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*            Vermont Microsystems AutoMate/PRO 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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     CONTENTS:

             1. INTRODUCTION
             2. HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY
             3. SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY
             4. BEFORE INSTALLING AutoMate/PRO
             5. INSTALLING AutoMate/PRO
                 A. ACAD11 or ACAD10 (P386) with TIGA adapter
             6. CONFIGURING Autodesk applications for AutoMate/PRO
                 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/PRO's MENU SYSTEM
                 A. VMI Main Icon Menu
                 B. Toolbar Menu
                 C. Quick Command Menu
                 D. Slide Sub-Menus
                 E. Macro Commands
                 F. Block Management
                 G. Converting Previous AutoMate Menus to be
                    compatible with this version of AutoMate/PRO.
             9. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
            10. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
                 A. CAD Overlay ESP
                 B. Tablet Configuration
                 C. AutoMate Command Line Commands
                 E. Status Command                
                 F. Known Limitations
                 G. Trademarks and Restrictions

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1. INTRODUCTION:  

    AutoMate/PRO is more than just a display driver for AutoCAD. AutoMate/PRO
    includes many features and tools that have been designed to enhance the
    productivity of the AutoCAD user. For example the AutoMate/PRO software
    utilizes your systems extended memory to maintain a "Display List" which
    will provide for very fast pans, zooms and redraws. AutoMate/PRO also
    includes several tools such as Birdseye, Magnifying Glass, Real Time
    PAN and ZOOM and a user configurable ICON menu. Refer to the AutoMate/PRO
    users Guide for information on how to use AutoMate/PRO'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/PRO is compatible with the fol-
                      lowing 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/PRO.

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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

     Note: For 3D-Studio or AutoShade 2.X, install the driver from the
           AutoMate/PRO for 3D-Studio disk.
               
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4. BEFORE INSTALLING AutoMate/PRO:

       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/PRO:

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


     To begin the AutoMate/PRO software installation:

        a. Insert the "AutoMate/PRO" 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. 

           For more information on AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO. However if you select Standard VGA
           you will not be asked to select a resolution. For the Standard VGA,
           only 640x480 resolution will be available. AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO 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. 

        f. INSTALL will copy the AutoMate/PRO 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:\ACAD12\DRV;C:\AUTOMATE


           Attention AutoCAD 12 users:
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            The AutoCAD environment variable "ACADDRV" must be set (as
            shown in the example below) to tell AutoCAD 12 where to find the
            AutoMate/PRO Display/Rendering driver and the Digitizer and
            Plotter drivers.

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

            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 (as
            shown in the example below) to tell AutoCAD the name of and 
            where to find the AutoMate/PRO Display driver.

                      SET DSPADI=C:\AUTOMATE\AUTOMATE.EXP


        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/PRO.


     A. ACAD11 or ACAD10 (P386) with TIGA compatible adapters.

         Ignore the instructions below if you are running AutoCAD 12 or if
         you are not using a TIGA compatible adapter.

         After you complete the installation (described above in steps a-h)
         from this diskette, you will have to copy the file AMTIGA11.EXE from
         the diskette labeled "AutoMate/PRO for 3D-Studio" to the 
         AUTOMATE directory.

         To do this just insert the "AutoMate/PRO for 3D-Studio"
         diskette into your floppy drive, make the floppy the current drive
         and type:

                   COPY AMTIGA11.EXE  C:\AUTOMATE

         AMTIGA11.EXE is a self-extracting compressed file so after you
         copy it you will have to execute it to decompress it.
                  
         To do this, change directory to AUTOMATE directory and type: 

                         AMTIGA11 

          When you see the message:

         "Warning RCAMATE.EXP already exists. Overwrite?"   type "Y" for yes.

         NOTE: If you upgrade to ACAD 12 later then you will have to 
               re-install from the AutoMate/PRO for DOS diskette.

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6. CONFIGURING Autodesk applications for AutoMate/PRO:

  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/PRO 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 as well as AutoMate's features.

          e. AutoCAD's configuration utility will continue by asking you
             several questions. In order to have access to all of the 
             AutoMate/PRO 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 as well as AutoMate's features..

          f. AutoCAD's configuration utility will continue by asking you
             several questions. In order to have access to all of the 
             AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO 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:
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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. If you do Not have AutoMate's "Viewport RenderReady" enabled, 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.


