Design 4.2 Release Notes for Windows NT
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1. License Manager Dialog To facilitate the handling of licensing issues Design has a new License Manager that displays the current license status and allows on the fly license upgrades New Documentation Available Online Designt User s Manual has gone through a complete overhaul In addition all Designt Function Manuals have been merged into a new Designt Lisp API Man ual Starting with this release all manuals are available in PDF format on the delivery CD Year 2000 Compliant The representation of the year in Design knowledge base time stamps has been extended to use four digits After this modification and related testing Design Power believes that Designt will conform with the year 2000 requirements Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API Page 3 Design Functions Lisp API A Design Function DPP RELATED TO modified to handle correctly relations and classes with identical names A Design Function DPP COLINEAR P fixed Also indirectly affected are the following other Designt Functions DPP POINT WITHIN SEGMENT P DPP DROPPED POINT WITHIN SEGMENT P DPP DROP POINT ON LINE DPP DROP POINT ON LINE SEGMENT DPP POINT LINE ORTHO DISTANCE DPP POINT TO LINE DISTANCE DPP PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE A Design Function DPP POINT TO LINE DISTANCE fixed to handle correctly the two special cases coincident line points and colinear points Fixed also to2. A Loading of the design rules for the Geometries system KB fixed for Designtt Runtime version A Drawing file deletion fixed to handle the deletion even if the CAD is not run ning A A missing default function binding added for cad interface init function defined with cim define cad system A The geo_rep handle value handling modified See updated CIM documentation for details A User Function dppCadGetUserProc fixed to return a proper function pointer Version 4 2 Page 34 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT ODBC Link ODBC Link A Designt startup file lt d 42 gt misc d startup lisp modified to load both De sign ODBC link and Dynamic Configuration Enhancements patch config 0 Thus the projects no longer have to take care of the loading these in one of their function files If the enhancements are not needed or cause problems with existing applications the load expressions can simple be commented out Note that the ODBC link overrides the Oracle RDB link Fixed an ODBC Solid Interface problem which prevented simultaneous DDE use The problem was caused by the ODBC Interface having been compiled as a Console application which is not supported by C API GUI Builder Version 4 2 A The new GUIB V2 is not necessarily compatible with the GUIB version that was shipped with Design 4 1 You can downgrade back to GUIB version 1 by extracting files from lt d gt bin win32 i86 guib
3. be overwritten ARGUMENTS directory pathname string or pathname Directory structure to be created RETURNS Returns DIRECTORY PATHNAME if any directories were created otherwise NIL EXAMPLE dpp make directory C temp my very own directory struc ture gt C temp my very own directory structure A The capability of saving custom Design images has been reintroduced for the Runtime version Image are saved with the new Design Function DPP DISKSAVE D DPP DISKSAVE D path restart function PURPOSE Saves the current Design session into a re startable custom image Disksaving a custom application images is supported only h the Designt Runtime version Thus an application hould be developed and and compiled with the Development ersion and then loaded with the Runtime version to be isksaved into an image he easiest way to test your custom image without he Emacs interface is to create a new copy of your esignt runtime startup script e g dtt bin dtt bat nd replace the only occurrence of d run dxl with he name of your new image ARGUMENTS path optional File where the custom image is to be saved Default path on Windows NT is dt bin win32 1i186 d dxl and on Unix d bin lt object directory name gt d image restart function optional Function to be called when the custom image is started The restart function should perform a applicatio
4. make sure that the calculation remains within real numbers and does not fall into complex numbers when dealing with near colinear points DPP POINT TO LINE DISTANCE p lp1 lp2 amp o0ptional ndecimals 5 PURPOSE Returns the shortest distance between a 3D point and a 3D line ARGUMENTS p 3D point list lpl 3D end point of a line list p2 s The other 3D end point of a line list ndecimals optional Number of decimals in the result default 5 integer RETURNS Point line distance There are two special cases If the two line points are coincident point point distance is returned If all three points are colinear 0 0 is returned EXAMPLE dpp point to line distance 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 gt 0 70711 dpp point to line distance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 gt 1 0 Coincident line points dpp point to line distance 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 gt 0 0 Colinear points Version 4 2 Page 4 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API a A new structure specification keyword list added for Designt Functions DPP SHOW GEOMETRY and DPP REMOVE GEOMETRY The new keyword allows a list of components to be given as the first argument DPP SHOW GEOMETRY amp optional component dpp model root structure component PURPOS Displays component component and substructure s
5. A New keyword argument load cad drawing p added to Design Function DPP CREATE MODEL DPP CREATE MODEL model name amp key description structure file structure description external data files load cad drawing p t reset cad nil seedfile PURPOSE Create new model ARGUMENTS model name symbol Model name keywords description string Description of model structure file pathname Structure file pathname structure description list or string Structure description xternal data files list of pathnames External data files to be added to model load cad drawing p T default or NIL Whether or not create a drawing in CAD Note that reset cad is ignored when load cad drawing is NIL reset cad T or NIL default One of nil remove drawing Save amp remove drawing and keep drawing If nil then user is asked with a dialog box to choose one of the above options seedfile string Name of the seedfile If NIL use default seedfile RETURNS Model name EXAMPLE dpp create model newmodel gt NEWMODEL dpp create model new bik description This is a description structure description bicycle front_wheel_system back_wheel_system body crank_system gt NEWBIKE A Cycle detection during change propagation enhanced to catch also infinite prop agation cycles that
