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CHAPTER 1: INSTALLATION AND SETUP This chapter will walk you through the installation and setup of the MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION software. The following are minimum system requirements to run MICRO CADAM: AT class computer (i.e. 80286) 80287 math coprocessor (shareware coprocessor emulation s/w included for 386 & 486) 640K RAM Base memory (extended or expanded memory not required EGA monitor mouse or digitizer DOS 3.3 or higher hard disk (approx 12 MB required for initial system installation A serial port for mouse or digitizer A parallel port for a printer or plotter The MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION software is provided on 4 high density 3½" diskettes (i.e. 1.44 Mb capacity). To enhance software compatibility between different formats each diskette contains a maximum of 1.2 Mb of information. Should you require the software on 5¼" diskettes (i.e. 1.2 Mb capacity) please do the following: 1. Go to a computer that has both types of diskette drives (i.e. both a 3½" (1.44 Mb) and a 5¼" (1.2 Mb)). Let's assume that drive A is the 3½" drive and drive B is the 5¼" drive (change these drive designations to match the computer). 2. Place the first 3½" diskette in drive A. Place a formatted 5¼" diskette in drive B. (NOTE: If the diskette is not formatted, you may format it with the following command: FORMAT B:) 3. Copy all information from the first 3½" diskette in drive A to the 5¼" diskette in drive B. Use the following command: COPY A:\*.* B:\ 4. Repeat these steps with the remaining diskettes. Label all 5¼" diskettes. Should you not have access to a computer with both sizes of diskette drives, please contact SILVER PUBLISHING at the following address and supply us with details of your purchase. We will provide you with 5¼" diskettes for a nominal charge. SILVER PUBLISHING BOX 71566 AURORA, ONTARIO, CANADA L4G 6S9 FAX: 1-905-841-0253 STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE: CAUTION!!!!! THIS INSTALLATION WILL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING STEPS AUTOMATICALLY: A. If an \MCADAM subdirectory does not exist on your installation drive, it will be automatically created. B. If you already have an \MCADAM subdirectory on your installation drive, you have a commercial version of MICRO CADAM already loaded on that drive, or you have MICRO CADAM MODELS stored there. INSTALL THE FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE ON ANOTHER DRIVE, OR RENAME THE \MCADAM DIRECTORY TO ANOTHER NAME BEFORE INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE. THE FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLS INTO THE \MCADAM DIRECTORY AND WILL OVERWRITE AND/OR "MIX" WITH YOUR EXISTING FILES. We will assume that all installation is performed from drive A and to drive C. If you are using different drives, then please replace drives A and C with the drives you are using. 1. Place installation diskette #1 in drive A. 2. Change to drive A. (i.e. type A: and press the enter key). You should see a prompt like A:> when you are on drive A. 3. Type INSTALL A: C: (where A: is the drive where the software is installed FROM, and C: is the drive where you are going to install the software TO...if you are installing on drive D then type INSTALL A: D: etc.) and press the enter key. 4. The MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION software will now begin installing. 5. Follow the screen prompts. You will be asked to insert the diskettes in various combinations. If the prompt insert diskette with batch file appears, this means diskette #1. 6. The installation is now finished! Congratulations! You have now installed a free demonstration copy of one of the most powerful CAD programs available. Let's proceed to configure it to suit your system hardware. STEP 2: QUICK CONFIGURE THE SOFTWARE: NOTE: You may also configure your system by running the MCINSTAL program. See page 1-18 for more details. CAUTION! SOME COMPUTERS USE DEVICE DRIVERS IN THEIR CONFIG.SYS TO ACCESS HARD DISKS OR COMPRESSED DISKS. SHOULD YOUR COMPUTER USE THEM, YOU MUST MANUALLY ADD THESE DEVICE DRIVERS TO THE CONFIG.CAD FILE BEFORE REBOOTING. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT EITHER IN YOUR SYSTEM FAILING TO BOOT, OR TEMPORARY LOSS OF ACCESS TO A HARD DISK OR A COMPRESSED DRIVE. IT IS WISE TO HAVE A PROPER BOOT DISK AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES IN CASE OF PROBLEMS! There are many different configurations included. The one you use depends on the hardware you have in your computer. These configurations encompass many of the more common hardware setups and should permit most users to get up and running quickly. YOUR ORIGINAL AUTOEXEC.BAT AND CONFIG.SYS FILES ARE NOT CHANGED, HOWEVER IT IS GOOD PRACTICE TO BACK THEM UP. To quick configure your system follow these steps: 1. Change to the \MCADAM\BATCH subdirectory. For example type CD \MCADAM\BATCH and press the enter key. Your prompt should now look like this: C:>\MCADAM\BATCH. 2. Look in the following chart and find the computer configuration that most closely matches your system. Immediately to the right of the configuration line is the name of the batch file to run. The batch file CONFIGnn.bat will do the following: copy c:\mcadam\batch\autoexec.nn to c:\autoexec.cad copy c:\mcadam\batch\config.nn to c:\config.cad The nn is a number from 1 - 22 and is specific to the hardware configuration you select in the table. The configuration table follows: COMPUTER CONFIGURATION BATCH FILE TO RUN VGA, Logitech Mouse on Com1, S/W on drive C, Epson printer...........CONFIG1.BAT VGA, Logitech Mouse on Com2, S/W on drive C, Epson printer...........CONFIG2.BAT VGA, Logitech Mouse on Com1, S/W on drive D, Epson printer...........CONFIG3.BAT VGA, Logitech Mouse on Com2, S/W on drive D, Epson printer...........CONFIG4.BAT VGA, Logitech Mouse on Com1, S/W on Drive C, PRINTCAD Shareware HPGL program with Epson Printer.....................................CONFIG5.BAT VGA, Logitech Mouse on Com2, S/W on Drive C, PRINTCAD Shareware HPGL program with Epson Printer.....................................CONFIG6.BAT VGA, MSMOUSE on Com1, S/W on drive C, Epson printer..................CONFIG7.BAT VGA, MSMOUSE on Com2, S/W on drive C, Epson printer..................CONFIG8.BAT VGA, MSMOUSE on Com1, S/W on drive D, Epson printer..................CONFIG9.BAT VGA, MSMOUSE on Com2, S/W on drive D, Epson printer.................CONFIG10.BAT EGA, Logitech Mouse on Com1, S/W on drive C, Epson printer..........CONFIG11.BAT EGA, Logitech Mouse on Com2, S/W on drive C, Epson printer..........CONFIG12.BAT EGA, Logitech Mouse on Com1, S/W on drive D, Epson printer..........CONFIG13.BAT EGA, Logitech Mouse on Com2, S/W on drive D, Epson printer..........CONFIG14.BAT EGA, MSMOUSE on Com1, S/W on drive C, Epson printer.................CONFIG15.BAT EGA, MSMOUSE on Com2, S/W on drive C, Epson printer.................CONFIG16.BAT EGA, MSMOUSE on Com1, S/W on drive D, Epson printer.................CONFIG17.BAT EGA, MSMOUSE on Com2, S/W on drive D, Epson printer.................CONFIG18.BAT VGA, Summagraphics Tablet on Com1, S/W on Drive C, Calcomp plotter on Com2............................................CONFIG19.BAT VGA, Summagraphics Tablet on Com2, S/W on Drive C, HPGL plot to a file................................................CONFIG20.BAT VGA, Bus mouse, S/W on Drive C, HPGL plot to a file.................CONFIG21.BAT VGA, PS2 Bus mouse, S/W on Drive C, HPGL plot to a file.............CONFIG22.BAT If you have a computer configuration that is different than the choices shown in the table above, select the configuration closest to the one you have and modify the c:\autoexec.cad and c:\config.cad files manually as follows: NOTE: VGA refers to a VGA monitor; EGA refers to an EGA monitor; Com1 and Com2 refer to serial ports 1 and 2; S/W on drive C refers to the MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE installed on drive C; PRINTCAD refers to the Shareware program that allows a printer to output HPGL files (see Chapter 31 for more information on the installation, licensing and use of PRINTCAD. To run a batch file, type in the name of the batch file and press the enter key (e.g. type CONFIG5 and press the enter key). STEP 3: MAKE MANUAL CHANGES TO THE C:\AUTOEXEC.CAD IF NECESSARY: A typical autoexec.cad file is shown below: (Note: this autoexec.cad file will be found in the root directory on drive C (i.e. C:\autoexec.cad). @ECHO OFF PROMPT=$p$g PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\MCADAM;C:\MCADAM\BIN;C:\MCADAM\GIMSAMPL; SET MCADAM= /dMOUSE /c03F8 /s050 SET JOURNAL=C:\MCADAM\ SET EPSON100=LPT1 C:\MOUSE C: CD \MCADAM MENU Customize this autoexec.cad file as follows: (use a text editor such as edlin, edit or a third party utility) 1. @ECHO OFF No changes necessary 2. PROMPT=$p$g No changes necessary 3. PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\MCADAM;C:\MCADAM\BIN;C:\MCADAM\GIMSAMPL; Change the letter C in front of \MCADAM to the drive where it is loaded. For example, if the MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE is loaded on drive D, this line would read as follows: PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;D:\MCADAM;D:\MCADAM\BIN;D:\MCADAM\GIMSAMPL; 4. SET MCADAM= /dMOUSE /c03F8 /s050 Make the following changes: a. /dMOUSE This is the CGI device type which may be either MOUSE or TABLET. If you are using a mouse this option is ok as is. If you are using a tablet, then change it to read /dTABLET. b. /c03F8 This is the hexadecimal address of the serial port where the security devices were connected in the commercial version. The security verification code has been disabled in this FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. Leave this setting as it is. c. /s050 This is a mouse/tablet sensitivity parameter. /s050 is the normal setting. Lower numbers are more sensitive; higher numbers are less sensitive. Try to stay in the range of 035 to 065. 5. SET JOURNAL=C:\MCADAM\ This is an environment setting that determines where the MICRO CADAM Journal files are kept. Change the C:\ to the drive where MICRO CADAM is loaded. For example, if MICRO CADAM is loaded in drive D, then the line should read SET JOURNAL=D:\MCADAM\ The journal file keeps a temporary record of each action (i.e. keystroke, SELECT, INDICATE, Y/N, etc.). When you file a drawing and exit normally, then this journal file is erased. If your computer locks up (or the power goes off) then you have not exited the program properly and the journal file is not erased. When you next start the program, you have one extra option (RECOVER) on the submenu line at the bottom of the screen. Select the /RECOVER/ option and your drawing will be reconstructed from the journal file. 6. SET EPSON100=LPT1 This is an environment setting that determines which parallel port the epson printer is connected to. This environment setting is matched with the printer/plotter device driver in the config.sys file. Other environment settings are located in the section on output devices. Do not change this line for now. 7. C:\MOUSE This is the program that drives your mouse. It is normally called mouse.com and is located in the root directory in this example. Note that MICRO CADAM requires TWO mouse drivers in order for the mouse to work. The first driver is a MICRO CADAM device driver placed in the config.sys (e.g. DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\MSMOUSE.SYS /G:MOUSE). The second driver is the TSR (i.e. terminate and stay resident) driver that was included with your mouse software (normally called something like MOUSE.COM). Modify the drive, the path and the program name to suit your system (for example, if your mouse driver was located in the LOGITECH directory on drive D and was called MOUSE.COM, you should change the line to read D:\LOGITECH\MOUSE). Should you have a generic mouse, please check the manual that came with your mouse. You will have to configure your mouse to run so that it emulates a Mouse Systems mouse, or a MicroSoft Mouse. 8. C: Change this is the drive where MICRO CADAM is located. 9. CD \MCADAM This line changes to the MCADAM subdirectory (i.e. where the MICRO CADAM software is located). Do not change this line. 10. MENU This line runs the MICRO CADAM menu. Do not change this line. NOTE: There may be a line that says RESET just before the "MENU" line. This line clears out buffers and pointers in the memory of EGA graphics cards. If you have an EGA card, leave this line in (or add it if it is not there). If you have a VGA or higher resolution card, then delete the line. STEP 4: MAKE MANUAL CHANGES TO THE C:\CONFIG.CAD FILE IF NECESSARY: A typical config.cad file is shown below: (Note: this config.cad file will later be copied to c:\config.sys) FILES=20 BUFFERS=20 SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:384 /P DEVICE=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\MSMOUSE.SYS /G:MOUSE DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\IBMVGA12.SYS DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\EPSON100.SYS DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\GSSCGI.SYS BREAK=ON Customize this config.cad file as follows: (use a text editor such as edlin, edit or a third party utility) 1. FILES=20 No changes necessary 2. BUFFERS=20 No changes necessary 3. SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:384 /P No changes necessary unless you run out of environment memory. If this happens then change the 384 to 512 and try again. 4. DEVICE=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 This line is optional, but highly recommended. Smartdrive is a disk cache and can make MICRO CADAM run even faster. This line implements a 1 MB disk cache in extended memory. NOTE: Your disk cache may have a different name and different parameters...see your DOS manual. You need extended memory for this disk cache configuration. 5. DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\MSMOUSE.SYS /G:MOUSE This is the input device driver. Make changes as follows: a. If necessary change the drive C: to the drive where the MICRO CADAM software is loaded. b. If the input device driver MSMOUSE.SYS does not appear to work correctly, try the other driver MOUSESYS.SYS and see if that works ok. (REMINDER: Make sure the mouse driver that came with your mouse is loaded in the autoexec.bat file.) c. If you are using a tablet, change /G:MOUSE to /G:TABLET and replace the mouse driver MSMOUSE.SYS with a suitable tablet driver (e.g. SUMMATB.SYS or CALCOMPB.SYS). You will also have to insert the environment settings SET TABLET=SUMMATB and SET SUMMATB=COM2 (or whatever serial port the tablet is connected to) into the autoexec.cad file. (NOTE: If you are using a digitizer, remove the mouse driver from the autoexec.bat file.) 6. DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\IBMVGA12.SYS This is the video display driver. Make changes as follows: a. If necessary change the drive C: to the drive where the MICRO CADAM software is loaded. b. If the video display device driver IBMVGA12.SYS does not appear to work correctly, try the other driver IBMEGA.SYS and see if that works ok (you may have an ega screen). c. See the section on display drivers for other options. 7. DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\EPSON100.SYS This is the output device driver. Make changes as follows: a. If necessary change the drive C: to the drive where the MICRO CADAM software is loaded. b. If the output device driver EPSON.SYS does not appear to work correctly, look in the section on output device drivers and try any other driver that is suitable for your printer/plotter. c. See the section on display drivers for other options. 