User Manual - Etecad File Manager
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1. EFM EteCAD File Manager v2 User Manual ete C d info etecad com EFM 2 0 User Manual Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 FIRST LOOK 4 Browsing 4 Other features 7 List view 4 Large amp small thumbnails 5 Descriptions 7 3 MANAGING YOUR FILES 8 Filtering 8 Basic operations 10 Viewers 18 4 MENUS 22 File 22 Edit 25 View 26 Right click pop up 10 Sort by gt 10 Open as gt 10 Describe 10 Hot Directories 11 Print Selected File 11 MSE context 12 Toolbar tools 13 DWG Viewer 18 HPGL Viewer 20 New Folder 22 Delete Folder 22 Rename Folder 22 Find 25 Copy to clipboard 25 Paste from clipboard 25 Select All 25 Sort by 26 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Table of Contents Supported file formats 6 Plot File Viewing amp Printing 7 Delete 13 Find 13 External app buttons 15 Bottom Bar 15 Rename 15 Copy 15 Move 15 Delete 16 The Graphics Preview 21 Report 22 Create HTML 23 Send plt to plotter 24 Invert Selection 25 Describe File 25 Describe Directory 25 Import Descriptions 25 Hide Tree 26 EFM 2 0 User Manual Hide BottomBar 26 Configuration 27 Appearance 27 Applications 27 Files 28 Plotting 28 Tools 30 Map Network Drive 30 Disconnect Network Drive 30 Copy Disk 30 o WORKING WITH AUTOCAD 33 Bottom Bar 33 Open 33 Insert 33 Working with Block Recommended settings 34 Libraries 33 6 TROUBLES2. Create HTML k Export bo file This can be either sent directly to printer Print in which case you get an interme diate preview dano CAD 2000 Sample drawings File Hame gt Title Subject Let floor architectural Architectural Droit Tablet 2000 Auto CAD 2000 Tablet AutoCAD 2000 Tablet Mero True Tune Jomo CAD 2000 Tne Typ Fonte Tne Toe Fort Eammles i i AutoCAD 14 Sample azimut Amarth Farhamll Racha frire Barhanllmetafile Eachamll Eachamll Camm FS00 20 ESF 093 base EXPO 93 Site Plan or exported to a new file Export to file Within this option you can choose to save it either as a standard text file or as csv comma delimited which will divide the field information into columns within Excel 22 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus File Create HTML Another handy added value feature this creates an HTML file called DWGs htm and a JPEG thumbnail of each image or drawing file s you have selected in the current directory and places them in your current directory On opening DWGs htm in your Internet browser you see a table with a thumbnail to each cell There are two options to choose from in the sub menu Simple or Detailed Choosing either one brings up a Browse for Folder window This gives you a chance to nominate a folder in which to put the HTML page and all the JPEGs to avoid cluttering up your current directory If you don t have suitable
3. All Graphics F duo bmp pa ait mmt ern exclusion of others Raster bmp jpo qif mt ern w Photo Images pa tif LowSonoran jpg Acrobat Acrobat3 New filter ADOBEAPP To return to the original filter choose AutoCAD Drawing from the pop down under the arrowhead For the full list of supported file formats see p 6 2 DWF Drawing Web Format is not implemented in the current version of EFM as it would require installation of the Autoexec WHIP component which is 3 Mb in size and make instal lation much heavier It is also a free format viewable within any Internet browser However EFM s DWG Viewer allows you to save DWF as DWG and in future versions we are consid ering implementing an internal viewer that will work if the user installs the WHIP component independently Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files e Basic operations Right click pop up Right click any file in any of the three browsing modes A pop up menu will appear offering you the following options Sort by gt with a sub menu offering options Name Type Size and Time Sort by Open as Describe Size Hot Directories F Ime Print Selected File Note Time refers to date amp time the file was last modified not when it was created Openas gt Features the following options e DWG for native AutoCAD files and files such as PA Sot by bak which may
4. 29 DataCAD 6 18 28 viewer 6 date modified 10 range 14 Date description field 10 DO viewing options 6 Delete 16 22 36 external app launch button 15 folder 22 in Windows Explorer 13 39 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Index key and shortcut 16 tool 13 delimiter in Report 29 Describe command 10 25 Directory 25 Description dialog 17 Description see file descriptions 17 Disable All formats 9 DOS 16 copy paste method 3 drawing 4 27 file 25 DWF 9 Saving as 19 Save as DWG 9 DWG 18 23 31 Open as 10 Saving as 19 as External Reference 33 batch converting R12 38 blocks organization 33 filter option 9 inserting as block 33 Viewer see DWG Viewer 18 viewing options 6 DWG Viewer 9 18 21 27 31 35 DXF 18 35 Saving as 19 viewing options 6 35 E EMF viewing options 6 Enable All formats 9 Encapsulated Postscript 6 EPS 6 Excel 6 22 29 Explorer Internet 11 EFM 2 0 User Manual Windows 3 4 8 12 13 15 22 Windows see also Windows Ex plorer export to file 22 external application launching 15 External Viewer 27 F file descriptions 3 7 10 25 26 copying with the file 16 customizing 11 17 dialog 17 fields 22 26 importing 25 searching by 14 file size sorting by 14 Filename 13 description field 10 Files preferences 28 filtering 8 35 pre set options 8 9 Find by text by keyword 14 File command 25 File dialog 13 File shortcut 36 files
