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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

3940.0. "AEGIA DRAW 2000 (CAD) Question." by MUSKIE::GAINES () Fri Jul 20 1990 18:16

    I recently purchased an Amiga 2000. I had a 500. When I purchased the
    2000 I got all the software as well. All of it is legit, all books
    and warranty cards intact. 
    
    My problem is the AEGIS DRAW software. I have a Roland DXY-800 8 pin
    plotter. This is one of the recommended plotters for this software.
    When I select say "Blue" or black as my current color, I noticed
    that the plot output selected the same pen location for these colors.
    How do I tell AEGIS DRAW that black is pen #1 and Dark Blue is pen #2
    and yellow is pen #3 etc... I can't find this documented anywhere in
    the book. There is also a file in the D2000 directory that is called
    draw.defaults. This is a text file and it looks like it is made up of
    plot commands. Is this the beast I must be concerned with? Again
    nothing is documented describing the draw.defaults file.
    
    Any/all  help is appreciated.
    
    Regards:
    
    Michael Gaines

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3940.1	About the DRAW.DEFAULTS	EEMELI::LINDEN		`Mon Jul 23 1990 02:48`	16
	re: .0 Hi! I've used the Aegis Draw quite a lot, although not with plotters. About the 'draw.defaults' file, it includes the details about how large is the window and what colors are the default one's and what other parameters you might change to suit your needs. That file is always read when DRAW is started, so when you change some parameters and wanna use them always, save them to that 'draw.defaults' file, otherwise you might do another file wich you can load when ever needed. Regards, Kari
3940.2	Any more help?	ITASCA::GAINES		`Mon Jul 23 1990 10:52`	5
	Kari, any more info on DRAW.DEFAULTS? What characters/numbers will allow me to assign pen numbers to my color pallate? Any more info would be appreciated! Michael
3940.3	At least screen colours	EEMELI::LINDEN		`Tue Jul 24 1990 02:19`	8
	It saves the colour data that you will see on your screen, I'm not sure how it does effect the colours used by plotters... -Kari- PS: I'll play with program tonight when I get home, so if I can find some solution to your problem. So I'll let you know by tomorrow.
3940.4	got a clue?	MUSKIE::GAINES		`Thu Jul 26 1990 11:44`	4
	Kari, get any ideas on how to define colors from the pallette to plotter pen locations yet? Michael
3940.5	not yet...maybe on monday?	EEMELI::LINDEN		`Fri Jul 27 1990 03:50`	5
	Sorry, I have not had enough time to try it, but I'll try tonight or at the weekend. -Kari-
3940.6	ok, still waiting	ITASCA::GAINES		`Tue Jul 31 1990 14:11`	3
	Ok, I'm still patiently waiting... Michael
3940.7	No solution!	EEMELI::LINDEN		`Thu Aug 02 1990 03:02`	14
	Sorry, about the delay. I couldn't find any way to control plotter pen from the DRAW, the file DRAW.DEFAULT is where it stores only the parameters/colors that affect on the display are or the measurements (feets/centimeter/ layers/etc). The only to change pen, could be by editing the plotter file. There seems no other way. Regards, Kari
3940.8	Math version???	GIDDAY::LAWSON		`Mon Sep 10 1990 19:19`	14
	Is anyone out there succesfully using the "M" (math version) of draw 2000 on a '020/68881 system? I thought that mine was ok until I tried to draw a line via the keyboard coordinate method, e.g; 20,20,10,90 - a line 10 units in length at 90 degrees (verticle) originating at point 20,20. The result is a line of correct origin and length but at some crazy angle of about 315 degrees. Tried various angles but none worked. Went back to the "Non-Math" version and all was OK. Somethin' aint right here. Glenn
3940.9	degrees or radians needed / specified	RUTILE::COX	It all comes ... from within ...	`Tue Oct 02 1990 10:16`	5
	Angle measured in radians perhaps ? Nik.