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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: Right Click Menu

seasdes — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:06:22 GMT

Author: seasdes
Subject: Right Click Menu
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:06 am (GMT 0)

I am trying to add additional items to the menu that pops up when I right click. Is this possible? Are there any instructions how to do this?
Seasdes

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Progecad Printing Issues

Jon72 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:25:45 GMT

Author: Jon72
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:25 pm (GMT 0)

I ran the restore command (this was what you had referenced in the post from last year, but I didn't know where to find it).

That has fixed the problem

Thanks

Jon

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Progecad Printing Issues

caddit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:32:57 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: network printer network plotter progeCAD 2009 IntelliCAD
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:32 pm (GMT 0)

Hi Jon72,

Are you able to print to the PDF printer? Do you have only the two 2009 software printers installed when you reboot or any others?

Interesting here is you did say "printing from Progecad 09 where it seems to work fine when logged into my office network". I could be a simple permissions issue, but I doubt it when you can print test pages and view the printer properties.

BTW you didn't say yet what kind of network it is(domain or workgroup), if DHCP is enabled, how hostnames are resolved, or how the printer is connected (shared from PC or free-standing). If there isn't a way of managing IP addresses on that network, the information your laptop has about the printers location could be wrong/outdated..

Are you using any custom print styles ("Advanced" tab, far right in the "Printing" dialogue box)?

Are you using a special profile in progeCAD? (Options -> Profiles)?

Are you able to "Restore Toolbar and Menu" (START menu: All Programs->progeCAD 2010 Professional ENG->Utility) and see if that helps?
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Progecad Printing Issues

Jon72 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:38 GMT

Author: Jon72
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:20 pm (GMT 0)

Right, I have checked everything on your list.

1) Same sub-net
2) Can access the printer manually
3) Can change settings from the control panel
4) No jobs in the queue at the times I am trying to print
5) Test page prints OK from properties page
6) Won't print from a brand new drawing
7) Reinstallation of the printer makes no difference.

I also tried rolling back the printer install to a time when we know it was working.

Additionally, I have tried uninstalling all physical printers, leaving only software based devices (pdf writers etc), setting the default printer to the Progecad PDF writer, then rebooting and running without the network. Same result.

My only other option at this stage seems to be re-installation of Progecad?

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Progecad Printing Issues

caddit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:14:17 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: network printing network plotting progeCAD 2009 IntelliCAD
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:14 pm (GMT 0)

Hi Jon72,

Quote:

I can only get the printing to start working by opening a drawing that I have previously printed on my office printer.

This just indicates that you have a problem to collect some kind of configuration/information setting from the printer in question, but that printing is actually possible once progeCAD finds that information. Since progeCAD (and AutoCAD) stores information about the last printer used in the actual DWG file, progeCAD can use the information from the .dwg file instead.

It would be impossible to say for sure what is wrong here without being there to see what is going on. Some things you could check:

Once "on site" make sure that the IP address of your laptop and the IP address of the printer are still on the same subnet. (from DOS box: ipconfig /all )
Make sure you can resolve the printers location manually by entering the network path into Explorer (\\printer-name)
Make sure you have access to view/change printer settings from your control panel of this laptop
Have a look at the print queue and make sure there isn't any "stuck" jobs hanging
Try printing a test page from the properties
Try printing from a brand new drawing (in case the one you are trying to print has corrupt printer data
Failing all else, re-install the printer from scratch on your laptop (delete the printer in control panel, re-install the remote printer and reboot)

This seems possibly less a progeCAD problem and more a general Windows and/or network issue, but you never know...

BTW you didn't say yet what kind of network it is(domain or workgroup), if DHCP is enabled, how hostnames are resolved, or how the printer is connected (shared from PC or free-standing). If there isn't a way of managing IP addresses on that network, the information your laptop has about the printers location could be wrong/outdated..
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Progecad Printing Issues

Jon72 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:45:57 GMT

Author: Jon72
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:45 pm (GMT 0)

Physically moving between locations and connecting via ethernet. We did have it working for a while, but the past two times I have been on site, I have had this issue.

I have all printers installed locally.

The thing that concerns me is if that I log off the network and change the default printer to something like the Progecad PDF printer, I still get the same thing happening. I am not able to access the printer setup or print preview either.

