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AutoCAD 2002 Readme  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Overview

This Readme contains important information about the release of AutoCAD® 2002 that may not be documented in the printed documentation or in Help.

   Installation

   General Information

   Plotting Issues

   Database Connectivity Issues

   Developer Information

   Development Compatibility Issues

   Trademarks

For a list of new features in this release, see What’s New in AutoCAD Help.

For more information about using AutoCAD, see the Help menu for access to user Help, developer Help, Active Assistance, Support Assistance, Learning Assistance, and Autodesk User Group International (AUGI®).

In addition, you can refer to the Autodesk Web site at http://www.autodesk.com for further information about AutoCAD.


General Information  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 General Information

Windows 98 Operating System

WARNING: It is strongly advised that you disable all anti-virus software before installing AutoCAD under Microsoft® Windows® 98. Serious problems that affect your operating system may arise if you do not do this.

Installation/Electronic Registration/Authorization Features

Electronic Registration does not support registration and authorization of network installations using the Autodesk® License Manager (AdLM).

It is recommended that you map to a network drive rather than use universal naming convention (UNC) path names such as \\servername\sharename when installing AutoCAD. If you must use a UNC path name, the Start In directory of the desktop shortcut and the Start Menu shortcut for AutoCAD should always specify a local or mapped drive rather than the UNC path name. To modify the Start In directory, right-click the shortcut, choose Properties from the shortcut menu, and then choose the Shortcut tab. For additional information, see the Network Setup Readme.

During a stand-alone installation of AutoCAD 2002, you can choose not to install to the default location. When you choose the Browse button in the Setup wizard and select a drive, you must also specify a directory. If you specify a drive only, AutoCAD is installed to the root directory of the drive, but later in the process you receive an insufficient memory message and the installation fails

You must have write permissions to the installed AutoCAD directory in order to authorize the product.

If you are running a stand-alone installation of AutoCAD 2002 and want to switch to a network installation, you must first uninstall the stand-alone version.

If you do not uninstall the stand-alone version first, you are left with no AutoCAD 2002 installed: the attempt to install AutoCAD from the network removes the stand-alone installation and does not install AutoCAD from the network properly. In this case, to install AutoCAD successfully, first uninstall AutoCAD 2002 by using the Add/Remove Programs dialog box (double-click the Add/Remove icon in the Windows Control Panel), and then install AutoCAD 2002 again from the network deployment location.

User Permissions

Under the Microsoft® Windows®  NT and Windows 2000 operating systems, you must have Administrator permissions in order to install and uninstall AutoCAD.

AutoCAD 2002 requires that users be assigned either Power User or Administrator permissions when using Windows 2000. Failure to assign these permissions causes AutoCAD 2002 and its third-party applications to perform incorrectly. See the Windows 2000 Help system for information about assigning user permissions.

Installation Log File Error Message

You may receive the following error message during installation of AutoCAD: "Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and is writable." You must verify that your system has the required TEMP environment variable; if it is not displayed in the list of environment variables, you must set the variable manually.

1.	To open a window with a DOS prompt, from the Start menu (Windows), choose Run and enter command.

2.	At the DOS prompt, enter set.

3.	Review the list of environment variables that is displayed. If the TEMP (not TMP) environment variable is not displayed, you must set this environment variable manually. It is recommended that you use the same setting as the TMP environment variable.

4.	At the DOS prompt, enter set temp=<setting of the existing TMP environment variable>.

5.	Enter set at the prompt to confirm that the new TEMP environment variable setting is displayed in the list.

WARNING: Do not close the DOS command window. You must install AutoCAD from the DOS prompt.

6.	At the same DOS prompt, use one of the following installation methods:

To install from the AutoCAD CD, enter the letter of the CD-ROM drive and \setup.exe (for example, f:\setup.exe).

To install from the network, enter the full path to the setup.exe file on your network.

Network Setup

For information about network setup, see the AutoCAD 2002 Network Administrator’s Guide and the Readme.txt file in the netsetup folder on the AutoCAD 2002 installation CD.

To view the AutoCAD 2002 Network Administrator’s Guide, double-click the file on the CD-ROM at \Netsetup\support\AdLM\Docs\acad_netguide.chm

To view the AutoCAD 2002 Network Administrator’s Guide in a noncompiled version, double-click the file on the CD-ROM at \Netsetup\support\AdLM\Docs\acad_netguide.htm

To view the SAM Report Guide, double-click the file on the CD-ROM at \Netsetup\support\AdLM\SAMreport-Lite\SAMLite-StartGuide.chm

Note: The CHM files listed above cannot be viewed unless HTML Help is installed, and they do not function properly unless Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 is installed. Both of these are installed when AutoCAD is installed.

AutoCAD 2000i Icon Displayed After Installation of AutoCAD 2002

After uninstalling AutoCAD 2000i and installing AutoCAD 2002, or after installing an upgrade from AutoCAD 2000i to AutoCAD 2002, the old icon may be displayed on your desktop. To display the new icon, change Display Properties on the Windows desktop to Large Icons, then back, to clear the cache and display the new icon.

AutoCAD 2000i Extensions

If you have any AutoCAD 2000i Extensions installed, it is recommended that you uninstall them before you install AutoCAD 2002.

Autodesk Point A

You may receive the following error message if you access Autodesk® Point A by clicking its icon in the Save As dialog box, and then you log in and click the My Files site: "Error: Hosting service refused connection." If you need information about My Files on Point A, or experience any problems, please review the following page on Point A: http://pointa.autodesk.com/portal/MyFiles/ClientHelp.htm

To reopen a file that was saved on Autodesk Point A, in the Select File dialog box, click the Point A icon. Log in by using the Point A Login dialog box, and access the file. The same access method must be used for a file that is not itself stored on Autodesk Point A but contains xrefs, font files, or other files that are stored on Autodesk Point A.

If your Internet connection is lost after you save a file to Autodesk Point A, an error message warns you to save the file locally. The same error message is displayed if you try to save a file that you opened from a read-only directory on Autodesk Point A. In either case, in order to preserve any changes you have made, use the SAVEAS command, not SAVE, to save the file to another location. The SAVE command saves the cache file, which is lost when you exit AutoCAD.

If AutoCAD 2002 is installed on a system running Windows NT 4.0 or  Windows 2000, buttons for accessing FTP locations and My Files on Point A are not displayed in the Places list in the Select File dialog box for users other than the administrator that installed the application.

If you are unable to save files to My Files on Autodesk Point A, your system may not be configured correctly to use this feature. My Files on Autodesk Point A requires the following:

·	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later

·	IE security setting that allows ActiveX controls (for example, the medium or lower settings)

·	Ports 80 and 443 open in your firewall for Buzzsaw.com servers whose IP addresses are 64.75.26.36 and 64.75.26.61

The following information about how My Files on Autodesk Point A works may be useful for your network administrator: An ActiveX-based client that runs in Internet Explorer uses the HTTP and HTTPS protocols to send messages and data back and forth between a local computer and the user's main folder, which is stored on Buzzsaw.com web servers. HTTPS provides a secure method of transferring files through a Secure Socket Layer (SSL). SSL is used to move login information and other important messages back and forth between client and server to prevent unauthorized access to the documents on the system.

Only ports 80 (for HTTP) and 443 (for HTTPS) are used for communication between client servers. My Files at Autodesk Point A does not require any special ports to be opened in your firewall.

Volo View Express Installation

An AutoCAD 2002 installation automatically starts a Volo View Express installation if it finds no existing installation of Volo View or Volo View Express. If you want to install Volo View Express to replace Volo View (or an existing Volo View Express installation), be sure to uninstall Volo View first.

To uninstall Volo View or Volo View Express, from the Start menu (Windows), choose Settings and then Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, Install/Uninstall tab, double-click the program you want to remove, and follow the instructions.

During installation of AutoCAD 2002, you may encounter an error message saying that Volo View Express requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 SP1 to operate properly. To install Volo View Express, reboot and then install it using the setup.exe file in the VVE folder on the AutoCAD CD. For installing on a client machine from a network, use the setup.exe file in the \Image\VVE folder.

On Windows 2000, when you install Volo View Express, you may receive the error message "There is not enough space available on the disk." If you know there is enough space, cancel the installation and restart the Volo View Express installer. A registry error is created by some installations of Windows 2000, and by the time the Volo View Express installer displays the error message, the installer will have automatically corrected the error.

For more information about Volo View Express, see the readme.txt file in the vve folder on the AutoCAD 2002 CD.

Double-Byte Characters in AutoCAD Drawings on Windows 2000

If you open a drawing that contains double-byte characters in AutoCAD running on Windows 2000, verify that the settings for both Locale and Language (in Regional Options in the Control Panel) are the same as the Locale and Language used to create the drawing. If the settings are not the same, the double-byte character data in the file will be corrupted as soon as you save it.

To verify the settings:

1. From the Start menu (Windows) choose Settings, and then choose Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel window, double-click Regional Options.

3. In the Regional Options dialog box, General tab, verify that the settings for the following options match: the Your Locale option and the Language Settings for the System option.

