Subject: RE: baidarka aleut paddle & cadopia
From: Paul Raymond (kayaker37@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 07:32:06 EST
I used Intellicad from Cadopia to layout the bottom of my folding kayak. I
drew a nice centerline, then a number of perpendicular lines, and
dimensioned them. Tied off a long string between two nails, and placed the
pages under the string, so that the centerline lined up. Then used a tape
measure, along with the slightly overlapped pieces of paper to line up
precisely. You can also cut out a small square form the page that will be on
top in the area of the center and perpendicular lines so that you can more
easily line it up with the one on the bottom.
Once you have your drawing blocked out with a centerline and perpendicular
lines, window in on a square slightly smaller than a piece of 8.5 x 11
paper. Make sure print settings are set to print current view, all entities
within print area and 1 to 1 scale. Under advanced tab you can pick center
on page. Under print setup I generally select print landscape. I am laying
out a small dinghy model using these settings.
Any questions just ask. You really do get used to this.
Paul
>From: "LEW PLUMMER" <jayhawk@sos.net>
>Reply-To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
>To: "Ivy Thomas" <ivy@teleport.com>
>CC: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
>Subject: RE: baidarka aleut paddle & cadopia
>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 22:43:06 -0800
>
>Jay,
>Call printing services, architectural and engineering firms. Ask if they
>can print AutoCad files. Generally these firms can print E size drawings.
>Ask if they would print out a couple of copies for you shouldn't be very
>costly.
>
>I have not down loaded the cadopia software to investigate their print
>procedures - sorry. There is a serious gap in the CAD software world,
>there
>doesn't seem to be a low overhead simple drawing viewer and print software
>package available. I am constantly running into this problem with other
>projects I am involved with.
>
>Regards, Lew
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ivy@teleport.com [mailto:ivy@teleport.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 12:16 PM
>To: Jayhawk@sos.net
>Subject: aleut paddle & cadopia
>
>Hi Jay,
>
>Thanks for posting the plans for the paddle. I'd like to try my hand at
>making it. I'd like to
>ask you if there's an easy way to tell Cadopia (I'm a CAD newbie) to print
>the layout to
>full scale using a series of 8.5x11 sheets that I can paste up for a
>template. Any tips
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Ivy Thomas
>Portland OR
>ivy@teleport.com
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