5. DATAMEFManuahDwgs 280207 Seite 576 KB 5 1 00 5 53 54 PM CAMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwgs280301 site 896 KB 5 1 00 5 58 12 PM CAMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwigs220301 site 2200 KB 4 27 00 7 57 05 PM C AMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwas260301 SITE 252 KB 10 26 00 6 45 58 PM CAMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwas260301 SITE 1458 KB 10 26 00 6 46 26 PM CAMOOSE DATASEFManualsDwgs2S0301 SITE 601 KB 10 26 00 6 47 02 PM C AMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwas260307 SSITE 919 KB 10 26 00 6 47 30 PM CAMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwas260301 sites 2200 KB 4 27 00 7 57 05 PM The results are listed in the bottom pane Select a file from the list if it s an image file a large thumbnail image of it will appear in the upper right part of the win dow under the Cancel button 13 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files As you can see there is also an option of searching by the text in any of the Description fields which by default is off Turn it on enter a value that you ve entered in one of the Description fields and the file s in guestion should appear s Find Files Bm E General Advanced Start Search Search for Cancel Look from CAMOOSE DATASE FM anual Browse M Include subdirectory ind in description Field name Field value mr FileName Sie Date Description dod KB 941799 5 55 16 PM ACME Spr The Advanced tab panel offers further criteria of date range and or fil
6. ES ER For MS Word 97 2000 MS Office must be installed XLS Microsoft Excel Y For MS Excel 97 2000 MS Office must be installed P KL KI KI KI KK lt lt kk BR Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 2 First look Other features Other features Descriptions A crucial feature of EFM is the ability to attach descriptions and notes to files and folders These are available by a few other application programs too but are not supported directly by Windows Descriptions allow you to a Sort files by certain field b Find files by keywords c Produce reports on drawing or image collections These file descriptions are stored in a file called Efmdesc stg There is one such file for each folder If you copy move or rename files using EFM the file descriptions remain attached to this file We will see in a moment how this feature works Plot File Viewing amp Printing Although thumbnail viewing of plot PLT HPGL 2 files is not possible you can view and print such files within EFM s own HPGL Viewer providing a facility not available in AutoCAD or most other CAD applications See p 20 for more details Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Filtering 3 Managing your files Filtering You may have noted that no text or other non image files appear in any of the browsing options That is because E
7. Julia a DRY EH Campus dwg Campus 3D named views example Autodesk 9 EXPRESS EACity base ma City Base Map Transportation map of Minneapolis St Paul a FONTS aCity skyway City Skyway Map Skyway Transportation map of Minneapolis St HELP E3R300 20 dwg Cylinder Air Cylinder Assembly Autodesk Ir H E migration Elevation dwg Elevation Drawing Building elevation showing framing Plot Styles EAEXPO98 bas EXPO 98 Site Plan EXPO 98 World Exhibition Parque EXP E PLOTTERS Ea City map dwg Minneapolis Regiona Maps showing roads and bike paths Ga R14 Custom Ea Oceanarium Oceanarium Oceanarium Elevation Drawing fBEXPO Headq Parque EXPO Headq Parque EXPO 3D Model EB Plot Screenin Plot Shading and Fill Plot Styles Autodesk Ir Ef Single cavity Single cavity mold 2D mechanical plan of an injection mold Espace st dwg space station Intl space station dec 98 dwg SSP 2 Opera dwg Sydney Opera House Opera house and surrounding area Ea colorwh dwg The AutoCAD Color Traditional AutoCAD 2000 Colors Autodesk Ir fa Truck model Truck Model 3D CSG model of a truck tractor Autodesk Ea Watch dwg Watch Drawing Watch Assembly Model gt Watch jpg Watch Image Watch JPEG E L ommandiline Elevation dwg Elevation Drawing Building elevation showing framing Open Insert XRef Plot F2 Rename F5 Copy F6 Move F8 Delete A list of drawings and other image files will appe
8. be opened as such EE e Text for opening ASCII files such as sp and dxf bd ms Hot Directories as text files for examination and modification Print Selected File purposes MSE context e HTML for ASP files which could also be viewed Properties as text files Describe This offers a crucial facility in drawing file management namely the ability to add descriptions about a file that are displayed when browsing in the List view in addition to the standard three fields of Filename Size and Date provided in Win dows This facility applies both to files and folders The file descriptions are stored in a file called Efmdesc stg There is one such file for each folder If you copy move or rename files using EFM the file descriptions remain attached to this file With descriptions you can e Sort files by a chosen field column e Find files by keywords e Produce reports 10 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files By default three extra fields are provided labeled Project Subject and Author Type the appropriate entries into these fields Edit Description x Annotation Description for UAZ Drawings ESPO Headquarters model cwe Attached at 10 05 01 17 37 47 Project EXPO 96 Parque EXPO Headquarters Author Revision Checked by A JDO model of the Parque EAPO Administrative Headquarters building in Portugal is represented through the use of 300rb
9. by keyword 7 Folder Tree 4 11 Hide 26 font in DWG Viewer 28 35 preferences 27 Format Disk 30 Save file as 19 Fullscreen View 6 20 21 36 G GIF 11 21 see also gif viewing options 6 graphics file 21 40 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Index Graphics Interchange Format see GIF Graphics Preview 21 32 grid line 27 H Hide 26 Hot Directories 11 34 Hot Tracking 27 HPGL Viewer 7 20 HPGL 2 7 35 HTML 10 23 Create 23 Web Format 6 I image file 5 13 25 view in Browser panel 27 INI file configuration 17 Insert as block 33 IntelliCAD 3 18 28 34 option in preferences 28 script 31 Internet Explorer see Explorer Inter net 11 Invert Selection 25 shortcut 36 J JPEG 6 8 11 21 23 see also JPG amp jpg JPG Saving as 19 filter for 9 viewing options 6 K Kodak PhotoCD 6 EFM 2 0 User Manual L Large Images see thumbnails Layers 18 selective viewing of 19 LISP 31 see also Isp 31 List view 4 10 11 26 35 preferences 27 M Map Network Drive 30 Maximized 27 measuring distances 19 menus 4 Model Space view 18 Move file 15 36 MS DOS 16 MSE context 12 N Name sort by 10 26 network drive Map 30 O Options dialog 27 P Pan in DWG Viewer 18 in Graphics Preview 21 in HPGL Viewer 20 Paper Space view 18 Parameters of external apps 15 Paste file from clipboard 25 36 PCX viewing options 6 photo images 8 Plot 18 28 Au