  Re-configure AVE-Render:
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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. If you do Not have AutoMate's "Viewport RenderReady" enabled, 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.

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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/PRO 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/PRO 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/PRO on Tiga based adapters.


     A. VESA compatible SVGA:

        Requires a Super VGA card that is 100% compatible with the VESA 
        (Video Electronics Standards Association) specification (ver. 1.00
        or greater). In order for AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO. 

        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/PRO 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

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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,
        86C928, 86C801 or 86C805 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/PRO. 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/PRO's Menu System:

         AutoMate/PRO's menu system is a sophisticated and flexible system
         but at the same time is very simple to use and to customize. 
         AutoMate's menu system includes four different types of user config-
         urable command menus: 1. Main Icon menu; 2. Toolbar menu; 3. Slide
         submenus; 4. and Quick Command menu.

         The menu system also includes a powerful set of functions that allow
         the user to easily customize AutoMate's menus to fit his/her needs.
         The user will be able to quickly create an icon from an AutoCAD 
         drawing using AutoMate's "Iconize" command. Then the icon can be
         added to one of the icon menus with his or her choice of AutoCAD
         command(s) attached to it. Icons can also be rearanged in the menus,
         moved to a submenu (via AutoMate's clipboard) or even deleted if 
         they are not needed. AutoMate/PRO's menu system also includes a very
         user-friendly "Edit" function which provides the user with a quick
         and easy means of modifying the Labels or Commands in any of 
         AutoMate's menus.

         Also included in AutoMate's menu files are the button commands and
         default size information for AutoMate/PRO's Birdseye, Magnifying 
         Glass, Real-Time windows as well as the default sizes for the Icon
         and quick menus.

         Different menu files will be installed based on which "Display
         Resolution" and "Language" you select during the AutoMate/PRO
         software installation.

          For example: If you select a resolution of 1024x768 the size of 
              the ICONS in the popup ICON menu will be larger than if you 
              select 800x600 or 640x480. Also the default window sizes are 
              different to compensate for each different resolution.

         If after installing AutoMate/PRO you find that your monitor cannot
         handle the resolution you selected, you should re-run the INSTALL
         and select the resolution that is required by your monitor.
         During the installation you should allow it to install the new menus
         so that the appropriate sized menus for the new resolution will be
         copied.


      A. VMI Main Icon Menu (AUTOMATE.MNU) -
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        AutoMate's main Icon menu consists of a popup window containing
        several icons which are bound to common AutoCAD commands. This is
        a heirarchical menu which can contain multiple levels of sub-menus.
        Some of the icons will bring up icon sub-menus or slide sub-menus
        which contain other commands. AutoMate's main icon menu is complete-
        ly user configurable. The user can add as many icons an/or submenus
        as he/she wishes and there is no limit to the number of levels of
        sub-menus you can have.

        The icons used in AutoMates Main icon menu and it's icon submenus
        are created from AutoCAD drawings using AutoMate's "Iconize"
        function. The iconize function is accessed by picking the menus
        "File" button at the top of the menu. You will have a choice of 
        several different sizes for your icon. The most common size is 
        48-pixels. However if you specified a low display resolution (i.e.
        800x600 or 640x480) during INSTALL then 32-pixel icons will be 
        installed. Iconize will create a targa file (*.TGA) using a file 
        name that you specify.

        To add an icon to the main icon menu or one of its sub-menus just 
        pick the "Modify" button at the top of the menu and then select 
        the "Add" option. You will be prompted for the filename of the Icon,
        the label that appears under the icon in the menu, and the command
        that will be bound to the icon. There are other modify options that
        will let you rearange the position of the icons, delete icons or
        even edit the label or command attached to an icon.

        Note: AUTOMATE.MNU is the main menu file which contains several 
              begin_menu/end_menu sections that contain the commands used 
              in different parts of AutoMate's menu system. 

