BG-Map TechNote
Running
BG-Map with AutoCAD LT
Updated
6/11/07
This
document explains how to set up BG-Map to run with AutoCAD LT.
BG-Map
can be used with AutoCAD LT 2000i and later. AutoCAD LT offers a relatively
inexpensive alternative for adding BG-Map workstations for users who may not
need access to all of BG-Map's features.
At
least one workstation must be running AutoCAD or AutoCAD Map. Other
workstations may use any combination of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map, or AutoCAD LT.
Features Not Available When Using AutoCAD LT:
o
Add
a Plant to the Map
o
Proposed
Plants
o
Mass
Move Plants
o
Relocate
a Plant
o
Setup
Defined Views
o
Setup
Plant Group Colors
o
Setup
NPO Layers
o
Setup
User Defined Symbols
o
Move
Text
o
Resize
Text
o
Edit
Leader Line
o
Edit
Group Outline
o
List
Plant
o
Editing
of Basemap
o
Solid
Canopies
How to Set Up a Workstation to Use AutoCAD LT
Note: If your
basemap seems to “disappear” when displaying a map on the kiosk, you need to
redo Step 1 below.
Step 1 – Create an “LT” Version of Your Basemap
To
use LT, the basemap must consist of an external block on a locked layer. You will need to create another version of
your basemap like this:
1)
Open your existing basemap.
2)
Save it first using the regular BG-Map save procedure (File/Save Basemap).
3)
Then, save it to a different filename using the AutoCAD SAVEAS command – for
example, if your regular basemap us XYZMAP, save it to something like
XYZMAP_LT.
4)
With the new renamed map file open, go to the AutoCAD layer dialog and unlock
all layers.
5)
Enter the AutoCAD command ERASE. AutoCAD will prompt "Select Objects" type in the word ALL and press <Enter>
twice. Everything will be erased.
6)
Go to the AutoCAD layer dialog and create a new layer, named BASEMAP. Set it as
the current layer. If there already is a
layer named BASEMAP, name the new layer something different – like
BASEMAP2. (If you do so, substitute
BASEMAP2 for BASEMAP in the remainder of these instructions.)
7)
Using "Attach Reference Block", attach the original basemap as an
XREF onto this new renamed drawing file at insertion point 0,0. The original basemap should now reappear.
8)
Enter the command -BLOCK
at the command line and press <Enter>. AutoCAD will prompt, "Name of block". Enter the word BASEMAP
as the name, and press <Enter>. AutoCAD will prompt "Specify insertion base point:". Type in 0,0 and press <Enter>. AutoCAD will prompt "Select objects:". Enter the letter L
and press <Enter> twice. The basemap should disappear again.
9) Enter the command -INSERT at the command line and press <Enter>. AutoCAD will prompt "Enter block name or [?]" Enter the word BASEMAP
and press <Enter>. AutoCAD will prompt "Specify insertion point or [Scale/X/Y/Z/Rotate/PScale/PX/PY/PZ/PRotate]:". Enter
0,0 as the insertion point, and press <Enter>. Then, press <Enter> 3 times. The
basemap should reappear.
10) Go the AutoCAD layer dialog, and lock all
BASEMAP layers (including BASEMAP, BASEMAP2, etc.), and set the PLANTS layer as
current.
11) Save this drawing file.
Step 2 - Modify the User ID
file.
Set up the user ID file for AutoCAD LT. See “Unraveling the Mystery of the User ID File”
Step 3 - Load the BG-Map
Menu.
Start
BG-Map with AutoCAD LT. At the AutoCAD
LT command line, enter the command MENULOAD
<Enter>. Unload any menus that are already loaded. In the dialog box, click "Browse",
and select one of these files:
C:\Bgmapwin\Bgm_LT.mns if you are running AutoCAD
LT 2000i or 2002
C:\Bgmapwin\Bgm_LT2004.mns if you are running AutoCAD LT 2004 or
later.
Then,
click "Load". Finally, click
"Close".
Step 4 - Configure
Printers