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Inserting a field that shows specific text

October 1, 2015, 3:35 pm
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I am trying to create a field that picks a certain numeric value from preexisting text. For example, shown in the picture is "COND-A:  #.# in^2". The "#.#" is eventually filled in with a number referring to area, I want to be able to select just that number once filled in. Right now I have my field set up with an object selection and that selects the whole text, I cannot figure out how to select just that numeric value. I know there is a measurement property under object selection but that does me no good. Likewise, I know there is a diesel expression for selecting specific text from one of my layout tabs:

 

$(substr,$(getvar,ctab),1,4)

 

This gives me the first 4 letters from my layout tab name rather than selecting the whole layout tab name. If there is a diesel expression for this, there must be one or some other way to do this for that area number in this example. This is very difficult to explain ove text so if there are is anything unlcear please let me know.

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Installation problems with Mac Migrations Assistant

October 1, 2015, 3:58 pm
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Hi,

 I am a student and I just got a new computer, (yay!) but when I used the Migration Assistant to move over CAD 2014, I receive an error message (listed below.) The instructions to resolve this have not helped. It says to find the FLEXnet files, but when I search my computer for "FLEXnet" nothing shows up. I'm using a Mac. Help? Thank you! 

 

"Folders on your computer that AutoCAD needs access to are not available. AutoCAD cannot run until folder permission issues are resolved."

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How to design your own airfoil

October 1, 2015, 5:12 pm
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I'm curious how the best way to go about designing your own airfoil would be in Auto cad.  I'm very new to the program, but what I'm trying to do is say, make an airfoil with the following specs

 

1) the leading edge has a diameter of 3% of the chord.  So lets just assume the chord is 100units.  the diameter would be 3units
2) the thickest part of the airfoil will be 30% back from the leading edge and will be 13% the chord (so 13 units thick at 30 units back)
3) symetrical 
4) it will have a smooth curve from the radius at the nose/leading edge, to the thickest part to the back trailing edge

any idea on how to approach this?

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Silently Installing Updates for AutoCAD 2016 Products

October 1, 2015, 5:44 pm
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I am preparing to deploy various AutoCAD 2016 programs and am trying to create a silent install (no user interface).  However, I cannot get the following updates to intall silently without an install window popping up.

 

-Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 Coordination Model Osnap Support (64-bit)

-Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2016 Hotfix 1
-Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2016 Hotfix 2
-AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 Object enabler

 

I tried using the /q switch and it installed the updates silently but with a progress bar.

 

The deploying silent hotfix installation knowledge article suggests using the /qn switch.  But that does not appear to do anything.  The patches install like they would if I did not provide a switch.

 

Does anyone know of a way to deploy the updates silently with no user interface?

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Text update with size stretch?

October 2, 2015, 9:00 am
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Hello all.

 

I have a rectangle. There is text inside the rectangle describing the size of the rectangle. I would like to make the text update when the rectangle's length and/or width change.

 

Is this possible?

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Can a system variable be turned into a ribbon button

October 2, 2015, 9:29 am
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On the home page of AutoCAD (and the Drafting and Annotation homepage of Civil 3D), there is a panel called "Groups".  Within this panel are two buttons of interest.  "Group Selection On/Off" and "Group Bounding Box".  Both of these directly change a system variable.  The the variable is 1 and 2 respectively (when they're "on"), the buttons are highlighted.  When the variables are 0 (when they're "off"), they are not highlighted.  

 

Is there a way to create a ribbon button to cause any system variable of your choice to do this?  I would love to create buttons for "offsetgaptype" and for "osnapz".  I'm always switching them between 0 and 1 and would love the visual feedback of having a highighted button telling me their status.

 

I usually post to the Civil 3D board but figured I'd post here since this is a more general AutoCAD request.

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Did the way that Trim (TR) functions change?

October 2, 2015, 9:51 am
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I'll admit, I haven't used CAD in about 3 months, I've been using Revit, but I have an older project that is in cad that I need to add a detail to. I'm using CAD2015.  Here is my problem.  I have 2 continous lines. I have a square poly line that is that is the same height as the lines are apart.  I used to be able to TRIM, select the polyline and draw a crossing window.  TRIM would then only trim the continous lines.  Now when I do it, TRIM, cuts the lines as well as my polyline.  So now I have to  to draw construction lines at the edges of my polyline, move my polyline out of the way, TRIM my continous lines, move polyline back.  That whole process seems totally opposite of the idea that the fewer clicks and moves the better.  Is there some setting that I'm not aware of?  

 

It seems like the added functionality added to Polylines in CAD2015, (being able to select the segments of said polyline when holding down CTL) may have had unintended consequences?  

 

I would appreciate any suggestions.

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Product update available pop up opens and the ipointerr (mouse) becomes inactive

October 2, 2015, 9:53 am
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This morning when I turned on autocad a window popped up saying product update available. This made the pointer (mouse) inactive and I could do nothing. How do I close the pop up?

 

Roxby Hughes

rhughes@endecosolutions.com

PH: (780) 459-0896

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Need Help with DIESEL expression...fairly straightforward

October 2, 2015, 10:03 am
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Hello,

 

 

I am not familiar with creating DIESEL expressions (learned about their existence today), but here is what I would like to do:

 

I'm simply creating a field that displays the file path and name.  The problem is that the sheet file will be printed from two separate locations and I would like the file path (dwgprefix) to print the same at both locations. (essentially like a 'relative' filepath)  Both locations have identical directory strucures at a certain point.  For example, location 1 has a directory structure  X:\UNIQUE FOLDER\UNIQUE FOLDER\IDENTICAL FOLDER1\IDENTICAL FOLDER2\IDENTICAL FOLDER3\   and at location 2 the structure is P:\ANOTHER UNIQUE FOLDER\IDENTICAL FOLDER1\IDENTICAL FOLDER2\IDENTICAL FOLDER3\.

