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- Off Broadway Standard Tablet Menu
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- The Off Broadway Standard Tablet Menu is a User Supported Custom Menu for
- AutoCAD. We are asking for a donation of $50 for it's use. Those that donate
- will receive published announcements for future updates and other programs
- soon to be announced.
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- The Off Broadway Standard Tablet Menu may be shared with other people
- under two condition, that there is NO CHARGE for the copy(s), and that it
- be distributed in an unmodified form with this documentation file.
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- Copyright (C) Off Broadway Business Systems
- All rights reserved by Off Broadway Business Systems
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- AutoCAD is the registered trademark of AutoDesk Inc.
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- Off Broadway Business Systems
- 316 38th St., Suite A
- Oakland, CA 94609
- (415)547-8801.
-
- Authorized AutoCAD Dealer
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- Tablet Installation:
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- 1. Copy pdmenu.mnu and pdmenu.dwg files onto your AutoCAD directory.
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- 2. If you have downloaded the files from AutoCAD RBBS (415) 548-5264 you
- will need to plot a copy of the tablet menu.
-
- HINTS on plotting the tablet menu:
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- 1. Pen #1 in your plotter pen carrage should be black .07 and pen #2 a
- black .03.
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- 2. Set the pen speed for pen #1 to 10 and #2 to 16. You will find that
- with a slower pen speed you get a more solid line.
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- 3. Set your plotter for B size and for MAX, FIT, Rotate 90 Deg. One
- can plot the menu in A size and it will work but B size is prefered for
- a 11" by 11" digitizing tablet.
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- 3. Place the tablet menu onto your digitzer. Find the correct placement by
- confirming that the acive area of your digitzer includes all of the
- table menu commands and drawing area.
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- 4. After confirming placment of the tablet menu use tape to to secure the
- tablet menu to the digitzing tablet.
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- 5. Start AutoCAD.
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- Type (2)
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- Prompt: Drawing file Name:
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- Type (Acad)
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- Prompt: Command:
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- Type (MENU)
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- Prompt: MENU Name:
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- Type (PDMenu)
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- Prompt: Command:
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- Type (Tablet)
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- Prompt: On/Off/Cal/CFG):
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- Type (CFG)
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- Prompt: Enter number of tablets menus desired (0-4):
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- Type (2)
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- Prompt: Do you want to realign tablet menu areas?
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- Type (Y)
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- Prompt: Digitze upper left corner of menu area 1:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 1
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- Prompt: Digitize lower left corner of menu area 1:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 2
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- Prompt: Digitize lower right corner of menu area 1:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 3
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- Prompt: Enter the number of columns for menu area 1:
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- Type (14)
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- Prompt: Enter the number of rows for menu area 1:
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- Type (11)
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- Prompt: Digitze upper left corner of menu area 2:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 2
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- Prompt: Digitize lower left corner of menu area 2:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 4
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- Prompt: Digitize lower right corner of menu area 2:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 5
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- Prompt: Enter the number of columns for menu area 2:
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- Type (4)
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- Prompt: Enter the number of rows for menu area 2:
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- Type (14)
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- Prompt: Do you want to respecify the screen pointing area?
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- Type (Y)
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- Prompt: Digitze lower left corner of screen pointing area:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 5
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- Prompt: Digitze upper right corner of screen pointing area:
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- Choose the point on the tablet menu labeled 3
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- You have now configured the tablet menu.
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- Using the tablet menu:
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- All of the commands on the tablet menu are standard AutoCAD commands with
- the following exceptions.
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- SetUp: This command will name and assign color, linetype the following
- layers Draw, Dim, Text, Hidden, Cl, Dot.
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- Draw, Dim, Text, Hidden, Cl, Dot: Will set these layers.
-
- Cntr, End, Insert, Inter, Mid, Near, Node, Perp, Quad, Tangent: These
- are the standard Object Snap options. When you want to use Object Snap say
- in drawing a line just pick the option you want.
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- View Set and View Recall: Position the view you want saved on the screen
- then pick the number you want to name the view with then pick View Set. To
- recall a view pick the view number first then pick View Recall.
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- Block Set and Block Recall: Use the same format as in Views (above).
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- Custom Macros: After you have created your custom macros where
- indicated in the PDMENU file, they may be activated by a simple pick from
- the tablet menu.