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Started by Matthew Taylor
Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:15
Group command - LT vs AutoCAD
Author: Matthew Taylor
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:15
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:15
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In AutoCAD, the Group command has always seemed like a comand that could potentialy be very useful, but is let down by an awkward user interface IMHO. Anyway, some time ago (about 2000) a friend who used LT pointed out to me that the user interface for the group command was completely different in LT - in many ways it was the kind of way that I had always wanted the group command to work in AutoCAD. At the time I queried this, & people were of the opinion that modifications might be tested or introduced in LT, but then would generaly be added to the next version of AutoCAD. I forgot about this for a while, but was reminded again last week when sitting next to someone using LT. The command still works the same in the latest LT as it always has done in LT & it is simple to create & manipulate unnamed groups. In AutoCAD 2004 though it is still the awkward interface that it always has had in the full version of AutoCAD. Why? I thought that the point of LT was that it was AutoCAD with some of the features removed - but in this instance, it is instead a feature that just works differently between the programs. Is there any easy way to get it to work in 2004 like it does in LT? -- Matthew Taylor www.mtaylor.co.uk
Re: Group command - LT vs AutoCAD
Author: Sean-Michael Adams
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:07
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:07
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Hi Matthew, I completey agree that this makes no sense. I personally have a very similar issue with the LT version of PURGE which completely, absolutely outperforms the autocad purge command. The LT version let you do nested (or not) purge, has a great graphical interface and is ultra easy to use. The autocad version is not as nice, in my mind. This might have changed in current versions, but the awesome purge dialogue for LT was implemented in 1998 as I recall an I have not yet seen it in AutoCAD. I think that anyone who had used the LT graphical purge would probably agree that it works better (and no, I'm not an anti-command line advocate, but the graphical version in LT works so much better). This makes no sense to me either - your Groups observation is along the same line. Regards, SMA
Re: Group command - LT vs AutoCAD
Author: Matthew Taylor
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:17
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:17
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Sean-Michael Adams wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > I completey agree that this makes no sense. I personally have a very > similar issue with the LT version of PURGE which completely, > absolutely outperforms the autocad purge command. The LT version let > you do nested (or not) purge, has a great graphical interface and is > ultra easy to use. The autocad version is not as nice, in my mind. > This might have changed in current versions, but the awesome purge > dialogue for LT was implemented in 1998 as I recall an I have not yet > seen it in AutoCAD. > > I think that anyone who had used the LT graphical purge would probably > agree that it works better (and no, I'm not an anti-command line > advocate, but the graphical version in LT works so much better). > A graphical purge was added in 2000i - I have never seen the one in LT though, so couldn't comment if it is the same one or not. I'd have imagined though as there is so much shared code between the programs, moving it across once it is in LT ought to be very simple - it is almost as though they forgot. -- Matthew Taylor www.mtaylor.co.uk
Re: Group command - LT vs AutoCAD
Author: Sean-Michael Adams
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:53
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:53
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Matthew Taylor <matthew.DONOTSPAM@NOSPAM.mtaylor.co.uk> wrote in message news:<dPmdncZKm-kRNaLdRVn-jA@brightview.com>... > Sean-Michael Adams wrote: > > Hi Matthew, > > > > I completey agree that this makes no sense. I personally have a very > > similar issue with the LT version of PURGE which completely, > > absolutely outperforms the autocad purge command. The LT version let > > you do nested (or not) purge, has a great graphical interface and is > > ultra easy to use. The autocad version is not as nice, in my mind. > > This might have changed in current versions, but the awesome purge > > dialogue for LT was implemented in 1998 as I recall an I have not yet > > seen it in AutoCAD. > > > > I think that anyone who had used the LT graphical purge would probably > > agree that it works better (and no, I'm not an anti-command line > > advocate, but the graphical version in LT works so much better). > > > > A graphical purge was added in 2000i - I have never seen the one in LT > though, so couldn't comment if it is the same one or not. > > I'd have imagined though as there is so much shared code between the > programs, moving it across once it is in LT ought to be very simple - it > is almost as though they forgot. Great. At least this one made it. My work version is autocad 2000, which we have not bothered to upgrade yet due to finances and it's mostly for legacy data. I do recall waiting for a couple years and being baffled as to why the graphical purge had not been integrated. Thanks for the information, SMA
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