Currently I have a project that is in grid (large coordinates) and am experiencing weird behavior relating circles and tangent lines.
I draw two lines and draw a circle tangent to those lines. I cannot then trim the overshoots or the other half of the circle.
If I move the two lines to smaller coordinates (say 10000, 10000) and draw the circle tangent to the lines, everything is fine.
I remember this being an issue many years ago, but I had hoped it had been solved.
Any ideas other than working in two different coordinate locations?
Thanks.
imaudigger, post: 333620, member: 7286 wrote: Currently I have a project that is in grid (large coordinates) and am experiencing weird behavior relating circles and tangent lines.
I draw two lines and draw a circle tangent to those lines. I cannot then trim the overshoots or the other half of the circle.If I move the two lines to smaller coordinates (say 10000, 10000) and draw the circle tangent to the lines, everything is fine.
I remember this being an issue many years ago, but I had hoped it had been solved.Any ideas other than working in two different coordinate locations?
Thanks.
Check out the explanation and several work arounds.
Ya, I read that article about a decade ago, and again today.
Maybe that is what "Drawing 1" is for?
Stupid that we keep paying for improvements and they cannot even get the trim command to work in state plane coordinates!
I thought it was so precise that you were supposed to be able to draft the universe? I remember there being a sample drawing to the affect.
I guess if they created a "large coordinate trim" command, it would highlight a shortfall and it is easier to just pretend it doesn't exist.
imaudigger, post: 333620, member: 7286 wrote: Currently I have a project that is in grid (large coordinates) and am experiencing weird behavior relating circles and tangent lines.
I draw two lines and draw a circle tangent to those lines. I cannot then trim the overshoots or the other half of the circle.
I'm interested to see if BricsCAD handles this any differently. Are you able to send me a file (DWG would be nice) of the entities involved and the specific actions that failed in AutoCAD?
Thanks!
Sometimes just drawing the situation the other way round will fix it. IE draw the lines, then use the circular fillet command with the desired radius.
Jim Frame, post: 333679, member: 10 wrote: I'm interested to see if BricsCAD handles this any differently. Are you able to send me a file (DWG would be nice) of the entities involved and the specific actions that failed in AutoCAD?
Thanks!
I'll try and get something out to you today.
Jim Frame, post: 333679, member: 10 wrote: I'm interested to see if BricsCAD handles this any differently. Are you able to send me a file (DWG would be nice) of the entities involved and the specific actions that failed in AutoCAD?
Thanks!
Jim:
Are you now using BricsCAD regularly or still just testing?
Are you using the Windows version?
Do you have any of the add on modules?
thanks, Peter
It may resolve it to set the drawing limits near your working area.
command "LIMITS"
and
Autocad uses this in it's internal calcs, might resolve it.
I didn't read the link (yet) so this may be redundant.
Peter Ehlert, post: 333777, member: 60 wrote: Are you now using BricsCAD regularly or still just testing?
I'm using the Windows version exclusively for production work, and have been since March. I no longer have an operational copy of AutoCAD -- when I replaced my hard drive I managed to hose my AutoCAD authorization codes, and since I'm no longer under contract Autodesk doesn't want to talk to me.
I don't use any add-on modules. I've built up an extensive library of highly-customized LISP functions over the years that automate much of my daily work. The one big exception is terrain modeling and quantity calcs; I use TBC for these, and export TIN and contour entities for subsequent use in BricsCAD.
My approach is quirky, and likely wouldn't work for a larger operation. But I'm pretty much a one-man show (I still have a part-time employee for certain field tasks, but I need his services less and less as I adapt my workflow to the solo gig), and it works for me.
Thanks Jim:
I spent most of my working days in a "walled garden" and have forgotten what little LISP I once knew. Point and Click crippled :-). I would need a GUI, but only do boundary and simple plats. I did download the Linux free trial version a few times, never tested it much. I will investigate the add ons available.
Peter
I run Carlson 2015 in AutoCAD and have ZERO problems, but I seldom use TRIM. I do however, set the snaps like I like and grab the grip and drag it back to an intersection probably 100 times a day.
