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WHAT:               POWER KEY MENU SYSTEM for AUTOCAD (version 1.01)

AUTHOR:             PATRICK MCKEE

FILE:               PKEYINFO.DOC

PROGRAMS:           MISC. LISP ROUTINES AND MENU SYSTEM FOR AUTOCAD R10

LIMITITIONS:        NOT YET TESTED FULLY WITH RELEASE 11

KNOWN LIMITATIONS:  SOME OF THE MENU FEATURES IN RELEASE 11 ARE LOST
                    WHEN ONE OF PKEY'S MENU ARE LOADED, THIS IS DUE
                    TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS CREATED WITH R10 MENUS.


THIS IS A MENUING SYSTEM FOR AUTOCAD.  IT HAS TABLET MENUS AND LISP ROUTINES
AND SYMBOL LIBRARIES AND ALL SORTS OF NIFTY LITTLE KEY MACROS THAT I HAVE
FOUND TO BE USEFULL.


AFTER READING THIS FILE PLEASE READ THE MUSTREAD.ME FILE IN THE PKEY11-1.ZIP
FILE.


CONTAINED ON THE DISKETTES YOU RECEIVED SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FOLLOWING
FILES:

      PKEY11-1.ZIP   (The lisp routines and utilities and tablet dwg)
      PKEY11-2.ZIP   (The first symbol library)
      PKEY11-3.ZIP   (The second symbol library)

IF ANY OF THESE FILES ARE MISSING CONTACT ME AT [phone].
STATE THE PROBLEM AND WE WILL GET YOU A NEW COPY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE
THIS SOFTWARE UNLESS THE PACKAGE IS COMPLETE, AND ALL THE ABOVE
MENTIONED FILES ARE INTACT.

ALL THAT IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME BY THE AUTHOR IS THAT ALL
COPIES DISTRIBUTED COMPLETE WITH DOCUMENTATION (SUCH AS IT IS)
AND THAT IF THIS PRODUCT IS FOUND TO BE OF USE. THAT THE USER
ADHERE TO THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES OUTLINED BELOW:

THIS AUTHOR UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS PRODUCT IS NOT PERFECT FOR ALL
SITUATIONS, BUT IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO AID IN THE EDITING PROCESS.
UPDATES WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN A TIMELY MANNER AS I AM CONTINUING
THE LISP ROUTINES ARE UN-ENCRYPTED TO ALLOW FURTHER CUSTOMIZATION,
HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO GET YOUR MODIFICATION INTO FUTURE UPDATES
PLEASE SEND A DISK WITH THE MODIFIED PART OF CODE, OR ROUTINE,
AND A REVIEW WILL BE MADE. THIS IS A USERS MENU, AND IT CAN GROW,
IF USERS SUPPORT IT.


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REIMBURSEMENT OPTIONS

THERE IS ONE WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN REIMBURSE THIS AUTHOR
FOR USE OF THE KEE POWER MENU:


1.   YOU CAN SUBMIT NEW SYMBOLS AND LISP ROUTINES FOR INCLUSION
     IN THE NEXT RELEASE.  PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE SYMBOLS OR
     LISP FILES ARE NOT COPYRIGHTED AND HAVE NOT COME FROM ANY
     OTHER VENDOR'S PRODUCT, BUT ARE OF YOUR OWN DESIGN.
     FULL CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN, BUT ABSOLUTELY NO MONETARY
     REWARDS AT ALL UNLESS FUTURE RELEASES ARE PAYED FOR.
     AND ALL OF THIS IS AT MY DISCRETION SINCE THIS IS FREEWARE
     ALL SUBMITTED ITEMS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF POWER KEY AND ONLY
     SIGNATURE CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN.  SINCE I RECEIVE NO MONIES
     NO ONE ELSE DOES EITHER.


     PATRICK J. McKEE
     RT 1, BOX 5
     COMBS, ARKANSAS
     72721

PHONE:  [phone]

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STANDARD BLAH DISCLAIMER

THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM MAKES NO WARRANTIES FOR THIS PRODUCT.

BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!

DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER VENDORS PRODUCTS.
THE PERFORMANCE OF NEITHER THIS PRODUCT NOR THE OTHER CAN BE PREDICTED
AND CONFLICTS COULD ARISE.

