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patrickm
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KEITHRENTON
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AT LAST!!
Does anyone know when the international release will be. EngSW site just refers to USA and Canada
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ftribel
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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It seems it's not possible to put tools on the PC 8 dashboard.
There, are only the functionalities we know by heart on the keyboard for years and years (open, cut, paste, etc.) .... one of my dreams was to be able to have less palets upon the drawing... perhaps with PC 9 ??
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M-Rick
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| does the PDF file refers to all the novelties, or are they also any other things too ?
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Napoleon
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Curious..... I didn't see anything featured about improvements in reference files. Was anything done to improve this in the "8 cylinder" version?
nb
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huc
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| M-Rick wrote: | | does the PDF file refers to all the novelties or are they also any other things too ? |
Answer to first part: No
Answer to second part:Yes
Does that list help?
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pbacot
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the Info Brian, looks like some good fixes. Wait and see if they're the ones we need.
Now what about WT?
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M-Rick
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:07 am Post subject: |
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- Does it support pitures with alpha layer ?
- Will it be possible to set the orientation of the hatches ?
- Will there have a hatches manager ?
- Are there any new windows for libraries ?
- Will it be possible to set metric system as default units instead of imperial ?
- Does it now support grades for angles ?
i think a 30 days trial would be better than the actual demo version :
the actual demo version doesn't let yo usave, so there is no way to test the quality of DXF/DWG export ...
The stationnery folder should be stored in user/Library/Application Support/PowerCADD/Stationery instead of the Application folder to respect the Mac OS X logic and organisation like all the other softwares.
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huc
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| M-Rick wrote: | - Does it support pitures with alpha layer ?
- Will it be possible to set the orientation of the hatches ?
- Will there have a hatches manager ?
- Are there any new windows for libraries ?
- Will it be possible to set metric system as default units instead of imperial ?
- Does it now support grades for angles ? |
In order:
- No, Yes, in theory, and it depends. This is an old subject that I believe you raised before in PCD7 during discussions in this forum around 2006. I believe that's the essence of your question so the answer would be 'No'. Yes, PCD8 still supports opacity adjustments which is alpha channel adjustment. And yes, it will cast a shadow for bitmaps correctly which are 'not squares' and truly transparent. This demo movie was prepared and posted in Feb 2006 which shows irregular bitmap trees (i.e. not square) in which the background bits are clearly transparent (you can see the buildings thru the openings between leaves and branches). The shadows are obviously transparent as we can see the buildings behind the shadows. These objects are all on the same layer and the example does not use layer any layer opacity settings -- it's all done with the object attributes window. Ultimately it would be great if PCD9 made the entire process easier. Directly importing (opening or otherwise) a raster image with a transparent background into PCD8 (e.g. a red oval with transparent background) will yield a red oval with a solid white or black background in PCD. A combination of Convert to Bitmap and possibly Apply Bitmap Effect (depending on content) will still be required. I have yet to find an effective way to get rid of a black background from a TIF with transparency in PCD. There can still be a fringe/halo when knocking out a white background in PCD, the degree of which varies with the content of the raster image.
- yes, I missed that one in my original list but it's there now
- yes, same one as existed in PCD7
- not sure what that means. Opening a Library has always opened it in a new window (it's own window). The Symbol Libraries floating window has always allowed you to switch between multiple open libraries from the current drawing window.
- You have always been able to set metric units as a default using Stationery pad drawings (templates). This has not changed.
- not sure what supports grades for angles means.
I hope that helps. I've started adding detailed content to the PowerCADD User: PowerCADD 8 Learning Center at caddpower.com so you may want to have a peak there in the coming months.
Cheers
Brian
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M-Rick
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| huc wrote: | In order:
- No, Yes, in theory, and it depends. This is an old subject that I believe you raised before in PCD7 during discussions in this forum around 2006. I believe that's the essence of your question so the answer would be 'No'. Yes, PCD8 still supports opacity adjustments which is alpha channel adjustment. And yes, it will cast a shadow for bitmaps correctly which are 'not squares' and truly transparent. This demo movie was prepared and posted in Feb 2006 which shows irregular bitmap trees (i.e. not square) in which the background bits are clearly transparent (you can see the buildings thru the openings between leaves and branches). The shadows are obviously transparent as we can see the buildings behind the shadows. These objects are all on the same layer and the example does not use layer any layer opacity settings -- it's all done with the object attributes window. Ultimately it would be great if PCD9 made the entire process easier. Directly importing (opening or otherwise) a raster image with a transparent background into PCD8 (e.g. a red oval with transparent background) will yield a red oval with a solid white or black background in PCD. A combination of Convert to Bitmap and possibly Apply Bitmap Effect (depending on content) will still be required. I have yet to find an effective way to get rid of a black background from a TIF with transparency in PCD. There can still be a fringe/halo when knocking out a white background in PCD, the degree of which varies with the content of the raster image.
