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*            Vermont Microsystems AutoMate/LITE Version 8.10                *
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*        ADI 4.1/4.2 Display and Rendering Driver/Productivity Software     *
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*   Supports:                                                               *
*                   SVGA's, VGA's, VESA 1.00+, TIGA 2.00+                   *
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       INDEX:

             1. INTRODUCTION
             2. HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY
             3. SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY
             4. BEFORE INSTALLING AutoMate/LITE
             5. INSTALLING AutoMate/LITE
                 A. Converting Previous AutoMate Menus to be
                    compatible with this version of AutoMate/LITE.
             6. CONFIGURING Autodesk applications for AutoMate/LITE
                 A. AutoCAD 386 Release 12
                 B. AutoCAD 386 Release 11 and Release 10_c10
                 C. AutoCAD 12's AVE-Render
                 D. DSPADI variable for ACAD11 or 3D-Studio
             7. COMPATIBLE DISPLAY ADAPTERS
                 A. VESA compatible SVGA
                 B. Tseng ET4000 based SVGA
                 C. S3 based SVGA
                 D. TIGA compatible Adapter
                 E. Standard VGA (640x480)
             8. AutoMate/LITE Features
             9. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
            10. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
                 A. CAD Overlay ESP
                 B. Tablet Configuration
                 C. AutoMate Command Line Commands
                 D. Status Command                
                 E. Known Limitations
                 F. Trademarks and Restrictions

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1. INTRODUCTION:  

    AutoMate/LITE is more than just a display driver for AutoCAD Rel 12. 
    AutoMate/LITE is a de-featured version of Vermont Microsystems' popular
    AutoMate/PRO productivity software for AutoCAD. AutoMate/LITE includes
    the same Display List technology that is used in AutoMate/PRO to provide
    very fast Pans, Zooms and Redraws. AutoMate/Lite also contains the same
    Birdseye and QuickMenu features as AutoMate/PRO.
    
    Refer to the AutoMate/LITE users Guide for information on how to use 
    AutoMate/LITE's productivity tools.

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2. HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY:

   A. Computer - DOS-based 386 or 486 PC with 640K base memory plus a minimum
                 of 4-Megabytes Extended memory. More extended memory is
                 preferred especially for AutoCAD 12. If you are working with
                 large drawings (1 Meg or more) then we recommend that you
                 have a minimum of 8-Megabytes of Extended memory. You should
                 also have a minimum of 5-Megabytes of free disk space on 
                 the hard drive that you are using for AutoCAD swap files.

   B. Graphics Card - This version of AutoMate/LITE is compatible with the
                      following types of Graphics Adapters:

          a. Tseng Labs ET4000 based Super VGA cards.
          b. S3 based Super VGA cards.
          c. ATI Ultra or Ultra PRO
          d. Compaq QVision
          e. Video 7 VRAMII
          f. Standard IBM compatible VGA cards (640 x 480 resolution).
          g. 100% VESA compatible Super VGA cards (256 color modes only).
          h. 100% TIGA (Version 2.0 or greater) compatible graphics cards.

     Refer to the "COMPATIBLE DISPLAY ADAPTERS" section below for more
     information on installing and using these graphics adapters with
     AutoMate/LITE.

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3. SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY:

     This version of AutoMate/PRO is compatible with the following 
     Autodesk applications:

               A. AutoCAD 386 Release 10_c10
               B. AutoCAD 386 Release 11
               C. AutoCAD 386 Release 12
               D. AutoCAD 12's AVE-Render

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4. BEFORE INSTALLING AutoMate/LITE:

       a. Install your Graphics Adapter.

       b. Install the appropriate Autodesk application.

       c. Configure the application for standard VGA and test the application
          to make sure your graphics card and application are installed
          correctly.

       d. Make sure your Graphics adapter is configured correctly so that it
          is compatible with your monitor and the display resolution that 
          you pick during AutoMate/PRO installation.

       e. If you have a VESA compatible Super VGA (other than an ET4000,
          S3, Video 7 VRAMII, ATI Ultra or Compaq QVision) install the VESA
          driver required by your card.

       f. If you have a TIGA compatible adapter, install the TIGA driver
          required by your card.

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5. INSTALLING AutoMate/LITE:

     This disk contains an automatic installation utility (INSTALL.EXE)
     which will copy to your hard disk all the files for running 
     AutoMate/LITE with your Autodesk application. INSTALL will also 
     optionally edit your system's AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

     To begin the AutoMate/LITE software installation:

        a. Insert the "AutoMate/LITE" disk into floppy drive A or B.

        b. Make the selected floppy the current drive and type INSTALL 
           <Enter> from the DOS prompt. Follow the instructions on the
           screen.
       
        c. First you will be asked to select the type of Display Adapter
           that you are going to use to run AutoCAD. The options are 
           as follows:

                         - VESA compatible SVGA
                         - Tseng ET4000 based SVGA
                         - S3 based SVGA
                         - ATI Ultra
                         - Compaq QVision
                         - Video 7 VRAM II
                         - TIGA compatible Adapter
                         - Standard VGA (640x480)


           For more information on AutoMate/LITE compatible display adapters
           see the section "COMPATIBLE DISPLAY ADAPTERS" below.


        d. You will be asked to select the display resolution at which
           you wish to run AutoMate/LITE. However if you select the Standard 
           VGA option you will not be asked to select a resolution. For the
           Standard VGA, only 640x480 resolution will be available.
           AutoMate/LITE currently supports four resolutions: 1280x1024,
           1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480,however you must make sure your 
           graphics card supports the resolution that you select.

           Select the resolution that is appropriate for your monitor and
           Adapter. 

        e. You will be asked to select a drive and destination subdirectory
           on your hard disk for AutoMate/LITE files. The default is 
           C:\AUTOMATE. However, you may select any available drive and enter
           a different subdirectory. The subdirectory will be created if it
           does not already exist. 

              CAUTION: AutoMate/LITE uses about 850,000 bytes of space
                       on your hard disk, so the drive you select must
                       have at least that much free space available.


        f. INSTALL will copy the AutoMate/LITE files to the specified
           directory on your hard disk.

        g. Next you will be asked if we can modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
           We recommend that you answer YES; otherwise you will have to
           manually edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or create another batch
           file containing the given lines. The lines added will be similar
           to the following:

                     SET AMATERES=1024,768
                     SET DSPADI=C:\AUTOMATE\RCAMATE.EXP
                     SET ACADDRV=C:\AUTOMATE


           Attention AutoCAD 12 users:
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            The AutoCAD environment variable "ACADDRV" must be set to tell 
            AutoCAD 12 where to find the AutoMate/LITE Display/Rendering 
            driver and the Digitizer and Plotter drivers.

