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Getting Started |
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Chapter |
Sections |
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System Requirements |
Software and operating system. |
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Installation |
Main program,
Licence file, Directory structure, Setting up
a shortcut, Starting
the program and Client files |
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Overview |
How Cad Publisher works, It's a
graphical word processor, Job file and Job card, Positioning,
Output Order, Renderstyle assigning, Fonts, Object rendering
and Viewing. |
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First Time Users |
A series of bullet points outlining
a fairly typical sequence of events for users working with the
program for the first time. It also outlines the differences
between the Easy and the Professional levels. |
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Autoscript users |
Those users who are changing over
from the old Autoscript software should read this. |
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Main Menu |
All the topics along the main program
menu. |
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Client files |
Your setup if we provided samples. |
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Drawing setup |
Basic steps for setting up a drawing
for perfect output. |
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Tutorial |
Working through Cad Publisher. |
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Major topics
- the four key areas of Cad Publisher |
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Chapter |
Sections |
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Job files and Job cards |
Job files and Job cards, creating,
setting up the input files, setting up the products, renaming,
cloning, running, switching on/off. |
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Renderstyles |
Rendering controls, "default",
creating, renaming, copy and pasting plates,
global settings, entity
selection, fill area, stroke area. |
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Settings |
Positioning, Layer Visibility,
Output Order, Renderstyle Assigning and Font setup. |
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Viewing |
Viewing the work before you produce
any output files. |
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All topics,
including the two preceeding sections |
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Chapter |
Sections |
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3D |
3D and Cad Publisher |
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Autoscript users |
Those users who are changing over
from the old Autoscript software should read this. |
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Batch Processing |
A sample of how to use command
line processing with Cad Publisher. |
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Blocks |
Block handling within Cad Publisher. |
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Changes |
Changes from previous versions |
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Client files |
Your setup if we provided samples. |
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Color Separations |
An overview of color separations,
offset printing and some sample renderstyles. |
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Command line processing |
A sample of how to use command
line processing with Cad Publisher. |
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Conversion tables |
Tables which show conversions from
mm to inches to points.
Stroke values for Hatching pattern and various frequencies. |
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Drawing setup |
Basic steps for setting up a drawing
for perfect output. |
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Easy version |
Outlines the specifics about running
the software in Easy version mode. |
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First Time Users |
A series of bullet points outlining
a fairly typical sequence of events for users working with the
program for the first time. |
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Fonts - settings |
Assigning either PostScript, True
Type or CAD SHX font styles to cad text styles. |
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Glossary |
Alphabetical listing of Cad Publisher
terms |
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Hints, Tips and How to: |
This has been compiled from frequently
asked questions and user feed back. |
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Installation |
Main program,
Licence file, Directory structure, Setting up
a shortcut, Starting
the program, Set
up the preferences, Client files |
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Internal defaults |
Processing a CAD file without a
.set (settings) or .rsl (renderstyles) file. |
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Job files and Job cards |
Job files and Job cards, creating,
setting up the input files, setting up the products, renaming,
cloning, running, switching on/off. |
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Layer Visibility - settings |
Set up for what layers will be
on or off in the output files, also shows how the layers are
set in the cad file. |
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Layouts |
Layouts take over from Paper Space. |
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Main Menu |
All the topics along the main program
menu. |
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Notes & Memos |
Using notes and memos for the job
card, renderstyles and settings. |
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Options |
There are a number of master switch
options that can be set in the cp.ini file. |
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Ordering - settings |
Setting up the output order to
use for processing. |
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Output File Formats |
Acrobat PDF, Adobe Illustrator,
Excellon drill file, EPS, Gerber RS-274X format, PostScript,
Windows Meta file, Enhanced Windows Meta file, TIFF, PNG and
BMP. |
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Overview |
How Cad Publisher works, It's a graphical
word processor, Job file and Job card,
sizing and positioning, Layers, Fonts, Object rendering, View Window,
re-sizing of forms. |
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Paper Space |
Cad Publisher and Paper Space. |
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Patterns |
Special fills patterns from Cad
Publisher. |
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Positioning - settings |
Setting up the scaling and positioning
of the CAD image onto an output page. |
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PostScript limits |
Limitations with PostScript paths
(number of points) and fills. |
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Professional version |
Outlines the specifics about running
the software in Professonal mode. |
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Rendering - settings |
Assigning the renderstyle to layers
or colors in the settings. |
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Renderstyles |
Rendering controls, "default",
creating, renaming, copy and pasting plates,
global settings, entity
selection, fill area, stroke area. |
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Screen fonts |
Cad Publisher screen fonts and
their font (character) encoding. |
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Settings - general |
Create a new .set (settings) file,
saving. form factor (sizing) |
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Software limitations |
Outlines what the current release
can and can't do. |
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Special Controls |
BBOX - clipping an image for import
into DTP programs. |
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PBOX - automatic positioning of
real world co-ordinates onto a page. |
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Support |
Product support, your contacts. |
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System Requirements |
Software and operating system. |
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Tools |
Various utility programs that we
think will be useful for our users. |
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Tutorial |
Working with all the parts of Cad
Publisher. |
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Viewer |
Cad Publisher Viewer. |
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Views |
Cad Publisher and CAD Views. |
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Xfonts |
PostScript screen fonts (.shx)
for CAD, font encoding, extended characters. |
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Xrefs |
Cad Publisher and Xrefs. |