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This is the Help file for DLDSETUP v2.02. It may be no larger than
48K in size or strange things will happen. The help messages may be
modified, as long as the "tags" (single words preceded by a ":") are
not changed. One possible reason to modify this file is to translate
it into a foreign language. WARNING: Do not start any line with a
colon (":") character because it will be mistaken for a help tag.

Copyright (c) 1990  Panacea Inc. - All Rights Reserved

:Intro
                          Welcome to TurboDLD!

    The following configuration utility is used to configure
    TurboDLD's operating environment, including things like font
    size, board type, and resolution. This utility will create a
    file called DLDSETUP.DAT in the sub-directory specified when
    the TurboDLD INSTALL program was run. DLDSETUP.DAT contains
    TurboDLD's configuration information.

    After configuring TurboDLD with this utility, you may want to also
    customize your color selections. This is accomplished by running
    DLDCOLOR from the AutoCAD command prompt. Just type "DLDCOLOR" at
    the AutoCAD command prompt. This color configuration program will
    allow you to manipulate menu colors, drawing colors, and even the
    physical colors.

    Also, remember that at any time while you're running DLDSETUP, you
    can press the question-mark key ("?") to get context sensitive help.

:DrvConfig
Select this menu to configure TurboDLD display options -- graphics
board and display/rendering resolution.

:DlxConfig
Select this menu to configure user specific driver interface options
such as font size, dual screen, BP hilight, BP refresh mode, etc.

:AdvConfig
Select this menu to configure operational features of TurboDLD.

:SaveExit
Saves your current configuration.

:SaveNoExit
Exits WITHOUT saving your current configuration.
    Any configuration changes   will be lost.

:Dlist
You may enable or disable TurboDLD's display list. Disabling it will save
memory, but AutoCAD pan, zoom, and redraw time will be significantly
slower.

:Dcache
Enabling the drawing cache lets TurboDLD operate at full speed. The only
reason to disable the drawing cache is to conserve memory. If you find
you are paging to disk significantly, then you may want to disable the
drawing cache.

:32bit
AutoCAD Release 12 supports a 31 bit regen space. Selecting 31 bit will
virtually eliminate regens at the expense of significantly higher memory
usage. If you do not have enough additional memory, select 15. Versions
of AutoCAD before R12 ignore this variable.

:CmdEcho
Internal TurboDLD commands are commands which are understood by
TurboDLD. These commands are used to invoke the BP, bring up menus,
or execute your actual menu commands. To echo these commands on the
command line, choose Enable. To suppress the echo, choose disable.

:FlipScreen
The Flip Screen Method is a fail-safe feature. In virtually all
cases, the "Instant" selection will suffice, but in some rare cases,
the combination of a given VGA with a particular system will result
in artifacts left on the display when doing a flip-screen back from
the text screen to the graphics screen. If this occurs on your system,
use the "Force Redraw" option.

:bpZoom
There are two modes used to zoom the BP, Float and Freeze. Float mode
always centers the current zoom area in the middle of the BP causing
the BP contents to move around within the BP window. Freeze mode moves
the current zoom area around within the BP window freezing the BP contents.

:dlCompact
Forces a manual clean-up of Display List memory returning any unused
memory back the AutoCAD memory pool.

:BPHilite
You may highlight the current viewport with either patterned
lines, a highlight rectangle, or both.

:BPRefresh
Choose Enable if you want to have the contents of the Big Picture
updated as you edit the drawing. This will slow your editing operations
down. Choose Disable if you do not want the Big Picture updated.
This is the faster option.

:RegenMode
Choose Fast for the fastest regens possible. If you choose this
option, you will not see the drawing until the regen is complete.
Choose Incremental if you want to see your drawing displayed
incrementally during the regen. This option is slower than
fast mode.

:BoardList
Hit F1 for a list of VGA cards from which to choose yours.

:BoardSelect
Choose a video card from this list. If the list does not include
your specific brand of VGA, you can either select the "Your own
BIOS" option, which will allow you to custom configure TurboDLD,
or you can call Panacea technical support at 603-437-5022 for the
type of card you should select.