10. question with the selected file s in the Browser panel as parameter s You can remove the button from the toolbar by right clicking and choosing Delete from the pop up Bottom Bar In addition to the standard Windows Explorer Copy Paste or drag and drop EFM offers more traditional and safer file operations via four of the Bottom Bar buttons F5 Copy Fb Move F Delete Rename Renames the selected file s in the Browser panel shortcut F2 Copy Copies the selected file s in the Browser panel to another folder F5 Move Moves the selected file s in the Browser panel to another folder F6 The latter two involve the EFM Copy Move dialog 15 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files As you can see there is a history box on the left that allows for fast access to a tar get directory bypassing the tree navigation You can also use MS DOS wildcards e g dwg as well EFM Copy Move Copy D Acad14 SAMPLE wilhome dwg to wilhome dwg i With description CIF Cancel select Directory Directory Name D4A2000 5AMPLE Directories Files 1st floor architectural dwg 1st floor electrical dwg SAMPLE 1st floor lighting dwg ACTIVEX 1st floor plan dwq Database Connectivity 1st floor dwq DesignCenter UF l amninc au Drives Note Ifthe checkbox With description is marked the EFM file description will be also be co
11. to view DXF PLT files p 7 e Change to List view p 4 e Set the Filter to view DXF PLT files see p 7 e Change to List view see p 4 e Select file you want e Press the View button F3 O The application is repeatedly crashing and seems generally to be unstable A It is likely that your Cache file is corrupted Delete it it s called eTechFM ech and is in the EFM application directory unless it was moved to another location via Configuration gt Options gt Files a new one will be created automatically 35 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 6 Troubleshooting 8 Tips FAQ Hot key shortcuts 36 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual Appendix FAG Appendix Sample LISP script The following example can be used for batch converting DWG files from AutoCAD 12 format to AutoCAD 14 2000 format defun tt t1 setq tl getvar filedia setvar filedia 0 command Zoom e not necessary command saveas setvar filedia t1 tt 37 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual Index Page numbers are hyperlinks Symbols bak 10 bmp 8 see also BMP csv 22 DOC viewing options 6 dwg 8 11 see also DWG dxf 10 see also DXF emf 8 gif 8 see also GIF HIM see also HTML 6 viewing options 6 ICO viewing options 6 jpg see also JPEG Is
12. viewing options are similar to those of DWG Viewer but without the CAD related functions Zoom Extent Zoom out Zoom in Pan Zoom Previous Print Copy to Clipboard Save As and Attach Note Double clicking a graphics file will launch whichever default viewer you nominated for this purpose within Windows This gives you the best of both worlds 21 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus File e File New Folder Creates a new folder as a sub directory in the current directory with A dialog for en It Cuurent path CAMOOSE DATASEFManualKHTMLT e This is faster and more convenient than the TEE k eguivalent procedure in Windows Explorer so Cancel much so you may make it your preferred method for creating new folders in general shortcut F7 Delete Folder Referring to the directory you are currently browsing it passes the request on to the standard Windows Explorer Delete function which asks you to confirm your request to send it to the Recycle Bin before acting Rename Folder Equivalent to selecting the current directory s title in the Folder panel or Win dows Explorer and typing a new name Shortcut F2 Report This provides a summary of the filenames size HE Gale Ces a date Project and all customized Description fields New Folder of all the files in the current directory both view ies Rename Folder able and not image formats or otherwise Prat Bin Print
13. DWG Viewer The built in DWG Viewer is another of EFM s added value features It allows you to view plot and in the case of 3D files rotate CAD AutoCAD IntelliCAD DataCAD drawings even without the original application installed on your machine To access it select it and click the S eTechFM C MOOSE DATA EFManual Dwas 8030 Fullscreen View tool in the toolbar Fie Edi view Configuration Tools Help shortcut F3 Sy cee a ae Tree De gt SONO Acrobat a DETLI DWG The drawing appears in a separate window with the following tools ranged along the top from left to right Open file Save As Print Plot Zoom Extent Zoom in Zoom out Zoom Window Pan Zoom Previous Layers and Rotation e394 bea EE O DWG Viewer lets you view DWG and DXF files of all AutoCAD versions and is fast and simple In addition it offers the following features e Model and Paper spaces views named views layouts for AutoCAD 2000 18 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Viewers e Save files as DWG DXF for all versions as well as BMP JPG SVG DWF e Dynamic zoom with a wheel mouse e Rotation e Printing e Measurements of distance using right mouse buttons of objects in 3D space of the current view e Layer on off supports The latter is particularly useful as it allows you to view the list of layers and turn them on or o
