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1. Options Parameter Description Default ALLOWSTAMPLIBRARYEDIT Specifies whether you can edit delete a stamp library 0 0 1 Set to 1 to enable editing deleting of a stamp library Set to 0 to disable editing deleting of a stamp library Text Options Configure options for text files Options Parameter Description Default MAXPLAINTEXTP Sets the maximum number of plain pages to be loaded to help improve performance 1000 AGES num The option only affects unformatted text other types of documents Word RTF and so on are not affected Note Setting the option value to 0 or less results in the entire file loading Acrobat PDF Options Configure options for Adobe PDF files Options Parameter Description Default PDFENHANCELINES If set to 1 this option results in enhanced line display similar to the 0 Adobe Acrobat option Enhance Thick Lines This option is useful for cases when lines start to disappear in the AutoVue display when zooming out If set to 0 this option is disabled and the line display is not enhanced Oracle Confidential 25 September 2011 PDFMAXIMAGESIZEMB lt val gt Allows users to set the maximum image sizelimit in Mbytes of large 150 bitmaps in PDF files after which the PDF decoder starts reducing resolution to reduce memory use AutoCAD Options Configure options for AutoCAD drawings Options Parameter Description Default ACADDEFAULTSHAPEFONT Specifies the default2. Enhanced support for Gerber Layer File e Added option to specify offset and polarity for layers in a Gerber Layer file e Added support for RGB color values and units per Gerber file Added support for arc snapping in IPF and IFF files General bug fixes for all supported EDA formats Office Formats Enhanced Web services based text extraction to support Office formats General enhancements for Excel files e Added support for shape transparency Improved support for round off error e Added support for saved print settings e Added boolean cell support Improved support for Hyperlinks General bug fixes e Word e Excel e Adobe PDF Documentation The nstallation and System Administration Manual has been divided into the following manuals e Oracle AutoVue Installation and Configuration Guide InstallGuideDD pdf This document provides information on AutoVue installation and configuration Oracle AutoVue Viewing Configuration Guide ViewingConfigGuideDD pdf This document contains user specific INI options 10 September 2011 e Product Limitations document is no longer shipped with AutoVue The limitations are now available as a KM Note at the Oracle Support site https support us oracle com oip faces secure km DocumentDisplay jspx id 1300438 1 e The following documents are new in 20 1 Desktop Deployment Migration Guide DDMigrationGuide pdf for current users of Desktop Version that are migrating to Desktop De
3. Line weight is enabled regardless of the file setting As a result entities print with line weight if they contain line weight Set to 2 The file setting is used ON or OFF AutoVue matches the same initial display as AutoCAD Line weight is printed based on the saved value of the LWDISPLAY INI option in the DWG file that is ON gt line weight printed OFF gt line weight not printed AutoVue Assembly Options Configure options for AutoVue Assembly files Options Parameter Description Default LOAD_ATTRIBUTES Control the loading of attributes when viewing AutoVue Assembly XML 1 0 1 formats Set to 1 to read attributes and attach them to their appropriate entities Set to 0 to disable the loading of attributes Note This option may be used for performance tweaking for large assembly files with many attributes File Formats Versions Desupported in Release 20 1 1 Oracle AutoVue has dropped support for some file formats versions which had very limited usage and low demand from our customers This will allow Oracle AutoVue to focus development efforts on formats which are most strategic to our customers Below is the list of file formats versions which are de supported in release 20 1 1 4 September 2011 Desupported File Formats MCAD Formats e MicroStation 3D SPATIAL ACIS I deas Parasolids PointClouds 3D AEC Formats e AutoCAD Slide e AutoCAD Sheet Sets e Cadkey HP RTL ESRI S
4. a Markup Measure entity to the PDF file Improved navigation of PDF documents e When doing a text search on PDF AutoVue retains the current zoom level This provides better user experience on text search Note that when the text is very small or very large Auto Vue zooms so that the text highlight is visible e When the user right clicks a Markup entity from the Markup tree and selects GoTo the entity is highlighted in the workspace and the current zoom level of the PDF is maintained That is AutoVue no longer zooms to the selected entity When scrolling through pages of the PDF the current zoom level of the PDF is maintained e When the Zoom Page Width option is selected the top of the current page appears and is zoomed to the full page width Stamp Library Enhancements e When saving a new stamp with a name of an existing library AutoVue prompts the user to save the library with a different name Note that this works when it is saved by the same user If the new stamp is saved by a different user the user is not prompted by AutoVue to save the library with a different name Rather AutoVue adds a suffix to the file name For example AAA 2 e A new logger has been added to the log4j xml file log4j logger com cimmetry jvueserver symbols This logger lets you enable logging messages for the symbols library When enabled mapping between stamp library and stamp files is generated in the log file e Markup Enhancements Impr
5. e Added support for PowerPoint 2007 e Added support for text and shape hyperlinks for PowerPoint files e Added support for Smart Art for PowerPoint XML e Improved support for Word e Added support for default Asian line spacing e Added support for search copy and paste e Added support for auto numbering e Improved chart support for Excel Improved support for PDF transparency and soft masks e General bug fixes for e Adobe Acrobat PDF e Powerpoint e Word e Excel e RTF Raster Formats e Re introduced support for JEDMICS Archive Formats e Added support for TAR and GZIP formats Documentation The following documents have been updated in 20 0 0 Installation and Administration Manual e Users Manual e Acknowledgments Supported File Formats Product Limitations Release Notes Product Variations Feature Matrix Formats Desupported in AutoVue 20 0 0 Support for IGES 3D has been removed from AutoVue 20 0 0 Customers who work with this format are encouraged to remain with their Auto Vue 19 3 x version and not update to 20 0 0 Customers will be notified when support for IGES 3D has been re introduced e Removed support for LHA archive format 22 September 2011 Features Desupported in AutoVue 20 0 0 IN Removed support for the following INI options e MEIOFORCE19 1MARKUPCOMPATIBILITY e DNGPLOTTERDRIVER e DGNUSEPLOTTERSETTINGS e DGN8LSTYLERSC DGNFONTMAP e CATIASSHOWPMIWITHMESH
