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- 7/16/95
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- Installing MacroForm.........I
- Release Notes...............II
- Tech Support...............III
- Legal Stuff.................IV
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- I. INSTALLING MACROFORM
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- Note: If you have trouble installing MacroForm, you should perform
- the installation in expert mode; you will have to tell the installer
- exactly were to install the various files. If you still experience
- problems, create an "Arexx_Examples" directory in your "NewTek"
- directory, create an "lwm" directory inside of that new
- "Arexx_Examples" directory, and activate the MacroForm installer.
- If the MacroForm key-set will not work properly, you will have to
- create a new one. Look at the KeyMaster requester figure on page 73
- of your MacroForm manual to get the key assignments.
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- If KeyMaster should fail when you try to activate it by hitting F1 in
- Modeler, there may be an extra space before the path name; activate
- Configure Keys in Modeler and delete the space that exists before the
- path name(s). If the problem happens after you have loaded the
- "MacroForm" Fkey-set, get rid of all the spaces in Cofigure Keys,
- activate KeyMaster(F1) and resave this set-up as "MacroForm".
-
- Arexx MUST be alreading running before installing MacroForm! Once
- Arexx is active, installing MacroForm is essentially a 4 step
- process...
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- 1. Insert "Disk1" into your floppy drive (already done)
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- 2. Double-click on the MacroForm_Install icon
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- 3. Follow the installer instructions if any
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- 4. Restart your computer
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- During the installation you may come across the "Assign Keymaster
- to F-Key 1..." screen. What this means is if the Modeler is
- running, the installer will assign the MacroForm utility "KeyMaster"
- to function key 1 in your Modeler function key assignments. It will
- also make this assignment by creating a new Mod-config file (the
- original is renamed "Mod-config-B4MacroForm"). This is performed as
- a convenience; with KeyMaster properly installed, you will be able
- to access the entire MacroForm environment with just a few mouse
- clicks (see page 20 of your MacroForm manual).
-
- Also, since MacroForm is compiled with the RexxPlus Compiler,
- RPStart is added to your user-startup file if RexxPlus has not
- previously been installed.
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- If something should go wrong with the installation, it is possible
- to do it manually...
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- Manual Installation ··············································
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- To install MacroForm you will need to copy files from the
- MacroForm disks to the appropriate directories on your
- hard drive. If you are using a directory utility this
- installation will be easier; if not, you will have to
- select "Show -> All Files" from the "Window" menu on the
- Workbench screen (otherwise you won't be able to see the
- files that you need to drag).
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- 1. Insert "Disk1" into your floppy drive
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- 2. Drag the "MacroForm" folder from "Disk1" over to your
- "Toaster" directory
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- 3. Select the contents of the "C" directory on "Disk1"
- and drag them over to your "Workbench/C" directory
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- 4. Select the contents of the "S" directory on "Disk1"
- and drag them over to your "Workbench/S" directory
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- 5. Select the contents of the "lwm" directory on "Disk1"
- and drag them over to your "Toaster/Arexx_Examples/lwm"
- directory
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- 6. Insert "Disk2" into your floppy drive
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- 7. Select the contents of the "LIBS" directory on "Disk2"
- and drag them over to your "Workbench/LIBS" directory
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- 8. Select the contents of the "lwm" directory on "Disk2"
- and drag them over to your "Toaster/Arexx_Examples/lwm"
- directory
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- 9. Drag the "Tutorials" directory from "Disk2" over to your
- "Toaster/MacroForm" directory
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- 10.Insert "Disk3" into your floppy drive
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- 11.Select the contents of the "tutorials" directory on "Disk3"
- and drag them over to your "Toaster/MacroForm/Tutorials"
- directory
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- Next you will need to alter your user-startup file. Add
- these lines to the end of your user-startup file if you don't
- currently have RexxPlus Compiler installed...
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- ;BEGIN RexxPlus
- RPStart
- ;END RexxPlus
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- Lastly, you MUST re-start your system! Also, after your
- system is restarted, you will have to assign
- "OAO--KeyMaster.lwm" to function key 1 in Modeler.
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- II. Release Notes
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- Although we've tried to be as thorough as possible with the
- MacroForm manual, some things inevitably slip through the cracks...
-
- a. In the "Fixing Curve Order" example on page 60, step # 8 says
- "activate Apply (F8)". Actually, you will have to repeat
- steps 3 thru 8 of the "Curve Order Test" example on page 58.