When I log back onto my office network, I can only get the printing to start working by opening a drawing that I have previously printed on my office printer.

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Progecad Printing Issues

caddit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:29:51 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: shared printer printing in progeCAD from multiple networks
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:29 pm (GMT 0)

Hi Jon72,

Are you physically moving between these networks or connecting to one/the other through VPN? Moving between networks is really tricky business with any application, and usually requires a skilled and experienced administrator to diagnose each individual situation correctly:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/learnmore/russel_02march04.mspx

We would need to know a bit more about the actual network printer configurations with the printers / plotters involved. At the end of the day, the behaviour you describe usually results when progeCAD 2009 fails to completely communicate setting information with the printer(s) involved.

Some background: Windows networks use a protocol stack called "SMB" to share resource information like drives and printers on a network. SMB depends on host resolution ("computer host name" = Actual.network.IP.address). There are several ways to achieve this host name/resource resolution, but the main ways are either using static IP & host files or using a windows domain server with DHCP & DNS lookup. Problems usually occur when moving between "ad-hock" networks which lack any of these formal mechanisms of name resolution, or that resource addresses conflict or are not properly configured on the laptop in question, etc.

Check your control panel. Do you actually have printers from BOTH networks locally installed on your PC (with drivers)? Do both networks have actual domain/DHCP/DNS servers? Are all of these printers shared off someones PCs (bad) or free-standing network printers with their own Ethernet cards (good)?
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: Progecad Printing Issues

Jon72 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:56:32 GMT

Author: Jon72
Subject: Progecad Printing Issues
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:56 pm (GMT 0)

I am having an issue with printing from Progecad 09 where it seems to work fine when logged into my office network, but when logged into my client's network, the print command simply fails to do anything...after a few seconds the command line scrolls through to accept the next command.

I searched the forum and found some information about resetting the configuration, but couldn't find the commands referred to.

Regards

Jon

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: 2010 - Slow Saving

caddit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:55:08 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: slow save in progecad 2010, spoolsv and MS image writer
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:55 am (GMT 0)

Please also view the points mentioned in the previous discussion for 2009 version:

http://www.caddit.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=426#426

In the past, some printer configurations caused Windows "spoolsv" service to slow progeCAD file saving. Set both progeCAD PDF Printer 2010 (and JPG 2010) to "Print directly to printer" (printer properties box) and see if this also helps.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Scaling viewports in paperspace

caddit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:46:20 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: Paperspace Crash when changing viewport scale
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:46 am (GMT 0)

Hi FLOEHRIE,

Please email this drawing to the address we posted in our previous message. We will have a look. As I said, we have not been able to reproduce the issue you are having, so it would be good to see the file.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Scaling viewports in paperspace

FLOEHRIE — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:26:08 GMT

Author: FLOEHRIE
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:26 am (GMT 0)

Hello caddit
Thanks again. here are the results:

Adeko Raster loaded.
Command : _-vbaload
Command : _menuload
Menu name, or . for none: C:\Program Files\Print3D Corporation\Print3D for progeCAD\Print3D.mnu
Print3D for progeCAD loaded...
Loading sds_imagelt.dll
Loading Converter... done.
EcwManager loaded.
Layer management loaded.
Loading QDIM application.
Command :
Command : _OPEN
Adeko Raster loaded.
Command : _menuload
Menu name, or . for none: C:\Program Files\Print3D Corporation\Print3D for progeCAD\Print3D.mnu
Print3D for progeCAD loaded...
Loading sds_imagelt.dll
EcwManager loaded.
Layer management loaded.
Command : _-vbaload
Command : '_ZOOM
Zoom: In/oUt/All/Center/Extents/Left/Previous/Right/Window/Object/Dynamic/<Scale (nX/nXP)>: _E
Command : '_PMTHIST
Command : audit
Fix any errors detected? [Yes/No] <N>: y
AcDbHatch(57A0), Associative flag is true but associative objects are missing, Validation: <Invalid>, Replaced by: <Set to False>.
AcDbHatch(57A7), Associative flag is true but associative objects are missing, Validation: <Invalid>, Replaced by: <Set to False>.
AcDbHatch(57AB), Associative flag is true but associative objects are missing, Validation: <Invalid>, Replaced by: <Set to False>.
6346 objects audited C:\Users\Birgit\Architecture\Drawings\Rhodes\3 Rhodes DA.dwg Fri Mar 05 09:33:49 2010
Total errors found during audit 3, fixed 3

Regards

Birgit

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: snap to parallel

10augustus — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:19:37 GMT

Author: 10augustus
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:19 am (GMT 0)

Great !
It works , quite simple if you know , but hard to find out yourself !