        The following is a list of menu sections included in AUTOMATE.MNU:

          begin_menu 1 ........ AutoMate's main ICON menu commands.
          begin_menu 2 ............ Main ICON menu "File" options.
          begin_menu 3 ............ Main ICON menu "Modify" options.
          begin_menu 4 ............ Main ICON menu Iconize "Size" options.
          begin_menu 11 ....... Birdseye "Zmenu" options.
          begin_menu 21 ....... Magnifier "Size" options.
          begin_menu 41 ....... Quick Menu commands.
          begin_menu 42 ........... Quick Menu "Modify" options.
          begin_menu 100 ...... AutoMate's On-screen ICONS (large text).
          begin_menu 101 ...... AutoMate's On-screen ICONS (small text).
          begin_menu 103 ...... AutoMate "Tools" sub-menu in main ICON menu.
          begin_menu 105 ...... Sample "Blocks" sub-menu in main ICON menu.


      B. Toolbar Menu (TOOLBAR.MNU) -
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        The toolbar menu is the newest addition to AutoMate's menu system.
        AutoMate's toolbar menu is an optional on-screen Icon menu which
        is displayed as a single vertical strip of icons on the left side
        of the screen. This menu is similar to the Main Icon menu in that
        it is also user configurable and includes sub-menus.

        The main toolbar menu contains OSNAP commands, a tools submenu as well
        as Draw and Edit sub-toolbars. The tools sub-menu includes icons for 
        activating AutoMates productivity tools (i.e. Birdseye, Magnifying 
        Glass, Quick menu etc.). At the top of each toolbar menu is a "Modify"
        button which contains all of the toolbars modification functions
        (i.e. Add sub-menu, add icon, delete icon, cut, paste and edit). By 
        using these modify options you can easily customize the toolbar menu 
        to fit your needs. 

        If you do not wish to use the toolbar, you can disable it from the
        AutoTune Options menu.


        Attention ACAD11 or ACAD10 (P386) users:

          If you are going to use the Toolbar's OSNAP commands with AutoCAD 11
          or 10 (P386) you will have to modify the commands to remove the
          transparent character (') at the beginning of the command. AutoCAD 
          Release 12 will recognize OSNAP commands with the transparent
          character but AutoCAD Rel 11 and 10 (P386) do not. If you try to
          use the transparent character with OSNAP's on ACAD11 or 10 (P386)
          you will get an UNKNOWN COMMAND error.

          To remove the transparent character just select "EDIT" function 
          from the toolbars "Modify" menu. Then pick the OSNAP Icon that you
          wish to change. A dialog box will come up which shows the Icon
          file name and the actual command. Click on the command line and
          then just delete the (') character at the beginning of the command.


      C. Quick Command Menu (Part of AUTOMATE.MNU) -
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        AutoMate's Quick Command Menu is a simple, single tiered popup
        text menu. The quick menu was designed to hold the commands that 
        you use most frequently. Commands or macros can be added quickly
        without having to create an icon to use with it. The quick menu 
        also has most of the same modify options (i.e. add, delete, move,
        swap and edit) as in AutoMate's other menus.
              

      D. Slide Sub-Menus (TABLET.MNU) -
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        AutoMate's slide sub-menus consist of several sub-menus (i.e. Draw,
        Edit, OSNAP, Inquiry, Tablet etc.) which are all accessed from
        the main icon menu. The slide sub-menus contain icons that are
        made from AutoCAD slides which look the same as the symbols used
        on AutoCAD's tablet overlay. The slides used for the menus are 
        included in a slide library file called TABLET.SLB. The commands
        used in the slide menus are included in a file called TABLET.MNU. 

        AutoMate's slide menus were provided as an alternative method of 
        entering AutoCAD commands for users who are already familiar with
        AutoCAD's tablet menus. 

        The slide submenus are not easily re-configurable. Any changes to 
        these menus will have to be done by manually editing the TABLET.MNU
        file. Refer to the AutoMate/PRO users guide for more information
        on modifying the slide sub-menus.