6. Manager Version 4 2 A New functions for user function handling bool dppCadUnRegisterUserProc char tag bool dppCadGetUserProc char tag dppChar dppCadRegisterUserFuctionProc dppChar tag dppChar args A Function dppCadGetStartupReason added It can be used to query the reason for the CAD startup request issued by Designt A Primitives with names ending with 2 are removed CIM 1 10 2 1998 04 02 A Design Functions dpp cad send request dpp cad eval user message dpp cad send user message changed to use read from string ans nil nil for backward compatibility so that they now do not return strings but the value inside the string CIM 1 10 3 7 Jul 1998 a Exported defparameter dpp geo level added It will also be available with non CIM based CAD interfaces This enables the creation of rules that use lev el layer and work with any MS ADS ARX based CAD links A Function dppCadGetAutocalc added for querying the on off status of the autocalc feature CIM 1 11 0 24 Sep 98 A Data type bool replaced with dppBool due to changes in C API A Some cleanup in the header files CIM 1 11 1 20 Oct 98 a Documentation was updated A Include directory was cleaned of obsolete files CIM 1 12 0 11 Jan 99 a String values of geo_level geo_color geo_style and geo_free_type modified to allow space characters Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT CAD Interface Manager Page 33 CIM 1 12 2 12 Jan 99
7. file lt d gt documentation optimizing applications txt Version 4 2 Page 12 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Core Design t Core Version 4 2 A Exiting Design fixed to wait also until the socket client that initiated the exit has properly exited Design Rule compilation fixed to correctly handle quoted expressions within rules Reading external data files modified to allow component attribute value triplets to spread over multiple lines For example the following is now a valid entry mixin_vessel geo_loc 1 0 X 20 Y S20 Se The batch file for starting Design lt d gt bin d bat modified to use HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH instead of C as the default value for HOME if HOME is not set Design user interface resource files vr and Emacs startup file emacs are created into HOME Two new variables DPPNOEMACS and DPPNOGUI introduced for the d bat batch The new variables when set allow Design to be started with out Emacs and or UIP Designt startup file lt d gt misc d startup lisp modified to load both De sign ODBC link and Dynamic Configuration Enhancements patch config 0 Thus the projects no longer have to take care of the loading in one of their function files If the enhancements are not needed the load expressions can sim ple be commented out Note that the ODBC link overrides the Oracle RDB link Designt restart function modified to allow custom im
8. is that the amount of information available in the zoom output is also reduced The saving of call arguments can be turned on by evaluating expression if dpp getenv DPPNOEMACS tpl do command args save t s emacs do cmd Be sure to flush the input buffer Control C Control U SoLL SE format nil C args save t C code char 190 return in lt d gt misc d startup lisp file or with the top level command D args save t ARGUMENTS Keyword output pathname or stream Defines where the output from zoom is to be directed Defaults to standard output when exit symbol or function Function to be evaluated before exiting back to Lisp top level count integer or T Integer number of frames to print when zooming on an error Value T means print all applicable frames Defaults to 10 body expressions A set of expressions to be evaluated an implicit progn T RETURNS Unless there is an error returns what the last body expression returns In case of an error returns what when exit expression returns EXAMPLE in package design defun div by zero n n 0 defun notify error and zoom output pathname dpp prompt t format nil An unhandled error condition has been signalled A SThe output from Debugger Version 4 2 Page 8 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API zoom command
9. items Remove and Unlock fixed Preference dialog is now the leading dialog for the ColorChooser dialog so that the ColorChooser stays over the preference dialog Icons in Magnifier now have tooltip helps A new License Manager item added to the main dialogs File menu Several Component Editor updating related problems fixed Several dialog closing and deleting related problems fixed Removing an attribute value through Component Editor fixed Saving a project fixed NOT to prompt the user with a second set of dialogs to save unsaved libraries and or model after the user has already selected not to save them with the first dialog Inheritance cycle detection fixed for Library Editor The editor did not allow a direct subclass link between two classes if there already existed an indirect in heritance link between the two For example adding a subclass link from A to C is now allowed A gt B gt C gt Truly cyclic inheritance links are still blocked For example adding a subclass link from C to A is not allowed Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT User Interfaces Page 21 UIS A To facilitate the handling of licensing issues the new License Manager displays the current license status and allows on the fly license upgrades For Design t runtime version displays a new permanent background Design Power logo dialog Modified not use UIP s resource files anymore Sha
10. v1 zip to directory lt d gt bin win32 i86 Later you can upgrade back to GUIB version 2 by ex tracting files from lt d gt bin win32 186 guib v2 zip GUI Builder V2 fixes and enhancements e Two exit problems fixed GUIB used to crash sometimes when the last window was closed Also exiting GUIB used to crash it e Some error messages are now shown in the GUIB trace window instead of Galaxy debug window e Restarting GUIB fixed e Some serious memory leaks fixed e Some problems with graph updating fixed e Some problems with handling of and V in filenames fixed Reopening the trace dialog works now after it it has been closed e Trace output is now dumped to file either HOME guib_trace log or guib_trace log e A warning dialog box is now shown when there a stack over under flow It used to just abort e Listboxes now send the Accept event when a cell value has been edited e Comboboxes now allow the insertion of new values not already in the value list e A bug where accept handler sending an event that modifies other text fields crashes GUIB fixed e Arelated bug where the message Undefined dialog reference DLG X was displayed fixed e A bug where empty column names resulted in one less listbox columns as requested fixed e Some focus problems are fixed Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Happy with Designt Page 35 Labels of dialogs are now printed in bold Style of labelitem wo
