Members Clintock Posted July 7, 2017 Members Report Posted July 7, 2017 That's a nice looking holster! I like the shark. I've got to work on one for my glock 17. Really want to use elephant panel. Wayner said it best with the paint can analogy. Quote
Members JD62 Posted July 7, 2017 Members Report Posted July 7, 2017 13 hours ago, JLSleather said: Folks must be using it.. got another email the other day.. about bandwidth usage and how to upgrade service so it doesn't 'crash' again Quote One day at a time my friends John
Members Double Daddy Posted July 7, 2017 Members Report Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) 6 hours ago, JLSleather said: See, now this is interesting. Programs? I'm not spending the money they want for AutoCad... but I do know some CAD.. if you know something that works, maybe we can swap notes? Now I'm REALLY curious...exactly what program DO you use to draw up those fancy patterns?...cause they look great! I'm creating all of mine (using AutoCAD) in a "master" DWG file, with all the layers and settings in one location...testing various prototypes as i go along to check stitch lines, "curve appeal", etc...once all is copacetic, then I'll create a pdf file of each pattern. My access to AutoCAD is limited to my employer's software and their permission granted to me to work on my own stuff at lunch...there's no way I could afford AutoDesk's products on my own dime. I do, however, have the free version of DraftSight (2D only) on my home PC...but I honestly haven't had time to tackle the slight learning curve for it (appears to be mostly command-icon-layout related). It does handle DWG and DXF files and I believe there's a way to convert to PDF, much like AutoCAD. Edited July 7, 2017 by Double Daddy Quote Have a great day! Chris
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted July 7, 2017 Author Contributing Member Report Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) No idea what you just said Anyway, I had AutoCad (at home) due to the old "job" -- allowed me to purchase the full version at an insane discount. When that finally expired .. well - you've seen teh sticker price there. I did try draftsight, but found it a bit quirky. Maybe the paid version is better? Currently using a combination of this 'n' that, but always looking for new options. Actually what I miss is -- dimensions in inches. I mean, you certainly can offset that curve by 'this many' pixels, but it tends to take some of the fun out of drawing! One guy on the forum once commented that he just scans the gun, and there you have it. When I asked how to do that, the answer was quite short Graph paper works great -- in the end, that's doing much of the work. Got real used to 1/4" grids. Wife really messed me up a bit .. she picked up more - only she got some with .200" squares... surprising how that can throw you off Hence the reason for the scale in my pictures! Far as free, though.. PrimoPDF seems to work pretty well. I used Acrobat Pro for way too long, but haven't been able to get myself to go 'subscription'. Only thing I can't do with the free one is combine pdf's or annotate, which these days I don't need anyway. But then, the whole point of this "show off" thread was displaying my graphic skills Edited July 7, 2017 by JLSleather Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
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