14. FM automatically filters them out the assumption is for that you can use the standard Windows Explorer Click on the arrowhead part of the Filter button in the toolbar and you see a pop down list of pre set options for filtering The default is All the precise meaning of which we ll see in a moment but other options are e AutoCAD Drawings i e dwg files e All Graphics dwg files omp jpg gif File Edit View Configuration Tools Help wmf emf s eTechFM C MOOSE DATA EFManual Dwgs230301 e Raster All Graphics minus SX dk 1 AutoCAD drawings bmp JP9 mm gif wmf emf y Floppy All Graphics dw bmp jpg gift mt emf Raster F brmp jpo git mnt ert Acrobat Mew filter In addition you can create custom fil ters of your own by choosing New filter then entering a name of your choosing using standard Windows wildcard conventions To demonstrate type the following for a filter for photo images based on JPEG and TIFF files only Photolmages jpg tif New Filter Note Make sure to separate extensions from one Enter Filter name lt wildcard gt 6 9 Text tet doc _ another with a semi colon not a Photo Images pa nea File Edit View Confiau Now to set its settings with our new filter the current active He EEE one checked in the list click on the part of the Filter but Tee Fej ton to call up its dialog 1 This refers
15. HOOTING 8 TIPS 35 FAQ 35 Hot key shortcuts 36 APPENDIX 37 Sample LISP script 37 INDEX 38 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Table of Contents Refresh 26 Internal Viewer 28 Report 29 Shortcuts 29 Format Disk 30 AutoCAD Batch Processor 31 Capture Image 31 Xref 33 Plot 33 EFM 2 0 User Manual 1 Introduction 1 Introduction EFM is a complete MS Windows Explorer replacement with added features for handling CAD and image files These include e Displaying directories of most CAD related files in thumb view mode e Full screen viewers for most CAD related documents e Ability to attach descriptions to files and directories e Direct access to AutoCAD IntelliCAD commands Open Insert XREF Plot e Block management within AutoCAD IntelliCAD e Power search for documents files based on file properties and keywords in their descriptions e Reports e Batch processing with AutoCAD IntelliCAD In addition it offers e Thumbnail views in two sizes large and small e File descriptions in list views of directories e Two methods for file manipulation Copy Move the MS Explorer way drag and drop Copy Paste with clipboard the more robust DOS method with dialogs e The ability to retrieve deleted files from the Recycle Bin of other machines on the network to the local computer e Power search for documents files based on file properties and keywords in descriptions with preview of found fi
16. Tools Map Network Drive Opens the standard Windows Map Network drive dialog that allows you to map a network drive Map Network Drive Dive z Path Cancel Connect As Help I Reconnect at Logon M Expand by Default Shared Directores a GENERIC DESIGN HE ARTHUR in i JE BASKERVILLE EL BEECHER EL CONAN EL DOYLE E HOLMES HE MORIARTY EL MORTIMER E SHERLOCK HE WARD HE WATSON Disconnect Network Drive Copy Disk Format Disk Opens the standard Windows Map Network drive dialog that allows you to dis connect a mapped network drive Opens the standard Windows Copy Disk dialog which allows you to copy an entire floppy or other removable disk e g Zip Ta Copy Disk EES Copy from Copy to a Floppy a Floppy Removable Disk L Removable Disk D Opens the standard Windows Format Disk dialog which allows you to format a floppy disk 30 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Tools AutoCAD Batch Evaluates a AutoCAD IntelliCAD LISP or SCRIPT macro on one or more selected Processor drawings To use it EFM Batch Processor ID x Select Lisp or Script File Browse Look ir C EFhanual r I Dwas290301 Images FE ME2 dwg EN p 5 ample lepi e Select drawing files in the Browsing panel e Choose Tools gt AutoCAD Batch Processor e Browse to an appropriate LISP SCRIPT file fro
17. ar in the Browser panel B Click on a drawing and a thumbnail view of it appears in the Preview pane C In addition there is the toolbar D Status Bar E Bottom Bar F and of course the menus We ll get to know each of these as we go along Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 2 First look Browsing Large small thumbnails Click the Large Images icon in the toolbar File Eat View Configuration Tools Help wr Xd 46 96 09 Gt CMe 2000 A2000 G Data Links S Drawings DRY a EXPRESS a FONTS a HELP JE migration Plot Styles a PLOTTERS i gt A Data Links 3 Drawings a DRY On EXPRESS FONTS amp HELP H A migration O Plot Styles R300 20 dw9 BER EXPO9S ba peas map k Oceanariu EXPO Hea Plot Screen Single cavit space st dwa Operadwg colorwh dwg Truck mod Watch cwg Watch npg Wilhome d Liddwg L20 dwg Eh mest a PLOTTERS 9 R14 Custom Files Z EE aa B N Those in a nutshell are your three options for browsing image files in EFM Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 2 First look Browsing Supported file formats The file formats that EFM supports are as follows Exten Description Thumb Full Notes sion nail screen View DC5 a EU ES For FSV the free DataCAD viewer must be installed DOC SE
18. ard Places the drawing or image files copied using Copy to Clipboard Select All Selects all displayed files Invert Selection Ctrl R Inverts any file selection just made the selected is de selected and the unselected selected site 4 dwg zitel 2 do zite 6 dwg site 4 dwg site 3 dwg F Bg amp i Describe File Equivalent to choosing Describe from the pop up menu produced on right clicking a file in the Browser panel see p 10 Note When applying this to a multi file selection the description applies only to the last file selected Describe Directory Brings up a dialog for describing the whole ET x p Annotation dire ctory Description for CAMOOSE D T NE FManuahDwgs280301 Attached at ACME Project drawings k The result appears in the title bar of the ACME Project drawings Browser panel and in any Report made of that directory Import Descriptions This might be used in a scenario where you ve exported descriptions It accepts ASCII files in the same format as export 25 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus View Sort by Hide Tree Hide BottomBar Refresh A typical scenario export description or file list with empty fields of the directory to Excel attach edit description import them back e View This is equivalent to choosing Sort by from the pop up menu that appears on right clicking a file in the Browser panel
