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We use lots of 3d data files as a basis for our drawings.Once they are converted to 2d files, we clear away lots of the border lines to make them look cleaner and more like proper drawings.With iges files, these lines generally become Pen type "Border" so that I can write a macro to remove selected "Border" pen types.However, when use a converted 3d PDF file (by storing it as a vrml file before loading into Isodraw), it doesn't add border lines unless we use a lower Thin Line Threshold.It then makes all border lines into thin lines so there's no way to separate them out in a macro.Is there a way to specify the linetype for Isodraw to use for Surface Borders?

I've done a few macros that ask the user to select a couple of points on a drawing and then the macro draws something based on the position of the points.The problem is that despite adding 'select none' into the macro, a line at one of the selected points always remains selected after the macro has finished.I've done a minimalist version below to illustrate the point.macro test_select message "Pick a point on your drawing" define me as MouseEvent define start_x as point define start_y as point me = Wait MouseClick start_x = me.ptMMGrid.x start_y = me.ptMMGrid.y create line (start_x + 10) (start_y + 10) (start_x + 25) (start_y + 25) select noneend macroTheres no problem if you just pick an empty point on the drawing, but if the cursor snaps to a line or ellipse, that line or ellipse becomes selected and remains so after the macro finishes.Is there a way to stop this?

Hi all,In illustrations instead of using callouts we use normal text command placing callouts(numbers).I've created macro to select each number and place a polygon around each number.But if same number is available twice in the illustration. The macro places the polygon in between the two like numbers.Its because for selecting each number I use select if text is equal to command. I would like to know whether any macro can be created to select the same numbered text can be selected one by one. Thanks & RegardsVaduga

Helllo,Thanks for looking, my problem may be simple - but it has been driving me crazy! I want to select an object based on its element ID (Object ID). I have tried a group and a line and i5 doesn't select the object. I have even tried SELECT IF. As a last ersort I used tool on the main toolbar, edit menu -> Select... and nothing is selected.When I find an element ID using ISM (el.element_id) it returns the number (not the "AUTOID_") so I have also tried only the number part. If you look at the 7.1 Macro Language Reference documentation, page 64 I have followed the examples, even changing some wording around, just encase a typo exist in the documentation.Has anyone had a similar problem and found a solution?Many thanksAlan

I processed a job as a Revision and it came out with rev bars. How do I get rid of them?

hi,the writer who creates our graphics is leaving the company and her machine will be wiped clean. I need to reinstall isodraw on my win7 machine. can you direct me to the correct person to contact for the download instructions. thanks, cm, director tech pubs

Hello, I'd like to pick the lobes of those of you who have hadexperience with supporting offsite (particularly offshore) Arbortextinstallations. Basically, I am supporting a set of authors in India, who up until 3weeks ago, were using a custom directory on one of their servers that Ikept r-synced with a custom directory on a US server. We are usingEditor 5.3 M040 on WinXP SP3 PCs, most are new (dual-core, 2G RAM orbetter). We are working with an in-house developed DTD and FOSI. We have recently gotten them access to our test server with the customdirectory we use to test changes before migrating to production, whichis a server located in the US. What I am experiencing is starting the India Editor can take 1-4 minuteson startup when loading with the US server custom directory. If theIndia Editor is pointing to the India server custom directory, Startuptime is less than a minute. Where things get really odd is once I get the India Editor open whenreading from the US server custom file, o

Available for immediate downloading from PTC's support site is theArbortext 5.4 M100 release. This maintenance release includes bug fixes only. If you want to knowall the details about this release, please check out the release notes<">https://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=128958> . If you have any questionsabout the release schedule, please reference the PTC Product Calendarat:

Prior to converting all of our xml files to Arbortext's default dita, stylesheets, schemas, dtds, etc., when compiling a .chm file from .xml, a txt file with all the ids was parsed into the compilation. A section of said .txt file might look like this:#define idh_t_test_column_picker 1427Now we're using dita, and creating a .chm file has never been easier; however, I'm stuck when it comes to creating context sensitive Help. I've found a resourceid element, and thought maybe the number could go there. I'm seeing instead, in the resolved document, that the resourceid converts to a file name much, much longer. I don't know if that relates. But ultimately, the Help button on a given dialogue box gives me the error message "HH_HELP_CONTEXT called without a [MAP] section."I'm looking for a series of steps to get me on track. I've scoured the Internet and I've come up so far empty handed. What I'd really like is a series of steps to walk me through this, but any help would be appreciated. Eve

I've got Epic 6 (64 bit) installed on just one computer so far. It seems to be working okay, but I'm seeing something 'weird' occurring with the generated text in the main file I'm working on.First, is a change from Epic 5.4, in that I am not seeing the notice that my 'file is too big for automatic generated text updates'. So now when I insert a new cross reference, I am seeing the link appear immediately. This I do like.Secondly (and my problem) is that I am seeing (or rather NOT seeing) existing generated links vanishing. I'll open the file (it is rather large, just XML is 60 file ENTITIES and just over 4 MB). When I open the file, it appears (and I have not scrolled through the entire file) that all the existing generated cross references (and it is only cross reference links that do this) are there. Yet if I add a block of text, it seems that those links following the added text just go away. I'm getting close to 'publishing' time so having many of my links missing would not be a '

And now we need to ask a favor of all you Adepters members. I was totally focused on the question being asked when I did my last reply. Therefore, I overlooked the content of the attached image.Please delete any and all copies you have of this thread that contain the actual image. According to my local subject matter expert it is Boeing proprietary data, and that means it should not be circulated without the appropriate markings and controls.My apologies for any inconvenience and for having contributed to the situation.Steve Thompson+1(316)977-0515

Is it possible to work with IsoDraw 6.2 or 7.x on "Windows 7 64bit"?

