New C&G Survey 6.0 with AutoCad

[Ronald E. McCarthy LS]

I just recieved the new C&G 6.0 with AutoCad.

After installation certain commands weren't available in the Autocad
drop down menus (i.e. Dimension, Draw Ellipse, Match Properties...) so
I located them by right-clicking on the toolbar and pulling the icons
out of Customize.

Even though there are icons for these and many other commands that I
used to use everyday, the icons are inactive.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to load lisp files. Did I just
lose all the lisp files that I collected for my other program by
upgrading, or does C&G plan to release patches?

Please Help.

[Stacy Carroll]

You'll find that there are many things you can't do that you could with
Icad....

Ronald E. McCarthy LS wrote:

I just recieved the new C&G 6.0 with AutoCad.

After installation certain commands weren't available in the Autocad
drop down menus (i.e. Dimension, Draw Ellipse, Match Properties...)
so I located them by right-clicking on the toolbar and pulling the
icons out of Customize.

Even though there are icons for these and many other commands that I
used to use everyday, the icons are inactive.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to load lisp files. Did I just
lose all the lisp files that I collected for my other program by
upgrading, or does C&G plan to release patches?

Please Help.

[HogPilot]

Stacy,

I too just switched from Intellicad to the C&G Survey 6.0 product. While I
have not had much experience with ACAD type products (being a reformed CG
for DOS user), I was getting along reasonably well enough for drawing
boundary and topo drawings.

Some questions.....
Where is the settings menu? I would like to have some control over the size
of arrowheads on leaders (when using the DIM/LEADER command).

And is there any way to control the SHAPE of the arrow on a C&G leader? Sure
are ugly when first drawn.

Crap, I can't even figure out how to list the available ACAD commands, and
there is no online help (I just get a message that I am missing a file on
the computer).

Thanks for any insight.
Chuck Sharp
Ashtabula, OH

[Stacy Carroll]

Chuck,

I haven't answered those questions yet either. I was told that online
help is not available yet?!?! That's kinda weird. I haven't started
using it full time yet.... probably won't for a while. Maybe they'll
have some issues worked out soon. I hope you have better luck getting
calls and emails returned than I have had lately. I did find some really
neat linetypes that work in the new CG. Email me if you want to try them.

Stacy

HogPilot wrote:

Stacy,

I too just switched from Intellicad to the C&G Survey 6.0 product. While I
have not had much experience with ACAD type products (being a reformed CG
for DOS user), I was getting along reasonably well enough for drawing
boundary and topo drawings.

Some questions.....
Where is the settings menu? I would like to have some control over the size
of arrowheads on leaders (when using the DIM/LEADER command).

And is there any way to control the SHAPE of the arrow on a C&G leader? Sure
are ugly when first drawn.

Crap, I can't even figure out how to list the available ACAD commands, and
there is no online help (I just get a message that I am missing a file on
the computer).

Thanks for any insight.
Chuck Sharp
Ashtabula, OH

[Tom McDermott]

I'm a little late with this, but I noticed the same thing...why would all
the regular AutoCAD commands be taken away? I have to type "DDEDIT" to edit
text where I used to write "ED"...and the "CH" (change properties command)
doesn't work as well, which is really frustrating. Anyway, I'll read on and
see what's up.

Tom


"Ronald E. McCarthy LS" <rmccarthy@megahits.com> wrote in message
news:3EB69774.3000306@megahits.com...

I just recieved the new C&G 6.0 with AutoCad.

After installation certain commands weren't available in the Autocad
drop down menus (i.e. Dimension, Draw Ellipse, Match Properties...) so
I located them by right-clicking on the toolbar and pulling the icons
out of Customize.

Even though there are icons for these and many other commands that I
used to use everyday, the icons are inactive.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to load lisp files. Did I just
lose all the lisp files that I collected for my other program by
upgrading, or does C&G plan to release patches?

Please Help.

[R.K. McSwain]

"Ronald E. McCarthy LS" <rmccarthy@megahits.com> wrote

After installation certain commands weren't available in the Autocad
drop down menus (i.e. Dimension, Draw Ellipse, Match Properties...) so
I located them by right-clicking on the toolbar and pulling the icons
out of Customize.

Even though there are icons for these and many other commands that I
used to use everyday, the icons are inactive.

That is by design. Not every command is available in AutoCAD OEM.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to load lisp files. Did I just
lose all the lisp files that I collected for my other program by
upgrading, or does C&G plan to release patches?

Lisp files will definitly not work This is AutoCAD OEM, which supports ZERO customization.