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PNG also offer a great way to mange alpha, also TGA, less used.
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- yes, same one as existed in PCD7
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I think it bould better to have the possibility to get them on a dedicated palette with the ability to delete the new created one.
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- not sure what that means. Opening a Library has always opened it in a new window (it's own window). The Symbol Libraries floating window has always allowed you to switch between multiple open libraries from the current drawing window.
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Well I mean about the Library window, not the palette.
With PowerCADD 2000, there an Add-on called ArchiXTools which a convenient way to display and manage libraries.
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- not sure what supports grades for angles means.
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The other unit to measure angles 100 Gr = 90°. It is a standard unit to measure angles and it is based on the meter and so belong to the metric system for the measurement of angles. it is decimal, it is the legal unit to measure angles on maps in numerous contries and used by a lot of measurement devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_%28angle%29
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huc
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huc
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| M-Rick wrote: | Well I mean about the Library window, not the palette.
With PowerCADD 2000, there an Add-on called ArchiXTools which a convenient way to display and manage libraries. |
Thanks for the clarification.
I used the international distributors website at engsw , and googled ArchiXtools but could not find any explanation or description of the product.
If it runs in PowerCADD 2000, then it is 8 years old. Is that the version you are currently using? If so, I wonder how it compares to the Floating Symbol Window which has some neat features. If it runs only in PowerCADD 2000 and Mac OS 9 then perhaps the developers would consider being it forward to OS X and PowerCADD 8!
I'm all for finding faster and better ways to do things! If you have a link please pass it along.
Brian
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huc
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| M-Rick wrote: | | PNG also offer a great way to mange alpha, also TGA, less used. |
True PNG is a fairly robust format -- pity that Microsoft didn't support it in their own implementation of Internet Explorer 6 -- despite the fact they created the format. TGA (Targa) hasn't' been used commonly for a long time but recall it being common in the video industry, a friend was using it for doing blue screen knock outs and such.
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M-Rick
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| huc wrote: | | M-Rick wrote: |
The other unit to measure angles 100 Gr = 90°. It is a standard unit to measure angles and it is based on the meter and so belong to the metric system for the measurement of angles. it is decimal, it is the legal unit to measure angles on maps in numerous contries and used by a lot of measurement devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_%28angle%29 |
Thanks - being Canadian I'm 'bilingual' with respect to Metric and Imperial units and am aware of gradian (grad) angle measurements 
I was confused based on the original post. Primarly because the ability to use gradian angular units has been in PowerCADD for a long (including PowerCADD 2000) time. It made me believe you might have been referring to something else, as referring to 'grades' and measuring angles could also be referring to measuring the slope of something (e.g. the slope of a road as measured in degrees or a ratio is a grade and there are WildTOOLs tools introduced with PCD7 that do just that).
Simply pick the setting shown in the dialog below should do the trick. It then displays angular dimensions in decimals as you described: 0º = 0.00 grad, 90º = 100 grad, 180º= 200 grad, etc... Using drawing setup values for metric and gradian (gradient in the dialog) angle measurements, then saving as a Stationery Pad drawing (Pre PCD8) or putting that file in the Stationer folder (PCD8) seems like what you're describing.
I believe one reason it might get missed is the label in the pop-up menu uses the incorrect technical term. It reads "gradient" and should likely read "gradian" when discussing this unit of measure. Gradient is the measure of slope (among other things) so I can see where the label may be the confusing factor.
Of course, it's also entirely possible I'm still very confused and just not getting it -- if so -- sorry 
Cheers
Brian |
Ha good, i didn't know the tip.
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M-Rick
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| huc wrote: | | M-Rick wrote: | Well I mean about the Library window, not the palette.
With PowerCADD 2000, there was an Add-on called ArchiXTools which had a convenient way to display and manage libraries. |
Thanks for the clarification.
I used the international distributors website at engsw , and googled ArchiXtools but could not find any explanation or description of the product.
If it runs in PowerCADD 2000, then it is 8 years old. Is that the version you are currently using? If so, I wonder how it compares to the Floating Symbol Window which has some neat features. If it runs only in PowerCADD 2000 and Mac OS 9 then perhaps the developers would consider being it forward to OS X and PowerCADD 8!
I'm all for finding faster and better ways to do things! If you have a link please pass it along.
Brian |
It was a French company who made it with libraries too.
No I am not using PC 2000, I use PC6
The developper didn't want to make a Carbon version to be run under OS X, and so it was a big lack since PC6 is out. This extension used to be released by the French retailer of PowerCADD of this time, which wasn't RadeSoftware yet.
I can't find a screen capture to show you ... Maybe ftribel can provide an exemple if he still has it running somewhere ...
It was something in this spirit but better organized.
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