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        | README file for
        |
        | ELSA POWERdraft for AutoCAD R14
        |
        |    Windows NT 4.0 (i386)
        |       WINNER 2000PRO/X
        |       GLoria-L
        |       GLoria-L/MX
        |       GLoria-XL
        |       GLoria-XXL
        |       GLoria Synergy
        |       Synergy II
        |
        |    Windows 95/98
        |       GLoria Synergy
        |
        | Version 14.03.08
        |
        | Copyright (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
        |
        | ELSA AG                    Internet   : http://www.elsa.de
        | Sonnenweg 11               LocalWeb   : +49-(0)241-938800
        | D-52070 Aachen
        |
        | ELSA Inc.                  Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 2231 Calle De Luna
        | Santa Clara, CA 95054
        | USA
        |
        | ELSA Asia Inc.             Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
        | Nanking East Road
        | Taipei 105
        | Taiwan, R. O. C.
        |
        | ELSA Japan Inc.            Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | Mita Suzuki Building 3F
        | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
        | Tokyo 108-0014
        | Japan
        |
        | 07/15/1999, aschlech

        Table of Contents:

1       Introduction
2       Contents of Directory
3       Installation/Uninstallation
4       Configuration
5       Release Notes
6       Updates to the Help file

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1       Introduction

        This file explains how to install and uninstall POWERdraft
        for AutoCAD R14.

1.1     How to determine the driver's version number

        There are several ways to get the version number of this driver.

1.1.1   Using the File Manager or Explorer

        Open the properties of the file dselsa14.dll in your driver
        directory with your File Manager or Explorer to read the version
        string.

1.1.2   Using the command 'PdVer'

        While AutoCAD is running with POWERdraft configured, you may
        type the command 'PdVer'.

1.1.3   Using POWERdraft Settings

        Open the POWERdraft Settings by clicking the 'tool symbol'
        within the ELSA toolbar or by setting up the command 'PdConfig'.
        The index card 'General' holds the current driver version.

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2.      Contents of Directory

        The driver's setup directory contains the following files:

        README.TXT      this file
        LIESMICH.TXT    German version of this file
        LANG14EN.HLP    Windows help files in English and German
        LANG14DE.HLP
        SETUP.EXE       Installation program for Windows
        (all others)    files needed by SETUP

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3       Installation/Uninstallation

3.1     Prerequisites

        Please check the following list of requirements to allow
        sucessful installation and usage of this driver.

        - operating system Windows NT 3.51/4.0 or Windows 95/98
        - actual ELSA Windows graphics driver
        - AutoCAD R14 already installed
        - an ELSA graphics controller mentioned at the top of this
          README.TXT
        - write access to AutoCAD's main directory and to the Windows
          system directory

3.2     Procedure of Installation

        Please make sure AutoCAD R14 is not running.

        * Installation from CD:
          Start CDSETUP.EXE in the root directory of your WINNERware CD.
          You can double click CDSETUP.EXE in the File Manager or
          Windows Explorer.

        * Installation from floppy disk:
          The POWERdraft installation set consists of several floppy
          disks. Start SETUP.EXE from the first one. During installation
          you will be requested to insert the other disks.

        * Installation from a separate directory:
          The POWERdraft directory contains several subdirectories called
          DISK<n>. Start SETUP.EXE in subdirectory DISK1.

3.3     Uninstallation

        The install program records uninstall information in the
        chosen program folder.

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4       Configuration

        Setup will add the two icons
                'Configure POWERdraft'
        and
                'Configure Original Driver'
        to the program folder.
        Using these icons you can configure either POWERdraft or the
        original driver shipped with AutoCAD (CoolWHIP) as the AutoCAD's
        actual display driver. After Setup has completed successfully,
        POWERdraft is already configured.

        To reconfigure the original driver, click on the 'Configure
        Original Driver' icon, while AutoCAD is _not_ running. To do so
        for POWERdraft, click on the 'Configure POWERdraft' icon.

        If POWERdraft is configured, the ELSA logo will be shown
        at AutoCAD's startup time.

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5       Release Notes

5.1     Version History

        Version 14.00.00(beta)
        - first Beta Release (speed only release)

        Version 14.00.02(beta)
        - Crashes with Genius are fixed.

        Version 14.00.05(beta)
        - implemented Cockpit with remote control
        - implemented MultiView; now MultiView is able to handle
          non-perspective 3D views
        - Problems with AutoSnap are fixed.
        - Fixed: The cursor wasn't cleared properly on multi processor
          systems.

        Version 14.00.06(beta)
        - Now POWERdraft will be installed in a separate driver
          directory (no longer in the AutoCAD directory)
        - For ease manipulating driver/tool settings, the POWERdraft
          Settings have been implemented.
        - Hotkeys for Pan & Zoom and redraw all. These are configurable
          via the POWERdraft Settings.
        - Display errors with Genius PowerSnap have been fixed.
        - MultiView has been revised regarding its functionality.
        - A crash with AMD 2.0 has been fixed.

        Version 14.00.07(beta)
        - A regen following a pan or zoom operation on raster images
          left behind a kind of "ghost images" among the real images.
          This problem has been fixed.
        - The POWERdraft Settings have been revised.

        Version 14.00.08(beta)
        - Fixed a crash with Genius standard components.
        - Improved the behaviour of Pan/Zoom via the Cockpit.
        - The Cockpit got a new look.
        - Windows 95 is supported.