8. DEVICE=C:\MCADAM\DRIVERS\GSSCGI.SYS This is the device driver that MICRO CADAM uses to interface with the input, output and video device drivers. a. If necessary change the drive C: to the drive where the MICRO CADAM software is loaded. No other changes are necessary. STEP 5: COPY THE STARTUP FILES AND REBOOT THE SYSTEM: The batch files 2CAD.BAT and 2OLD.BAT are provided in your \MCADAM directory and are used to easily switch back and forth between MICRO CADAM and other products that might require a different CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT. NOTE: Before using either 2CAD.BAT OR 2OLD.BAT the files autoexec.cad and config.cad should already exist in the root directory. They are placed there by one of the two following procedures: 1) The autoexec.cad and config.cad files are copied into the root directory using installation STEP 1 (on page 1-2) to STEP 5 (on page 1-10). These files are manually edited if necessary. 2) Use the MCINSTAL command to automatically create the config.cad and autoexec.cad files, and DO NOT replace your old config.sys and autoexec.bat files. This option is covered in more detail on page 1-18. Now, use the command 2CAD to automatically switch over to the MICRO CADAM configuration. Type 2CAD and press the enter key. The following happens: c:\autoexec.bat is copied to c:\autoexec.old c:\config.sys is copied to c:\config.old c:\autoexec.cad is copied to c:\autoexec.bat c:\config.cad is copied to c:\config.sys The computer is rebooted and MICRO CADAM is then ready to run. (Later, you can switch back to your old configuration by using the command 2OLD. Type 2OLD and press the enter key. The following happens: c:\autoexec.old is copied to c:\autoexec.bat c:\config.old is copied to c:\config.sys c:\autoexec.old is then erased c:\config.old is then erased The computer is rebooted and your old (i.e. original) configuration is ready to run. Using these commands makes switching back and forth a painless process. (NOTE: Should your computer not reboot after typing 2CAD or 2OLD, manually copy the files as shown above, then press the CTRL-ALT-DELETE buttons on your keyboard to reboot your computer.) NOTE: Should you type 2CAD and receive the following message: ---------------------------------------------------------- Your system has already been configured to run MICRO CADAM. To restore your original AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS, type 2OLD ---------------------------------------------------------- this means that your system is already configured and ready to run MICRO CADAM. Change to the \MCADAM directory and either type MCADAM to start the MICRO CADAM program, or type MENU to bring up the MICRO CADAM menu, and select MICRO CADAM CORNERSTONE from this menu. You may also type 2OLD and restore your original configuration. STEP 6: TEST THE CONFIGURATION: Use the MCTEST.EXE program to test the software configuration before actually running the MICRO CADAM program. To test the program, follow these steps: 1. Change to the \MCADAM directory. Exit to your DOS prompt and type CD \MCADAM. Press the enter key. Your menu prompt should now read C:\MCADAM>. 2. Type MCTEST and press the enter key. The display screen shown at the right appears. The prompt Press any key to continue or [ESC] to abort appears near the top of the screen. Press any key to continue. 3. The screen at the right now appears. The commercial versions of MICRO CADAM are protected with a security lock that fits on the serial port. The MCTEST program still looks for the security lock. It doesn't find it here, but it doesn't matter because this FREE DEMONSTRATION VERSION has been unprotected. The prompt Press any key to continue or [ESC] to abort appears near the top of the screen. Press any key to continue. 4. The screen at the right now appears. Move your mouse and verify that the white rectangle moves as well. If it does, your mouse is ok. If it doesn't press the ESC key and recheck your configuration. Press the SELECT, INDICATE and Y/N buttons on the mouse (for a 3 button mouse). As you press them, the rectangle will highlight. The screen at the right is shown with the SELECT mouse button pushed. The prompt Press any key to continue or [ESC] to abort appears near the top of the screen. Press any key to continue. 5. The screen at the right now appears. MICRO CADAM can be used with a Function Key Box. This box can be purchased as an option from an ALTIUM VAR (i.e. Value Added Remarketer). This screen recognizes that the Function Key Box is not present. The prompt Press any key to finish test utility appears near the top of the screen. Press any key and the test program will finish. STEP 7: RUN MICRO CADAM: To run MICRO CADAM see the chapters on FKey FILE, or QUICKSTART. The steps are also summarized here: 1. Change to the \MCADAM directory. Exit to your DOS prompt and type CD \MCADAM. Press the enter key. Your DOS prompt should read C:\MCADAM>. 2. Start MICRO CADAM in one of the following 2 ways: 1) Type MCADAM and press the enter key. 2) Type MENU and press the enter key. A menu will appear. Using the arrow keys, highlight the word MICRO CADAM CORNERSTONE and press the enter key. The MICRO CADAM program loads and the screen shown at the right appears. Enter CAD,DEMO for the GROUP,USER (Note...the comma is important) for the group and user. Press the Y/N button on the mouse (or the F2 Function key button at the top or side of your keyboard) to display a list of drawings. Select one of the drawings from the screen (i.e. place the cursor on the drawing and press the select button on the mouse or digitizer). The drawing will now appear on your screen. Press the F1 function key on your keyboard to bring up the popup menu (or press CTRL-F1 and then F1 to display the sidebar menu). Select FKey WINDOW from the popup or sidebar menu and then select the /1/ on the submenu at the bottom of the screen. You should now see the entire drawing. See the chapters on FKey FILE and Quickstart for more information on logging on and running the program. ERROR CONDITIONS AND MESSAGES: AND WHAT TO DO IF MICRO CADAM WON'T START: If your installation of MICRO CADAM is unsuccessful, you may encounter one of the following error conditions or messages. function key box does not respond This usually happens if the autoexec.bat file configures MICRO CADAM for a function key box, and then does not find a function key box upon startup or test. It is safe to ignore this message. The message can be removed by editing the autoexec.bat file...remove the /a03e8 /i4 (or similar parameters) from the line set mcadam=/a03e8 /i4 /dmouse /c02f8 /s050 mouse seems to have no effect on the cursor Check connections to the mouse and be sure it is properly connected to your computer. Make sure that the proper MICRO CADAM mouse driver is installed in the config.sys file. (Try both MOUSESYS.SYS and MSMOUSE.SYS). Make sure you have loaded your own mouse driver in the autoexec.bat (remember MICRO CADAM needs TWO mouse drivers loaded to run...the MICRO CADAM mouse driver in the config.sys and the mouse driver that came with your mouse). Make sure that your mouse driver is configured for the proper serial port (some mouse drivers need to configured for serial ports other than com1...see the documentation that came with your mouse for the required parameters). If you have MS DOS 6.0 or MS WINDOWS 3.1 then you have a utility called MSD (for Micro Soft Diagnostics) on your disk. Check your \DOS or \WINDOWS directory for this file and type MSD to run it. MSD tells you a lot about your system. One of the things it will tell you is how many serial