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- AutoSketch Version 3 Readme.doc
- Part Number: SK3RD-1
- 18 September 1990
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- Table of Contents
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- Installation and Performance Guide Corrections/Additions 1
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- How To Optimize Performance 1
- Installing AutoSketch 1
- Sketch3.bat file 1
- Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet and LaserJet Plus 1
- IBM EGA Display with Monochrome Monitor 2
- PostScript 2
- Summagraphics SummaSketch MM Series Tablet 2
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- The AutoSketch Reference Manual 2
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- Attach Modes - Perpendicular and Tangent 2
- Boxes 2
- Breaking Closed Polylines 2
- Editing Text in Dialogue Boxes 3
- File Naming Conventions 3
- Groups 3
- Macros - How to Avoid Display Dependency 4
- Read DXF and Pattern Fills 4
- Text Editor 4
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- Appendix E - Additional Error Messages 5
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- The AutoSketch Tutorial 5
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- Drawing to Scale and Plotting 6
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- Setting Up a Drawing to Scale 6
- Dimensioning 7
- Plotting or Printing the Drawing to Scale 7
- Plotting or Printing the Drawing to Fit the Paper 7
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- Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) & Terminate-and-Stay-Resident 8
- (TSR) Drivers
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- (page i) Part no. SK3RD-1
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- Installation and Performance Guide Corrections/Additions
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- How To Optimize Performance
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- AutoSketch Version 3 allows the creation of drawings much larger
- than previous versions of AutoSketch. In fact, on a machine without
- extended/expanded memory, AutoSketch Version 3 can create drawings
- twice as large as in AutoSketch Version 2.
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- As AutoSketch Version 3 drawings (created without extended/expanded
- memory) grow beyond the maximum size of AutoSketch Version 2
- drawings, editing command response time starts to degrade. This is
- due to increased hard disk access because of the limited memory
- available to AutoSketch.
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- Adding extended/expanded memory to your computer is the best way to
- improve editing response time in these larger drawings. Refer to
- "Chapter 4 - Performance" in the AutoSketch Installation and
- Performance Guide for more information on optimum configuration.
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- Installing AutoSketch
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- To install AutoSketch Version 3 place Disk 1 in your floppy disk
- drive and type:
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- [drive letter]: <return>
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- after you have switched to the floppy drive type:
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- install
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- Important: Don't copy the AutoSketch diskettes to your hard disk
- prior to installation. AutoSketch will not work if you just copy
- the files to your hard disk because some of the files are
- compressed. The Install routine decompresses the files for you.
- If you have copied the diskettes, delete the files Install.exe and
- Install.dat from your hard disk and then follow the instructions
- outlined above. For additional information please refer to the
- AutoSketch Installation and Performance Guide.
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- Sketch3.bat file
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- If you choose to have the AutoSketch Install program create the
- file sketch3.bat, note that this file is created in the C drive
- root directory. If DOS can't find this file when you type Sketch3,
- check your DOS path statement to be sure that it includes `C:\'.
- See page 24 of the AutoSketch Installation and Performance Guide
- for further information.
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- Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet and LaserJet Plus
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- Page 69: HP LaserJet and LaserJet Plus printers; maximum X paper
- sizes should read 7.99" not 7.28".
- (page 1) Part no. SK3RD-1
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- IBM EGA Display with Monochrome Monitor
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- If you have an Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) board installed and
- are using a Monochrome Monitor, you will need to choose item 4, CGA
- (monochrome mode), when you configure for your display.
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- PostScript
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- The AutoSketch PostScript driver was written to support 300 dots
- per inch (dpi) resolution. The internal linewidth is set to .01
- which we found to be satisfactory for most applications. The
- PostScript file can be edited. Please check your PostScript manual
- for further details.
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- Page 78: Serial Port Setup Diagram should list the handshaking as
- XON/XOFF, not Hardware.
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- Summagraphics SummaSketch MM Series Tablet
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- The section "Summagraphics SummmaSketch MM Series Tablets (in mouse
- mode)" refers to the model 1201 only.
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- The AutoSketch Reference Manual
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- Attach Modes - Perpendicular and Tangent
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- The section "Attach Types" in The AutoSketch Reference Manual
- should read:
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- Remember that you can select or change attach modes while in the
- middle of a drawing or change operation with the exception of
- Tangent and Perpendicular attach modes.
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- Tangent and Perpendicular attach modes require selection of two
- points to work.
- Boxes
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- Any box created by AutoSketch versions prior to AutoSketch Version
- 3 will be treated as a polyline when brought into Version 3. Boxes
- created in earlier AutoSketch versions can take on properties of
- polylines, such as width.
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- Breaking Closed Polylines
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- If you Break a `closed' polyline (a polyline that has the same
- start and end point) and you aren't satisfied with the results,
- just Undo the break and reverse the order of the points selected.
