Layers. Are they available in the trial version?

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ptgrowm
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Layers. Are they available in the trial version?

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I just downloaded CadIntosh, and seem to be getting along rather well with it. I don't know how to use the "Layers" command. Is it available only after you register?I'm used to ME10 with its "Parts" function.Thank youRay
RowlandCarson
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Re: Layers. Are they available in the trial version?

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At 2007-01-18 20:35 +0000 ptgrowm wrote: >I just downloaded CadIntosh, and seem to be getting along rather >well with it. I don't know>how to use the "Layers" command. Is it available only after you register? Ray - not sure about that - it's been a loooong time, and several CADintosh versions, since I registered. No doubt Thorsten can give the definitive answer.I do think that the layers system is not very intuitive, unlike (say) ClarisDraw or OmniGraffle which do what I'd expect without a lot of head-scratching. It took me a while to get what I wanted last time I used layers. It did all seem to work OK once I figured it out, though. However, I was trying to do something simple using layers just the other day (using the latest release, CADintosh X v5.5.2) and kept being frustrated by my inability to work out the sequence of instructions to achieve what I thought should be very easy. I was in a hurry, and so didn't look at the manual, but just did things another way. Your query makes me now wonder if it's not just me being stupid, but possibly a bug.I don't have time to investigate today, but I'll try to check properly, also open some older files and see if they work OK, then report back here.regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson http://home.clara.net/rowil/: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...
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Re: Layers. Are they available in the trial version?

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At 2007-01-18 20:35 +0000 ptgrowm wrote: >I don't know>how to use the "Layers" command Ray - I did a very quick check on an older file and the layer stuff in that is all OK in the current version of CADintosh. I also created a new file and whatever I was doing before, it all seems to work OK now. I did take a look at the manual - when all else fails, read the instructions! >I'm used to ME10 with its "Parts" function. What's ME10?regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson http://home.clara.net/rowil/: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...
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Re: Layers. Are they available in the trial version?

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--- In cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com, Rowland Carson <rowil@...> wrote: >> At 2007-01-18 20:35 +0000 ptgrowm wrote:> > >I don't know> >how to use the "Layers" command> > Ray - I did a very quick check on an older file and the layer stuff > in that is all OK in the current version of CADintosh. I also created > a new file and whatever I was doing before, it all seems to work OK > now. I did take a look at the manual - when all else fails, read the > instructions!> > >I'm used to ME10 with its "Parts" function.> > What's ME10?> > regards> > Rowland> -- > : Wilma & Rowland Carson http://home.clara.net/rowil/> : <rowil@...> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...> Hi Rowland,Thanks for answering my post.Maybe it's me not being used to using layers that could be the problem. ME10 was the product name of Hewlett Packards 2-D Drawing package. The product was sold off to CoCreate, which I believe is a german company. The 2-D package is now called Onepace http://www.cocreate.com/designer_drafting.cfmME10 used a convention called "Parts" to isolate and manipulate a single part or group of parts that lived within a larger assembly.
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Re: Layers. Are they available in the trial version?

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At 2007-01-18 20:35 +0000 ptgrowm wrote: >I just downloaded CadIntosh, and seem to be getting along rather >well with it. I don't know>how to use the "Layers" command. Is it available only after you register? Ray - I forgot your original question when I last responded. Yes, some useful aspects of the layer system (eg layer definition/naming, and filtering) are disabled in the unregistered version.You can move stuff between layers in 2 ways:using the Layer menu, which affects everything on a layer;or using the "apply layer" tool from the graphic tool item on the tool palette, you can move individual entities.Sorry to be so late with this - I've been a bit swamped with other stuff in he last few weeks.regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson http://home.clara.net/rowil/: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...
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