11. x e delete will delete not copy the highlighted region e The highlighted region is automatically deleted if other text is typed or inserted e Use M ras a prefix for the region commands instead of C x r The original binding of M r move to window line is now on M r M r List of some changed bindings in Windows mode and their classic bindings in Emacs Key Windows mode Classic Emacs mode CHG copy region as kill prefix key C X kill region prefix key C z advertised undo suspend emacs or iconify frame C v yank scroll up command C a mark whole buffer beginning of line C p print buffer previous line C s save buffer isearch forward C n find file next line C o open file open line C isearch forward beginning of line C h query replace help prefix key 5 insert time stamp f1 help S insert yank beginning of line M insert yank pop C insert copy region as kill copy primary selection S delete kill region kill primary selection C delete kill lin delete primary selection S tab back tab indent tab to tab stop show paren mode which highlights matching parentheses is now on by de fault auto fill mode is now disabled by default for Lisp buffers font lock mode is now on by default for Lisp buffers The menubar menu has been reorganized Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Emacs Interface Page 19 A Environment variable DIS
12. z C x C c and C v keys to be bound appropriately according to the Windows GUI i e undo cut copy paste gt gt gt gt The tricky part is the handling of the C x and C c keys which are normally used as prefix keys for most of Emacs built in commands With this mode they still do Only when the region is currently active and highlighted since the C x and C c keys will work as CUA keys C x gt cut C c gt copy When the region is not active C x and C c works as prefix keys This has a few drawbacks such as not being able to copy the region into a reg ister using C x r x but this mode automatically mirrors all region commands using the C x r prefix to use the M r prefix as well so you can use M r x to copy to a register Version 4 2 Page 18 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Emacs Interface Version 4 2 The Windows mode is based on the best of pc selection mode s region and delete selection mode packages with some extra features which we think are useful A few more details e When the region is highlighted TAB and S TAB will indent the entire region by the normal tab width or the given prefix arg e C x C x exchange point and mark no longer activates the mark i e highlights the region I found that to be confusing since the sequence C x C x exchange once followed by C x C x change back would then cut the region To activate the region in this way use C u C x C
13. 6 Check references to symbol arx in functions and rules files and add an entry for the arx2000 For example or eq dpp cad get cad system arx eq dpp cad get cad system arx2000 Project s CAD files are in directory lt d project gt project arx2000 Design arx2000 interface directory is lt d gt arx2000 interface Convert drawing files into AutoCAD 2000 format Check update custom menus Upgrade ARX application see below Porting ARX application into AutoCAD 2000 ARX A Please start by reading the book AutoCAD200 Migration Guide for Applica tions When converting an old ARX project to R2000 there are three ways to start Recommended Create a new project with ObjectARX2000 wizard and add your code into it Read from the ARX2000 online help the document of how to create a project ObjectARX Reference gt Additional Information gt Compiler Support gt Build ing and Debugging ObjectARX Programs for Windows NT gt Creating an Ob jectARX Application using the MSVC 6 0 IDE Edit an existing AutoCAD R14 ARX project e Upgrade VC compiler to VC 6 sp3 e Remove the preprocessor definition RADPACK as it is not used anymore e Change ARX include and library paths to point to ARX2000 directories like C Program Files ObjectARX 2000 inc and C Program Files ObjectARX 2000 lib e Change Design t ARX link include and library paths to point to directory lt d gt arx2000 interface
14. Designtt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT We are pleased to announce the release of Designt t 4 2 for Windows NT This is the second major release of Designtt for the PC platform after the highly successfully release of Designtt 4 1 Highlights Designt t 4 2 includes several new modules and enhancements the most important ones being the following COM API Designt Component Object Model Application Programming Interface COM API is a library of Windows COM functions that let any COM com pliant application like Visual Basic communicate with Design The emphasis is in supporting Visual Basic as a GUI development tool for Designtt AutoCAD 2000 Link New ObjectARX based AutoCAD link supports both AutoCAD release 14 and 2000 The old ADS based AutoCAD Link is still supported with AutoCAD release 13 amp 14 MicroStation J Link MicroStation Link supports now also MicroStation J As a result Design now integrates with MicroStation 95 MicroStation SE and MicroStation J Dynamic Configuration Enhancements A Dynamic Configurator DDC has been optimized to reduce trashing Also model creation based on product structure files is now compatible with earlier Design versions A Intelligent Change Manager ICM and Execution Order Controller EOC have been optimized significantly They also have more robust exception cycle and error handling Version 4 2 Page 2 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Highl
15. ME and MEMBER DESCENDANTS P If the new CLASS NAME argument is given then a component s par e c nts are searched recursively until a parent which is of type lass is found The second new optional argument MEMBER DESCENDANTS P defaults to T determines whether all parents that are descendants of the class or just the direct instances of the class are considered Version 4 2 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API Page 9 while searching for the parent Examples dpp assembly dpp get component leg end table dpp assembly dpp get component leg end parts DPP ALL ASSEMBLIES component amp optional class name member descendants p t PURPOSE Get recursively all parents of component ARGUMENTS component A model component frame or ref class name optional The name of a library class symbol or ref member descendants p optional Consider all descendants or just direct instances T default or NIL RETURNS List of a parent component references EXAMPLE dpp all assemblies mixin_vessel S5381 gt lt FRAME PROCESS _PLANT S5157 A PLANT gt A Design Function DPP VISIT LIBRARY modified not to visit each class more than once The function used to follow each subclass link and thus visit those classes with multiple superclasses more
