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by Sam Cech
Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Super alignment and Alignment
Replies: 5
Views: 23012

simplistic answer would be: alignment VS super-alignment sort of like little diesel engine VS turbo charged v12 petrol (ford vs holden) one is good, quite alright, does the job the other is all that on steroids, the big kahuna - mama of all alignments alignments often used by surveyors as they may b...
by Sam Cech
Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Symbol Size in Title Block
Replies: 3
Views: 15895

That’s really strange because I can’t reproduce that. I am using a PaperStyle symbol "Circular Nth pt" and a title block see attached files. (part of 12d symbols I think) The north point is always 30mm at any scale you plot. (plot preview Model is set to scale 1:1000) If you use WorldStyle...
by Sam Cech
Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 12d and Garmin Etrex Handheld GPS
Replies: 3
Views: 12832

I may be wrong here but I thought Garmin has a FREE POI loader software That takes CSV files 12d already has this capability File I/O =>Data output =>"Write XYZS pt_id" If you need long and lats simply convert your coordinates in 12d using Survey =>Conversions => You can add these two step...
by Sam Cech
Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Determining layers when plotting to dwg
Replies: 13
Views: 75957

simple text editor like Notepad should do the trick
by Sam Cech
Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Kerb return
Replies: 1
Views: 9227

my guess is one of your strings does not have a NAME

try using
Strings =>Strings Edit =>Change
to give it a name..

Sam
by Sam Cech
Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Scale linefonts
Replies: 5
Views: 18370

Uhh… ok … my advice … warning log reply … Disclaimer first: there may be other/better was of doing this… I have some self imposed rules set for our customisation and it keeps me out of trouble. 1) Never change 12d Solutions supplied Linestyl.4d File 2) all changes of linestyles are done by creating ...
by Sam Cech
Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Scale linefonts
Replies: 5
Views: 18370

Hi, Welcome to 12d world… Linestyles live in a definition file called linestyl.4d This is probably the best place to make any changes and create your own linestyles. in this file: paperstyle "style_name " { worldstyle "style_name" { twoptstyle "style_name " { groupstyle...
by Sam Cech
Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Scale linefonts
Replies: 5
Views: 18370

Hi Jon, What is a LineFont? In 12d there are linsestyles and textfonts… Linestyles have inbuilt scales, only those linestyles that are paper type do scale with the View Plotting scale. World type linestyles don’t scale There are also 2 or 3 point type styles that scale depending on the distance betw...
by Sam Cech
Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cut/Fill Areas
Replies: 6
Views: 25330

Yes use the absolute value...
negative areas happen due to string direction...
by Sam Cech
Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: create a pond
Replies: 3
Views: 14108

Hello, 1) To design a generic pond you could use some of the Roading Functions like APPLY or APPLY MANY to create some banks of the pond. Position of option on menu: Design =>Apply =>Apply Position of option on menu: Design =>Apply =>Apply many You could also just CAD it up using the cad toolbar cre...
by Sam Cech
Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Lock Out
Replies: 3
Views: 12019

yes we are all getting this error

something to do with the service provider...
by Sam Cech
Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: toolbar.4d syntax
Replies: 6
Views: 19662

:( :shock:
by Sam Cech
Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: toolbar.4d syntax
Replies: 6
Views: 19662

try

Command "createprocess \"c:/program files/myprog.exe\""
by Sam Cech
Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Add Model
Replies: 9
Views: 28503

the option you want can also be started by: Position of menu:     Plan View Menu View => Models =>Add model Position of menu:     Section View Menu View => Models =>Add model Position of menu:     Perspective View Menu View => Models =>Add model (just click on ADD MODEL above do not walk right into ...