July 2006 Archives

Sometimes, if objects have been moved on a design layer, it is necessary to adjust the viewport on a sheet layer. Do the following:

• Switch to the sheet layer
  
• Double klick on the edge of the viewport to be adjusted
  
• Choose the option �Crop� and confirm
  
• Choose the tool �Translate view tool� from the tool set �Visualization�
  
• If the objects on the design layer have moved so much that they are now completely out of the viewport range, double click on the �Translate view tool� to center all objects behind the viewport
  
• Now adjust the objects
  
• If you are done, klick on the button �Exit Viewport Crop� on the right top corner of your drawing
  

When running more than one installation of interiorCAD, it is convenient to have all settings available on all the other machines. This can save a lot of time because new settings only need to be done once. Furthermore it simplifies the process of configuring a backup system for your resources.

To use the interiorCAD resources on a centralized computer (aka server), do the following:

• Create a share on a machine
  
• Ensure that this share is available for all the other machines. On Windows, mount the share as a drive
  
• Copy the folder called �XG Resources� from one of the local machines to that share
  
• Ensure that all machines can create new files on the share as well as write to existing files. The latter step is very important
  
• On the workstations, empty the folder called �XG Resources� except for two files, FSC.txt and KAPreferences.txt. Both need to remain untouched
  
• On the working machines, click on the menu �Shop�, point to �Preferences� and choose �Preferences Shop...�
  
• Choose the page �Shared access�
  
• Choose the 2nd option and klick on the button �Choose...�
  
• Choose the folder �XG Resources� on the server
  
• Confirm your settings by klicking the button �OK� twice
  

It is very important that all the files on the server are writable for interiorCAD. Otherwise you may experience unexpected behaviour, not excluding crashes.

Starting with interiorCAD 3, it is possible to adjust the filenames of exported NC programs in various ways. NC filenames can include the Project ID (as specified in the �Project Details�), the item ID (as created in the �Project Details� and then assigned to the unit) and the part name.

Additionally, interiorCAD 3 supports machines which need specialized filenames (maybe a certain prefix followed by a consecutive number or even old-fashioned 8.3 DOS file names).

If you have special requirements concerning NC file naming please contact your local dealer or the interiorCAD support directly: interiorcad@extragroup.de.