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Additions and corrections to the X-CAD Reference Manual
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====== INPUT AEGISDRAW ======
The command INPUT AEGISDRAW is an unsupported command supplied with this
version of X-CAD. Future versions of X-CAD will not contain this command.
The purpose of the command is to allow drawings created with AegisDraw or
AegisDraw Plus to be translated from their native format to X-CAD format.
The translator does not support AegisDraw parts, all parts contained within
a drawing must be exploded before the command is used. The command format
and modifiers are as follows:
COMMAND FORMAT
#INPUT AEGISDRAW modifiers [CR]
MODIFIERS
NAME The name of the drawing file created by AegisDraw.
There is a set-up procedure that must be followed prior to using INPUT
AEGISDRAW. The command DEFINE SHEET must be used to set up a sheet size
large enough to fit the drawing. If during the process of translating the
drawing entities are found that lie outside the sheet extents, the entity
will not be created. If the drawing contains any patternfills, the command
#SELECT PATTERNFILL NAME XCDATA:aegis
must be used. This will select a patternfill data file suitable for
AegisDraw drawings. The file "aegis.convert" must reside in the assigned
directory "XCDATA:" to enable conversions between AegisDraw and X-CAD line-
styles and patternfills to be made.
====== REDRAW DISPLAY ======
The modifier FAST is no longer used with the command REDRAW DISPLAY.
====== PLOT ROLAND / PLOT HPGL ======
The commands PLOT ROLAND and PLOT HPGL both have the modifier ORIGIN. This
modifier was omitted from the X-CAD Reference Manual.
ORIGIN The origin modifier is used to specify the default pen origin
of the plotter. Some models use the lower left corner of the
plotting area as the origin, others use the centre of the
plotting area as the origin. The ORIGIN modifier is followed
by one of two keywords used to specify the plotters default
origin:
LOWER_LEFT If the origin is at the lower left corner
of the plotting area. ( This is the default
value ).
CENTRE If the origin is at the centre of the
plotting area.
====== PLOT RASTER ======
The PLOT RASTER commmand has the additional modifier RAMCACHE, the modifier
is explained below.
RAMCACHE During the process of creating a raster image file, a tempory
file named "XCTEMP:rast" is created for use as a buffer. If
you have large amounts of free RAM available, then using the
modifier RAMCACHE will attempt to use a RAM buffer as opposed
to the tempory file. This can speed up the creation of raster
image files by a large percentage. If a RAM cache cannot be
allocated then the file "XCTEMP:rast" will be used as normal.
====== ON-LINE DOCUMENTATION ======
The on-line documentation features described in section 2 of the X-CAD
reference manual are not supplied as standard in the X-CAD Designer package.
Details of how to obtain the HELP MANUAL command plus help files for all of
the X-CAD commands can be obtained from your local dealer/distributer.