steven-g Posted June 15, 2017 Author Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) The problem in this case is selectsimilar. With a single point drawn at 0,0 this code breaks down at 128 cycles *^C^C^Cselectsimilar;l;;move;0,0;0,0; My last macro used Selectsimilar 3 times, 128/3=42.7. Unfortunately due to the limitations of selecting anything in LT without being able to use any commands that call up a dialogue box (qselect, filter, etc), then selectsimilar is the only workable option for a macro or script in most cases. At least now I do have it working. EDIT I just received a Phone call from IT, new computer is coming tomorrow. Edited June 15, 2017 by steven-g Quote
rlx Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 I just received a Phone call from IT, new computer is coming tomorrow. With big or small autocad? i9 cpu / 1 Tb Ram? Awel , better to have a solution that maybe isn't perfect or slow than no solution at all gr.Rlx Quote
steven-g Posted June 15, 2017 Author Posted June 15, 2017 No idea, they did promise me a real workhorse the other day, but I won't know until I get my hands on the thing tomorrow. Quote
ReMark Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 No idea, they did promise me a real workhorse the other day, but I won't know until I get my hands on the thing tomorrow. What? You weren't asked for your input? Quote
steven-g Posted June 15, 2017 Author Posted June 15, 2017 What? You weren't asked for your input? Heck no, I don't know how it works over your side of the water, but here you get what your given, and be grateful for it, I have had one of the IT guy's stand next to me and watch the company computer running a program that counted down in hours, whilst the same program on my laptop took 40 seconds. The only comment was "you shouldn't be using your own computer". Quote
ReMark Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 I have full authority to spec my own computer as well as the one the structural engineer uses. It can be any manufacturer I choose and cost is typically not a concern. The company decides what computer (a Dell) everybody else will get. Quote
BIGAL Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 We get input but must be corporate purchase brand, so last we went SSD I7 and 16Gb ram with Nvidia graphics , no need for hard disk as everything goes back onto server, were pretty happy. Steven-g more ram and not the Intel on-board graphics. Quote
steven-g Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 I didn't see that coming, just got the new computer but I've also been updated from 2012LT to 2017 full Autocad, looks like I'll have to start Lisp'ing, and the new computer doesn't feel to bad either, main drive is 250GB SSD with 1TB secondary. It's certainly a lot more responsive than the old computer. Quote
ReMark Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 If I am not mistaken the Quadro M4000 has 8GB of onboard memory. Your system specs look pretty darn good to me. Quote
steven-g Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 It feels pretty darn good, really snappy, quick to start up, but for all that I have just set everything back up, ran that last macro and it failed at exactly the same spot after 128 cycles, I think I'll ask for my old computer back (not). Looks like a rewrite in Lisp - if I can just figure out where all the buttons are Quote
rlx Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) Many years ago we had RasterCad (but not anymore , pitty) , don't know if it's still around but the program wasn't to bad with vectorizing and optimizing drawings. Good luck with the migrain , sorry , I mean migration :-) gr. Rlx Edited June 19, 2017 by rlx Quote
ReMark Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 Re: macro. Well that's certainly not what I would have expected. Quote
SLW210 Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 What? You weren't asked for your input? The biggest problem ever in the CAD world. Either that or they ask for input, but ignore it. Most IT departments are clueless when it comes to these issues. Quote
SLW210 Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 It feels pretty darn good, really snappy, quick to start up, but for all that I have just set everything back up, ran that last macro and it failed at exactly the same spot after 128 cycles, I think I'll ask for my old computer back (not). Looks like a rewrite in Lisp - if I can just figure out where all the buttons are At least now you have full AutoCAD. Quote
OMEGA-ThundeR Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 The biggest problem ever in the CAD world. Either that or they ask for input, but ignore it. Most IT departments are clueless when it comes to these issues. That moment when your home pc is beter than the office pc, and the home pc is allready 3 years old... "Oh, that new guy needs a new laptop so he can work... Let's buy an i5 with integrated graphics for almost €1k"... "Oh? You need a fast system? Here is an 4gh i3 cpu with 8 gb of ram and 512gb SSD with no decent graphics adapter. You'll make easy work of those 3D renders for sure now!" "Is only has 2 cores..." "But it has 512GB of SSD storage!!" I used to 'bring my own device" and worked with i7 and SSD powered systems while coworkers worked on Q6600 systems with 4gb of ram and complaints were coming from every corner of the office for years. Money is all that matters, and once they spend a wad of cash on some ****ty system it needs to be used for 4 years before you can get a new one.. Damn q6600 systems were outdated the moment they were bought and they ran for over 4 years Quote
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