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paulprd
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JohnMorse
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Looking through the WT manual table of contents, these are the ones that stuck out as things I find indispensable and use very often. I may use others without recognizing it, and I certainly don't wish to detract from the awesomeness of the tools I haven't found myself needing as often.
1. Move points tool
2. Zoomer
3. Magic needle
4. WT rotate tool
5. camera tool
6. points along tool
7. polygon tool
8. cloud tool
9. blend tool
10. wall trim tool
11. squiggle command
12. date stamp tool
13. steel sections on Nuts & Bolts palette
14. bolts and screws on Nuts & Bolts palette
15. Welding symbol tool
16. Mirror by line
17. Match now
18. Move points tool
19. Move points tool
20. Move points tool (seriously) |
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poolvibe
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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Location: My Lair
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Extension arc tool! |
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David Mitchell
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
Posts: 29
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:40 am Post subject: |
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My favorites:
tornado tool
magician tool
intersection points tool
rotate tool (finally figured it out thanks to this forum and use it constantly now)
square polygon tool
s-break tool
parallel polygon tool
parallel offset tool
balloon text tool
The move points tool is indeed excellent. I wish I could make it 'see' objects drawn with the parallel polygon tool (it works with the 'closed box' parallel polygon but not with the 'open end' parallel polygon.....of course it could be that I am missing something)
My final 10 favorites as a lump are the Topo Tools / Topography Tools combo. For me, these tools provide a necessary bridge to the Windows based total station world. Without their functionality, I would have had to jump ship. |
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JohnMorse
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
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Location: Birmingham, AL
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| poolvibe wrote: | | Extension arc tool! |
Ooh, that is nice! |
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Matt
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 566
Location: Sterling, Virginia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:17 am Post subject: |
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| the top 20 WildTool features are the developer and his acute attention to detail. |
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Rob C
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
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Location: Southern Connecticut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Hard to choose
- Move Points
- Parallel offset
- Trim/extend
- Wall trim
- Move
- Move/copy
- Linear Distribute
- Rotate/Copy
- Rotate Distribute
- Needle
- Scissors
- Knife
- Pitch dimension tool
- Slope tool
- Wall centerline
- Blend line
- Gridline
- Door tool
- Cloud tool
- Insulation fill
A good test is what's on your Blossom palette.
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Scott Bloom
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Posts: 31
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: wt survey |
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Not in any particular order
Linear distribute tool
Move points tool
balloon text tool
trim tool
offset line tool
cloud tool
needle tool
offset repeat tool
break line tool
knife tool
arc by three points tool
section line tool |
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John Cruet
Joined: 30 Apr 2004
Posts: 377
Location: Guilford, CT
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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In no particular order:
Move Points Tool
Rubber Stamp Tool
Door tool
Window tool
Knife Tool
Multi-trim Tool
Needle/ Eyedropper Tool
Tornado tool
Gridline Tool
Wavy Line Tool
Camera Tool
Linear Distribute tool
Balloon Text tool
Section Line Tool
Plan title Tool
Drawing Title Tool
Lumber Tool
Insulation Fill Tool
Wall Trim Tool
Both parallel offset and offset line tools
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Peter Severin Carlsen
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 114
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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Where to start?
1. Offset line tool
2. Move points
3. Magic wand
4. linear repeat tool
5. line trim tool
6. intersecting point tool
7. Points along tool
8. needle tool
9. Scale tool
10. Rotate tool and the distribute rotate tools
11. flood tool
12. thicken tool
13. Offset repeat tool
14. Tornado tool
15. Wall trim tool
16. Delete tool
17 camera tool
18. reverse tool
19. Door/Window tool
20. Nuts and bolts
Peter
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patrickm
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 455
Location: santa barbara, ca
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:19 am Post subject: |
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I have my custom pallets combining PC and WT tools and I forget which are which. I cruised through the WT manual and created a list of the items that I regularly use. There are more than 20 here -- it would be hard to prioritize them -- I use them all depending on the particular drawing and phase of work I am working on. (This are listed in the order that I saw them in the manual.)
zoomer
move points
camera
magic wand
balloon text
section line
cloud
break line
S-break
parallel offset
blend
offset repeat
bisector line
trim
wall trim
fillet
chamfer
pitch dimension
area tool
nibble
lumber
hinge
insulation
electrical
door
window
various steel shapes
various bolts and screws
weld symbol
mirror by line
rotate by line
squiggle |
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paulprd
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Posts: 103
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:11 am Post subject: |
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Many thanks for your contributions so far! Most appreciated.
Best regards
Paul |
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Kent
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Posts: 62
Location: Birmingham, AL
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:59 am Post subject: |
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My Favorite wild tools are (somewhat in order)
1. Move Points
2. Parallel Offest
3. Needle Tool
4. Angle Dimension
5. Zoomer
6. Magic Wand
7. Mirror By Line
8. Trim Tool
9. Scissors Tool
10. Electrical Tools
11. Bolt Tool
12. Move Points (yes again)
13. Rotate
14. Pitch Dimension Tool
15. Steel Shapes
16. 3-D tools
17. Cloud tool
18. Slope Tool
19. Linear Duplicate Tool
20. Leader Line Tool
and others that don't come to mind now... Thanks Alfred |
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Alfred Scott
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
Posts: 821
Location: Richmond, VA
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I've enjoyed reading all of this.
When someone mentioned the Camera tool, I thought "What the heck is the Camera tool?" I had forgotten all about it but after thinking about it, it all came back.
There are no books on how to create software like WildTools, and you just follow your instincts on what is needed. I remember back in the early 1990's, I was getting ready to work on the Screw tool, which really interested me because I use that type of thing in my drawings, but Joe Burke was on me and said "Screw the screw tool, work on a move points tool!" I didn't know the significance of such a tool. There already was a Move Points command in PowerCADD. I didn't use it, but at the time Move Points command would beep when you used it, and I thought to myself, "I can write one that doesn't beep." No kidding, this is why I worked on it. And then I just did the tool the way it seemed logical and never thought much about it. Never occurred to me it was significant in any way.
Is this rational behavior of a sane person? I don't think so, but I take my medication now and I'm better...
But that's how the Move Points tool came to be. And I finally got around to writing the Screw tool when I worked on the Nuts & Bolts palette.
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poolvibe
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Location: My Lair
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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PCaDD would not be viable for my staff or I without WT. Would have to consider other options with out it  |
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