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  1. #1
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    Grid not displaying correctly in d-cad

    Hi all,

    I cannot get the grid in d-cam to display properly. I just get a small blue blobs all over the screen, where the horizontal and vertical lines would cross. I do not actually get a proper grid. I have d-cad v10.

    My graphics card is a ATI Radeon X700 pro with 128mb ram. I have tried various display modes from the windows -display window and also tried different grid sizes 1mm, 5mm,10mm etc in the d-cad grid setup box, but always the same blobs.

    Am I missing something really simple?

    All help appreciated,
    BR,
    Windy.

  2. #2
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    Sounds like graphics issue, have you tried a 2nd computer?

  3. #3
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    The answer has come from those good folk at Dolphin:-

    From the main menu choose View > Preferences > Options and untick the
    > box "Draw grid intersections only" this should then display the grid
    > just like graph paper.


    They really are top people ) They monitor the yahoo dolphin forum and often reply in minutes of a question.

    It is 'querky' Dolphin that has a grid setup box that only allows some paramaters to be changed and one has to go elsewhere for others. Like all things, easy once you know.

  4. #4
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    They really are top people
    Tell me about it, they really are on the ball- I took over this job from a chap who died 3 years ago or so. Five years previous to this he'd got Dolphin to write a custom post processor for him. Dolphin still had a copy of it eight years later and actualy got it to me with no fuss at all. Impressive service.
    I love deadlines- I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

  5. #5
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    I have to agree on that. There have been a few times where I have emailed Dolphin late at night in the US and got a reply almost instantly. Support has been 2nd to none.

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