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- DRAFT Choice Ver 2.15 Copyright 1994, TRIUS, Inc.
- P.O. BOX 249, North Andover, MA 01845
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Orders ONLY!: 800-GO-TRIUS (800-468-7487)
- Info: 508-794-9377 FAX: 508-688-6312 BBS: 508-794-0762
-
- This READ.ME file contains information about DRAFT Choice that did
- not make it to the manual of Ver. 2.15. It also contains other
- useful information.
-
- Please READ THIS FILE THOROUGHLY! It contains very important
- information, and reading it now will probably save you time and
- trouble later on!
-
- You can print this file by COPYing it to your printer with the
- following command:
-
- copy READ.ME prn
-
- If you want to look at the other On-Disk DRAFT Choice documentation,
- see the file list below, which lists all of the documentation files,
- and see the section on the On-Disk User's Manual.
-
-
- SHAREWARE
- ~~~~~~~~~
- DRAFT Choice is distributed using the Shareware concept. Shareware
- is NOT Free and it is not a specific type of Software. It's rather a
- means of allowing you to use copyrighted software for a limited
- period of time (as stated by the author), so that you can decide
- whether you will purchase the complete, licensed product. All rights
- to software distributed as Shareware are reserved by the Software
- author/developer unless otherwise stated.
-
- Evaluate DRAFT Choice for 30-days and give copies to your friends for
- evaluation. If, after the 30 days, you continue to use the program,
- then you need to purchase a licensed copy ("Register the Shareware"),
- by sending us the registration/order form included on the disk or
- within the program, or by calling 800-468-7487 (Orders Only!). You
- will receive the Latest version of the program without the
- registration reminder screens and without the "Unregistered"
- watermark on the printed output). You will also receive a high-tech,
- printed, illustrated manual, 90-day free Technical Phone Support, BBS
- Technical Support, Newsletter, and Reduced price Upgrades.
-
- Support new developments in DRAFT Choice, register your copy today!
-
- Thank you for your support!
-
-
-
-
- GETTING STARTED
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The information provided below is to help you start the program for
- your hardware configuration. For more details about the operation of
- the program press the F1 (function) key once you have started the
- program.
-
- Once installed (see below for installation procedure) DRAFT Choice is
- started from DOS using the command:
-
- C:> DC /Option1/Option2/Option3/..... [ENTER]
-
- where Option1, Option2, etc. are options specifying the type of
- memory to use, the type of graphics video adaptor, etc. For a
- complete description of these options, please print and consult the
- on-disk user's manual.
-
-
- Ordering Information
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Remember that a shareware copy is an EVALUATION copy that you can use
- for up to 30 days. If you continue to use the program, Registration
- is Required! You may register using the order form in the ORDER.ME
- file, or by calling TRIUS, Inc. and charging your purchase on your
- credit card. We suggest that you call, since prices are subject to
- change without notice.
-
- You may also order your copy on-line by calling our TRIUS Support BBS
- at (508) 794-0762 [12/24/9600/14,400 - N,8,1 - 24 hrs].
-
- If you live outside the US and Canada you may want to contact TRIUS,
- Inc. for a dealer in your country. Purchasing through these dealers
- can save you the delay and inconvenience which may be involved in
- dealing with currency conversions and international shipping and in
- many cases will provide you with faster technical support.
-
-
-
- Installation on Floppy or Hard Disk:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Although the program will work if installed on 360k diskettes, we
- recommend that the program is installed either on a hard disk, or a
- high density floppy diskette, since this will permit the help file,
- font files, and other auxiliary files, to be available to the user.
-
- * If you Install and run DRAFT Choice from a floppy disk, without
- * Expanded memory (EMS), or if the /NE command line switch is
- * used, and you remove the DRAFT Choice program disk from
- * the drive while the program is running, you will get an
- * error message and will be instructed to re-insert the disk.
-
- If installing on 360k disks, you need to have at least two 360
- drives, e.g., A and B. You cannot install the program on a
- computer with a single 360 K disk drive and no Hard Disk!
-
- * Place the DRAFT Choice original diskette in drive A: (or B:)
-
- * Make sure the current logged drive is A: (Type A:, or B:, and
- press ENTER, if it is not).
-
- * Type INSTALL and press [ENTER]. Then, follow the simple on-screen
- instructions to install your copy of the program on the desired disk(s)
- and/or subdirectory.
-
- Note: If you are installing on 360K floppy disks, you will
- need multiple blank formatted diskettes!
