Xref Fade Control

This was troublesome to someone in the office. Thanks to the Mad Cadder for this solution. Sometimes, AutoCrap seems to flip a few switches on its on. How does that happen??



Original content from "The Mad Cadder" - copied below:

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I am not sure if this is a new features for AutoCAD 2009 or 2010, but the solution is the same. When an xref is inserted in the drawing the colours appear faded. It looks like it is in a permanent "in-place edit block" mode but it is not.



I actually like this new feature because it allows for visual recognition of line work and a distinction between an xref and objects drawn.



To control the intensity of the fade or remove the fading use the following steps:In AutoCAD, open the OPTIONS dialogue box. Choose the DISPLAY tab. Located at the bottom-right of the dialogue box, there is a section called "Fade Control". Adjust the slide bar labeled "Xref display" to control the intensity of the Xref fade.

Google Wave - The wave of the Future?

Heard of it yet?

Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation

and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.



At this point, it may take a while to get an invitation to use this early version of Wave. The links below are some articles for more info. as well as the official google page where you can ask for an INVITATION to be a user.

http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html

http://lifehacker.com/5288931/google-wave-questions-and-answers

http://google.about.com/od/experimentalgoogletools/p/what-is-google-wave.htm

http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/05/29/what-google-wave-means-for-facebook/