Installation Error Message "Incorrect Command Line Parameters"

The following error message may be displayed if you are attempting to install AutoCAD 2002 via Setup.exe or Autorun on a Windows 2000 system with Windows 2000 Service Pack 1, system drive formatted with NTFS, running Novell Client32 v4.8: "Incorrect Command Line Parameters." Use the following installation steps:

1. To install the MSI engine, from the AutoCAD 2002 CD, run \msi\instmsiw.exe.

2. To install AutoCAD 2002, from the AutoCAD 2002 CD, run acad.msi.

Error Message When Closing a File

If you used the Browse button in AutoCAD Today to open drawings, you may receive the following error message when you try to exit an AutoCAD session, even when there is no command active:  "AutoCAD cannot close D:\foldername\drawing.dwg, because there is a command still active. Please complete the command and try again." If you right-click in the blank drawing, Help is displayed; after you close Help, you can close AutoCAD.

3D Orbit View

The new 3DORBITCTR command starts 3D orbit view and uses as the center of rotation (or target) a point location that you specify. If you specify an orbit center point outside the current view, 3DORBITCTR ignores the specified point and uses the default center of rotation. As long as the orbit center point you specified remains in view, 3DORBITCTR continues to override the default center of rotation. 3DORBITCTR also overrides the AutoTarget feature of the 3DORBIT command.

Associative Dimensions

When you create an associative dimension for an object with nonzero thickness, select locations on the original object. If you select locations on the features that display the thickness property, the dimension is not associative.

To turn on associative dimensioning by default every time you open a drawing created in a release earlier than AutoCAD 2002, add the following line to the acad2000doc.lsp file located in the installation Support directory:

(setvar "DIMASSOC" 2)

Use DIMREGEN to update dimensions after opening a drawing that was modified with an earlier release or after opening a drawing with external references that have been modified. If you want to update dimensions automatically, you can add the following line to the acad2000doc.lsp file in the Support directory:

(command "DIMREGEN")

Enhanced Attribute Extraction (EATTEXT)

In order to have a Microsoft Access database file (MDB) as an export option in the Attribute Extraction wizard (using the EATTEXT command), Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) version 3.5 has to be installed on your system. To find this application on the AutoCAD 2002 CD, go to the Support directory and find the DAO35.zip file. Unzip this file to a temporary folder (such as C:\temp) and run the setup.exe file to install these components.

AutoCAD DesignCenter

When you use AutoCAD® DesignCenter [image] and attempt to connect to a disconnected network or local drive, AutoCAD may become unstable.

ADCNAVIGATE may not work as expected if AutoCAD DesignCenter is inactive and  your drawing is maximized in the AutoCAD drawing area. Under these conditions, ADCNAVIGATE starts AutoCAD DesignCenter and changes the drawing area, forcing a regeneration that can cancel the command. Press ENTER to return to the command.

A display problem can occur when you are using AutoCAD DesignCenter on a workstation that has Microsoft® Windows® 98 and a video card configured to display 256 colors installed. Under these conditions, selecting a hatch pattern in AutoCAD DesignCenter may cause flashing when hatch icons are regenerated. To remedy this problem, configure your video card to display more than 256 colors.

Blocks

If you are running an AutoLISP® routine that inserts blocks with attributes, the Attribute Definitions dialog box is not displayed for each block insertion as it was in AutoCAD Release 14. You can set the ATTDIA system variable to 1 if you want the Attribute Definitions dialog box to be displayed by default. Also, use ATTDIA before using the -INSERT command.

Editing blocks with attributes using the Block Attribute Manager may cause attribute text to be rotated if the attribute was created using a UCS other than the world coordinate system.

CAD Standards Limitations

Plot Styles: If you're checking a DWG file against a DWS file that has the opposite type of plot style specified (for example, Named vs. Color-Dependent), the plot style property errors of the layer plug-in cannot be fixed.

Layer States: Restoring a saved layer state that contains a nonstandard layer name may cause layer properties to be restored incorrectly. Importing layer states from a file may also re-create layers that have been previously removed by the CHECKSTANDARDS command. To avoid these problems, layer states should be saved after an audit has been completed and fixes applied.

DWF Files in Volo View or Volo View Express

If you create a DWF file from a drawing that contains a rotated bitonal raster image, the background colors of the embedded image may not be displayed or printed correctly. To avoid this problem, when creating the drawing, set the transparent property of the image to On. If the image is the first in the draw order, it is displayed and printed using the correct background color. Another method for producing eplots containing rotated bitonal images is to set the DWF file background to white.

If you are using an older version of Volo [image]  View or Volo [image]  View Express and you try to view DWF files created in AutoCAD 2002 with DWF ePlot (optimized for plotting) and DWF eView (optimized for viewing) drivers, nothing is displayed. You need to upgrade to the latest version of the Volo product (http://www.autodesk.com/volo) to display AutoCAD 2002 DWF files.

Volo View Express does not currently support the Show Paper Boundaries setting in the ePlot Custom Properties dialog box. Use the setting in Volo View Express as follows: From the Tools menu, choose Options. In the Options dialog box, View tab, select Display Markup Page, and then choose OK.

Select Objects in Groups

You can now use CTRL+A to select all objects on thawed layers of the current space. For objects in groups, you can use CTRL+SHIFT+A to switch between two types of selection: selecting one object in the group selects all objects in the group, or selecting one object in a group selects only that object.

Help for Developers

"One click" links are provided on the Contents tab of the Help system so that you can access the developer documentation easily (AutoLISP, Visual LISP, DXF, and ActiveX and VBA). If you experience problems with the "one click" links, you can access the developer documentation by choosing Developer Help from the Help menu in AutoCAD.

Internet

To use the Internet utilities in AutoCAD, the Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 browser must be installed on your system. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 is automatically installed with AutoCAD 2002.

Hyperlink execution depends on the correct installation of Windows dynamic link libraries (DLL files). If you encounter problems using hyperlinks, run axdist.exe, located in the Support directory on the AutoCAD 2002 CD.

Hyperlinks associated with named views or descriptions are not translated correctly when saved as DWF files using Microsoft Windows 98.

Layers

To create named layer filters using lineweight criteria, in the Named Layer Filters dialog box, Lineweight box, enter lineweight values as they are listed in the Lineweight List (for example, 0.30 mm with a space between the number and "mm"). You can also use wild cards (for example, *3*) to filter using lineweight criteria. If you want to filter for multiple lineweights, the values must be separated by commas without spaces (for example, 0.30 mm,0.1*). Custom lineweight values are implemented by using plot styles and are not applicable to layers, objects, or named layer filters.

Text

You cannot stack or unstack 2-byte characters by using the Multiline Text Editor (using the MTEXT command).

Live Update

When applying Live Update service packs, you are prompted for the original installation image.

After applying a LiveUpdate service pack for a software-locked version, close AutoCAD and choose OK in the Live Update dialog box. A warning dialog box is displayed to explain that the installation cannot continue because Cdilla64.exe is still active. In response, you must close all applications and wait until the process terminates (which can take up to 4 minutes) before you can resume the installation. You know that the process has terminated when you choose OK in the warning dialog box and the installation resumes.

ACAD.EXE Process Termination

If AutoCAD does not terminate upon exit, it is recommended that you install an updated version of the Microsoft Scripting Engine. The latest scripting engine can be downloaded from the following URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/vbscript/scripting.asp

If necessary you can use the Task Manager to manually terminate the AutoCAD session.

Nonrectangular Viewports

Assigning a noncontinuous linetype to a nonrectangular viewport may result in model space geometry being irregularly clipped inside the viewport, or it may cause AutoCAD to become unstable.

Digitizers

Shortcut menus are not accessible while you are configuring a digitizer, but they are available to the mouse and the digitizer after the tablet has been configured.

Monochrome Display

Support for display and output of monochrome vectors is no longer available in AutoCAD by using the Options dialog box. You can use the monochrome.stb or monochrome.ctb plot style table files to control monochrome display and output.

Euro Currency Symbol

The currency symbol for the euro may not be displayed correctly on the AutoCAD command line because of the Windows system font settings.

Break Buttons

When using the Break at Point and Break buttons on the Modify toolbar, you get unexpected results if running object snaps are turned on. Before using these buttons, turn off running object snaps by clicking Osnap on the status bar. You can still specify individual object snaps at each prompt for precision.

Alternatively, you may want to consider customizing the two break buttons as follows:

Name:	Break at Point

Description:	Breaks the selected object at a specified point:  BREAK

Macro:	^C^C_break \F \NON @

Macro:	^C^C_break \F \ \

Here is the general procedure to change these buttons.

To change the command associated with a button

1.	From the Tools menu, choose Customize. Then choose Toolbars.

2.	In the Customize dialog box, choose the Properties tab.

3.	In AutoCAD, select the button you want to change.

4.	Under Macro Associated with This Button, edit the command information to specify a new command for the button.

Note: For most commands, start with ^C^C to cancel a command that may be running and display the Command prompt. An underscore (_) character enables commands to work on international versions of AutoCAD. An apostrophe (') enables the command to work transparently. If you associate a series of commands with a button, separate them with semicolons or spaces. You create button macros the same way you create menu macros.

5.	Choose Apply. Then choose Close.

This procedure changes the operation of both buttons slightly but accommodates running object snaps.  For more information about how to make these changes, look in the online Help index under "customizing, toolbars."