            If you allow INSTALL to modify AUTOEXEC.BAT and if AUTOEXEC.BAT
            already has a "SET ACADDRV" statement INSTALL will append the 
            AUTOMATE directory to it as shown in the following example:
            
                SET ACADDRV=C:\ACAD12\DRV;C:\AUTOMATE
            
            If you are using a batch file (i.e. ACADR12.BAT which already 
            contains a "SET ACADDRV") to invoke AutoCAD, you must append
            the AUTOMATE path name to the "SET ACADDRV" statement in the batch
            file as shown in the example above.

            CAUTION !!!!

              If you have multiple "SET ACADDRV" statements, the last one 
              executed will override any previous ones. 


           Attention AutoCAD 11 or AutoCAD 10_c10 users:
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            The AutoCAD environment variable "DSPADI" must be set to tell 
            AutoCAD the name of and where to find the AutoMate/LITE Display
            driver.

            If you allow INSTALL to modify AUTOEXEC.BAT it will add the
            "SET DSPADI" as shown in the following example:
            
                      SET DSPADI=C:\AUTOMATE\AUTOMATE.EXP
            
            If you are using a batch file (i.e. ACAD386.BAT) you may wish to
            add the SET DSPADI statement to it. If the batch file already
            has a SET DSPADI statement you must replace it with the one that
            is required for AutoMate/LITE as shown in the example above.

        h. After you have completed the installation, re-boot your system
           so that the changes in Autoexec.bat will take effect. If you are
           using a batch file (i.e. ACAD386 or ACADR12) to start AutoCAD make
           sure the batch file contains all the commands required for loading
           AutoMate/LITE.



      A. Converting Previous versions of AutoMate menus -
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          Due to the complexity of the changes to AutoMate's menu system in
          this version of AutoMate/LITE, previous versions of AutoMate menus
          are not entirely compatible with this new version of AutoMate.

          If you have made changes to your current AutoMate Quick menu that
          you would like to use with this new version of AutoMate, you will 
          have to convert your existing AMLITE.MNU file to be compatible with
          this version of AutoMate. The following is a list of the changes
          that you should make to your existing AMLITE.MNU file. The first
          entry is required changes and the rest are optional. However
          if you don't make the optional changes you will not have access to 
          several of AutoMate's new features:

          a. Required - Add following lines to top of your AMLITE.MNU file:

                string 0 "redrawall" 

                begin_dialog 20
                   begin_text 
                      . QUICK MENU
                      . You may alter the item's attributes as desired.
                      . Click on OK to save changes, CANCEL to abort changes.
                   end_text 
                   field 4 "Label:" 
                   field 5 "Action:" 
                   button "Ok" 1 action 
                   button "Cancel" 2 action 
                end_dialog 

                begin_dialog 26
                   begin_text 
                      . QUICK MENU
                      . Add an item by specifying label and AutoCAD action.
                      . Click on OK to add, CANCEL to abort.
                   end_text 
                   client 1 
                   field 4 "Icon Label:" 
                   field 5 "Action:" 
                   button "Ok" 1 action 
                   button "Cancel" 2 action 
                end_dialog 


          b. Optional - Add "begin_item 3" section as shown below after the
                        "begin_item 2" section near beginning of "begin_menu
                        11" section of your current AMLITE.MNU:
          
                                      begin_item 3
                                        message "Zoom Fit" 
                                        action 
                                      end_item 

                        Remove the previous "begin_item 3" section "Zoom 0.1X" 
                             
                        This addition will give you access to AutoMate's new
                        ZOOM FIT function from the birdseye. Zoom Fit is 
                        similar to AutoCAD's Zoom Extents command.
          

          c. Optional - Add "begin_item 9" section as shown below after the
                        "begin_item 8" section at the end of the "begin_menu
                        11" section of your current AMLITE.MNU:
          
                               begin_item 9
                                  message "Onscreen mode" 
                                  state off 
                               end_item 

                        This addition will give you access to AutoMate's new
                        onscreen (sticky) Birdseye.
          
  
          d. Optional - Add "begin_item 10" section as shown below after 
                        "begin_item 4" (swap) in the "begin_menu 42" section 
                        of your current AMLITE.MNU:

                               begin_item 10
                                   message "Edit" 
                                   action 
                                   begin_text 
                                      . Click on entry to edit...
                                   end_text 
                               end_item 

                        This addition will give you access to AutoMate's new
                        command editor for the Quick Menu.


          e. Optional (but strongly recommended) - Add following line to the
                        "begin_window 1" section of your current AMLITE.MNU
                        after the line "button "Pan" 3 exclusive on action":

                                  button "Fit" 4 action"
 
                        This is used with AutoCAD 12 when you have AutoMate's
                        "32 bit DLIST" option enabled in AutoTune. When this
                        button is activated it will scale the drawing in the
                        birdseye to fill the entire birdseye window.


          f. Optional - Add following lines to the "begin_window 2" section
                        of your current AMLITE.MNU file after the line
                        "button "Size" 1 menu 21" :

                                button "Mag" 2 exclusive on action 
                                button "Pick" 3 exclusive off action 

                        This addition will give you access to the new real
                        time pick function of AutoMate's Magnifying Glass.

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    The following is a brief description of the AutoMate/LITE files that 
    INSTALL copies to your hard disk:
                        
     AUTOMATE.BAT - Batch file containing example of commands that need to
                     be executed before running your Autodesk application.

     AUTOMATE.CFG - AutoMate/LITE configuration file which contains the default
                    configuration for AutoMate's productivity tools, AutoCAD
                    menu colors, and much more. This file is updated when you 
                    use AutoMate's configuration utility AutoTune.

     RCAMATE.EXP -- AutoMate/LITE Protected Mode ADI display and rendering
                    driver.

     AMLITE.MNU --- AutoMate's main menu file which contains the default set
                    of commands which are included in AutoMate's Icon Menu 
                    and Quick Menu. This file also contains the default sizes
                    and button positions for AutoMates Birdseye, Magnifying
                    Glass etc. 
                                 