19. d bike paths EXPO Headquarters 23 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved 275 70K 23 03 99 11 31 Parque EXPO Headquarters Parque EXPO 3D Model EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus File Send plt to plotter This allows you to send a plot file directly to the local or network plotter The dia log nominates a particular plotter or printer on your network Send PLT to Plotter x Printers Plotters Met address HP Design Jet 1050 Gere HFDesignJet 1050 HP 7545 Local LPT1 HF 750 on Second Floor SecondF Plotters HPDCESIGNIJET 750 Met address ServerB HPDesignJet_1050 Cancel To configure your plotter s you must create a plotters ini file in the application s folder For example plotters count 3 item0 HP Design Jet 1050 ServerB HPDesignJet 1050 iteml HP 7545 Local LPT1 item2 HP 750 on Second Floor SecondF Plot ters HPDESIGNJET 750 where e plotters Section name count number of plotters e item0 item lt n gt the plotter definitions The plotter definition consists of two fields separated by a semicolon the plotter name and plotter address 24 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Edit Edit Find Equivalent to clicking the Find tool in the toolbar shortcut Alt F7 Copy to clipboard Copies the actual drawing or image file in preparation for transfer to another directory Paste from clipbo
20. e size which you can use in addition or instead of those in the General panel s Find Files Miel General Advanced Start Search Cancel M Data between 3420 01 and Th File size fa B kilobytes Fie ame o ooo Size Date Description C AMOOSE DATA EFManual Dwas280301 Scans 884 KB 9717 99 5 5516PM ACME Spr Last but not least note that in both tab panels you have a button at the bottom left that can take you to the selected file or if you selected more than one the first one 14 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files External app buttons You can customize the toolbar to include buttons for launching external applica tions To do so simply drag any executable file application from any source within the EFM Browser panel or from MS Explorer or even an icon on the desk top and drop it onto EFM Upper Button Bar The Parameter dialog appears Set button for D Acad14 5AMPLE watch jpg D Acad14 S5AMP Ea Parameters amp Folder Name and File name All selected files Folder Name only List File Name File Name only Without parameters Description fields start Path lt Current Folder gt Cancel Select the type of parameter you want it will be attached to the application After clicking OK a new button with an icon of the application will appear in the toolbar Clicking it will launch the application in
21. f Plot 5 Working with AutoCAD Bottom Bar 5 Working with AutoCAD Bottom Bar pen Insert Ref Flat Opens the selected DWG file within the CAD application If the CAD application isn t open it launches it If in the case of AutoCAD if it is active it closes the current AutoCAD file and opens a new one Rel 14 and LT or just opens a new window AutoCAD 2000 Inserts the selected DWG file as a block into the active drawing file Inserts the selected DWG file as an External Reference file Plots the DWG file through AutoCAD see Configuration e Working with Block Libraries You don t need any special tools for working with Block Libraries Just organize your DWG blocks in folders and you are ready loci In x File Edit View Configuration Tools Help QE Xd os DA Gms Tree 2 D v P 00 500 oo had 3 bathroom Z elevators ELK90 dwg BLK91 dwg Furnitur Kitchen People Handicaps A Trees 4 vehicls DR eene BRONCOS dwg BUS dwg CAR F dwg MOVER17S d MOVER245 d MOVER26S d x E Laman Line command INSERT Block name or lt BRONCOS gt Total 36 files 1 19 M BLK92 dwg 26 59K 26 04 01 D demo blocks vehicls cars Trucs BLK92 dwg Insertion point 4 25 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 5 Working with AutoCAD Select the block image you want You can use the Insert com
22. ff in any combination that you need for a particular view as these Before and After views demonstrate bel C TOPO C ELDG M C ROAD M L SITE BRDG W C PSIT TEXT TI TXT C PROP Wt ELTOZ C PENG w L SITE FENC C GRID COTO i DEFPOINTS Raj L PLN T TREE AF ATIME 7 vi M m wi M M W C Je La C TOPO C BLDG C ROAD L SITE BROG C PSIT TEXT 19 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved PAVILION EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Viewers HPGL Viewer Similar Zoom Pan and Rotation tools are available in EFM s HPGL 2 Viewer which allows you to view and print PLT plot or HPGL 2 files through the Fullscreen View P amp E FM HPGL 2 Viewer ls Reef z This feature is particularly valuable as AutoCAD itself like most CAD applica tions does not offer this facility In addition to being fast and simple the HPGL 2 Viewer can also save files in WMF Windows Metafile Format 20 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Viewers The Graphics Preview When you click the Fullscreen View button when a graphics file is selected in the Browser panel i e JPEG GIF BMP and other non CAD images a different util ity is launched the Graphics Preview af Preview This has similar
23. folder to hand for the purpose you can click the New Folder button at the top right see circled to make one wherever you wish within the hierarchy Browse for Folder HC Users Multimedia Files C1 My Download Files C My Music Program Files k Recycler C Server Shared_Folder C Temp C Try out C unzipped 3 winnt C2 222 H Removable Disk D R E The table produced 4 DWG Thumbnail Microsoft Internet Explorer PA fai Fi b the Sim le Eile Edit View dass Tools Help DRE cwouseoaaeM E60 ys e ese 2 8 A Alaa ge 43 8 2 option IS plain Bacy Faria Stop Refresh Home Search Favorites History Mail Print Edit Discuss Real com Links matrix with each cell containing a thumbnail image and the filename of the drawing or image file not the JPEG produced from it under neath D ARCH6 DWG D ARCH7 DWG D DETL1 DWG Detailed produces a File Edit View Favorites Tools Help El two cell wide table Address la D cdmar doc rep DWGs htm v Go Links one thumbnail per row with the cell to its 367 90 K ht disvlavi inf 23 03 99 11 29 rig isplaying INIOT City Base Map mation as to the file s size and the date and time it was modified Transportation map of Minneapolis St Paul 222 80K 23 03 99 11 30 Minneapolis Regional Bike Routes Maps showing roads an
