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tulip3D 
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 Topic: Crazy Question, all who feel worthy check it out
Posted: 10.Feb.2012 at 19:24 |
SO!
Has anybody stopped to pause their cursor over a dwg file in windows explorer?
And a little window pops up...telling you:
type:
date modified:
size:
created with:
Now, is it possible, to create ANOTHER field there, giving you a description field you could edit in auotcad, to anything you wanted?
Cause that would be TITS 
Any ideas?
Comments?
No crazy stuff either, like custom LISP routines...JC...Yeah, thats you man LOL
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heinsite
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Posted: 10.Feb.2012 at 23:43 |
It's not just dwg files... it's ALL files! This is a Windows OS display feature. If you want to know how to modify it to include additional items you'll have to hack Windows. The one thing that you can add from your drawing file is your name. Include that info in the DWGPROPS Summary tab, Author line.
Other than that, go for it... hacking Windows is a popular pasttime. And it's why we all need virus protection software these days.
Dave.
Edited by heinsite - 10.Feb.2012 at 23:48
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
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tulip3D
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Posted: 13.Feb.2012 at 21:25 |
Hey thanks for the input...
So next on my list...hack windows...LOL
I come to find out this place has custom macros and a whole user interface the last guy sitting here set up...but my computer was wiped clean upon hire...so I never knew about them till I happened to ask the right guy...hows that for 'tribal knowledge' LOL WTF
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heinsite
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Posted: 13.Feb.2012 at 22:28 |
If those "guys" had been "gals" you probably would have known about all this in your first 5 minutes there. In my experience gals tend to communicate better.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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Kona International Airport
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tulip3D
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Posted: 13.Feb.2012 at 22:33 |
LOL, gotta love those hawaiian gals
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heinsite
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Posted: 14.Feb.2012 at 02:39 |
I'm not fussy: ALL gals!
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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Kona International Airport
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eiji_ouzumi
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Posted: 14.Feb.2012 at 04:41 |
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okelah kalo beggitu
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im new in this job
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heinsite
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Posted: 14.Feb.2012 at 19:58 |
 eiji_ouzumi wrote:
okelah kalo beggitu |
I'd love to see this translated!  Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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tulip3D
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Posted: 15.Feb.2012 at 13:55 |
 was thinking the same thing!
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eiji_ouzumi
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Posted: 16.Feb.2012 at 08:16 |
heinsite wrote:
eiji_ouzumi wrote:
okelah kalo beggitu |
I'd love to see this translated!
Dave.
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the mean is "its oke"
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im new in this job
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