Wish list item

[Mike North, P.L.S.]

One of the beauties of the old CG DOS was that when you chose a layer, EVERY
aspect was defined. In addition to linetype, etc., your default pen style
was set, you could have different line stop settings for each layer, etc..
With one step I selected the layer, and that in turn defined lineweight,
linetype, font, and text size.

Why is it so hard for the autocad guys to add a text definition function to
the layer manager table? I despise having to select a layer and a pen style
seperately - it's wasted time. Am I missing something?

John/Barry/R.K./Someone - ask ACAD to add that perfectly sensible feature.

--
Mike North, P.L.S.
TN #2370 AL #26008

True Line Company, Land Surveyors
3328 Oak Burr Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37419

www.truelinesurvey.com

[R.K. McSwain]

Mike North, P.L.S. wrote:

One of the beauties of the old CG DOS was that when you chose a layer, EVERY
aspect was defined. In addition to linetype, etc., your default pen style
was set, you could have different line stop settings for each layer, etc..
With one step I selected the layer, and that in turn defined lineweight,
linetype, font, and text size.

Why is it so hard for the autocad guys to add a text definition function to
the layer manager table? I despise having to select a layer and a pen style
seperately - it's wasted time. Am I missing something?

John/Barry/R.K./Someone - ask ACAD to add that perfectly sensible feature.

"..select a layer and pen style separately.."

I guess I don't follow you on this. We use *one* CTB file for all
plotting. In this .CTB file, each screen color (1,2,3,4,etc) is assigned
a lineweight, line stop, etc.

We know that red = 0.01", green = 0.014", cyan = 0.02", etc.

Our template drawing contains all layers predefined with the correct
color to match our .CTB file.

So there is no "selecting of a pen style", since there is only one .CTB
file for all plots, and it's already set current as part of the named
page setup, in the template drawing.

[John VanMeter]

Randy,
The old CG DOS software also allowed fontstyles to be defined by layer.
I think that is what Mike is looking for in particular.

--
John

John W. VanMeter
Carlson Software
800-367-1157
"R.K. McSwain" <rkmcswain@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Mike North, P.L.S. wrote:
One of the beauties of the old CG DOS was that when you chose a layer,
EVERY aspect was defined. In addition to linetype, etc., your default pen
style was set, you could have different line stop settings for each
layer, etc.. With one step I selected the layer, and that in turn defined
lineweight, linetype, font, and text size.

Why is it so hard for the autocad guys to add a text definition function
to the layer manager table? I despise having to select a layer and a pen
style seperately - it's wasted time. Am I missing something?

John/Barry/R.K./Someone - ask ACAD to add that perfectly sensible
feature.



"..select a layer and pen style separately.."

I guess I don't follow you on this. We use *one* CTB file for all
plotting. In this .CTB file, each screen color (1,2,3,4,etc) is assigned a
lineweight, line stop, etc.

We know that red = 0.01", green = 0.014", cyan = 0.02", etc.

Our template drawing contains all layers predefined with the correct color
to match our .CTB file.

So there is no "selecting of a pen style", since there is only one .CTB
file for all plots, and it's already set current as part of the named page
setup, in the template drawing.

[R.K. McSwain]

On 3/21/2005 7:54 AM John VanMeter wrote:

Randy,
The old CG DOS software also allowed fontstyles to be defined by layer.
I think that is what Mike is looking for in particular.

Strange...

Oh well, I don't see that becoming a feature of AutoCAD. Maybe you guys
can add this capability though...

[Mike North, P.L.S.]

What's strange about it? CG Dos did it, and you could set up a layer for
each kind of labelling you wanted. That way when you selected your layer,
you already had color, linetype, and font style ready to go.

Why would selecting a fontstyle by layer be any more strange than selecting
a linetype by layer? It's just saving another step.

