Installation

Recommended hardware specification

YFCAD Software doesn’t require high specification of computer
hardware. However, user could upgrade the specification of their
computer hardware to increase the performance of the software. The
hardware specifications are as follow.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 or above
RAM: 2G (Bigger scene or high-precision model requires 4G)
Graphic Card: NVIDIA Geforce 9600GT (512M memory)

Supported operating system and fundamental platform

OS: Windows XP and Windows vista are recommended.
AutoCAD：R14－2008. For AutoCAD 2009 is coming soon.

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Install ODBC driver

ODBC driver consist of libraries that implement the functions of ODBC
API to access the database.
YFCAD Software cannot run normally without ODBC driver; however
some users might encounter problem during the installation.

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Install USB dongle driver

Caution: Don’t insert the USB dongle before installing the driver.
Click “Softdog Driver” button then follow the direction to install the
driver. Next insert the USB dongle to finish.
The following prompt will appear when the driver has been installed
successfully.

There are some errors concerning the USB dongle when the following
image appears:
1. The USB dongle had been inserted before installing the driver.
2. The driver of the USB dongle was not successfully installed.

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How to confirm the USB dongle installation?

Right click at “My Computer”, select “Properties”, Select “Hardware”
label and click at the “Device manager”.
If the “Senselock EliteIV v 2.x” item is
under the “smart card reader” it means
the installation went successfully. On
the other hand, if there is a yellow
question mark in front of “Senselock
EliteIV v 2.x”, it means that the
installation isn’t successful.
Furthermore, when there is a red x in
front of it, it means that the device is
disabled.

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What will happen if the USB dongle mismatch the software

type or the serial number of the USB dongle is wrong?
The following image will appear when you start the program:
2D Design

Render

It means that the USB dongle you’re using doesn’t match the program.
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When the following image appear:

Render

That means you didn’t input the authorization code or the code is wrong.
Please input the right code.

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Installation for Windows Vista

Windows have improved their security in Vista by adding UAC (User
Account Control) function. However, a pop-up might appear when you
are installing InteriCAD.
You have to turn off the UAC function to avoid this problem. Please
follow the steps below.
Step 1: Go to control panel.

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Step2: Select “User Account and Family Safety”.

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Step 3: Select “User Accounts”.

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Step 4: Cancel the tick of “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help
protect your computer”. Then click OK to confirm.

Step 5: Restart windows and install YFCAD software or plug-in,

you can also turn on UAC again after you finish installation.

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Authorization code
YFCAD software would only work, when the USB dongle is plugged.
During the installation process, the user will have to input the
authorization code that match the serial number of the USB dongle.
The authorization code is formed by 23 digits number.
InteriCAD 6000 has five sets of authorization codes while InteriCAD
T3 has four sets of authoriazation codes.
Click “Add” button to input the number. After inputting all the set of
codes, you can finally start using InteriCAD.

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In Windows XP, you have to open the start menu to find the program
input the authorization codes after the installation

However in Vista, you have to turn the UAC off before double clicking
on the program from the start menu to run it.
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If user doesn’t want to turn the

UAC off, please right click on that
program, and then select “Run as
administrator” from the shortcut
menu.
Select “Allow” when system asking
your permission to run the program.
Then user can input authorization
codes in the normal way.

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1.
Modeling

Start AutoCAD and Modeling separately.

After installing InteriCAD, the default profile of AutoCAD will be
replaced by InteriCAD. Follow the steps below, to restore the AutoCAD
menu:
1. Right click on the shortcut of
AutoCAD and select Properties.
Add “/p acad” in the Target
content, and click OK button.

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2. Start AutoCAD again and a prompt will appear.

Just click OK button.

Note: you don’t need to perform this operation for version higher than
AutoCAD2006.

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 Modeling

What happen if Modeling can not load four view ports?

Occasionally, when you open Modeling, there are only one or two view
ports. It is because the user can not select the template file made by
YFCAD. User can configure the setting by following the steps below:
1. Show startup dialog box
Enter “config” in command line and press ENTER. Switch to
“System” label and change the setting of Startup to “Show Startup
dialog box”.
Create new file or start
Modeling again to see
the startup dialog box.