Thanks A lot !!!

Danny

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: snap to parallel

caddit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:39:40 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: paralell esnap osnap using progeCAD etrack (otrack)
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:39 am (GMT 0)

Welcome 10augustus,

progeCAD eSNAP to parallel works very similar to AutoCAD oSNAP parallel, with a few differences:

"For now" it only works when most other "linear" eSNAP options (endpoint, center, etc) are turned OFF (eSNAP -> settings)
"For now" you need Polar tracking OFF but eTrack ON (in status bar - see circled in red, image below) for parallel eSNAP to work
You need to wait for the small eTRACK marker "+" to appear on the entity you want to draw parallel to (see along left line in picture below). This means hover on the entity for 2 seconds (default setting). We may be able to adjust ETRACKDELAY in the future.
At that moment a phantom line will appear from the point which you started your LINE command, along which you can draw parallel.

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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Scaling viewports in paperspace

caddit — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:51:13 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: AutoCAD audit and purge commands in progeCAD
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:51 pm (GMT 0)

Hi FLOEHRIE,

AUDIT and PURGE are DWG file housekeeping commands for cleaning up mistakes in progeCAD memory, with object parameters that sometimes creep into AutoCAD/progeCAD drawing files. The information about AUDIT and PURGE are in the progeCAD online help and PDF manual, you can also read about them here:

AUDIT:
http://help.caddit.net/progecad.php?kb=ICR_3-C11a

PURGE:
http://help.caddit.net/progecad.php?kb=ICR_M-P278

Please press F2 (for prompt history window), run "AUDIT", select copy and paste the results to this discussion please.

Meanwhile, please go ahead and send you problem drawing to:

I should mention that we just finished a class here where some students worked a great deal with viewport scales, I didn't notice any significant problems.

Thanks.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Scaling viewports in paperspace

FLOEHRIE — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:48:54 GMT

Author: FLOEHRIE
Subject: Re: Paperspace Crash when changing viewport scale
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:48 pm (GMT 0)

caddit wrote:

Hi FLOEHRIE,

Can I ask if you are using progeCAD 2009 or progeCAD 2010 now? On which Operating System (which version of windows)?

The drawing itself might be corrupt, see what happens when you run the "audit" and "purge" commands

We might need to see a copy of this drawing to reproduce your problem.

Thank you , for answering so quickly.

I tried it with 2009 and with 2010. 2010 seems to be even worse. But I must admit I haven't had time to look into 2010 properly, so I keep working with 2009 at the moment.
I use Windows Vista.

I mangaged scale 1:100 if I was lucky. I tried this with different files. no success at all if I try different scales.
I'm not so sure what 'audit' and 'purge' does.
I need to update my skills a bit, sorry.
Anything you can do with this information? Or do you need my file?

Regards Birgit

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: Scaling viewports in paperspace

caddit — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:15:01 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: Paperspace Crash when changing viewport scale
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:15 pm (GMT 0)

Hi FLOEHRIE,

Can I ask if you are using progeCAD 2009 or progeCAD 2010 now? On which Operating System (which version of windows)?

The drawing itself might be corrupt, see what happens when you run the "audit" and "purge" commands

We might need to see a copy of this drawing to reproduce your problem.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: Scaling viewports in paperspace

FLOEHRIE — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:39:00 GMT

Author: FLOEHRIE
Subject: Scaling viewports in paperspace
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:39 am (GMT 0)

Hello and Help!!!!

I'm working since January with ProgeCad and I have problems in paperspace. Whenever I want to scale my viewports the program crashes.

I think I'm doing the right thing by doing the following :
modify, click on the viewport, and for the scale of 1:250 I type in 0.004, confirm and either the drawing is gone or the whole thing crashes.

