A.) From a 3-1/2" Floppy Disk

• Insert the supplied AmeriCAD® disk into your computer's 3-1/2" Floppy Drive

• Click on START and choose Run

• Enter "A:\ amcyl2000.exe" in the pop-up window that appears. ( Note: This assumes that the floppy drive on your computer is designated as drive "A:". Substitute the letter for your computer's 3-1/2" floppy drive if it is different from "A:" )

• Click on OK to begin the AmeriCAD® Installation Program. · After accepting the License Agreement, you will be prompted to accept "C:\AmeriCAD" as the default directory. This is recommended, however, you may choose to click on the Browse button to install AmeriCAD® on a different directory that already exists on your system, or create a new directory for the installation.

• When you have completed indicating the Destination Folder (directory), click on Next to proceed with the Installation.

• A pop-up window will appear requesting you to indicate where you would like the AmeriCAD® Program icon to appear. Follow the directions on the screen and click on Next to proceed with the installation.

• The Setup program proceeds to install AmeriCAD®. Click on Finish to complete the installation. You are now ready to start AutoCAD® and use the AmeriCAD® software as indicated below.

B.) From a Folder (directory) on your Hard Drive

• AmeriCAD® can be installed from your hard drive if AmeriCAD's "amcyl2000.exe" file has already been copied from the installation disk or from American Cylinder's Web Page on the Internet to your hard drive.

• To begin the installation, click on the START Button and choose Run.

• Enter the full pathname to the location where you have previously saved the "amcyl2000.exe" file. ( ex. C:\downloads\americad\amcyl2000.exe )

• Click OK to begin the AmeriCAD® Installation Program.

• Follow the last four steps as described in section "A" above.

• To use the AmeriCAD® software, first start AutoCAD® 2000 as you normally would.

• From the Menu toolbar choose TOOLS ® LOAD APPLICATION ... to get the "Load/Unload Applications" window to appear.

• In the drop down box field titled "Files of Type" in the lower left hand side of the window, select " ObjectARX Files(*.arx) ". Use the standard navigation tools in the upper portion of the window to indicate the Folder (directory) in which you chose to install AmeriCAD® during setup. The default install directory is "C:\Americad".

• When you have correctly identified the AmeriCad® installation directory in the "Look In" field in the upper portion of the window, highlight "Americad.arx" in the large center window and click Load. If "Americad.arx" does not appear for selection in the window, then you did not pick the correct installation directory in the previous step.

• After clicking the Load button you return to the "Files to Load" section of the "Load/Unload Applications" window. Click the Close button to return to the AutoCAD® "Command:" prompt.

• After loading AmeriCAD® as described above, you can launch it at any time during your AutoCAD® session by typing "Americad" at the "Command:" prompt.

• You can Have the AmeriCAD® software load automatically each time you start AutoCAD®. To do this, add the following line to the ACAD.RX file in your default AutoCAD® directory: C:/Americad/AMERICAD.ARX NOTE: The above example assumes that you chose to install AmeriCad® into the default "C:\Americad" directory. If you installed it elsewhere, you need to supply the full path to the "americad.exe" file. Be sure to include the parentheses and quotation marks and use forward slashes instead of the customary backslashes in the path designation. If you do not currently have an ACAD.RX file, create the one line file listed above with Wordpad or another text editor and save it with the name "acad.rx" in your AutoCAD® default directory.

• To determine your default AutoCAD® directory:

  A) If you launch AutoCAD® from an Icon on your Desktop:

  1) Right click on the AutoCAD® Icon on your desktop that you normally use to launch AutoCAD® .

  2) Select PROPERTIES in the window that comes up. An AutoCAD® Properties Window will appear.

  3) Click on the SHORTCUT tab.

  4) Your default AutoCAD® directory is the directory displayed in the "Start In" field.

  B) If you launch AutoCAD® from the "START" Button Menu:

  1) Right click on any empty area on the START menu bar at the bottom of the screen and select PROPERTIES

  2) In the window that comes up (The Taskbar Properties Window) select the "Start Menu Programs" Tab and then click on the ADVANCED button.

  3) At this point you will have an Explorer Window opened to the "Start Menu" Folder. Click on the " + " sign next to "Programs" on the left hand side of the window and then highlight the "AutoCAD®" folder.

  4) On the right hand side of the window, right click on the "AutoCAD®" icon and select PROPERTIES. An AutoCAD® Properties Window will appear.

  5) Click on the SHORTCUT tab.

  6) Your default AutoCAD® directory is the directory displayed in the "Start In" field.