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2. Select corresponding template

Now user can select corresponding template when starting
Modeling. InteriCAD offers user two templates: “acad.dwt” and
“acadiso.dwt”. You can also create your own template by using
InteriCAD.

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How to use original AutoCAD drawing in Modeling?

When we open an original AutoCAD drawing directly in Modeling, we
cannot use four view ports to draw.
Since the template setting in the drawing is different from the template
used by Modeling .
There are three ways to solve this problem:
Copy and Paste
A: Open AutoCAD file and InteriCAD file;
B: Switch to AutoCAD drawing window, and then select copy
button on the toolbar or enter “copybase” command;
C: Specify base point, and then select objects to copy. Press Enter
or right click to finish this command;
D: Switch to InteriCAD drawing window, and then select paste
button on toolbar or enter “pa” command. Specify an insertion
point to insert the object.

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Block
Create a new drawing as a block from the original AutoCAD
drawing, and then insert it to InteriCAD file.
A: Enter “wblock” and press ENTER, and then enter a file name
and path for the new drawing, or click the [...] button to display
a standard file selection dialog box.
B: click OK button. Then input block name and press ENTER.
C: Specify insert point, and then select object to export. Press
ENTER or right click to finish the command.
D: Open InteriCAD drawing, and then select “Draw > Insert” from
menu bar to insert the block file into current drawing.
Insert
When the user uses “insert” command, the objects will become a
single object. That’s why user has to tick the “explode” command
to break compound object, such as an entire room or several
objects, into component objects.
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A: Select “Draw > Insert” from menu bar, and then select the
preferred drawing to insert.
B: To break this drawing, select “Edit > Explode” from menu bar.
Then select object that you inserted just now. Press ENTER or
right click to finish the command.

How to switch between the AutoCAD and the YF commands?

YF to AutoCAD: Select “AutoCAD Menu” from “Other” menu to use
AutoCAD commands.
AutoCAD to YF: Enter “mgx” then press ENTER to restore InteriCAD
commands.

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 Render

What happen if the icons on the toolbar of VR turn larger or

turn black?
The command icons on the toolbar turn larger
If the user doesn’t perform any operation in VR or restart the
operating system after hybernating, the command icons on the
toolbar might turn larger. User could reload the menu to solve this
problem.
Operation: Select “Refresh Menu” from “File” menu, then the
icons will be renewed.

The command icons on the toolbar turn black

The icons turn black on some computers because the color quality
of the monitor is 16bit or even smaller. Change the color quality to
32bit to change display normally.

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Right click on the desktop. Then select Properties from the shortcut
menu. Switch to Setting label and change the colors quality content
to Highest (32bit) from the pull-down menu. Click OK button to
apply the change.
For Windows Vista,
right click on the
desktop then select
Personalize from the
shortcut menu. Then
select Display Setting
and change the color
content to Highest
(32bit) from the
pull-down menu.

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What happen if the edges of the circular ceiling or a model

are not smooth after being exported to VR?
This problem is caused by low export precision. You have two ways to
solve it.
A: Export models with higher precision. When customer wants to
export models to VR, select option “Normal+4” in this pop-up
window to use highest precision.
B: Use polygon to replace the circle (for example, a polygon with
64 sides).

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How to export scene from Modeling to VR with proper mesh

size?
When exporting model from Modeling to VR, customer need to set the
mesh size.
The smaller the mesh size, the larger the size of file will be. The larger
the mesh size, the smaller the size of file will be.
To ensure that the data size of exported model won’t affect calculating
speed, customer needs to set a proper mesh size.
On average, use default setting is ok.
For larger scene, such as outdoor
building, shopping mall, and exhibition
hall, it is recommended to set a bigger
mesh size, such as 1000, 1200, and so
on. This way, the data size will be
smaller and more convenient to
operate.
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Similarly, to get a better light effect, user could merge the models near
light source into VR using smaller mesh size. This way, customer can
get better light effect, and the data size won’t be too large.

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What to do if there are dark areas or light leak along the edge
of some objects after performing radiosity?

To solve this problem, please follow the steps below.

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Step 1: Select command “Optimize Surface”

from “Optimize” menu in Render.

Step 2: Select target objects (hold SHIFT key to select multiple objects).

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Step 3: Right click to start the optimization.

Step 4: Perform Radiosity again to check the result.

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