Volo View Express Readme

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System Requirements

-Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT® 4 Service Pack 3 or later
-Pentium PC running at 90 Megahertz, minimum
-75MB of free hard disk space during installation (VoloTM View Express uses 49MB when installed)
-32MB of RAM, minimum
-800 x 600 SVGA display, minimum
-Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (specifically, for Windows 9X/NT, version 5.00.2919.6307; for Windows 2000, version 5.00.2920.0000)

Note: Neither Volo View Express nor VoloTM View supports Netscape Navigator. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later is required for installation.

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Installation Instructions for Volo View Express on One Computer

Notes:
(a) If you are installing Volo View Express to replace Volo View, be sure to uninstall Volo View first. See the procedure in "Uninstall Instructions for Volo View and Volo View Express."
(b) An AutoCAD 2002 installation automatically starts a Volo View Express installation if it finds no existing installation of Volo View or Volo View Express. The following procedure is an alternative to installing Volo View Express immediately after an AutoCAD 2002 installation.

1. Close all applications.

2. On the AutoCAD 2002 CD, open the vve folder.

3. Double-click the setup.exe file.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Warning: When you install Volo View Express on Windows 2000, you may get this error: "There is not enough space available on the disk." If you know there is enough space, the computer may have a registry error created by some installations of Windows 2000. By the time the Volo View Express installer displays the error about insufficient space, the installer will have automatically corrected the registry error. You should cancel the installation and restart the Volo View Express installer for the correction to take effect.

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Instructions for Volo View Express "Silent" Installation (on Multiple Computers At Once)

Notes:
(a) If you are installing Volo View Express to replace Volo View, be sure to uninstall Volo View first. See the procedure in "Uninstall Instructions for Volo View and Volo View Express."
(b) An AutoCAD 2002 installation automatically starts a Volo View Express installation if it finds no existing installation of Volo View or Volo View Express. The following procedure is an alternative to installing Volo View Express immediately after an AutoCAD 2002 installation.

1. Close all applications.

2. Open a DOS command window.

3. In the command window, change the directory to the AutoCAD 2002 CD's vve folder. The folder contains a setup.exe file.

4. In the vve folder, enter a command similar to the following that is appropriate to your system:

	setup.exe -noprompt -location="<path>" -b:n -b:f

The command-line switches do the following:

Switch					Function
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-noprompt				Prevents the installer from
					displaying dialog boxes for user input.

-location="<path>" 			Provides the path for the
					installation. Replace <path> with the full path of the directory into which you want to install Volo View Express. Enclose <path> in quotation marks if you want to include spaces in the path. Unless you enclose <path> in quotation marks, the first space will signify the end of the path.

-b:n 					Prevents the installer from
					rebooting the computer.

-b:f					Prevents the installer from
					checking the computer for existing Volo View installations.

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Uninstall Instructions for Volo View and Volo View Express

1. Choose the Start button (Windows taskbar).

2. On the Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel.

3. In the Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

4. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, on the Install/Uninstall tab, double-click the program you want to remove, and follow the on-screen instructions.

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View Autodesk Inventor 4 Files

If you want to open an Autodesk InventorTM 4 file, you must first install Autodesk Inventor 4 Design Assistant.

To install Autodesk Inventor 4 Design Assistant:

1. Choose the Start button (Windows taskbar) and choose Programs to confirm that the current release of Volo View Express is installed on your computer.

2. In the Support section of the Autodesk Web site 
(http://www.autodesk.com/support), in the Downloads area, do a keyword search for Design Assistant.

3. Download the installation program.

4. Double-click the icon of the program you downloaded.

5. Unzip the program. 
Important Note: If you want to view DWF files, you should uninstall Volo View Express before doing step 6.

6. Double-click the Setup.exe file to install Design Assistant.

7. If you uninstalled Volo View Express in order to view DWF files, reinstall Volo View Express now.

Notes about Inventor 4 files:
(a) Even though the Volo View Express Help states that Markup commands are not available for Inventor 4 IDW files, you can use Markup commands for these files from the Markup menu and the Markup toolbar. Information about Markup is available in the Volo View Express Help system (Help > Volo View Help). On the Contents tab, choose "Marking Up Drawings."
(b) If you open an IPT or IAM file but cannot see the file's objects, change the size of the file's window (for example, maximize the window) to make the objects visible.

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View Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 4 or AutoCAD Architectural Desktop 2 Files

If you want to view an Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop 4 file or an AutoCAD Architectural DesktopTM 2 file, you must download the object enablers first.

To download the object enablers:

1. In the Support section of the Autodesk Web site 
(http://www.autodesk.com/support), in the Downloads area, do a keyword search for Autodesk Object Enabler Comparison Chart.

2. On the Autodesk Object Enabler Comparison Chart, choose the enablers you want to download based on the software listed in the chart's "Can Be Installed On" column.

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General Issues

-To view a DWG, DWF, or DXF file in black and white, on the shortcut menu, choose Black & White. You can then print the file in black and white by choosing Print from the File menu.

-If you encounter long delays opening a drawing that contains TrueType fonts, the text in the TrueType font may have a Width factor other than 1.0 or an Oblique Angle value other than 0. To avoid the problem, change the TrueType fonts to SHX fonts or change the text to a Width of 1.0 and an Oblique Angle of 0.

-If you have trouble viewing DWF files in Internet Explorer and  uninstalled AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT probably left a registry entry on your computer. Do NOT delete the entry described below if you still have a version of AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT installed. Only delete the entry if you uninstalled AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT, and you currently have neither AutoCAD nor AutoCAD LT on your computer. If AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT left an entry behind when you uninstalled the program, delete the entry by deleting the following key with the Registry Editor:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\Model/vnd.dwf

-For the Tangent, Perpendicular, and Centers snaps to work on markups, the Geometry snap option must be selected in the AutoSnap dialog box.

-Volo View Express does not support DWT files, even though you can open them in Volo View Express.

-If using the Zoom or Orbit command causes parts of a drawing to no longer appear on the screen, choose Refit from the View menu to correct this problem.

-Volo View Express no longer allows the addition of Fill patterns, otherwise known as Fill formats, to text blocks. Fill patterns created with earlier versions of Volo View Express may not scale correctly when you use the File menu's Print Preview and Print commands.

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Print in Volo View Express

-When you print on an 8½" x 11" sheet and leave the linetype pattern scale at 1 (the default), markups look out of scale on the screen but print correctly. If you increase the linetype pattern scale, markups look correct on the screen but print incorrectly.

-Changes in print scale may cause existing markups to be incorrectly scaled and positioned when a file is reopened in Volo View Express. Choosing Refit from the View menu may correct this problem.

-Volo View Express, not Internet Explorer, is preferred for printing DWG, DXF, and DWF files. However, if you embed Volo View Express in an HTML page, you can print from the browser using the shortcut menu.