6. e Pro ENGINEER 2D Prior to version Wildfire e Solid Edge 2D Prior to version 18 SolidWorks 2D Prior to version 2006 e Unigraphics 2D Prior to version NX3 e EDA e Cadence Prior to version 15 PADS Prior to version 2005 Office Excel Prior to version 2003 e Powerpoint Prior to version 2003 Word Prior to version 2003 Known Issues PDF Measurement Snapping e Ifa transparent image is being cropped measurement snapping still highlights the entire transparent image and ignores the cropping e When snapping to a shape tooltips identifies all types of polygons as a generic Shape e In Markup mode measurements have a 1 margin of error Measurements taken in View mode have higher accuracy September 2011 Oracle AutoVue 20 1 Desktop Deploy ment For the most up to date version of this document go to the AutoVue Documentation Web site on the Oracle Technology Network at http www oracle com technetwork documentation autovue 091442 html Application User License AutoVue includes an AutoVue Desktop Version a Desktop Deployment and a Client Server Deployment For Application User licensing metric in the Component licensing model or Custom Suite User licensing metric in the Custom Applications Suite licensing model a single license cannot be split or shared between two users e g one user using the AutoVue Desktop Version and a different user using the Desktop Deployment would require two licens
7. in the status bar 12 IDTH lt numeric value gt When you specify a value for StatusBarPathPreferredWidth it controls the proportion of the file name field with respect to the other fields displayed in the status bar The file name field width will vary when loading different types of formats or if the applet size changes This is because the value specified controls the proportion and does not set it to a fixed width Note To be able to display 56 characters in the file name field STATUSBARPATHPREFERREDWIDTH 56 the client applet width must be greater than 800 pixels when all the default fields are displayed in the status bar SHOW_POINTOPOINT_PAGE Set to 1 to hide the Point to Point distance tab 1 lt 0 1 gt Set to 0 to display the Point to Point distance tab Note When snapping to an edge with the Point to Point distance tab enabled the distance is measured from the exact point you click on the drawing rather then the midpoint ZOOMBOXENABLED lt 0 1 gt When a file is opened this parameter sets the default mode of the 1 mouse pointer to a zoom box Note This parameter only works with non 3D designs Set to 1 to set the default mode of the mouse pointer to a zoom box Set to 0 to disable option Parameter Description Default MARKUPFORCETOBLACK Specifies whether to force markup color to black for high resolution printing 0 lt 0 1 gt Set to 1 to not force markup color to black even when base file printing is forced to black Se
8. shape font filename that should be used if the desired shape font file and an equivalent AutoVue font cannot be found You can specify a full file path or just the file name The decoder searches for the font file name in the file path if provided the base file folder XFONTPATHS and the fonts directory of the installation SHOWNONRECTVIEWPORTS In AutoCAD it is possible to create non rectangular viewports Whena 1 lt 0 1 gt file has non rectangular viewports it may take Auto Vue longer to display the drawing Set to 1 to display non rectangular viewports Set to 0 to disable display of non rectangular viewports and improve performance Note that the accuracy of the display will be compromised Note This options applies to AutoCAD 2000 and up files ACAD MAXNUMLINETYPECY Specifies the maximum number of times a line type pattern can be 256 CLES repeated for a particular entity segment Any entity segment that has more cycles than 1000 is drawn with a solid line type Syntax Options ACAD_MAXNUMLINETYPECYCLES 0 1000 Cadence Options Configure options for Candence Concept HDL file ECAD Parameter Description Default CADENCE CALLOUTS Specifies the full path to a callouts file The callouts file is used to create abstract FILE lt file path gt mechanical part entities for the design CATIA Options Configure options for CATIA 4 and 5 files Options Parameter Description Default CATIALO
9. the CSI shapefile project POINTTYPE lt valu Specifies what shape to use when drawing a point Circle e gt Note If a POINTTYPE is not provided for a given LAYER section then the POINTTYPE provided in PROJECTPROPERTIES section is used Possible values e Circle e Triangle e Square e Star Dot e Plus e Cross e Diamond POINTSIZE num Specifies size in pixels to use when drawing a point 7 Note If a POINTSIZE is not provided for a given LAYER section then the POINTSIZE provided in PROJECTPROPERTIES section is used You can assign num any integer greater than 0 FILENAME file path Specifies the name of the ESRI shapefile drawing 28 September 2011 ECAD Options Specify configuration options for ECAD ECAD ECAD_3D_CUTOUTDRILLHOLE Specifies whether to cut drill holes out of the 3D model of the board 0 S lt 0 1 gt Set to 1 to cut out drill holes Set to 0 to disable drill holes Note Setting this option to 1 increases the amount of memory required to load the 3D model Also for DMU purposes this option should be set to 1 to correctly check for interference for parts that go through the drill holes ECAD_SHOW_NATIVE_HIGHLI Specifies whether AutoVue should display a file s native highlighting 1 GHTS lt 0 1 gt Set to 0 so that the native highlighting in the file is ignored during display Set to 1 so that the native highlighting in the file is applied during display Excel O
10. 1 and index 2 are defined the line styles provided by this parameter replaces the default seven standard styles A line that uses style index that has not been provided is displayed as a solid line for example a line with style3 when only two styles have been defined 30 September 2011 SolidWorks Options Configure the option for SolidWorks files Options Parameter Description Default SWSHOWVIEWPORTBORDER Set to 1 to view the border bounding box of 2D views ina SolidWorks 0 drawing Set to 0 so that no border is drawn Oracle Confidential 31 September 2011 Copyright 1999 2011 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved Portions of this software Copyright 1996 2007 Glyph amp Cog LLC Portions of this software Copyright Unisearch Ltd Australia Portions of this software are owned by Siemens PLM 1986 2008 All rights reserved This software uses ACIS software by Spatial Technology Inc ACIS Copyright 1994 1999 Spatial Technology Inc All rights reserved Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and or its affiliates Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law you may not use copy reproduce translate broadcast
