The actual version number of MAKROS-A is 7.2 (July 2001)
Makrosa
may freely be used on universities and by students
Makrosa is now also available for Linux and some UNIX workstations.
Command "VDAFS" allows to work with CAD data given in VDAFS format.
Command
"DLL function" allows to call own functions to generate
elements.
Command
"Interface (DLL)" allows to call own interface functions from a
DLL.
Dragging
left mouse button in the graphics window changes the view dynamically.
Command
"3DExpansion" allows translation between coordinate systems.
First create a folder makrosa.
The program is completely installed by extracting the different zip-files.
For the stand alone version only makrosa_exe_engl.zip is needed, for demos also makrosa_demo.zip.
With
AutoCAD14 makrosarx_exe_engl.zip is needed.
The program can be installed by just copying the files to hard disc.
After
installing the zip-file start
the file "\bin\makrose.exe" and choose command "Demo file"
from menu "Help". In the corresponding popup dialog mark the option
"Show pictures automatically" und click button "Open". In a
file selection box choose the file "\common\demo\demo.dem", this will
start an endless demo, to stop it press the button "Stop demo":
MAKROS-A is installed in the following folders (for "makrosa" an other folder may be given):
Folder |
File |
Explanation |
makrosa\ | readme.html | this file |
makrosa\english\bin | makrose.exe | exe-file |
makrosae.exe | ADS-Version | |
makrosarxe.arx | ARX-Version | |
maklinuxe | Linux version | |
maksgie | SGI version | |
makrose.chm | Windows-help file | |
makrosa.mns | menu file for AutoCAD | |
makrosa\common\demo\ | *.* | files with demos and tutorial |
makrosa\english\doc | manual.pdf | MAKROS-A documentation |
makrosa\english\html | *.* | Linux / UNIX help files |
makros\common\dll | *.* | Templates for developing own functions |
There are no entries made to the registry, so uninstalling MAKROS-A is simply done by deleting the relevant folders.
Double
click on makrose.exe.
MAKROS
can also be invoked by double clicking on files with extension .dem, .fes, .mes
if a corresponding association with these file types to makrose.exe is given.
From within AutoCAD the ARX version is invoked with the AutoCAD command ARX/Load and the ADS version is invoked with the command (xload "makrosae"). The directory of the binary (e.g. c:\makrosa\english\bin) must be given in the support path of AutoCAD. Using "makrosarxe", the menu file "makrosa" must explicitly be loaded using the corresponding AutoCAD command. Control can also be transferred to makrosarx with "m_makrosa" without a menu.
You find the documentation in the file "manual.pdf". You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print it.
You find an compiled HTML version of the documentation in the file "makrose.chm". To display it Microsoft HTML Help Viewer is needed, which is part of Microsoft Internet Explorer (up 4.0). With Linux / UNIX Netscape is invoked with html files that are given in the folder makrosa\english\html.
All demo files are located within subfolder "demo". These file can directly be loaded and executed from CD and need not be copied to your hard disk.
MAKROS-A uses OpenGL for graphical display. Needed libraries (DLLs) are installed by default for Windows/NT and Windows 2000. If running Windows 95 the installation of these libraries must be chosen during the installation of MAKROS-A respectively must be copied from the folder "opengl" into the folder "bin" (do not do this, if special OpenGL-drivers are installed with the graphics card).
MAKROS-A can freely be used on universities and by students.
Updates
and new versions of the program can be get from ftp server
ftp://ftp.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de/pub/makros-a
Here the following files are located:
makrosa_exe_engl.zip: makrose.exe and help file makrose.chm for Windows,
makrosads_exe_engl.zip: makrosae.exe (ADS version),
makrosarx_exe_engl.zip: makrosarxe.arx (ARX- version),
makroslinux_exe_engl.zip: maklinuxe (LINUX version),
makrossgi_exe_engl.zip: maksgie (SGI version),
makrosa_demo.zip
: demos and tutorials,
makrosa_doc_engl.zip:
documentation as pdf file,
makrosa_html_engl.zip: documentation as html files for Linux,
makrosa_dll.zip: examples for development of dll routines.
Corresponding zip files without extension "_engl" contain the German version.
For a demo only makrosa_exe_engl.zip and makrosa_demo.zip is needed.
For
an update mostly only the object files need to be updated.
The
ftp-server is also available over the www-page
http://www.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de/makros-a.
Special functions may be implemented on demand. Errors should be reported to guenther.boege@unibw-muenchen.de
In
same cases with the ADS version it happens that AutoCAD gets in an endless loop
by loading the menu file of MAKROS-A. If this happens, finish AutoCAD with the
task manager and try again. Using the ARX version, the menu is not loaded
automatically, only the dialog pops up where the menu file can be loaded with.