AutoSnap Markers

When you use object snaps in AutoCAD 2002, AutoSnap [image] markers identify snap locations as you move your pointing device over them. Although these markers normally disappear when you move your pointing device to a different part of the drawing, they may remain on the screen under specific conditions. Only the Intersection and Apparent Intersection object snaps are affected and only when the Display Polar Tracking Vector option is cleared on the Drafting tab in the Options dialog box. The markers affect display of the drawing only; they are not part of the drawing itself. To remove them, close and reopen the drawing.

Pointing Devices

If you are using an Intellimouse® but do not have the latest Intellimouse driver installed on your system, certain AutoCAD features in this release do not function with your mouse. The latest Intellimouse drivers are posted on the Microsoft Web site at http://microsoft.com/products/hardware/mouse/driver/default.htm.

If you are using a Logitech mouse or trackball with a Logitech driver, certain AutoCAD features in this release may not function with your pointing device by default.

OLE Objects

If you rotate an OLE object to an angle other than 90 degrees, the object loses its aspect ratio and is not displayed or plotted correctly.

Batch Drawing Converter

Some dbConnect information may be lost when you use the Drawing Batch Converter in AutoCAD Migration Assistance to convert an AutoCAD 2000 drawing to a previous version of AutoCAD (for example, Release 13 or Release 14). To work around this problem, use SAVEAS in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases to save to Release 14 file format, which properly converts the AutoCAD 2000 dbConnect data into AutoCAD Release 14 ASE data.

Dual Monitors

If you are unable to run dual monitors under Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0, you must change the mnmdd device setting to Automatic.

To change the mnmdd device setting

1. From the Start menu (Windows), choose Settings.

2. Choose Control Panel.

3. Double-click Devices.

4. Select mnmdd from the Device list.

5. Choose Startup.

6. Select Automatic as the Startup Type.

7. Choose OK.

8. In the Devices warning box, choose Yes.

9. Restart your system.

WinTab Digitizers

Your WinTab digitizer driver may turn off without warning if you also have a Windows system printer installed and specified to print on your system. This is an operating system limitation. When you first access the Page Setup dialog box in a layout, the digitizer turns off. You must turn the driver on again by using the Windows Control Panel.

Windows 2000 requires new digitizer drivers. Old Wintab drivers do not work. You should contact your digitizer manufacturer for a Windows 2000 driver.

View PDF Files

It is recommended that you use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or later to view the PDF files provided with AutoCAD. You can download the latest upgrade to the free Acrobat Reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

XML Files

Xrefs missing in drawing: When you insert a file that contains xrefs, the referenced drawings are not inserted. This behavior for an XML file is consistent with the behavior of the INSERT command for DWG files; if you INSERT a DWG file that contains xrefs, the referenced drawings also are not inserted.

XML file is not created: Proxies that don't support cloning prevent the writing (via WBLOCK) of a database or selection set that contains them. Custom objects that do not have an XML object enabler are treated as proxies for xmlIn() and xmlOut(), and might therefore prevent the WBLOCK command from writing an XML file. If an XML object enabler is not available, you can use WBLOCK* or exclude proxies that don't support cloning from your selection set.

XML file is not inserted: If you produce an XML file using an XML object enabler (an application that writes custom data for custom objects in the drawing), the XML object enabler must be present when that XML file is inserted. Otherwise, AutoCAD does not know how to interpret the custom data and cannot restore the custom object as a proxy.

Raster images are not displayed: When you insert a raster image into a new drawing, you need to save the file to establish a drawing folder where the image file can be found, or save the image file to a folder that is on the AutoCAD support files search path.  You can view or modify the support files search path using the Files tab in the Options dialog box.

XML file is not displayed: If XML files are not being displayed, you may need to install the MSXML3 parser (msxml3.dll). For information about this parser, type msxml3 into the Search box on the Microsoft® home page: http://www.microsoft.com/ms.htm. You can download the latest version of the Microsoft XML parser (MSXML 3.0) directly from Microsoft at http://download.microsoft.com/download/xml/Install/3.0/WIN98Me/EN-US/msxml3.exe.

After installing the MSXML3 parser, you need to run the Xmlinst.exe utility to have Internet Explorer take advantage of it. It can be found in the same Downloads section on the Microsoft site.

Detection of Invalid Objects

When you open a drawing that contains invalid objects, a dialog box is displayed that recommends using the RECOVER command on the drawing before opening it. Also, any running script is suspended. To prevent display of this dialog box and suspension of scripts, you can reset the DWGCHECK system variable to 2 or 3. If the DWGCHECK system variable is currently set to 0, reset to 2; if it is currently set to 1, reset to 3.


Plotting Issues  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Plotting Issues

Buzzsaw: Plans & Specs(tm) Digital Plan Room System

Improve your printing process by installing the plot driver located in the \Buzzsaw\Plans & Specs Driver folder on the AutoCAD 2002 CD. You can publish files from AutoCAD directly to a Plans & Specs vault hosted by your reprographer and then view, manage, and order prints online.

The Have Disk Option in the Plotter Wizard

In the Plotter Wizard, the Have Disk option copies the files from the source to the destination, keeping the file attributes as is; therefore, if the files you are copying are read-only, they are copied to the destination as read-only. Any second attempt to update these files fails as they are read-only. The work-around is to change the file attributes to not read-only before using the Have Disk option again.

Plotting Drivers

If you have a Windows system printer configuration and an AutoCAD printer configuration (PC3 file) with the same name, the AutoCAD printer configuration is used when you plot by using the command line, the Page Setup dialog box, or the Plot Preview dialog box. If the Windows system printer is specified as your default printer, the PC3 file is used to plot from AutoCAD. As a work-around, you can plot by using the Plot dialog box.

If you have the Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer v3.02 driver installed and selected as your default Windows system driver and you do a plot preview in AutoCAD, AutoCAD may fail during the plot preview.

Plotting Update 2.0

If you use AutoCAD 2002 and plan to share PC3 files with AutoCAD 2000 users, you must run the Plotting Update 2.0 patch on AutoCAD 2000. The Plotting Update 2.0 patch is located in the AutoCAD 2000 Update folder and is a self-extracting EXE file. The installer for this Plotting Update runs automatically. For more information, read the Plottingupdate2Readme.txt file (also located in the Update folder).

DWF Files in Volo View (Windows 98 and Windows Me)

If you are running Volo View or Volo View Express under Windows 98 or Windows Me and you receive a memory overrun message when you print a DWF file (optimized for plotting), it is recommended that you change the setting in the plotter driver from vector mode to raster mode.

Importing PCP, PC2, and ACAD14.CFG Files

Using the Add-a-Plotter Wizard

Do not import PCP or PC2 files when using the Add-a-Plotter wizard to configure a network plotter server with a universal naming convention (UNC) name longer than 31 characters.

Using the Add-a-Plot Style Table Wizard

If AutoCAD does not recognize the driver and model that created the imported file, a warning is issued and the values are interpreted as though they came from an HP-GL/2 device. HP-GL/2 linetypes are assumed.

Plotting OLE Objects

AutoCAD supports plotting OLE objects on pen-plotter devices under Windows NT but not under Windows 98 or Windows 2000.

True Color

If you want to use the Hue/Value preview area to set the True Color value, your selection is applied only if you first make a change using either the numeric RGB or HSV values or the corresponding color value slider bars. If you drag your pointing device first in the Hue/Value preview area to modify a color, the New and Original color swatches don't change and color is not applied when you choose OK.

Xerox

It is recommended that you use the Xerox HDI driver if you are plotting a drawing to any size paper other than Letter size with a Xerox printing device.

CADNET

To send plot files to CADNET, configure the HDI PostScript driver to a PostScript Level 2 setting and turn off all of the options in the driver’s Custom Properties dialog box.

PostScript Devices

If you are plotting a very large drawing that requires a long regeneration period to a PostScript printing device, the PostScript device may not print the drawing if the regeneration period exceeds the printer's time-out period. You can increase the time-out period of the device as a work-around.

CALS and DIMENSIONAL CALS File Name Extension

The default file name extension for the raster driver models CALS and DIMENSIONAL CALS has been changed from .rst to .cal.

Paper and Image Orientation

For some plotters, you can load the same size sheet of paper in two different ways: landscape or portrait. Grit-wheel plotters typically list the same paper size twice in the Paper Size menu, for example, ANSI A (8.5" x 11") and ANSI A (11" x 8.5"). An icon next to the paper size in the Page Setup dialog box shows the physical paper orientation. It is important that the paper size you select matches the way you load the paper in your plotter.

Most desktop printers load the paper in just one orientation, usually portrait.

When you are looking at the paper image on a layout tab, AutoCAD automatically rotates the plot so that the paper image always appears in landscape orientation, even if the paper was loaded into the plotter in portrait orientation. Full Plot Preview, on the other hand, shows you the actual paper orientation.

The Layout Settings tab of the Plot and Page Setup dialog boxes displays an icon in the Drawing Orientation group box in the upper-right corner of the tab. The icon shows the physical orientation of the paper (as it was loaded into the plotter) and a letter A that shows the image orientation of your plot. The default for most desktop printers is a tall icon showing portrait paper orientation with the A on its side, showing that the plot has been rotated for landscape viewing. The options under Drawing Orientation rotate the plot on the page. As you select these options, you see the letter A rotate to indicate how your plot will appear on the page.