      E. Macro Commands -
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          One of the most powerful features of AutoMate's menu system is the
          ability to easily create your own Macro commands which can be added
          to any of AutoMate's menus. A Macro is two or more commands strung
          together to create a sequence of commands that can be executed by
          by a single menu pick. We have provided a few examples of some 
          simple macros in AutoMate's Quick Command menu. The simplest type
          of macro is made up of a single command with some sort of parameter
          or value after it (i.e. SNAP ON). The delimiter used to seperate
          commands in AutoMate/PRO's macros is a <SPACE> which has the same
          effect as an AutoCAD <RETURN>. By using this macro you can reduce
          the number of steps it takes to turn Snap on from 2 steps to 1.
          More complex macros can save many more steps thus saving you
          several hours on some designs. Another slightly more complex macro
          which we have provided as an example in AutoMate's Quick menu is
          the "Change Color" command. This macro requires user interaction
          (to specify a new color and to pick the object to change color) and
          is designed for one specific purpose (to change the color of a
          single entity and then terminate the command). By using this macro
          you can reduce the number of steps to perform the change color
          function from 9 steps to 4. Since the change color macro required
          user interaction, it was written using AutoLisp which provides a
          simple command for pausing for user interaction. The following is
          the syntax used in the sample "change color" macro:

               (command "chprop" pause "" "c" pause "" null)

          First the chprop command is executed; then pause waits for the user
          to pick the object to change color of; C selects color as the 
          property to change; then pause waits for the user to enter a color.
          The "" executes an AutoCAD return function.
          

      F. Block Management -
      ----------------------
          Another very powerful but often overlooked feature of AutoMate's
          menu system is the ability to use the Icon menu (or one of its 
          sub-menus) as a "Block Management" system. This means that you can
          create a menu which can be used to Insert Blocks into your current 
          drawing. The icons used in the menu would be small representations
          of the actual blocks that are associated with each icon.

          For example: If you were an architect you may have a block sub-menu
              that contains icons of all the different types of doors or
              windows that you use in your designs.

          Associated with each icon would be an external block drawing which 
          can easily be inserted into your drawing just by picking the
          appropriate icon in the block menu.
          The command attached to each Icon would be the AutoCAD INSERT
          command followed by the path and filename of the block.
          To create an Icon for a particular block you can just draw a simple
          representation of the block and then Iconize it, or just insert
          the block into a blank drawing, scale it to nearly fill the screen
          and then Iconize it.

          We have provided a sample "Block Menu" which contains a few simple 
          icons and blocks. The drawings in the sample block menu are not 
          intended to be used in real drawings. They are only provided to
          help demonstrate how easy it is to create your own block management
          system using AutoMate's menu system.

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

          If you have made changes to your current AutoMate menus that you
          would like to use with this new version of AutoMate, you will have
          to convert your existing AUTOMATE.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 AUTOMATE.MNU file. The first
          two entries are 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 AUTOMATE.MNU file:

                     include "toolbar.mnu" 
                     include "dialogs.mnu" 
         
                     icon 2 4 2 4

                     toolbar_iconsize 48
                     string 0 "redrawall" 
                     string 1 "File %s already exists!" 

          b. Required - Delete all of the dialog text at the end of your
                        AUTOMATE.MNU file beginning with the first
                        "begin_dialog" line. (This text is now included in
                        a seperate file called DIALOGS.MNU).

          c. Optional - Add "begin_item 10" section as shown below after 
                        "begin_item 2" in the "begin_menu 3" section of your
                        current AUTOMATE.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
                        icon editor for the main VMI Icon menu.


          d. 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 AUTOMATE.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.
          

          e. 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 AUTOMATE.MNU:
          
                               begin_item 9
                                  message "Onscreen mode" 
                                  state off 
                               end_item 

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


          g. Optional (but strongly recommended) - Add following line to the
                        "begin_window 1" section of your current AUTOMATE.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.


          h. Optional - Add following lines to the "begin_window 2" section
                        of your current AUTOMATE.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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9. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE:

    A. Problem (AutoCAD 12 configuration):

         AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO 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. 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


         d. 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.

         e. RCAMATE.EXP file is missing, or not in the directory indicated
            by the <path> in the SET ACADDRV=<path>.
.............................................................................

    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/PRO
            in order to execute the "SET" statements that were added to
            AUTOEXEC.BAT during AutoMate/PRO installation.

         b. You did not allow the AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO.
            Refer to section 6 of this document "CONFIGURING Autodesk 
            applications for AutoMate/PRO"

         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/PRO.

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

    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/PRO. 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/PRO.
            Refer to section 6 of this document "CONFIGURING Autodesk 
            applications for AutoMate/PRO"
.............................................................................

