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Greg,

I ran into this also before, to fix the issue, turn off the "Update Check" in the loader, relaunch and manually get the update through the "Help" menu.

Installing 8 does look to be a pain, ...

I'm a FormZ user, I've found the cost/what you get is really good, plus I've been using every revision of the software since FormZ 2 so that's been like 15 years. I find the workflow with PowerCADD a ...

If I remember correctly, bumping your PCADD preferences should do it.

Care to share the shell command, or should I go digging Smile

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sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 1

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Wow.....

Am I the only person that has not had any real issues, my only complaint at the moment is my issue with Arial not being the same Arial as the past so old PCadd drawings will substitute Ari ...

Like any incremental backup solution, the first time it works it will take a while, incremental backups after that is much faster, usually tying it up for a few minutes as it backs up only the fil ...

About Time Machine. Does it interfere with use of the computer. Use CPU etc.? I wonder how it compares to setting up network backup systems.

Like any incremental backup solution, the first time ...

Because the quad cores are doing nothing for you, PC is still running in one core. 4G of ram does nothing for you unless you need that much memory for large files or for running many other programs al ...

I had the Arial font issue on one install of Leopard but not the other. One was an update on my everyday working system, the other a clean install for my developer system.

The update install doesn' ...

I would like to mention that Helvetica is very problematic on the Windows platform and many municipalities use Arial as the CAD standard if ACAD fonts are not used. Also, many users do not have Helve ...

This isn't AutoDesk where every revision requires a hardware upgrade every year.

Exactly - and why I am been a Happy user of PowerDraw/PowerCadd for nearly 13 years.

We are running autocad 2006 ...

Do any of you know why the snap to object would turn off on the drawing, but in the drawing setup menu, the snap to object is turned on. This instance only occurs in ONE of our drawings. Why is that ...

The real problem comes from not being able to replace it at the system level. I tried replacing the Unicode .OTF Arial with the old one and no luck. It either doesn't let you replace it, or if it sa ...

Arial in Leopard is a Unicode font, evidently this is different enough that if you had any Arial in any previous drawings, it will prompt you that Arial is not available and do a font substitution wit ...

I don't think you need to worry too much, I'm sure the video card you get with a MacBook Pro will be more than plenty for PowerCADD 8, considering at home I am running 7 on a 7 year old PowerMac G4 wi ...

Author	Message
Topic: update
Chris Roehl Replies: 6 Views: 4349	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:28 am Subject: update
Chris Roehl Replies: 6 Views: 4349	Greg, I ran into this also before, to fix the issue, turn off the "Update Check" in the loader, relaunch and manually get the update through the "Help" menu. Installing 8 does look to be a pain, ...
Topic: 3-D Dilemma
Chris Roehl Replies: 8 Views: 5704	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:56 pm Subject: 3-D Dilemma
Chris Roehl Replies: 8 Views: 5704	I'm a FormZ user, I've found the cost/what you get is really good, plus I've been using every revision of the software since FormZ 2 so that's been like 15 years. I find the workflow with PowerCADD a ...
Topic: Unregistering PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 5 Views: 5632	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:44 pm Subject: Unregistering PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 5 Views: 5632	If I remember correctly, bumping your PCADD preferences should do it.
Topic: Leopard May Not Be Ready For Existing Mac Users
Chris Roehl Replies: 15 Views: 10415	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:46 am Subject: Leopard May Not Be Ready For Existing Mac Users
Chris Roehl Replies: 15 Views: 10415	Care to share the shell command, or should I go digging . sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 1 ...
Topic: Leopard May Not Be Ready For Existing Mac Users
Chris Roehl Replies: 15 Views: 10415	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:04 pm Subject: Leopard May Not Be Ready For Existing Mac Users
Chris Roehl Replies: 15 Views: 10415	Wow..... Am I the only person that has not had any real issues, my only complaint at the moment is my issue with Arial not being the same Arial as the past so old PCadd drawings will substitute Ari ...
Topic: PowerCADD on Leopard
Chris Roehl Replies: 59 Views: 33469	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:04 pm Subject: PowerCADD on Leopard
Chris Roehl Replies: 59 Views: 33469	Like any incremental backup solution, the first time it works it will take a while, incremental backups after that is much faster, usually tying it up for a few minutes as it backs up only the fil ...
Topic: PowerCADD on Leopard
Chris Roehl Replies: 59 Views: 33469	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:57 am Subject: PowerCADD on Leopard
Chris Roehl Replies: 59 Views: 33469	About Time Machine. Does it interfere with use of the computer. Use CPU etc.? I wonder how it compares to setting up network backup systems. Like any incremental backup solution, the first time ...
Topic: Macbook Pro and PC
Chris Roehl Replies: 17 Views: 10239	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:02 pm Subject: Macbook Pro and PC
Chris Roehl Replies: 17 Views: 10239	Because the quad cores are doing nothing for you, PC is still running in one core. 4G of ram does nothing for you unless you need that much memory for large files or for running many other programs al ...
Topic: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:43 am Subject: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	I had the Arial font issue on one install of Leopard but not the other. One was an update on my everyday working system, the other a clean install for my developer system. The update install doesn' ...
Topic: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:41 am Subject: Re: Arial Font
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	I would like to mention that Helvetica is very problematic on the Windows platform and many municipalities use Arial as the CAD standard if ACAD fonts are not used. Also, many users do not have Helve ...
Topic: Macbook Pro and PC
Chris Roehl Replies: 17 Views: 10239	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:34 am Subject: Macbook Pro and PC
Chris Roehl Replies: 17 Views: 10239	This isn't AutoDesk where every revision requires a hardware upgrade every year. Exactly - and why I am been a Happy user of PowerDraw/PowerCadd for nearly 13 years. We are running autocad 2006 ...
Topic: PowerCADD snapping
Chris Roehl Replies: 4 Views: 4283	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:26 am Subject: Re: PowerCADD snapping
Chris Roehl Replies: 4 Views: 4283	Do any of you know why the snap to object would turn off on the drawing, but in the drawing setup menu, the snap to object is turned on. This instance only occurs in ONE of our drawings. Why is that ...
Topic: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:24 am Subject: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	The real problem comes from not being able to replace it at the system level. I tried replacing the Unicode .OTF Arial with the old one and no luck. It either doesn't let you replace it, or if it sa ...
Topic: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:41 am Subject: One annoyance in Leopard with PowerCADD
Chris Roehl Replies: 9 Views: 8566	Arial in Leopard is a Unicode font, evidently this is different enough that if you had any Arial in any previous drawings, it will prompt you that Arial is not available and do a font substitution wit ...
Topic: Macbook Pro and PC
Chris Roehl Replies: 17 Views: 10239	Forum: PowerCADD Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:31 am Subject: Macbook Pro and PC
Chris Roehl Replies: 17 Views: 10239	I don't think you need to worry too much, I'm sure the video card you get with a MacBook Pro will be more than plenty for PowerCADD 8, considering at home I am running 7 on a 7 year old PowerMac G4 wi ...