24. hose AutoCAD plotting the default it will bring up the AutoCAD Print Dialog with reference to the current selected file e If you chose Attaching PCP PC2 option it will bring up the EFM s Batch Plot dia log which allows you to plot drawings with AutoCAD as you would with AutoCAD s own Batch Plot utility with some extensions s YSS Batch Plot OL X Files to Plot File Cd Pcp O C MOOSE DATA EFManu Current plotter cbxPlotter Associated PCP PC2 DWG files Apply Remove i Device Select All Units Origin Clear List Size Rotate Save Plot Set Scale Exit Plot Now I Plotto File g The final two choices in the pop up give you access to standard Windows Explorer options MSE context This emulates the standard pop up that appears when right clicking the file in Windows Explorer Properties This is equivalent to choosing Properties in Set hy the standard Windows Explorer right click Open as JH Open with Describe 7 OD UD a AICO Send to User k PSP Hot Directories InoculatelT PE Print S elected File TextPad i cHAdd to Zip Properties Add to Arch zip zip and E Mail Archd zip N Send To k Le Cut Copy N Create Shortcut Delete Properties 3 Currently implemented for AutoCAD Rel 14 only 12 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Toolbar t
25. it perspectives of the model and multiple VEDE ce and they appear in the List view when you return to it ner gt gt Project Title EP Elevation dwg 23 0 Elevation Building ele EXPO Headquart _ EXPO 40 Parque EXPO Headquarters FileName _ EAEXPO98 base dwq 773 5 23 0 EXPO 98 EXPO 98 World Exhibition Fa City map dwg 2868 23 0 Minneapo Maps showing roads and bike paths AOceanariumdwg 714 3 23 0 Oceanarium Oceanarium Elevation Drawing EAPlot Screening a 5981K 10 0 PlotShad Plot Styles Autode Note For details on how to customize these field names and add more of your own see Customizing the Description fields p 17 Hot Directories The equivalent of Favorites in Internet Explorer this allows you to add the cur rent directory here eventually creating a list of your favorite folders that you can jump to directly bypassing the Folder Tree and making navigation much faster Print Selected File The outcome here depends first of all on the file type you ve selected e If it s a standard graphics file JPEG GIF etc this option will bring up the standard Print dialog e Ifi s a dwg however it will bring up AutoCAD s plot dialog Here the result depends on the option you last chose in the Plotting tab panel in the Preferences dialog see p 28 11 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files e If you c
26. les This panel determines the location of the program s Cache file a fast access memory store that helps EFM speed up thumbnail browsing By default this is in the EFM application folder but you can move it else where if you wish Plotting Here you can determine your preferred method for using the Plot command Choose between plotting through the AutoCAD Plot command or via EFM s Batch Plot facility see p 7 Internal Viewer This allows you to set the location of the AutoCAD fonts for use with EFM s DWG Viewer C Program Files FullS hot VS 28 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Configuration Report Here you decide which of the default fields should be included in the Reports generated by EFM whether for print or as an exported file In the latter case pay par ticular attention to whether to enclose each field value in guotation marks and which delim iter to use To view the fields as separate columns within Excel or a database choose Comma or Tab as your delimiter rather than the default Blank Shortcuts This is for setting the hot key combination for EFM s built in Capture Image function see p 31 The k default is Ctrl Shift F5 but you can change this for a combination of your own choosing 29 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Tools
27. les and ability to jump to their location e The ability to send PLT files directly to plotter e The ability to add external program icons to the button bar and execute them within user defined parameters e The ability to run external programs from a command line and drag and drop files as command line parameters into it from the Browse panel In this manual we aim to demonstrate the wide range of things EFM can do and how it can help you in your work Enjoy EteCAD Ltd Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 2 First look Browsing 2 First look e Browsing List view Launch EFM and you re presented with a full screen window The Folder Tree pane A works like its counterpart in Windows Explorer Use it to navigate to a directory with drawings and click on its icon in the Tree eTechFM D A2000 Drawings dwg bmp jpa gif wmf emf tga BEE File Edit View Configuration Tools Help AutoCAD 2000 Sample drawings v XA nS So WUTEHE 2 1st floor archi Architectural Draft Unknown fa Tablet 2000 d AutoCAD 2000 Tablet AutoCAD 2000 Tablet Menu Autodesk Ir EaTrueType dwg AutoCAD 2000 TrueT TrueType Font Examples Autodesk Ir 2 azimuth dwg Azimuth AutoCAD 14 Sample Autodesk A Data Links Ea Backwall dwg Backwall fixture 3D Backwall Fixture Julia 3 Drawings ti Backwall wmf Backwall fixture Backwall metafile