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INSTALLATION

COPY THE PKEY11-1.ZIP TO YOUR ACAD PROGRAM DIRECTORY.  RENAME OR SAVE YOUR
ACAD.LSP TO SAVE A COPY OF YOUR OLD FILE.  UNZIP THE PKEY11-1.ZIP FILE INTO YOUR
ACAD DIRECTORY. DO NOT OVERWRITE ANY EXISTING FILES WHEN PROMPTED, WRITE DOWN
WHICH ONES WERE DUPLICATES OF ONE OF YOUR OWN LISP ROUTINES AND RENAME THEM
TEMPORARILY, THEN RE-UNZIP PKEY11-1.ZIP WITH THE -O SWITCH TO OVERWRITE ANY
EXISTING FILES. THIS FILE CONTAINS ALL THE PROGRAM FILES AND LISP ROUTINES
FOR THE MENU. MAKE A DIRECTORY OFF OF THE ROOT DIRECTORY OF EITHER C OR D
DRIVE, CALLED 'KESYM1', NO QUOTES, COPY THE FILES PKEY11-2.ZIP AND PKEY11-3.ZIP
INTO THE NEWLY CREATED KESYM1 DIRECTORY, KEEP IN MIND THAT 'KESYM1' DIRECTORY
IS THE SYMBOL DIRECTORY FOR THE MENU (THIS MEANS THAT WHEN YOU LOAD A
MENU EITHER CKEE.MNU OR DKEE.MNU YOU LOAD THE MENU WITH THE CORRESPONDING
DRIVE NAME) UNZIP THE FILES IN ORDER, ALWAYS OVERWRITE ANY PRIOR FILE MESSAGES
AS SOME SYMBOL UPDATES MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED AT THE LAST MINUTE.



SCRIPT FILES:

SOME SCRIPT FILES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED:

RECONFIG.SCR............................THIS RECONFIGURES THE TABLET BY
                                        SUPPLYING THE ANSWERS FOR THE
                                        KEE MENU.

NEWTAB.SCR..............................CONFIGURES THE TABLET THE FIRST
                                        TIME A NEW TABLET IS NEEDED.

COMPRESS.SCR............................THIS SCRIPT FILE IS USED WITH THE
                                        COMPRESS LISP ROUTINE. USE THIS
                                        ROUTINE WITH CAUTION SOME USERS
                                        HAVE SAID IT BOMBS WHEN USED WITH
                                        ANY AEC PRODUCTS. DO NOT USE THIS
                                        MENU SOFTWARE WITH ANY OTHER MENU
                                        TEMPLATE SOFTWARE.

GET_IT.SCR..............................THIS SCRIPT FILE IS CREATED WHEN
                                        EXECUTING THE GF(GETFILE).LSP




1.SCR...................................TO BE USED TO OPEN A NEW DRAWING
                                        I.E. ACAD NEW 1, FROM THE DOS
                                        PROMPT.

2.SCR...................................SAME AS ABOVE ONLY OPEN AN EXISTING
                                        DRAWING.

3.SCR...................................SAME AS ABOVE ONLY ENTERS THE PLOT
                                        OPTION AND GOES TO TOWN. MAKE SURE
                                        YOUR PARAMETERS ARE SET, CAUSE THIS
                                        ONE DOES NOT ASK QUESTIONS. DRAWING
                                        MUST BE SUPPLIED ALSO.
                                        I.E.  ACAD DWG-NAME 3

18.SCR..................................USED BY PLOT.LSP TO PLOT AT 1/8"
                                        SCALE. AGAIN SET YOUR PARAMETERS UP
                                        FIRST, ONCE THE QUESTIONS IN PLOT.LSP
                                        HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, IT PLOTS.
                                        THIS WILL BE UPDATED SOON SO LOOK
                                        FOR THIS TO AUTO SET YOUR PENS.

14.SCR..................................SAME AS 18.SCR FOR 1/4" SCALE.

F AND FIT.SCR...........................SAME, PLOT TO FIT.

****MISCELLANEOUS NOTES****

MENU FILES:

TWO MENU FILES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ONE FOR A C: DRIVE SET UP ( CKEE.MNU )
AND A D: DRIVE SET UP ( DKEE.MNU ).

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DOOR ROUTINES ARE ACCESSED BY THE TOOLS SECTION OF
THE PULLDOWN MENU!!!!!
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MISC. FILES

A FILE CALLED KEELINE.LIN HAS BEEN INCLUDED, THIS FILE HAS SOME EXTRA FINE
LINE DIFINITIONS IN IT (CHECK IT OUT).

