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Kristian Sjöström

12.1.1 Changed Database Driver

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The used Oracle driver has been changed, in 12.1 there was a requirement for “Oracle Managed Data Provider for .NET”. This requirement has been lifted and we no longer install this client with the installation program. Instead we use “Oracle Data Provider for .NET” which is a separate prerequisite install which replaces the need for any other Oracle client.

The components needed from the “Oracle Data Provider for .NET” installation are
– Oracle Data Provider for .NET
– Oracle Provider for OLE DB

Oracle Driver Location
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/index-085163.html

Don’t hesitate to contact support if there are any questions regarding this driver change.

Kristian Sjöström

AutoCAD Error Report

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Sometimes when you close elMaster design or proMaster design you get an AutoCAD Error Report. This error can be found in version 11.0 and version 12.0. The error in itself is harmless but somewhat irritating. We have now found a solution that will remove the error from occurring.

AutoCAD Error Report
AutoCAD Error Report
Solution

The solution is to turn of the AutoCAD InfoCenter Toolbar and then you will no longer get the AutoCAD Error Report
InfoCenter
This can be done in two ways:

  1. Change in register. For example the AutoCAD 2015
    “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R20.0\ACAD-E001:409\InfoCenter\InfoCenterOn” to 0
  2. Run this Lisp in the Command Prompt in AutoCAD, This lisp command can be added to the EPC_HOOK.LSP. But it only needs to be ran once to solve the problem.
    • (progn (vl-load-com) (vl-registry-write (strcat “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\”
      (vlax-product-key) “\\InfoCenter”) “InfoCenterOn” 0))
Kristian Sjöström

Searchable AutoCAD drawings

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In both version 11.0 and 12.0 it is possible to search content in a drawing file from MasterExplorer.  That makes it easier to find the drawing that you need to access.

What do you need to do?

The drawing files must use a font that is a TrueType font for the text to be searchable. We have changed this on out templates so new drawings will have Arial as a default font.

But how about our old drawings?

We have a solution for this also. We update the drawings when the are open using a epc_hook.lsp

Instructions

  1. Put the file “changeStyleToArial.lsp” in Custom Directory (%appdata%/ides/Master Concept 12/Custom)
  2. Add following to the “epc_hook.lsp” located in (%appdata%/ides/Master Concept 12/Custom)
    – (princ “\nChange style to ARIAL”)
    – (load “changeStyleToArial.lsp” T)
  3. Finsihed

changeStyleToArial

 

Kristian Sjöström

12.0, New PDF Viewer

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An alternative PDF Viewer has been added to the 12.0 version.
Enable this viewer by setting the EXP_VIEWER_SETTING variable to Internal2.

With this new viewer you can:

  • Text search
  • Selecting and copying PDF content to the clipboard for Images
  • Selecting and copying PDF content to the clipboard for Text
  • Printing and export to PDF
  • Support for document information
  • Zooming, scrolling and continuous page layout.
  • Page rotation
  • Document navigation
  • Greyscale

preview

 

 

Kristian Sjöström

Extern Viewer for 64-bit environment

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AutoDWG releases 64-bit version of the viewer DWGViewX. This Viewer works on Master Concept in a 64-bit environment. This is possible to use instead of the internal viewer included in Master Concept 11.0 and 12.0. The DWGViewX is not freeware but you can always download a trial and try it!

http://www.autodwg.com/dwg-viewer/dwgviewx.htm

Install

  1. Download
  2. Change reg.bat to ”regsvr32 C:\Temp\DWGViewX64\DWGViewX64.dll”
  3. Run reg.bat as an administrator on the machine

You can use the same dwg.html as earlier.

Kristian Sjöström

MasterConcept 12.0 Fix1 Released

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Version: 12.0.1.13

Information We have released 12.0.1 on the ftp.

Please Download on the customer web.

Readme 12.0.1