You can change the image orientation for Windows system printers by choosing the Landscape/Portrait buttons in the Custom Properties dialog box for the printer. Regardless of any change you make using the Landscape/Portrait buttons, AutoCAD keeps the plotted image oriented as you have set it using the Page Setup dialog box. Even though selecting the Landscape/Portrait buttons in the Custom Properties dialog box has no effect on the orientation in AutoCAD, it may change the printable area. Keep the Landscape/Portrait setting in Custom Properties the same when you plot the drawing as when you create it.

Hewlett-Packard Printers and Plotters

To print from AutoCAD to your Hewlett-Packard DesignJet device, do the following:

Use an HP-GL/2 & RTL Windows driver for DesignJet version 4.40 or later. Version 4.40 of this driver is included in the directory \Windows System Drivers\HP\ENU\<your windows platform> on your AutoCAD 2002 CD. Newer drivers will be posted when available on the Hewlett-Packard Web site at http://www.hp.com.

If you installed any of the HP-GL/2 & RTL Windows drivers from previous Alpha or Beta versions of AutoCAD 2000 or later releases, you should delete all of your Hewlett-Packard DesignJet configurations from the printers folder under Settings in the Start menu (Windows) and create them from scratch using the newest HP-GL/2 & RTL Windows driver (version 4.40 or later).

In network environments that include a PC as a print server, you need to install the Hewlett-Packard optimized driver on the server as well as on each client.

If unexpected results occur (1) when cutting the plot, (2) when the quality of the plot varies within the same plot, or (3) when the printable area of the drawing is larger than expected, check the Extended Margins setting in the Custom Properties dialog box (displayed from the Plotter Configuration Editor).

It is possible to override the default unprintable margin setting for the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet by clearing the Extended Margins option in the Custom Properties dialog box of the Optimized Windows system driver. (This option is not available if you open the driver from the Start menu in Windows.) Clearing this option overrides the Normal Margin hardware setting for the 700, 750C, 750C Plus, 1055CM, 2000CP, 2500CP, 3000CP, 3500CP, and 1050C models and also causes the device to plot as if in Smaller Margins mode. For the DesignJet 600 and 650C models, it is also necessary to manually select the Smaller Margins setting on the control panel of the plotter. The DesignJet 600 family Expand option increases the printable area and decreases the unprintable margins, while the Custom Properties Extend option increases the unprintable margins, reducing the printable area.

If you select Modify Standard Paper Size for the Optimized Hewlett-Packard DesignJet driver while the Extended Margins option is selected, the modified paper size is usable only when the Extended Margins option is also enabled on the plotter.

When you use the Optimized Hewlett-Packard DesignJet driver with the Modify Standard Paper Sizes option selected (which allows you to modify printable width and height) and you reduce the printable width or height, you may need to select the modified paper size twice in the Page Setup dialog box in order to update the printable area.

It is recommended that you do not use the ZoomSmart functionality available in the Hewlett-Packard optimized printer driver.

Customizing Paper Sizes for the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet

If plotted output is being clipped when you plot to the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet, you can use the Custom Paper Size wizard to modify a standard paper size to control the printable area, not just the nonprinting margins as with other plotters.

The Custom Paper Size wizard for the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet system printer driver has been enhanced to set the printable area (width and length) of the paper instead of specifying the nonprintable edges of the paper. By setting the printable area, you allow the plotter to roll out more paper when plotting the drawing so the drawing is not clipped when you print to the edge of the specified paper size. These enhancements to the wizard are available only when modifying a standard paper size for the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet printer (system printer driver).

If you select Inked Area in the Custom Properties node of the PC3 Editor, the paper may be cut shorter than the paper length specified in the wizard in order to save paper.

To specify the printable area for a Hewlett-Packard DesignJet by modifying a standard paper size

1.	In either the Plot or the Page Setup dialog box, Plot Device tab, select the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet plotter you plan to use.

2.	Choose Properties to open the PC3 file for this device in the Plotter Configuration Editor.

3.	Under the User-Defined Paper Sizes & Calibration node, select Modify Standard Paper Sizes.

4.	Select the paper size you want to modify. Make a note of which size you are modifying so you can select it when you return to the Plot or Page Setup dialog box.

5.	Choose Modify to start the Custom Paper Size wizard.

6.	In the Custom Paper Size wizard, on the Custom Paper Size - Area Type page, select Specify Width and Length of Printable Area.

7.	On the Custom Paper Size - Printable Area page, specify the paper source and the width and length of the paper.

8.	Finish the wizard and return to the Plot or Page Setup dialog box.

9.	Be sure to select the paper size you modified on either the Plot Settings tab in the Plot dialog box or the Layout Settings tab in the Page Setup dialog box.

Oce Devices—General

Your Oce 9400 may need a firmware upgrade to service pack 3.0 or higher in order to plot to multiple paper rolls. To plot a drawing without using Oce's 4.0 Firmware upgrade, deactivate the second roll of your Oce 9400. You can also set Autoroll to OFF, clear the Automatic Source option in the PC3 Editor, and manually select the desired paper roll.

You must verify which line ends and joins your plotting device supports. Optimum plotting performance is achieved when you use the line ends and joins specifically supported by your plotting device. The current HDI driver is optimized for using round ends and joins. For more information, contact your local Oce representative.

Oce 9600, 9700, and 9800 models are the only Oce plotting devices that support the mirroring of combined vector and raster images.

If you have been setting the positioning or finishing parameters, such as leading or trailing edge, at your plotter’s front panel, you now must either disable RCF generation or make these settings in the Custom Properties dialog box of the Oce driver. Note that disabling the RCF generation means that only the parameters set at your plotter’s front panel are taken into account and that the settings in the Oce Custom Properties dialog box are ignored. This applies to the following Oce plotting devices: 9300, 9400, 9400-II, 9600, 9700, and 9800.

If you are plotting in grayscale, you may want to change the default Rendering setting at your plotter’s front panel from Clustered to Cloud. This setting provides smoother gray shading. This suggestion applies to the following Oce plotting devices: 9300, 9400 (firmware version 3.2 or higher), and 9400-II. For the Oce 9700 and 9800 models, this setting is a Service setting, and Cloud mode should be used rather carefully as it does not always provide the expected results.

Oce Devices—Cutting Modes and Resulting Plot Sizes

The Oce Custom Properties dialog box offers a choice of different cutting methods, Standard Size versus Plot Size, for Oce 9400 (firmware version LV3.1 or higher), 9400-II, 9600, 9700, and 9800 plotters. These two different settings determine how much paper the plotter rolls out and cuts when plotting on roll-fed paper.

Cut on Plot Size

In this mode, the plotter computes the bounding rectangle around all of the objects in the plot and cuts the paper to fit the height of the rectangle (assuming it is greater than the minimum height and less than the maximum height). On some Oce devices, the Cut on Plot Size mode may be referred to as the Synchro cut mode on the plotter's front panel.

If you were using this method in earlier AutoCAD releases and placed node points or crop marks at the extreme edges of the paper size to plot your drawings to a certain size, you may not achieve the same results with AutoCAD 2000 and later releases. When using a standard paper size or any other paper size having non-null margins in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the node points may be clipped away by AutoCAD. To keep this from happening with existing drawings, you can reset the margins to 0 (zero). To modify the margins for a standard paper size, use the Modify Standard Paper Size wizard in the Plotter Configuration Editor to reduce the unprintable edges to zero. To modify the margins for a custom paper size, use the Custom Paper Size wizard in the Plotter Configuration Editor to reduce the unprintable edges to zero.

Cut on Standard Size

There are several categories of standard paper sizes, for example, ANSI, Architect, and ISO. There are also Oce-specific formats that are considered standard on Oce devices, for example, 500mm and 700mm. When you use the Standard Size mode, the plotter cuts the paper to the standard format.

Oce 9400 Standard Sizes

Your plotter must be configured for the same standard paper size category that you use in AutoCAD. Thus, if you plan to plot with Architectural sizes specified from AutoCAD, your plotter should be configured, from its front panel, for ARCHITECT Media Format. If the settings on the front panel of the plotter and in AutoCAD do not match, unexpected paper sizes may result.

If the standard size you select is smaller than the minimum sheet height for your plotter, paper is cut to the minimum sheet height size.

If the image width is bigger than the specified format, the image is clipped. If the image length is bigger than the specified format, the paper is cut to the paper plot size.

If Autoroll is enabled, the plotter calculates the required paper format (to minimize data loss) and selects the optimum paper roll size (also to minimize data loss). The cutting behavior is the same as noted previously.

NOTE: The plotter may rotate the image 90 degrees if necessary.

Oce 9600 Standard Sizes

The specified standard drawing size plots to the specified standard paper size. For example, if you print an A3 drawing size on an A4 paper roll size with a standard cut setting, a clipped image is plotted on an A4 sheet. If the Autoroll option is enabled, the plotter calculates the required paper size. If this paper size is not available, the plotter searches for a larger paper format. If there is no such format, the plotter prompts you to specify a paper size.

