Installing and Using CAD Server

  1. Having extracted the installer from the ZIP archive, locate and double-click the installer icon ("psxchange.exe").

  2. When the first Installer wizard appears, proceed through the wizard panes and do the following:

  3. Click Finish to conclude the installation.

    Now you can start and use CAD Server—as detailed in the next section.

Using CAD Server

  1. Open the Start menu and choose Programs | CAD Server.

  2. When the Registration dialog box appears, you have two options:

    If you want to take advantage of the trial-use period, click Run in Demo Mode (shown below).

    If you have obtained a license to use CAD Server, click in the fields shown here and type the appropriate information.

    The main CAD Server window appears, as shown here.

  3. To start the process, click the appropriate button in the Input Type area.

    As a result, the appropriate file extension appears in the Input File Specification field.

  4. If you anticipate your converted files might over-write existing files already present in the output destination directory, open the Replace Duplicates? menu and choose the appropriate option--as shown here.

  5. Click Set Input Parameters.

    The HPGL Input Parameters dialog box appears, as shown here.

  6. Choose the desired options and click OK to record your selections.

  7. When the CAD Server window reappears, click those checkboxes and buttons in the Output Options area that represent your preferences.

    INFO to come...

  8. Click the checkboxes (one or more) for each of the Output Formats that you want to produce.

  9. Click Set Output Parameters.

    The Output Parameters dialog box appears, as shown here, but not all the options will be active. Depending on the number and type of output formats you selected, various combinations of output parameters will be active. All others will be inactive.

    If you choose one of the following formats, these output parameters will be active:

    SVF

    		 Choose from the Background and General parameters
    DWF

    		 Choose from the DWF/WHIP, Background and General parameters
    PDF

    		 Choose from the Default Fonts, Output Drawing and General parameters
    PS

    		 Choose from the Default Fonts, Output Drawing and General parameters
    AI

    		 Choose from the Default Fonts, Output Drawing and General parameters
    CGM

    		 Choose from the CGM, Background and General parameters
    DWG  

    		 Choose from the AutoCAD and General parameters
    DXF

    		 Choose from the AutoCAD and General parameters
    MPP

    		 Choose from the Background and General parameters
    DHL

    		 Choose from the Background and General parameters
    After choosing your parameter options, click OK to record the output parameters.

  10. When the CAD Server window reappears, choose from one of the three Operation Mode options: Interactive, Once then Exit, or Continuous.

    If you choose Interactive, you can ADD INFO.

    If you choose Once then Exit, you can ADD INFO.

    If you choose Continuous, you should do the following:

  11. To start the process, click Convert. If you set up a "continuous" operation, the CAD Server window can be minimized, as you will be leaving it active for as long as you want the automatic process to run.

    If you set up an Interactive operation, something will happen.

    If you set up a Once then Exit operation, CAD Server will run, then stop. The % Done status indicator will track the progress of this operation, and when the process is successfully complete, a status message will appear in the Status field.

  12. When you have finished using CAD Server, click the CAD Server window's Exit box to quit the application.

ED: 11.21.00 | Contents Copyright © 2000, Tailor Made Software, Ltd.