From what I understand express tools are not "supported" by autodesk anymore.
Is that stopping any one from using them?
We have been debating on recreating some of them just so we don’t have to install them any more....
Nick
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Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
From what I understand express tools are not "supported" by autodesk anymore.
Is that stopping any one from using them?
We have been debating on recreating some of them just so we don’t have to install them any more....
Nick
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
Hi Nick,Originally Posted by ndbrainard
We use them fairly often.
By "not supported" do you mean eliminate them? I thought they were going to incorporate the express tools into the standard program. I know AMEP 2008 still has the express tools. It seems that Autodesk rarely eliminates commands.
There are some very handy commands in the express menu I hope they don't go away.
Scott Telthorst
Quality Control Manager
Helix Electric, Inc.
www.helixelectric.com
Some see the glass as half full, others as half empty. As an engineer I see the glass as twice as big as it needs to be. ~Unknown~
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
I still use them and so do most firms I work with. They are not supported in that they will not provide product support or development on them. But they continue to ship them with the products. The layers toolbar in express tools is so popular they incorporated it into the 2008 releases of Autodesk AutoCAD based apps.
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
Are you kidding? I couldn't imagine life w/o them! Outside of this office, I routinely have to introduce them to new users who don't know they exist and if they don't tell their software installer to put them on, they are clueless that they are there for the picking. It is true...the best and most popular ones "grow up" and end up in the core product, but the others are all still worth having around for that situation that standard ACAD commands don't cover. Recreate them? Why on Earth for? To have to choose to install them w/ each new product is one minor additional step...not worth reinventing the wheel for IMHO.
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
To me, it would be more work to recreate them and have to point your new install to look at them. Its far easier to create a standard network installation that includes the express tools and be done with it. otherwise you have to create a profile, partial cui and get everything setup in advance.
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
Are the express tools in Acad 2008 LT. I was looking for arc aligned text, came to find out it is an express tool. Tried to install them but didn't see it in the installation window, on the software. does anyone know where I can find them. Any help will be greatly appreciated
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
Express tools are lisp based tools and LT does not support lisp, therefore it is not possible to run them, let alone find them.
Re: Express Tools – Do You Use Them?
It's true that ET are not available for LT--sorry--but if you do a Google, you may find some 3rd party apps that work just like them. There may or may not be a cost, and which version of LT may be a factor, but do some research and you may be pleasantly surprised
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