ports your computer "thinks" it has. Use this utility to verify that your serial ports are "live". Summagraphics digitizer seems to have no effect on the cursor Check all the same items as for the mouse problem in the paragraphs above. In addition, the earlier commercial versions of MICRO CADAM required that the AA jumper inside the summagraphics tablet be disabled (the AB and AC jumpers were left enabled). If all else fails, check and make sure that the AA jumper inside your summagraphics tablet is enabled (i.e. connected across both pins). floating point not loaded MICRO CADAM requires a math coprocessor to run. If your computer does not have a math coprocessor you will receive this message when you try to run MICRO CADAM. You have two options: You can purchase a math coprocessor, install it and then run MICRO CADAM, or you can use the shareware math coprocessor software emulation that is provided with the software in this book. (Works with 386 and 486 systems). This math coprocessor emulator loads as a TSR in the autoexec.bat file. It will run for approximately 20 minutes at a time in its unregistered state. After you register, it will run permanently. The math coprocessor software is described in more detail in Chapter 31 (SHAREWARE BONUS UTILITIES). If you have an AT class computer (i.e. an 80286) then you must purchase and install an 80287 math coprocessor to run MICRO CADAM. program too big to fit in memory MICRO CADAM requires approximately 483,000 bytes of RAM (i.e. memory) to load and run. A computer has 655,360 bytes of RAM available. This leaves 172,360 bytes for all other device drivers, TSR's, network drivers and DOS to fit into. If the amount of available memory becomes less than 483,000 bytes you will receive this message. To resolve this problem you must make available 483,000 bytes of RAM for MICRO CADAM to use. You can do this as follows: ■ Erase all unnecessary device drivers ■ Erase all unnecessary TSR's (i.e. terminate and stay resident) programs. ■ Load DOS high (i.e. use DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS and DOS=HIGH commands in your config.sys file...assuming your version of DOS allows this). ■ Load device drivers and TSR's high (use the DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NORAM and DEVICEHIGH=???????.SYS in the config.sys file, and LOADHIGH C:\????.COM in the autoexec.bat file). (NOTE: DO NOT LOAD THE MICRO CADAM GSSCGI.SYS DRIVER HIGH!) ■ If your version of DOS does not allow you to load programs high, then use a third party utility to do so. ■ Reboot your computer to free available memory (i.e. to erase existing TSR's from memory). group locked MICRO CADAM creates a file called LOCK.XXX in the group currently being accessed. If you are on a network, and you attempt to access a group that someone else is using, you will get the message GROUP LOCKED. You must wait for the other user to finish their filing activities (i.e. finish a file or a call) before you may access it. Note that this LOCK.XXX file is only present while a user is actually accessing (i.e. filing or calling) a MICRO CADAM drawing. It is designed to prevent simultaneous access of the same file by two users, thereby possibly corrupting the file. If your system crashes while you are using MICRO CADAM, whether or not you are in a network, the LOCK.XXX file may prevent you from accessing a group, although no one else is accessing it. You must delete the LOCK.XXX file from the appropriate DOS subdirectory to gain access to your group again. Type the following at the DOS prompt, where <group> is the name of the group you cannot access: cd \mcadam\<group> and then del lock.xxx. MCINSTAL: ANOTHER WAY TO CONFIGURE YOUR SYSTEM! The MCINSTAL program creates the files C:\AUTOEXEC.CAD and C:\CONFIG.CAD that tailor your system environment so MICRO CADAM can run. Follow these steps to configure your system: 1. RUN THE MCINSTAL PROGRAM: Change to the C:\MCADAM directory (assuming that the MICRO CADAM PROGRAM is loaded on drive C). Type cd \mcadam and press the enter key. Your prompt should now read c:\mcadam> (or something similar). To run the MCINSTAL program, type MCINSTAL and press the enter key. 2. The logon information screen shown at the right now appears. Press any key to continue to the next screen. 3. Enter the drive where MICRO CADAM is installed. Once you press the enter key the next screen is displayed. 4. Enter the path to the DOS directory. Once you press the enter key the next screen is displayed. 5. If you purchase the MICRO CADAM Data Transfer option, you can transfer drawings to and from MAINFRAME CADAM. Unless you will be running data transfer via 3270 to MAINFRAME CADAM accept the default answer of NO. Once you press the enter key the next screen is displayed. 6. As you use MICRO CADAM, your work is monitored in two crash- protection files. Enter the path name for the subdirectory in which you would like these files stored and press the Enter key. Accept C:\MCADAM (assuming MICRO CADAM software is loaded onto drive C). Once you press the enter key the next screen is displayed. 7. Select the location of the MICRO CADAM Function Key Box. Since you will not have one, accept the default option that the function key box is not present. Once you press the enter key the next screen is displayed. 8. Select your display adapter and press the enter key. The next screen is now displayed. 9. Select the mouse or tablet you are using and press the enter key. The next screen is now displayed. 10. Select the appropriate COM port number for your mouse or tablet, then press the enter key. The next screen is now displayed. NOTE THE OPTIONS AND MAKE SURE YOUR MOUSE IS CONFIGURED FOR THIS PORT. SEE YOUR MOUSE DOCUMENTATION FOR MORE INFORMATION. 11. Enter the mouse/tablet scaling factor. The scaling factor determines how responsive your input device is to movement. An entry of 100 means there is a one-to-one correspondence between motion and input. (your entry must be 100 or less). An entry of 50 means that 50 percent of the movement causes the same response, so the device is twice as sensitive. The lower the value, the higher the sensitivity. The higher the value, the lower the sensitivity. 12. Press ENTER to select the default setting "No Plotter", if no plotter is attached to your system. (The plotter port parameter is then by-passed. The list of plotters supported by MICRO CADAM is displayed. Select the plotter you are using. If you select the HPGL File Generator as your plotter choice, you are prompted for the model ID of the plotter you wish to emulate. Enter the model ID and press ENTER. 13. Highlight the correct parameters for your plotter. As you move between fields, the currently selected parameters are displayed at the bottom center of the screen. When the parameters are as you want, press ENTER to move to the next screen. 14. Enter the numeric model ID for the plotter. If you selected a plotter in the previous screen, you may be asked to enter the model ID here. 15. In this case, since we have selected an HPGL driver an advisory message appears. See the file HPGL.DOC in the \MCADAM directory for more information on HPGL. 16. Select your printer choice on this screen. MICRO CADAM uses a printer to print your CAD models. It does not use it for ascii text. You should only have ONE printer OR ONE plotter defined at any one time. If the printer is not shown on the list, and you have an appropriate driver, select OTHER from the list, then enter the name of the diver as prompted. The default subdirectory and driver are shown. Use the arrow keys to enter the desired name following the subdirectory. You must copy the driver to the \MCADAM\DRIVERS subdirectory after MCINSTAL is finished. 