What do I do wrong?

Please help

FLOEHRIE

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: snap to parallel

10augustus — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:09:32 GMT

Author: 10augustus
Subject: snap to parallel
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:09 am (GMT 0)

Hi,

I'm more or less novice, so sorry if this question is not relevant, but can anyone tell me how the "snap to parallel" works ?
Tried out al help pdf's etc , google .. name I searched it, but no word about "parallel snap" . nowhere.

Can anyone help me please ?

Thanks,
Danny

CAD and CAD/CAM Software :: T-Flex extruding existing 3D parts

Scottintexas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:24:43 GMT

Author: Scottintexas
Subject: T-Flex extruding existing 3D parts
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:24 am (GMT 0)

I used the library to add structural angles to my project. I am attaching the angle to a 3D Node in the center of a tube of steel. I need to extrude the 3D part to the walls of the tube ( +Y and -Y ). The tube is a 24" diameter pipe, 1/4" thickness.

I have the student edition which I am using to design a BBQ on a trailer.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: After Update Progecad 9 >> 10 Problem with Printerdriv

caddit — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:24:26 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: Install progeCAD 2010 on system with progeCAD 2009
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:24 pm (GMT 0)

We will make a note of this. Otherwise it should be fine to install progeCAD 2010 on a system currently running progeCAD 2009. It should not required to completely uninstall progeCAD 2009 - just to uninstall the old (non-2010) PDF printers.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: Crash tool for progeCAD

caddit — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:26:34 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: Crash tool for progeCAD
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:26 pm (GMT 0)

Hello,

progeCAD is a very complex instrument that has the large task to edit native files from another CAD system like AutoCAD. If progeCAD ever crashes, we have a new tool for diagnosing any crash occurrences someone might have whilst working with progeCAD. You can request it by email:

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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: 2010 - Slow Saving

caddit — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:13:38 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: Slow save DWG file progeCAD 2010 with proxy objects
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:13 pm (GMT 0)

Hello seasdes,

Our lab has your file. Here are our test results:

Opening and re-saving the file without any conversion of Autodesk add-on / proxy objects takes 2 seconds on Windows XP SP2/3.

Opening and re-saving the file with block or text conversion of Autodesk add-on / proxy objects takes about the same time.

Running audit returns numerous errors which we would expect to result from invalid reactor IDs of foreign proxy objects. But in no case do we come to a situation requiring more than 2-3 seconds to save the file.

Do you experience slow save times with files not containing proxy objects which we can test, as well?

Possibly we made need to look elsewhere, perhaps with the network printers. The DWG file specification requires printer information be stored with the drawing at each file save. This means scanning the printer(s) configuration for paper size etc at each file save. NOTE: When we did our SAMBA testing for network printers, we found that shared printer settings made some difference in save time.

Very carefully watch the progress bar (bottom left, in status bar of progeCAD 2010) - Does the status bar pause for several seconds (8-10) then start to "move" (saving) or does it only pause briefly (1 sec.) then just "move" very slowly to take 15 seconds?

Look forward to your answers.
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: 2010 - Slow Saving

caddit — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:23:02 GMT

Author: caddit
Subject: slow save progeCAD 2010 IntelliCAD software
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:23 pm (GMT 0)

hello seasdes,

Can we have a look at the proxy object (does it come from ADT)? Can you send the drawing to:

15 secs is definitely unusual. Just of curiosity, can you see if anything improves when you completely turn off Norton?
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progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: 2010 - Slow Saving

seasdes — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:49:50 GMT

Author: seasdes
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:49 pm (GMT 0)

PS Drawing has proxy objects which were not converted.
Seasdes

progeCAD and AutoCAD Forum :: RE: 2010 - Slow Saving

seasdes — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:24:23 GMT

Author: seasdes
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:24 pm (GMT 0)

Caddit
+ In response to your questions.
+ Slow save time takes 15-20 secs
+ File size - Approx 600 kb
+ Operating system XP Pro SP3 & all latest updates
+ No external Xrefs or blocks. No network use.
+ Network printers. Shared printers Canon Laser LPB3500, HP Officejet K8600
+ Antivirus software - Norton internet security 2010
+ Look forward to the next version. However I have to get this version to work.
Seasdes