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Hi
Thanks for taking the time to
read this information. If you are changing over to Cad Publisher
and want to get going as quickly as possible we recommend that
you do the following.
Processing
a DXF file
- Open the AutoScriptUsers.job
file from the AutoScriptUsers sub-directory.
- Load a DXF file at "cad
drawing" on the Job card.
- Load the AutoScriptUsers.set
(settings) file from the AutoScriptUsers sub-directory.
- Load the AutoScriptUsers.rsl
(renderstyles) file from the AutoScriptUsers sub-directory.
- Select the "load job"
spinner.
This loads the dxf file into
the program and it is rendered according to the set up of the
settings and renderstyles. The initial View is set at CAD, select
the monochrome or color tab to see how these output option will
look.
Modify the settings or renderstyles
to suit your output. (Check out the First Time Users information).
Hint
For those users involved with panel and label design, where you
want to set up "color 1 = black" and then alternate
the colors, have a look at the sample .rsl files in the AutoScriptUsers
sub-directory. These make use of the "Cad Color" chart
feature.
Key Features
- In the settings file the output
order can be either by "cad layer", "cad color"
or "cad order". When cad layer or cad color is selected,
what you have ON TOP in the order is what will be ON TOP in the
output file. Just as you see it in the color view etc.
- You can change a cad color for
the output using the Cad Color chart in the renderstyles file.
- If you make a change to the
renderstyles or settings, select the "update" icon
on the View to update those changes. If you change a Renderfont
you need to re-load the job to see the change.
- In the Fonts area of the settings
file you can choose various options for the encoding of the output
font. When you select "user" as the encoding, the program
looks to the User.txt file in the fontcache/Encoding directory.
This is a text file that can be edited according to your requirements.
Documentation
There are five hundred pages of help, which should explain all
of the working of Cad Publisher. It is not a utility, so give
yourself some time to understand the basic concepts, which are:
- A dxf file can be processed
according to your user set up.
- The user setup can be a combination
of the settings and renderstyles.
- The renderstyles control how
you want layers or colors rendered and can be edited and created
to suit your requirements.
- Renderstyles are assigned to
layers or colors in the settings file.
- The settings file controls,
sizing and positioning, layer visibility, output order, output
rendering and output fonts.
- You can save all of the processing
set-ups in a job file.
If you have any problems, do
not hesitate to contact us. |