread maybe anyone interested in continuing this should post in the cave.
 
Hello bdbdbuck, Your right, you can email them. I do it all the time for work. I am a CAD draftsman, and work at home on a lot of OT stuff. Sorry for posting this here. I choose not to go into the cave:rolleyes: I use Autocad 14. It does everything I need. With windows 98. I don't know about the LT versions.
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Thanks Fitz. BTW in case anyone is interested, I was browsing through the Carvin catalog and noticed that Nokie Edwards (of Ventures fame) has a CD called "Carvin it out" perhaps a new release, I think I'll check it out.
 
Slightly OT: AutoCAD LT

Bdbdbuck & Rick Fitzpatrick,

Well, well, well! Another couple of guitar-playing drafties :)

I find that the latest releases of AutoCAD have suffered from the 'bloatware' syndrome: So many features - so little used - so much disk space eaten.

That's really why I'm perfectly happy using AutoCAD LT. Simple, straightforward and does nothing (other than rudimentary 3D) that I don't use. Also the editing screen is larger due to the non-appearance of the button bar at the bottom of the screen. Bonus! You can't use a digitiser with it, though. AutoCAD LT 97 does support a digitising tablet. I'm perfectly happy using a mouse & the floating tool bar in LT.

You can plot your drawings to plot-files and e-mail them off to your printing-house. But make sure the plotter in AutoCAD is the same plotter as they have. Otherwise the printed results may not be what you are expecting...

You can also export DXF Files that can be imported into any other CAD package. Be aware though that font files, line-types and tolerancing information will be lost. You should also attach the appropriate files with your drawings (lintetype, fonts, hatching).

Tolerancing is one of the traps that you can fall into importing CAD files into an existing drawing. Whatever your current Settings/Dimension Style/Text Format is set to is how the dimensions are displayed! Be careful of that little pit-fall! It can lead to MAJOR embarrasment! :( It may not be an issue with house plans, but in my line of work it is very important!

I use an Epson Stylus Color 3000 at work that is capable of printing A2. So my max drawing size is set up as A2 ;) I set up all of the pens to print in colour 7 (black) irrespective of the colour shown on the screen.

Start another thread "OT: AutoCAD" if you wish to pursue this topic further.

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BluesMeister
 
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