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- README.TXT for IntelliCAD(r) 2000 by CADopia(Standard edition)
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- Copyright 1999, 2000 CADopia.com LLC
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- Thank you for using IntelliCAD 2000 by CADopia.
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- This file contains the most up-to-date information regarding
- IntelliCAD 2000. Information here supersedes the online documentation.
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- We are constantly working to improve and perfect IntelliCAD. Please
- provide us any feedback via email at feedback@cadopia.com.
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- Contacting CADopia About IntelliCAD 2000
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- Your questions, requests and suggestions drive future development.
- If you have questions about using IntelliCAD, or want to make a
- suggestion for a future release of IntelliCAD, please contact us on
- the CADopia forum at http://www.cadopia.com .
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- You can register your copy of IntelliCAD online at http://www.cadopia.com .
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- The Following Information is Covered Below:
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- Installing IntelliCAD 2000
- General notes
- Notes on documentation
- Notes On Samples and Other Files Included With IntelliCAD 2000
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Limitations and workarounds
- Notes for those developing applications for IntelliCAD
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- Installing IntelliCAD 2000
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- As with many other programs, to install IntelliCAD 2000 under
- Windows NT, you need to have permissions as a local administrator
- for that machine.
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- To install IntelliCAD 2000:
- - Close any applications you have open.
- - The IntelliCAD 2000 CD will automatically run the install
- program when you place it in your CD-ROM drive.
- - If your machine does not autorun the install, run
- setup.exe on the IntelliCAD 2000 CD to begin.
- - Follow the prompts in the install program.
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- After installing IntelliCAD, you may need to reboot your
- machine before all features will work as intended. You do not
- need to reboot immediately.
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- General Notes
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- Please set the User Level to Advanced in the Tools->Options dialog
- box. This will allow you to see all the different features
- available in the product. Then, you can readjust the user level
- setting based on your experience level.
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- If you have any previous version of IntelliCAD, it is a good idea
- to back up the files and uninstall the product before installing
- IntelliCAD 2000. You must also reset the menus, toolbars, aliases,
- and keyword accelerators in the Tools->Customize dialog box, making
- each tab active.
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- Notes on Documentation
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- IntelliCAD 2000 includes online documentation only. You may order
- printed documentation via the online store located at
- http://www.cadopia.com at a nominal charge.
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- Each time you start IntelliCAD, a Tip of The Day is displayed.
- These are handy bits of information on using the program. You
- can read through all the tips by clicking the Next Tip button,
- or you can open the file icad.tip as text and read them there.
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- Notes On Samples and Other Files Included With IntelliCAD 2000
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- IntelliCAD is installed with a Sample directory that contains
- drawings and other example files. In addition, there are some
- interesting drawings, rendered images, and other example files
- in the directory named EXTRAS.
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- To display the Command Bar, go to the View menu and choose
- Command Bar. Once displayed, you can move the command bar
- anywhere on your screen.
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- Take some time to familiarize yourself with the Print dialog box.
- This dialog box provides the functionality you need to format
- plotted output.
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- Round-Tripping Drawing Data
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- IntelliCAD supports round-tripping of drawing data for
- AutoCAD drawings through R14. You can open, work with, and
- save your AutoCAD drawings in IntelliCAD, and vice-versa.
- Every effort has been made to ensure the integrity of
- your data. IntelliCAD can open AutoCAD 2000 files also.
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- System Variables and Drawing Variables
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- IntelliCAD uses the variables in your existing drawings
- (such as ANGBASE, FILLMODE, DONUTID), and the system
- variables you are used to using (FILEDIA, GRIPSIZE,
- TOOLTIPS, etc.). You can set them at the command line as
- usual, or use the Drawing Settings, Dimension Settings,
- and Options dialog boxes.
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- Automatically loading your LISP/SDS files
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- To load LISP routines automatically at startup, enter them
- in icad.lsp.
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- To load the SDS dlls, enter them in icad.sds file. This
- file is not included with the product. You can use any
- text editor such as the Notepad to create the file and
- save it as icad.sds in the IntelliCAD 2000 directory.
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- Frequently Asked Questions
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- Q: How do I return to my own customized menus after using
- other menus I have imported?
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- A: Before you import other menus, save your customized menu
- setup by exporting it to a menu file (.icm). From the
- Customize dialog box, on the menus tab, choose Export.
- Later, when you want to return to your own menus, Import
- them from your menu file.
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- You can revert to the original menus, toolbars, aliases,
- and keyboard shortcuts supplied with IntelliCAD 2000 at any
- time by going to the Customize dialog box and clicking the
- Reset button from the appropriate tab. Only the items on
- that tab will be reset.
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- Q: Can I keep my usual menus visible and add on a few more?
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- A: Yes. In the Customize dialog box, select the Menus tab,
- and click Import to bring up the dialog box for importing
- menus. There is a check box called Append To Current Menu.
- When it is checked, new menus are added to the menu bar,
- and your existing ones are still there for you to use.
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- If you want to replace your existing menus entirely,
- deselect that checkbox.
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- Remember, if you will want to return to your original
- menu settings later, be sure to export your menus before
- appending or replacing menus. (See Q/A above.)
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- Q: How do I record a script?
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- A: Scripts record your command line entries and coordinates
- entered using the mouse. To record a script, go to the
- Tools menu, and choose Record Script. Everything you enter
- at the command line, and points you select using the mouse
- will be recorded.
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- When you are finished recording your script, go to the Tools
- menu, and choose Stop Recording. To use your script, choose
- Run Script.
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- Do not select commands from the toolbars or menus while you
- are recording a script - enter them at the command line.
- The script recorder will record the command macro from the
- tool or menu command, and command macros do not play back
- correctly in script files.
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- When recording a script, IntelliCAD uses the points you
- actually select. Drawing orthogonally (ORTHOMODE on) or
- using running entity snaps will effect what you see on the
- screen while you are recording, but the points recorded in
- the script will be those you selected with the mouse.
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- One-time entity snaps are recorded and used in scripts.
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- If you make a mistake, or want to change your script, you
- can edit it in any text editor.
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- Notes For Those Developing Applications For IntelliCAD
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- SDS and LISP Programming Languages
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- If you develop applications in Microsoft Developer
- Studio, you can define your own list of keywords,
- functions, etc. to be highlighted in the editor.
- The file is USERTYPE.DAT.
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- IntelliCAD 2000 supplies a USERTYPE.DAT file you can use
- that will enable you to highlight the SDS functions
- in the editor. This file in on the IntelliCAD 2000 CD
- in the directory EXTRAS\SDS. To use the file,
- copy it to the directory on your hard disk where
- MSDEV.EXE is located.
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- If you already have a USERTYPE file, you can manually
- append the contents of the one supplied with IntelliCAD.
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- The sds_cvunit() and (cvunit) functions do not support
- three or more expressions in the FROM or TO arguments.
- Using three or more expressions may return the incorrect
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- Using sds_entnext() on an XRef will give you the ENDBLK
- instead of stepping through the XRef's database.
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- Dialog Control Language (DCL)
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- IntelliCAD does not supply default values for tiles in
- dialog boxes. For example, an image_tile must have the
- height or width, and an aspect ratio specified, or both
- the height and width, in the DCL code. If these values
- are missing, the tile will not display.
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- IntelliCAD does not support audit_level error checking
- in DCL files.
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- Updated: 21 January, 2000 5:00 p.m.
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