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by Matt_A
Mon May 02, 2022 5:53 am
Forum: Techniques
Topic: Well Duh moments
Replies: 17
Views: 63717

Re: Well Duh moments

my question is which is funnier, decimal inches or decimal feet? Is a decimal yard three times as funny as a decimal foot?: What about decimal miles?:

seriously: decimal Acres? a tenth of an acre is 4356 square feet;. how many square meters is that? or furlongs.
by Matt_A
Sun May 01, 2022 12:50 am
Forum: Techniques
Topic: Well Duh moments
Replies: 17
Views: 63717

Re: Well Duh moments

to assess your suggestion I changed my display to X.XXXXXXXXXXXX units (12 places) I placed a rectangle 653" wide and then used the edit field to divide by 2.54 The rectangle became 257.086614173228" wide. Then I place a rectangle and in the edit field I entered 653cm. Then I checked the width of th...
by Matt_A
Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:54 pm
Forum: Techniques
Topic: Well Duh moments
Replies: 17
Views: 63717

Re: Well Duh moments

exactly. that's what I'm doing.

at some point the nudge window lost the ability to do math inside itself, sadly.
by Matt_A
Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:40 pm
Forum: Techniques
Topic: Well Duh moments
Replies: 17
Views: 63717

Well Duh moments

now and then I run into a client who provides me with dimensional information using metric units. My habit has been to use the convert function in the desktop calculator and then draw in PowerCADD using imperial units. So last night I had one of those well duhhhh moments. Say the guy has a table tha...
by Matt_A
Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:44 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Select Special—all
Replies: 2
Views: 18359

Re: Select Special—all

Have you tried instead using the Selection Filter? If you enlarge the windoid via the handle at the lower right you will discover "All" and "None" buttons that toggle the selection criteria list.
by Matt_A
Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:49 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: PowerCADD Future
Replies: 120
Views: 235427

Re: PowerCADD Future

Help me out. Show me where I'm wrong.

...Oh, that's right, you can't.
by Matt_A
Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:50 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: PowerCADD Future
Replies: 120
Views: 235427

Re: PowerCADD Future

you might think so. Seems to me all the changes in the most recent generations of Apple's products serve to benefit Apple, to the detriment of their customers. They take 30% off the top of app store purchases, and lock you in there. They make their computers operable within only their universe of ha...
by Matt_A
Wed Mar 09, 2022 5:11 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: PowerCADD Future
Replies: 120
Views: 235427

Re: PowerCADD Future

I have no plans to ever buy another product from Apple Computer. I have everything I need, and Apple is among the elite group of the most evil companies on the planet as far as I am concerned.
by Matt_A
Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:17 pm
Forum: Organizing to Move PowerCADD Forward
Topic: Register Your Interest in a Forward Move
Replies: 100
Views: 232212

Re: Register Your Interest in a Forward Move

Todd announced that Engineered Software has reached agreement with AutoDesSys, the developer of form•Z, to continue the development and support for PowerCADD. It seems to me that constitutes a forward move in the right direction, certainly it would seem to address many of the concerns of those worri...