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Single Key Function Selection:
1 - Single solid line & regular text
2 - Double solid line & small text
3 - Triple solid line & large text
4 - Dotted line
5 - Dashed line
G - Snap on/off
O - Absolute/Relative coordinate
Special keys:
Ctrl - Show contents of dotted box
Alt - Stretch dotted box
Single key menu item selection:
Type upper case letter.
TurboDraw Changes:
-----------------
1. Installation
For first time installation, type DRAW instead of
INSTALL as instructed in the manual.
To reconfigure the hardware setup, type DRAW and
select option 2 from the startup menu.
2. Loading TurboDraw and running TBSYMB:
Upon exit, TurboDraw now purges all loaded
programs. This includes the printer driver, plotter
driver, CRT driver, and EZCAD. The only program
that is not purged is the mouse driver. The
implication is:
a) You cannot type TBDRAW to restart TurboDraw.
b) You have to manually load EZCAD and CRT
driver before starting TBSYMB.
3. Keyboard Commands:
* The <Ctrl> key can be used to show the symbol
being pasted ("Drag")
* The <Alt> key can be used to stretch the symbol
being pasted.
* You can use single key stroke to select an item
in any text menu, For example, you can type FQ
to quit TurboDraw.
* The "G" key can be used to turn the "Snap to"
function on or off any time except during
submenu selection.
* The "O" key can be used to set the origin
of the relative coordinate system. Pressing
"O" toggles the coordinate display from
absolute coordinate to relative coordinate and
vice versa.
* The following keys can be used to select line
and text styles at any time, except during
submenu selection:
"1" - Select single solid line and regular text.
"2" - Select double solid line and small text.
"3" - Select Tripple solid line and large text.
"4" - Select dotted line.
"5" - Select dashed line.
* The <Enter> key can be used as the Select key
(equivalent to the <f1> key and the <esc>
key can be used as the cancel key
(equivalent to <f2>).
4. To prevent grievances:
* Confimation required: 1) Before the "Clear"
command is executed. 2) Before loading a file
onto another (merging).
* When saving or loading a file, the file name
extension is assumed to be .DRW if not
specified. File name is deblanked.
* When saving a file, the original file is renamed
to "filename.BAK" to provide a backup.
* When loading a library file, the file name
extension is assumed to be .LBR.
* The default print device is "PRN" (equivalent
to LPT1) instead of "SPOOL.0".
* The last printed file is saved in EZCAD.TMP.
5. Repositioning/dragging text or symbol:
* Auto-delete (repositioning) is effective only
if the previous submenu is LIB, EDIT or DRAW.
* If the previous operation was a "paste",
"autodelete" cuts the whole pasted section.
* If objects are selected, auto-delete deselects
only.
* When positioning a symbol or section by pasting,
if the <Ctrl> key is depressed, the actual
symbol or section is shown on the screen instead
of a dotted box. This "dragging" action
provides the ability to align exactly.
However, dragging is much slower than moving
the dotted box, therefore, it is only useful
for fine adjustments. Dragging can also be
initiated by pressing the ^S, ^E, ^D and ^X
control key bombinations.
* When pasting a library symbol, the "Snap to"
function is turned on automatically if the
symbol contains lines that are drawn when "Snap
to" was is effect.
6. Changing Scale:
The X2 command in the CONFIG menu allows you to
zoom-in to your drawing for detail work. Note
that the drawing area remains the same size, and
therefore only 1/4 of the drawing remains in the
drawing area. To view the whole drawing in this
expanded view, change your drawing size to 4
times larger before executing this command.
7. Configuration File:
A configuration file is consists of commands that
are interpreted by TurboFlow after the drawing is
started. Several typical applications for this
feature are listed below:
a. Set default paper size and orientation.
b. Load special symbol library.
c. Append symbol libraries to the main menu.
d. Self running demo.
The configuration file is invoked by specifying
the file name as the parameter when loading
EZCAD.COM. This can be accomplished by loading
each driver program manually, by editing the
FLOW.BAT file, by editing the LOAD.BAT file which
is invoked by the FLOW.BAT file, or by typing the
following line:
LOAD CLS TBFLOW filename.CFG
The configuration commands are listed below:
Command: |
The "|" character is the starting/ending
character for messages that are displayed in
the dialogue box.
Command: ;
The ";" character indicates a comment line.
Command: @ x,y
Cursor positioning. x is the horizontal pixel
coordinate, y is the vertical pixel
coordinate. The origin (0,0) of the pixel
coordinate is the lower left corner of the
screen.
Command: ADDLBR filename
Add a libary to the main menu, up to 11 can
be added. File name extension must be
specified.
Command: CLEAR
Screen clear.
Command: CANCEL
Equivalent to pressing the Cancel button.
Command: END
End of configuration file.
Command: LDLBR filename
Equivalent to the LOAD LIBRARY FILE Command.
File name extension must be specified.
