Rich_Winsor

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  1. Don't know why I didn't try this sooner but if

    you don't enter anything in the "Name" field of

    the Plant Chooser and instead just select a box

    in the "Type" field (along with any appropriate

    Sub-Type) and hit the Search Button you will get

    a list of everything of that type in the Browser.

     

    Unfortunately as Jon and Nic have noted you

    can't tell which ones are 2D and which ones

    are 3D.

     

    I too would be interested in a site for good 

    quality 3D tree symbols since the Library

    and Bonus Catalog 3D offerings are limited

    at best.  

     

  2. Does anybody know of a way to get the Library

    Browser to display the plants by their Common

    Names and not the Scientific Names? I really

    don't want to become a Botany major just so 

    I can locate a Walnut or Apricot tree. And of

    course as we all know by now the search

    feature is as useless as teats on a boar hog.

     

    I do realize that you can cross reference the

    names in the Plant Chooser but you have to

    enter each category of plant individually and

    there are dozens of categories.

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  3. A  couple more mystery layers:

     

    -"0"  (I am sure there is a reason for this otherwise it would not be there.....  but I have not figured it out)

    - DEFPOINTS  (I have never understood this layer)

     

    Those two layers are two of the basic AutoCAD layers.

    Whenever you open a new drawing (.dwg) file in ACAD

    it automatically creates layer "0". Once you dimension

    anything in the drawing ACAD creates the "Defpoints"

    layer. These layers cannot be deleted in ACAD.

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  4. I see Jintu got the transfer accomplished. Sorry, I got

    sidetracked last night and by the time I checked back

    you guys figured it out.

     

    Mick, I haven't tried to download or install anything yet,

    but after seeing Jintu's gorgeous sample I will definitely

    be checking it out. I was hoping you guys would get the

    process all smoothed out and then I will waltz in and

    reap the benefits. :)

  5. @Rich ...do the images go too if you copy paste to another thread ?  I can always repost if I can get it to work :)

     

    I tried but the images won't post. :)

     

    Do you guys want me to transfer Mick's tutorial to the Corona thread?

    If I copy and paste Mick's original post (#38) the images transfer fine.

    If I copy and paste Jintu's copy of Mick's post (#41) the links to the

    images transfer and are active so the pics can be accessed.

    I would have just gone ahead and transferred the post but there

    seemed to be some question as to whether the steps were working

    properly or needed to be tweaked.

  6. Yep, there's a lot to like about SSD's. Why wouldn't

    you want to replace an internal disk spinning at 5 to

    10 thousand rpm with a drive that has no moving

    parts? Think about that, no moving parts. Are you

    kidding me, a fence post has no moving parts. A

    rock has no moving parts. How the heck does a

    highly sophistimacated doowhackey like a data

    storage and retrieval device have no moving parts?

     

  7. Sounds like a decent upgrade and you probably got the

    most bang for your buck. The only thing you said that I

    might take exception to is that your 525W power supply

    is "robust". In today's environment I would want 750W

    minimum and more likely 1000W. If you eventually want

    to go to the real performers in the video card market you

    will need a bigger power supply (as you noted) and you

    will probably need a bigger case to pack all those goodies

    into.

     

    I recently went for the brass ring and sprung for the GTX

    780ti. The card is a physical monster. It is literally the size

    of a foot long 2 x 6 and weighs in at 30 ounces! Imagine

    that in your laptop. I could have fit it into my 8 year old

    Antec case but I would have had to take the tin snips to

    the drive bay frame to make it fit.

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  8. I  am not sure how many users know this, but the available catalog / 3D Library for Mac users is significantly less than Windows users. I use both Mac and Windows and found that some of the libraries on my Windows computer is not available on my Mac. Is there a reason they are not for both?

     

    The contents of the library catalogs are pro-rated depending

    on the market share of the respective operating systems. ;)

  9. Rich,  for a very large fee,  I can smooth out some of the rough edges.

     

    I will do it for slightly less!

     

    I won't do it at all

     

    This price seems a little low to me for a such a huge amount of work. 

     

    For an extremely large consultation fee and a moderately high markup I think I could find an exorbitantly high priced architect to get them finished up to the point you could hire Scott at a relatively low rate to clean the plans up and add a few crappy ray traces to sweeten the deal.

     

    Wow! Now I see what everybody is talking about

    when they point out how helpful everyone on this

    forum is. ;)

     

    And Perry, thanks for your generous offer. :D

  10. When I purchased my spread here the main house was

    in the middle of a major (non-permitted) remodel. I asked

    the owner (a sweet old lady) if there were some plans of

    the project so I could see what she had envisioned for

    the project. She assured me she had some plans and

    that she would dig them up for me. Well, here's the plan. 

     

     

    Floor Plan Drawing.pdf

  11. Waasup D. Scott? No update? Are you going to leave us all hanging?

    How did the call to the cable company go? Is Dawn sleeping with the

    fishes? Let me guess, to make up for it they gave you a dedicated

    fiber optic line run on a six inch diameter cable. Now when you hit the 

    download button all of Southern California temporarily drops off the grid.

     

    Just wondering.... B)

  12. I just upgraded my HughesNet service to Gen4 and am doing many times better than previously.  Here's my before and after upgrade results:

     

     

    Thanks for posting those results Curt. That's just the info

    I was looking for when we visited this topic a while back. 

    If I have to go satellite (for the dwellings too far from the

    road for cable) I could live with 6 Mbps but definitely not

    less than 1 Mbps. I'm still bickering with the powers that 

    be at Charter to get them to run a couple of hundred feet 

    of hardwire to an existing telephone pole on the property

    so I can get the same cable modem service which I receive

    at the house near the main road. Up front there I am paying

    for 30Mbps service so I guess I should be happy pulling

    66+ Mbps. :)

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