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    AutoCAD 2006 Insreting Xref

    you can scale each XREF by hand, they are treated as normal "inserts". the "autoscaling" will be set by a system-variable, look for it it in terms of "*AUTO*" or "*SCALE*" with command: SETVAR ? <searchterm>, don't forget the asteriks, these are 'wildcards'. You usually turn an option off with...
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    unable to zoom out far enough

    command: LIMITS OFF
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    GetDistance in VBA

    MsgBox (LenD) is a function that gives a result, ranging from vbYes to VbCancel etc. Don't use the parantheses in this case.
  4. lucaso

    exploding everything in a drawing using VBA

    the hard part is to get the ObjectName spelled exactly right with upper and lower cases. You can use the "immediate" window for that, the objectbrowser doesn't mention them.
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    AUTOCAD 2000

    you can place a block with attributes which you can fill with all kinds of info. most variables you can find with (getvar "<NAME>"). a full set of variables you find with command: SETVAR ? *. Known "system-variables" you can retrieve with (getenv "<NAME>"), for instance "NETUSER". Once you know...
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    Is there an external caracter finder for AutoCAD?

    try www.opendesign.com, they have a working library you can use with .net. you'll have to join the alliance, but it's free of charge if you won't use it for commercial gain.
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    exploding everything in a drawing using VBA

    don't explode, you can read every dimension value and use it to export it, not only in vba, but in lisp too.
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    Autocad 2006: Unable to load profile file.

    the profiles are files with ".arg" as extension. you start AC with "...autocad.exe" "/p <path\profilename", last without the extension. Best way is, once you have a good configuration with "preferences/options", you "export" it, and have the startup argument reference that profile. It won't get...
  9. lucaso

    Illustrator White to Transparent

    importing line-art into MS products such as Word works great with WMF, try exporting it to WMF.
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    Translating my illustrator drawings to CAD

    the problem is that DXF only uses polylines to mimic curvature. If you zoom into it, you'll see it's made up of straight connected lines. There's no such thing as "Beziers" in DXF. If your cutter can read DWG directly, use that, but if the DWG is only intermediate to DXF, the problem stays. Try...
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    Saving to Pdf in Illustrator

    try "PRINTING" it with a PDF writer / or Distiller
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    CAD Files and Illustrator

    If you're lucky your drawing supplier will be using AutoCad. If so, instruct your supplier to use a "paper-viewport", this can be any size, ranging from letter to A0, and even custom sizes. Next let them use a plotter, which is based on the PostScript2-plotter. The viewport can be "hidden"...
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