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Question on: Autodesk Fusion

Why cant I draw an arc length when I can in AutoCad?

I have asked them about this several times, and apparently it's not very straightforward for them to implement in fusion. I don't know why, since in autocad you can do arc lengths in about ten different ways. You can get around this by making a custom parameter. Search the autodesk forums and you will find a few posts where it is explained.

Answered: Anthony Welton on January 4, 2022

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Question on: ActCAD

"Not opened for read" error

I just downloaded and installed the program. I am using the trial license. I opened a .dwg file that I created in AutoCAD Map 3D 2011 (basically an AutoCAD 2011 file). When I attempt to do anything I get errors. Trying to use the offset command (typed or from the icon) I get "Not opened for read" and I am returned to a blank Command: line. I get the same error when I click the polyline icon to draw a polyline. Lots of other commands produce this same error. Then I try the copy command (from the icon) and select objects to be copied, but when I click the right mouse button to finish the selection I get "Invalid input." Interestingly, I can use the multiline command. I'm wondering if the trial is actually that limited? It's pretty difficult to the program if I can't draw or edit much of anything.

Update: It is not a "trial" problem. I am able to use all commands when I create a new drawing (and I imagine when I open the drawing that was created in ActCAD). It is only when opening an existing drawing created in the AutoCAD 2011 environment that I cannot use commands. The objects are there, I just can use almost no commands.

Answered: John Bell on November 25, 2020

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Question on: ActCAD

I am trying to convert over to LINUX from Windows and wonder if a LINUX version will be available? I have tried using Wine to run ActCAD on LINUX Ubuntu but it doesn't seem to work (would appreciate any help with this).

If ActCAD could be able to be installed to run in LINUX via the Wine Emmulator, that would be a great help.

If your system is robust enough, you could run VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/ and then run a windows virtual system to use ActCAD. I've run my older version of AutoCAD (Map v.2011) that way because it won't run on my Windows 10. You would have to find a license for Windows 7, 8, or 10 as a guest in VirtualBox. I bought ActCAD because I have problems with with AutoCAD because of the .pdf export. It doesn't work for what I need to do plus the VirtualBox can be a little slow mouse-wise, and, with AutoCAD being a fairly memory intensive program, it crashes more often than I'd like. ActCAD is much newer and probably would have no problem in a Windows guest system using Virtualbox.

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