tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post937195352195522936..comments2024-03-08T01:19:00.770-05:00Comments on CAD-a-Blog: Drafting/CAD Tools - What do you use to help?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-67564672407429970752008-11-12T08:22:00.000-05:002008-11-12T08:22:00.000-05:00Thanks Cristina, I'm glad you like CAD-a-Blog. Ha...Thanks Cristina, I'm glad you like CAD-a-Blog. Have you signed up for the RSS feed or for the E-Mail alerts? You can do that at the top right of the blog. There is a place to sign up for either one, or both if you'd like. Or, feel free to e-mail me if you ever have any questions. Thanks again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-25084284235239898332008-10-28T15:45:00.000-04:002008-10-28T15:45:00.000-04:00There was a period of time where I never had to bu...There was a period of time where I never had to buy 3 1/2" floppies, thanks to AOL. When they went to CD's a friend adapted a skeet launcher to use on them. Didn't work though - not heavy enough.<BR/><BR/>Back to the topic at hand, we keep a Rapidograph pen, triangles and scales on hand to fix those last minute "oops'es" on plotted sheets. The new "tape style" white out applicators are great too.IgorTheCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330322277192124934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-25998840030147115692008-10-27T09:14:00.000-04:002008-10-27T09:14:00.000-04:00I hate Ball Mice! Never used the electric eraser ...I hate Ball Mice! Never used the electric eraser to clean them tough, should have! Where were you 15 years ago? Remember when AOL would mass mail their software on 3.25" floppy, and you would get one every other week? promising thousands of minutes/hours online for free?? I remember when the only plan for the internet was per hour!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-27781178374427767382008-10-26T10:57:00.000-04:002008-10-26T10:57:00.000-04:00I learned on r10 in 1990. 386-8m ram-500m hd.I di...I learned on r10 in 1990. 386-8m ram-500m hd.<BR/><BR/>I did board drafting too. By about '99-'00 my most useful tool became the electric eraser. It was the best way to clean the rollers on a mouse. Thank goodness for optical mouses. Electric erasers are getting hard to find.<BR/><BR/>I do not miss pen plotters when I think of all the productivity lost watching the damn things.IgorTheCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330322277192124934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-60365223306149619252008-10-24T11:20:00.000-04:002008-10-24T11:20:00.000-04:00you might be right on that hard drive, but we were...you might be right on that hard drive, but we were a little behind on the release. we weren't on ten long after we got that work station, and I might have the info wrong. Maybe that 2 gig hard drive was on our first pentium.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-61193272158415995262008-10-24T11:14:00.000-04:002008-10-24T11:14:00.000-04:00Hey I also started on R10, back in 1991. A 2 GB h...Hey I also started on R10, back in 1991. A 2 GB hardrive sounds wrong for the time period for R10 and a 386 processor. 200 mb would be more plausible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-28563622199326782422008-10-24T10:52:00.000-04:002008-10-24T10:52:00.000-04:00We had the same theory, because the plotter tended...We had the same theory, because the plotter tended to draw the lines in the order they were drawn in CAD. So, being the CAD Geeks we were (still are) we tested it. Each of us, 3 in all, drew a series of lines and kept track of the order, then plotted. Three different people, three different machines, the same plotter. It didn't always plot the lines in that order. BUT it tended to. I think it was a Calcomp plotter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-52149209596024182292008-10-24T10:44:00.000-04:002008-10-24T10:44:00.000-04:00I used to use a CAD Card, but I started using a cr...I used to use a CAD Card, but I started using a crib sheet with the scale factors for the various scales that I use, and just multiply/divide the printed size size as needed?<BR/> As to the pen plotters, I started working with a Calcomp 960. I learned from the Service Tech that it drew the lines and such in the order they were added to the drawing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com