Oce 9700/9800 Standard Sizes

The paper source options are Manual Feed and Autoroll. The plotter detects the format that each roll contains. The paper format-finding behavior and the paper size cutting behavior are the same as for the Oce 9600.

Minimum and Maximum Roll-Fed Plot Heights

Each plotter has a minimum amount of paper that it emits. Any plot that is smaller than the specified size cuts the plot to the minimum paper size. Please refer to your Oce documentation for information about maximum and minimum paper sizes.

Configuring the Oce Device

You can configure certain settings for your Oce device by choosing the Custom Properties option in the Plotter Configuration Editor. You should ensure that these settings agree with your plotter's capabilities.


Database Connectivity Issues  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Database Connectivity Issues

General Issues

If you choose the Reload Labels option from the dbConnect Label menu or from the dbConnect Manager drawing node shortcut menu, AutoCAD does not display a warning message when labels are not reloaded. To resolve this, you should always choose the Reload Labels option from the Label Template or object shortcut menu (available by right-clicking). Choosing the option this way displays the appropriate warning message if AutoCAD fails to reload labels.

You can edit the properties of a Link Template only if it does not contain any links to objects.

Do not edit Link Template properties in a partially open drawing.

Do not attach labels with zero-length leaders. If you do not want to see the leader line, use a freestanding label, not an attached label.

You cannot edit a Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet in AutoCAD. To make changes to the spreadsheet, you must edit it in Excel. However, the links to the spreadsheet in AutoCAD cannot be updated or reloaded.

The sample UDL file jet_dbsamples.udl uses Microsoft® Jet 3.51 OLE DB Provider. If you experience difficulty with configuring this sample, you should install MDAC 2.0 by running mdac_typ.exe from the Support directory on the AutoCAD 2002 CD.

If you use the dbConnect Manager without having previously installed OLE DB 2.0 on your system, you cannot initialize dbConnect objects.

Paradox

You cannot edit a Paradox table (an existing table or a new table) when using the Paradox ODBC driver.

Oracle Database

If you use either Oracle ODBC driver 7.32.00.031 or 8.00.0400 with an Oracle 8 server when using dbConnect, AutoCAD may fail. The latest Oracle ODBC drivers are posted on the Oracle Web site at http://otn.oracle.com/software/utilities/software_index.htm.

If you have configured an Oracle database using the Oracle OLE DB direct driver, you cannot open its tables in edit mode. If you plan to edit Oracle tables in AutoCAD, you must configure the database using the ODBC OLE DB driver. A further limitation of both drivers is that you cannot delete Oracle records when you are working in the Data View. In order to delete a record from an Oracle table, construct and issue a valid SQL statement in the Query Editor.

SQL Database

When using the SQL Server 7.0 Direct Provider, the Data View may terminate after deleting records from SQL Server 7 tables. The records will have been deleted, although you will need to requery the table.

Accessing a table using an SQL Server 7.0 in Windows 98 may affect the performance of AutoCAD.

If you open a SQL Server table that doesn't have a primary key defined, you cannot edit the records.


Developer Information  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Developer Information

Visual LISP

When used in the Visual LISP [image] IDE, the \r escape character does not result in a carriage return. Instead, text is displayed immediately following the last printed text. As a work-around, you can use (CHR 13) instead of \r.

Visual LISP allows you to package DVB files within a single VLX file when you build an application, but at the present time you cannot access these files. As a work-around, any DVB files required by your AutoLISP® application must be included as separate files, as in previous releases of AutoCAD.

If LOAD encounters an error while loading a separate-namespace VLX, some functions may have been exported to the current document namespace before the error was detected. You must be sure to fix the error, rebuild, and reload the VLX in order to ensure that the correct version of all functions is exported to the current document.

When running in SDI mode with the LISPINIT system variable set to 1, the acad.lsp file is only being loaded in the start-up document, not in any subsequent drawings opened during the AutoCAD session. As a work-around to ensure that acad.lsp is loaded in every new document, set the ACADLSPASDOC system variable to 1.

When the MENULOAD command loads a partial menu in MDI, that MNL file for that menu loads once for every open document, with all user interaction occurring in the current document. To avoid redundant printed messages or user prompts when AutoCAD is initiated with multiple drawings, it is recommended that you do not include any user interaction in MNL LISP code. Instead, use MNL code to load needed LISP files for subsequent menu item selections. Use the acad.lsp or acaddoc.lsp files to execute LISP code to be processed when a drawing is opened.

Passing a file name argument to the ActiveX UnloadDVB method using vla-unloadDVB fails if you use single forward slashes as delimiters. It is recommended that you specify file name arguments with double backslashes as delimiters when calling vla-loadDVB, vla-RunMacro, and vla-unloadDVB.

When you attempt to display a command line prompt using the S::STARTUP function, the prompt is displayed above the command line, which is awaiting input to the LISP routine.

The current work-around for this problem is to code a VBA dialog that prompts for user input and invoke the dialog from the S::STARTUP function. For example, placing the following AutoLISP code in the acaddoc.lsp file causes a VBA dialog macro to be run whenever you open an AutoCAD drawing:

   ;; AcadDoc.Lsp

   (defun S::STARTUP ()

      (vl-load-com)

      (setq acadApp (vlax-get-acad-object))

      (setq advbFil "PromptUser.dvb")

      (setq avbaMacro "RunDialog")

      ;; This code assumes the .dvb file is in the AutoCAD search path

      (vl-vbaload advbFil)

      (vl-vbarun avbaMacro)

   )

The PromptUser.dvb file referenced in this code is available for download at the AutoCAD 2000 Web site: http://www.autodesk.com/autocad2000-utilities. On the Downloads tab, under Product select AutoCAD, under Release select AutoCAD 2000, and under Category select Utilities. Enter the keyword vba macro, and click Go. Click hypertext in Using a VBA Macro to Do User Prompting During S::STARTUP. Download the prmtuser.zip file.

New functions provided to prevent a document from being marked "Updated"

Two new functions, acad-push-dbmod and acad-pop-dbmod, can be used to suspend and resume the $DBMOD recording mechanism that AutoCAD uses to track changes to a drawing. These functions allow applications to make changes to a document as part of their initialization process without setting flags in $DBMOD and triggering unwanted save drawing queries.

(acad-push-dbmod) pushes the current value of the $DBMOD system variable for the document onto an internal stack. The function always returns T.

(acad-pop-dbmod) restores the value of $DBMOD to the most recently pushed value on the document's internal stack. The function returns T for a successful stack pop and nil if the stack is empty.

The acad-push-dbmod and acad-pop-dbmod functions are implemented in acadapp.arx, which is loaded by default on AutoCAD startup, but can be disabled, if desired.

To use the new functions, precede program actions that should not affect the value of $DBMOD with calls to push the $DBMOD value, then pop the value after performing the action. Here is a simple LISP example:

    (acad-push-dbmod)

    (setq new_line '((0 . "LINE") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (8 . "0")

                     (100 . "AcDbLine") (10 1.0 2.0 0.0) (11 2.0 1.0 0.0)

                     (210 0.0 0.0 1.0)))

    (entmake new_line)            ; Sets $DBMOD 1 flag

    (command "_color" "2")        ; Sets $DBMOD 4 flag

    (command "_-vports" "_SI")    ; Sets $DBMOD 8 flag

    (command "_vpoint" "0,0,1")   ; Sets $DBMMOD 16 flag

    (acad-pop-dbmod) ; $DBMOD will again have the same value it had before

                     ; the call to acad-push-dbmod

AutoLISP

In the version of AutoCAD included with this ObjectARX® SDK release, AutoLISP developers who substitute their own error handler via the *error* mechanism and who issue a (command ...) call within that error handler may experience problems. AutoCAD is not properly clearing the state of the acedCommand() function that is used by the AutoLISP (command ...). A simple work-around exists for this problem: issue a null, or empty, (command) call before issuing the functional (command ...) calls. An example of a situation in which this might arise follows:

(defun c:bug ()

  (setq *error* bug_err)

  (nentsel "\nPress escape to show the defect...")

)

(defun bug_err (s)

  (command "._undo" "_end")

)

The work-around is illustrated in the following error handler:

(defun bug_err (s)  (command)            ;clear the (command ...) state

  (command "._undo" "_end")

)

Active X

You cannot open a document with an embedded project (a smart document) if an acad.dvb file will be loaded containing an AcadStartup() macro that accesses the properties and methods of the Application object. To safely load a smart document in this case, first load acadvba.arx either directly by using the APPLOAD command or indirectly by executing any VBA command. Once acadvba.arx has been successfully loaded, the smart document opens safely.

Microsoft Office

If you have a non-English version of Microsoft Office installed on a server and you then install AutoCAD with the VBA option, the VBA option is not installed.

Developer Help

The ActiveX and VBA Developer's Guide is no longer accessible from the Help menu in the VBA IDE. To view this guide online, click in the AutoCAD window to make it active. From the Help menu, on the Contents tab, select ActiveX and VBA, and then select ActiveX and VBA Developer's Guide.