This is related to my Java questions yesterday. I actually got into theJava work because I was having troubles verifying that the ACL system orsh commands were working.Today I was able to get this to work:sh 'C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat'I need to pass it a parameter though, and I get a message that theparameter isn't understood if I do this:sh 'C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat' deployAnd in this version the cmd window just flashes by doing nothing:sh 'C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat deploy'I suppose I could just create another batch file that contains theparameter, but I would like to use the tools as provided if I can.I've also tried the system function, which seems to do nothing:system("C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat")

Anyone know of an automated way of removing whitespace in-between tags in DITA XML, like the HTML utility tool does called "Tidy"?<bar> <tag>Good text</tag> </bar>These whitespaces get introduced in our automated translations processes, by the way, not while editing in the Arbortext Editor, of course.Thanks.

Although I am still in the training phase, I have been asked a question regarding our long term intent of linking CAD data graphics.Question: When a graphic file is updated 1) will it update automatically in the arbortext document itself without asking for confirmation, 2) is there a way to set a notification to someone or a list of members who may need to know that file has been updated?Thanks in advance,Tim Cauley

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Hi, I have ISOdraw M60 on an XP machine and it works fine. I recently upgraded to a new machine with windows 7. I went throught heprocess of reconfiguring my lecenses and installing isodraw onto the new machine. When I open the applicaiton, I get the error message "License request fail for feature ISODRAW".Can anyone provide assistance to correct the issue?Swri

I just installed PTC Isoview on my computer. However, I couldn't find a listing of what 3D file formats the software can view. If anyone knows, your help is much appreciated!   ~Michelle

I have a rather large xml document with several graphics in it. The graphics are all stored as entities and then referenced by their entity name in the document. When I do a "create PDF" on the document, Arbortext systematically goes through and hard codes the file path for each graphic into the xml document before creating the PDF. Is there a setting somehwere that stops this behavior?Thanks

Hi everybody,This list never ceased to be a great source of information,so I hope I can also find help for this.We are building a custom DITA setting (with the APTAPPLICATION variable)We use "Compose to web" from styler (5.4 M090) with a custom framesetto export HTML files.We were able to configure many parameters, but the css stylesheet is createdin a css directory in the output directory and we didn't find a wayto change that (for example to : ressources/stylesheet)Is anyone know how to configure the css export path ?Thanks,Pierre ChateilLCI TechPub Sud-OuestTel : + (33) 5 59 77 77 27

I'm running Arbortext Publishing Engine 5.3 M090. I have created an XSL-FO stylesheet. When publishing my document PE Server drops tif graphics. It will process and print CGMs and JPGs but not TIFs. Does anyone know of anytype of configuration setting that needs to be updated to accomplish this?Thanks in advance.

I'm having troubles with running a command (basically an Ant script) fromJava within Arbortext. Here is the code: public static void build() { String s = null; try { String[] commands = new String[]{ "C:\\ProgramFiles\\nsiv3.1.15.2\\bin\\makedoc.bat", "IETP"}; Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands); BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(newInputStreamReader(p.getInputStream())); BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(newInputStreamReader(p.getErrorStream())); // read the output from the command System.out.println("BUILDing:\n"); System.out.println("Here is the standard output of thecommand:\n"); while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(s); } // read any errors from the attempted command System.out.println("Here is the standard error of the command(if any):\n"); //while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) { // System.out.println(s); //} } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("exception happened - here's what I know

I'm looking for ideas on where to put the ACL to change menus. Right now Ihave my script in the custom/init folder and I get the message that theHelp menu doesn't exist and my menu doesn't appear.I can source the sameACL file once the window opens and everything works - so the code iscorrect it is just a matter of where/when the code executes.So typically I would associate these changes with the DTD so the menuwould be added when I opened a particular document type. Here are therelated problem:- I'm working with S1000D so there are a dozen DTDs that I want to work with.- The vendor that provides the DTDs has created their own scheme forintegrating with Arbortext. They don't provide a way to customize theirinstallation and the installation has to be on eveery users machine, thereis no central installation. For my own machine I could modify the vendorssetup, but don't really want to.Any suggestions on how to get my customizations in place? right now I onlywant them to appear if the S1000

Hello experts,How do you handle CMYK pictures, CMYK and pantone colors table cell shading, bleed and crop marks?Arbortext Editor supports only RGB colors. We bought also Isodraw, the styler and the publishing engine but it appears we will need Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher and a lot of scaring macros and coding.Its a nightmare for a newbie to redact a shopping list of PTC products.Hope you are more helpful than my PTC reseller 😞

I opened up an existingfile in Arbortext 5.4 and when I tried to Compose a pdf file, the COMPOSE option was greyed out. What do I have to do to create a .pdf?