11. 2D 3D e MicroStation 7 and 8 e HPGL Archive Formats General bug fixes for ZIP EDA Formats General bug fixes for e Cadence Allegro e Mentor Graphics Office Formats Added support for Adobe Acrobat X 10 General bug fixes for e Acrobat PDF e Word Binary XML e PowerPoint e Excel ZIP Documentation The AutoVue Hotspots API Guide has now been added to the Hotspots chapter of the AutoVue API Programmer 5 Guide AutoVueAPIProgrammersGuide pdf The following documents have been updated in 20 1 1 e Installation and Configuration Guide e Viewing and Configuration Guide e User s Manual e Acknowledgments Supported File Formats e Release Notes e Product Variations Feature Matrix September 2011 INI Options Updated in AutoVue 20 1 1 Refer to the Oracle AutoVue Installation and Configuration Guide for information regarding these options e DISABLE3DMODEL Extended support to DWF and MicroStation 7 and 8 New INI File Settings INI options described in following sections should be set in user INI files AutoCAD Options Configure options for AutoCAD files Options Parameter Description Default ACAD_LWDISPLAY Specify whether or not to display line weight in the drawing when printing or 2 0 1 2 converting it to PDF TIFF Set to 0 Line weight is disabled regardless of the file setting As a result entities print without line weight even if they contain line weight Set to 1
12. AD Bigfont information should be added to BIGFONTCODEPAGES section of acadfont map which is located in the lt AutoVue install folder gt bin directory Bigfont code page mapping is only needed for AutoCAD versions 2007 and up For more information on mapping refer to the instructions provided in acadfont map Improved support for non English text in AutoCAD Improved display of dimensions in Microstation 8 e General bug fixes for e AutoCAD e MicroStation e Cocreate Drafting e Autodesk DWF e CGM e HPGL Shapefile EDA Formats e Added support for Allegro PCB Layouts versions 16 3 16 2 and 16 0 e Added support for Allegro Design Entry HDL 16 3 16 2 and 16 0 e Added support for Altium Designer versions 6 6 6 7 6 8 and 6 9 Summer 2008 Winter 2009 and Summer 2009 e Added support for Zuken Cadstar versions 10 00 and 11 00 e Added support for P CAD 2006 e Added support for locating external reference files for non archived Allegro projects DxDesigner Expedition ODB and Mentor BoardStation files There is now no need to specify XRefs path if the resources are located at the base file path e Added support for OrCAD Layout and Capture version 16 2 e Reintroduced support for GDS II e General bug fixes for e Allegro PCB Layouts e Allegro Design Entity HDL e P CAD e DxDesigner e Expedition e Mentor BoardStation Office Formats e Added support for Adobe Acrobat PDF 9 0 Oracle Confidential 21 September 2011
13. ADPMI Set to 1 to enable displaying of PMIs 1 lt 0 1 gt Set to 0 to disable displaying of PMIs 26 September 2011 CSI Shapefile Project Files CSI shapefile project files CSHP files are used to overlay multiple ESRI shapefile drawings Project files specify the shapefiles that should be overlayed and general information such as units and point options Project files are formatted as standard INI configuration settings files Comments in CSHP files begin with a semi colon Note A CSI shapefile project file must begin with the following line CSI shapefile project file PROJECTPROPERTIES Parameter Description Default UNITS lt value gt Specifies the file units Possible values px e inches e millimeters mm twips e centimeters e cm e decimeters e dm meters e m e kilometers km e feet e yards e miles e millimeters micromiles microns microinches POINTYPE lt value Specifies what shape to use when drawing a point Circle gt Possible values e Circle Triangle e Square Star Dot e Plus e Cross e Diamond POINTSIZE int Specifies what size in pixels to use when drawing a point i You can assign int any integer greater than 0 LAYERS Parameter Description Default Oracle Confidential 27 September 2011 OUTLINECOLOR i nt Specifies the color to use when drawing outlines for graphics such as points lines polygons and so on Possible integer
14. Excel prints differently on different machines AutoVue attempts to match Excel behavior but may still differ slightly from Excel in terms of page breaks line breaks column widths or row heights See http support microsoft com kb 2 14394 en us and http support microsoft com kb 2 14278 for more information e When Excel s print settings use a paper size that is not supported by the printer that is installed on the AutoVue server Auto Vue defaults to Letter size e Excel has an option called Scale content for A4 or 8 5x11 paper sizes When enabled Excel chooses to print to A4 even if you specify Letter or vice versa Excel also automatically scales the drawing to the paper size it chooses AutoVue however always prints to the setting saved in the Excel document and ignores this Scale content for A4 or 8 5x11 paper sizes option See http support microsoft com kb 284867 for additional information for this option The following Excel print settings are not supported in AutoVue e Header and Footer margins e Center on Page Header and Footer options other than content and position e Print titles repeat row and columns on each page e Black and White setting Draft quality e Comments e Cell errors e Page Order Down then Over AutoVue prints Over then Down in all cases e Object Printing 17 September 2011 e When Native Settings from file option is selected in the Print dialog to enable Excel print sett
15. ORACLE Release Notes Oracle AutoVue 20 1 1 Desktop Deployment For the most up to date version of this document go to the AutoVue Documentation Web site on the Oracle Technology Network at http www oracle com technetwork documentation autovue 091442 html Application User License e AutoVue includes an AutoVue Desktop Version a Desktop Deployment and a Client Server Deployment For Application User licensing metric in the Component licensing model or Custom Suite User licensing metric in the Custom Applications Suite licensing model a single license cannot be split or shared between two users e g one user using the AutoVue Desktop Version and a different user using the Desktop Deployment would require two licenses Installing AutoVue Important If you are migrating from AutoVue Desktop Version to AutoVue Desktop Deployment a Migration Guide is available on the Media Pack in folder DesktopDeployment to assist you with the migration e The Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment 20 1 1 installer supports the ability to upgrade from version 20 1 and 20 0 If you have Oracle AutoVue 20 0 20 1 installed previously the installer upgrades the previous configuration settings from VueCore ini release 20 0 only allusers ini and autovue properties when you install version 20 1 e By default AutoVue installs into the C Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment directory If you are installing on UAC enabled systems ensure that you install a