     *.TGA -------- Targa files which are used as the Icons in AutoMate's
                    Icon menus. Filenames ending in 3 or 32 are 32 pixel
                    icons. Filenames ending in 4 or 48 are 48 pixel icons.

     AUTOTUNE.MNU - Menu file which contains the menu and instruction text
                    used in AutoMate's configuration utility, AutoTune.

     VMI.LGO ------ Bitmap file used for logo in AutoTune's setup screen.

     AUTOMATE.RLM - Tiga Relocatable Module used by AutoMate/LITE when 
                    AutoMate is running on a TIGA based graphics adapter.
                    This file must be in the same directory as your TIGA
                    software.

     README.TXT --- This Readme file.

     VESA <DIR> --- Sub-directory containing several vesa drivers for some
                    common VGA's. Also contains a utility (VESALIST.EXE)
                    which is very useful in determining the resolution and
                    color capabilities of your adapter and vesa driver.
                    Refer to the section on VESA compatible SVGA's, under
                    the COMPATIBLE DISPLAY ADAPTERS section for more infor-
                    mation on the VESALIST utility.

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6. CONFIGURING Autodesk applications for AutoMate/LITE:

  A. AutoCAD 386 Release 12 Display Configuration -

          a. Type  "ACAD -r" <ENTER>  from the AutoCAD directory to display
             AutoCADs' Configuration menu. Or if you are already in AutoCAD's
             graphics screen you can select "configure" from the "file" 
             pull-down menu.

          b. From the Configuration menu select "Configure video display".

          c. When asked if you wish to change the display answer `Y' and
             then select "AutoMate/LITE ADI 4.2".

          d. Next you will be asked if you wish to run AutoTune. AutoTune 
             is a convenient utility which allows you to customize your 
             AutoCAD display. It has many useful features including modifying 
             the AutoCAD menu colors, crosshair size and color, grid color, 
             and many others. If you answer `Y' you'll see the AutoMate Setup
             menu. To begin the customization just use the up/down arrow keys
             to select an option from the `AutoMate Setup' menu and press the
             <ENTER> key. Then just follow the instructions in the small text
             window in the upper left corner of your screen. After you have 
             finished your customization, select `QUIT' from the `AutoMate
             Setup' menu and select `YES' to save the configuration.

          e. AutoCAD's configuration utility will continue by asking you
             several questions. In order to have access to all of the 
             AutoMate/LITE functions such as on screen icons and popdown
             menus you should select the default answers to each of the
             questions by pressing the <ENTER> key after each question.

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  B. AutoCAD 386 Release 11 or release 10_c10 Display Configuration -

          a. Type  `ACAD' <ENTER>  from the AutoCAD directory to display
             the AutoCAD main menu.

          b. At the Main menu select the `Configure AutoCAD' option.

          c. From the Configuration menu select `Configure video display'.

          d. When asked if you wish to change the display answer `Y' and then
             select `ADI P386 v4.0/4.1 display' (for AutoCAD Release 11) or
             `ADI P386 display' (for AutoCAD release 10 P386 Mode) from the 
             list of Available Video Displays.

          e. You will be asked if you wish to run AutoTune. AutoTune is a
             convenient utility which allows you to customize your AutoCAD
             display. It has many useful features including modifying the
             AutoCAD menu colors, crosshair size and color, grid color, and 
             many others. If you answer `Y' you'll see the AutoMate Setup
             menu. To begin the customization just use the up/down arrow keys
             to select an option from the `AutoMate Setup' menu and press the
             <ENTER> key. Then just follow the instructions in the small text
             window in the upper left corner of your screen. After you have 
             finished your customization, select `QUIT' from the `AutoMate
             Setup' menu and select `YES' to save the configuration.

          f. AutoCAD's configuration utility will continue by asking you
             several questions. In order to have access to all of the 
             AutoMate/LITE functions such as on screen icons and popdown
             menus you should select the default answers to each of the
             questions by pressing the <ENTER> key after each question.

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  C. AVE-Render configuration -

     The AVE-Render configuration procedure is slightly different depending
     on wheather you are configuring for the first time with AutoMate/LITE or
     if you are Re-Configuring. The procedure will also be a little different
     if you have AutoMate's "Viewport RenderReady" enabled in AutoTune.

  Initial AVE-Render Configuration with AutoMate's RenderReady Disabled:
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    a. Select "Preferences" from RENDER pull-down menu.
    b. You will be asked to Select rendering display device.
    c. Enter option 1 (AutoCAD's configured P386 ADI combined display/
       rendering driver.
    d. Next you will be asked to select the desired rendering mode.
       Enter 0 for 256-color mode or 1 for RenderReady mode.
    e. Next you will be asked to Select mode to run display/rendering 
       combined driver. Enter 1 to display in an AutoCAD viewport without
       doing a flipscreen. Enter 2 to display in a seperate rendering
       screen by doing a flipscreen.
    f. Next you will be asked to select the rendering hard copy device.
       Select the appropriate option for your printer or plotter.
    g. Next, the Rendering Preferences dialog box will appear.
    h. Just pick the OK button in the dialog box and the AVE-Render
       configuration will be complete.


  Initial AVE-Render Configuration with AutoMate's RenderReady Enabled:
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    a. Select "Preferences" from RENDER pull-down menu.
    b. You will be asked to Select rendering display device.
    c. Enter option 1 (AutoCAD's configured P386 ADI combined display/
       rendering driver.
    d. Next you will be asked to Select mode to run display/rendering 
       combined driver. Enter 1 to display in an AutoCAD viewport without
       doing a flipscreen. Enter 2 to display in a seperate rendering
       screen by doing a flipscreen.
    e. Next you will be asked to select the rendering hard copy device.
       Select the appropriate option for your printer or plotter.
    f. Next, the Rendering Preferences dialog box will appear.
    g. Just pick the OK button in the dialog box and the AVE-Render
       configuration will be complete.


  Re-configure AVE-Render with AutoMate's RenderReady Disabled:
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    a. Select "Preferences" from RENDER pull-down menu.
    b. Next, the Rendering Preferences dialog box will appear.
    c. Pick the "Re-configure" button in the dialog box and the current
       configuration will be shown.
    d. Press <ENTER> to continue.
    e. Then enter option 2 (Configure Rendering Device).
    f. Your current rendering device will be shown.
    g. If your current device is not shown as "AutoCAD's configured P386 
       ADI combined display/rendering driver" then enter "Y" to select
       different device. 
    h. Enter option 1 "AutoCAD's configured P386 ADI combined display/
       rendering driver".
    i. Next you will be asked to select the desired rendering mode.
       Enter 0 for 256-color mode or 1 for RenderReady mode.
    j. Next you will be asked to Select mode to run display/rendering 
       combined driver. Enter 1 to display in an AutoCAD viewport without
       doing a flipscreen. Enter 2 to display in a seperate rendering
       screen by doing a flipscreen.
    k. Then enter option 0 (Exit to drawing editor).
    l. Enter "Y" to keep configuration changes.


