BG-Map TechNote

Adding an Additional BG-Map Workstation

Updated 4/18/2025

This document explains how to add an additional BG-Map workstation.

If you have a networked BG-Map installation sufficient OpenInsight user licenses, you can add a BG-Map workstation.

S Step1 - Install AutoCAD or CMS IntelliCAD

Install it in on your new workstation.

Step 2 - Copy BG-Map

Copy the BG-Map folder (c:\bgmapwin) and all included sub-folders from the C: drive of an existing workstation to the C: drive of the new workstation.

Step 3 - Copy the Startup Shortcut

Copy the shortcut that starts BG-Map from the desktop off an existing workstation to the desktop of your new workstation.

Step 4 - Run the User Setup Program

If the location of BG-BASE or BG-Map (the server location for a network installation) has changed on your new workstation, run the BG-Map User Setup Program. Follow these instructions.

Step 5 - Configure AutoCAD (CMS IntelliCAD requires no special configuration.)

Start BG-Map on the new computer. In the AutoCAD window, enter the command CONFIG.

If the background color of the AutoCAD map display is not the color that you want, click the "Display" tab, and click "Colors". "Window Element" should read "Model Tab Background". Click the "Color" dropdown list, and select a background color.

Click the “Display” tab. Make sure the “Use Large Icons for Toolbars” is not checked.

Note: In order to make this color setting “stick”, you may also have to repeat it after starting “regular” AutoCAD (without BG-Map.)

Click the "User Preferences" tab.

"Double Click Editing" (or "Windows Standard Accelerator Keys") should be checked.
"Shortcut Menus in Drawing Area" should be checked.
“Right-click Customization” options should be set like this:

Click the "Drafting" tab. All of the checkboxes should be checked. "Alignment Point Acquisition" should be set to "Automatic".

Click the “Selection” tab. Under “Selection Preview”, check “When a command is active”, but do not check “When no command is active.”

Copy the BG-Map Plot Style, PMP, and Plotter files to the correct locations in AutoCAD. For details, click here.

Step 6 - Configure Printers and Plotters

Configure the printers and plotters for printing book maps and large format maps. Follow these instructions.