17. The plotter option screen now appears if you have selected a plotter in the Plotter Choice screen. You can change the units used for calculating paper size. Type in the unit's abbreviation at the prompt. The possible entries are IN (inches) and MM (millimeters). The default setting is inches. This variable affects the Paper Size entry. MICRO CADAM supports long plots (plots longer than 45 inches) on the HP 7586, CalComp 1044GT and IBM 7375B plotters with roll feed. Newer variations of these plotters should also work. Enter the number of 45-inch frames necessary for the plot. This number is also used to calculate the resolution of the plot and to provide MICRO CADAM with the correct number of steps in the X axis (width). Since the longer the plot, the worse the resolution, always use the smallest number of frames in which the plot will fit. The default value is 1 frame (45 inches). For example, if you know that a model will plot out to 150 inches, enter 4, which accommodates plots of up to 180 inches (4 x 45). Calcomp plotters do not supply paper size information to the driver, therefore, a paper size value must be supplied through the DOS environment. 18. A summary of the current configuration is now presented. Press the enter key to continue. 19. This screen at the right now appears. Press the enter key to view and edit the autoexec.cad file, or type NO to skip this screen. Let's take a look at the autoexec.cad file. Press the enter key. 20. The autoexec.cad file is now shown. You may edit this screen if desired. (You may need to replace the MSMOUSE line with one that loads your own mouse driver.) Press the ESC key to exit the screen. 21. A screen now appears, asking you if you want to edit the config.sys file. Accept the YES by pressing the enter key. 22. The config.cad file is now shown. You may edit this screen if desired. Press the ESC key to exit the screen. 23. This screen now appears, asking if you want to replace your existing autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Accept the NO prompt. The files are now saved as autoexec.cad and config.cad in the root directory of drive C. 24. A screen now appears asking if you want to view the README.DOC file. Accept the YES prompt to read any additional information on the README.DOC screen. After reading this file press the ESC key. 25. You are now returned to the DOS prompt. A message appears (see screen at the right) advising you how to reconfigure and reboot your system to run MICRO CADAM. You are now finished the MCINSTAL.EXE program! MCOPT: CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM DEFAULTS! The program MCOPT.EXE (i.e. MICRO CADAM Options) allows you to set your program defaults. For example, this tells the program to start each new blank drawing in inches and have 3 decimal places for dimensions. Lets go and set the options now. Start the MCOPT.EXE program and set the program defaults as follows: 1. Change to the drive where MICRO CADAM is loaded (e.g. type C: and press the enter key. 2. Change to the \MCADAM directory (e.g. type cd \MCADAM and press the enter key). 3. Run the MCOPT program (e.g. type MCOPT and press the enter key). (NOTE: You may also run the command MENU and then select the Defaults option from the menu). 4. The screen at the right side is presented. Press any key to continue. 5. The screen at the right side is now presented. Enter a number which will indicate the units that a new drawing will be started in and press the F10 function key. For example, enter 1 to have a new drawing start in units of inches, and then press the F10 key. 6. Once the units default is set, the first of the main System Default Utility screens shown at the right appears. Change the defaults as you wish. Note that a message line appears near the top of the screen telling you the permissible entries as you move from prompt to prompt. When you have finished altering the defaults, press the F10 key on the keyboard to update the changes. 7. The screen shown at the right allows you to set the remainder of your MICRO CADAM defaults. When you are finished altering these defaults, press the F10 key on the keyboard to update the changes. Note the Plotter pen control mode option for HPGL discussions later in this chapter. 8. A pop-up menu now appears on the screen shown at the right. Press the Y key on the keyboard (i.e. Yes) to save the changes you have made and return to the DOS prompt. PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS: The parameter descriptions for the MCOPT Default programs follow: * VIEW CONVENTION: View Convention is the default for geometry angle projection. Third angle is the United States standard for engineering drawing. Views of an object are obtained by projecting from the projection plane toward the object. First angle is the European standard for engineering drawings. Views of an object are obtained by projecting from inside the object toward the projection plane. * GRID SPACING: Grid Spacing is the default for the distance between grid points established in the /GRID/ option of POINT function. * SYMBOL FUNCTION DOT RADIUS: Symbol Function Dot Radius is the default for the radius of dots created in SYMBOL function. * SYMBOL FUNCTION TRIANGLE WIDTH: Symbol Function Triangle Width is the default width (base) of triangles created in the SYMBOL function. * SYMBOL FUNCTION RECTANGLE WIDTH: Symbol Function Rectangle Width is the default for the width of rectangles created in the SYMBOL function. * SYMBOL FUNCTION RECTANGLE HEIGHT: Symbol Function Rectangle Height is the default for the height of rectangles created in the SYMBOL function. * DIMENSION DECIMAL PLACES: Dimension Decimal Places is the default for the number of decimal places displayed for dimensions. If a negative number is entered, dimensions are rounded to the nearest fractional value. For example, if the default is -8, dimensions are rounded to the nearest eighth. Decimal places may also be set to zero. * ANGULAR DIMENSION FLAG: Angular Dimension Flag is the default for the number of digits displayed for angular dimensions. 3 = angle in degrees to three decimal places 2 = angle in degrees to two decimal places 1 = angle in degrees to one decimal place 0 = angle in degrees round off -1 = angle in degrees rounded off -2 = angle in degrees and minutes -3 = angle in degrees, minutes and seconds * DIMENSION STANDARD: Dimension Standard is the default for the type of dimensioning standard. (1 = STANDARD, 2 = ISO) * DIMENSION TEXT HEIGHT: Dimension Text Height is the default dimension text height. * DIMENSION OVERSHOOT LENGTH: Dimension Overshoot Length is the default for the length of an extension line goes past the dimension line. * LENGTH OF TAIL ON FLIPPED DIMENSION: Length of Tail of Flipped Dimension is the default for the tail length of an arrow on a flipped dimension. * DISTANCE AT WHICH DIMENSION LINE FLIPS: Distance at Which Dimension Line Flips is the default for the minimum value a dimension can be before it automatically flips. * GAP ON EXTENSION LINE IN DIMENSION: Gap of Extension Line in Dimension is the default for the amount an extension line is shortened or lengthened when menu options /SHORT/ or /LONG/ are selected in /SPEC/, //GAP TYPE/ of the DIMENSION function. * GAP CODE: Gap Code is the default specifying the gap between an extension line and a dimension line. 4 = no gap 5 = shortened by gap amount (default above) 6 = lengthened by gap amount (default above) * RADIUS OF DOT ON DIMENSION: Radius of Dot on Dimension is the default for the radius of a dot and condition on a dimension. * DEFAULT CHARACTER HEIGHT: Default Character Height is the default height of text created in the NOTE function. * DEFAULT CHARACTER WIDTH: Default Character Width is the default width of text created in the NOTE function. * DEFAULT HORIZONTAL CHARACTER SPACING: Default Horizontal Character Spacing is the default