- This is because the formfile that was created had the wrong
- point associations. So, activating Apply will not produce
- the desired results.
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- b. In the "Breathing Can" Class Discussion on page 205, in
- the second paragraph it states: "Next we moved the middle
- point on the model horizontally...". It should say: "...
- middle point on the CURVE horizontally...". Also, if you
- have trouble loading the "Breathing_Can" scene into Layout
- from the "/MacroForm/Scenes" directory, when you are asked
- for a new directory, the objects are located in the
- "/MacroForm/Tutorials/Discussions/Can" directory.
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- c. Click OK or hit Return after Step #10 of the 'Rounded Square
- Bottle' on page 37.
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- d. In the sub-note of Step #8 of the 'Apply and Reset Mode
- Demonstrations' on page 39, it indicates that a curve will be
- created. The curve was already created by the Bottle Twist
- tutorial; no new curve will be created.
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- e. Do not be alarmed by the display after a rail tool operation.
- You will have to force it to redraw by moving it or moving to
- a different layer.
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- f. If you hit the Right Amiga - X keystrokes to get rid of
- the path name in the Formfile and/or Tempfile fields in
- RailToolz Preferences and click OK, you will presented
- with a file requester. This is provided as a convenience
- since you may not always know the proper path name.
-
- g. A height of 0 (zero) entered in the height field in
- NewBox will create a single rounded polygon in the top
- view. This is not true for the width and depth.
-
- h. The MOD section of the RailToolz requester will have
- different symbols if you enter Modeler by clicking on its
- icon in the Toaster directory (rather than entering
- through Layout with the Modeler button). The Apply
- symbol will become "·" and the Control curve symbol will
- become "¤". The Clone mode symbol will be the same.
-
- i. The Resistance values in RailStretch will use floating
- point values as well as integers (i.e., 1.5, 3.398, 0.75,
- etc.) Negative numbers will be converted to thier
- absolute value.
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- j. In the manual it states that your Curves should always be
- in the foreground when you activate Apply(F8). While this
- is the safest method, there is another; if the data that
- you are editing is brought to the foreground, and if you
- put your curves in the background, Apply will still
- perform properly when you activate it. You can use either
- method but, NEVER ACTIVATE APPLY WHEN YOUR MODEL IS IN THE
- FOREGROUND AND YOUR CURVES ARE NOT IN THE BACK...if you
- have a formfile in the layer that holds your model, you
- may inadvertantly alter data in another layer. Initialize
- RailToolz whenever possible to get rid of old formfiles.
-
- k. The LAYER/INFO section of the RailToolz requester was
- briefly touched upon in a few Tips, Hints, and FYI
- sidebars. We would like to have included a chart for
- this area in the Appendix. What this area does is list
- the layer number that a particular tool is currently in
- Apply mode. This is provided for those occasions when
- you have multiple Apply mode curves, but, can't
- remember which curve was performing a given rail tool
- operation. Also, for RailRout, it displays the current
- router file name if there is one.
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- III. Tech Support
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- Sorry...we are sorely under-staffed; and, unless the Amiga market
- picks up, and unless we all do our part to prevent piracy of this
- software, this situation is not likely to change.
-
- In our effort to provide you with the clearest and most thorough
- documentation ever created for a 3D product, we have created the
- 220+ page and 150+ figure Macroform Manual (we have also included
- the Tutorials macro). So, in most cases, if you consult your
- MacroForm manual, your questions will be answered. However, if you
- have any major problems, bug reports, comments or suggestions, we
- may be contacted at 908-964-4546. But, please...read your
- MacroForm manual thoroughly before calling for tech support.
-
- Also, minor upgrades and manual adendums will be sent to you
- automatically whenever we feel it's needed; and, you will receive
- special deals on major upgrades and new products only if you are a
- registered user.
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- In the near future we are hoping to set up a web page that should
- aid in the flow of information on tips & troubleshooting. If you
- send in your registration card, we'll keep you posted...
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- IV. Legal Stuff
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- * TradeMark Information
- MacroForm is a registered trademark of One And Only Media (also
- known as OAO Media). LightWave 3D is a registered trademark of
- NewTek Inc.)
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- * Copyright
- This software is a proprietary product of One And Only Media and is
- protected by both United States Copyright Law and International
- Treaty provisions.
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