16. THROUGHPRINTING to 0 19 September 2011 e Moved printing to the client side by default Added Java Printing client side printing as the default option in the Print dialog To use the previous release s native printing deselect the Java Printing checkbox Refer to the Printing Options section of the User 5 Manual for more information General Enhancements e Added ability to align and scale drawings in 2D and EDA compare modes You can now snap to a point on both drawings to align the drawings or snap to two points on both drawings to align and scale the drawings e Improved support for files created on non English locales Performance Improvements Improved performance for MicroStation designs Improved interactive rendering of 3D models e Improved ability to load and work with large 3D models MCAD Formats e Added support for Pro Engineer WildFire 5 and WildFire 4 e Added support for Unigraphics NX6 e Added support for Solid Edge ST and ST2 e Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2010 2009 e Added support for Cocreate Modeler versions 2008 16 XX e Added support for Revit 2010 through exchange format e Added support for Solidworks 2010 and 2009 e Added support for CATIA 5 R19 e Re introduced support for DirectModel JT versions 8 1 8 7 and 6 4 e Added support for Unicode file names e Added support for Chamfer Bend Notes and Revision tags for Autodesk Inventor drawings e Added support for one symbol diameter
17. dimensions for CATIA 5 drawings e Added support for Parasolids version 22 0 21 0 20 0 and 19 1 e Added support for STL assemblies e General enhancements for CATIA 4 e Performance improvements for CATIA 4 e Added support for PMIs Improved support for text display alignment orientation and positioning Improved support for text frames e Consolidated CATIA 5 INI options CATIASShowPMI and CATIASShowPMIWithMesh into a single INI option CATIALOADPMI See New INI File Settings on page 23 e Added support for project related attributes for IFC e General bug fixes for e Pro Engineer e Unigraphics e CATIA 4 e CATIA 5 e SolidWorks e SolidEdge e Autodesk Inventor e Directmodel JT IFC STEP 20 September 2011 AEC Formats e Added support for Smartsketch version 2009 e Added support for Cocreate Drafting 2008 16 XX e Added support for AutoCAD Autodesk Mechanical Desktop version 2010 2009 e Added support for AutoCAD 2010 e Added support for MicroStation 81 e Added support for DWF 3D e Performance improvement for Microstation 8 3D and Microstation 7 3D e Added support for hyperlinks associated with WebCGM drawings e Enhanced parts display in block lists to match the order and representation of Cocreate drafting e Added new INI option ACADDEFAULTSHAPEFONT to allow users to specify default shape font for AutoCAD drawings See New INI File Settings on page 23 e Added support for user defined bigfont code page for AutoC
18. e PDFDPIRESOLUTION e PDFCACHELEVEL e CATIASSHOWPMI e FIXPRINTING In Markup mode it is not possible to anchor a text box to another markup entity ANTIALIAS CONTRAST VISIOPAGEBKCOLOR Options Updated in AutoVue 20 0 0 3DPERFORMANCEPREFERENCE DGN_FAST3D Refer to the Installation and Administration Manual for information regarding these options New INI File Settings General Options Configure options that apply to parameters such as fonts performance and color Options Parameter Description Default CONVERTPDFTHROUGHPRINTI Specifies whether markups should be rendered through printing or 1 NG lt 0 1 gt converted to PDF annotations through markup conversion module Set to 1 to render through printing Set to 0 to convert to PDF annotations ENABLEUFCAUTOCOMPLETE 0 1 Specifies whether to enable the filename auto completion option forthe 1 File Open dialog Set to 1 to enable filename auto completion option Set to 0 to disable filename auto completion option REPLACEMENTFONTS ontl fon Oracle Confidential Specifies a list of replacement TrueType fonts to use when required TrueType fonts do not have the required glyphs This option applies to all 2D vector formats containing non English TrueType text Specify a semicolon separated list of font face names 23 September 2011 STATUSBARPATHPREFERREDW Specifies the character width of the file name field
19. es Installing AutoVue Important If you are migrating from AutoVue Desktop Version to AutoVue Desktop Deployment a Migration Guide is available on the Media Pack in folder DesktopDeployment to assist you with the migration The installer for Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment has been renamed to nstallDesktopDeployment exe The Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment 20 1 installer supports the ability to upgrade from version 20 0 If you have Oracle AutoVue 20 0 installed previously the installer upgrades the previous configuration settings from VueCore ini allusers ini and autovue properties when you install version 20 1 Configuration options in VueCore ini have been moved to autovue properties By default Auto Vue now installs into the C Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment directory If you are installing on UAC enabled systems ensure that you install at a location to which the user running AutoVue has write permissions For complete installation instructions refer to the Oracle AutoVue Installation and Configuration Guide System Requirements Windows XP 32 bit Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Auto Vue running in 32 bit mode Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit AutoVue running in 32 bit mode The installation requires about 400MB of free space New Features General Enhancements The program shortcut for AutoVue Desktop Deployment has been renamed to Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment Startup for AutoVue Desktop Deployment is now via a
20. esigner CoCreate Modeling versions 16 00C 16 00D 16 00E 16 50 16 50A 16 50B and 17 00 Added support for IGES 3D Added support for shaded views in 2D Inventor files Added support for SolidEdge assembly features Improved support for colors and transparency for SolidEdge parts and assemblies General bug fixes e CATIA V5 Inventor IGES e JT Pro ENGINEER e SolidEdge SolidDesigner e SolidWorks AEC Formats Added support for AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Added support for CoCreate Drafting versions 16 00A 16 00B 16 00C 16 00D 16 00E 16 50 16 50A 16 50B and 17 00 Added support for JPEG compression scheme 7 for TIFF files 9 September 2011 Added support for transparency in JPEG2000 files General bug fixes AutoCAD e CGM e HPGL TIFF e MicroStation e Cocreate Drafting e Visio e JPEG EDA Formats Added support for Zuken CADSTAR 12 0 PCB Schematics Added support for Mentor Board Station and Design Architect versions 8 11 8 12 and 8 13 Added support for ODB version 7 0 Added support for Orcad Capture 16 3 Enhanced Cadence project support e Added support for Cadence non archived projects e Added support for Variant views in Cadence projects e Added ability to specify site level custom variables for Cadence projects via a cadence config file Added support for the Allegro Module Definition Database files mdd Added support for Cadence Schematic Symbol files css