Controlling the Display of the Multiple Design Environment Dialog Box

The Multiple Design Environment dialog box allows you to change the default functionality of the initialization of the AutoLISP environment. This dialog box is displayed under the following conditions:

The Do Not Show value of the AcadLspAsDocDlg registry key is set to 0

There are no running scripts, AutoLISP, or ActiveX applications

The ACADLSPASDOC system variable is set to 0

An acad.lsp file exists in the AutoCAD search path

An acaddoc.lsp file does not exist in the AutoCAD search path

The SDI system variable is set to 0

If all these conditions are true, the Multiple Design Environment dialog box is displayed the first time that a second document is opened in each session.


Development Compatibility Issues  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Development Compatibility Issues

Compatibility with Earlier Versions of AutoLISP

There is a new AutoLISP® interpreter in AutoCAD® 2000 and later releases. This new version of AutoLISP corrects some problems that existed in the past and changes the implementation of some functions.

Now that multiple drawing documents can be open at the same time in AutoCAD, the ways in which AutoCAD processes customization files such as acad.lsp must change. These processing changes control which customization files AutoCAD loads when you open a new drawing. For details about using the customization files, see "Automatically Load and Execute AutoLISP Routines" in the Customization Guide.

Symbol Protection

When Visual LISP [image] is running, protected symbols, such as T, are truly protected and result in error messages if you attempt to modify them. For information about how symbol protection works, see "AutoLISP Basics" in "Using the AutoLISP Language" in the Visual LISP Developer's Guide.

Functions Are No Longer Defined Internally as Lists

Functions are no longer defined internally as lists. If you have code that depends on the list structure of functions, you can use the DEFUN-Q, DEFUN-Q-LIST-SET, and DEFUN-Q-LIST-REF functions to maintain backward compatibility. See the online AutoLISP Reference for information about using these functions.

AutoLISP Error Messages Have Changed

The text of many AutoLISP error messages has changed in AutoCAD. This may affect any AutoLISP code that depends on the contents of an error string.

Integer Overflow May Be Converted to Real Numbers

Previous versions of AutoLISP treated integer overflow (positive numbers greater than 2147483647 and negative numbers less than -2147483648) by returning negative numbers or producing seemingly random numbers. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, AutoLISP handles integer overflow differently. If you enter a number that is greater than the maximum integer allowed, AutoLISP converts the integer to a real number. If, however, you perform an arithmetic operation on two valid integers and the result is greater than the maximum allowable integer, the resulting number is invalid. See "AutoLISP Data Types" in chapter 8 of the Visual LISP Developer's Guide for detailed information about how AutoLISP handles integer overflow.

Minimum Integer Is Slightly Different

The minimum integer value allowed by AutoLISP is now -2147483647. In AutoCAD Release 14, the minimum integer was -2147483648.

Case Preservation in Symbol Table Names

In AutoCAD Release 14 and earlier releases, symbol table name entries were automatically converted to uppercase on creation. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, AutoLISP preserves the case of symbol table names. This may cause conflicts in existing applications that use case-sensitive string-comparison of symbol table names. You may need to modify your application to make string equality checks case-insensitive.

An Error Is Returned If You Pass Functions as Arguments to ObjectARX defun'd Functions

AutoLISP has never allowed you to pass functions as arguments to ObjectARX® defun'd functions, but attempts to do so did not previously result in an error message. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, AutoLISP displays the following error message if you pass a function as an argument to an ObjectARX defun'd function:

*** ERROR: doesn't fit in resbuf: #<SUBR xxx xxx

Expressions Are Disallowed in the Operator Position of Special Forms

Certain AutoLISP functions are considered "special forms" because they evaluate arguments differently than most AutoLISP function calls. A typical function evaluates all of its arguments. Special forms, such as IF, AND, COND, and SETQ, do not evaluate all of their arguments, or they only evaluate some arguments under certain conditions. In previous versions of AutoLISP, it was legal to put an expression that evaluated to a special form in the operator position. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, this is not supported. For example, compare the results of the following function call in AutoCAD Release 14:

Command: ((if t if) nil (princ 1) (princ 2))

22

With the same call in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases:

Command: ((if t if) nil (princ 1) (princ 2))

12; error: cannot apply special form: IF

Different Evaluation Order of Operator Position

Previous releases of AutoLISP evaluated the operator position in an expression and then evaluated the arguments from left to right. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, AutoLISP evaluates the arguments from left to right and then evaluates the operator.

Empty LAMBDA Bodies Are Not Allowed

In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, lambda statements with empty bodies result in a syntax error. This construct was acceptable in AutoCAD Release 14. Such lambda bodies may occur in LAMBDA, DEFUN, DEFUN-Q, and functions-as-list expressions. For example, the following statements result in an error:

(lambda (a))

(setq func '(a))   (func)

The following expressions are valid:

(lambda (a) nil)

(setq func '((a) nil)) (func)

Processing of a File Open Simultaneously in Several Access Modes

Processing of a single file that is open simultaneously in different access modes has been corrected. In previous versions of AutoLISP, opening a single file and performing simultaneous reads, writes, and appends to the file produced repeatable but nonstandard results. Operations in one file affected the next operation in other files. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the location of the next read, write, or append operation is local to each open file and under the control of the programmer. For example, the following function produces different results in Release 14 and AutoCAD 2000 and later releases:

(defun file-handle ()

  (setq	write-ptr  (open "test.txt" "w")

append-ptr (open "test.txt" "a")

read-ptr   (open "test.txt" "r"))

  ;; write five lines using write mode

  (repeat 5 (write-line "write-mode lines" write-ptr))

  ;; write five lines using append mode

  (repeat 5 (write-line "append-mode lines" append-ptr))

  ;; read the file contents from start of file

  (while (print (read-line read-ptr)))

  (close write-ptr)

  (close append-ptr)

  (close read-ptr)

  (princ))

In AutoCAD Release 14, the function produces a text file containing ten lines (five lines containing the string "write-mode lines" and five lines containing "append-mode lines"). In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the resulting file contains only five "append-mode lines" because the file pointer for append mode is not reset by the write operations.

EXPT Resulting in Overflow Returns Different Value

In AutoCAD Release 14, an EXPT expression that evaluated to a value exceeding the AutoLISP double-precision floating point range returned 0. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the same expression returns "1.#INF".

In SDI with LISPINIT=1, ACAD.LSP and MNL Files Are Not Loaded in Subsequent Drawings

When running in SDI mode with system variable LISPINIT set to 1, the acad.lsp file is being loaded only in the startup document, not in any drawings opened subsequently during the AutoCAD session. To ensure that acad.lsp is loaded in every new document, set the ACADLSPASDOC system variable to 1.

New Default OSNAP Setting May Cause Applications to Fail

The default setting of the OSMODE system variable changed in AutoCAD 2000, and this may affect applications that assume the old default. In AutoCAD Release 14, the default value of OSMODE was 0, meaning that object snaps were switched off. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the default OSMODE setting is 4133, meaning that object snaps points are switched on. If this affects your application, alter your code to save the current OSMODE setting, set OSMODE as required, and then restore the original OSMODE value before exiting. This is the recommended programming practice for any AutoCAD application that works with drawing objects.

Print Sequences Over 4K Characters in Length Are Garbled

Printing a list that contains more than 4K characters causes a circular overflow within a fixed buffer size, rendering the output garbled when viewed online. The work-around is to revise your code for your LISP applications to print out less than 4K of information at a time. This means breaking up the printed output into multiple print statements.

Migration of Dimension Arrowhead Information in ENTMAKE

In AutoCAD Release 14, dimension arrowheads were controlled by name, with group codes 5, 6, and 7 used for the names of dimblk, dimblk1, and dimblk2, respectively. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, arrowheads are controlled by objectID. Group codes 342, 343, and 344 are used for the objectIDs of dimblk, dimblk1, and dimblk2. For compatibility, AutoCAD 2000 and later releases recognize the 5, 6, 7 group codes, but if the arrowblock named with the 5, 6, 7 code is not already present in the drawing, the setting is ignored. For example, If you have Release 14 code that uses entmake to create dimensions containing arrowhead "DOT", it continues to work if the drawing already has a block named "_Dot" defined. If the _Dot block is not present at the time entmake is issued, entmake still succeeds, but the arrowhead setting fails and the dimension is created with the default "_CloseFilled" arrowhead. As a work-around, modify your programs to always force built-in arrowheads to be present before specifying them in entmake. For example, use the DIMBLK system variable to set that arrowhead as the current arrowhead. This forces the block to be created.

Print Messages Are Not Displayed Until a Return is Reached

In AutoCAD Release 14, every AutoLISP print function (for example, print, princ) was automatically echoed to the AutoCAD command line and was immediately visible. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the display driver is buffering print messages until a return (/n or /r) is encountered. As a result, messages may not be displayed until a function completes. For example, in Release 14 the following code issued the message "Wait. Program is busy..." as soon as the princ statement was encountered:

(defun test()

  (setq count 0)

  (princ "\nWait. Program is busy...")