  Re-configure AVE-Render with AutoMate's RenderReady Enabled:
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    a. Select "Preferences" from RENDER pull-down menu.
    b. Next, the Rendering Preferences dialog box will appear.
    c. Pick the "Re-configure" button in the dialog box and the current
       configuration will be shown.
    d. Press <ENTER> to continue.
    e. Then enter option 2 (Configure Rendering Device).
    f. Your current rendering device will be shown.
    g. If your current device is not shown as "AutoCAD's configured P386 
       ADI combined display/rendering driver" then enter "Y" to select
       different device. 
    h. Enter option 1 "AutoCAD's configured P386 ADI combined display/
       rendering driver".
    i. Next you will be asked to Select mode to run display/rendering 
       combined driver. Enter 1 to display in an AutoCAD viewport without
       doing a flipscreen. Enter 2 to display in a seperate rendering
       screen by doing a flipscreen.
    j. Then enter option 0 (Exit to drawing editor).
    k. Enter "Y" to keep configuration changes.

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  D. DSPADI variable for ACAD11 or 3D-Studio:

      If you are going to be running AutoCAD 11 or 10 (P386) and AutoSHade
      or 3D-Studio you will have to re-set the DSPADI environment variable
      when you switch between AutoCAD 11 or 10 and and 3D-Studio or Shade.

      The reason for this is that there are currently two seperate drivers.
      One driver (RCAMATE.EXP) supports AutoCAD Rel. 12, 11 and 10 (P386).
      The other driver (AUTOMATE.EXP) supports 3D-Studio and AutoShade.

      AutoCAD 11 and 10 (P386) require the environment variable DSPADI to
      be set to point to the RCAMATE driver as shown in the following 
      example:

                     SET DSPADI=C:\AUTOMATE\RCAMATE.EXP

      However, the problem is that 3D-Studio and AutoShade also require that
      DSPADI (as well as RDPADI and RCPADI) be set as shown in the following
      example:
      
                     SET DSPADI=C:\AMATE3DS\AUTOMATE.EXP

      Since there are two different drivers you cannot have DSPADI set to
      both at the same time. 

      Therefore if you are going to be switching back and forth between
      AutoCAD 11 or 10 (P386) and 3D-Studio or AutoShade, we recommend that
      you use batch files to set the appropriate DSPADI ( as well as the
      other set statements) for each application. The following are examples
      of two batch files you may want to use:

       Sample batch file for setting up AutoMate for AutoCAD rel 11 or 10.
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                 SET ACAD=C:\ACAD11;C:\ACAD11\SAMPLE;C:\ACAD11\ADS
                 SET ACADCFG=C:\ACAD11
                 SET DSPADI=C:\AUTOMATE\RCAMATE.EXP
                 C:\ACAD11\ACAD %1 %2
         


       Sample batch file for setting up AutoMate for 3D-Studio or AutoShade
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                 SET DSPADI=C:\AMATE3DS\AUTOMATE.EXP
                 SET RDPADI=C:\AMATE3DS\AUTOMATE.EXP
                 SET RCPADI=C:\AMATE3DS\AUTOMATE.EXP
                 C:\3DS\3DS %1 %2
         

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7. COMPATIBLE DISPLAY ADAPTERS:

     AutoMate/LITE is compatible with a variety of different types of display
     adapters. However AutoMate's performance and display resolution will
     vary depending upon which type of adapter you are using. 

     AutoMate/LITE has been optimized to provide the best performance on 
     Super VGA's that are based on the S3 or Tseng ET4000 chips. AutoMate has
     also been optimized for high performance on the ATI Ultra card as well
     Compaq's QVision. Most of these cards will display 256 or more colors at
     1024 x 768 resolution.

     AutoMate's performance on TIGA based adapters may vary widely depending
     on the speed and type of Graphics processor (TMS34010 or TMS34020) that
     is used. The speed and amount of onboard memory as well as the ef-
     ficiency of the Tiga software interface may also affect the overall
     performance of AutoMate/LITE on Tiga based adapters.

     AutoMate's performance on adapters that are using a VESA driver is typ-
     icaly not as fast as the performance on S3, ET4000, ATI Ultra etc. 
     for which AutoMate has been optimized. However there are some fast cards
     with sufficient memory that will perform quite well under VESA. If
     your display adapter is not one of those for which AutoMate has been
     optimized then you will have to use a VESA driver if you wish to get
     a display resolution higher than 640 x 480. 
     

     A. VESA compatible SVGA:

        Requires a Super VGA card that is 100% compatible with the VESA 
        (Video Electronics Standards Association) specification. In order 
        for AutoMate/LITE to work with a VESA compatible adapter, the driver
        and adpater must be able to display 256 colors at the resolution
        you select. If the card can only display 16 colors at 1024 x 768
        then AutoMate will default to a lower resolution that can display
        256 colors.

        Requires that a VESA driver that is compatible with the VGA be
        loaded in addition to AutoMate/LITE. 

        If you received a VESA driver with your VGA then install it.
               
        We have included VESA drivers for a few popular SVGA cards (as listed
        below) which you may wish to try if your VGA did not come with a VESA
        driver:
               
                    ATI VGA Wonder            Tseng Labs ET 3000/4000
                    Genoa                     Video 7
                    Trident                   Western Digital

        These VESA drivers will be copied to a VESA subirectory under the 
        directory you use for AutoMate/LITE installation.

        We have also included a utility "VESALIST.EXE" which will be copied 
        to the same directory as the VESA drivers. After you install the ap-
        propriate VESA driver for your card you can run VESALIST to determine
        the resolution and color capabilities of your VGA and VESA driver.

        VESALIST will display information similar to the following:

          VESA256->  0103h    800x600x1  8bpp  8x14 Color Packed Pixel Grfx
          VESA256->  0105h   1024x768x1  8bpp  8x16 Color Packed Pixel Grfx

        AutoMate/LITE requires a resolution that supports 256 colors which is
        indicated by "VESA256" in the vesalist.