16. New and dppDelete functions Nor mally dppNew functions are only needed in order to create iterators A A bug in C API message id handling fixed Version 4 2 Page 30 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT CAD Interface Manager CAD Interface Manager Version 4 2 A Expanded CAD Integration Manager CIM provides framework for seamless bi directional integration with various CAD systems A CIM is now loaded in lt d 42 gt misc d startup lisp if AutoCad ARX link is selected as the CAD system CIM 1 10 1 17 Mar 98 A Generalized model handling by removing assumptions about current drawing in operation Argument list has changed for following functions dppOpenDrawingProc dppNewDrawingProc dppCloseDrawngProc dppRevertDrawingProc dppSaveDrawingProc dppSaveAsDrawingProc A Function dppCadCadRegisterPrimitive removed and introduced new functions listed below Benefit from this is that now compiler can check for function prototype being correctly defined dppCadRegisterBoxPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterCylinderPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterExtrusionPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterFreePrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterLinePrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterLinearDimensionPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterPolyLinePrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterRuledSurfacePrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterSpherePrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterSurfaceRotationPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterSweepPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterSymbolPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterSymbol WithAttr
17. PLAY is no longer set on Windows NT as it somehow conflicts with AutoCAD s license manager A Default directory is set to DPPPROJECTSPATH A The problem where Design Rule compilation fails if the rule buffer has been fontified i e font colors have been turned on is now fixed Note that you can fontify a single Emacs buffer with function key F8 To disable autofill mode and enable font lock mode i e to fontify buffers for the default Lisp mode you need to add the following expressions into your HOME _emacs file defun dpp setup lisp mode auto fill mode 1 Disable autofill font lock mode 1 Enable font lock to fontify add hook fi common lisp mode hook dpp setup lisp mode Version 4 2 Page 20 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT User Interfaces User Interfaces Version 4 2 A Font specifications fixed for dialogs with font PHONETIC FON which caused this font to be used instead of intended MS Sanf Serif About dialog has a new button to launch the default browser pointing to www dp com Design t executables exe files are now displayed in Windows Explorer and Taskbar with the Design Power logo designpower ico When minimized Designtt executables are now placed on the Taskbar At startup if connecting with Design fails the error message is shown in a dialog UIP Model Editor s Geometry menu item enabled Enabling disabling of Magnifier s menubar
18. adrl14 acadr14 acadr14 interface ACADr14 ARX arx arx arx interface ACAD2000 ARX arx2000 arx2000 arx2000 interface Project Dir mstation msse msj acad acadr14 arx arx2000 To request the name of CAD system currently integrated with Design use De signt Function DPP CAD GET CAD SYSTEM A The value of the exported variable dpp geo level is now the name of the geo_level attribute GEO_LAYER or GEO_LEVEL a GEO_LEVEL GEO_LAYER and GEO_COLOR value strings can include space characters A Showing and removing geometry optimized by relying only on the existence of geo rep attribute as an indication that the component has a geometric primi tive associated with it Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT AutoCAD ADS Interface Page 23 AutoCAD ADS Interface A A OSMODE is set off before executing AutoLisp free code Fixed to allow Free functions to be called without any arguments When exiting Design AutoCAD should now exit more reliably dppHiddenLayer layer created only when needed dppBlock_box block definition created only when needed that is only when Designt BOX primitive is used dppBlock_box color set to bylayer Added more error reporting into file operations SEQEND was sometimes created to current layer instead of the designated layer of a primitive Problem which prevented project specific AutoCAD startup files startup scr from being loaded is now fixed Communicati
19. ages to be started from any directory not just from the default Design binary directory lt d gt bin win32 186 Starting an image from a local disk partition can be sig nificantly faster than from a file server Two new Design Rule Macros ASSEMBLY and ALL ASSEMBLIES introduced Actually they are synonyms for existing macros PARENT and ALL PARENTS with identical functionality The word assembly is a better fit than parent when referring to a component s assembly in a product structure as the parent is typically used for referring a class parent in an inheritance hierarchy ASSEMBLY component amp optional class member descendants p A design rule macro for referring to the product structure assembly to which COMPONENT belongs to Note that assembly is a synonym to another design rule macro parent with identical functionality If optional argument CLASS is given then COMPONENT s Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Core Page 13 assemb is of type CLASS is found The second opt to T determin lies ar searched recursively until an assembly which tonal argument MEMBER DESCENDANTS P defaults s whether all assemblies that are descendants of the CLASS or just the direct instances of the CLASS are considered while searching for the assembly Examples floo
20. ait dpp cleanup program has not been selected by the operating system and its status and process id are returned in that order as multiple values f there are no such processes which have exited but re are processes which are still running then the ehavior of dpp cleanup program depends on the wait rguments If it is T the default dpp cleanup program will wait disabling multiprocessing if necessary until one of the running ay w O tH Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API Page 11 processes exits RETURNS If wait was T then process s status and id are returned If there are no running processes and wait NIL dpp cleanup programs returns immediately with the values nil nil If wait is NIL dpp cleanup program will return two values nil and the pid argument to dpp cleanup program immediately 0 as the single returned value indicates that there are processes running but none to clean up in contrast to nil no processes running none to clean up and multiple values a process was cleaned up A Design Performance Monitoring Functions Macros DPP MONITOR DPP WITH MONI TORING DPP REPORT MONITORS re introduced They were accidentally left out from Designt 4 2 Beta release Note that the monitoring utilities are only supported with Design develop ment version For more information on optimizing your Designt application see
