Readme File
GeoTools Version 23.21 for AutoCAD 2024-2012 platforms and vertical
applications built on any of these AutoCAD versions.
GeoToolsReadMe.TXT
Copyright (c) 1999-2023 DesignSense Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru-INDIA
April 18, 2023
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GeoTools NOTES
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This file covers compatibility information, late-breaking news, registering
info and usage tips for the GeoTools software.
The following topics are discussed:
----- GeoTools INSTALLATION for AutoCAD -----
(General instructions for all AutoCAD versions)
1. Starting GeoTools: During installation, if you have chosen the
AutoCAD profile to use with GeoTools, there is nothing else that you
need to do in order to start using GeoTools. Simply start AutoCAD with
the chosen user profile and you should be able to start using GeoTools.
2. If you did not do the GeoTools startup configuration during Setup,
you will still be able to configure AutoCAD for GeoTools manually. To
do this, start the "OPTIONS" command (Tools->Options...) menu and go
to the "Files" tab and open the "Support files search path". Click on
"Add" and then "Browse", then point to the location where GeoTools
has been installed. By default, the installation program would have
installed this under the "C:\Program Files\DesignSense\GeoTools23_EN"
folder.
3. If you have other third-party applications, there are various ways in
which you can manually tailor your GeoTools startup.
a) If you do not already have an existing ACAD.LSP, you can use the
ACAD.LSP supplied with GeoTools. This would automatically load GeoTools
program and menu as soon as you start AutoCAD.
If you wish to be prompted whether to have GeoTools loaded or not,
please comment the appropriate commands in the ACAD.LSP file as
explained in the 'commented notes' within ACAD.LSP. Once loaded,
GeoTools can either be loaded or unloaded using the GT_LOAD and
GT_UNLOAD commands respectively.
b) If you already have an existing ACAD.LSP, you can either copy the
contents of the GeoTools provided ACAD.LSP to merge with your
pre-existing ACAD.LSP or you can load GeoTools separately by first
loading the loader program GT_LOAD.LSP and then using either the
GT_LOAD or GT_UNLOAD commands to either load or unload GeoTools.
4. Troubleshooting tips:
a. Ensure that the GeoTools folder is ahead of other support folders.
When AutoCAD starts acad.lsp from the GeoTools folder should get
executed. If there is an acad.lsp in another folder ahead of GeoTools,
that would get executed and could possibly be a reason why GeoTools
is not intitialized.
b. Ensure that the ACADLSPASDOC system variable is set to 1.
If this is set to 0 in your AutoCAD, GeoTools may not initialize
automatically in subsequent drawings opened if you have multiple
documents interface turned on and you will need to manually load
it in each drawing. The setting of ACADLSPASDOC to 1 ensures that
it is loaded in all documents automatically.
GeoTools makes extensive use of dialog boxes, some of which are wide
in size. It is therefore recommended that you use a Windows display
screen resolution of 1024x768 or more. If you encounter "Dialog
too big to fit the display" error, either increase the resolution
or use "Small Fonts" in your display settings.
(Additional Instructions for AutoCAD 2014++)
When any LISP, ARX, DVB or a .NET dll is about to be loaded in
AutoCAD 2014++, you will see additional warnings and permission
requests unless it is in a pre-determined TRUSTEDPATHS location.
This affects the loading of GeoTools as well.
GeoTools uses several VLX file and LSP files, as well as doslib ARX files
(doslib19.arx/doslib19x64.arx) as its executable components that need to
be loaded either at startup or on demand. Each one of these need
user-permission before they can be loaded in AutoCAD 2014++. You will see warning
messages popping-up seeking your permission and you will have to
explicitly grant them by clicking on the Load button each time.
If you want to avoid clicking on the Load button each time, you need
to specify all the GeoTools folders as 'trusted folder'.
You do this by following the steps outlined below:
- Start the OPTIONS command, and select the profile under which your GeoTools
is running.
- Click the Files tab.
- Click the [+] to the left of Trusted Locations.
- Click the Add button, browse to the folder where you have installed GeoTools,
and click Ok.
- If you receive an alert (about Read-Only), click [Continue].
- Click [OK] to close the Options dialog.
You will have to repeat this procedure for all the folders under the GeoTools
installation folder.
There is another quicker, back-door method to suppress these warnings, and
that is by setting the SECURELOAD system variable to 0. This makes AutoCAD
run like older versions and no security warnings are issued.
Autodesk does not recommend that you defeat the whole purpose of additional
security by doing this.
GeoTools Online help and documentation
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GeoTools help is now accesible from within the GeoToools menu
by clicking on the "Help..." item.
Registering GeoTools on your computer
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GeoTools registration is made based on the application key
of each computer where GeoTools is running. This is
obtained by typing 'GT_AppKey' on the AutoCAD command line.
In addition to the application key, please send us the
following information as well:
User Name:
Company Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Country:
ZIPCode:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
GeoTools
ApplicationKey
Contact address:
DesignSense Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
#365/8, Hashmitha Avenue
16th Main Road
Jayanagar 4T Block
Bengaluru - 560 041
India
Tel: + 91-9243438300 / + 91-8073279755
Tel: + 91-80-41625057
email: rakesh.rao@thedesignsense.com
URL: http://www.thedesignsense.com
GeoTools URL: http://www.thedesignsense.com/geo-tools
GeoTools direct download : http://www.thedesignsense.com/geotools/geotools_en.exe
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