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Ans. : Most of the LISP commands are supported in ActCAD. However there are few limitations on VISUAL LISP Some of the Visual LISP commands are not supported by ActCAD. Check the code thoroughly and compare with ActCAD Help Developer Reference.

 

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”2 : What is the Difference between ActCAD Standard & Professional Versions.?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : ActCAD Professional is having 3D Modelling Tools, Productivity tools etc.. which are not there in ActCAD Standard Version.

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”4 : How to increase Entity Selection Pickbox Size and Entity Snap Aperture ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : Below are the steps to achieve this result in ActCAD 2016 Software. 1.Select any entity inside ActCAD. 2.In that condition, go to Tools->Drawing Settings -> Coordinate Input Tab 3.Then you will notice two options at the bottom on Entity Selection Pickbox, increase the size at the pickbox dropdown list. 4.Similarly you can increase the Entity Snap Aperture, by increasing the Aperture size.

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”5 : Can I/we become Dealer/Reseller of your software ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : Yes, we encourage you to become our Dealer or Reseller. However, we appoint only one Dealer in a particular State/Region. If there is no existing Dealer, you will get a chance to become our Dealer. Otherwise, we will redirect you to your local Dealer so that you can become their reseller.

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”6 : Where do I get best deal to buy ActCAD software ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : We recommend you to buy the software from your nearest Dealer to get better support. There won’t be any price difference between dealers and direct Distributor or online purchase.

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”7 : How do I know the version number that I have installed ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : Open ActCAD. Help menu -> About ActCAD The mask is written the exact number of installed version

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”8 : Where are print information stored ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : Stored Into the system registry : – ”Save changes to Layout” check box value – ”Use Setting from” check box value – Header and Footer Stored into the drawing: – Print Area – Fit print area to size of page – Scale – Print origin – Use Line Weight – Printer – Paper Landscape/Portrait – Units – Upside down set Stored into CTB files : – Pens color related to colors table – Lineweight related to colors table – Linetype

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”9 : The hot key of zoom and pan ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : wheel of the Mouse rotation -> Zoom IN and Zoom Out pressed -> Pan in the active window double-click -> Zoom Extension in the Active CTRL + Left mouse button pressed -> 3D orbit in the window Enable 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

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”11 : Copy and Paste does not work. I can not copy the drawing in another drawing ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : The reason could be that the drawing from which entities are being copied was closed. — Make sure the file from which the entities were copied is still open. — If it proves closed: open the file of the drawing of origin, select entities to be copied from the Edit menu and choose “Copy” or “Copy with Base Point.” — Open or move into the drawing of destination without closing the drawing of origin, Edit menu and choose Paste “or” Paste to Original Coordinate”. NOTE: The right way to copy is always use the command “Copy” from the Edit menu

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”12 : Display the thickness of lines in the work area ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : — Click on the button “LWT” in the status bar of ActCAD to enable or disable the display of line width. OR: — From the Tools menu, choose ” Drawing Settings” . — Under the “Display”, under the label “Change settings:” choose from: “Lineweights.” — Select the “display lineweights”. — Exit the form confirming the button “Ok”

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”13 : When open a drawing, the content of the parts are different ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : Where: The drawing is open, but some of its details are not present In this case, the file may be corrupted, so recovery is needed: — Start ActCAD — From the File menu choose “Recover” – Select the damaged files and confirm — After the all the operations take effect on the drawing it is necessary to save it. It is recommended that you use the “Save as” command assigning another name to the recovered file to avoid losing in this way any definitive information that was not recovered

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”14 : I can not open a drawing ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : Where: 01. An error message is displayed and the drawing is not opened. 02. An error message is not displayed but the drawing won’t open. 03. It began the loading of the drawing but after the operation is completed or before it ActCAD goes wrong. In all these cases, the file may be corrupted, so recovery is needed: — Start ActCAD — From the File menu choose “Recover” — Select the damaged files and confirm — After all the operations take effect on the drawing it is necessary to save it. It is recommended that you use the “Save as” command assigning another name to the recovered file to avoid losing in this way any definitive information that was not recovered.

[/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”15 : I inserted an OLE Object and now I cannot open it anymore. What should I do ?” open=”off” icon_color=”#0c71c3″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”2em” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#000000″ border_width=”1px” border_style=”dotted” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|4px” disabled=”off”]

Ans. : This problem arises when external references (Xref) are used and its re-occurrence can be erratic. It could happen even after opening and saving the drawing several times. It relates to all OLE objects that can be inserted (images, Excel Spreadsheets, Word Documents, etc.) If you have this problem, you just need to delete the file with .vbi extension and the same name as your drawing found in the same directory as the .dwg file.

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