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QCAD – Isometric Projections made easy
QCAD - Isometric Projections or "The coolest open source app in the universe" I used to do Tech Drawing at school and to do an Isometric Projection required all sorts of construction lines just to render a circle. Here is a sample of an isometric projection in QCAD....
1st Support call from McDonald’s
Today I popped out of the office to pick up a Mobile Phone battery for a user. Got a call from another user saying they couldn't log in to our ERP. I was at least half an hour away. That was when I noticed a Free WIFI sign on the McDonald's restuarant window. Got...
Converting DWG files to DXF for use in QCAD
The native file format in QCAD is DXF however many online resources provide downloads in DWG file format. For example I was looking for roofing iron profiles and found some in DWG format So how do you convert from DWG to DXF. I tried to download lx-viewer but it has...
Quote of the Day
"You ask her the time and she tells you how her watch is made"
Autohotkey – Applications that exit gracefully give you consistent backups
I have a Weighbridge application at work that runs on top of Paradox databases. When you exit via the GUI say by clicking the cross in the top right or {ALT} {F4} it does the right thing and cleans up after itself as it closes. If you simply say pskill ProcessName...
Getting the HTML Tidy External Command working on Bluefish for Windows
Bluefish is a really cool "Web Development Studio" I find it's side pane CSS and HTML reference invaluable when trying to code HTML. It has recently been ported to Windows As it installs, everything pretty much works out of the box, but it's Linux heritage shows when...