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    Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 06:29
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!

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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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I'd do the drawing over from scratch and hope that the second time around you're faster.
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Originally posted by philippe JOSEPH 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.
 


this method would not preserve my layouts, which i spent a lot of hours doing

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Originally posted by John Connor John Connor wrote:

I'd do the drawing over from scratch and hope that the second time around you're faster.


it's not just a matter of time spent, but date created! Besides, we're talking days of time here...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote unheeding Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 17:08
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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote John Connor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 01:51
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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AutoCAD installs on XBox now?!!  LOL
 
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I just thought he was trying to "game" the system!
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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.
 
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