21. ault value all means that all rules of all instances are to be traced list of frame or ref or all default RETURNS NIL EXAMPLE dpp trace rules with values t components of class pump steel gt T A The deletion of NR attributes fixed to handle the rare case where an NR attribute is deleted from a library while the attribute is being used in an active model Version 4 2 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Emacs Interface Page 17 Emacs Interface A Design 4 2 on Windows NT comes with a new Emacs version 20 4 1 a The Emacs interface has a new default Windows mode which supports e Standard Windows dialogs for choosing printers and selecting filenames for save and open e Windows style menubar e Windows style key bindings supporting e g standard Cut Copy and Paste C x C c C v A Whether Emacs is to be run with the new Windows default mode or with the classic Emacs mode is determined during Design installation or reconfigura tion The Windows mode can also be enabled with command M x dpp win mod and partially disabled with command M x disable dpp win mod which restores most of the classic Emacs key bindings and menubars A The Emacs Windows mode provides a emulation of the standard CUA key bind ings and manipulating the region where S lt movement gt is used to highlight amp extend the region This package allow the C
22. cannot converge because of inconsistent design rules typi Version 4 2 Page 16 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Dynamic Configuration Enhancements cally an application error For example the following simple two attribute cycle will not converge due to inconsistent rules comp a self b comp b 1 self a The new detection capability is intended to assist application developers and is not on by default To turn the enhanced cycle detection on a new keyword ar gument with cycle detection is added to Design Function DPP TRACE RULES DPP TRACE RULES amp key with pretty names t with values nil with cycle detection nil with statistics nil components of class all PURPOSE Enables Design Rule tracing with different trace options ARGUMENTS with pretty names keyword Whether or not the rules are traced with components pretty names or real names T default or NIL with values keyword Whether or not the trace should also contain attribute values T or NIL default with cycle detection keyword Whether or not to look for infinite cycles that cannot converge because of inconsistent design rules typically an application error T or NIL default with statistics keyword Whether or not to collect change propagation statistics T or NIL default components of class keyword List of classes whose descendant components rules are to be traced Def
23. e characters Loading of AutoLisp code is now more robust BYLEVEL is accepted as the color spec for GEO_COLOR for compatibility reasons Xref rotations handling fixed Some miscellaneous bugs fixed ARX Link v0 6 14 12 Feb 99 A CAD startup fixed to wait until AutoCAD has properly started Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT AutoCAD R14 ARX Interface Page 25 A Creation deletion of geometry fixed to force AutoCAD to update its graphics display after each component creation deletion By default AutoCAD rel 14 updates its display only after a certain amount graphics entities are created de leted A Model deletion fixed to delete also the associated drawing file even if AutoCAD is not running ARX Link v0 6 15 20 Apr 99 A The project specific startup script file startup src is not used anymore Instead when ever a drawing is loaded also an AutoLisp file startup Isp is loaded a OSMODE is set off before executing AutoLisp free code Version 4 2 Page 26 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT AutoCAD 2000 ARX Interface AutoCAD 2000 ARX Interface Version 4 2 A The current version v0 7 2 of AutoCAD 2000 ARX link is a port of AutoCAD R14 ARX link v0 6 15 to AutoCAD 2000 The link currnetly works only in a Single Drawing Interface SDD mode Design identification symbol used for the link is arx2000 Porting Design AutoCAD R14 ARX project to use AutoCAD 2000 l 2 3 4 5
24. e released later It is worth noting that the MDI will be running in the application context and will not support ADS_COMMAND function Thus it is recommended to start migrating away from using ADS_COMMAND in Free primitives and user functions Version 4 2 Page 28 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT MicroStation Interface MicroStation Interface C API Version 4 2 A Anew dppGetVersion function added This allows external applications to check that they were compiled within an environment compatible for the current MicroStation version A Element size checked not to exceed MicroStation limit of 65534 a Primitive ruledSurface fixed to return an error if the input is more than 100 points instead of trying to show a partial geometry A Fixed the handling of profile points when there are more than 101 points as most MDL functions accept no more than 101 points A Following functions work now with filenames which have spaces in them dppProjectGetProductStructureFileList dppProjectGetExternalDataFileList dppModelGetSecondaryModelName A Function dppSystemIsConsistencyRedeterminatorEnabled fixed It used to always return FALSE A New functions added dppPortAlloc dppPortRealloc dppPortFree dppPortStrdup A The idea is that if C API s portability manager allocates frees memory then also the client should use the same dppPort functions to free Allocate memory By using custom dppPort manager functions thi
25. ent rule failures can still be traced by turning the rule trace on Design rule compilation has been upgraded to initiate proper change propaga tions in all situations Design rule compilation fixed to remove the attribute values for rule inheriting classes with instances Model creation fixed to handle correctly substructure and relations at tributes with both an inherited value and a design rule The issue of when the user should be prompted for an attribute value revisited Now during dynamic instantiation the user is asked for the value of an attribute which does not have a design rule regardless of where the attribute is referred from Attribute values are never prompted from the user during change propa gation Handling of NR lt class name gt attributes fixed NOT to set the valueclass to in teger for predefined inherited attributes Handling of design rule references to non existing attributes during change propagation fixed Handling of GEO_TYPE s value removals fixed Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Dynamic Configuration Enhancements Page 15 A To facilitate the creation of the substructure attribute the attribute is now in herited automatically to all library classes of type ASSEMBLIES as they will most likely need it If a PART requires the substructure attribute it still needs to be created manually or the PART s inheritance needs to be modified so that it becomes also an assembly
