Command history...

I have some suggestions for the command history:

1. I often type a lisp expression in at the command prompt. It would be very useful to me if they could be recalled from the command history.
2. Occasionally I make a mistake typing a command. I would find it useful if I could recall the invalid command and edit it.
3. There are many time I want to run a command a few times with similar inputs but not enough to make a script. Here it would be useful to have the user input history (i.e. coordinates or relative coordinates) available.

Hope they are considered generally useful.

Speaking of speed...

There are occasions when the Layer Isolate and Restore run very slow for me. Seems to be much worse after having worked for a while. It can get to a point when I see the crosshair blink for each iteration and the operation requires 10 seconds or more to complete. Same drawing with the same layers later after the software was recently restarted completes in a fraction of the time.

The import from CG-DOS has been soooooooo slow... it seems to grow exponentially slower as the size of the CG-DOS file complexity increases. This behaviour is new to the Intellicad 7.* versions. I have reported this previously but I don't recall receiving a response. If the test files are required again let me know.

Now speaking of CG-DOS imports, there is no CG data attached to the lines created, i.e. the lines do not indicate which points they connect. I really wish this would work.

Version:
Carlson Civil Suite 2012 (120219)
Intellicad 7.1.1604.50725.P
Win XP Pro SP3

another speed issue - layer states

Restoring saved layer states in 6.6 was for all intents and purposes instant.

7.1 latest build counts down every layer, about 3 layers a second, for large drawings this takes a couple of minutes.

Thanks,

Steve

road profiles slow to redraw-access

Carlson 2012 ICAD 7.1 latest build

Windows 7, 8GB of memory

There is a definite speed issue difference between 6.6 and 7.1 when creating/editing road profiles.

6.6 was almost instantaneous when after editing a profile, then prompted to re-draw. In 7.1 it ranges from 30 sec to a couple of minutes to redraw an edited profile.

Thanks,

Steve

Google Earth...

I am not sure if this belongs in the Intellicad beta blog but since there was already discussion previously I will add it here.

Version Info:
Google Earth 6.1.0.5001
Intellicad 7.1.1604.50725.P
Carlson Civil Suite 2012 (120219)
Windows XP Pro SP3

I wanted to import two images from Google Earth into the same drawing this morning. The first imported with no real problem, but Carlson closes Google Earth once the image is loaded. I restarted Google Earth and selected menu Images | Place Google Earth Image and Intellicad hung before the dialog appeared.

Okay, for the second attemp I imported the first image, saved dwg, exited Intellicad and restarted both Google Earth and Carlson Intellicad. The second imported fine also.

I experimented a little with this and it seems rather random. A couple of time I was able to import up to four images before a problem. Sometimes Intellicad hangs as soon as the menu command is started but before the dialog is displayed and must be terminated. Other times Intellicad crashes completely and the process is gone.

Either way, there is still a gremlin running around in there...

Plotting mirrored

Plotting is coming out mirrored check all setting cant figure it out .

Xref manager

7.1 latest build

the xref manager is extremely slow. This is compounded twice as it is extremely slow to open,

then once an xref is reloaded, repathed, or attached, the xref manager re-loads all the other xrefs as well.

On large projects with large xrefs and multiple xrefs this is going to be a major issue.

new build -
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Warning Available memory low

Hello,

I recently installed the version 7.1 with latest build. I have been getting a warning available memory low level is low. Is there something I can do to fix this? I am running windows 7 with 4gb ddr3 ram and geforce GT 130 vid card with 1gb ram. It seems to do it on any drawing after about 20 to 25 command processes.

FIXED in BETA update!

This has been fixed in the BETA release update! Thanks!

Image ghosting and moving to front

Since going to 2012 Carlson/Survey w intelliCAD 7.1 there has been an issue trying to move or scale image files. Once you start moving or scaling the image it moves up top of all the drawing data preventing you from using it as a reference for the command. This did not happen in 6.6.

