Vid månadsskiftet var det ett halvår sedan World Backup Day. Vi har kommit i kontakt med kundmiljöer där det rått osäkerhet kring vad som säkerhetskopieras och uppmanar därför att ni reflekterar över era rutiner och vid behov ser över dem. Här kommer några frågor som stöd. När granskade du senast er backuprutin? Vad säkerhetskopieras? Har […]
Multiple customers have reported that elMaster Design would not load correctly after installing security updates of Microsoft .NET Framework. Startup of elMaster Design would fail with an empty error dialogue. This problem and other similar problems in other software is the reason Microsoft have stopped distributing the .NET Framework July 2018 updates on Windows Update and are […]
In the occasion you experience problems getting the scale correct in generated pdf of imported drawings, it might be because you did not know about this setting; UseStandardScale. This applies in the situation where there is a difference on scale when rendering pdf of drawings manually via the PLOT dialog and using Fit To Paper […]
By having Pdfs generated automatically you get some neat features including Pdf preview, Thumbnails and Content search. For most customers it is preferred setup to enable the automatic Pdf generator. If your drawings are plotted using the default Pc3 provided by Autodesk, its default setting is to have the PDF opened. Often it is preferred […]
The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable set of commands that are available independent of what tab of the ribbon is active. Per default it is empty. You can save time by adding the commands you use most frequently to the Quick Access Toolbar. You can save even more time by using keyboard sequences for […]
The Batch-function menu in MasterExplorer is configurable and you can easily add your Lsp scripts to it. The configuration is held in LSPsettings.xml which is located together with your Lsp script files in the \Scripts\Lsp folder at your IdesFileServer. Below is an extract showing the configuration for one script file. <LispFunctionSetting> <FileName>UPDATE</FileName> <Description>Update from database</Description> […]
Did someone elses printings end up among the pages of your batch plot? If many users batch plot to the same network printer there is risc the printed pages are mixed up. There are sophisticated printers that sorts the printed pages per user either by use of multiple trays or by use of queuing where users […]
When starting elMaster Design the application start will first start the AutoCAD you used last and then load elMaster Design functionality. If there are more AutoCAD products installed you need to make sure the desired product is the one you had last started before starting elMaster Design. Assuming you always want the same version and product there are settings […]
With MasterConcept 12 a report type called Project Log is introduced. This type can be used similar to some of the hard coded quick reports for projects that existed in earlier versions. A major advantage is that the reports are now fully configurable as any other document type. To set up a project log go to […]
When starting elMaster Design the application start will first start the AutoCAD you used last and then load elMaster Design functionality. If there are more AutoCAD products installed you need to make sure the desired product is the one you had last started before starting elMaster Design. Assuming you always want the same version and product there are settings […]