21. guration Guide for information regarding these options 12 September 2011 New autovue properties options Parameter Description Default autovue markups local direct Specify in which directory Markups files should be saved lt Base file ory file path Markup files are saved as lt base file name gt lt end user specified extension gt location gt avr By default AutoVue Desktop Deployment saves markups in the avred ed directory at the base file location If the user does not have permission to write into the base file location they can export the markup into an alternate directory autovue splash full path of PNG JPEG Specify the splash screen to display while AutoVue starts up If the full path of the PNG or JPEG is not specified the splash screen does not display New INI File Settings All INI options below should be set in user INI files Allegro Options Configure options for Allegro files ECAD Parameter Description Default ALLEGRO_ENABLEENH ANCEDDISPLAYMODES 0 1 Specify whether or not to enable enhanced display modes 1 Set to 1 to enable enhanced display Set to 0 to disable them AutoCAD Options Configure options for AutoCAD files Options Parameter Description Default DISABLE3DMODEL Specifies whether or not the 3D page of AutoCAD files should be loaded 0 0 1 Set to 0 to include the 3D model in the design Set to 1 to disable the 3D model As a res
22. hapefile Adobe Illustrator EDA Formats e Altium Designer SCH e Altium Designer PCB Protel Schematics Protel PCB P CAD Schematic e P CAD Layout PDIF Schematics PDIF PCB e Allegro IPF e OrCAD Layout e Specctra Zuken CADIF Zuken CADSTAR Schematic e Zuken CADSTAR Layout IFF e Barco DPF e Caltech Interchange Format CIF Office Formats Rich Text Format RTF Raster Formats JEDMICS JPEG2000 e OS 2 1 1 Bitmap AIIM MS53 e CAD Overlay Dr Halo PIC e Hitachi Tracer IBM IOCA MODCA Image Center e Image Systems Intergraph COT Intergraph Hybrid IRAS B Neutral Raster File September 2011 Paintbrush PCX e Portable Bitmap e RLC File Softelec Raster DWG Windows 3 Icon Resource e X Windows Dump e Archive Formats e GZip Archive e TAR Archive Desupported File Versions MCAD e AutoCAD 3D Prior to version 2000 e Catia V5 3D Prior to version 5R17 e AutoDesk Inventor 3D Prior to version 10 Pro ENGINEER 3D Prior to version Wildfire e SolidDesigner Prior to version 15 e Solid Edge 3D Prior to version 18 SolidWorks 3D Prior to version 2006 e Unigraphics 3D Prior to version NX3 e AEC AutoCAD 2D Prior to version 2000 AutoDesk DXF Prior to version 2000 e CATIA V5 2D Prior to version 5R17 e AutoDesk DWF Prior to version 5 e AutoDesk Inventor 2D Prior to version 10 e ME10 Prior to version 2006 v14
23. he maximum number of days a file is kept in the Auto Vue cache directory 11 September 2011 New Options in Description Old Options in VueCore ini autovue properties Section Parameter autovue cache forceascii Cache ForceAscii Forces using ASCII characters in cached files names autovue markups symbols directory Cache SymbolDir Specifies in which directory the Markups symbol libraries are stored autovue markups local directory Markups Directory Specifies in which directory the Markups files should be saved autovue markups permissions Markups Permissions Specifies whether all users can see the markups autovue help file en HELP File_en Entry specifies the URL to the English Help file autovue help file fr HELP File_fr Entry specifies the URL to the French Help file autovue help file de HELP File _de Entry specifies the URL to the German Help file autovue help file ja HELP File ja Entry specifies the URL to the Japanese Help file Desupported Features Options e INI options DOCVIEW and DOCVIEWSHOWHEADERS have been desupported in release 20 1 Support for Excel s native print settings has been implemented in 20 1 and these options are no longer required INI Options Updated in AutoVue 20 1 e Extended the usage of the CODEPAGE option to be used in AutoCAD DXF files e Changed the default for EnableOfficeMarkups to 0 Option is set in default ini Refer to the Oracle AutoVue Viewing Confi
24. ings some of AutoVue printing abilities are not available These are e Headers and Footers e Scaling settings Fit to Page Scale and Factor e Orientation Settings e Margin Settings e Alignment Offset settings e Page Area settings e Print Row and Column headers e Paper size selection e Enhanced Display Modes Enhanced Display Modes are not supported when you convert a file to another format from Auto Vue or when you disable Java printing Enhanced Display Modes are not supported when files are rendered in TILED mode 18 September 2011 Oracle AutoVue 20 0 0 Desktop Deploy ment Packaging e Oracle AutoVue previously called Oracle AutoVue Web Version now supports two deployment methods Client Server and Desktop deployment methods The previous AutoVue Web Version product is now the Client Server deployment of AutoVue A new Desktop deployment has been developed for users that want to install AutoVue as a standalone product locally System Requirements e Windows XP 32 bit e Windows Vista 32 bit e The installation requires about 400MB of free space AutoVue Installation AutoVue installation consists of the following steps 1 Installing Auto Vue 2 Configuring AutoVue 3 Command Line Configurations for AutoVue 4 Verifying Your AutoVue Installation Refer to the Installation and Administration Manual for instructions 3D Functionality Enhancements e Added 3D Walkthrough capabilities which a
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26. llow users to view 3D models from within and explore buildings and structures e Enhanced 3D distance measurements e Improved snapping options for 3D distance and 3D minimum distance measurements Snapping options let you snap to vertices lines arc centers and planes If you wish to revert to 19 3 measurements snap to vertices edges and points on faces set the SHOW _POINTOPOINT PAGE INI option Refer to the Installation and Administration Manual for more information e AutoVue now computes the minimum distance between two geometries instead of the distance between points on geometries e Added ability to measure the minimum distance between a 3D part and a sectioning plane e Added ability to restore to 3D default view If you transform or manipulate your model and you would like to restore to the view at which the model loaded initially you can do so by selecting the Default View item that has been added to the Views tree and the Views menu e Enhanced 3D entity search to allow users to specify a search string This search feature returns all 3D entities that contain the search string in their attribute names and or attribute values Printing and Conversion Enhancements e Updated the Conversion to PDF feature When converting a file to PDF Markups are now included as graphical elements in the PDF instead of being added as annotations to the PDF If you wish to revert to the old behavior convert to PDF annotations set INI option CONVERTPDF