- The section "Break - Closed Objects" in The AutoSketch Reference
- Manual illustrates various closed entities before and after
- breaking. To get results identical to those in the manual you may
- need to Undo and re-select your break points in reverse order.
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- Editing Text in Dialogue Boxes
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- To edit text in dialogue boxes, you can use a combination of mouse
- or keyboard input. To edit text, click with the mouse and then
- press the right or left arrow key to position the cursor. To
- delete text, press Delete or Backspace. Click on the Cancel box to
- cancel, or click on the OK box to accept the changes.
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- To replace an entire line of text, position the pointer over the
- text (which becomes highlighted) and type the new text without
- first clicking within the text. The new text will replace the
- previous text. If you click or press the left or right arrow key,
- Backspace or Delete, the existing text remains and the cursor is
- positioned within the text. Remember that pressing Return selects
- the OK button and pressing Escape selects the Cancel button.
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- File Naming Conventions
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- When AutoSketch asks for a file name, you should enter just the
- name, without a period or extension, unless a particular command
- description states otherwise. AutoSketch adds the appropriate
- extension for the task at hand. AutoSketch file names may include
- only letters, digits, and the special characters "$" (dollar), "-"
- (hyphen), and "_" (underscore). The following are valid AutoSketch
- file names.
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- office 803 pcb_7788 $-zonk-$
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- The following are improper file names for AutoSketch.
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- #1234 (invalid character)
- any.old (don't specify an extension)
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- Note: If you would like certain file names to appear before others
- in directory listings just begin the file name with a number.
- AutoSketch sorts by number first and then by letter.
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- Groups
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- The section entitled "Objects You Can Stretch" should read:
- Groups (if one or more control points are selected for each and
- every object in the group using a crosses/window box. In this
- case those individual objects in the group which can be
- stretched, such as polylines, will be stretched, and those
- objects which cannot be stretched, such as circles, will be
- moved. Any object which is completely enclosed by a
- crosses/window box will be moved, not stretched.)
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- The section entitled "You cannot stretch these objects" should
- read: Groups (if you try to stretch the group by completely
- enclosing all objects within a crosses/window box. In this case
- the entire group will be moved without individual objects being
- stretched.)
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- Macros - How to Avoid Display Dependency
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- Macros may be "display dependent". Creating a macro on one type of
- display, such as a VGA, and then playing it on another display,
- such as a Hercules InColor, may result in the macro stopping during
- playback. The location of the scroll bars in dialogue boxes varies
- between displays.
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- If you will be playing a macro on various display devices, record
- the selection of font, pattern or file names by clicking on the
- icon or by typing in the name of the font, pattern or file.
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- Read DXF and Pattern Fills
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- AutoSketch produced DXF files containing Pattern Fills will be
- truncated by the `Read DXF' option if they are too large. This may
- happen because AutoSketch Make DXF converts Pattern Fills to lines.
- Note: Turning Fill - off before making a DXF file will reduce the
- size of the DXF file and may keep the file from being truncated.
- Refer to "Fill (Assist Menu)" in The AutoSketch Reference Manual
- for information on how to toggle the Fill command off.
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- Text Editor
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- Any leading carriage returns used in the Text Editor are removed
- when exiting the editor and saving text.
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- The Text Editor draws the text proportionally if you select a
- proportionally spaced font. If you would like your text to line up
- when drawing charts or tables, use MONOTEXT, a non-proportional
- font.
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- Text Settings, when called from within the Text Editor, reflect
- only the settings for the text currently being edited and will
- not effect any other text entities. This should not be confused
- with the text settings dialogue available from the Settings
- pulldown which changes Text Settings on a global level.
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- Appendix E - Additional Error Messages
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- "Cannot chamfer this polyline further. This chamfer will produce a
- polyline with more than 200 vertices."
- "Cannot fillet this polyline further. This fillet will produce a
- polyline with more than 200 vertices."
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- A check is made against the maximum allowable number of
- polyline or pattern fill vertices during fillet/chamfer. If
- the count is greater than 200 the above message is displayed.
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- "The number of files in your directory has exceeded the maximum
- allowable."
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- If the directory in use has more than 575 files this error
- message will be displayed.
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- "These break points produce a polyline with more than 200 vertices.
- Please select different break points."
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- This alert message occurs if you try to break a 200 vertice
- closed polyline with both break points on the same segment.
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- "This DXF file contains objects which AutoSketch cannot read in."
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- The DXF file you read in does not contain any valid entities
- or the file is empty. (A blank screen is displayed).
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- "This DXF file is missing the ENDBLK statement of a BLOCK:ENDBLK
- pair. Read DXF cannot continue."
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- The DXF file contains an unbalanced (missing an ENDBLK
- statement) BLOCK section. The Read DXF is aborted.
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- "This DXF file contains Blocks with negative or unequal X and Y
- scale factors. AutoSketch will ignore these Blocks."