:YourOwnBIOS
If your VGA card is not in the list of supported cards, you can
still set up TurboDLD to use it by telling this Setup program which
BIOS codes the the card uses. The BIOS codes can usually be found
in the manual which came with the VGA card.

:VGAResolutions
You must choose a resolution from the list of resolutions
supported by your VGA.

:ACADCustom
Not used

:ACADRegAX
This is typically where the mode select code goes. The mode MUST
correspond to the color mode (16 or 256 colors) you have chosen,
as indicated at the top of the active window. The mode select code
is generally the same as the mode number listed in your VGA manual
for a given resolution, with BX, CX, and DX all set to 0000. In
some rare cases, though, such as with Video Seven and Everex VGAs,
a special code is put into AX and the mode code goes into BX (see
help for BX).

:ACADRegBX
Most of the time this should be 0000. However, certain card
manufacturers (Most notably Video Seven and Everex) set a
special code in AX to indicate that the actual mode select
code goes into BX.

:ACADRegCXDX
No known VGA cards use these registers, and you should simply
leave them set to 0000. They are provided so that if some
future VGA card uses them, TurboDLD will support them.

:ACADModeCode
If you put the BIOS code into AX, then select "AL". If you put the
code in to BX for Everex VGAs, select "AL". If you put the code
into BX for VIDEO-7, then select "BL". This is the register that
TurboDLD must use to prevent the screen from clearing when changing
modes. Failure to do this correctly will result in the flip screen
not working correctly in the "FAST" mode, but no harm will be done.
If you're not sure, pick "AL".

:ACADRes
Enter the resolution that your card will display in when it goes into
the mode specified above. Note that resolutions above 800x600 (namely
1024x768) will require the correct setting of the chip type (in the
next menu).

:ChipSelect16
If the AutoCAD resolution you chose is 800x600 or less, AND the
AutoShade resolution you are about to chose is 320x200 or less,
then you can get away with selecting "GENERIC". Otherwise, you
must know the brand of VGA chip used in your VGA card. You can
find this information in the manual or by actually looking at the
card and locating the square, flat, black VGA controller chip.

:ChipSelect256
Unless you have chosen the 320x200 resolution, you MUST specify
the correct VGA chip type for your board. You can find this
information in the manual or by actually looking at the card and
locating the square, flat, black VGA controller chip.

:ShadeCustom
Not used.

:ShadeRegAX
This is typically where the mode select code goes. The mode MUST be
a 256 color mode, not 16, 4, or 2. If your VGA manual gives you a
number, but doesn't tell you where to put it, it probably goes here,
and you can leave BX, CX, and DX set to 0000. Some VGA's (Video Seven
and Everex) put a special code into AX and put the mode code into BX
(see help for BX).

:ShadeRegBX
Most of the time this should be 0000. However, certain card
manufacturers (Most notably Video Seven and Everex) set a special
code in AX to indicate that the actual mode select code goes into BX.

:ShadeRegCXDX
No current VGA cards use these registers, and you should simply
leave them set to 0000. They are provided so that if some future
VGA card uses them, TurboDLD will support them.

:ShadeRes
Enter the resolution that your card will display in when it goes into
the mode specified above. Note that resolutions above 320x200 will
require the correct setting of the chip type (in the previous menu).

:FontSize
Select the font size which you would like used in all the AutoCAD
drawing screen menus, including pull-downs and dialog boxes. The
8x8 font is rather small, so we recommend that you use either the
8x14 or 8x16 fonts. A large 12x24 font is available for resolutions
1024x768 or above.

:VGAColor
Specify whether you want to run AutoCAD in a 16 color mode, a 256
color mode, or CEG mode on your VGA. If your VGA does not support a
resolution of at least 640x400 in 256 colors (see your VGA owner's
manual), then you should select the "16 color driver" option,
otherwise you will end up with a very odd display. If your VGA
has an Edsun Labs CEG RAM/DAC, then you can select the CEG
antialiasing driver. In any case, if you want to change the individual
AutoCAD color assignments, run COLOR16.EXE for the 16 color
configuration, COLOR256.EXE for the 256 color configuration, or
COLORCEG.EXE for the CEG configuration.