  (while (< count 100000)

    (setq count (1+ count)))

  (princ "\nCounted: ")

  (princ count)

  (princ)

)

In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, the "Program is busy" message does not display until the next \n is reached, following the while loop (and thus after the wait has already occurred). To ensure that your message is displayed immediately, add a \n or \r to the end of your print function calls. For example:

 (princ "\nWait. Program is busy...\n")

Integers at the Beginning of Lists Passed to External Functions May Be Misinterpreted as DXF Codes

When passing a list beginning with integer values to externally-defined functions, AutoLISP may misinterpret the integers as DXF [image] group codes. For example, the following call to the c:light function defined in acrender.arx works in AutoCAD Release 14, but results in an error in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases:

(c:light "nd" "plan" 1.0 '(10 10 10) '(6 8 0))

The error message reads:

Render API error: Expecting a 3d point, but got an unknown type: ???.

The work-around to this problem is to specify reals instead of integers. For example, the following call works correctly:

(c:light "nd" "plan" 1.0 '(10.0 10.0 10.0) '(6.0 8.0 0.0))

Modifying Hatch Scale Does Not Trigger Hatch Pattern Re-evaluation

In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, modifying the scale factor of a hatch object does not force the hatch object to compute hatch graphics again. To force another computation, use entmod to alter the hatch pattern twice—once to change it and once to restore it.

Reduction in Maximum String Length Handled by GET_TILE Function

The upper limit for a string obtained from a DCL file using get_tile has been reduced from 2084 characters in AutoCAD Release 14 to 254 characters in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases.

Compatibility with Visual LISP for AutoCAD Release 14

The Visual LISP Interactive Development Environment (IDE) is now integrated with AutoCAD and is no longer a separate component.

New Data Types for ActiveX Functions

Function calls invoking ActiveX methods now require arguments defined as variant data. ActiveX functions also return variant values. This change means that all AutoLISP ActiveX code developed using VisualLISP for AutoCAD R14 must be modified. See chapter 6, "Working with ActiveX," in the Visual LISP Developer's Guide for more information about using ActiveX methods in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases.

ActiveX, Reactor, and Extended Visual LISP Functions Must Now Be Explicitly Loaded

By default, AutoLISP ActiveX, reactor, and extended Visual LISP (vlax-*) functions are not loaded when you start AutoCAD. This change significantly improves the AutoCAD start-up time, but it means that you must explicitly load these functions in order to use them in AutoLISP applications. Use (vl-load-com) to load the ActiveX, reactor, and extended Visual LISP functions.

NOTE: The Help for AutoLISP ActiveX functions is also not available from Visual LISP until you issue vl-load-com.. If you issue Help for an ActiveX function before running vl-load-com, Visual LISP displays "error: no function definition: get-ACAD-itl error" in the VLISP Console window.

Creation of ObjectARX Modules by Visual LISP Is No Longer Supported

Using Visual LISP in AutoCAD Release 14, you could create executable ObjectARX modules from VLISP applications. This is no longer supported. A new application type, VLX, replaces the functionality formerly implemented through ObjectARX. See "Building Applications" in chapter 4 of the Visual LISP Developer's Guide for information about building a VLX.

VLR-REACTORS Function Now Returns a List of Lists

With the VLR-REACTORS function, you can now specify that multiple reactor types be listed; this returns a list of lists, with one list for each reactor type.

Visual LISP Error Messages Have Changed

The text of many Visual LISP error messages has changed in AutoCAD 2000 and later releases. This may affect any code developed with Visual LISP for AutoCAD Release 14 that depends on the contents of error strings.

VL-VBALOAD Returns Nil, Instead of Filename

In AutoCAD Release 14, the VL-VBALOAD function returned the name of the loaded DVB file when completing successfully. In AutoCAD 2000 and later releases, successful execution of VL-VBALOAD returns nil.

LDATA Is Not Accessible

The VLAX-LDATA-PUT and VLAX-LDATA-GET functions act on application-specific LISP data in a drawing. AutoCAD 2000 and later releases cannot read or identify LDATA created by ObjectARX applications created with Visual LISP for AutoCAD Release 14.


Trademarks  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Trademarks

The following are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries: 3D Plan, 3D Props, 3D Studio, 3D Studio MAX, 3D Studio VIZ, 3DSurfer, ActiveShapes, ActiveShapes (logo), Actrix, ADE, ADI, Advanced Modeling Extension, AEC Authority (logo), AEC-X, AME, Animator Pro, Animator Studio, ATC, AUGI, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Data Extension, AutoCAD Development System, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Map, Autodesk, Autodesk Animator, Autodesk (logo), Autodesk MapGuide, Autodesk University, Autodesk View, Autodesk WalkThrough, Autodesk World, AutoLISP, AutoShade, AutoSketch, AutoSurf, AutoVision, Biped, bringing information down to earth, CAD Overlay, Character Studio, Design Companion, Design Your World, Design Your World (logo), Drafix, Education by Design, Generic, Generic 3D Drafting, Generic CADD, Generic Software, Geodyssey, Heidi, HOOPS, Hyperwire, Inside Track, Kinetix, MaterialSpec, Mechanical Desktop, Multimedia Explorer, NAAUG, ObjectARX, Office Series, Opus, PeopleTracker, Physique, Planix, Powered with Autodesk Technology, Powered with Autodesk Technology (logo), RadioRay, Rastation, Softdesk, Softdesk (logo), Solution 3000, Tech Talk, Texture Universe, The AEC Authority, The Auto Architect, TinkerTech, VISION*, WHIP!, WHIP! (logo), Woodbourne, WorkCenter, and World-Creating Toolkit.

The following are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries: 3D on the PC, 3ds max, ACAD, Advanced User Interface, AEC Office, AME Link, Animation Partner, Animation Player, Animation Pro Player, A Studio in Every Computer, ATLAST, Auto-Architect, AutoCAD Architectural Desktop, AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Learning Assistance, AutoCAD Learning Assistance, AutoCAD LT Learning Assistance, AutoCAD Simulator, AutoCAD SQL Extension, AutoCAD SQL Interface, Autodesk Animator Clips, Autodesk Animator Theatre, Autodesk Device Interface, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk PhotoEDIT, Autodesk Software Developer's Kit, Autodesk Streamline, Autodesk View DwgX, AutoFlix, AutoPAD, AutoSnap, AutoTrack, Built with ObjectARX (logo), ClearScale, Colour Warper, Combustion, Concept Studio, Content Explorer, cornerStone Toolkit, Dancing Baby (image), Design 2000 (logo), DesignCenter, Design Doctor, Designer's Toolkit, DesignProf, DesignServer, DWG Linking, DWG Unplugged, DXF, Extending the Design Team, FLI, FLIC, GDX Driver, Generic 3D, gmax, Heads-up Design, Home Series, i-drop, Kinetix (logo), Lightscape, ObjectDBX, onscreen onair online, Ooga-Chaka, Photo Landscape, Photoscape, Plasma, Plugs and Sockets, PolarSnap, Pro Landscape, QuickCAD, Reactor, Real-Time Roto, Render Queue, SchoolBox, Simply Smarter Diagramming, SketchTools, Sparks, Suddenly Everything Clicks, Supportdesk, The Dancing Baby, Transform Ideas Into Reality, Visual LISP, Visual Syllabus, VIZable, Volo, and Where Design Connects.


Installation  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Installation

This section provides instructions for installing, upgrading, and authorizing AutoCAD® on a stand-alone computer. If you are installing AutoCAD for a network, see the Network Administrator's Guide located in the \netsetup\docs folder on the AutoCAD 2002 CD.

Topics in this section:

   System Requirements

   Install or Upgrade AutoCAD

   Use Customized Files and Settings from Release 14 or 14.01

   Register and Authorize AutoCAD for a Stand-alone Computer

   Reinstall or Repair AutoCAD


System Requirements  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Installation

  System Requirements

Before you begin installing AutoCAD on a stand-alone computer, make sure that your computer meets the minimum recommended requirements. See the following table for hardware and software requirements.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware/ Software	Requirement	Notes
Operating  system	Windows® NT 4.0 with SP 5.0  Windows 98 Windows Millennium Edition (ME) Windows 2000	It is recommended that you install and run AutoCAD on an operating system in the same language as your version of AutoCAD or on an English version of the operating system. Users of Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 must have Administrator permissions to install AutoCAD. Not assigning these permissions can cause AutoCAD and third-party applications to perform incorrectly. See Windows Help for information about assigning user permissions.
Processor	Pentium 233 (minimum) Pentium 450 or higher (recommended) Equivalent processor
RAM	32 MB (minimum) 64 MB (recommended)
Video	800 x 600 VGA with 256 colors (minimum) 1024 x 768 SVGA with 64 thousand colors (recommended)	Requires a Windows-supported display adapter
Hard disk	Installation 130 MB Swap space 64 MB System folder 60 MB (minimum)  75 MB (recommended) Shared files 20 MB
Pointing device	Mouse, trackball, or other device
CD-ROM	Any speed (for installation only)
Optional  hardware	Open GL-compatible 3D video card Printer or plotter Digitizer Modem or access to an Internet connection Network interface card	The OpenGL driver that comes with the 3D graphics card must have the following: Full support of OpenGL or later. An OpenGL Installable Client Driver (ICD). The graphics card must have an ICD in its OpenGL driver software. The "miniGL" driver provided with some cards is not sufficient for use with AutoCAD. The network interface card must be compatible with existing Ethernet network infrastructure and is required for installing and running the network version of AutoCAD.
Web browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Netscape Navigator 4.5 or later	Internet Explorer 5.5 is installed with AutoCAD


Install or Upgrade AutoCAD  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Installation

  Install or Upgrade AutoCAD

This section includes information for installing or upgrading AutoCAD on a stand-alone computer.