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	  B. Tseng ET4000 based SVGA:

        Requires a Super VGA that is based on the Tseng Labs ET4000 chip. 
        Also requires 1 Meg of RAM on board.

        Most ET4000 cards require that a "video mode" utility be run to 
        configure the card for the desired resolution and scan frequencies. 
        Refer to your VGA users manual to determine how to set the video
        mode to the correct resolution and scan frequencies required by your
        monitor. 

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	  C. S3 based SVGA: 

        Requires a Super VGA that is based on the S3 86C911, 86C924 or
        86C928 chips with a minimum of 1 MB of RAM.

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	  D. TIGA compatible Adapter:
              
        Requires a Hi-Resolution graphics adapter that is 100% compatible 
        with TIGA (Texas Instruments Graphics Adapter) version 2.0 or
        greater.

        Many graphics cards that are based on the Texas Instruments TMS34010
        or TMS34020 graphics processors are TIGA compatible. 

        In order to work on these types of adapters a TIGA driver must be 
        loaded in addition to AutoMate/LITE. We do not supply TIGA drivers 
        therefore you will have to install the TIGA driver supplied with your
        graphics card.

        However we do supply a file called AUTOMATE.RLM which is the TIGA
        Relocatable Module that is used for AutoMate's DLIST mechanism. 
        INSTALL will copy AUTOMATE.RLM to your TIGA directory or to the
        AUTOMATE directory. AUTOMATE.RLM must be in the same directory as 
        the TIGA driver. If you do not already have you TIGA driver installed
        then you must copy AUTOMATE.RLM to your TIGA directory after you
        install TIGA.

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	  E. Standard VGA (640x480):

        If your graphics card is not one of those listed above but is a 100% 
        IBM compatible VGA then you should select "Standard VGA (640x480)". 

        AutoMate will display a maximum of 16 colors at 640 x 480 resolution
        in the Standard VGA mode.


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8. AutoMate/LITE FEATURES:

    ONSCREEN ICONS: 

      There are three `Onscreen Icons' displayed in the bottom right corner
      of your AutoCAD screen. They are `BIRDSEYE', `QUICK MENU', and the
      `Vermont Microsystems' logo which will activate the `ICON MENU'. These
      icons may be activated by pressing the AutoCAD `Pick' button which is
      usually the left button (or button zero) on your mouse or digitizer
      puck.

      If you decide to purchase the AutoMate/PRO upgrade you will get some
      additional onscreen Icons.


    BIRDSEYE:

      The AutoMate/LITE Birdseye can be activated by selecting the Birdseye
      onscreen ICON which is the left icon in the bottom right corner of your
      display or by double-clicking button 1 on your mouse or digitizer puck.
      The Birdseye gives you a view of your entire drawing inside of a small
      window that can be repositioned or resized. 

      The birdseye will allow you to perform several different zoom functions
      and pans.

      To re-position the Birdseye window or any of the other AutoMate/LITE
      windows click (with the pick button) on the box in the upper left 
      corner of the window and then move the outline to the new position. 
      Then click the pick button again to complete the move.

      To re-size the Birdseye window or any of the other AutoMate/LITE
      windows just click (with the pick button) on the box in the lower right
      corner of the window. Then move your mouse to adjust the size and click
      the pick button again to complete the re-sizing.
      

    QUICK MENU:

      The AutoMate/LITE Quick Menu is a popup menu that is also customizeable
      like the ICON menu except there are no Icons, just text. However you
      can quickly add new commands to the menu without having to create 
      drawings for icons. The `Quick Menu' can be accessed by clicking on
      the right onscreen icon in the bottom right corner of your display.


    ICON MENU:

      The Vermont Microsystems ICON menu can be activated by selecting the 
      the Vermont Microsystems logo at the bottom right corner of your 
      screen.

      The Popup ICON command menu which we have provided with AutoMate/LITE
      was mainly provided to give you an idea of how it looks and how easy
      it is to use and to give you limited access to some of the other 
      AutoMate tools such as the `Magnifying Glass' and the `Real Time'
      functions. However as you will see there are only a few ICONS and the 
      menu is not customizable. 

      If you decide to purchase the AutoMate/PRO upgrade you'll get a fully
      functional driver which includes the complete feature set of the 
      AutoMate/PRO driver provided with Vermont Microsystems Graphics 
      controllers. These features include a fully customizeable ICON menu
      which contains more than 30 icons tied to many popular AutoCAD commands.
      You will be able to reposition, delete, create or add your own icons
      which can be tied to any AutoCAD commands.


      
    MAGNIFYING GLASS:

      The AutoMate/LITE Magnifying Glass is activated by selecting the
      `Magnify' ICON from the Icon menu. The Magnifying Glass is a
      handy tool which shows you a detailed view of your drawing without 
      having to perform zooms or pans. If you click the pick button again
      your drawing will be zoomed. If you pick the `OFF' button at the top
      of the Magnifying Glass window the Magnifying Glass will dissapear
      without zooming your drawing.
      


    REALTIME WINDOW:

      The AutoMate/LITE Real Time window can be activated by selecting the
      Real Time ICON from the Icon menu. This will allow you to do real time
      zooms and pans. Simply move your mouse to dynamically zoom in and out.
      Select the `RtPan' button (after you have zoomed) and then move your
      mouse to pan the drawing in the RealTime window. After you have zoomed
      or panned to the desired location just pick the `OK' button to perform
      the pan or zoom on the entire drawing.
      

    AA-MODE:

      The `AA-Mode' function will give you an anti-aliased view of your
      drawing. That is it will smooth out jagged lines. This is a view only
      mode and will not allow you to edit your drawing while in this mode.
      To exit AA-Mode just press the <ENTER> key. 

      If you decide to purchase the AutoMate/PRO upgrade you will have the 
      ability to edit while in AA-MODE.


    VIEWBACK/VIEWFWD:

      The `VIEWBACK' function will allow you to see the previous displayed
      view that before the last zoom or pan. 

      The `VIEWFWD' function allows you to see the last view before you
      performed a VIEWBACK.

      This useful feature allows you to quickly switch back and forth between
      different zoom levels and pan positions.


     IMPORTANT: The functions which we have provided in the ICON menu
                (REALTIME, MAGNIFY, AA-MODE, VIEWBACK and VIEWFWD) may only 
                be used THREE times within an AutoCAD session. However if
                you purchase the AutoMATE/PRO upgrade you will have
                unlimited use of these features.



