IntelliCAD is a product developed by the ITC Consortium which comprises different companies from around the world. This guarantees the necessary support in case of any problems which may arise handling such a vast software project. Every company participating as a trading member in the ITC Consortium can distribute products based on IntelliCAD technology. This kind of co-operation guarantees the basic functionality and compatibility.
To the basic characteristics of IntelliCAD, progeCAD adds a great many of improvements and additional functions which make progeCAD the best IntelliCAD version currently distributed on the market. This depends on the font. The opened drawing makes use of AutoCAD fonts. Anyone in possession of a regular AutoCAD license can also use the fonts supplied with AutoCAD in the progeCAD program along with the numerous fonts already available in progeCAD. Just open the Tools Options menu and access the Path/File tab Support paths sub-menu. Double click Fonts and add the fonts installation path.
For ex.: C: Program Files AutoCAD R14 Fonts. For the 2000 version of AutoCAD the simplex font can be found in Support directory. You can add this path too (For ex.: C: AutoCAD LT 2000 Fonts;C: AutoCAD LT 2000 Support) or copy this font to the folder Fonts of AutoCAD 2000. This guarantees a perfect display of any project using the simplex.shx font. Anyone who owns a regular AutoCAD license can use, besides the numerous fonts available with progeCAD, also the fonts supplied with AutoCAD. To do this, open the Tools menu, under Options in Path/File, Support paths sub-menu, in Fonts add the fonts' installation path.
ProgeCAD 2014 Pro 14.0.6 started to be the next phase IntelliCAD and will simply replace AutoCAD LT as well as AutoCad! This program is great for any person which makes use of in addition to generates CAD drawings, which include professors, individuals, developers, architects, drafters along with.
For ex.: C: Program Files AutoCAD R14 Fonts. For the 2000 version of AutoCAD the simplex font can be found Support directory. You can add this path too (For ex.: C: AutoCAD LT 2000 Fonts;C: AutoCAD LT 2000 Support) or copy this font to the folder Fonts of AutoCAD 2000. This guarantees a perfect display of any project using the simplex.shx font. If when progeCAD was installed on your PC an AutoCAD installation is already present, the font path will be automatically added to the standard ones. The fonts used for the drawing's text depend on the text's style. With progeCAD it is possible to specify the font to be used in place of other fonts.
Sometimes it may be necessary to use only some types of font for a drawing, or to convert the fonts used into different fonts. To this purpose the font mapping tables can be used. If for example drawings are shared with other AutoCAD users, a font mapping table can be used in order to specify the alternative font progeCAD must use for the text originally created in a different font. The font mapping table (FMP) is an ASCII file containing a font mapping for each line. Each line contains the basic name of the font file (without the path) followed by a semicolon (;) and the name of the alternative font file with the relative extension (for example.shx or.ttf). It is for example possible to type the following string in a font mapping table in order to specify that the romanc.shx font file must be substituted by the IC-romans.shx font file. Romanc.shx;IC-romans.shx progeCAD comes with a default font mapping table included in the file ICAD.FMP, which is stored in the progeCAD folder.
This file can be modified with any ASCII text editor. It is also possible to specify a different table file in the Options dialogue box or by means of the FONTMAP system variable.
How to specify a font mapping table 1 From the Tools menu choose Options. 2 In the Paths/File list 3 Insert the mapping file name (.fmp) in the 'Font Identification' box progeCAD's original setting uses icad.fmp; if no substitution of font is needed, delete or rename the ICAD.FMP file. Also remember that. Is it possible to use AutoCAD's fonts (the.SHX files) with progeCAD? Yes,progeCAD is compatible with AutoCAD fonts file.shx. To do this, open the 'Options' menu and select the 'File Paths' tab; then add the fonts' installation path under 'fonts'. For ex: C: Program Files AutoCAD R14 fonts;c: Program Files AutoCAD R14 support If when progeCAD was installed on your PC an AutoCAD installation is already present, the font path will be automatically added to the standard ones.
If you have original AutoCAD Fonts and want to avoid font substitution of standard ones (Ex. ROMANS.SHX SIMPLEX.SHX) You also must open the font mapping file, icad.fmp and either delete or comment out the line that makes a font substitution for your AutoCAD font. For example, suppose you have simplex.shx located at C: ACADFONT and you click on Tools on the menu bar and then Options to identify C: ACADFONT as an alternate font directory. But when you open a drawing that uses simplex.shx, the program continues to substitute ic-simplex.shx. The solution is to open icad.fmp with a text editing program and either delete the line simplex;ic-simplex.shx or comment it out so that it reads:;simplex;ic-simplex.shx Then the next time you launch the program it will no longer substitute ic-simplex.shx for simplex.shx. Check if the font path is specified correctly in progeCAD options.