Before you install

1	Make sure you have write permission to the following locations:

Folder where you are installing AutoCAD

System registry

Windows System folder

NOTE To use AutoCAD with Windows NT or Windows 2000, you must have Administrator or Power User permission to write to the system registry.

2	Close all running applications.

3	Uninstall any AutoCAD product extensions that you have previously installed.

4	Disable virus-checking software. Please refer to your virus software documentation for instructions.

NOTE Some files required by AutoCAD are installed in your system folder (for example, c:\Windows\System, or c:\Winnt\System32). This folder may be on a different drive than the folder you specify as the installation folder (for example, d:\Program Files\ACAD2002). You may need up to 75 MB of space in your system folder, depending on the components you select to install. You are alerted if there is insufficient free space on the drive that contains your system folder.

To install or upgrade AutoCAD on a stand-alone computer

1	Insert the AutoCAD 2002 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

Autorun starts the installation process unless you hold down the SHIFT key when you insert the CD.

If Autorun is turned off, you must designate the CD-ROM drive. From the Start menu, choose Run. Enter the CD-ROM drive letter and setup. For example, enter d:\setup.

2	On the opening page of the Installation wizard, click Next to continue.

3	Review the Autodesk software license agreement. You must accept this agreement to complete the installation. To accept, choose I Accept, then choose Next.

4	On the Serial Number page, enter the serial number and CD key located on the AutoCAD 2002 package. Choose Next.

5	On the User Information page, enter your user information and choose Next.

6	If this is a first-time installation, and you are not upgrading or adding an additional copy of AutoCAD to your computer, choose Next and go to step 7.

If an existing version of AutoCAD is detected on your system, you have two options:

Install AutoCAD 2002 in a separate directory

Upgrade your existing version of AutoCAD to AutoCAD 2002

If you choose to install AutoCAD 2002 in a separate directory, and you want to run a previous release on the same machine, AutoCAD 2002 will operate properly only with Release 14 or 14.01 installed on the same computer, not with AutoCAD 2000 or 2000i installed.

Upgrade options are as follows:

Release 14 or 14.01. You can upgrade to AutoCAD 2002 from AutoCAD Release 14 or 14.01. If you have more than one installed release of AutoCAD on your computer, you are prompted to select the location of the release you wish to upgrade.

AutoCAD 2000 or 2000i. If you have these versions on your computer, they are automatically upgraded.

NOTE Your previous version of AutoCAD may have had a hardware lock. Hardware locks are no longer required in AutoCAD 2002.

7	On the Select Installation Type page, specify the type of installation you want, and then choose Next.

Typical installs the following features:

Program files. Executables, menus, toolbars, Help templates, TrueType® fonts, and additional support files

Internet tools. Support files and Volo™ View Express

Fonts. SHX fonts

Database. External database tools and support files

VBA support. Microsoft Visual Basic® application support files

Batch Plotting. Batch plotting application and support files

Portable License Management. Provides utilities to share a single-user authorization on more than one computer

Samples. Sample drawings, images, and AutoCAD® DesignCenter™  files

Dictionaries. American English

Help files. Online documentation

Compact installs only the program files, fonts, and the Portable License Management.

Custom installs only the files you select. By default, the Custom installation option installs all AutoCAD features. Clear the check boxes for all AutoCAD 2002 components you do not want to install.

Full installs the following features in addition to the files installed by a Typical installation:

Internet Tools. Internet support files

Samples. Visual LISP™samples

Dictionaries. French-Canadian

Texture maps. Maps for photorealistic rendering

Tutorials. Visual LISP tutorials

8	On the Destination Folder page, do one of the following:

Choose Next to accept the default destination folder.

Choose Browse to specify a different drive and folder where you want AutoCAD installed. Choose any folder that is mapped to your computer (including network folders), or enter a new path. Choose OK, and then choose Next.

9	On the Start Installation page, choose Next to start the installation.

The Updating System page is displayed, showing the progress of the installation.

10	If an existing version of Microsoft NetMeeting is identified, you can choose to update it to Version 3.01. Choose Yes to update, or No to bypass.

NOTE If you choose not to upgrade NetMeeting, you will not be able to use the Meet Now feature until you upgrade.

11	If you selected a Typical or Custom installation including Volo View Express, you are prompted to install Volo View Express. Choose Yes to launch Volo View setup, or No to bypass.

NOTE Volo View Express is necessary for DWF file support and for the Publish to Web feature. If an existing version of Volo View Express is identified, it will be automatically upgraded to the latest version. Volo View Express will not overwrite an existing version of Volo View. If you require the full functionality of Volo-View, you may purchase an AutoCAD-compatible version separately.

When the installation is complete, the Setup Complete page is displayed.

12	Choose Finish. The Readme file is opened from this page when you choose Finish. This file contains information that was unavailable when the AutoCAD 2002 documentation was prepared. If you do not want to view the Readme file at this point, clear the check box next to Readme.

NOTE You can also view the Readme file after you have installed AutoCAD 2002 by starting AutoCAD and choosing Help. In the frame on the right side of the Help window, choose Getting Information, and then choose AutoCAD 2002 Readme.

13	It is strongly recommended that you restart your computer at this point in order for the installation settings to take effect. Do one of the following:

Choose Yes to restart your computer now.

Choose No to manually restart your computer at another time.

WARNING! If you do not restart your computer, you may have problems running AutoCAD.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed AutoCAD 2002. You are now ready to register your product and start using the program. To register the product, double-click the AutoCAD 2002 icon on your desktop and follow the instructions.


Use Customized Files and Settings from Release 14 or 14.01  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Installation

  Use Customized Files and Settings from Release 14 or 14.01

If you choose to upgrade in the same folder as a previous release, customized files are copied from the previous version and stored in a folder under the main AutoCAD folder called Previous Version Custom Files. The types of customized files copied are

Exported AutoCAD profiles

LISP files that are loaded during AutoCAD startup

AutoCAD standard linetype definition files

AutoCAD menu files

Digitizer and plotter configuration information

If you choose to install AutoCAD 2002 in a different folder, and you want to use your customized files, copy the files from the previous release into the ACAD2002\Support folder.


Register and Authorize AutoCAD for a Stand-alone Computer  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Installation

  Register and Authorize AutoCAD for a Stand-alone Computer

The first time you start AutoCAD 2002, the Authorization wizard is displayed. You can authorize AutoCAD at that time, or run AutoCAD and authorize it later. AutoCAD displays the Authorization wizard for 15 days. Each time you start the program, you are prompted to provide an authorization code. After 15 days, you must enter an authorization code in order to run AutoCAD.

You can register and authorize AutoCAD in one of the following ways:

Internet. Guides you through entering your registration information and sends it to Autodesk over the Internet. Once you submit your information, registration and authorization occur almost instantly.

Fax. Guides you through entering your registration information. Saves the information in a file that you can print and fax to Autodesk.

Email. Guides you through creating an email message with your registration information, which you can send to Autodesk.

Post/Mail. Guides you through entering your registration information. Saves the information in a file that you can print and mail to Autodesk.

To authorize AutoCAD

1	Double-click the AutoCAD 2002 icon on your desktop.

2	On the Begin page of the Authorization wizard, select Authorize AutoCAD 2002, and then choose Next.

3	Do one of the following:

Select Register and Authorize, which will guide you through the electronic registration process.

Select Complete Authorization, where you will enter your authorization code (which you'll receive after you've registered your product).

4	Choose Next and follow the on-screen instructions.


Reinstall or Repair AutoCAD  [AutoCAD 2002 Readme]
AutoCAD 2002 Readme

 Installation

  Reinstall or Repair AutoCAD

If you accidentally delete or alter files required by AutoCAD, you can reinstall or repair them. When you perform a reinstallation of AutoCAD, the procedure automatically repairs damaged or missing files. The reinstallation or repair uses the choices you made during the last installation and requires little interaction.

To reinstall AutoCAD

1	From the Start menu (Windows), choose Settings [image] Control Panel.

2	In the Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs.

3	Do one of the following:

For Windows, 98, NT and ME. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, Install/Uninstall tab, select AutoCAD 2002. Choose Add/Remove.

For Windows 2000. In the Add/Remove Programs dialog box, select AutoCAD 2002, and choose Change.

4	In the Add/Remove Application dialog box, select Reinstall AutoCAD 2002, and then choose Next.

5	In the AutoCAD 2002 Setup dialog box, do one of the following, and then choose Next:

Select Reinstall AutoCAD 2002.

Select Repair Errors in My AutoCAD 2002 Installation. If you select this option, you also restore your shortcuts if they do not point to the location of your AutoCAD files. If you do not want to restore your shortcuts, clear the corresponding check box.

6	In the Start Installation dialog box, choose Next, to begin installation.

7	In the Backup Files dialog box, highlight the files to back up, and then choose Next.

8	In the AutoCAD 2002 dialog box, when the components have been added, choose Finish.

9	If prompted, restart your computer.