Topic: CAD manual

[jonesy]

Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong forum

We have completed our company cad standards manual, which is intended to be a "live" document. It has been turned into a htm(?) file, where either myself or the IT bod here are the only ones who have access to amend this file.  

Would it be possible to have this incorporated in the menu files, or is there a better way of ensuring that the manual is always up to date, and easily accessible on all computers, if you understand what I am trying to say

Many thanks

[David Hall]

Yes it can be done.  There are easy ways to access it from a Pulldown or button in <= 2005. (2006 with its new file structure, I cant say how easy it would be).  HTML files are fine, but some might say turn it into a CHM which is a compressed file.

[M-dub]

I have a button in my personal menu that opens the company menu in notepad.  You could easily manipulate this to suit your needs.

(I think this is what you're looking for...did I understand you correctly?)

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^C^C(startapp "C:/WINDOWS/system32/notepad.exe" "O:/DRAWINGS/Menus-Blocks/terra.mnu")

[David Hall]

Thats what i was thnking.  But can it point to a web page?

[M-dub]

^C^C_browser WWW.THESWAMP.ORG

 

[David Hall]

or this

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(STARTAPP "C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/IEXPLORE.EXE" "HTTP://INTRANET")

[M-dub]

That works too.  the Browser command opens the default browser (in my case, it's not IE).

Those macros would be perfect for all of the users, but to modify the CAD Manual, you'd want to put THAT macro in a personal menu.  Instead of notepad or your browser, you'd need the html file to open in the program you use to edit it.

[MSTG007]

anyone got a basic cad manual put together?

[jonesy]

anyone got a basic cad manual put together?

I've got the draft one (I left it for comments) in the lillypond under

http://www.theswamp.org/lilly_pond/jonesy/CAD%20Manual%20for%20swamp.doc?nossi=1

Just to let you knnow it is only the rough edit, and it is further down the line by now.

[jonesy]

Thanks for everyones help...
The htm cad manual is now up and running

[jonesy]

Or should I say, its up and running on my computer!

I dont want to start rolling this menu out to the other users until I have tried it properly

Can I use the

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(STARTAPP "C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/IEXPLORE.EXE" "HTTP://blah blah blah") on a computer running AutoCAD LT, if not is there a better way round this problem I really only want to have one local menu for the whole office.

Many thanks

[Birdy]

Might be a little late, but I found this helpful.
http://tinyurl.com/7lgj9

Contact autodeskuniversity@autodesk.com and they will give you a password to access the material.

browse to Cad Management & look for class:
CM23-1: Creating an online cad manual.

Lots of other useful stuff there too.

Note: special tip 'o the hat to you M-dub