Replace a drawing
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Topic: Replace a drawing
Posted By: unheeding
Subject: Replace a drawing
Date 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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Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 07:39
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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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Posted By: John Connor
Date 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.
------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: unheeding
Date Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 17:03
this method would not preserve my layouts, which i spent a lot of hours doing |
philippe JOSEPH wrote:Posted By: unheeding
Date Posted: 14.Sep.2012 at 17:05
it's not just a matter of time spent, but date created! Besides, we're talking days of time here... |
Posted By: unheeding
Date 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!! |
Posted By: John Connor
Date 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.
------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 08:31
AutoCAD installs on XBox now?!! 
Dave. ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |
Posted By: John Connor
Date 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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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 15.Sep.2012 at 23:16
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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.
Dave.
------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |