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AmeriCAD® 2.0.A

INSTALLATION & NOTES for AutoCAD®13 & 14

AmeriCAD® Version 2.0.A is available for users of AutoCAD® Release13 and AutoCAD® Release 14 ONLY and needs to be run while in an AutoCAD® 13 or AutoCAD® 14 session. Users of AutoCAD® 2000 need to install and use AmeriCAD® Version 2.0.B. Users of AutoCAD® 10 or AutoCAD® 11 need to install and use AmeriCAD® Version 1.2.

Contact American Cylinder directly (708-258-3935) or your local American Cylinder distributor for information on obtaining the appropriate version of AmeriCAD® for your requirements. All versions of AmeriCAD® are also available for downloading from the American Cylinder WebSite: "http://www.americancylinder.com"

American Cylinder Co., Inc. has Copyrights protecting this program and the drawings produced by this program. Use of this program to produce and/or alter drawings to represent products other than American Cylinder's is in violation of the Copyrights and may result in legal action against those offenders. American Cylinder has made every effort to eliminate any errors or omissions from the program and is not responsible for any incorrect information that may be generated by AmeriCAD®. American Cylinder reserves the right to add/delete or alter the information supplied by AmeriCAD® at any time without giving notice to those using the program.

I.) INSTALLATION

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:\ amcylcad.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 "amcylcad.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 "amcylcad.exe" file. (ex. C:\downloads\americad\amcylcad.exe )

  • Click OK to begin the AmeriCAD® Installation Program.

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

II.) USING THE SOFTWARE - (AutoCAD® Release 13)

    • To use the AmeriCAD® software, first start AutoCAD® 13 as you normally would.

    • From the Menu toolbar choose TOOLS ® APPLICATIONS... to get the "Load AutoLisp®, ADS, and ARX Files" window to appear.

    • Click on the "FILE ..." button to bring up the "Select AutoLISP®, ADS or ARX File" window. · In the drop down box titled "List Files of Type" in the lower left hand side of the window, select " *.exe ". On the upper right hand side of the window, indicate the Folder (directory) in which you chose to install AmeriCAD® during setup. The default install directory is "C:\AmeriCAD".

    • On the left hand side of the window highlight "Americad.exe" and click OK. If "Americad.exe" does not appear for selection in the window, then you did not pick the correct installation directory in the previous step. · After clicking the OK button, you return to the "Files to Load" section of the "Select AutoLISP®, ADS or ARX File" window. Make sure that only the path to the americad.exe file is highlighted, then click the Load button in the lower left portion of the window to proceed loading AmeriCAD®. You will then 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.

III) USING THE SOFTWARE - (AutoCAD® Release 14)

    • To use the AmeriCAD® software, first start AutoCAD® 14 as you normally would.

    • Click on the "FILE ..." button to bring up the "Select AutoLISP®, ADS or ARX File" window.

    • From the Menu toolbar choose TOOLS ® LOAD APPLICATION ... to get the "Load AutoLisp®, ADS, and ARX Files" window to appear.

    • Click on the "FILE ..." button to bring up the "Select AutoLISP®, ADS or ARX File" window.

    • In the drop down box field titled "Files of Type" in the lower left hand side of the window, select " ADS(*.exe) ". 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.exe" in the large center window and click OPEN. If "Americad.exe" does not appear for selection in the window, then you did not pick the correct installation directory in the previous step.

    • After clicking the OPEN button you return to the "Files to Load" section of the "Select AutoLISP®, ADS or ARX File" window. Make sure that only the path to the americad.exe file is highlighted, then click the Load button to proceed loading AmeriCAD®. You will then 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.

IV.) AUTOLOADING AmeriCAD®

    • You can Have the AmeriCAD® software load automatically each time you start AutoCAD®. To do this, add the following line to the ACAD.LSP file in your default AutoCAD® directory: (XLOAD "C:/Americad/AMERICAD.EXE") 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.LSP file, create the one line file listed above with Wordpad or another text editor and save it with the name "acad.lsp" 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. AutoCAD® and AutoLISP® are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. AmeriCAD® is a registered trademark of American Cylinder Co., Inc.

 

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