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Looks like Mac OS X supports your plotter through gimp-print which is the default driver for older printers. Search Apple Tiger support for older print drivers or gimp-printers. This assumes you have the required usb to parallel/serial dongles, which shouldn't be a problem finding online if you don'...

As a workaround (maybe temporary) Export As in HD as *.plt file. Assuming you kept your windows/plotter setup you then open and plot the file via autocad.

I wonder whether you could use a generic parallel/serial plot driver for the mac/HP marriage?

I live nearby Carmel, Indiana... Give me more details on your HP problem... are you still trying to print to this plotter or are you looking for ways to plot somewhere else? Sorry can't help in person with training. Please use this forum to supplement you questions. As a HD user and believer I would...

I would like to help but I don't fully understand your statement on yellow dots... could you clarify. I don't believe that I have seen yellow dots highlighting an object. Overall, the magnetism (pixel size) of snaps can be set in the Perferences panel. I have also learned to turn off other sheets an...

I believe you can accomplish No. 1 on your wishlist by changing the units or measurement in Preferences. You can then hard enter arc length, radius angle etc. Watch the dialog entry box in teh lower right corner and you will see the Angle, Length entry clues. I second your No. 2 wish: breaking or ti...

Don't get me wrong, I am a proponent of this product and know that it will continue -- I am a pro user. However, as Andrea and company work on the next release I still need to pay the bills. Last night I was drawing for 8 hours and ended the session with a crash I believe because of processor heat i...

I find a lot of symbols on the manufacturer's web sites. Almost all windows and door companies have these symbols in 2-D cad dwg/dxf for free download. Since HD does not support insertion of DWG, you need another program like Sketchup to open the DWG, then transfer it into the dxf format. Another si...

Look under the Edit menu commands. There are Arragement toosl. Also you could use a specific sheet (exmaple named hatch) to place all your hatching. Then move this sheet under the sheets that you want to be displayed on top

I don't have a good reply for the missing arc's -- perhaps they were w-blocks or x-refs -- try exploding the dwg prior to dxf'ing it. To work with layers, 1) Select All to highlight all the objects you wish to keep; and, 2) Use the drop down layer box (in the lower left) to select one new layer for ...

When I think of stretch I think of autocad Stretch, whereby you can select an object (or series of objects that comprise an element like a door, jambs, swing) and move it, but stretch the connections to other elements, like wall lines. HD does not do this (I don't believe) and I agree it would be us...

Did you try selecting all of the symbols, then exploding prior to export?

I second the motion

Drawing scale shouldn't be the cause -- see your later post for my reply with suggestion

Alex

I found a few copy crash issues in 1.4 too. I believe that 1.4.1 beta is trying to address some of these, but its not that stable either. You might try deleting your highdesign preference file because it might be corrupted. You'll know when you've done this because on application startup it will giv...

What do you mean by Stretch? I use SU everyday too.