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#1 The difference between Standard, Professional and Enterprise versions.
Q: What is the difference between Standard, Professional and Enterprise versions?
A:
| ABViewer features |
| | Enterprise | Professional | Standard |
| Viewer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Converter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Poster Print |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Redline |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Batch Converter |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Batch Print |
Yes |
No |
No |
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#2 Floating Licenses.
Q: What is a Floating License?
A: Floating Licenses are intended to be used in the TCP/IP net. It consists of the program Floating License Server and of copies of ABViewer or some other CadSoftTools products installed on computers in the TCP/IP net.
A multi-user floating license uses a server to issue licenses to remote applications. CS Floating License Server can be run under Windows NT platform (NT 4, 2000, XP, 2003) Server or Workstation.
The license allows you to use ABViewer on several machines. Every time a client uses a floating license he/she connects to CS Floating License Server and gets ("leases") a license from that server so the number of available licenses on this server is decreased. When the client finishes his/her work, the license is returned to the Floating License Server and it is available for other machines.
Note: using Floating Licenses allows to save your money. For instance: if you have several computers which will not use ABViewer at the same time you don't need to purchase licenses for all your computers. It is just enough to purchase Floating Licenses for the estimated maximal number of simultaneously run copies of ABViewer. Then the program Floating License Server must be installed on any computer for storing and managing the registration data. Then ABViewer can be run everywhere where it can get access to the TCP/IP net. And it is not necessary to reenter the registration data every time when reloading.
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#3 Redline (markup).
Q: What is Redline?
A: Redline is a tool which allows creating, editing and saving markups that overlay the opened CAD file. Redline can contain texts, lines, arrows, rectangles and ellipses.
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#4 Managing ABViewer from the command line.
Q: How can I manage ABViewer from the command line.
A: Usage: ABViewer [command] [switch][switch]file[s...]
Command: open file
Example: open ConusGrinder.dxf
ABViewer.exe ConusGrinder.dxf
Command: convert file(s) to a specified file format
/c xxx
where 'xxx' - extension of output file(s) - dxf, bmp, jpg, emf, wmf, tif or gif
Switches:
- Width='value' - width of output file(s)
- Height='value' - height of output file(s)
Example: convert 50states.hpg, test1.dxf and test2.plt to 50states.bmp, test1.bmp and test2.bmp with height=200 and width=100
Command: print specified file(s)
Example: print the following files: 50states.hpg, test1.dxf and test2.plt
ABViewer.exe /p 50states.hpg test1.dxf test2.plt
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#5 Printing a large image on a small printer
Q: How to print a large image on a small printer
A: If you have an A4-format (210x297 mm) printer and a large image (drawing) 825x594 mm.
- Open the image file.
- Press the Print Preview button [File > Print > Print Preview], after a short while, the Print Preview dialog will appear.
- Open the Device Settings tab
- Select the needed printer and its format for example A4 - 210x297 mm)
- In Paper orientation section choose Landscape or Portrait paper orientation (for example Portrait)
- In Format size section select predefined format A1 (840, 594)
- In Paper offset section of the Additional Settings tab you can choose the size of the printed zone on a paper sheet. This is made for easy combining the sheets after printing placing their sides one on another.
- Press the Print button.
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#6 A too big size of the output EMF file.
Q: When using ABViewer for saving a *.dwg file as a *.wmf file, the file is significantly larger than using AutoCAD output as *.wmf.
A: The reason of the difference is in different drawing methods. A SHX symbol is a set of lines. ABViewer uses MoveTo, LineTo API commands when drawing SHX texts (ABViewer is made on the base of CAD Import VCL tool (click here for downloading). AutoCAD uses another API command - Polyline . As a result ABViewer uses API commands several times more often than AutoCAD when drawing the same SHX symbol. Windows Metafile consists of a set of such API commands. Therefore ABViewer makes WMF much larger than AutoCAD.
This problem is in our task list for improvement of our products.
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