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Ady1	01/05/2023 18:36:51
6137 forum posts 893 photos	I finally got this to work by apparently clicking "legacy display" to disable it (didn't work anyway), then unclicking legacy to make it ok (yes I know, weird) in file-system options-display-general
Ady1	01/05/2023 18:41:39
6137 forum posts 893 photos	So you scale the pictures of the different views in their respective planes then start to draw the bits you want I had put my Drummond dwg on hold because it would take lots of work to run about and measure it all up if you can take your own pictures then you only need one measurement and the rest will fall into place because you've got all the aspects you need and you only need to scale your jpegs Only got this fixed an hour ago, has never worked for me previously, its probbly ok for most folk Edited By Ady1 on 01/05/2023 18:44:37
JasonB	01/05/2023 18:52:36
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	It's a useful tool particularly if you want to draw a cast part that has curves and angles, can be done with photos or scans of drawings where you usually only get the machined parts dimensioned.
Fulmen	01/05/2023 18:57:18
120 forum posts 11 photos	Is that from an Mg42?
Ady1	01/05/2023 19:31:35
6137 forum posts 893 photos	My current Alibre homework Edited By Ady1 on 01/05/2023 19:33:18
blowlamp	01/05/2023 20:00:00
1885 forum posts 111 photos	Posted by Ady1 on 01/05/2023 19:31:35: My current Alibre homework Edited By Ady1 on 01/05/2023 19:33:18 Nicely done, Ady1.
Fulmen	01/05/2023 20:11:54
120 forum posts 11 photos	Very nice work. I've done a few such builds over the years, it's a lot of work. My first 3D work was the US M2 using the primitive 3D functions in Autocad back in the early 2000's.
Ady1	01/05/2023 22:57:04
6137 forum posts 893 photos	Thanks guys.

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