 

I therefore need to know if there is an expression which will keep a certain number of characters counted from the last character toward the first, since the first part of the filepath will be variable.

 

Thanks in advace for any advice!

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Error 400 at AutoCAD 2015 License

October 2, 2015, 11:09 am
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İ am having this error message every time:

Your online activation request has returned and error (400) which is not allowing your request to be processed using our automated systems.

 

 

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DIMBREAK. how to get it to do it when dimension is created

October 2, 2015, 11:21 am
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Is there a way to get DIMBREAK to place the breaks automatically when the dimension is created?  That would save a lot of steps.

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hatch editing issue

October 2, 2015, 11:33 am
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Ok, I know how to edit the boundaries of hatches when they're just squares and stuff. But now I have a large very complicated hatch that is bounded by a lot of splines. Is there a way to just cut off part of the hatch? I included a picture.

 

I drew a sky blue line in to indicate that the tan hatch beneath that line is what I want to remove. It's a very long fault line that continues off the page and has about 45 grips.

 

Any thoughts?

 

P.S. the outline of this hatch has some serious issues and gaps (I don't know how this happened, someone else was working on it before me), so just deleting the hatch and then filling in the outline again won't work.

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Auto cad With Yosemite El Capitan

October 2, 2015, 11:48 am
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Hi there,

I recently updated my Mac OSX with El Capitan and ever since doing so, my 2015 student autocad version has become incredibly glitchy. It crashes almost every time I go to change document layers and usually also always crashes when inserting a raster image. Has anyone found any solutions to this problem, other than reverting back to the original Yosemite? 

Thanks,
Marco

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Best Software for Precast/Prestressed Bridge Beams

October 2, 2015, 11:53 am
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Hello all,

 

I'm drafting for a precast/prestressed bridge beam fabricator. Currently, all of our shop drawings are created using AutoCAD LT. Since we typically only fabricate about 4 different beams that are just different sizes and lengths, I figured we could benefit from the parametrics of other Autodesk softwares. What would you recommend? Inventor? Civil 3d? Revit? Should we just stick to AutoCAD LT? Keep in mind: We only fabricate the beams. We do not design the beams or the bridge.

 

All opinions and suggestions are welcome, but it would be great if I could get feed back from people in the same industry.

 

Thanks in advance.

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Best Software for Precast/Prestressed Beams

October 2, 2015, 11:57 am
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Hello all,

 

I'm drafting for a precast/prestressed bridge beam fabricator. Currently, all of our shop drawings are created using AutoCAD LT. Since we typically only fabricate about 4 different beams that are just different sizes and lengths, I figured we could benefit from the parametrics of other Autodesk softwares. What would you recommend? Inventor? Civil 3d? Revit? Should we just stick to AutoCAD LT? Keep in mind: We only fabricate the beams. We do not design the beams or the bridge.

 

All opinions and suggestions are welcome, but it would be great if I could get feed back from people in the same industry.

 

Thanks in advance

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When "Product update available" pop up comes up the pointer stops working

October 2, 2015, 11:58 am
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I have already posted this problem and got a reply from Patchy . He replied "Go aound it, download and install that update then start your autocad, that way it doesn't bother you again." how do I go around it to install it? The moment I open up Autcad the pop up appears and the pointer goes dead.

 

Roxby

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DesignCenter - how to copy a layer from one dwg to another

October 2, 2015, 12:30 pm
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Hi,

 

I am using AutoCAD 2016 (Electrical to be exact).  I have two drawings open.  I would like to copy some layers from one drawing to the other.  I type DCENTER at the command line to open Design Center.  In Design Center, the "Open Drawings" tab shows both of my open drawings.  For each open drawing, there are separate folders that show all the "blocks", "layers", "linetypes", etc that are defined in each drawing.  When I find a layer in one drawing, it seems that I should be able to click and drag it into the "layers" folder for the other drawing.  When I try to do this, my cursor turns into a circle with a 45 degree line through it (like the universal symbol indicating that you are not allowed to do something).  No matter what I do, I cannot figure out how to copy a layer from one drawing to the other.  If anyone can tell me if/how I can do this, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Thanks in advance,
Paul

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AutoCAD Error Aborting: FATAL Error: Unhandled Access Violation

October 2, 2015, 12:32 pm
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Good Afternoon,

 

An Engineer in our drafting department recently started having random issues with AutoCAD. At different points in working in AutoCAD, an error message is presented. There is no rhyme or reason as to what is causing this error and no identifiable pattern as to what may be provoking it.

 

Title: AutoCAD Error Aborting

Message: FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Writing 0xfc24c940 Exception at 6ffd510ch

 

I've looked these specific strings up but have returned no results. I've also read generally about the "Unhandled Access Violation" and it seems that they vary depending upon the specific string. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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AutoCAD 2013 for Mac - Help I have a presentation on Monday

October 2, 2015, 1:13 pm
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I have been using this without problems until yesterday. I just reset AutoCAD to the defaults but it still keeps happening. The application quits and it 'automatically' sends a report to apple. I am running OS 10.11- I have 8 Gig Ram installed on a Mac powerbook retina 17. I need help any suggestions are greatly apprecieated. 

 

When I open CAD it goes to the directory for AcOCUi.framework for some reason even if I am trying to open an existing drawing. Please help.

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Conyinuing saga - Pop up " Product update available"

October 2, 2015, 1:14 pm
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As suggested I downloaded and installed Autocad 2013 64 bit Service Pack 2. The pop up went away but the pointer in Autocad still remains useless???????

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