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28. n executable previously used to be a batch file Version 20 command line options should now be specified as parameters in the autovue cmdline property in file autovue propertties Added ability to open a file at startup by specifying the lt filename gt as a command line option Added System Tray capability to Desktop Deployment Added parameter NEWWINDOW to configure whether or not new files should be opened in new windows Changed the default output location for all log files to lt AutoVue Installation Directory gt bin logs AutoVue Desktop Deployment includes an ActiveX wrapper that provides a migration path for current users of AutoVue Desktop Version s ActiveX solution Refer to ActiveXAPI htm and ActiveXMigrationGuide pdf located at lt AutoVue Installation Folder gt docs for more information on this ActiveX wrapper 7 September 2011 Hotspots AutoVue 20 1 supports hotspotting capability Integrators and developers can integrate Auto Vue tightly into other applications so that clicking on sections of text in a document can trigger actions or show information in the other applications Hotspotting capability is currently supported for text in 2D documents Refer to the Hotspots API Guide located at lt AutoVue Installation Directory gt docs folder for more information regarding the Hotspots API arkups By default AutoVue Desktop Deployment saves markups in the avred directory at the base file location If the user does
29. ne page 32 OPTIONS Parameter Description Default SUPPORTLANDSCAPEPRIN TING AUTO OFF printer1 name printer2 name Specifies whether the page layout of a landscape page should be landscape in AUTO the print output AUTO When printing to a file printer page layout for a landscape output is forced to landscape OFF Does not force the layout for landscape outputs printer name Forces layouts for landscape pages to be landscape for specified printer drivers You can specify multiple printers in a semi colon separated list Note If the specified printers do not support landscape printing the output may be unusable As a result only add printers that support landscape printing Markup INI Options Markup Options Parameter DEF_TEXTBOXVISIBLE 1 0 Description Default Set the option to 0 or to turn the visibility of markup text box OFF or ON 1 16 September 2011 Parameter Description Default DEF_LEADERALIGN value from 0 to 8 Set one of following options to specify leader alignment 0 Top Left 1 Top Center 2 Top Right 3 Center Left 4 Center Center 5 Center Right 6 Bottom Left 7 Bottom Center 8 Bottom Right 7 Known Issues e Excel Print Settings Excel calculates row and column widths based on the default font set in the file On different printers these calculations can differ As a result
30. not have permission to write into the base file location they can export the markups into an alternate directory You can save Markup files into a single directory by specifying the full path where the Markup files are to be saved in the autovue markups local directory parameter AutoVue no longer relies on the markups map file to map the base file and it s associated Markup files Markup files are now located based on the name of the original document When saving markups Auto Vue only prompts for the extension of the Markup file So Markup files are saved as lt base file name gt lt end user specified extension gt Note If you have multiple files with the same name and different extensions markups can over write each other if saved to the same folder If you upgrade from version 20 0 and you have markups saved in the lt AutoVue Install Root gt bin markups directory AutoVue 20 1 can read these markups However when you modify and save these markups they are moved to either the avred directory or to the location specified by the autovue markups local directory parameter Disabled markups for Microsoft Office formats by default Office formats render differently on different machines if the fonts available on the machines vary Due to differences in fonts documents may have line breaks and page breaks that vary from one machine to another This could result in a situation where markup entities appear misplaced w r t underlying text in d
31. o that subfigure definition entities are not found Set to 1 to display subfigure definitions when subfigure instances are not found 14 September 2011 Disable Options Configure the Disable options parameters Disable Parameter Description Default SYSTEMTRAY 0 1 Specify whether to display the system tray icon 0 Set to 0 to display the system tray icon Alternately you can also leave this option empty to display the icon Set to 1 to disable the system tray icon Overlay Options Configure options that apply to laying files over the current active document Overlay Options Parameter Description Default MATCHEXTENTS Specifies how to scale the overlay 1 0 1 Set to 1 so that the overlay is scaled based on the current file extent turns off MATCHEXTENTS Set to 0 so that the overlay is scaled based on file units turns on MAT CHEXTENTS Memory Options Configure memory options DisplayMemory Parameter Description Default STACKS lt number Specifies number of zoom levels to cache 5 of zoom levels gt The minimum value is 0 When set to 0 none of the previous zoom levels are cached TILES lt 1 to 9 gt Specifies the number of tiles to cache for a given zoom level Setting TILESto 9 a smaller number reduces memory usage for the interactive options such as zoom scroll and pan If you are working primarily with Word and Excel documents and memory is a constraint we recommend that yo
32. ocuments If you would like to re enable markup creation for office formats we recommend that you ensure that all machines viewing the files have the same set of fonts installed To enable set INI option EnableOfficeMarkups to 1 Added INI option DEF_TEXTBOXVISIBLE to control text box outline visibility See section Markup INI Options for more information regarding this option Added INI option DEF LEADERALIGN to specify leader alignment See section Markup INI Options for more information regarding this option Printing Enhancements The default printing in 20 1 is Java Printing Java Printing is the recommended mode of printing in 20 1 The Java Printing checkbox has been removed from the Print dialog Added support for printing Markup notes Added option to skip blank pages when printing Improved performance for printing documents containing transparent images Improved performance for printing diagonal watermarks Added support for Excel native print settings A new option Native settings from file is available in the Print dialog When selected AutoVue uses Excel s print settings that are saved in the document This option only applies to Excel documents The following Excel print settings are supported e Page orientation e Scaling e Paper size e Print areas 8 September 2011 e Page breaks e Row and column headers e Grid lines Left top bottom right margins Note For a list of unsupported excel print set
