Beiträge von Thorvald

I know that, but it is almost never possible to move points and lines in the way you want - it is not enough flexible. So this could be a point to the wish list: The possibility to delete a slice outline. It is not needed so often, but when you need it, you can use long time to find out that you cannot adjust the outline, so to delete it would be usefull sometimes.

In this case I solved it, by moving lines down, so the unwanted line dissappeared and then I could add new outline where outline was now missing. But I could not draw new outline on top of existing, there need to be 0,5 mm distance, just for information if other get this problem.

Is it possible to completely delete a slice outline in order to make a new one, if the autmatic generated outline is "stupid"...

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Wow - thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I didn't think that such software was available for free or low cost!! I will try out PDF995 first and also take a look at fineprint!! Thank you!!

I know about FreeXP PDF - a very nice piece of software. But I need at least one of the functionalities in Adobe Professional: The possibility to assemble several PDF- files to one PDF-file. Do anyone know a piece of free software that can assemble several PDF-files into one PDF-file with specified order or maybe can "print" multible PDF-files into one PDF-file????? I need that very much...

Why the bottom of the roof is visible only at the one roof sides, and not at the other two roof sides???

Hello - and thank you for your answers till now!

I can use a 12" screen for drawing - no problem - but it seems like it is impossible to find those small size laptops with the very good graphic cards. For some reason (I wonder why) the small laptops are not equipped with the better graphics.

One of the comments is that I should not choose laptops, that use shared memory on the graphic card - I thought all laptops use shared memory (but maybe no longer?).

Are the graphics in the two small laptops (1) & (2), that I mentioned strong enough to run Dietrichs OpenGL smoothly??

The laptop (3) seems to be the strongest choice, with specific support of OpenGL.

If the two fist laptops (1) & (2) are not strong enough - is it possible to find any small size laptop that are strong enough??

I am looking for a laptop - and this laptop should of course be able to run Dietrichs and OpenGL with smooth elegance.... I understand that the grapfic card is important for this - and at the same time I would like a small laptop - 12" screen, under 2 kg weigth. Take a look at these:

1) Amitech Freenote 5480 12"-S.
Screen: 12,1" WIDE TFT WXGA, Clearscreen.
Resolution: 1280x800, WXGA.
Grapfics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator(GMA) 900.
Processor: Intel® Pentium M Centrino, 2,1Ghz 770.
Memory: 2 GB SODIMM DDR RAM (2x1 GB).
Harddrive: 160 GB 2,5" HDD.

2) Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Si 1520.
Screen: 12,0" LCD WXGA CrystalView, ISO 13406-2 class II.
Resolution: 1280x800, WXGA.
Grapfics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 integrated in Intel 945GM chipset, up to 128 MB (shared). Supports DX9. Dynamic Video memory technology (DVMT) 3.0 support. Intel smart 2D display technology.
Processor: F.ex.: Intel® core 2 duo, T7200 (2.0 GHz, 667 MHz, 4 MB L2 cache). Or Intel Centrino Duo.
Memory: 2 GB SODIMM DDR RAM (2x1 GB).
Harddrive: 120 GB SATA HDD (5400 RPM).

Possible alternatives if small size laptops will not fullfill the graphichs requirments:

3) Fujitsu-Siemens Celsius H240.
Screen: 15,4" WUXGA.
Resolution: 1920x1200, WUXGA.
Grapfics: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200, 256/512 MB. Professional 256 / 512 MB OpenGL PCI-Express workstation graphics.
Processor: F.ex.: Intel® core 2 duo, up to T7600 (4 MB, 667 Intel 945PM Express). Or Intel Core Duo, up to T2700.
Memory: Max. 4 GB, DDR-2 667 / 533 SODIMM.
Harddrive: 100 GB SATA HDD (7200 RPM).

4) Amitech FreeNote 5680 15,4 Wide-S.
Screen: 15,4".
Resolution: 1280x800, WXGA.
Grapfics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, 256 MB.
Processor: AMD Turion64.
Memory: 2 GB,SODIMM DDR RAM (400 MHz).
Harddrive: 160 GB.

Some comments on those laptops would be nice! And what is best of the new processors "2 Duo" or "Duo"??

Well now I did it with AutoCad, and I also got another idea. Import the picture in AutoCad in the correct scale and print it. Print the house in the same scale as you printed the ground(s). Cut out the house with a scissor and now you can try out the house on the grounds, mirror it, turn it etc. Very nice. But the grounds are maybe a little to small for my house (or the house is too big.....?) :lol: But with the biggest grounds it might be ok or maybe I can convince my wife that we don't need so many rooms.... :lol:

I understand your suggestion - but I think I would rather like to work with it in a drawing program. I have only possibilty to scan a paperprint of the grounds - but when I have that, I can insert the picture in AutoCad and scale it to 1:1 (or whatever). This AutoCad drawing I could turn into DXF and import in Dietrichs - but the question is where it would be most easy to move around with the building.

Because in Dietrichs I can not move around with the building very easy (I think?). But perhaps I can group the imported DXF and then move around with that.

In Autocad - if I import the groundplan of the building from Dietrichs to the drawing where I have imported the picture of the grounds, then maybe it would be more easy to move around with it?

I would like to place my house on a ground plan to see how the house fits on that ground - or if another ground is better.

What would be the easiest way to do it? To import a scanned picture of the grounds into Dietrichs or to export the ground floor plan to AutoCad and into AutoCad insert the picture of the ground(s)??

C24 timber grade is from Eurocode standard. If you don't find what you're are looking for, ask again. Maybe you should get hold on "Eurocode 5 - Design of timber structures, part 1-1", but I don't know if that is valid in Romania. Older "names" for C24 is T24 or maybe K24 (but I think that is a Danish term). I have the mentioned Eurocode - see picture. Well no, I thought there was a description of the timber grades, but I could not find it. Sorry.

I think it's better not to use the house types in general - at least until now I have not used it. But maybe it can be useful for some cases.

I also like the D-Cad - where the drawings functions are the same as in the Dietrichs 3D drawing program. Some of the drawing functions are really nice and better than AutoCad!

I am not quite sure, but I think a revolve function is not there - but maybe to copy round a circle - if you understand what I mean.

It's not a problem (to me) but I just don't understand, why it has to be there (there could be an option where you can check if one want it to be there or not for the single or group of drawings), and why it is locked area.

I have been thinking of the same - so what you really say, is that you cannot change this information in the header? One will have to accept, that the company's name is there allways? Also if you make your own drawing templates?

Why it is so?

Ok - I think I have deleted it now, so I will write a new one. I've sent the e-mail just now.

No answer from hotline yet - how long time they normally use to react??

Ok - sounds interesting that 3D PDF. I think you are right that you need IE to view Tekla models. My goal was just to show you the nice and easy way to make and show sections (and move sections through the building) they have in the Tekla viewer.

Ok - it might not be so simple as I thought. I will found out how, because it should be possible to view the 3D Tekla model in an normal internet browser. Because one thing is to see the picture, but once you try it on your own you will agree, that this simple to use function, is missing in Dietrichs OpenGL.