spacing for text created in the NOTE function. * DEFAULT VERTICAL CHARACTER SPACING: Default Vertical Character Spacing is the default spacing for text created in the NOTE function. * PLOTTER PEN CONTROL MODE: Plotter Pen Control Mode is the default for controlling the pens on your plotter. There are two valid entries: 0 - BY COLOR: Your plotter pens are mapped to element color. Elements of a specified color table number are plotted by an assigned pen. Color #1 is plotted by pen #1; color #2 is plotted by pen #2, etc. The chart below shows the exact pen assignments: Color number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pen Assignments 8-pen plotter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4-pen plotter 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 2-pen plotter 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 - BY LINE WEIGHT: Your plotter pens are mapped to line weight. Elements with a light line weight are drawn by pen 1; medium line weights are drawn by pen 2; heavy line weights are drawn by pen 3. * PLOTTER X OFFSET and PLOTTER Y OFFSET: The Plotter X and Plotter Y offsets defaults allow you to set the offset distance for a sheet of paper in the plotter. This can help in positioning your plot on the plotting paper (for example so the entire plot will fit onto a piece of plotting paper properly, or to align the title block onto preprinted paper). Set the X or Y offset as required to move the geometry in the desired direction. * PLOTTER ARROW SCALE MODE: Plotter Arrow Scale Mode determines whether the arrows will scale when plotted. There are two valid entries: 0 - The arrow will not be scaled with the plot 1 - The arrow will be scaled with the plot GRAPHIC BOARD DRIVERS: CONFIGURING YOUR MICRO CADAM DISPLAY! The following chart lists the Graphic Board Drivers supported in this DEMONSTRATION VERSION of MICRO CADAM software. DISPLAY DRIVERS ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS COMMENTS (SEE CHART ON NEXT PAGE) ART10CGI.SYS ..............................ARTIST XJ10 @ 1024x768 ART12CGI.SYS 7 ..............................Artist XJ12 @ 1280x1024 ARTISTMC.SYS ..............................Artist 10/16 MC @1024x768. Pop-up FKBox & Side Bar Menu ARTXJ10.SYS ..............................Pop-up FKBox & Side Bar Menu CGIDGIS.SYS ..............................NEC MultiSync Graphics Engine @ 1024 x 768 CALDISPB.SYS ..............................CalComp Drawing Board @ 1024 x 768 ET4000.SYS 5 ..............................Any Board that has TSENG 4000 chip set on it. HRVGA.SYS 6...............................VGA 800 x 600: see SUPERVGA.DOC file in \MCADAM :Pop-up FKBox & Side Bar Menu IBMAFH.SYS ...............................IBM 8514 @ 1024x768. Interface code req'd. Side Bar Menu. IBMEGA.SYS 1,2,3,4 ........................IBM EGA (and clones) @ 640x350 16 color. Pop-up FKBox and Side Bar Menu. IBMVGA12.SYS ...............................IBM VGA (and clones) @ 640x480 16 color. Pop-up FKBox and Side Bar Menu. IMVDI2.SYS ...............................VMI Cobra-1B3 & VMI Image Mgr. 1024-1B3 @ 1024 x 768. Side Bar Menu METHEUS.SYS ...............................Metheus 1104 and Metheus 1104 Plus @ 1024 x 768, Microcode required VDIPG12.SYS ...............................Matrox PG1280A @ 1280 x 1024. VMCGIS.SYS ...............................VMI Cobra/2 @ 1024 x 768. Pop-up Side Bar. Requires DOS driver. VMCGISE.SYS ...............................VMI COBRA Elite @ 1024 x 768 The environment commands are entered in the autoexec.cad (or autoexec.bat) file. The environment commands for display drivers are shown in the following table: COMMAND NO. ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS FOR RESULTS/ACTIONS DISPLAY DRIVERS 1 SET EGA=MR3...................Sets video board for 16 colors, resolution 320x200 2 SET EGA=HR3...................Sets video board for 16 colors, resolution 640x200 3 SET EGA=HR4...................Sets video board for 4 or 16 colors, resolution 640x350 (default) 4 SET EGA=MONO..................Sets video board for monochrome (4 color values), resolution 640x350 5 SET ET4000=...................1024,768 or 800,600 6 SET VGA=800,600,xxh...........Sets video board for 16 colors at 800 x 600 resolution. "xx" should be replaced with the mode address listed in SUPERVGA.DOC in \MCADAM 7 SET DISPLAY=ART12CGI.........These commands pertain only SET to the Artist X12 monitor. MONITOR=C:\MCADAM\ The nnn should be replaced DRIVERS\ARTIST12.SET /W2 with the board address (e.g. SET ARTPORT=nnn 3E0) INPUT DRIVERS: CONFIGURING YOUR MOUSE OR TABLET! The following chart lists the Input Drivers supported in this FREE DEMONSTRATION VERSION of MICRO CADAM software. INPUT DRIVERS ENVIRONMENT COMMENTS BUS/SERIAL COMMANDS PS/2,MPORT SEE CHART ON NEXT PG CALCOMPB.SYS 1,3,4,5........TABLET: Calcomp Drawingboard 2300 S MOUSESYS.SYS 2,3............MOUSE: MSC Mouse Systems,Logitech, S & Torrington Mouse (Serial) MSMOUSE.SYS 2,3............MOUSE: MS Mouse (serial/bus). Install B/S MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS (Pick one) ■ MOUSE.COM ...............MOUSE: Normally included with your mouse. Install in the Autoexec.bat. ■ MOUSE.SYS ...............MOUSE: Normally included with your mouse. Install in the Config.sys. PS2MOUSE.SYS ...............MOUSE: IBM PS/2 Mouse (bus). PS/2 2 buttons. Use keyboard PF2 key for Y/N function. SUMMATB.SYS 1,3............TABLET: Summagraphics MM961 S (i.e. 6" x 9"), Summagraphics MM1201 (i.e. (12" x 12") and Summagraphics tablet MM1201 (12" x 12") @ 9600,N,8,1 The environment commands are entered in the autoexec.cad (or autoexec.bat) file. The environment commands for input drivers are shown in the following table: COMMAND ENVIRONMENT RESULTS/ACTIONS NO COMMANDS FOR INPUT DRIVERS 1 SET TABLET=(driver filename)......Redirects application to specified input device. Enter driver filename without the .SYS extension. (e.g. SET TABLET=SUMMATB) 2 SET MOUSE=(driver filename).......Redirects application to specified input device. Enter driver filename without the .SYS extension. (e.g. SET MOUSE=MSMOUSE) 3 SET (driver filename)=(COM#)......Enter the driver filename without the .SYS extension. Directs application to COM1 (default) or COM2. (e.g. SET SUMMATB=COM2) 4 SET TABSIZEX=(width)..............Specify tablet width in 100ths of an inch. 5 SET TABSIZEY=(height).............Specify tablet height in 100ths of an inch. OUTPUT DRIVERS: CONFIGURING YOUR PRINTER OR PLOTTER! The following chart lists the Output Drivers supported in this DEMONSTRATION VERSION of MICRO CADAM software. OUTPUT DEVICE ENVIRONMENT COMMENTS FILE DRIVERS COMMANDS (SEE SERIAL CHART ON NEXT PARALLEL PAGE (F/S/P) CCP.SYS PLOTTER 6,11,15,17,19,20 Calcomp (906 data). F/S/P (also see CALCOMP.DOC Width unrestricted, in the \MCADAM electrostatic support directory EPSON80.SYS PRINTER 1,9 Epson FX/MX/RX80 series, P EX800 @ 9-pin, 11" x 14" max. EPSON100.SYS PRINTER 1,3,9 Epson FX/MX/RX100 Series P FX286, EX1000 Series @ 9-pin, 11" x 14" max. EPSONLQ.SYS PRINTER 1,3,4,9,14,26,32 Epson LQ800/950/1000/ P 2500/2550 Series @ 24-pin, 11" x14" max. Requires Font files IHW12x24.FNT and IHW18x24.FNT. EPSONX.SYS PRINTER 1,3,4,9,14,26,32 Epson EX800/1000, FX85/86e/185/286 (only), LX800, MX80F/T, MX100III. 120 dpi resolution only. Requires font files IHW12x24.FNT and IHW12x24.FNT. HIDMPL.SYS PLOTTER 8,15 Houston Instruments S (Com 1 plotters, (includes only series 60) DM-PL data HPGL.SYS PLOTTER 2,6,15,16,17,18,19, HP7440, 7475, 7550, F/S/P 21,31,37,38 (also 7580, 7586. OCE see HPGL.DOC in the G1830-CR. Xon/Xoff \MCADAM directory support HPGL2.SYS PLOTTER 6,15,16,17,18,21, HP Plotters: F/S/P 37,39,42,43 (also Electrostatic see HPGL2.DOC in the Plotters; Laserjet \MCADAM directory III printer IBMPRO.SYS PRINTER 1,3,4,9,14,23,32 IBM ProprinterII/XL (but