28. m the dialog e Click Execute The possibilities provided by LISP scripting are restricted only by the imagina tion See the Appendix for a sample script that can batch convert Release 12 DWG files to AutoCAD 14 2000 format for display as thumbnails in the Browser panel Execute Capture Image Used while in the DWG Viewer this changes the cursor to a cross which you click and drag to capture any part of the drawing in a rubber band rectangle FS EFM DWG Viewer C MOOSE DATASEFM anual Dwgs2803014UTI fel aa a afst AE K Model Space You can capture images in this way from your desktop or from any kind of graphic or text application If EFM is invisible minimized you can still invoke it 31 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Tools by using the shortcut If EFM is visible it disappears from the screen and cursor will change to a cross Hold down the mouse button and make selection with rub ber band rectangle The selection is then opened in the Graphics Preview window and can be saved as a new file in the Browser panel or inserted into your CAD drawings etc b Preview BIE aja e ces 1 The default shortcut for Capture Image is Ctrl Shift F5 but you can change this if you wish in the Configuration gt Options gt Shortcuts dialog p 29 0 32 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual Open nsert Xre
29. mand or drag and drop the selected item into the AutoCAD workspace Note for IntelliCAD users You have to set the DRAGOPEN system variable to 1 Dropped drawing will be inserted Recommended settings For easy drag and drop moving of files to and from the Browser panel to the CAD drawing we recommend you do two things e Set EFM be in non Maximized state Configuration gt Options gt Appearance This allows you to reduce the size of the window to say the top half of the screen giving ready access to the drawing e Set the EFM window to Stay on top by clicking the drawing pin but 5 5 yap ton in the toolbar DEC PTE It is a good idea to use the EFM Hot Directories menu for fast access to the Block Library 34 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 6 Troubleshooting 8 Tips FAQ 6 Troubleshooting Tips e FAQ O I see question marks instead of text inside the DWG Viewer A Go to Configuration gt Options gt Internal Viewer Click Add button and select the directory with your AutoCAD shx fonts folder using the Browse to Folder dialog see p 28 A typical fullpath C Program files AutoCAD 2000 Fonts O I can t see Plot files and DXF files A EFM can show AutoCAD DXF files and HPGL 2 plotter pit files only via the internal viewer They lack the necessary information to be previewed as thumb nails but they can be seen in the List view e Set the Filter
30. oCAD drawing underneath it is common to keep it unchecked so as to reduce its window to the top half of the screen making it easier to switch between the two see 5 Working with AutoCAD p 33 Hot Tracking on turns the cursor into a pointing hand when hovering over a filename Display grid line creates spreadsheet like boundaries between rows and columns in the List view The effect is only apparent when you choose a non gray background color for the List view Cancel Bo 7B E 344 60 K Applications In this panel you set Applicati i o your preferre d Exter Appearance Applications Eiles Internal Viewer Report Shortcuts i oa External Vi nal Viewer in addition xternal Viewer to EEM s DWG Viewe r Base Application Caption autocad ss S your Bas e Appli c ati on Base Cad Application C Acadt 4 acad exe Caption Application Config File C Acad1 4 acad ctg e Application Config File for Intellicad use with EFM s Batch Plot with AutoCAD drawings Datacad Cancel 27 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Configuration e IntelliCAD turn on this option to make the commands in the Bottom Bar p 15 relate to IntelliCAD rather than AutoCAD e DataCAD Unlike IntelliCAD the application exe and its free viewer app are not located automatically by EFM and you must set their location manu ally Fi
31. ools Two file management tools are available in the toolbar Delete Xu The Delete tool shortcut F8 works on the file s currently selected in K ir the Browser panel Like the standard Windows Explorer Delete it Abee sends them to the Recycle Bin Bin and asks you to confirm this before acting on it However unlike the standard Windows Explorer Delete even files deleted from other drives on your local network are sent to your local Recycle Bin This means that they remain recoverable if necessary whereas deleting without EFM means such files are lost irretrievably Note This is one of EFM s most valuable features one which one network administrator is quoted saying is alone worth the price of the package Find la The Find tool Alt F7 opens a Find dialog which is fairly compre Fi hensive It consists of two tab screens General and Advanced naf Find The General tab in its default setting allows you to search for any text string in a filename and in the Look in field indicate which volume or directory to look in e lt ESC gt to cancel ID x General Advanced Start Search Search for site xl Look from C MOOSE DATASEFManual BE ois M Include subdirectory F Find in description FileName OLO Ses Date Descripils CAMOOSE DATASEFManual Dwas260301 SITE 345 KB 10 26 00 6 45 32 PM CSMOOSE DATASEF Manuals was 28020 sitel 1459 KB 4 27 00 7 30 28 PM CAMOOSE
32. p 10 see also LISP 10 PCD viewing options 6 PLT 7 24 35 file printing plotting 20 viewing options 6 plt 35 RTF viewing options 6 TIF see also TIFF 6 viewing options 6 TXT viewing options 6 wmf 8 wmf see also WME 8 XLS viewing options 6 38 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Index Numerics 3D files 18 rotation in 19 A Appearance preferences 27 Applications preferences 27 ASCII files for descriptions 25 opening 10 ASP files 10 Attach Note 21 Author description field 11 AutoCAD 3 7 8 10 18 20 28 33 35 working with 27 33 2000 18 Batch Processor 31 commands 26 drawing format 6 DWG filter option 9 fonts in DWG Viewer 28 format 9 plotting 12 28 R12 conversion 38 Rel 14 2000 31 33 script 31 workspace 34 Autoexec WHIP 9 B Base Application Caption 27 Batch Plot 12 27 28 block libraries 33 BMP 21 Saving as 19 viewing options 6 BMP see also bmp Bottom Bar 4 15 28 Hide 26 EFM 2 0 User Manual Browser panel 4 5 8 13 15 21 25 26 31 32 preferences 27 C Cache file 28 35 CAD non images 21 application 7 20 33 related functions 21 CAD drawings 3 18 32 34 Cancel 13 Capture 36 Capture Image 29 31 32 Capture image shortcut 36 Configuration menu 27 32 34 35 of INI file 17 Copy Move 15 Paste 15 Disk 30 file 36 file or directory to clipboard 36 to another folder 15 to clipboard 21 25 36 D database