Mike North, P.L.S.
TN #2370 AL #26008

True Line Company, Land Surveyors
3328 Oak Burr Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37419

www.truelinesurvey.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "R.K. McSwain" <not@autodesk.com>
Newsgroups: carlson.c_g
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Wish list item


On 3/21/2005 7:54 AM John VanMeter wrote:

Randy,
The old CG DOS software also allowed fontstyles to be defined by
layer.
I think that is what Mike is looking for in particular.

Strange...

Oh well, I don't see that becoming a feature of AutoCAD. Maybe you guys
can add this capability though...


--
Mike North, P.L.S.
TN #2370 AL #26008

True Line Company, Land Surveyors
3328 Oak Burr Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37419

www.truelinesurvey.com

"R.K. McSwain" <not@autodesk.com> wrote in message
news:d1mjvu$t8i$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

On 3/21/2005 7:54 AM John VanMeter wrote:

Randy,
The old CG DOS software also allowed fontstyles to be defined by
layer. I think that is what Mike is looking for in particular.


Strange...

Oh well, I don't see that becoming a feature of AutoCAD. Maybe you guys
can add this capability though...

[R.K. McSwain]

Mike North, P.L.S. wrote:

What's strange about it?

Because that feature/capability is not built into core AutoCAD. To an
AutoCAD user, this is not expected behavior.

Why would selecting a fontstyle by layer be any more strange than selecting
a linetype by layer? It's just saving another step.

See above.

I'm not knocking the need for the feature, but there virtually zero
chance this will ever be added to core AutoCAD.

As I mentioned in my last post, it shouldn't be a problem for the C&G
guys to add this feature to the C&G product though.

[Mike North, P.L.S.]

OK CG GUYS, YOU HEARD HIM....GET TO WORK.



--
Mike North, P.L.S.
TN #2370 AL #26008

True Line Company, Land Surveyors
3328 Oak Burr Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37419

www.truelinesurvey.com

"R.K. McSwain" <rkmcswain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:d2rti5$fpv$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Mike North, P.L.S. wrote:
What's strange about it?

Because that feature/capability is not built into core AutoCAD. To an
AutoCAD user, this is not expected behavior.

Why would selecting a fontstyle by layer be any more strange than selecting
a linetype by layer? It's just saving another step.

See above.

I'm not knocking the need for the feature, but there virtually zero
chance this will ever be added to core AutoCAD.

As I mentioned in my last post, it shouldn't be a problem for the C&G
guys to add this feature to the C&G product though.

[Jonathan C. Lang]

AutoCAD 2004 has jpgout and tifout commands. That would be handy for
sending uneditable documents to end users (aka a set of digital plans
the contractor can't muck up).

- Jon

Jonathan C Lang, RPLS
Lang & Associates, inc.
Professional Land Surveyors
11500 Daryl Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99515-3049
(907) 522-6476
jclangls@alaska.net

[John VanMeter]

Jon,
I'm not sure if I can get this one for you, but I'll put it on the wish
list. I'm putting Mike's request there as well.

--
John

John W. VanMeter
Carlson Software
800-367-1157
"Jonathan C. Lang" <jclangls@alaska.net> wrote in message
news:d3k1mk$7vl$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

AutoCAD 2004 has jpgout and tifout commands. That would be handy for
sending uneditable documents to end users (aka a set of digital plans the
contractor can't muck up).

- Jon

Jonathan C Lang, RPLS
Lang & Associates, inc.
Professional Land Surveyors
11500 Daryl Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99515-3049
(907) 522-6476
jclangls@alaska.net

[Matt Jennings]

Here is another wish for the wish list for C & G Survey: the ability to
import .xml files. Running a recon with TDS for a data collector lets me do
autolinework in XML but then have to redraw it in C & G. How about adding
it to the file menu as an import option.

[John VanMeter]

I'll pass it along...

--
John

John W. VanMeter
Carlson Software
800-367-1157
"Matt Jennings" <mjenni27@msn.com> wrote in message
news:d66bdd$2d7$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Here is another wish for the wish list for C & G Survey: the ability to
import .xml files. Running a recon with TDS for a data collector lets me
do
autolinework in XML but then have to redraw it in C & G. How about adding
it to the file menu as an import option.