Command: LDFILE filename
Equivalent to the LOAD FILE command. A
drawing is loaded. File name extension must
be specified.
Command: MENU=n
Selecting the current menu or submenu
displayed on the screen. The first item is
item 0, the next item down is item 1, etc.
Command: PAN
Pan the screen if necessary.
Command: PSIZE=n
Set current drawing paper size according to
the followling table:
n dimension code
-- ------------ ----
0 11.0 X 8.5 A
1 17.0 X 11.0 B
2 22.0 X 17.0 C
3 34.0 X 22.0 D
4 44.0 X 34.0 E
5 14.0 X 11.0 W
6 8.5 X 11.0 A'
7 11.0 X 17.0 B'
8 17.0 X 22.0 C'
9 22.0 X 34.0 D'
10 34.0 X 44.0 E'
11 11.0 X 14.0 W'
12 14.0 X 22.0 X2
13 14.0 X 33.0 X3
14 14.0 X 44.0 X4
15 22.0 X 14.0 X2'
16 33.0 X 14.0 X3'
17 44.0 X 14.0 X4'
Command: RESET
Clear the drawing.
Command: REFRESH
Refresh the drawing area of the screen,
usually used to erase the dialogue box.
Command: RETURN
Return to the interpreter. Let previous
commands be visually displayed before
interpreting the next command.
Command: SELECT
Equivalent to pressing the Select button.
Command: SETMENU=n
The next menu item selected by the WAIT
SELECT command will be n no matter what the
user selects.
Command: WAIT=n
Wait for n/10 seconds or until a button
press.
Command: WAIT SELECT
Wait indefinitely until the Select button
press.
Command: WAIT CANCEL
Wait indefinetely until the Cancel button
press.
Using A Mouse:
-------------
* Always use the mouse driver that came with your
mouse. Load the mouse driver before starting
TurboDraw.
* If your mouse does not work properly, and if it is
compatible with the Mouse Systems' PC Mouse, you can
load EZMOUSE instead of your own mouse driver. Note
that EZMOUSE cannot be loaded unless there is no
mouse driver present in the system.
* In the rare event that EZMOUSE.COM works for
TurboDraw but not other programs, and your
MSMOUSE.COM works for other programs, but not for
TurboDraw, you should change the first line of your
DRAW.BAT file to be
EZMOUSE /F1
or
EZMOUSE /F2
the "F" option forces the mouse driver to be loaded
even if another driver has already been loaded.
At the end of DRAW.BAT you should add the folllowing
line:
EZMOUSE /P
The "P" option purges the previously loaded
EZMOUSE.COM, and reactivates the original
MSMOUSE.COM.
Additional printer drivers:
--------------------------
There are 5 additional printer drivers on your
TurboDraw diskette. These drivers have not been
tested in-house, but were verified by our
customers.
QUIETW - IBM QuietWriter printer.
GENER24 - Any 24 pin printer that emulates the Epson 9
pin printer. The only difference between
this driver and the Epson printer driver
is the pin gap.
TOSHIBA - Toshiba 24 pin printers.
TALLY - Mannesmann Tally 9 pin printers.
PCL300 - LaserJet/DeskJet printer driver printing at
300 dpi. Note that the drawing is printed in
50% scale, therefore, A 'A' size drawing
occupies only 1/4 of a 8.5" x 11" paper, the
'B' size drawing occupies 1/2 page, and the
'C' size drawing occupies one page.
Resolving Loading Problems:
--------------------------
If your system crashes while loading a TurboDraw
driver, one of your resident programs or device drivers
(most like a hard disk controller or an EGA/VGA video
display driver) may be using one of the interrupts that
TurboDraw uses. TurboDraw uses interrupts 60H through
67H. If such conflicts exists, the easiest solution is
not to load that program or set the jumper on your
controller board to use another interrupt.
Resolving Printer problems:
--------------------------
If your Okidata printer does not print properly, make
sure that your printer is setup to accept 8-bit data
instead of 7-bit data.
Non-US Keyboard Users:
----------------------
When you enter text onto the drawing, the character shown on
the screen may not be what you expect. This is because
TurboDraw assumes a US keyboard and forms the shape of the
characters according to it. If you are a non-US keyboard
user, you may want to modify our fonts to add in country
dependent symbols or letters. The procedure of doing this is
described below.
1. Make sure that you have backup copies of the font
files: EGA.FNT, CGA.FNT and EPSON.FNT.
2. Use the FNTTXT utility to convert the desired font
file to a plain text file, for example, type
FNTTXT EGA.FNT
would cause EGA.TXT be created in the same directory
as EGA.FNT. A portion of the text file is shown
here:
;Medium font"A", ASCII 41H
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...X............
..XXX...........
.XX.XX..........
XX...XX.........
XX...XX.........
XXXXXXX.........
XX...XX.........
XX...XX.........
XX...XX.........
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;Medium font"B", ASCII 42H
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XXXXXX..........
