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- | GLoria II
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- | ELSA POWERdraft for AutoCAD 2000
- |
- | Version 15.00.07
- |
- | Copyright (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
- |
- | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
- | Sonnenweg 11
- | D-52070 Aachen
- |
- | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
- | 1630 Zanker Road
- | San Jose, CA 95112
- | USA
- |
- | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
- | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
- | Nanking East Road
- | Taipei 105
- | Taiwan, R. O. C.
- |
- | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
- | Mita Suzuki Building 3F
- | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
- | Tokyo 108-0014
- | Japan
- |
- | 12/14/1999, aschlech
-
- Table of Contents:
-
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Contents of Directory
- 3 Installation/Uninstallation
- 4 Configuration
- 5 Release Notes
- 6 Updates to the Help file
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1 Introduction
-
- This file explains how to install and uninstall POWERdraft
- for AutoCAD 2000.
-
- 1.1 How to determine the driver's version number
-
- There are several ways to get the version number of this driver.
-
- 1.1.1 Using the File Manager or Explorer
-
- Open the properties of the file dselsa15.dll in your driver
- directory with your File Manager or Explorer to read the version
- string.
-
- 1.1.2 Using the command 'PdVer'
-
- While AutoCAD is running with POWERdraft configured, you may
- type the command 'PdVer'.
-
- 1.1.3 Using POWERdraft Settings
-
- Open AutoCAD's Options dialog. The 'ELSA POWERdraft' tab holds
- the current driver version.
-
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-
- 2. Contents of Directory
-
- The driver's setup directory contains the following files:
-
- README.TXT this file
- LIESMICH.TXT German version of this file
- LANG15EN.HLP Windows help files in English and German
- LANG15DE.HLP
- SETUP.EXE Installation program for Windows
- (all others) files needed by SETUP
-
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-
- 3 Installation/Uninstallation
-
- 3.1 Prerequisites
-
- Please check the following list of requirements to allow
- sucessful installation and usage of this driver.
-
- - an ELSA graphics controller supported by
- POWERdraft for AutoCAD 2000
- -> See the top of this README for a list of supported
- graphics controller/operating systems.
- - actual ELSA Windows display driver
- - AutoCAD 2000 already installed
- - write access to AutoCAD's main directory and to the Windows
- system directory
-
- 3.2 Procedure of Installation
-
- Please make sure AutoCAD 2000 is not running.
-
- * Installation from CD:
- Start CDSETUP.EXE in the root directory of your WINNERware CD.
- You can double click CDSETUP.EXE in the File Manager or
- Windows Explorer.
-
- * Installation from floppy disk:
- The POWERdraft installation set consists of several floppy
- disks. Start SETUP.EXE from the first one. During installation
- you will be requested to insert the other disks.
-
- * Installation from a separate directory:
- The POWERdraft directory contains several subdirectories called
- DISK<n>. Start SETUP.EXE in subdirectory DISK1.
-
- 3.3 Uninstallation
-
- The install program records uninstall information in the
- chosen program folder.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 4 Configuration
-
- Setup will add the two icons
- 'Configure POWERdraft'
- and
- 'Configure Original Driver'
- to the program folder.
- Using these icons you can configure either POWERdraft or the
- original driver shipped with AutoCAD (Whip) as the AutoCAD's
- actual display driver. After Setup has completed successfully,
- POWERdraft is already configured.
-
- To reconfigure the original driver, click on the 'Configure
- Original Driver' icon, while AutoCAD is _not_ running. To do so
- for POWERdraft, click on the 'Configure POWERdraft' icon.
-
- If POWERdraft is configured, the ELSA POWERdraft logo will be
- shown at AutoCAD's startup time.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 5 Release Notes
-
- 5.1 Version History
-
- Version 15.00
- -------------
-
- Version 15.00.04
- - First version of POWERdraft for AutoCAD 2000
- - Includes the 3D Hardware Renderer to accelerate AutoCADÆs
- 3D viewing modes.
- - Includes the brand new MultiView.
- - Includes configurable Hotkeys for some very useful actions.
- - Includes configurable Drawing Optimization to accelerate
- execution of Lisp scripts.
- - Includes POWERdraft Settings to configure POWERdraft. They
- are integrated in the AutoCAD Options.
- - Includes new POWERdraft Commands.
-
- Version 15.00.06
- - ELSA Synergy Force is supported.
- - ELSA GLoria II Pro is supported.
- - The 3D Hardware Renderer showed some display errors when
- using a display resolution, where software OpenGl is used.
- This problem has been fixed.
-
- Version 15.00.07
- - fixed: The Uninstall was incomplete.
-
- 5.2 Known Problems and Restrictions
-
- - This version of POWERdraft does not include any 2D graphics
- acceleration compared with the original display driver.
- This is planned for future releases.
- - This version does not support multi screen.
-
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-
- 6 Updates to the Help file
-
- none
-