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- AUTOCAD AEC (R) ARCHITECTURAL 3.0/10
- August 17, 1989
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- Old AEC Architectural Drawing Support
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- Because of major changes to layer and drawing names, it
- is impossible to ensure that drawings created with
- versions of AEC Architectural earlier than 2.03/9.0 will
- be updated completely or accurately. If you have such
- drawings that you may want to use in the future, bring
- them up in 2.03/9.0 and type UPDATE. Be sure to END or
- SAVE each. Update all of your drawings before installing
- AEC Architectural 3.0/10. When you bring 2.03/9.0
- drawing up in 3.0/10, they are automatically updated.
- Note: We no longer support AE/CADD drawings.
-
-
- Updating AEC Architectural Drawings from 2.03/9.0
-
- If an Update does not complete because the routine cannot
- find a specific font file, either place the desired .shx
- files in your AutoCAD directory, or move them into your
- present directory.
-
- Update will not work on a drawing that has been saved
- with DVIEW's perspective on. The update routine performs
- a ZOOM ALL which is not allowed in perspective. If the
- routine stops for this reason, type DVIEW OFF and X to
- exit. END or SAVE the drawing and bring it up again and
- the Update should perform successfully.
-
- Using the MS-DOS ASSIGN Command during Installation
-
- If you are using the MS-DOS ASSIGN command (as described
- in Section 1.4 of AEC Architectural Installation
- Guide for MS-DOS Computers) and you are installing AEC
- Architectural 3.0/10 on a partitioned hard drive, you
- will need to type in the partition drive letter along
- with the path and menu name. You should do this when AEC
- attempts to load your SETUP.MNU file during installation
- of the last AEC disk. For example, if you are using
- drive D type:
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- D:\aec\a\m\setup.mnu
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- at the prompt to enter the menu file name.
-
-
- Extended AutoLisp
-
- Depending on your hardware, you may want to use AutoCAD's
- Extended AutoLisp. Installing AEC Architectural does not
- do this for you. This is a configurable option in
- AutoCAD. It can be done before or after AEC
- Architectural is installed, or if a new version of
- AutoCAD is loaded. Please see your AutoCAD Installation
- and Performance Guide for details.
-
-
- (page 1 of 3) pub. no. QAEA3RD1.0
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- Layers and Blocks in AEC Architectural
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- Never PURGE any layers or blocks that are not your own,
- even though you may not see the need for all of the
- layers or blocks in a drawing.
-
- Each of these layers and blocks is required by one or
- more of the Lisp routines that perform the functions you
- may need. See Appendix C, sections C4 and C5 of the AEC
- User Guide for further information.
-
-
- Draft Elevations and Sections
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- AEC Architectural allows the creation of virtually any
- 3-D roof configuration. They are made up of 3-D faces.
- If your roof section has more than four edges, a routine
- is used that fits triangles together to make up that roof
- so it looks like a single roof section. The roof face
- may consist of many triangles. However, only the lines
- on the roof's outer edges are visible. During the
- creation of draft elevations and sections, you will
- probably see what appears to be extraneous lines in the
- roofs. These are the roof lines described above, that
- are invisible in the original part of your drawing. Do
- not worry. These can be erased so that your sections or
- elevations will be as clean as your original roof.
-
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- Roof Routines
-
- Using the soffit and fascia routines take a lot of
- practice. We recommend working through the Tutorial to
- understand the basics, to learn some shortcuts and to see
- some designs that can be created. If you have difficulty
- picking points, which may result in incorrect data for
- the routines, try working in a VPOINT, turn unnecessary
- layers off from the LAYER template box (Q5) or the AUI
- Utility pulldown, and/or use VPORTS for multiple views.
- But, above all, PLEASE READ THE PROMPTS CAREFULLY.
-
- There is one circumstance where the soffit and fascia
- will be drawn slightly out of alignment with the adjacent
- soffits and fascias. This occurs if your roof
- configuration contains a gable portion as well as a hip
- section, and the fascia has been set to SQUARE CUT from
- the Soffit and Fascia Modes menu. To fix this use the
- STRETCH command and OSNAP ENDpoint in a Vpoint and align
- the faces that comprise the soffit and fascia with the
- adjacent ones.
-
- Note: If you get a "bad argument type" statement using
- this routine, END the drawing, come back into it and
- continue where you left off, using the same routine.
-
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- (page 2 of 3) pub. no. QAEA3RD1.0
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- Error Messages issued from AutoLisp
-
- While we have attempted to recognize and respond to all
- data input to the AEC routines, trying to anticipate all
- incorrect input would negatively impact speed. If the
- data you enter is incorrect, we respond in most cases
- with user-friendly messages that tell you what is wrong.
- However, in certain cases, you will see "bad argument
- type" or "bad point value". These messages indicate that
- AutoLisp itself cannot handle your input data and AEC has
- not included your request in its error checking. Repeat
- the routine again. Study the prompts carefully, and try
- to enter logical and appropriate responses.
-
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- Sample Drawing Sessions
-
- AEC Architectural's Sample Drawing Sessions document has
- been renamed the Tutorial. Any references to Sample
- Drawing Sessions in AEC Architectural documentation refer
- to this Tutorial.
-
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- Running your own AutoLISP programs while in AEC Architectural
-
- Canceling out of your own AutoLISP program may do an
- AutoCAD UNDO BACK on your drawing. This happens because
- an error function "*ERROR*" has been defined for the AEC
- Architectural AutoLISP programs that will restore the
- drawing to its prior state if an AEC command is canceled.
- To avoid this problem, put an UNDO MARK at the beginning
- of your customized AutoLISP programs that you plan to run
- while in AEC Architectural.
-
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- Changing the defaults in the AEC-A.CFG file
-
- AEC Architectural has some initial default settings that
- you may wish to change. These defaults can be changed by
- editing the AEC-A.CFG file. For example, you may want
- your drawings to come up with "repeat" mode off and/or
- the default door/window insertion point left justified
- instead of center. To do this you would edit AEC-A.CFG,
- using an ascii text editor such as Edlin, and find the
- entries:
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- V:do_in 2
- V:rept 1
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- Change these values so they now read:
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- V:do_in 1
- V:rept nil
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- When you invoke AEC Architectural the next time, these
- new defaults will be reflected. For more details on
- modifying the AEC-A.CFG file, consult the AEC
- Architectural User Guide, Appendix B, section 6.
-
- (page 3 of 3) pub. no. QAEA3RD1.0
-