    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/PRO 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/PRO'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.
.............................................................................

    H. Problem:
         
         Try to configure Tablet Menus, and one of AutoMate/PRO'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 (Menu text size):

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

       Solution:  

            AutoMate/PRO 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.
.............................................................................
  
    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.

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

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

    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/PRO installation.
              
       Possible causes:  

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

         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):
         
         AutoMate/PRO's On-Screen icons not visible.

       Possible causes:  

         a. Make sure AutoCAD is configured correctly for AutoMate/PRO.
            Refer to section 6 of this document "CONFIGURING Autodesk 
            applications for AutoMate/PRO".
         
         b. Make sure the "On-screen Icons" are enabled in AutoTune's option
            menu.

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

    P. Problem (Rubber band lines):
         
         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.


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

    R. Problem (Toolbar OSNAP commands with ACAD11):
         
         Get "Unknown Command" error when trying to access the OSNAP command
         from AutoMate's new Toolbar menu when running AutoCAD 11 or 10 (P386)
         

       Solution:  

         a. If you are going to use the Toolbar's OSNAP commands with 
            AutoCAD 11 or 10 (P386) you will have to modify the commands to 
            remove the transparent character (') at the beginning of the 
            command. AutoCAD Release 12 will recognize OSNAP commands with the 
            transparent character but AutoCAD Rel 11 and 10 (P386) do not. 
            If you try to use the transparent character with OSNAP's on ACAD11
            or 10 (P386) you will get an UNKNOWN COMMAND error.

            To remove the transparent character just select "EDIT" function 
            from the toolbars "Modify" menu. Then pick the OSNAP Icon that you
            wish to change. A dialog box will come up which shows the Icon
            file name and the actual command. Click on the command line and
            then just delete the (') character at the beginning of the command.


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10. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:

    A. CAD Overlay ESP and AutoCAD 11:

        There have been several reports of AutoMate/PRO not working with the 
        latest release (Version 3.50) of Image Systems CAD Overlay ESP.  This
        is not true.  AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO and AutoCAD 11:

        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 AUTOMATE.MNU from the current AutoMate
            (usually c:\automate) directory to the CAD Overlay directory
            (usually c:\cadovl).

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

        d.  Copy the file TABLET.SLB from the current AutoMate
            (usually c:\automate) directory to the CAD Overlay directory
            (usually c:\cadovl).

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

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

        g.  Copy the files *.TGA and *.ICO from the current AutoMate
            (usually c:\automate) directory to the CAD Overlay directory
            (usually c:\cadovl). 
.............................................................................

    B. Tablet Configuration:

        Two commands (VMI_ICONS_OFF and VMI_ICONS_ON) have been added to
        the AutoMate/PRO 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.
.............................................................................


    C. AutoMate Command Line Commands:

          The following is a list of additional commands that can be
          used with AutoMate/PRO. 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_ZOOMFIT       --  Performs AutoMate's ZOOM FIT function
                                  which is similar to an AutoCAD Zoom Ext.
            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

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


    E. Status Command:

            If you would like to get a status of the AutoMate/PRO 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/PRO.
.............................................................................


    F. Known Limitations:

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

         b. AutoMate/PRO's Birdseye, Magnifying Glass and Real Time Pan and
            Zoom functions are not available when your drawing is displayed
            in AutoCAD's "PAPER SPACE" mode or in "Perspective" mode.           
                       
         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/PRO 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. AutoCAD grid problem; 

             If "VIEWPORT RENDERREADY" is enabled the grid is a dark blue 
             color instead of white which is the default color that it 
             should come up in. 

             To resolve this problem, use AutoTune's "Tool Settings" option
             to change the grid color to color # 255 which is the last 
             white color at the bottom of the color palette.

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

         f. Anti-Alias mode is not available if you have used AutoTune to 
            enable "Rendering in a Viewport".
.............................................................................


    G. Trademarks and Restrictions:

        AutoMate, AutoMate/PRO, 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/PRO , 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/PRO. 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/PRO 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/PRO, including support during the installation phase. In no
        event will Knowledge Dynamics Corp be able to provide any technical 
        support for AutoMate/PRO.


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