From Tools-Options choose Path/Files tab Support paths sub-menu, and insert the correct path for your fonts double clicking the Fonts folder. You can add several different paths separated by a semicolon; - progeCAD makes an automatic substitution of fonts not available, check file icad.fmp (it is stored into progeCAD main directory), if a font substitution is present for one you have on the disk, delete this row. Font substitution syntax is OriginalFont;OptionalFont. The font used in the drawing is not present on the PC on which progeCAD ® is installed.
Font installation is required. Or Make sure that a font search path is present among those displayed in the menu Tools - Options - Paths/File - Support paths - Fonts. If it is not, add the character ';' after the queued existing routes and then the font path.
Or Verify that the font replacement is not active. Open with a text editor (e.g.
'Notepad' Windows) the file 'icad.fmp' that is situated in Start menu of Windows - All Programs - progeCAD 2XXX Pro ENG - Utility - progeCAD 20XX Professional Center - Settings - User Support Folder. Example: The font not properly displayed is 'romans'. After verifying the installation of the font on your system and therefore the presence of the full path among those displayed in the fonts location (Tools - Options - Paths/File - Support paths - Fonts), open the file 'icad.fmp' and remove the row with the following content: 'romans; ic-romans.
' This will avoid the replacement of fonts. If the font used in the drawing is not present on your PC, install it to see your drawing properly. If you cannot do that, opening the drawing with progeCAD a dialog box for fonts substitution shows up. Choose the font compatible with the one to replace. NOTE To ensure the correct management of installed Bigfonts you must change the file Bigfont.ini Start - All Programs - progeCAD 2XXX pro ENG - Utility -User Support Folder this file specifies the language to which the installed font belongs.
SYNOPSIS: 'Name of the font with'; ' language reference number' CODES OF REFERENCE LANGUAGES: JAPANESECODEPAGEINDEX = 1, TRADITIONALCHINESECODEPAGEINDEX = 2, KOREANCODEPAGEINDEX = 3, SIMPLIFIEDCHINESECODEPAGEINDEX = 5 Example for a font that is called chinasfzhjt.shx in simplified Chinese, you will add a row chinasfzhjt.shx; 5. This is a problem that generally depends on the settings of the FlyOver snap (advanced snaps). Fly over snaps are a special mode of object Snaps which allow a user of progeCAD to display immediately the relevant points of objects (endpoint, centre, midpoint, intersection, etc.). For complex drawings (several drawn entities) or if a PC is not very fast, the use of this mode can overload the computer. Should any problem arise, only one value at the time should be set (for ex.
Only End, Centre, Intersection, etc.); alternatively this function should be disabled and object Snaps should be used only when necessary by means of the relative toolbar. To set the Object Snaps, position the cursor over the Esnap icon on the status bar in the bottom right corner of progeCAD and press the mouse right button. From the menu, select 'Settings' The required snaps should then be selected from the control window. The FlyOver button can be used for activating the settings of FlyOver Snaps. An error message is displayed and the drawing is not opened.
An error message is not displayed but the drawing won't open. The loading of a drawing started but after its completion or before it progeCAD ® goes wrong.
In all these cases, the file may be corrupted, so it requires recovery: - Start progeCAD ® - From the File Utility menu choose 'Recover' - Select the damaged file and confirm - After the procedure it is necessary to save the drawing for the operation to take effect on it. It is recommended that you use the 'Save as' command assigning another name to the recovered file to avoid losing any crucial information that was not recovered.
Where: The drawing is open, but some of its details are not present In this case, the file may be corrupted, so it requires recovery: - Start progeCAD ® - From the File Utility menu choose 'Recover' - Select the damaged file and confirm - After the procedure it is necessary to save the drawing for the operation to take effect on it. It is recommended that you use the 'Save as' command assigning another name to the recovered file to avoid losing any crucial information that was not recovered. The reason could be that the drawing from which you are copying your entities has been closed. Make sure the file from which you are copying your entities is still open. If it is closed: open the source file, select the entities to be copied using the 'Copy' or 'Copy with base point' commands from the Edit menu - Open or switch to the destination drawing keeping the source drawing open, go to the Edit menu and choose the 'Paste' or 'Paste to original coordinate' commands.
NOTE The right way to copy is always by using the 'Copy' command from the Edit menu. The wheel of the Mouse rotation - Zoom IN and Zoom Out pressed - Pan in the active window double-click - Zoom Extension in the Active window To use the CTRL key for the Zoom and Pan commands (progeCAD 2016 and newer versions), you need to enable Mouse Advanced Functions. These settings can be found in the menu Express - Mouse Advanced Functions (variable CTRLMOUSE) CTRL + Left mouse button pressed - 3D orbit in the window Enabled CTRL + SHIFT + Left Mouse button pressed - Zoom IN and Zoom Out the window CTRL + SHIFT + Right Mouse button pressed - Pan in the Active window SHIFT + mouse- Pan in the Active window. Like all the print, it depends solely on the printing device installed. Open a drawing to be printed - Start the Plot command - Select the Name of the printing device (plotter, printer or an output file) in the pull-down list in the Printer section - After selecting the printing device, click on the Properties button You'll see the printing device driver interface that allows to create the custom size (if provided by the manufacturer). For additional information on creating customized formats by this device, consult the manufacturer's manual. Attention: If progeCAD ® does not save customized formats, you must go to Control Panel Printers by Windows.