33. oved Markup Note entity usability It is now possible view edit multiple Notes in a row without having to close the Markup Note dialog each time e When adding a new Markup entity and when sorting the Markup Tree by Last Modified AutoVue scrolls to the bottom of the Markup Tree to select and display the new entity MCAD Formats e Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2012 e Added support for Unigraphics NX7 and NX7 5 e Added native font support for PMI in Pro ENGINEER e Renamed mxCATIA to AutoVue Assembly e Added support for attributes key value e Added support for file properties e Added support for controlling the loading of attributes from AutoVue Assembly XML formats by setting the LOAD_ATTRIBUTES INI option e General bug fixes for e SolidDesigner e Unigraphics e AutoVue Assembly e Pro ENGINEER e Autodesk Inventor e CATIA 5 e DirectModel JT 2 September 2011 AEC Formats Added support for AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 Added support for AutoCAD Annotation Scales Added support to disable loading of 3D pages for Autodesk DWF MicroStation7 and MicroStation 8 by setting the Disable3 DModel INI option Added support for displaying hiding line weights in drawings when printing or converting to PDF TIFF by setting the ACAD LWDISPLAY INI option Added support for PDF Underlays in DWG files Added support for Cylindrical primitives in DWF 3D files General bug fixes for e AutoCAD DXF e Autodesk DWF
34. ployment e ActiveX API ActiveXAPI htm Desktop Deployment ActiveX API documentation e ActiveX Migration Guide ActiveXMigrationGuide pdf for current users of Desktop Version ActiveX that are moving to Desktop Deployment ActiveX The following documents have been updated in 20 1 e User s Manual e Acknowledgments e Supported File Formats e Release Notes Product Variations Feature Matrix Consolidation of Options in autovue properties and VueCore ini The following options from VueCore ini are now set in autovue properties file located in the lt AutoVue Installation folder gt bin directory New Options in ae Description p Old Options in VueCore ini puo autovue properties Section Parameter autovue users allusersini Users AllUsersIni Name of the allusers INI file autovue users defaultini Users DefaultIni Name of the default INI file autovue users directory Users Directory Contains the directory in which user information is stored users initialization files users GUI files autovue cache directory Cache Directory Specifies in which directory the cached files should be saved autovue cache size Cache Size Specifies in Megabytes the maximum size of the directory containing the cached streaming files autovue cache maxnumfiles Cache MaxNumFiles Specifies the maximum number of files allowed in the AutoVue cache directory autovue cache maxlifetime Cache MaxLifetime Specifies t
35. ptions Configure options for Excel files Options USESMALLFONTSFOREXCELS Set to 1 so that the Excel Small Fonts font is used to display text at 0 MALLTEXT lt 0 1 gt small fonts sizes of 7 points or less matching Excel behavior Set to 0 so that the Small Fonts font is not used Note This parameter has effect only if the Small Fonts font is installed on the system it usually comes with Excel Gerber Options Configure options for Gerber files Gerber Format ENDOFCOMMAND Specifies the end of command character if known If end of command AUTODE lt ASTERISK DOLLAR character is not known ENDOFCOMMAND can be set to TECT ENDOFLINE AUTODETECT gt AUTODETECT mode Available values ASTERISK End of command is DOLLAR End of command is ENDOFLINE End of command is the end of the line AUTODETECT AutoVue automatically detects the end of command character MULTIQUADRANT ARCS _BY_ Specifies whether the default circular interpolation is multi quadrant or 0 DEFAULT lt 0 1 gt single quadrant Set to 0 so that the circular interpolation is single quadrant Set to 1 so that the circular interpolation is multi quadrant Oracle Confidential 29 September 2011 DirectModel JT Options Configure options for JT files Options Parameter Description Default JTRESOLUTION lt HI When available enables users to load the model s high medium and low HI MED LO gt resolution meshes Note I
36. range 1 255 Set to OUTLINECOLOR 1 so that an internal counter is used to determine the color The counter is incremented a maximum of two times per layer and only if it is required once for the outline color if it is not provided and once for the fill color if it is not provided Example Ifa user provides valid outline and fill colors the counter is not incremented for the given layer However if the user only provides a valid outline color the counter increments once for the given layer FILLCOLOR int Specifies the color to use when the drawing fills for graphic such as polygons Possible integer range 1 255 Set to FILLCOLOR 1 so that an internal counter is used to determine the color The counter is incremented a maximum of two times per layer and only if it is required once for the outline color if it is not provided and once for the fill color if it is not provided Example Ifa user provides valid outline and fill colors the counter is not incremented for the given layer However if the user only provides a valid outline color the counter increments once for the given layer LINEWIDTH int Specifies the line width to used when drawing graphics 0 Possible integer range 0 100 VISIBLE lt 0 1 gt Specifies the visibility of the shapefile 1 Set to 1 to make the shapefile visible when initially loading the CSI shapefile project Set to 0 to make the shapefile invisible when initially loading
37. t a location to which the user running AutoVue has write permissions e For complete installation instructions refer to the Oracle AutoVue Installation and Configuration Guide System Requirements e Windows XP 32 bit e Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit AutoVue running in 32 bit mode e Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit AutoVue running in 32 bit mode e The installation requires about 400MB of free space General Enhancements e Compare Mode Usability Enhancements e When comparing two files it is assumed that the newer version of the file is opened first and then compared with the older version As a result to make this feature more intuitive the newer version of the file appears in the right window and the older version of the file to compare with appears in the left window e The Comparison Results window now displays added deleted and unchanged information by default e Compare mode now detects color differences as changes and reports such differences as additions and deletions 1 September 2011 e PDF Enhancements e Added support for selecting and copying text from PDF documents which can then be pasted into other text editing software mail clients or AutoVue markups e Added support for snapping to entities to take measurements in vector based PDF files You can snap to the end points or mid points of an entity AutoVue also allows you to snap to shapes closed entities for area measurements This option also applies when adding