26. has been directed to file A with open file stream pathname direction input Read the error condition from file read line stream nil pathname defun test0O div by zero 1 defun testl dpp with auto debug output c temp debugger zoom output when exit lambda notify error and zoom output c temp debugger zoom output count 3 div by zero 1 defun test2 dpp with auto debug div by zero 1 A Two new Design Functions DPP ASSEMBLY and DPP ALL ASSEMBLIES intro duced Actually they are synonyms for existing functions DPP PARENT and DPP ALL PARENTS with identical functionality The word assembly is a better fit than parent when referring to a component s assembly in a product struc ture as the parent is typically used for referring a class parent in an inheritance hierarchy DPP ASSEMBLY component amp optional class name member descendants p t PURPOSE Get product structure parent of component ARGUMENTS component A model component frame or ref class name optional The name of a library class symbol or ref member descendants p optional Consider all descendants or just direct instances T default or NIL RETURNS parent component EXAMPLE dpp assembly mixin_vessel S5381 gt lt FRAME PROCESS_PLANT S5157 A PLANT gt Added two new optional arguments CLASS NA
27. ibutesPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterTextPrimitiveProc dppCadRegisterXrefPrimitiveProc A Changed the internal definition of following functions so that compiler can check for function prototype being correctly defined Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT CAD Interface Manager Page 31 dppCadRegisterModifyProc dppCadRegisterOpenDrawingProc dppCadRegisterNewDrawingProc dppCadRegisterCloseDrawingProc dppCadRegisterDeleteDrawingProc dppCadRegisterRevertDrawingProc dppCadRegisterSaveDrawingProc dppCadRegisterSaveAsDrawingProc dppCadRegisterShutdownProc dppCadRegisterRestartProc dppCadRegisterHighlightProc dppCadRegisterHandleByNameProc dppCadRegisterNameByHandleProc dppCadRegisterMapping AddProc dppCadRegisterMappingDeleteProc dppCadRegisterDeleteComponentProc dppCadRegisterUserFunctionProc dppCadRegisterOperationProc dppCadRegisterAsyncNotifyProc dppCadRegisterEventProc A Xref scale is now defined to be 3Dpoint instead of double A New Designt Functions dpp cad start dpp cad restart dpp cad quit A Fixed the handling of some special geo_rep attribute values e error geometry creation failed and CIM primitive function returned NULL as the handle value e calculated CAD probably will finish geometry creation later and the handle value calculated is returned for now e done CAD link was not on when value of geo_rep was calculated Version 4 2 Page 32 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT CAD Interface
28. ights Version 4 2 a Design rule compilation has been upgraded to initiate proper change propaga tions in all situations a Substructure attribute is now inherited automatically to all library classes of type assemblies as they most likely will need it This simplifies the use of the dynamic configuration capabilities Windows Mode in Command Interpreter and Design Rule Editor Emacs based Command Interpreter and Design Rule Editor come with a new Win dows like command set including standard Open Close and Print dialogs Multiprocessing Support Enhanced The new native NT threads based multiprocessing implementation fixes the infa mous sleeping problem where Design occasionally failed to detect client requests Network Licensing Licensing mechanism has been extended to support network licensing Now any workstation capable of running Design as a stand alone installation can also host a license server installation Any client workstation connected to the same local area network as the server will be able to run Design Due to the network licensing support SiteKeys issued for Designt 4 1 need to be renewed To smooth the transition each workstation is granted a new 10 day evalu ation license for Designt 4 2 regardless of their prior license status Automated Installation Automated installation program has been upgraded to support license server and client installations It also supports installation upgrades
29. n initializations like starting the application s GUI before the control is given to the user Note that unlike with Design 4 1 the restart function should NOT call the standard Designt restart function Defaults to NIL D ct To UtCHAaKC a RETURNS Nothing if successful NIL otherwise Note that it is not recommended to continue to use the Designt session after a new image has been saved EXAMPLE dpp disksave dt dpp translate logical pathname d bin win32 i86 pbar dxl pbar restart function Version 4 2 Page 6 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API A Design Functions DPP GET EXTERNAL DATA FILES and DPP ATTACH EX TERNALS modified NOT to filter out non Lisp lisp files Designtt DPP AT TACH EXTERNALS fixed also to return either T or NIL as documented DPP GET EXTERNAL DATA FILES PURPOSE Returns list of external data files of the current project ARGUMENTS RETURNS List of external data files list of strings EXAMPLE dpp get external data files gt eqpt data lisp pipe data lisp struct data lisp DPP ATTACH EXTERNALS amp optional model name dpp get current model extarnal files PURPOSE Attaches external files to model ARGUMENTS Opti
30. on with AutoCAD optimized for a single component geometry show remove messages Version 4 2 Page 24 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT AutoCAD R14 ARX Interface AutoCAD R14 ARX Interface Changes Since v0 6 6 Version 4 2 A A Symbol_with_attributes primitive fixed to handle attribute placement correctly acaddpp now registers itself correctly for the drawing with ads_regapp ARX Link v0 6 10 13 Jul 98 A AutoLisp code is correctly initialized if the drawing is changed outside of the ARX link e g within an external application or through the AutoCAD user in terface Fixed some default geometric primitive code where SEQEND was created to the current layer instead of the layer of the object ARX Link v0 6 12 25 Sep 98 A A A Free geometry can consists of multiple objects Free primitive can return object handles in a string list where handles are separated by spaces Note that func tion dppExtapMappingGetHandle now returns a string that can have multiple handles in it CMDECHO disabled during Show Axis command During the creation of dimensions DIMASO is set to 1 to make sure that only one geometric object is created Color of the block DPP_BOX used in BOX primitive is set to BYLAYER Added error checking into script file handling with better error reporting ARX Link v0 6 13 12 Jan 99 A A A GEO_COLOR GEO_LEVEL and GEO_FREE_TYPE value strings can con tain spac