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- AutoSketch cannot handle DXF file BLOCKS with unequal or
- negative scale values.
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- The AutoSketch Tutorial
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- The illustration at the bottom of page 75 shows incorrect
- dimensions for the distance from the center of the mounting hole to
- the intersection of the vertical center line at the top of the
- mounting plate. It displays these dimensions as 1.500 and 1.500
- respectively when they should read 1.125 and 1.125. The
- illustration at the top of page 75 displays the correct dimensions.
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- Drawing to Scale and Plotting
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- The following exercise may help in learning how to set up and plot
- a drawing "to scale".
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- Setting Up a Drawing to Scale
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- For this example we will set up a drawing of 165' X 60', (or
- 165 X 60 in decimal units).
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- 1. Start AutoSketch.
- 2. Select Units from the Settings menu.
- (If you want to use decimal units, this step and step 3 are
- not necessary.)
- Select Architectural, and pick OK to close the dialogue box.
- 3. Select Limits from the Settings menu.
- 4. Adjust the limits to Right 165', Top 60' (if you are working
- in decimal units, Right 165, Top 60).
- 5. Pick OK to accept these values.
- 6. Select Grid from the Settings Menu.
- 7. An appropriate spacing for this drawing might be one grid dot
- displayed every five feet. Enter 5'or (5) for the X Spacing
- (Y Spacing defaults to the new X Spacing value). Select Grid
- On and OK from the dialogue box.
- 8. Select Zoom Limits from the View menu. You now have a drawing
- area set up in the type of units you have chosen, and which
- encompasses an area 165' X 60' or (165 x 60).
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- Note: We have deliberately made the area larger than the
- drawing we are going to create, so you can view the drawing
- more easily.
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- 10. To draw a rectangle 150' X 50' or (150 x 50), select Box from
- the Draw menu and enter the following coordinates in the
- command line:
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- First point: 0,0
- Second point: 150',50' or (150,50)
- The box will measure 150' X 50' or (150,50).
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- For more information refer to: "Limits (Settings Menu) and Units
- (Settings Menu)" in the AutoSketch Reference Manual.
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- Dimensioning
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- Using the drawing created above, follow these steps:
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- 1. Use the Settings Menu to turn Attach Endpoint On and make sure
- Snap is OFF in the Assist menu.
- 2. Change the height of your text. You made the drawing larger
- when you changed the drawing limits so the text height must be
- adjusted to be visible.
- Select Text from the Settings menu. If drawing in decimal
- units, an appropriate text height would be 3 (3'in
- architectural units). Enter the desired value in the Height
- field. Select OK.
- 3. Select Horizontal Dimension (Horiz Dim) from the Measure menu.
- 4. Pick the top left corner of the box, as your first point, and
- the top right corner as your second point.
- 5. Pick a point just above the box for the dimension line
- location.
- 6. Text will read 150'-0"(Architectural units) or 150 (Decimal
- units).
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- For more information on this procedure, see "Dimensioning" in The
- AutoSketch Reference Manual.
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- Plotting or Printing the Drawing to Scale
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- Using the drawing created above, follow these steps:
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- 1. Select Plot Area or Print Area from the File Menu.
- To fit the drawing on A size paper, approximately 8 x 10
- inches (the default), the drawing will need to be plotted at
- approximately 1/16" scale (1/16"=1').
- 2. In the Scaling section, enter 16' for Drawing Units. Leave
- Plotting Units at 1". If you are working with decimal units,
- the values would be 16 and 1.
- Since the drawing is wider than it is tall, the plot box will
- need to be rotated in order to fit around the drawing.
- 3. Place a check in the box marked Rotate 90 Degrees. Select OK.
- A plot box which surrounds the drawing will be displayed.
- Select Accept to accept the plot box drawn.
- 4. In order to view the entire plot box, you may wish to select
- Zoom Full or zoom Last Plot Box from the View menu.
- 5. If everything looks satisfactory, select Print or Plot from
- the File menu to plot the drawing.
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- Plotting or Printing the Drawing to Fit the Paper
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- If you don't have any plot boxes defined, select Print/Plot to
- print or plot your drawing to fit on the paper. In this case,
- you will need to rotate the plot first. To do so, select Plot
- (or Print Area). Select Plot to Extents, and select Rotate 90
- Degrees. Select OK. A preview of the plot box will be
- displayed, which should encompass the entire drawing. Select
- Accept. Then select Print or Plot from the File menu
- (whichever is displayed) to print or plot the drawing.
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- For more information on Plot Boxes and Plotting, see "Plotting and
- Printing" in The AutoSketch Reference Manual.
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- Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) & Terminate-and-Stay-
- Resident (TSR) Drivers
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- ADI drivers and/or TSR programs use memory that is typically
- available to AutoSketch. If you do not have extended/expanded
- memory on your system, you may not be able to completely read in
- larger sample drawings, due to memory limitations.
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