D-Tools Forum - View Single Post - *NEW* Enhanced Stencil Suite for D-Tools SI5

avzone · 05-15-2008, 05:28 PM

Kevin/Heather, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I LOVE what you've done with the D-Tools shapes! They are definitely MO BETTA! Well worth the price of admission. Ever see the show "Why didn't I think of that?" Well...

They are SO much more user friendly. Talk about easy to recognize! Now when I choose a shape for an item, I know what I'm getting and will never have to worry about choosing the wrong shape. And NO MORE SHADOW unless I want it! YAHOO! Love the added shapes too. Now I don't feel like I'm missing shapes for some items. Same thing for the Stencils you added to match the expanded categories. Very nice!

I've always had 2 pet peeves regarding shapes...

First problem: The name convention needed some serious work. Choosing a shape for a new item went a little like, "hmmm...which wire shape do I want? Uhhh...this one...I think. Click OK...Awe CRAP! Wrong one!"

Second Problem: Why is it that the default shadow setting for shapes with this feature is set to "Show Shadow?" UGH! Thank you for fixing this! Now I'm not spending so much time changing this for every frickin' elevation & line drawing!

Thanks for this much needed solution! This is a prime example of "Time is Money!" I admit I sometimes forget this cardinal rule. In the past, I would have spent the time to do this myself, but how dumb is it to spend several days or even weeks of BILLABLE design time to fix the default D-Tools shapes/stencils when all I have to do is pay someone else a fraction of that? So what else are you working on? I can't wait to see what else you come up with to save me time & money.

"Stuff That Works" How TRUE!

05-15-2008, 05:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
avzone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 235	Kevin/Heather, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I LOVE what you've done with the D-Tools shapes! They are definitely MO BETTA! Well worth the price of admission. Ever see the show "Why didn't I think of that?" Well... They are SO much more user friendly. Talk about easy to recognize! Now when I choose a shape for an item, I know what I'm getting and will never have to worry about choosing the wrong shape. And NO MORE SHADOW unless I want it! YAHOO! Love the added shapes too. Now I don't feel like I'm missing shapes for some items. Same thing for the Stencils you added to match the expanded categories. Very nice! I've always had 2 pet peeves regarding shapes... First problem: The name convention needed some serious work. Choosing a shape for a new item went a little like, "hmmm...which wire shape do I want? Uhhh...this one...I think. Click OK...Awe CRAP! Wrong one!" Second Problem: Why is it that the default shadow setting for shapes with this feature is set to "Show Shadow?" UGH! Thank you for fixing this! Now I'm not spending so much time changing this for every frickin' elevation & line drawing! Thanks for this much needed solution! This is a prime example of "Time is Money!" I admit I sometimes forget this cardinal rule. In the past, I would have spent the time to do this myself, but how dumb is it to spend several days or even weeks of BILLABLE design time to fix the default D-Tools shapes/stencils when all I have to do is pay someone else a fraction of that? So what else are you working on? I can't wait to see what else you come up with to save me time & money. "Stuff That Works" How TRUE! __________________ Graham Hickerson Sound & Image Design, Inc. 1312 N. Parham Road Richmond, VA 23229 graham@soundandimage.com 804.741.5816