31. onal model name symbol Model name extarnal files list of strings External file names in current project s externals directory RETURNS T if all external files processed successfully otherwise NIL indicating that some of the external files were not found in the project s externals directory EXAMPLE dpp attach externals a bike ext lisp pipe lisp gt T dpp attach externals a bike gt T dpp attach externals a bike tmp temp lisp pipe lisp gt NIL File tmp temp lisp not in externals directory A Anew Design t Function macro DPP WITH AUTO DEBUG introduced It eval uates the expressions of the body and in case of an error automatically zooms on the error in the Debugger The output from the zoom can be directed to a file Before exiting back to Lisp top level the when exit expression is evaluat ed DPP WITH AUTO DEBUG amp key output when exit count amp body body PURPOS Eva aut fro to Not Version 4 2 luates the expressions of the body and in case of an error omatically zooms on the error in the Debugger The output n the zoom can be directed to a file Before exiting back Lisp top level the when xpression is evaluated xit e that in order to improve the performance Designt 4 2 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API Page 7 Runtime version does NOT save call arguments by default The drawback
32. r abc assembly floor floor abc assembly assembly self floor abc assembly floor building Name floor abc let building class building assembly floor building class Local binding defvar building building floor abc Global special variable assembly floor building floor abc Expression assembly floor progn building floor abc First assembly which is a descendant of plant_assemblies assembly floor plant_assemblies ALL ASSEMBLIES component amp 0ptional class member descendants p Returns recursively all assemblies in a product structure hierarchy not COMP ONI ENT When just direct assemblies of the given the CLASS is specified only assemblies which are member DESC CLASS ENDANTS not only direct members of the given are returned Added a new optional argument MEMBER DESCENDANTS P defaults to T which determines whether to return all related components which are member descendants of the class or only those which ar direct members of the class A Design Runtime version modified to run design rules with the interpreter when there is no compiler available This allows design rule patches to be load ed into runtime images The rule patches i e files containing design rule defi nitions need to be compiled with a development version before they can be loaded in
33. red resource files used to corrupt in case of concurrent access Dialog for Designt Function DPP PROMPT FOR FILE fixed to expose properly Design Rule Editor DRE A A A On Windows NT the default Emacs like key bindings are now disabled and Windows style key bindings are used instead For example now Control X is Cut Control C is Copy and Control V is Paste Matching parentheses are highlighted when point is positioned either before the starting parenthesis or after the ending parenthesis The old method of flashing parentheses when inserting one of the parentheses characters is removed There is a new toolbar with tooltips for most common operations The Open Save file dialogs are fixed to show the correct default directories The default text font on NT is now Courier Handling of UNIX DOS linefeed return conventions fixed Parsing fixed to handle correctly Design Functions with no arguments like DPP PROJECT PATHNAME Version 4 2 Page 22 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT CAD Interfaces CAD Interfaces A Design t 4 2 integrates with AutoCAD releases 13c4a 14 01 and 2000 and with MicroStation 95 SE and J The following table summarizes the supported Version 4 2 CAD systems CAD DPPCAD in D Interface Dir MS 95 mstation ms ms interface MS SE msse msse msse interface MS J msj msj msj interface ACADr13 ADS acad acad ac interface ACADr14 ADS ac
34. rks correctly Some event handling bugs fixed Things to consider when converting from Design t 4 1 GUIB to Designt 4 2 Changes in event handling might now cause loops like update gt select gt update gt Because values in listbox cells can now be changed directly every listbox has to be checked If event OnDoubleClick is used add a style style readonly for the listbox Or remove OndoubleClick and let the user change values manually Function concat works now like described in the documentation The previous version allowed some other ways to use it also So it is recommended to check all concat functions Dialog labels are now printed in bold and thus need more space Now labelitem styles work correctly For example labelitem XXX style BOLD returns a bold labelitem and needs more space If there are no CancelHook in a dialog the Close WindowButton in upper right corner does not work Add a CancelHook if needed Happy with Designt Version 4 2 Page 36 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Happy with Designt Version 4 2
35. s is always possible but with default functions there is problem on NT if using static runtime libraries as every static library gets its own copy of runtime memory allocation functions Data type bool is replaced with dppBool as bool conflicts with C s built in bool type Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT COM API changes since pre release Page 29 A Following functions are renamed dppNodeLocalGetUserDataDestructor renamed to dppNodeLocalGetUserdataDestructor dppNodeLocalGetUserData renamed to dppNodeLocalGetUserdata dppNodeLocalSetUserData renamed to dppNodeLocalSetUserdata dppNodeLocalGetNodeld renamed to dppNodeLocalGetld A Problems in the definitions of following functions fixed dppComponentLocalSetModelName dppComponentLocalSetName dppComponentLocalSetPrettyname A Added following into the C API header files to speed up NT compilations if _MSC_VER gt 1000 pragma once endif _MSC_VER gt 1000 A Function dppAttributeDetermine Value fixed to properly format the determined attribute value For example it used to return attribute value ABC DEF GHI incorrectly as ABC DEF GHI COM API changes since pre release A Support for asynchronous messages added A Systematic Memory handling error causing memory leaks in dppautoma tion exe fixed A Visual Basic example project and documentation had systematic error in han dling memory in regards of the use of dpp