         For more information on the AutoMate/PRO upgrade please call 
         Vermont Microsystems at (802) 655-2860 and ask for Sales.

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9. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE:

    A. Problem (AutoCAD 12 configuration):

         AutoMate/LITE does not show up in list of "Available Video Displays"
         during AutoCAD 12's Video Display configuration.
       
       Possible causes:  

         a. The directory containing the AutoMate/LITE driver files has not
            been appended to the "SET ACADDRV=<path>" statement. 

         b. The "SET ACADDRV" statement containing the AutoMate directory has
            not yet been executed.

         c. Another "SET ACADDRV" statement (which dosen't contain the 
            AutoMate directory) has been executed after the one containing
            the AutoMate directory. The "SET ACADDRV" statement should only
            be executed once. If you have more than one "SET ACADDRV" 
            statement, the last one executed will override any previous ones.

         d. A Batch file used to invoke AutoCAD contains a different
            "SET ACADDRV" statement other than the one containing AUTOMATE.
            If you are using a batch file (i.e. ACADR12.BAT) which already 
            contains a "SET ACADDRV" statement then you must append the
            AUTOMATE pathname to it as shown in the following example:

                SET ACADDRV=C:\ACAD12\DRV;C:\AUTOMATE


         e. RCAMATE.EXP file is missing, or not in the directory indicated
            by the <path> in the SET ACADDRV=<path>.
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    B. Problem (AutoCAD 11 configuration):
         
         Get following error when running AutoCAD 11's "Video Display
         Configuration":

               "Cannot find ADI P386 display driver."

       Possible causes:  

         a. You have not booted your system after installing AutoMate/LITE
            in order to execute the "SET" statements that were added to
            AUTOEXEC.BAT during AutoMate/LITE installation.

         b. You did not allow the AutoMate/LITE INSTALL utility to add the
            set statements to AUTOEXEC.BAT and therefore have not yet been
            executed. 

            The SET statements must be executed before configuring 
            AutoCAD 11's video display so that AutoCAD knows where to find 
            the driver.
.............................................................................

    C. Problem (AutoCAD 12):
                       
         Try to bring up an AutoCAD drawing and get following errors:

          "Please correct display adapter/configuration inconsistency".

          "FATAL ERROR: Can't start display driver" 
              

       Possible causes:  

         a. AutoCAD may not be configured correctly for AutoMate/LITE.
            Refer to section 6 of this document "CONFIGURING Autodesk 
            applications for AutoMate/LITE"

         b. If you are using a VESA or TIGA compatible Adapter and selected
            the VESA or TIGA Adapter type during AutoMate installation,
            you may have forgotten to load the appropriate VESA or TIGA
            driver in addition to AutoMate/LITE.

         c. If you are using a TIGA compatible adapter you may have forgotten
            to copy AUTOMATE.RLM to the directory containing your TIGA 
            software. INSTALL copies AUTOMATE.RLM to your AUTOMATE direc-
            tory. You must copy AUTOMATE.RLM to the directory that contains
            the TIGA software for your graphics adapter.
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    D. Problem (AutoCAD 11 or 10_c10):
                       
         Try to bring up an AutoCAD drawing and get following error:

          "Cannot load ADI P386 driver."
          "Please correct display adapter/configuration inconsistency".

       Possible causes:  

         a. "SET DSPADI=<path>\RCAMATE.EXP" statement is missing in
            AUTOEXEC.BAT file. INSTALL should have put this in your
            systems AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you did not allow INSTALL to
            modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT you must make sure this command
            is executed each time before entering AutoCAD. 

         b. RCAMATE.EXP file is missing, or not in the directory indicated
            by the <path> in the SET DSPADI=<path>\RCAMATE.EXP.

         c. A Batch file used to invoke AutoCAD contains a different
            "SET DSPADI" statement other than the one containing AUTOMATE.
            If this is the case, replace it with the statements from 
            AUTOMATE.BAT.

         d. A different ADI driver (i.e. one supplied with the graphics 
            board or one left over from a previous installation) is 
            being loaded after AutoMate/LITE. Make sure there is not another
            ADI driver being loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch file
            you use to invoke AutoCAD.

         e. AutoCAD 11 may not be configured correctly for AutoMate/LITE.
            Refer to section 6 of this document "CONFIGURING Autodesk 
            applications for AutoMate/LITE"
.............................................................................

    E. Problem (AutoCAD 12 digitizer/plotter configuration):

         Try to configure AutoCAD 12 for Digitizer and/or Plotter but only 1
         or 2 options shown in list of available Digitizers and/or Plotters.

       Possible causes:  

         a. The "SET ACADDRV" statement does not contain the path name of
            the directory (Usually C:\ACAD\DRV or C:\ACAD12\DRV) containing
            the drivers supplied with AutoCAD Release 12.

               If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file did not already contain a statement
               similar to the following:
 
                           SET ACADDRV=C:\ACAD12\DRV

               then the AutoMate/LITE INSTALL utility may have added a line 
               similar to the following:

                           SET ACADDRV=C:\AUTOMATE

               If this was the case, AutoCAD configure will find the AutoMate
               display driver but will NOT find the DIGITIZER and PLOTTER
               drivers which are in the C:\ACAD12\DRV directory. 

               The "SET ACADDRV" statement should include both paths as shown
               in the following example:

                           SET ACADDRV=C:\ACAD12\DRV;C:\AUTOMATE
.............................................................................

    F. Problem (AutoCAD 12 configuration):

         Try to configure AutoCAD 12 by typing "ACAD -r" but get following
         error message:

           "BASE.dcl: Can't open file."
           "Error loading dialogue control file."

       Possible causes:  

         a. The environment variable "ACAD" has not been set. You should have
            a line similar to the following in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or in 
            the batch file used to start AutoCAD:

              SET ACAD=C:\ACAD12\SUPPORT;C:\ACAD12\FONTS;C:\ACAD12\ADS

            Note: The pathname C:\ACAD12 may be different on your system
                  depending on where you installed your AutoCAD 12 software.
.............................................................................

    G. Problem:

         AutoMate/LITE's Birdseye, Magnifying Glass and Real-Time functions
         not working but the Icon and Quick menus do work.

       Possible causes:  

         a. Your AutoCAD display is probably in "PAPER SPACE" mode. 
            
         b. Your AutoCAD drawing is in "Perspective View" mode.