NOT the 24 pin X24 & XL24 printer) LASERJET.SYS PRINTER 4 HP Laserjet Plus @ P 150 dpi/Series II @ 300 dpi w/2 MByte RAM. META.SYS PLOTTER 15,33 GSS CGM (Computer Graphics P Metafile). Plots one model to a file. OKID290.SYS PRINTER 2,3,4,13,14,23,32 Works with Okidata 92, 93 P and 293 printers. Requires font files IHW6X16.FNT, IHW12X3.FNT and IHW6X8.FNT. If you have problems with this driver, try OKID84.SYS and OKID92.SYS PLOTHP.SYS PLOTTER HP Plotters. HPGL direct S 2-way communication between CPU & plotter req. TOSHIBA.SYS PRINTER 1,3,4,9,32,34 Toshiba P351, P1350. P ZETA8.SYS PLOTTER 9,15 Zeta 8 plotter. S Does NOT work with Zeta large format plotters The environment commands are entered in the autoexec.cad (or autoexec.bat) file. The environment commands for output drivers are shown in the following table: COMMAND ENVIRONMENT RESULTS/ACTIONS NO COMMAND FOR OUTPUT DRIVERS 1 SET ORIENTATION=(orientation) PORTRAIT does not rotate output (default). LANDSCAPE rotates output 270 degrees. (Ex: SET ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE) 2 SET ORIENTATION=(orientation) LANDSCAPE does not rotate output (default). PORTRAIT rotates output 90 degrees. (Ex: SET ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT) 3 SET PAPER=(mode) NARROW sets output to 8.5" x 11" (default). WIDE sets output to 11" x 14". (Ex: SET PAPER=WIDE) 4 SET PAPER=ISOA4 European paper (210mm x 297mm). 6 SET PAPER_SIZE=(width)x(height) Enter whole numbers of paper size. (Ex: SET PAPER_SIZE=9X11) 8 SET (driver filename)=(COM#) Directs output from specified driver to COM1, COM2, or COM3. (Example: SET HPGL=COM1) 9 SET (driver filename)=(LPT#) Directs output from specified driver to LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3. (Ex: SET EPSONLQ=LPT2) 11 SET ELECTR=YES Add this line to the Autoexec.bat file when plotting to a CalComp Electrostatic 5700 or 5800 series. (See the file CALCOMP.DOC in the \MCADAM directory for additional information). 13 SET SHEETFEEDER=(mode) Informs driver that the cut sheet feeder is being used. OFF sets .5" top and bottom margins (default). ON sets 1" top margin and .5" bottom margin. If the setting is ON, insure that DIP switch 1-8 is set to on position, otherwise to off. (Ex: SET SHEETFEEDER=ON) 15 SET PLOTTER=(driver filename) Redirects application to specified device. Enter driver filename without .SYS extension. (Ex: SET PLOTTER=HPGL) 16 SET FLAGGING=X Sets handshaking for Xon/Xoff. 17 SET UNITS=(drawing units) MM, FT, M, IN (default). (Ex: SET UNITS=IN) 18 SET PLOT_ID=(model) 7440 (default), 7475, 7470, 7550, 7580, 7586 HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphics Language) emulation. For the IBM 6180 or 6184 plotters, specify 7570; for the IBM 7371 plotter, specify 7475; for the IBM 7372 or 7375 plotters, specify 7580. Use numeric characters only. (Ex: SET PLOT_ID=7475) 19 SET NFRAMES=(#) Where # is the minimum number of 45" frames required to plot a drawing. Example: a model/drawing that is 86" in length would require a statement: SET NFRAMES=2. 20 SET CCP=(*, COM#, LPT#, See the CALCOMP.DOC file in the \MCADAM or filename directory for more information. (Ex: SET CCP=LPT1) 21 SET HPGL=(COM#,LPT#, See the HPGL.DOC file in the \MCADAM or filename directory for more information. (Ex: SET HPGL=FILE.PLT) 23 SET RESOLUTION=(resolution) 75, 100, 150, or 300 dpi. 2 Mbytes RAM is required in the output device for maximum resolution. 26 SET RESOLUTION=(resolution) 180 (default) or 120 dpi 31 SET (driver filename)=(filename) Directs output to a specified DOS file. (Note: MCINSTAL does not offer an option to direct output to a file.) Enter driver filename without .SYS extension. To direct the output file to a printer, enter the following DOS command at the prompt of the subdirectory in which the file is located: copy /b filename LPT#: (Enter the parallel port number in place of "#".) 32 SET METAOUTPUT=(filename) Allow user to specify a filename for a metafile created in the \MCADAM directory. If this statement is omitted, metafiles will default to the naming convention "METAFILE.DAT". 33 SET RESOLUTION=(resolution) l80 (default) or 360 dpi 37 SET NR=OFF This disables the NR (NOT READY) command issued at the end of the HPGL output on non rollfeed output device configurations. DEFAULT (ON). 39 SET COLOR=OFF This variable maps all MICRO CADAM background colors to white and all geometry color to black. 42 SET LONG_AXIS=x Where x is the length of the paper required for the plot. Using LONG_AXIS provides the capability to do long plots. Techniques used to achieve long plots result in loss of resolution of the plot. Therefore the smallest length required to fit the entire drawing should be used. Specify the x length by multiplying the number of pages or frames required for the plot width (w) specified in PAPER_SIZE. (See HPGL2.SYS section.) 43 SET ROTATION=x This variable instructs the plotter to rotate the plot data by a certain angle, expressed in degrees. The four possible values of x are 0, 90, 180 and 270. The default rotation is IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FILES IN THE \MCADAM DIRECTORY: PLOTTER.DOC Information on setting up your plotting and printing hardware. Includes information on cable pinouts and dip switch settings. CALCOMP.DOC Information about setting up and configuring calcomp plotters. HPGL.DOC Information on options and settings for the HPGL.SYS driver. HPGL2.DOC Information on options and settings for the HPGL2.SYS driver. SUPERVGA.DOC Information on options and settings for running super vga (i.e. 800 x 600) SUPPORTED PLOTTERS AND PRINTERS: The following is a partial list of plotters and printers that are compatible with MICRO CADAM. PLOTTERS Calcomp 1023, 1025, 1041GT, 1042GT, 1043GT, 1044GT, 1025, 1075A, 1076C, 1077l, 9X5 series with PCI Controller, 105X and 103X series with 907 Controller, 5723, 5725, 5733, 5735, 5745, 5825, 5835, 5845, ColorMaster, PlotMaster, DrawingMaster Hewlett-Packard 7440A, 7550A, 7470A, 7575A, 7570A, 7570A Draftpro, 7575A DraftPro DXL, 7576A DraftPro EXL, 7580B, 7585B, 7586B, 7595A DraftMaster, 7596A DraftMasterII, 7596A DraftMaster RX, 7600 models 240D, 240E Designjet Houston Instrument HIPLOT DMP-29, DMP-51, DMP-51, DMP-51MP, DMP-52, DMP-52MP, DMP-56, DMP-61, DMP-62 IBM 6180, 6184, 6186-1, 6186-2, 7370, 7371, 7372, 7374, 7375-1, 7575-2 Bruning (Nicolet) Zeta 8, Zeta 824 & 836 - HPGL mode JDL 850 EWS (use HPGL emulation) PRINTERS Epson 80 series, 100 series, FX-286 Hewlett Packard Laserjet Series II, IID, IIP, III, IV Printers IBM 4201 Proprinter, 4202 Proprinter XL, 5152, 5182 Okidata Microline 84, 92, 93 Toshiba P1350 JDL 850 EWS (use Epson emulation) NETWORKING: INSTALLING AND RUNNING MICRO CADAM ON A NETWORK! The MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE is network capable. To install MICRO CADAM on a network, follow these steps: 1. Install your network hardware and software on each computer that will be on the network. 2. Install a separate copy of the MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE on each computer that will be on the network. Install MICRO CADAM as you would on a single system. You must have a separate copy of MICRO CADAM on each node of the network; you cannot install one copy of MICRO CADAM on the server and attempt to run multiple copies of it from the network nodes. If you attempt to run multiple copies of MICRO CADAM from the server, you may have integrity problems with the temporary files used by the MICRO CADAM software. (NOTE: You may install a copy of the MICRO CADAM FREE DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE on each of the different drives on the server. For example, install one copy of MICRO CADAM on drives J, K, L, M, and N on the server.) 