36. s oS wait and sys os reap subprocess In order to clean up system resources DPP CLEANUP PROGRAM needs to be called after a process started by DPP RUN PROGRAM with the wait keyword argument nil has finished Calling DPP CLEAN UP PROGRAM returns also the exit status for the process DPP CLEANUP PROGRAM amp key wait pid PURPOSE If a process is started by the dpp run program with the wait keyword argument nil system after it completes until eithe then the process will remain in the r Lisp exits or Lisp xecutes dpp cleanup program to inqui status To prevent the system becoming re about the exit clogged with processes a program that spawns a number of processes with wait nil must be sure to ca finishes dpp cleanup prog ram after each process Exactly what dpp cleanup program does depends on the status of spawned processes and the keyword arguments ARGUMENTS ipid The pid argument controls what processes might be considered on by dpp cleanup program If pid is 1 the default all processes are considered If pid is 0 only processes in the same process group as the executing Lisp image are considered If pid is a positive integer only the process with that process id is considered By default pid 1 if there are any processes started by dpp run program with the argument wait nil which have exited but for which run one of them is w
37. than once This modification fixes also Saving Rules To File in UIP s Library Editor not write each rule to a file more than once DPP VISIT LIBRARY library name fn amp o0ptional root PURPOSE Execute function to library classes ARGUMENTS library name Library name symbol fn Function to be executed with library components T root optional Root component in the library symbol RETURNS NIL EXAMPLE Following example returns all library components with geo_type attribute defined let r nil dpp visit library plant lambda class when and dpp attribute exists p class geo_type dpp get value no calc class geo_type push class r r A Design Function DPP VEC NORM fixed to convert integer arguments into dou ble floats just like some Lisp functions e g sqrt Without the conversion some Version 4 2 Page 10 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API Version 4 2 equality tests using the default EPS value of 1 0E 9 which is smaller that the precision of single floats caused problems DPP VEC NORM vec PURPOSE Returns norm length ARGUMENTS vec Vector RETURNS Positive scalar EXAMPLE dpp vec norm 1 1 1 gt 1 7320508075688772 of vector list of x y and z float A New Designt Function DPP CLEANUP PROGRAM introduced as an alias for Sy
38. to a runtime image Note that this does not allow rules to be edited with a runtime version A All required system DLLs have been moved under a single directory lt d gt system32dlls a 2 Emacs related startup problems fixed The first one was caused by Designtt trying to send output to Emacs before the interface had properly initialized The Version 4 2 Page 14 Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Dynamic Configuration Enhancements second one was caused by the initial input buffer not being properly flushed when the first prompt appeared Dynamic Configuration Enhancements Version 4 2 A A Dynamic Configurator DDC has been optimized to reduce trashing The attribute value prompt modified to use a component s real name unless trace rules with pnames is T Model creation based on product structure files is now compatible with earlier Designt versions Intelligent Change Manager ICM and Execution Order Controller EOC have been optimized significantly They also have more robust exception cycle and error handling Certain warnings about corrupted dependencies modified to be directed to the standard output instead of a separate dialog requiring user acknowledgment Reporting design rule failures during change propagation modified NOT to re port transient failures caused by the changing model Rules that truly fail during a change propagation are reported at the end of the propagation Transi
39. ubstructure leaves geometry in CAD ARGUMENTS component optional Component whose geometry is to be calculated ti frame or ref default dpp model root structure optional component component and substructure substructure leaves or list default substructure RETURNS NIL EXAMPLE DPP REMOVE GEOMETRY amp o0ptional component dpp model root structure component and substructure PURPOSE Removes component s and its substructure s geometry from CAD ARGUMENTS component Component whose geometry is to be removed frame or ref Default is model s root component structure optional component component and substructure substructure leaves or list default substructure RETURNS NIL EXAMPLE A Design Function DPP COPY DIRECTORY fixed to handle directory copying from one disk partition to another For exam ple the following operation was not handled correctly dpp copy directory H test C temp A Design Function DPP MAKE DIRECTORY enhanced to create recursively all the directories denoted by its directory pathname argument DPP MAKE DIRECTORY directory pathname PURPOSE Creates recursively all the directories denoted by DIRECTORY PATHNAME Does not allow existing directories to Version 4 2 Design 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT Design Functions Lisp API Page 5
40. win32 i86 e In the Projects gt Settings dialog s Link tab clear the Entry point Symbol in the Output category Designt 4 2 Release Notes for Windows NT AutoCAD 2000 ARX Interface Page 27 e Change the project s dppextap def file to use the PRIVATE keyword For example DESCRIPTION Designt project extension app LIBRARY dppextap EXPORTS acrxEntryPoint PRIVATE _SetacrxPtp PRIVATE acrxGetApiVersion PRIVATE e The R14 ARX source code can be made compatible with R2000 by adding the following migration headers and defining symbol like XYZ_R14 in your old project ifndef XYZ_R14 include lt migrtion h gt from R14 gt R2000 migration defs include lt dbapserv h gt endif Otherwise it is recommended to start using the new ARX function names instead of the old ADS function names e ARX library names have been changed check the book AutoCAD2000 Migration Guide for Applications Library Changes page 14 for the new names A After the project compiles follow other R14 to R2000 porting tasks document ed in Acad2000 ARX manuals Known problems A AutoLisp error handling does not return usable error codes A Some model handling commands open delete close are not synchronous As a result Designtt does not always wait for the processing to complete in Au toCAD A Multiple Document Interface MDI mode support is unfinished The support for the MDI mode will b
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