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If you do end up with a slider for door angle, could it snap to 30°, 45° and 90°? (or use radio buttons to move the slider to those pre-set angles)

Conversely, it is a pleasure to see the many (apparent) true ellipses that exist in our buildings, both in wood and in masonry. By whatever means, they have been correctly and convincingly laid out a ...

If you're skeptical about the conic section, hobby stores will have styrofoam cones you can cut up yourself.

I've attached the instructions we send out in drawing sets where we use elliptical arche ...

I tend to almost exclusively use the "Zoomer" feature which comes with WildTools. With that feature enabled, pressing Cmd+Opt grays out the screen except for the window you would zoom into with a clic ...

I have seen this from time to time. I usually just force a redraw. If you have a hot-key for it it's pretty effortless.

This board is an avenue for discussion. If what you need is technical support, try "support@engsw.com".

If you're using PowerCADD 7 there's some explanation of the Undo levels on pp. 4-68 and 4-69.

PNG is a raster format. Some extensions can be used by particular programs to add vector data to a PNG file, but the basic file format is a raster image.

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/cover.ht ...

Goodness, I would have thought I was still too young to be a crusty old curmudgeon.

A "College of Built Environments" sounds like a program in virtual reality design where the terms "architecture" ...

gp

I am TOTALLY with you on this issue. The way PCadd is tied to a paper sheet on the screen is primitive. When working near any of the margins, one often cannot pan without changing the amount of ...

"If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse." – Henry Ford

This blog post from Adobe's Senior Product Manager John Nack about his company's approach to custom ...

Yes, it does.

Byron, out of curiousity, do you have a record of the PC5 & 6 benchmarks for that file?

I'm finding it easier to follow Peter's logic that a rotated rectangle is just a rectangle and that having an object's "height" go off to the side is unexpected.

One's expectations regarding "width ...

Mike Cleveland tells me that "We have done this along with many other user requests in PowerCADD 8 which is now shipping."

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Topic: WildTools Doors & Windows Dialogs
JohnMorse Replies: 20 Views: 1564	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:42 pm Subject: WildTools Doors & Windows Dialogs
JohnMorse Replies: 20 Views: 1564	If you do end up with a slider for door angle, could it snap to 30°, 45° and 90°? (or use radio buttons to move the slider to those pre-set angles)
Topic: Do Ellipse really have a radius?
JohnMorse Replies: 24 Views: 5926	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:59 am Subject: Do Ellipse really have a radius?
JohnMorse Replies: 24 Views: 5926	Conversely, it is a pleasure to see the many (apparent) true ellipses that exist in our buildings, both in wood and in masonry. By whatever means, they have been correctly and convincingly laid out a ...
Topic: Do Ellipse really have a radius?
JohnMorse Replies: 24 Views: 5926	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:57 am Subject: Do Ellipse really have a radius?
JohnMorse Replies: 24 Views: 5926	If you're skeptical about the conic section, hobby stores will have styrofoam cones you can cut up yourself. I've attached the instructions we send out in drawing sets where we use elliptical arche ...
Topic: Zoom in and Out
JohnMorse Replies: 4 Views: 1931	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:21 am Subject: Zoom in and Out
JohnMorse Replies: 4 Views: 1931	I tend to almost exclusively use the "Zoomer" feature which comes with WildTools. With that feature enabled, pressing Cmd+Opt grays out the screen except for the window you would zoom into with a clic ...
Topic: Edit Group
JohnMorse Replies: 4 Views: 3289	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:35 am Subject: Edit Group
JohnMorse Replies: 4 Views: 3289	I have seen this from time to time. I usually just force a redraw. If you have a hot-key for it it's pretty effortless.
Topic: Undo
JohnMorse Replies: 10 Views: 4493	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:36 am Subject: Undo
JohnMorse Replies: 10 Views: 4493	This board is an avenue for discussion. If what you need is technical support, try "support@engsw.com".
Topic: Undo
JohnMorse Replies: 10 Views: 4493	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:21 am Subject: Undo
JohnMorse Replies: 10 Views: 4493	If you're using PowerCADD 7 there's some explanation of the Undo levels on pp. 4-68 and 4-69.
Topic: Placing PDFs
JohnMorse Replies: 12 Views: 6142	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:32 am Subject: Placing PDFs
JohnMorse Replies: 12 Views: 6142	PNG is a raster format. Some extensions can be used by particular programs to add vector data to a PNG file, but the basic file format is a raster image. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/cover.ht ...
Topic: Stairway to Architecture
JohnMorse Replies: 12 Views: 6201	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:05 pm Subject: Stairway to Architecture
JohnMorse Replies: 12 Views: 6201	Goodness, I would have thought I was still too young to be a crusty old curmudgeon. A "College of Built Environments" sounds like a program in virtual reality design where the terms "architecture" ...
Topic: pan and drawing area
JohnMorse Replies: 14 Views: 6623	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:47 am Subject: pan and drawing area
JohnMorse Replies: 14 Views: 6623	gp I am TOTALLY with you on this issue. The way PCadd is tied to a paper sheet on the screen is primitive. When working near any of the margins, one often cannot pan without changing the amount of ...
Topic: Customer requests and feature creep
JohnMorse Replies: 1 Views: 2544	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:52 pm Subject: Customer requests and feature creep
JohnMorse Replies: 1 Views: 2544	"If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse." – Henry Ford This blog post from Adobe's Senior Product Manager John Nack about his company's approach to custom ...
Topic: PC7 on intel macs?
JohnMorse Replies: 6 Views: 4760	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:34 pm Subject: PC7 on intel macs?
JohnMorse Replies: 6 Views: 4760	Yes, it does.
Topic: PC8 to PC7 Speed Comparison
JohnMorse Replies: 5 Views: 4029	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:10 pm Subject: PC8 to PC7 Speed Comparison
JohnMorse Replies: 5 Views: 4029	Byron, out of curiousity, do you have a record of the PC5 & 6 benchmarks for that file?
Topic: An unexpected improvement
JohnMorse Replies: 9 Views: 6296	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:44 pm Subject: An unexpected improvement
JohnMorse Replies: 9 Views: 6296	I'm finding it easier to follow Peter's logic that a rotated rectangle is just a rectangle and that having an object's "height" go off to the side is unexpected. One's expectations regarding "width ...
Topic: open/close/fillet polygon
JohnMorse Replies: 2 Views: 2709	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:44 am Subject: open/close/fillet polygon
JohnMorse Replies: 2 Views: 2709	Mike Cleveland tells me that "We have done this along with many other user requests in PowerCADD 8 which is now shipping."