:DblClickTime
Select the amount of time needed to determine that a double click
has occurred. This is measured as the time from when a button is
released to when it is pressed again. If the button is not pressed
again during the Double Click Interval, then a normal button press
occurs. Longer Double Click Intervals will result in a noticable
lag for single button press operations, whereas a short Double
Click Interval may not be easy to always get right. The default is
1/3 of a second (33). Please note that all timing parameters, such
as this one, are in hundredths of a second, but that the timing
resolution of a normal PC is approximately 5/100ths of a second.
This means, for example, that a value of 25 is the same as 23 or 27.

Double clicks are one way of using a digitizer button for additional
functionality, such as pulling up The Big Picture.

:LngClickTime
Select the amount of time needed to determine that a long click
has occurred. If a digitizer button is held down for a period of
time equal to the Long Click Time, the long click command for that
button is executed. A long click is also another way to abort a
Big Picture operation or remove the Panacea PopUp Menu from the
display. We have found that a Long Click Time of half a second (50)
is sufficient for most users. Please note that all timing parameters,
such as this one, are in hundredths of a second, but that the timing
resolution of a normal PC is approximately 5/100ths of a second.
This means, for example, that a value of 25 is the same as 23 or 27.

:EdgePanTime
When you enable Automatic Edge Panning in the Deluxe driver, you
may also set the amount of time the cursor must be motionless at
the edge of the viewport in order to start panning. An Edge Pan
Time of half a second (50) is recommended, but if you frequently
leave the cursor sitting somewhere while you're thinking, you may
want to lengthen the wait time. Please note that all timing param-
eters, such as this one, are in hundredths of a second, but that
the timing resolution of a normal PC is approximately 5/100ths of
a second. This means, for example, that a value of 25 is the same
as 23 or 27.

:ButtonDefs
Press the 'F1' key to access the Digitizer Button Programming Menus.
These menus allow you to specify what type of command will be sent
to AutoCAD for double or long clicks of specific digitizer buttons.

:ButtonPage1
For each button, you may specify both a double click and long click
command, which gets sent to AutoCAD when a double click or long
click on the specified digitizer button occurs. Note that special
DLD commands, such as invoking The Big Picture, can be flagged with
a "@" in front of the command. This indicates to the driver that the
command can be executed transparently without going through AutoCAD.
The text for the command can be anything you want it to be, up to
25 characters in length, including LISP or ADS function calls.
Anything that is valid when typed at the AutoCAD prompt is valid as
one of these commands. To simulate a Ctrl-C, type "^C", which counts
as two characters. Also, if you want the command executed, don't
forget to add a ' ' (space) or an ^M (carriage return) after the
command so that AutoCAD knows to use the command. Lastly, to send
just a "^" (carat), you must actually enter "^^". Some useful Deluxe
DLD commands include DLDBIGPIC - which calls up the bird's eye, and
DLDMENU0 - which pops the main pop-up menu on the screen.

Note for Mouse Users: Button 2 refers to your mouse's right button,
while Button 3 refers to the middle button, if your mouse has three
buttons. Button 1, the Pick Button, is not listed because it cannot
be redefined.

:ButtonPageOth
For each button, you may specify both a double click and long click
command, which gets sent to AutoCAD when a double click or long
click on the specified digitizer button occurs. Note that special
DLD commands, such as invoking The Big Picture, can be flagged with
a "@" in front of the command. This indicates to the driver that the
command can be executed transparently without going through AutoCAD.
The text for the command can be anything you want it to be, up to
25 characters in length, including LISP or ADS function calls.
Anything that is valid when typed at the AutoCAD prompt is valid as
one of these commands. To simulate a Ctrl-C, type "^C", which counts
as two characters. Also, if you want the command executed, don't
forget to add a ' ' (space) or an ^M (carriage return) after the
command so that AutoCAD knows to use the command. Lastly, to send
just a "^" (carat), you must actually enter "^^". Some useful Deluxe
DLD commands include DLDBIGPIC - which calls up the bird's eye, and
DLDMENU0 - which pops the main pop-up menu on the screen.

:ButtonSet
Not used.

:MenuSet
Not used.

:DeluxeMenu
Not used.