         AutoMate's Birdseye, Magnifying Glass and Real-Time functions
         are not available in these modes.
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    H. Problem:
         
         Try to configure Tablet Menus, and one of AutoMate/LITE's windows
         pops up when picking one of the points for menu area.

       Solution:  

            This happens because the cursor is pointing to one of AutoMate's
            on-screen icons in the lower right corner of the screen.

            You can temporarily disable the on-screen icons by typing the
            following from the AutoCAD command prompt:

                             VMI_ICONS_OFF

            Then you can configure your tablet. To re-enable the on-screen
            icons just type:

                             VMI_ICONS_ON
.............................................................................

    I. Problem:

         AutoCAD menu text looks very large (as if displayed at a low
         resolution) even though the resolution selected was 1024x768.

       Solution:  

         a. AutoMate/LITE has two text sizes available (large and small)
            with the default size set to LARGE. If you would like to set
            the size to SMALL, run the AUTOTUNE utility, select "OPTIONS"
            and then activate the "SMALL TEXT" option.
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    J. Problem (AutoCAD grid):

         AutoCAD grid dots are barely visible (as a dark blue color) or not
         visible at all.

         If your grid color is set to the default color (#7-white) and if
         you have AutoMate's "VIEWPORT RENDERREADY" enabled the grid will
         be a dark blue color instead of white. 

       Solution:  

         To resolve this problem, use AutoTune's "Tool Settings" option to
         change the grid color to color # 255 (for a 256 color adapter) which
         is the last white color at the bottom of the color palette.
         
         If you only have 16 colors available then set the grid color to
         color # 15 which is also white.

         This should force the grid color to remain white regardless of
         whether "VIEWPORT RENDERREADY" is enabled or disabled.

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    K. Problem:

         AutoCAD display is shaky.

       Possible causes:  

         a. Your graphics adapter is not configured correctly to match the 
            horizontal and vertical scan rates of your monitor. Refer to
            your graphics adapter manual; You may have to change a jumper,
            a switch or run a mode utility to configure your adapter for
            the scan frequencies and resolution required by the monitor.

              For Example: If you have an ET4000 based SVGA you will have
                           to run the VMODE utility each time before enter-
                           ing AutoCAD.
               
         b. Your monitor may be getting interference from some outside source
            such as another monitor, an electric motor, a faulty power supply
            inside your computer or monitor, a high voltage power line, etc.
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    L. Problem (VESA): 

         AutoCAD display is only at 640x480 resolution with 16 colors even
         though you selected "VESA compatible SVGA" and "1024x768" resolution
         during AutoMate/LITE installation.
              
       Possible causes:  

         a. The VESA driver for your graphics card has not been loaded. To
            use AutoMate/LITE's VESA compatible software, you must also load
            a VESA driver in addition to AutoMate/LITE. If you selected VESA
            but AutoMate cannot find the VESA driver, it will default to 
            640x480 at 16 colors.

         b. Your graphics card and/or VESA driver is not capable of display-
            ing 256 colors at the resolution you selected. AutoMate's VESA
            compatible software requires 256 color capability otherwise it
            will default to 640x480 at 16 colors.

            Refer to section 7 (COMPATIBLE DISPLAY ADAPTERS) above for more
            information on VESA compatible SVGA's. This section also explains
            how to use the "VESALIST.EXE" utility to determine the resolution
            and color capabilities of your graphics card and VESA driver.
.............................................................................

    M. Problem (TIGA):
         
         Selected "TIGA compatible Adapter" during AutoMate/LITE installation
         but get following error when trying to bring up an AutoCAD drawing:

           "AutoMate Error: Tiga CD error [-4]"

           "Please correct display adapter/configuration inconsistency".
                   

       Possible causes:  

         a. The TIGA driver for your graphics card has not been loaded. To
            use AutoMate/LITE's TIGA compatible software, you must also load
            a TIGA driver in addition to AutoMate/LITE.

         b. Your graphics adapter or TIGA driver is not 100% compatible with
            the TIGA 2.0 (or greater) specification.
.............................................................................

    N. Problem:
         
         Part of AutoCAD display (i.e. menu and status areas) comes up
         but then gets kicked out to DOS prompt before drawing appears.
         In some cases you may see the errors "Too many open files" or
         "Automate configuration file not found".

       Possible causes:  

         a. Make sure you have "FILES=" set in your systems CONFIG.SYS
            file. We recommend that you set it to at least 20 as shown
            below:  
                           FILES=20

            Note: If the problem continues try raising the number.
.............................................................................

    O. Problem (AutoMate menus):
         
         AutoMates' On-Screen icons not visible.

       Possible causes:  

         a. Make sure AutoCAD is configured correctly for AutoMate/LITE.
            Refer to section 6 of this document "CONFIGURING AutoCAD and
            AutoMate/LITE".
         
         b. Make sure that AutoCAD recognizes AutoMate/LITE as the display
            driver. To verify that AutoCAD is configured for AutoMate/LITE
            type "ACAD -r" from your AutoCAD 12 directory.  You should see
            a message similar to the following:

                  Video display: AutoMate/LITE P386 ADI 4.2 display

         
            If you do not see this message then AutoCAD is not able to find
            AutoMate/LITE. Make sure the environment variable "ACADDRV" is set
            correctly.

         c. Make sure the "On-screen Icons" are enabled in AutoTune's option
            menu.

         d. AutoMate/LITE's menu file "AMLITE.MNU" may have gotten corrupted.
            To restore the menu, copy "AMLITE.SAV" (in the AUTOMATE 
            directory) to "AMLITE.MNU".
.............................................................................

    P. Problem:
         
         With the drawing Background Color set to WHITE, the UCS Icon and
         rubber band lines are not visible.

       Solution:  

         a. Set the pickbox color to black using the AutoTune utility.
            From AutoTune's "SETUP MENU" select Tool Settings and then
            select "Pickbox Color". Move cursor to color black.
.............................................................................

    Q. Problem:
         
         With the drawing Background Color set to WHITE, cannot set the
         drawing color to BLACK or change the color of an entity to black.

       Solution:  

         a. Specify color number "7" which is normally white if the back-
            ground color is anything other than WHITE. However if the
            background is white then color 7 defaults to BLACK.

