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    • honoluludesktopH Offline
      honoluludesktop
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      outland86, The fellows here who are trying to help you are probably too nice to complain about your attitude:

      "i cant believe that people could deal with these problems and still find this a useful program "

      "does google know that this is a problem?"

      Just because SU doesn't work the way you "think it should" doesn't justify your attitude. Floating point calculations is not exact, only precise. I don't know of a computer system that can does integer math. If it did, you would complain about speed!-{

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      • TIGT Online
        TIG Moderator
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        @thomthom said:

        @outland86 said:

        not to sure why changing the camera that views the polylines should effect the actual drawings export dimensions
        can you tell me why this may have an effect ?

        Because when viewing in perspective things gets distorted.
        When you export to 2d you are exporting what you see.

        To export exactly what's there, export in 3D - as the content exported is then 1:1 and not bound to the viewpoint.

        I've made tests and even with a pure plan view the dxf circle is NOT the right radius.
        With plan view and parallel projection a 1" circle 2d DXFs as 1.000014" [pretty good] BUT in pure plan view but with perspective 'on' - with the circle at z=0 it's ~16% out !

        Motto = always do a 3D DXF... that way a 1" circle is DXFed as a 1" circle always...

        TIG

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          outland86
          last edited by

          @honoluludesktop said:

          outland86, The fellows here who are trying to help you are probably too nice to complain about your attitude:

          "i cant believe that people could deal with these problems and still find this a useful program "

          "does google know that this is a problem?"

          Just because SU doesn't work the way you "think it should" doesn't justify your attitude. Floating point calculations is not exact, only precise. I don't know of a computer system that can does integer math. If it did, you would complain about speed!-{

          i did not know attitude even came into this equation
          but i am sorry if you were offended by anythiung i have said
          i appreciate all and everyones help more than you could know
          but did that justify your own ending remark
          pot calling kettle black me thinks πŸ˜„

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Offences aside...

            @outland86 said:

            pot calling kettle black

            Thanks for this proverb or saying or expression... - I am not a native speaker so when I realise there is something I exactly understand and we have one with the exact same meaning but totally different expression, I am always glad! πŸ˜‰

            Gai...

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            • TIGT Online
              TIG Moderator
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              @gaieus said:

              Offences aside...

              @outland86 said:

              pot calling kettle black

              Thanks for this proverb or saying or expression... - I am not a native speaker so when I realise there is something I exactly understand and we have one with the exact same meaning but totally different expression, I am always glad! πŸ˜‰

              In England there's my favorite -"it's six of one and a half a dozen of the other..."- used when there's no real or meaningful choice in something - in the North it's simplified to -"it's six and two threes..."- πŸ˜„
              I'm sure most cultures have something similar...

              TIG

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                outland86
                last edited by

                ah ok i see

                its just that the CAD software i am used to working with adds dimensioned constraints to the 2d polylines in a given drawing and no matter how they are viewed they are always exported with those contraints in place
                but i see now that this software does not function that way. no problem though its just a matter of knowing this information. and finding the workflow solution to achieve the same end result

                thank you much for your input and work on this Tig and others and i am sorryif something i said pissed anyone off

                regards

                Paul

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  @outland86 said:

                  i am sorry if something i said pissed anyone off

                  I don't think you'd pissed anyone off - in fact, although I am a bit ashamed to push your topic a bit "off..." (so I am sorry for that), 😳 I am enjoying it, especially that you seem to be closer to a satisfying solution to your problem

                  TIG:
                  "pot calling kettle black" = "owl calling sparrow big headed" (here big headed meant literally)
                  "it's six of one and a half a dozen of the other..." = "it's nineteen of one and twenty but one the other..."
                  πŸ˜‰

                  Gai...

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                    outland86
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                    thank you

                    pot calling kettle black = pot is black from fire burning just like kettle so why is pot calling kettle black when he is also black πŸ˜„

                    not too sure where it came from but is somthing i grew up with in New Zealand and have bought too the USA i guess πŸ˜„ lol
                    perhaps in 50 years it will be part of the language here πŸ˜„

                    us kiwis have many of these little jibes and colloquialisms in our street speak my MInnesotan wife is forvewr looking at me sideways when i talk not knowing if i just insulted her of paid her a compliment πŸ˜„ usually its a compliment

                    fair sucka the sav aye mate = please give me a fair share of the credit from this deal or idea we are talking about

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      @outland86 said:

                      pot calling kettle black = pot is black from fire burning just like kettle so why is pot calling kettle black when he is also black πŸ˜„

                      Yeah, I understood that (although never heard before). We have that sparrow one for the same meaning here. πŸ˜„

                      Gai...

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                        outland86
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                        here is what the wiki says about it

                        The phrase "The pot calling the kettle black" is an idiom used to accuse a person or thing of being marked with or guilty of the very thing they are pointing out

                        πŸ˜„

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          Yes, exactly. Now if you think about it, if an owl (which is a bird with big head) says to the sparrow that it has a big head, it means the same (just of course, in Hungarian). πŸ˜‰

                          Gai...

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                            outland86
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                            here is a common one

                            Bob's your Uncle: roughly translates to 'there ya go - that's all there is to it!' Just press this big red button that says 'Launch Missile', and "Bob's your uncle".

                            i better go to bed before i make an even bigger dork of myself lol

                            thanks again for all your help

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                              We drift off topic into the sunset......... 🀣

                              TIG

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