:DlxMenuDefs
Press the 'F1' key to access the Pop-Up Menu definitions screens.
These screens allow you to specify up to 8 pop-up menus, each with
up to 8 entries. The Pop-Up Menus can then be popped-up with the
DLDMENUx commands, where "x" is a number between 1 and 8. These
DLDMENUx commands can also be assigned to your digitizer buttons,
so that the pop-up menus can be summoned by either a double or
long click. Note that there is also a special DLDMENU0, which
consists of the titles of all the other menus, so you can quickly
pop between the various menus.

:MenuItems
For each pop-up menu entry you need to specify both a menu item
description, as well as the actual command which gets executed when the
menu item is selected.

The menu item description consists of any normal characters, up to 20
characters in length.

The menu item command is identical in format to the command used by the
reconfigurable digitizer buttons. This means that special DLD commands,
such as invoking The Big Picture, can be flagged with a "@" in front of
the command. This indicates to the driver that the command can be
executed transparently without going through AutoCAD. The text for the
command can be anything you want it to be, up to 25 characters in length,
including LISP or ADS function calls. Anything that is valid when typed
at the AutoCAD prompt is valid as one of these commands. To simulate a
Ctrl-C, type "^C", which counts as two characters. Also, if you want the
command executed, don't forget to add a ' ' (space) or an ^M (carriage
return) after the command so that AutoCAD knows to use the command.
Lastly, to send just a "^" (carat), you must actually enter "^^". Some
useful Deluxe DLD commands include DLDBIGPIC - which calls up the bird's
eye, and DLDZMVMAX - which does a regen-less Zoom All.

:MenuTitle
Specify the title of the pop-up menu. This title is then used in the
main menu, DLDMENU0, for quick menu access. The menu title may be up
to 20 characters in length. Note that when a pop-up menu is pulled up
on the AutoCAD drawing screen, that a click on the title bar brings
you to the main pop-up menu.

:NtextLines
Specify the number of lines you desire for the AutoCAD text area at the
bottom of the AutoCAD graphics screen. This number must be between 1
and 10. If you do not want a text area, probably because you have a
dual screen configuration, then you must disable the text area during
the AutoCAD configuration of the display device.

:

:returnPrev
Choose this option to return to the previous menu.

:SideMenu

:BMfont
Select the desired font size you wish to use with AutoCAD's menus and
dialog boxes. If you are using a high resolution, you may wish to use
a large font such as 12x20 as a small font may be too difficult to read.
Otherwise use the smaller fonts with the lower resolutions.

:regenMode
This option allows you to set up how you wish your drawing to be displayed
when a REGEN is performed.  Either set it up for Fast, to display the image
all at once or select Incremental, to display the image in "chunks" or as
it is created in the display list.

:dualScreen
Select enable if you want to run in dual screen mode. You must have
a second display to do use dual screens. Select disable to run with
a single screen.

:PolySpeed
Drawing Solids, Wide Polylines, Donuts, and the like, requires a
slow method if other objects are going to overlay and obscure them.
If you do not draw objects on top of polygons, or do not care about
high quality antialiasing where polygons intersect, then choose FAST.
Otherwise, choose GOOD and things will run a bit slower but look
a lot nicer.

:EdsunYesNo
If you have a VGA board equipped with an Analog Devices Edsun CEG RAM/DAC
and you want to use this chip's antialiasing capabilities, select Yes. If
your VGA does not have a CEG RAM/DAC or you are unsure about this
question, select No.

:ManualBoard
Select the type of video board you will be using with TurboDLD.

:ReturnMain
To return to TurboDLD's Main Menu, select this option.

:pickRes
Make your selection for the resolution you will be using with Turbodld
here.   Please note that the resolution selected will depend on the
capability of your video board to support it.

:SelectRes
Select the resolution you wish to use with your
video board for the Display/Rendering screens.

:BPCache
Enables or disables the Drawing Cache for TurboDLD advanced features,
real-time panning, the Big Picture, Zoom Preview, etc. BPCACHE is normally
disabled. Disabling the cache will conserve memory, but may or may not have
a visible effect on Zoom, PAN and REDRAW performance while the advanced
commands are actively in use.

Performance benefits of the Drawing Cache will vary from one graphics
platform to another.  For example, on VGA's the performance benefit of
the Drawing Cache is as little as 1%. With TIGA-based graphics boards,
however, the performance benefit of the Drawing Cache is as high as 400%
therefore it is highly recommended for use with them.