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10. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:

    A. CAD Overlay ESP:

        There have been several reports of AutoMate/LITE not working with the 
        latest release (Version 3.50) of Image Systems CAD Overlay ESP.  This
        is not true.  AutoMate/LITE merely needs several files that exist in
        the environment variable DSPADI directory.  CAD Overlay gets in front
        us by redirecting DSPADI to their application and chaining us off of
        them. 

        Simply, here is what the user needs to do to get CAD Overlay running 
        with AutoMate/LITE:

        a.  Copy the file AUTOMATE.CFG from the current AutoMate 
            (usually c:\automate) directory to the CAD Overlay directory
            (usually c:\cadovl).

        b.  Copy the file AMLITE.MNU from the current AutoMate
            (usually c:\automate) directory to the CAD Overlay directory
            (usually c:\cadovl).

        c.  Copy the files *.TGA from the current AutoMate
            (usually c:\automate) directory to the CAD Overlay directory
            (usually c:\cadovl). 
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    B. Tablet Configuration:

        Two commands (VMI_ICONS_OFF and VMI_ICONS_ON) have been added to
        the AutoMate/LITE driver. These commands were provided to allow the
        user to temporarily disable the `ONSCREEN ICONS' from the AutoCAD
        command prompt before configuring a tablet menu using AutoCAD's
        `TABLET' command. This is necessary to prevent one of the onscreen
        icons from being activated when picking the corners of the menu 
        areas during tablet configuration.

          VMI_ICONS_OFF - Temporarily disables the Onscreen Icons. After
                          the AutoCAD TABLET command is successfully 
                          completed the Onscreen Icons are automatically
                          enabled.

          VMI_ICONS_ON -  Re-enables the Onscreen Icons if the Tablet 
                          command is not executed.
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    C. AutoMate Command Line Commands:

          The following is a list of additional commands that can be
          used with AutoMate/LITE. To invoke these commands just type
          them at the AutoCAD command prompt:

            VMI_CLEAN         --  gets a new display list
            VMI_AALIAS_ON     --  toggles anti-alias mode on
            VMI_AALIAS_OFF    --  toggles anti-alias mode off
            VMI_ZOOM_ALL      --  performs a Birdseye zoom all
            VMI_PREV_VIEW     --  Display previous view
            VMI_NEXT_VIEW     --  Display next view
            VMI_BIRD          --  Activate AutoMate's Birdseye
            VMI_BE            --  Activate AutoMate's Birdseye
            VMI_MAG           --  Activate AutoMate's Magnifying Glass
            VMI_MAGNIFY       --  Activate AutoMate's Magnifying Glass
            VMI_RT            --  Activate AutoMate's Real Time PAN/ZOOM
            VMI_REALTIME      --  Activate AutoMate's Real Time PAN/ZOOM
            VMI_QM            --  Activate AutoMate's Quick command menu
            VMI_QMENU         --  Activate AutoMate's Quick command menu
            VMI_MENU          --  Activate AutoMate's ICON command menu

.............................................................................

    D. Status Command:

         a. If you would like to get a status of the AutoMate/LITE driver
            type: 
                        VMI_STATUS

            at the AutoCAD command prompt. This will give you information
            such as the type of driver installed (i.e. VESA, ET4000, S3,
            TIGA), the display resolution and number of colors, and the 
            version number of AutoMate/LITE.
.............................................................................

    E. Known Limitations:

         a. Large text mode is not available in 640 x 480 and 800 x 600 
            resolutions.

         b. AutoMate/LITE's Birdseye function is not available when your
            drawing is displayed in AutoCAD's "PAPER SPACE" mode,
            "Perspective" mode or if you have used AutoCAD's "Hide" command.
                       
         c. If your are running AutoTune in the low resolutions (800 x 600
            or 640 x 480) the instructions will not be displayed. Therefore
            if you are unfamiliar with AutoTune you should refer to the 
            instructions in your "AutoMate/LITE Users Guide".

         d. AutoMate's "Text Screen In a Window" option is not available
            if you are using a display resolution of 640x480. For higher 
            resolutions the "Text Screen In a Window" option can be disabled
            or enabled via AutoTune. If you disable it then AutoCAD will do
            a normal flipscreen when switching to text mode. In 640x480
            mode however, there is no choice; The normal flipscreen will be
            used regardless of whether the "Text Screen In a Window" option
            is enabled or disabled.

         e. Anti-Alias mode will not work on ATI Ultra cards.

         f. AutoMate's "RenderReady in a Viewport" option may affect some of
            your screen colors such as AutoCAD menu text and background.
            Basically any color value higher than the standard 8 AutoCAD
            colors will be affected when "RenderReady in a Viewport" option 
            is enabled from AutoTune. AutoMate's Anti-Alias function will 
            also cause similar color changes.

         g. If you have AutoMate's birdseye set to onscreen mode you will not
            be able to access the Magnifying Glass and RealTime functions.
            
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    F. Trademarks and Restrictions:

        AutoMate, AutoMate/LITE, AutoTune and RenderReady are all trademarks
        of Vermont Microsystems.

        AutoCAD, AutoCAD 386, AutoShade, 3D-Studio, ADI and AVE-Render are
        all trademarks of Autodesk Inc.

        Tiga is a trademark of Texas Instruments; IBM is a trademark of 
        International Business Machines; ET4000 is a trademark of Tseng Labs;
        S3 is a trademark of S3 corporation; VESA is a trademark of the
        Video Electronics Standards Association. ATI Ultra is a trademark of
        ATI Technologies Inc.; QVision is a trademark of Compaq Computer
        corporation.

        The installation program used to install AutoMate/LITE , INSTALL, is
        based on liscensed software provided by Knowledge Dynamics Corp,
        P.O Box 1558, Canyon Lake, Texas 78130-1558 (USA). INSTALL is 
        Copyright (c) 1987-1991 by Knowledge Dynamics Corp which reserves all
        copyright protection worldwide. INSTALL is provided to you for the 
        exclusive purpose of installing AutoMate/LITE. Vermont Microsystems has
        made modifications to the software as provided by Knowledge Dynamics 
        Corp, and thus the performance and behavior of the INSTALL program 
        shipped with AutoMate/LITE may not represent the performance and 
        behavior of INSTALL as shipped by Knowledge Dynamics Corp. 
        Vermont Microsystems is exclusively responsible for the support of
        AutoMate/LITE, including support during the installation phase. In no
        event will Knowledge Dynamics Corp be able to provide any technical 
        support for AutoMate/LITE.


        All other trademarks and copyrights by their respective owners are
        hereby acknowledged.
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