3. Use the DOS utilities to load DOS and various device drivers and TSR's high. Sample lines are shown below: IN THE CONFIG.SYS FILE: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NORAM DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\?????.SYS IN THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE: LOADHIGH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE MICRO CADAM requires approximately 483,000 bytes of RAM (i.e. memory) to load and run. A computer has 655,360 bytes of RAM available. This leaves 172,360 bytes for all other device drivers, TSR's, network drivers and DOS to fit into. If the amount of available memory becomes less than 483,000 bytes you will receive this message. To resolve this problem you must make available 483,000 bytes of RAM for MICRO CADAM to use. You can do this as follows: ■ Erase all unnecessary device drivers ■ Erase all unnecessary TSR's (i.e. terminate and stay resident) programs. ■ Load DOS high (i.e. use DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS and DOS=HIGH commands in your config.sys file...assuming your version of DOS allows this). ■ Load device drivers and TSR's high (use the DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NORAM and DEVICEHIGH=???????.SYS in the config.sys file, and LOADHIGH C:\????.COM in the autoexec.bat file). (NOTE: DO NOT LOAD THE MICRO CADAM GSSCGI.SYS DRIVER HIGH!) ■ If your version of DOS does not allow you to load programs high, then use third party utilities to do so. ■ Reboot your computer to free available memory (i.e. to erase existing TSR's from memory). 4. Add your network drivers to the config.sys and autoexec.bat files. 5. Reboot the computer and make sure that the network is live. 6. Run MICRO CADAM and make sure it is live. If you get the DOS error "program too big to fit in memory" it means that you do not have enough of your 640K memory left to run MICRO CADAM. Return to the config.sys and autoexec.bat files and try to save some more memory. 7. Let's assume that your network is now successfully installed (the network drive appears as drive H on the computer), and MICRO CADAM is up and running (on drive C) Log onto the network, then start MICRO CADAM and call up a drawing from drive C. Now select FKey FILE and submenu /DRIVE/. Key in the network drive H and press the enter key. File the drawing on drive H. (Note: you may have to create a group and user if this is the first time you are filing a drawing on drive H.) That's it! MICRO CADAM is now installed on your network. All MICRO CADAM nodes on the network can now access drive H and share their data files. Note that the MICRO CADAM software must be loaded onto each node and runs from each node. It is only the MICRO CADAM data files that are shared on the network. Printers and plotters can be attached to the network server. In a typical case MICRO CADAM would plot to parallel port LPT2. LPT2 on the node would be directed to a queue on the server which is in turn connected to server port LPT1. The plotter or printer would be connected to the server port LPT1. When selecting FKey SYMBOL and submenu /SPECIAL/ you will also have to select the submenu /DRV/ option and key in the network drive to access special symbols. MICRO CADAM creates a file called LOCK.XXX in the group currently being accessed. If you are on a network, and you attempt to access a group that someone else is using, you will get the message GROUP LOCKED. You must wait for the other user to finish their filing activities (i.e. finish a file or a call) before you may access it. Note that this LOCK.XXX file is only present while a user is actually accessing (i.e. filing or calling) a MICRO CADAM drawing. It is designed to prevent simultaneous access of the same file by two users, thereby possibly corrupting the file. If your system crashes while you are using MICRO CADAM, whether or not you are in a network, the LOCK.XXX file may prevent you from accessing a group, although no one else is accessing it. You must delete the LOCK.XXX file from the appropriate DOS subdirectory to gain access to your group again. Type the following at the DOS prompt, where <group> is the name of the group you cannot access: C:> cd \mcadam\<group> C:> del lock.xxx DOCUMENTATION FILES: There are several documentation files located in the \mcadam\docs directory. They are listed as follows: READ ME ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION!...Please read! (Ascii Text) INSTALL TXT INSTALLATION Chapter in Ascii Text format INSTALL ZIP INSTALLATION Chapter in zipped Wordperfect 5.1 INTRO TXT INTRODUCTION Chapter in Ascii Text format INTRO WP INTRODUCTION Chapter in Wordperfect 5.1 format CONCEPTS WP CONCEPTS Chapter in Wordperfect 5.1 format QSTART TXT QUICKSTART Chapter in Ascii Text format QSTART ZIP QUICKSTART Chapter in zipped Wordperfect 5.1 SHAREWAR TXT SHAREWARE Chapter in Ascii Text format SHAREWAR WP SHAREWARE Chapter in Wordperfect 5.1 format To view the Ascii text files use a text editor, or print them out. To view the Wordperfect 5.1 files, load them into Wordperfect 5.1 and print them out. Note that all of the graphics in these files will be printed out as well. This is the preferred method. To view the zipped Wordperfect 5.1 files, you must first unzip them and then load them into Wordperfect 5.1. To unzip them, copy the PKUNZIP.EXE file from the first installation disk and type in the following command: PKUNZIP QSTART.ZIP. PRINTCAD & PRINTGL: SHAREWARE PLOTTING PGMS: PRINTCAD and PRINTGL are two SHAREWARE bonus utilities that are included with this book with the permission of the author, Cary Ravitz. These are two really excellent utilities that allow you to PLOT HPGL drawings onto your printer (as opposed to PRINTING them). Please see Chapter 31 (SHAREWARE BONUS UTILITIES) for more information on licensing, installation, setup and usage. Q387: MATH COPROCESSOR SHAREWARE PGM: Q387 is a SHAREWARE math coprocessor for 386 and 486 computers with some extended memory available. Should you have an AT class computer (i.e. an 80286) you MUST purchase an 80287 math coprocessor to run MICRO CADAM. This shareware version runs for 20 minutes before it dumps you out to DOS. You must then run it again for another 20 minute session. You may purchase this program and run it full time for a charge of US $25.00. Please see Chapter 31 (SHAREWARE BONUS UTILITIES) for more information on licensing, installation, setup and usage. RECLAIMING HARD DISK SPACE: ERASING UNNEEDED FILES. After you have finished installing, configuring and testing MICRO CADAM, you may erase unneeded files from the hard disk to recover some of your hard disk space. You will find the following subdirectories under the \MCADAM directory: DOCS Contains documentation files BATCH Contains configuration batch files CAD Contains MICRO CADAM drawing files (all files are hidden) DRIVERS Contains a complete selection of drivers DXF Contains the DXF translation files MSGFIL Contains the MICRO CADAM message files SYS Contains MICRO CADAM symbol drawing files (all files are hidden) PRINTCAD Contains PRINTCAD Shareware files PRINTGL Contains PRINTGL Shareware files Q387 Contains Q387 Shareware files You may erase all unneeded drivers in the \MCADAM\DRIVERS subdirectory. Check your autoexec.bat and config.sys files (and the autoexec.cad and config.cad files) to see which drivers you need. Backup all drivers onto diskette and then erase the unneeded drivers. You may printout all documentation files in the \MCADAM\DOCS subdirectory and then erase all files there, however please leave the READ.ME file for future reference. You may backup onto diskette all files in the \MCADAM\BATCH directory and then erase the files there. If you elect not to use PRINTCAD, PRINTGL and Q387, you should first copy all files from these three subdirectories onto diskette and then erase the files in these directories.