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Re: Parallel lines?

alienrelics — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:47 GMT

Thanks! That works great. Fortunately, I have found out that I am supposed to use a schematic capture/PCB program. Much easier than using AutoCAD for this.

Re: Parallel lines?

starryskyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:54:37 GMT

Early AutoCAD drawing functions had "TRACE" which laid down any width line from straight centerline endpoint to centerline endpoint, and could make corners.

Re: 3d tube problems

pat — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:57:03 GMT

Hi, First draw your ellipse or 1/2 ellipse at 90 degrees to your tube path. Next draw a line starting at some point on the ellipse along the desired path of

Re: Parallel lines?

Travis Boone — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:39:49 GMT

"mline" will do it ... From: Gregg Fogelman Subject: Re: [AutoCad Users] Re: Parallel lines? To: autocadusers@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday,

Re: Parallel lines?

Jim Walls — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:05:37 GMT

... I was wondering if that was the case. Yes, making use of a tool a bit outside it's intended use does force one to push the software. Can be frustrating,

Re: Parallel lines?

Gregg Fogelman — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:32:03 GMT

I have never used it, but 2006LT has "mline" that looks like it would do what you want. Thank You, Gregg Fogelman Cherokee Village, AR (v) (870)257-2175 (f)

Re: Parallel lines?

alienrelics — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:19:24 GMT

... I am required to use AutoCAD, I think the idea is not to learn to make PCBs with AutoCAD but instead to show mastery of AutoCAD. And to demonstrate that I

Re: Parallel lines?

alienrelics — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:27:14 GMT

I'd rather draw a centerline. Much easier to layout the patterns. Steve Greenfield

Re: Parallel lines?

Chester Cannon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:54:14 GMT

can you draw one side of the circuit as a polyline and offset it by 0.02? ... From: alienrelics Subject: [AutoCad Users] Re: Parallel

Re: Parallel lines?

Jim Walls — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:49:23 GMT

... I've got to ask if you are required to use AutoCAD for your printed circuit boards, or are you choosing to do so? I use AutoCAD and I design PC boards now

Re: Parallel lines?

alienrelics — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:20:27 GMT

Hmm... not really. Dline sounds promising, but it is a LISP routine that must be installed, which I cannot do on the school computers. I found Mline, but it

Re: Parallel lines?

Chester Cannon — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:34:14 GMT

does this help? http://www.cadtutor.net/corner/2003/august.php ... From: Steve Greenfield Subject: [AutoCad Users] Parallel lines?

Parallel lines?

Steve Greenfield — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:21:45 GMT

Is there a way in AutoCAD 2010 to draw a line and have it draw two lines equidistant from the center? I'm laying out PCBs in AutoCAD 2010 for a school

Re: What is the minmum spec of a computer to run AutoCad 2010.

Ray — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:52:45 GMT

You can find specs for AutoCAD 2010 in the FAQ for 21010 on the Autodesk.com site at http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autocad_2010qa_final.pdf Ray

Re: What is the minmum spec of a computer to run AutoCad 2010.

specmaster — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:37:47 GMT

Thanks for the these links, but I should have said that I run AutoCad 2006 already reasonably well on the current computer but as I mainly mark up and modify