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unheeding 
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Joined: 14.Sep.2012
Location: United States
Using: AutoCAD2010
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Points: 4
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 Topic: Replace a drawing
Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 06:29 |
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Hey guys,
i have to give this assignment to my teacher and he takes off points if
you spent a certain amount of time on the drawing (he's going to use
time command). what i need to do is take everything on my file (model
AND layouts) and put it on another file where my time (date created,
spent time, editing time ect.) is perfect. i know that my file will
count that as the "last time modified" but it won't matter.
So basically i am going to delete what is on the "good time" file and
replace it with everything from the other one. How do i do that?? In the
end it has to be the same drawing with the same layouts but with
different time/date settings.
Please don't tell me it's cheating i'm actually a good student, but this
counts for a huge part of my semester and i really need to get the best
grade i can!
THANKS
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philippe JOSEPH
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Joined: 14.Mar.2011
Location: France
Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017
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Points: 1493
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Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 07:39 |
Hello, personally I would do a copy of your "perfect file" and :
Erase all the object space then insert your "perfect drawing" at the point :
0,0,0 and explode it ONE time only.
Then I would verify in the paper space if all is in the right place.
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011
Location: United States
Using: AutoCAD 2018
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Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 11:28 |
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I'd do the drawing over from scratch and hope that the second time around you're faster.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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unheeding
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Joined: 14.Sep.2012
Location: United States
Using: AutoCAD2010
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Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 17:03 |
 philippe JOSEPH wrote:
Hello, personally I would do a copy of your "perfect file" and :
Erase all the object space then insert your "perfect drawing" at the point :
0,0,0 and explode it ONE time only.
Then I would verify in the paper space if all is in the right place.
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this method would not preserve my layouts, which i spent a lot of hours doing
Edited by unheeding - 14.Sep.2012 at 17:05
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unheeding
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Joined: 14.Sep.2012
Location: United States
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Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 17:05 |
John Connor wrote:
I'd do the drawing over from scratch and hope that the second time around you're faster.
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it's not just a matter of time spent, but date created! Besides, we're talking days of time here...
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unheeding
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Location: United States
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Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 17:08 |
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i think i read something about tweaking time in the .dxf file with wordpad. it sounds like the perfect solution but could someone who knows how, tell me exactly how? i would really appreciate it!!
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011
Location: United States
Using: AutoCAD 2018
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Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 01:51 |
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Dude: What's that down in the right hand corner of your screen? Why it's the date and time. Think hard. Where can one reset both the date and the time on a computer? Put the X-Box away for a minute and think.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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heinsite
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Joined: 05.Feb.2009
Location: United States
Using: AutoCAD 2014
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Points: 640
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Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 08:31 |
AutoCAD installs on XBox now?!! 
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite
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John Connor
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Location: United States
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Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 12:38 |
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I just thought he was trying to "game" the system!
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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heinsite
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Joined: 05.Feb.2009
Location: United States
Using: AutoCAD 2014
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Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 23:16 |
John, you posted the reply I was thinking from the start; do it all over from scratch within the time limits.
The assignment may have been unrealistic, as many academic exercises are, but it does have a purpose. Photoshopping an answer won't satisfy it.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite
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