I would proceed with caution working directly with contractors. While most appreciate the value of your work and pay on time, some have the 10% engraved in...
Rudy Berry
rudy7753@...
Nov 2, 2009 9:51 pm
53724
We may be looking into getting a new "D" size plotter. 24" rollfeed with automatic cutter. Have looked at a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF650. Anyone have one or any...
our office has a iPF700. good quality printer, the inks are a little pricey IMHO. we only plot about 100 Ds (some of them color) / month & replace the inks...
We use an iPF700 - hard - about 8 - 36" rolls a month. It is hands down the best plotter I've ever used and not too expensive to run. We have replaced the...
Under $2000- Not familiar with the Canon, but here’s info about my HP for your reference. I don’t know how much printing you do a month, but for moderate...
Tim Quinn
TimQuinn@...
Nov 3, 2009 2:09 pm
53728
For what it’s worth. I am using a refurbished HP DesignJet 600. I purchased in 1994 I think. I have had to have it worked on one time for about $250.00...
Color- I’ve been getting some approval markups back scanned in color, I can print them in color and see the red should there be any. I don’t see color...
Tim Quinn
TimQuinn@...
Nov 3, 2009 4:34 pm
53730
I am at a point in my life where I have to learn some 3D modeling software, so what would you prefer and why Tekla or SDS2?...
I've been getting the "mono-chrome" pdf approvals with the mark-ups in red off & on for a while now and it's good when it works ok because many times the...
ProSteel 3D ... From: steel-detail@yahoogroups.com [mailto:steel-detail@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of independentssd Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:33 AM ...
That's a Chevy or Ford kinda question. both have good points, my choice was Tekla because of what appealed to me. This is not to say SDS2 is lesser of a ...
Tim Quinn
TimQuinn@...
Nov 3, 2009 5:33 pm
53734
I chanced upon this today and thought of sharing with all of you. Call up any pdf fle and edit it, annotate it, add text,arrows, rectangles,circles,...
The .net framework was all messed up on my computer. I finally followed some online advice for how to fix it. Some advice was good, some bad. I eventually had...
Perhaps a registry issue. Advanced System Care is an excellent utility and is available free of charge. I use the pro version and it runs in the background, is...
Rick Zychinski
kartunz@...
Nov 3, 2009 7:04 pm
53737
I use ASC (free version) too. It's a great program. Peter From: Rick Zychinski Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:03 PM To: Appalachian Enterprises LLC Cc:...
I recently bought a new HP Office Jet Pro K8600. The largest print it will do is 13x19. That works out great for most everything I do. It is a color printer if...
I think it is some sort of registry issue also. I try ASC and it found a number of registry problems and some of those were with Autocad. I fixed them, but it...
This is intended primarily for our European members: I am interested in knowing when the Eurocodes will go into effect. In what way are the codes expected to...
Hi All, Does anyone have a lisp routine or a program to calculate bevel of a sloped stringer & horizontal member (dogleg)? I download "Steel Detailers Helper"...
I use cad, draw a 12" line, hang it off of my slope, then measure the offset.  It seem quick and easy to me. On another subject, has anyone had problems with...
SSDCP has tons of tools just like that. You may not use them because it also automatically details and dimensions stairs, rails, beams, columns, bracing, etc....
Steve Passaly
steve@...
Nov 5, 2009 12:16 pm
53745
The attached files are up at the downloads section of steel-link.com but I wasn’t able to download them. I wrote these like 15 years ago and still use them...
Tim Quinn
TimQuinn@...
Nov 5, 2009 2:41 pm
53746
Faster estimate of man hours for piping works Man hours <http://engineer-construction.blogspot.com/> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Group, It is with great reluctance, I am compelled to "get up to snuff" on acad 2009. Can you guys share the clearest and easiest to understand reference book...
We've been having some problems with our Download section of Steel-Link.com. It appears that for some reason".LSP" files are not specifically set up to be...
The best of the best I have found so far on AutoCAD is "AutoCAD Instructor", by James Leach. From McGraw Hill. I normally get it on Amazon. I have AutoCAD-13,...
I think we now have the problems worked out in our Download area of Steel-Link.com at... http://www.steel-link.net/downloads/ The FREE Download area includes...
Ron, I feel your pain, 2009 is not very productive, it has several issues, major memory leaks, doesn't play well with others, etc. I know that's just what you...
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