:digiMode
You can either enable the long and double clicks for Turbo or disable them
altogether.  If you elect to disable the digitizer, then please keep in
mind that if you programmed your digitizer with the Menu or Button
Configuration menus for certain commands, these commands will no longer
function.

:YesNo
If you do not wish to save your TurboDLD configuration changes, select
"YES".  If you wish to return to TurboDLD configuration Main Menu, then
select "NO".

:IntroColor16
Welcome to DLDCOLOR!

This program is used to customize the colors used by a Panacea DLD
Display List Driver. Upon completion, this program will create a
file, DLDCOLOR.DAT, in either the directory pointed to by the
environment variable DLDCFG or in the current directory if DLDCFG
does not exist.

The operations this program can perform are:

(O)bject:      Used to change the color of any AutoCAD screen object. A
           few examples are the graphics area background color, the
           text color, or the border line color.

(D)rawing:     This allows you to remap any color between 0 - 255 to
           one of 16 physical colors.

(P)hysical:    This allows you to specify the RGB intensities of any
           of the 16 physical colors.

(A)DI Pal:     This constructs a default ADI color palette.

(V)GA Pal:     This constructs a default VGA color palette.

(R)eset:       This resets the physical colors to either the default
           ADI or VGA palette. The initial default is ADI palette.

(L)oad:        This reloads the file DLDCOLOR.DAT. It will be loaded from
           the directory pointed to by DLDCFG if that environment
           variable exists or from the current directory.

(S)ave:        Save the current color palette to DLDCOLOR.DAT.

(E)xit:        Exit the program.

:IntroColor256
Welcome to DLDCOLOR!

This program is used to customize the colors used by a Panacea's
TurboDLD        Display List Driver. Upon completion, this program will
create a        file, DLDCOLOR.DAT, in the sub-directory specified during
TurboDLD setup.

The operations this program can perform are:

(O)bject:      Used to change the color of any AutoCAD screen object. A
           few examples are the graphics area background color, the
           text color, or the border line color.

(D)rawing:     This allows you to remap drawing colors 0, 8 and 9 to
           one of 16 or 256 physical colors, depending on the screen
           resolution selected, 16 or 256 colors.

(P)hysical:    This allows you to specify the RGB intensities of any
           of the 16 available physical colors.

(A)DI reset:   This constructs a default ADI color palette, as defined
           in the Autodesk Device Interface Development Kit.

(V)GA reset:   This constructs a default VGA color palette in the first
           16 color entries.        Remaining palette colors are identical
           to those used for ADI devices.

(L)oad:        This reloads the file DLDCOLOR.DAT. It will be loaded from
           the directory pointed to by DLDCFG if that environment
           variable exists or from the current directory.

(S)ave:        Save the current palette to DLDCOLOR.DAT.

(E)xit:        Exit the program.

:ObjectColorMode
This mode allows you to assign a physical color to any AutoCAD screen
object. Use the left and right cursor keys to select the object. Each
object is represented by a box at the top of the screen. The name of
each object is displayed at the top of the screen. When you have
selected an object, hit "Enter" and pick a physical color to assign
to the object. The object will immediately appear in its new color.

:DrawColorMode
This mode allows you to modify AutoCAD drawing colors 0, 8 and 9 to
a physical color of your choice.        Use the cursor keys to select a
Drawing Color from the matrix. Then hit "Enter" and select the
physical color to assign to that Drawing Color.

:PhysColorMode
This mode allows you to assign the actual RGB intensities of each
configurable physical color. Use the cursor keys to select the
physical color to modify. Then hit "Enter" and three RGB slides will
appear. Use the cursor up and cursor down keys to select the Red,
Green, or Blue slide.   The slides can be positioned by using the left
and right cursor keys or by entering the desired numerical value at
the keyboard. The physical      color will change as the slides are being
adjusted. When you have created the desired color, hit "Enter", or
hit "Esc" to abort.

:BPButton
Choose which digitizer button you want to double click on to invoke
the Big Picture. You may not choose button #1 which is the AutoCAD
pick button. Note that on three button mice, button #2 is the right
button and button #3 is the middle button.

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