New OFFICIAL build is posted

New (120219) build is posted both here and on official website. This includes IntelliCAD 7.1a and all current fixes. We have not yet called it a release though - official label is "release candidate".

Thank you for everyone on this blog for making us aware of problems you experienced and for helping us to get them resolved.

Please keep us posted on your progress.

Overwriting of drawing files!

In running Carlson Survey w/IntelliCAD 7.1 we have now had 2 instances where when we had 2 drawings files open at the same time one of the files has gotten overwritten with the other. We end up with two of the same files in different project directories and one file is of course lost!

the little cad engine

iCAD 6.6 Paper Space Glitch

Today while using iCAD 6.6 I had two paper space tabs somehow get linked together. When I activated either of the two tabs I seen both tabs (one over the other). Any changes I made could be seen on both tabs. All I did was close the drawing and open it again and the glitch was corrected. This was the second time this has happened to me.

Carlson Survey Points

I use Survey to prepare stakeout plots for survey field crews showing proposed stakeout points. Invariably there is the need to drag these points out with a leader for clarity. I know there is the automated tool to do this also (fix point attribute overlaps) and it is awesome. The problem is if I pull the point using the "move point attributes with leader" command or using the automated option all the attributes are dropped (desc. and elev.) except the point number. If I attempt to move it again the point number and usually the leader disappear as well. This does not happen in 6.6 so I need to jump back and forth between versions quite frequently.

Crosshairs would not move new build , Plotting not correct

Crosshair was locked on the screen , but if mouse was moved you see that it was effecting cad entities when crossing over . Looked like it was acting correctly but with out the crosshairs moving with the mouse location.

Plotting not working - preview does not show the right scale or show all the paper in the view window nor does the final plot the plot window is cut off and is not correct scale .

Layout PDF Printing

I have a couple of issues. One of which may be an actual Carlson Hydrology 2012 issue but the other is definitely ICAD. First, the draw sewer network routine is taking about 10 mins to fully execute, from initially picking the command to selecting manhole label locations in paper space. It seems that the routine is only one processor instead of distributing across all 4 (or 2).
Once the the plan and profile are FINALLY drawn in the layout, when I try to plot to PDF evrything shows up in the preview except the actual sewer network plan view (pipes, labels, and symbols). Everything else is there, Profile and labels, title block, and any other plan view entities just not the sewer network entities.
Until there is a solution I've been copying the network entities from model space and pasting and rotating them in the layout view, overlaying them on the viewport entites that won't print.
Also, while in the layout view, the freeze/thaw layers routine causes the software to crash.

I am using ICAD 7.1 build 120213

Fast copy between drawings

In iCad 6.6 I could copy between drawings by selecting lines and choosing base point (0,0,0) then clicking on another open drawing and entering the same point (0,0,0). But in 7.1 when I click the 2nd drawing it will cancel the command. Is there another way to do this or is there a way to get it to work again?

Salvaged Drawing files

At the end of the day when I went to zip my job file to send it home. I checked the zip file to find it was not the latest version. I had saved it several times subsequent to the time stamp shown in the zipped file. I am not entirely certain of the cause, but I believe that when an audit or drawing cleanup is executed the link to the file name is changed. When I have selected save the file I am told the file exists, do I want to overwrite. I have always selected overwrite. I now discover it is not overwriting but creating a FILE_salvaged.dwg file. I cannot be sure this new name then appears on the top bar when I continue with the file. I am certain that the original file name comes up when I want to save and I select to overwrite and that has not happened.

I think this has accounted for the loss of endless hours when I have progressed a file and when I open the file the next day that work does not appear.

The reason I keep checking the zip file is that the project folder in so many of my jobs gets changed to my drawing folder and often creating a whole set of project subfolders below the drawing folder. My drawing folder is a subfolder of my project folder. I have looked in all the ini files Ii can find which may be the cause, without success.