For progeCAD 2017 or older versions. Save the last rendered image: From the menu View select Render Preferences - Under the tab General press the button 'Save Last Render to File' (or 'Redisplay Last Rendered Image' to see the created render on the screen) - Specify the path and the name with extension for your output file and confirm. Save the render directly to file: From the menu View select Render Preferences - Under the tab General 'Render to file' define the desired size and press the button 'Render' ( the button on the right of the 'File' field ) - Specify the path and the name with extension for your output file and confirm. Starting from progeCAD 2018: - From the View menu choose 'Render Open render' - Perform all render configurations you need - Run render operation by using the 'Full render' button - Use the 'Save the last render on file.' Button For advanced settings please refer to the integrated render guide.
ProgeCAD 2019 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2014 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2013 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2011 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2010 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2009 or earlier 01. From Start menu — All Programs choose progeCAD 2XXX NLM section, then Register NLM license. Specify all the requested information (the serial number is in the e-mail you received from progeCAD), then press Next. Select I don’t have an Authorization code. Select the registration method you prefer. E-mail registration is recommended. By choosing an e-mail or Fax registration method, the registration form will appear.
Fill it in with the required information, the fields in bold are mandatory. Proceed with the registration following the instructions of the Wizard to send a FAX or e-mail. Once you have received the Authorization code, follow these steps: From Start menu — All Programs choose progeCAD 2XXX NLM section, then Register NLM license. Copy and insert the authorization code which you've received in the specified field, then press Continue. ProgeCAD 2019 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2014 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2013 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2011 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2010 Detailed instructions can be found. ProgeCAD 2009 or earlier 01.
Install progeCAD 2XXX Professional on a client PC. From the menu Start — All Prgrams choose progeCAD 2XXX section Register progeCAD 2XXX. Specify all the requested information (the serial number is in the e-mail sent by ProgeSOFT), then press Next. ProgeCAD displays the default connection server data. Leave the default settings. (You can check your server IP by inserting your server name and pressing the “Check DNS” button). ProgeCAD 2019 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2014 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2013 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2011 Detailed instructions can be found progeCAD 2010 Detailed instructions can be found.
NOTE: If NLM server has been moved or its communication port has been changed, Window asks for IP and Port via the dialog which automatically opens on progeCAD start. In order to force this dialog in another moment, it's enough to run registration.exe with the SETSERVERDATA parameter. For default installation the command is the following: 'C: Program Files progeSOFT progeCAD 2010 Professional ENG registration.exe' SETSERVERDATA progeCAD 2009 or earlier To modify the communication port used by Network License Server (usually not required), edit (using a simple text editor such as Notepad) pserver.ini that you can find in the installation folder (usually c: program files progesoft netprot). IntelliCAD is a product developed by the ITC Consortium which comprises different companies from around the world. This guarantees the necessary support in case of any problems which may occur handling such a vast software project. Every company participating as a trading member in the ITC Consortium can distribute products based on IntelliCAD technology. This kind of co-operation guarantees the basic functionality and compatibility.
To the basic characteristics of IntelliCAD, progeCAD adds a great many of improvements and additional functions which make progeCAD the best IntelliCAD version currently distributed on the market. Corporate licensing is the optimum solution for companies with numerous CAD seats which offers good value for money. Corporate One Site, Corporate Country and Corporate Global licenses allow to activate an unlimited number of progeCAD Professional copies on all computers under the company license proprietor name.
The territorial limit is the sole restriction of usage and is based on the Corporate license type (One Site, Country, Global). Still, the company, proprietor of the license, may hold progeCAD software copies installed on laptops belonging to the company to enable its employees to use progeCAD remotely, out of the corporate office.
Corporate One Site license allows the unlimited installation of software copies in the premises of a business (a building or a group of buildings situated in the same location) with the exception of laptops belonging to the organization on which the software can be installed and used by employees even out of the corporate office. Corporate Country license allows the unlimited installation of software copies in an organization with multiple premises situated within the same country.
Corporate Global license allows the unlimited installation of software copies in an organization which has multiple premises situated worldwide. The progeCAD Professional software is installed and activated on every single PC, so a Server is not required for licensing management. The activation of progeCAD can be carried out either on each single PC after the software installation, as in the case of Single Licenses, or by using a specific tool for the network automated installation which allows to activate and install the license during the installation process. Once all progeCAD Professional software copies are activated making use of the tool, the computers with progeCAD will be operable even not connected to the network. The tool for automated activation with the instructions is provided on the corporate license purchase.