.XX..XX.........
.XX..XX.........
.XX..XX.........
.XXXXX..........
.XX..XX.........
.XX..XX.........
.XX..XX.........
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The text file contains comment lines which start
with a ";" and pattern line which consist of "."
and "X" characters.
3. Use your editor/word processor to edit the text
file. Refer to you User's Manual page 53 for font
file format. The width and height of each character
cell (pattern lines between 2 comment lines) should
not be changed.
4. Then use the TXTFNT utility to convert the text file
back to the binary font file:
TXTFNT EGA.TXT
5. Once the .FNT file is verified, the text file can be
deleted.
6. Modify all font files.
Note that TurboDraw supports ASCII 20H through 0AFH only.
Porting drawing to other software:
---------------------------------
Most desktop publishing or drawing/painting programs support
at least one of the following file formats:
1. PC-Paintbrush .PCX file
TurboDraw can save the drawing in .PCX file
format. The resultant drawing has the same
resolution as your video display. Note that
TurboDraw cannot read .PCX files.
The resolution (dots per inch) information in the
.PCX file can be changed to adjust the aspect
ratio or size of the drawing. The following
example uses DEBUG to set the resolution of the
.PCX file TMP.PCX to 72x54 dpi:
DEBUG TMP.PCX
-E 10C
-????:010C ??.48 ??.0 ??.36 ??.0
-W
Writing 38B9 bytes
-Q
2. Scanned Image TIFF file
The .TIF file has a resolution of 150 dpi in both
the horizontal or vertical direction. The maximum
drawing area that is written to the .TIF file is
14"X11". Note that TurboDraw cannot read .TIF
files.
The resolution (dots per inch) information in the
.TIF file can be changed to adjust the aspect
ratio or size of the drawing. The following
example uses DEBUG to set the resolution of the
.TIF file TMP.TIF to 400x200 dpi:
DEBUG TMP.TIF
-E 186
-????:0186 2C.90 01.01
-E 18E
-????:018E 2C.C8 01.00
-W
Writing 40A46 bytes
-Q
3. HP-GL plotter file
To create an HP-GL file you should specify an HP
plotter even if you do not have a plotter when
you install TurboDraw, and plot your drawing to
a file which has a file name extension of .PLT.
Running TurboDraw from another directory:
----------------------------------------
To run TurboDraw from another directory, the following
procedure is recommended:
1. Delete the following line from your DRAW.BAT file:
TBDRAW
2. Set current directory to the TurboDraw
subdirectory, type DRAW to load all the drivers.
3. Set your desired working directory, type the
following line to start TurboDraw
\TurboDraw path name\TBDRAW
4. To restart TurboDraw, goto 2.
Porting Drawings to/from AutoCAD
--------------------------------
The DRWDXF utility program can be used to convert the .DRW
drawing file to a .DXF file which can be read by the AutoCAD
with the DXFIN command. The syntax is:
DRWDXF filename
The file name extension is assumed to be .DRW and the output
file name is filename.DXF.
AutoCAD displays the following symbols, constructed with
Bezier curves, as polylines; and therefore their use should
be avoided. However, these symbols can be converted back to
the .DRW format without distortion.
1. Ellipses.
2. Curves defined by a starting and an ending tangent
vectors.
3. Curves with ending arrow tip.
4. Corners.
5. Long wavy lines.
The following symbols can be converted without distortion as
bulged polylines or arcs:
1. Unstretched circle. (Although stretched circles look
like ellipses, they cannot be converted to any
AutoCAD symbol)
2. Curves defined by starting, mid, and ending points.
3. Half, quarter and partial circles.
The DXFDRW utility program can be used to convert an AutoCAD
.DXF file created by the DXFOUT command to the .DRW file.
The syntax is:
DXFDRW filename
The filename extension is assumed to be .DXF. The output
filename is filename.DRW.
Text strings are converted to one of the three text sizes
supported by EZCAD. Text strings that do not extend to the
right horizontally cannot be converted properly.
Pre Release A1.0 users
----------------------
There were 2 releases before Rel A1.0, these are Rel 1.0 and
Rel 1.1. Drawings and libraries produced by these releases
are not compatible with Rel A1.0 and have to be converted
with the CVTOLD utility. The syntax is:
CVTOLD filename.DRW
or
CVTOLD filename.LBR
Note that the library file name extension has to be .LBR.
Edit Object Name
----------------
This command assigns a 12-character name to an object currently
seleted. If the Select Buffer is empty, the Select Section
command is automatically invoked. After the selection is made,
you are prompted with the default object name. You can either
press the <Enter> key to accept the default name, enter a new
name, or press the <Esc> key to delete the name. The selected
section becomes one object (objects are merged into one) and is
useful in combining existing objects.
The utility program DRWPAR.COM can be used to extract object
names from a drawing file to produce a "parts list". Any object
names associated with objects that are part of other objects are
not deleted but are marked as "orphaned" names.