Polyline Viewports in Templates

If I have a drawing template file with a title block which has a polyline view port setup then it does not import into a drawing using Layout from templates. When you select the model space within the imported layout you cannot get back to paper space. Problem is solved if no polyline viewports are saved in the template file

Delete Pad

When deleting a pad it comes up with an error message about rebuilding the pad and the edit pad design parameters window becomes frozen.

Dimension Style

I had a simple drawing open and selected Dimension Style.
I created a new Dimension Style based on Standard. Changed mainly default height and default block to default layer.
Exited screen Selected lines to dimension. The dimension was added and the after a few seconds the program just dropped off the screen, no error reports etc.

7.1 Display items, 64-bit and PDFs with layers

This post is asking a lot:

1) Slow performance seems to be related to display: mousing over entities (which dash nicely) and particularly with large aerial photographs, is jerky.  I'd estimate 20% productivity loss while waiting for, for example, Esnap to notice it is near an End.  Graphics spec below, quad Xeon a few months old, 12 GB ram, SSD.

2) Is 64-bit a possibility someday?  I know I'd contribute!

3) Adobe Acrobat since 8.0 Pro has preserved layers in PDF's plotted from autoCAD, and the "DWG to PDF" driver included in autoCAD has the same feature.  My clients love it.  Is this a feature on the horizon, or is there some kludge out there to trick Acrobat Pro X into thinking its recieving input from the "Empire" ?

	Display adapter type	ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
	Total available graphics memory	6905 MB
	Dedicated graphics memory	1024 MB
	Dedicated system memory	0 MB
	Shared system memory	5881 MB
	Display adapter driver version	8.850.0.0
	Primary monitor resolution	1680x1050
	Secondary monitor resolution	1680x1050
	DirectX version	DirectX 10

QUICK PROFILE

When I create a quick profile from a 3D poly line and the profile is displayed I can save the profile when when I then exit the profile Intell 7.1 crashes. I can create the profile normally then open it and edit and exit without crashing, it appears only to be when I do a quick profile.

Align PS to MS

I found this tid bit online on a forum, it doesn't work with Intellicad, but I am sure some Intellicad guru can re-write it

(defun c:alignps ( / )

(setvar "cmdecho" 0)

(setq oldexpert (getvar "expert"))

(setvar "expert" 4)

(setq pms (getpoint "\nPoint in MS: "))

(command "_pspace")

(setq pps (getpoint "\nPoint in PS: "))

(command "_mspace")

(setq pms2 (trans pps 1 0))

(setq pms2 (trans (trans pms2 3 2) 2 1))

(command "_pan" pms pms2)

(setvar "expert" oldexpert)

)

SURVSETV

I was closing a file down and a screen popped up asking Locate missing external file and SURVSETV was the file name in the box it was looking for. This has occurred previously. The file I was just closing was one I was having some problems. The bugs which seem attached to the file rather than the program. One of the issues I was having with this file was using Survey text> offset. It would not work. In another file it works fine. I had run audit and removed about 30 errors but had saved the job prior to this last error.

Xref manager

ICAD 6.6 handles xref's much faster than the last release.

I seems the last release wants to reload every xref every time the xref manager is accessed.

editing/saving/Plotting Sewer Profiles

There is a significant bug when using edit profiles and plot profiles when the profile is sewer. The Edit profiles will not save the sewer profile so step ups and Manhole Id's etc are lost. Understandable if they are not saved then they will not plot or update. I have sent several feedback emails on the topic.

Recover emergency saved file fails...

Intellicad 7.1.1548.50090.P.Alpha

When I have a crash occur Intellicad apparently saves a drawing. When I start Carlson / Intellicad next time I am prompted to open the auto-saved file. Upon selecting to open the file I see an error message in the command window and no file is opened. There are no entities in the current drawing and no other document is opened...

Loading Quick Keys...
Loading Carlson Software program files...
Carlson 2012, build 120126
Copyright (c) 1989-2011 Carlson Software.
Drawing name:
Unable to find drawing "(if (/= s::startup nil)(s::startup)(princ) ).dwg".
Last command call released 5.51 Mbytes of memory.