NEWSLETTER - 21 FEBRUARY 2005

COMPANY NEWS

We’ve incorporated a special visit from our programmers in the last round of scheduled client visits. We trust that you have enjoyed meeting the team and that some of your technical questions have been answered.

The programmers conducted the following demonstrations during regional visits:

• AllyCAD functionality – presented by James Fife in East London,

• New ‘Strings’ functionality in Civil Designer – presented by Alasdair Craig in Johannesburg,

• Sewer functionality in Civil Designer – presented by Johan Swart in Port Elizabeth,

• Roads functionality in Civil Designer – presented by Dawid du Toit in Durban.

In addition to this, the Namibian region can look forward to meeting the Support Manager Brett Pureveen later this month where he will address software related queries and also assist in technical problem solving.

PRODUCT INFO

THE DIGITIZER

Many users prefer to use a digitizer to assist them with accurate coordinated input. The digitizer is used as a supplement to the mouse. It does not replace normal menu selection, hot-key accelerators and icons, but merely helps you to digitize your existing drawings, maps and plans with complete accuracy.

You can set up your digitizer so that it works with AllyCAD by selecting the Digitizer Settings in the Settings Menu. When you select this option, the ‘Digitizer Settings’ will display the Digitizer Setup dialog box.

You may now select your digitizer type from the Digitizer Type list. If your digitizer does not emulate any of the options listed in the Digitizer Type list, then select the Generic ASCII digitizer type option and consult your digitizer manual for the ASCII string that the tablet sends to your computer.

CLICK TO ENLARGE

Once you have indicated your options in the Digitizer Setup box, you can click on the Test button to ensure that your settings are correct and then proceed to link the scale of the drawing or map you are digitizing to the CAD drawing.

Enter three distinct points on the digitizer, and then enter three corresponding points on the screen to link the scale of the digitized drawing or map to the CAD drawing. You can also map CAD commands to the digitizer puck buttons as each button can have a command that is associated to it. All the commands are defined at the end of the CAD.MEN file.

Once you have set the values in the Digitizer Setup dialog box, have completed the test and have set the scale, you are ready to use your digitizer. You can use the digitizer and the mouse simultaneously and then enter commands from either.

For more information, please refer to the Help file under 'Digitizer Setting' for an in-depth discussion.

ALLYCAD SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT

DO YOU WANT TO SEND IN A REQUEST FOR A TECH TIP?

If there is a specific area in AllyCAD that you would like us to provide a Tech Tip on, then please let us know. Send your request to support@knowbase.co.za and indicate the subject heading as "Tech Tip Request".

Note: We will attempt to create Tech Tips for all responses, but this may be a timeous process depending on the amount of requests that we receive. Should you require an immediate response, then please liaise with our Support Centre telephonically or via e-mail.

LATEST UPDATES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Here are the latest downloads available on the updates page:

• AllyCAD v3.4 PRO & SME
  Build 15 (28/01/2005)
• AllyCAD v3.4 Micro
  Build 15 (28/01/2005)
• AllyCAD v3.4 Freeware
  Build 15 (28/01/2005)
• AllyCAD Help file Update
  (14/05/2004)
• AllyCAD v3.3 PRO & SME
  Build 33 (31/05/2004)

TRAINING AND VISITS

ALLYCAD TRAINING CONTACT DETAILS

www.knowbase.co.za

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