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CNS.LSP AND DNS.LSP ARE BLOCK REPLACEMENT ROUTINES FOR CHANGING AN EXISTING
SYMBOL INTO ONE THAT YOU ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH. THESE WERE ADDED AT THE
LAST AND AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY WORK ONLY TO CHANGE AN EXISTING SYMBOL IN THE
KESYM1 DIRECTORY. CNS IS FOR A C DRIVE SET UP AND DNS IS FOR A D DRIVE SETUP.
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STANDARD SET UP:


  C:\  OR  D:\ -----|
            |       |
            |      ACAD............ALL .MNU, .LSP, .SLB, AND .SCR
            |        |             FILES.
            |        |
            |        |---DRAFT.....THIS IS AN OPTIONAL DRAFT
            |                      DIRECTORY. THE LOGIC IS THAT
            |                      IF YOU EXECUTE ACAD FROM THE
            |                      DRAFT\  DIRECTORY ALL OF THE
            |                      CURRENT SESSIONS WORK IS IN
            |                      THIS DIRECTORY MAKING CLEANUP
            |                      AND BACK UPS MUCH EASIER.
            |                      THIS DIRECTORY IS STRICTLY
            |                      OPTIONAL.
            |
            |
            |
            |
            |----KESYM1............THIS IS THE SYMBOL DIRECTORY


HINT:
      WHERE EVER YOUR ACAD PROGRAM FILES RESIDE SO DO THE POWER KEY
      PROGRAM FILES ( .SCR, .LSP, .SLB, .MNU )

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TABLET DRAWING

THE TABLET DRAWING IS PROVIDED ON THE DISKETTE OR IN THE ZIP FILE PKEY11-11.ZIP
YOU MUST PLOT THIS OUT AND USE THIS AS YOUR OVERLAY FOR I RE-DID THE WHOLE
DEAL.  NOT TO BAD AND AFTER A WHILE YOU WILL LIKE IT, I HOPE!  AT LEAST GIVE
IT A TRY.  AND THEN GIVE ME A CRITIQUE, I AM ASKING FOR IT.  IF YOU DON'T
LIKE THE LAYOUT TELL ME AND IF ENOUGH PEOPLE BITCH I'LL CHANGE IT, MAYBE.
THAT IS THE BEST I CAN DO.  SINCE A LOT OF MY TIME AND EFFORT WENT INTO THIS
I AM RELUCTANT TO CHANGE TOO MUCH.

THE FILE IS CALLED PWR-TAB.DWG.
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TABLET CONFIGURATION:

TO CONFIGURE THE TABLET RUN THE RECONFIG.SCR FILE THAT CAME WITH
YOUR DISKETTES, IT IS SET TO RUN THE CONFIGURATION AUTOMATICALLY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT I CHANGED THE LAYOUT FROM THE STANDARD MENU FILE,
THIS ACTION WAS BROUGHT ABOUT FOR TWO REASONS:

1.  IN ORDER TO FACILATATE THE USE OF THE REDEFINED COMMANDS IN THE
    KEY.LSP.

2.  RATHER THAN CLASH WITH AUTODESK ON THE USE OF THE TABLET OVERLAY
    I OPTED TO DO THE WHOLE DEAL.

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DRAWING ENVIRONMENT SET UP:

TO SET UP YOUR DRAWING ENVIRONMENT USE THE POP DOWN 'SETUP' TO START
A NEW DRAWING ANSWER THE PROMPTS AND IT SHOULD DO THE SET UP.

THE SYMBOL LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED TO ADD MORE AND TO CLEAN
UP SOME SYMBOLS, AND TO ADD SOME 3D SYMBOLS.  I HAVE TRIED TO PUT
TOGETHER A COMPLETE PACKAGE BUT I KNOW THAT DESPITE MY BEST
INTENTIONS, I AM SURE THERE ARE SOME THINGS I AM NOT AWARE OF.
I CAN TAKE IT.  LET ME HAVE IT. IF YOU FEEL THE DESIRE TO HELP
IN THE CREATION OF A NEW AND INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE HIGH
PRICED MENU SYSTEMS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, CRITICISM IS NEEDED, HELP
OR SUPPORT IS VITAL.  ANY HELP WITH LISP ROUTINES, AND OTHER ASPECTS
OF THE MENU ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.


Patrick James McKee, Author
Rt. 1, Box 5
Combs, Arkansas
72721

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