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The Ryzen 5 3500U is hyper-threaded so they'll have 8 threads for rendering

Either one should work fine, but which Ryzen 5 are you looking at? The cheapest one I found is the Ryzen 5 1400. If I were you, I would go with the Ryzen 5 1600x. It's about $100 more than the 1400, but it's going to be faster and more powerful. Also, RAM is cheap, so if you can afford it, go with 12GB.

4GB RAM is not even worth looking at. These days you need 8GB RAM minimum, especially if you're going to be working on any sort of large files in Photoshop or doing any 3D work. 4GB just isn't going to cut it.

Making a Pattern file A pattern file is a text file, which has a few simple rules. If it is to be a standalone file, then the first line of the file must be *(File-name)(,pattern description if needed). The file name cannot have any spaces, but for clarity it can have underscores. The second and subsequent lines are the description of the lines that form the hatch pattern, and follow the data format shown in the diagram. The angle, coords and dimensions can be taken from the working drawing. The length of a data line is limited to 80 characters. There must be a blank line, without any data, at the end of the file. A stand alone file has to be stored in a folder which is pathed for AutoCAD, so it is available in the Custom patterns. It can also be put in the main pattern file ACAD.PAT or ACADISO.PAT but that is trickier when you are trying to write the pattern. My procedure was to start a text editor with the pattern file loaded, and also start AutoCAD, then one can hatch, write a line into the pattern file and save it, and then (having erased the first hatch) hatch again. AutoCAD always takes the most recent pattern file so one sees whether the last line is doing what it should. I thought a few pictures would explain everything, but if I should have taken shortcuts, please seek further clarification. I have also added my whole hatch pattern file. *Quilt,satin quilt pattern 0,-2.25,0,0,15.36396103,4.5,-3.18198052 0,1.59099026,1.59099026,0,15.36396103,4.5,-3.18198052 0,1.59099026,-1.59099026,0,15.36396103,4.5,-3.18198052 0,5.43198052,3.18198052,0,15.36396103,4.5,-10.86396104 0,5.43198052,-3.18198052,0,15.36396103,4.5,-10.86396104 0,1.59099026,3.84099026,0,15.36396103,2.25,-7.68198052,2.25,-3.18198052 0,1.59099026,-3.84099026,0,15.36396103,2.25,-7.68198052,2.25,-3.18198052 0,3.18198052,5.43198052,0,15.36396103,2.25,-4.5,2.25,-6.36396103 0,3.18198052,-5.43198052,0,15.36396103,2.25,-4.5,2.25,-6.36396103 0,0,-7.68198052,0,15.36396103 45,-1.59099,-1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-3.18198,2.25,-6.36396,2.25,-3.18198 45,0,2.25,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-9.54594,4.5,-3.18198 45,2.25,0,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-9.54594,4.5,-3.18198 45,6.09099,1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,10.86396,-10.86396 45,1.59099,6.09099,-10.86396,10.86396,10.86396,-10.86396 45,3.84099,-1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,2.25,-14.04594,2.25,-3.18198 45,-1.59099,3.84099,-10.86396,10.86396,2.25,-14.04594,2.25,-3.18198 45,-1.59099,-9.27298,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-6.36396,4.5,-6.36396 90,0,-2.25,0,15.36396103,4.5,-3.18198052 90,-1.59099026,1.59099026,0,15.36396103,4.5,-3.18198052 90,1.59099026,1.59099026,0,15.36396103,4.5,-3.18198052 90,-3.18198052,5.43198052,0,15.36396103,4.5,-10.86396104 90,3.18198052,5.43098052,0,15.36396103,4.5,-10.86396104 90,-3.82099026,1.59099026,0,15.36396103,2.25,-7.68198052,2.25,-3.18198052 90,3.84099026,1.59099026,0,15.36396103,2.25,-7.68198052,2.25,-3.18198052 90,-5.43098052,3.18198052,0,15.36396103,2.25,-4.5,2.25,-6.36396103 90,5.43198052,3.18198052,0,15.36396103,2.25,-4.5,2.25,-6.36396103 90,7.68098052,0,0,15.36396103 135,1.59099,-1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-3.18198,2.25,-6.36396,2.25,-3.18198 135,-2.25,0,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-9.54594,4.5,-3.18198 135,0,2.25,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-9.54594,4.5,-3.18198 135,-1.59099,6.09099,-10.86396,10.86396,10.86396,-10.86396 135,-6.09099,1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,10.86396,-10.86396 135,1.59099,3.84099,-10.86396,10.86396,2.25,-14.04594,2.25,-3.18198 135,-3.84099,-1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,2.25,-14.04594,2.25,-3.18198 135,9.27298,-1.59099,-10.86396,10.86396,4.5,-6.36396,4.5,-6.36396

Use whatever versions of those programs that you have, but I don't know how well 3ds Max is going to perform on a laptop with that processor. You will probably have issues with large scenes, and rendering will probably take a long time with only 4 cores and 8GB RAM. That's why I always tell people to get a desktop PC if they want to do 3D work. You need a fast processor with at least 8 cores, a decent graphics card and at least 16GB RAM. Also, a desktop PC allows for better cooling since rendering tends to generate a lot of heat.

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Hallo see my attached example. Regards Jochen www.black-cad.de simplify 3dpoly_scj.dwg

Like cad64 the Ram is very important if you can add it do 16gb. We took a couple of old pc 4gb made into 8GB Autocad performance increase was amazing.

Considering your price point of $500, or less, I think that at a minimum you would be looking at a laptop built upon the 10th generation Intel Core i5-1035G1 don't you? Unfortunately at that price you don't get a dedicated graphics card nor do you get an optical drive and it would most likely come with just 8GB of RAM.

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