        Version 14.00.09(beta)
        - ELSA GLoria-XXL is supported.

        Version 14.01.00
        - Fixed problems with the preview, which is saved within the
          .DWG file:
          * Now in the "Open" dialog the quality of the preview is much
            better.
          * Non-drawing elements are not part of the preview any more.
          * Now the file size is much less.
        To fix these problems with a drawing saved with an older version
        of POWERdraft (V14.00.xx(beta)), you may save this drawing again
        after calling AutoCAD's command PURGE, which will reduce the
        file size to a normal level.

        Version 14.01.01
        - The Cockpit now performs dynamic zooming and panning also
          for models in paperspace.
        - Fully support of subentities. As a consequence of this item,
          a problem with marking sketch planes has been solved.

        Version 14.01.02
        - A problem with wrong colors on hidden layers has been fixed.
        - Shaded entities have not ever been removed correctly. This
          problem has been fixed.

        Version 14.02.00(beta)
        - Instabilities under AMD + Genius are fixed.
        - Fixed startup problems with some Arx applications.
        - Highlight/Select operations became faster and need less
          memory.
        - Fixed: Drawing entities were drawn top of a rendered scene.

        Version 14.02.01(beta)
        - Eliminated occasional regen requests after totally zooming out
          via cockpit.
        - The hotkey functions "zoom in" and "zoom out" changed; now
          the cursor position is used as zoom fix point, whereas
          the new new hotkey functions "zoom in center" and
          "zoom out center" take the viewport's center point as zoom
          fix point.
        - The new hotkey function "pan to center" pans the view from
          the current cursor position to the viewport's center point.

        Version 14.02.02(beta)
        - The MagniView tool has been implemented.

        Version 14.02.03(beta)
        - A problem with damaged POWERdraft Settings under Windows
          NT 3.51 has been solved.
        - Now the preview bitmap (stored within the .DWG file) includes
          all entities (prior versions of POWERdraft didn't include
          TT fonts and raster images).

        Version 14.02.04(beta)
        - Display errors with Genius' shaft generator have been fixed.
        - Layer operations have been fixed.
        - TT fonts and raster images now will be displayed correctly
          within the print preview.
        - Viewport border flickering now will be avoided in most
          cases.
        - Fixed: moving viewports in paperspace sometimes left garbage
          on screen.
        - The SAVEIMG command is fully supported.
        - Instabilities with COPYCLIP, EXPORT WMF and EXPORT DWF have
          been fixed. Nevertheless, these commands are not fully
          supported yet.

        Version 14.02.06
        - A problem with ELSAview 3D's in-viewport-feature is fixed with
          v1.03.08 (or higher) of ELSAview. MultiView did not restore
          history views while render mode was active.

        Version 14.02.07
        - Deadlocks on multi processor systems are fixed.
        - No more flickering while resizing the MagniView window.

        Version 14.03.00(beta)
        - ELSAinfo support

        Version 14.03.01(beta)
        - ELSA Synergy II is supported.
        - The display update modes have been reworked completely.

        Version 14.03.02(beta)
        - True Type Fonts are fully supported by POWERdraft
          (with one restriction regarding Slide files - see section
          ‘Known Problems and Restrictions’)
        - Fix for Mechanical Desktop: In the Desktop Browser's Scene
          mode selected parts weren't highlighted in the viewport.

        Version 14.03.03
        - Slide files (command MSLIDE) are supported by POWERdraft
          (with one restriction regarding TT fonts - see section
          ‘Known Problems and Restrictions’)

        Version 14.03.04
        - Support of Windows Metafiles (filename *.wmf, commands
          COPYCLIP and EXPORT METAFILE (WMFOUT))
        - Fix: Under Windows 95 and Window 98 the preview bitmap was
          not stored with the DWG file.
        - Fix: With 8bpp color depth the preview bitmap stored with
          the DWG file had wrong colors.
        - Fix: Wrong colors with 8bpp color depth on Synergy II.

        Version 14.03.05
        - Fix: Under Windows 98 multiscreen in certain situations the
          MultiView showed empty history buttons.

        Version 14.03.06
        - Fix: Launching ELSAview 3D (EVSTART) on a Synergy II caused
          AutoCAD to crash.

        Version 14.03.07
        - Fix: Anomaly with AutoCADs object snap.

        Version 14.03.08
        - POWERdraft's toolbar loading mechanism changed in order to
          reduce interference with other applications during AutoCAD's
          startup phase.

5.2     Known Problems and Restrictions

        - Raster images will always be drawn beneath the remaining
          graphics.
        - Raster images will not be displayed within the Aerial View
          window nor by MagniView.
        - With the use of raster images the background color may become
          slightly falsified.
        - Together with OpenGL applications (e.g. Autodesk Mechanical
          Desktop) display errors may occur. So far, these errors have
          been observed on a GLoria-XL board only. Such kind of errors
          can be suppressed by turning on the 'Force Buffer Blit' option
          within the 'GLoria Settings' in 'Display Properties'. At
          runtime the display can be repaired immediate by pressing the
          hotkey for the redraw action, <shift><F2> for default.
        - During some commands (PLINE, MLINE, SPLINE) MultiView views
          cannot be recalled.
        - The contents of viewports in paperspace will not be displayed
          by MagniView.
        - Inside a Slide file (filename *.sld, command MSLIDE) TT text
          is always outlined, unless you configure 'Whip Compatibility'
          in the 'TT Fonts' tab of the POWERdraft Settings.