33. pied in the process Delete Precisely the same as EFM s Delete in the toolbar deletes the selected file s from the Browser panel F8 Delete key 16 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Customizing the Description fields The Description field names may be changed and you can even add more of your own by opening ha civginta ic IKB the EFM Configuration INI file EFMcfg ini in the a dwginfo ocx 2 280KB EP efm chm B41KB J application s folder EJ EFAA 1KE T Z EFMcfg ini Notepad Of x E File Edit Search Help F3 Fh Revision F5 Checked by Note that for these changes to take effect you must save the INI file and relaunch EFM a FileName Size Date Project gt gt Title Author Revision Chec P 0 3 30 01 41 AM _ MechDwgs T 3 28 01 8 51 AM consb dug 883 30 K 9717799 5 65 PM ACME Spnngheld Site Conceptual Sue E Generis Naturally the Description dialog changes too Edit Description x Annotation Description for CAMOOSE DATASEFM anualhDiwgs280301 cons dwg Attached at 3 50 01 9 45 12 Ab Gite A Conceptual Sue E Generis a vH We trust you will find this fully customizable Description facility handy in managing your drawing files 17 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Viewers e Viewers
34. see p 10 Choose between Name Type Size Time where Time refers to date amp time the file was last modified not the date amp time it was created Removes the Folder Tree from view to make more room for the Browser panel contents Typically used to accommodate many Description fields in a List view or for working with Block Libraries Hides the BottomBar with its AutoCAD commands Updates the current view 26 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 4 Menus Configuration e Configuration This consists of only one item Options but this is a multi tabbed dialog control ling all base settings and preferences of the application Appearance Here you control all Saaaaaa x aspects of appe arance of Appearance Applications Files Platting Internal Viewer Report Shortcuts the Browser panel both in ee List View and In the Image List View Image View views su ch as col or of Background color m Background color old hi gh Text color m Highlight color ml background text 5 Font MS Sans Serif v Text color m the k lighted items etc 2 ec JET fonts used and whether P z T Hot tracking on MS Sans Serif v text should be bold or not I Display arid line I Bold The Maximized option on by default is what deter mines whether the EFM window occupies the full screen or not by default When using EFM with a live Aut
35. tions 6 Word MS 6 X Xref 33 Z Zoom 18 dynamic 19 in DWG Viewer 18 in Graphics Preview 21 in HPGL Viewer 20 EFM 2 0 User Manual Index 43 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual Index 44 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual Index 45 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved
36. to drawings of R13 or above R12 or earlier will appear in the Browser panel but with a grayed out crossed box instead of a thumbnail But see Appendix for easy workaround Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved EFM 2 0 User Manual 3 Managing your files Filtering You see the default tab sec tion listing the pre set filters Files Thumbnails including the one we ve just g bakb Delete Row named al Autocad Drawing dwg All Graphics de bmp po gif vrr Raster brmp jpg git wmf eml Fhoto Images h pa kf Click the Thumbnails tab The settings you see here will Files Thumbnails reflect the last active filter in our case the AutoCAD Drawings ees ii Enable All 2 DWG checkbox F JPG F PCD Deselect the current selec M Gii M PSD 1 tion and check JPG and TIFF EPS EMF ICO instead then click OK T C DCS k OK The option All in the Filter list refers of course to all the options you see here see also next page Note that you can click Enable All or Disable All to save time when you have many checkboxes to select or deselect respectively Put a few JPEG or TIFF eTechFM C MOOSE DATANEFManual Dwgs280301 ipa tif images in your directory File Edit View Configuration Tools Help or navigate to a directory a x ms containing them and EFM Te ahh will show them to the a C Autocad Drawing F dwg
37. toCad 28 Batch 27 28 can t see files 35 41 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Index command 28 files 6 7 plotter configuration 24 Plotting DWG through AutoCAD 33 preferences 11 PNG viewing options 6 Portable Network Graphics 6 Preferences 11 27 Preview Print 22 pane 4 Print 21 22 current view 19 dialog 11 selected file 11 Project description field 11 Properties 12 R R12 R13 AutoCAD releases 8 raster files 8 Recycle Bin 3 13 22 Refresh 26 Rename file 15 folder 22 36 Report 7 25 preferences 29 Rich Text Format 6 Rotation 18 19 in HPGL Viewer 20 S Save As 18 21 Select All 25 shortcut 36 Size description field 10 sort by 10 26 Small Images see thumbnails EFM 2 0 User Manual Sort 10 26 files by field 7 Status Bar 4 Subject description field 11 SVG Saving as 19 T Tagged Image File Format 6 Targa TGA 6 text color 27 files 8 in DWG Viewer 35 thumbnails 4 6 9 31 35 in exported HTML 23 in Find File dialog 13 in HTML output 23 large vs small 5 of plot files 7 TIF see also TIFF and tif 6 TIFF 8 9 filter for 9 Time sort by 10 26 toolbar 4 8 15 tools 13 Tools menu 30 42 Copyright 2001 EteCad Ltd All rights reserved Index Type sort by 10 26 W WHIP 9 Windows 10 bitmap format 6 Explorer 3 4 8 12 13 15 22 Icon format 6 Map Network 30 Metafile Format 6 Metafile Format see also WMF 20 viewing op
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