-
-
- On-Disk Documentation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The installation process extracts a file called DC215.MAN. This is a
- ready-to-print formatted, User's manual for the program.
-
- Following the installation, make sure that the DC215.MAN file is
- indeed on your default directory. Then, to print this manual:
-
- (1) Make sure that the your printer is ON and there is enough
- paper in it (the manual is about 80 pages).
-
- (2) From the DOS prompt, type
-
- COPY DC215.MAN PRN and press [ENTER]
-
- Note that if your printer is connected to a SERIAL port,
- then you need to use the command COPY DC215.MAN COM1, or
- COPY DC215.MAN COM2 (depending on which serial port your
- printer is connected to).
-
-
-
- A NOTE ON PLOTTING
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The maximum number of dots that can be handled by DRAFT Choice (when
- plotting to a printer), is based on a 360 dpi and 13" max plot width (hex
- density on 24-pin printers). The string of bytes sent to the printer for
- each line is preceded and followed by 2 bytes (4-bytes total) which are
- needed by the program.
-
- If a user is trying to plot a 16" wide drawing on a 9-pin printer (high
- density), the max number of dots sent is [240 dpi * 16"] + 4 = 3844 dots.
- Some printer buffers, however, cannot handle any more that 3840 dots per
- line and the results, on such printers, would be unpredictable.
-
- If the user wishes to make sure that such a printer buffer overflow will
- not occur, in the example given above, then the width should be set to
- something slightly less that 16" (e.g., 15.95 inches).
-
-
- A NOTE ON MACROS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Please, note that macro sequences (Option, Macro) are not saved with the
- drawing file they are created in. In order to save the macro sequences
- you have created, you need to save the configuration file (File, Config,
- Save Config). Then, whenever you re-start the program the macros are
- available to you.
-
-
-
- U P D A T E D R E L E A S E S
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Modification/Corrections in Release 2.15a
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 1. The laserjet and deskjet printer drivers were updated
- to correct a condition where parts of a drawing ended
- up printed on a second page. (This behavior depended
- on the "skip perforation" dip switch setting on the
- particular printer).
-
- 2. A modification was made to store the current global
- path in the DC.CFG file, if the File, Config,
- SaveConfig command is executed.
-
- 3. The program was modified so that it keeps track of FNT
- (single stroke) and FOT (outline) fonts. Due to this
- modification, FNT-type fonts are no longer filled or
- hatched.
-
- 4. The program was modified to avoid a condition where
- if a font had not been loaded, subsequent loading of
- drawings would abort.
-
- 5. A correction ws made to the Alter,Style and Option,
- Style dialogs so that they are now synchronized as to
- what line style is currently selected.
-
- 6. All Tickmark selection names were preceded with a
- number to avoid conflicts with the O.K. dialog button.
-
- 7. The limit of vertices that could be used for defining a
- complex shape (during a Import, Value file operation),
- was increased to 200.
-
- 8. In v2.15, deleted elements (which stay in the
- internal element list, available to the UNDO
- operation), would be taken into account when using the
- Image, All command. In this release, elements placed
- in the delete/undo buffer are NOT used in the Image
- operations.
-
- 9. A modification was made to the Image, View dialog, so
- that the checkmark correctly appears next to the
- currently used View.
-
- 10. A number of options in dialog boxes were slightly
- modified to avoid conflict with the O.K., CANCEL and
- other selection buttons in these dialogs. The
- functionality of these options has NOT changed.
-
- 11. A correction was made to the Draw, Text, Setup dialog
- to re-activate the CANCEL button. In v2.15, only the
- Esc key or O.K. button would permit you to exit this
- dialog.
-
- 12. The generic dialog box manager was modified to correct
- a condition where using the up arrow to make a
- selection, from a scroll list, would not permit access
- to the first item on the list.
-
- 13. The Layer manager module was modified so that Layer
- names are now always padded to 12 characters to provide
- some separation between name and color in all Layer
- dialogs.
-
- 14. A modification was made to make certain the the Pick
- and Window selection mode icons are synchronized and
- never appear selected at the same time.
-
- 15. A modification was made so that the Dot/in and V/H in
- the File, Config, Default dialog box, display the
- correct information based on the printer device selected.
-
- 16. A modification was made to the Postscript driver to
- correct a problem where printed images were 1/4 the
- selected/actual size.
-
- 17. When the selection highlight is in a dialog list, the
- PgUp and PgDn keys can now be used to scroll the list.
- (Formerly, only the croll bar could be used).
-
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