38. t is recommended to reduce the model s resolution mesh to LO if loading large complex assemblies degrades performance or utilizes significantly high memory resources MicroStation Options Configure options for MicroStation files Options DGNDISABLEZCLIP lt 0 1 gt Specifies whether to take the z axis into consideration when applyinga 0 clip region a cut out region to a 2D drawing Set to 1 if the contents of the clipped image should not be restricted based on the z coordinate of individual objects Set to 0 if the contents of the clipped image should be restricted based on the z coordinate of individual objects Note This option only applies to 2D drawings it is not considered when loading a 3D model Note Option applies to Microstation 7 files DGNSHOWZEROLENGTHLI _ Set to 1 to display zero length lines as fixed sized filled squares 0 NES lt 0 1 gt Set to 0 to ignore zero length lines Note Option applies to Microstation 7 files DGNLSTYLEDASHDOT Defines up to seven line styles indexed from 1 to 7 Each line style lt description gt lt number of patterns gt lt pattern1 gt lt pattern2 gt lt lt pattern6 gt separated by a comma can include up to six patterns Each line style must be preceded by a description and a number specifying the number of patterns for the style Example DGNSTYLEDASHDOT style1 5 1 1 0 1 2 style2 3 2 2 2 In this example two line styles index
39. t to 0 to use the same logic as for the base file color Overlay Options Configure Overlay options that apply to laying files over the current active document Options Parameter Description Default CONVERTWMFT Specifies if the WMF should be converted to EMF This is option is useful when 2 OEMF lt 0 1 2 gt troubleshooting display issues with WMF Set to 0 to disable WMF to EMF conversion Set to 1 to convert WMF overlays to EMF Set this value if enhanced functionality such as rotate and mirroring is required Set to 2 use default behavior of the format handler Options Parameter Description Default 24 September 2011 PRINTINGDPI DPI Specifies the DPI for java printing This value affects the size of the image 144 that is sent to the printer graphics PRINTWITHBICUBICIN Specifies whether to enable bi cubic interpolation rendering of the image 1 TERPOLATION lt 0 1 gt during printing Set to 1 to enable bi cubic interpolation rendering Print quality is improved but performance might be reduced Set to 0 to disable bi cubic interpolation rendering Markup Options Configure a variety of Markup options such as symbol for markup dimensions Markup Options TRUEBACKGROUND Used when a highlight markup is applied on a colored background for 0 lt 0 1 gt example graphic filled cell areas in office document tables Set to 1 for a dithered highlight markup Set to 0 for a normal highlight markup
40. tings refer to Known Issues Added TILELIMIT INI option to control AutoVue print behavior when a single page generates a print output that spans multiple pages Refer to Print Options for more information Added NativeJavaPrinting INI option to control the usage of native Java graphics Refer to Print Options for more information EDA Functionality Enhancements Added ability to measure minimum distance between entities across layers for EDA files Added support for Enhanced Display Modes EDM for EDA formats AutoVue allows users to dynamically control the display of plated and non plated holes visibility and color pad filling and line caps amp joins without re saving and re loading files These can be configured via the Options dialog For known issues with the Enhanced Display Mode support refer to Known Issues Added ability to modify global transparency for EDA Files Note that enabling transparency will have an effect on file rendering performance Improved support for Bill of Material BOM AutoVue now provides the ability to select the Board Side attribute This attribute identifies if a component appears on the top or the bottom side of the PCB board Added ability to modify layer polarity from the layers dialog for Gerber Layer files MCAD Formats Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2011 Added support for SolidWorks 2011 Added support for JT version 9 1 Added support for CATIA V5 R20 Added support for SolidD
41. u set this option to 2 15 September 2011 Print Options Configure print options PrintOptions Parameter Description Default NATIVEJAVAPRINTING oll Specifies whether to use native Java graphics when printing on Windows OSes Set to 0 to use AutoVue s customized printing This provides better performance and uses windows API calls instead of native Java calls Set to 1 to use native Java printing UlEnablePrintTypeSelection 0 1 Set to 0 to disable display of the Java Printing checkbox in the Print dialog Set to 1 to enable display of the Java Printing checkbox in the Print dialog When enabled users can control whether they want to use Java Printing or Server Side Printing By default AutoVue 20 1 uses Java Printing TILELIMIT int Define the limit of the number of pages to print if a page of the document generates a print output that spans multiple pages A negative integer for example 32 sets a soft limit to the number of pages to print That is if a single page generates more pages than the absolute value of the integer for example 32 then the user is prompted to choose whether to print upto the limit or print to fit onto one page A positive integer for example 32 sets a hard limit to the number of pages to print That is ifa single page generates more pages than the value specified Auto Vue ignores the print settings and prints the document to fit onto o
42. ult it is not included in the design and streaming file size is reduced Note The option is only applicable to AutoCAD version 2000 files and above 13 September 2011 Adobe PDF Options Options Parameter Description Default ENHANCETHINLINES 0 1 Set to 1 to render all geometry that have under one pixel thickness to a 1 thickness of 1 pixel Set to 0 to disable this option ECAD Options Configure options for ECAD files ECAD Parameter Description Default ECAD DISABLE VARIA Specifies whether to enable or disable variant views This optioncanbeused 0 NTS 0 1 to improve performance if the project contains multiple variant views Set to 1 to disable variant views Set to 0 to enable variant views Note This option currently only supports Cadence Allegro projects IGES Options Configure options for IGES files Options Parameter Description Default IGESLOADDRAFTFIRST Specify whether to display a 2D projection of the 3D model before the full 0 0 1 3D model has finished loading Set to 1 to display the 2D page first display of the 3D page as a 2D projection of the 3D model in IGES files Set to 0 to display the 3D model page first IGESLOADSUBFIGURED Specify whether to display subfigure definition entities when subfigure 0 EFINITIONS 0 1 instances are not found Subfigure definition entities are used to store a group of entities that occur repeatedly in a file subfigure instances Set to 0 s
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