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Error Code 487

Category: Troubleshooting

Visual CADD will try to automatically recover from Error Code 487.  If restarting Visual CADD produces the same error, you may manually edit the VCADD.INI to correct the problem.  Follow the...

I have a new computer, how do I move my VCADD installation to it?

Category: Installation

For VCADD 7 and later, the original installation should be deactivated before moving it to a new computer.  If the old installation is not deactivated, the new installation may not activate when ...

How do I find errors in my configuration files?

Category: Configuration Files

Most of the configuration files in VCADD6 and later use an XML format.  While that format is fairly flexible, it does have to follow some fundamental rules. See below for the basics. One way to ...

Why are my plots the wrong size?

Category: Printing & Plotting

If you are using the VCADD Plot command to plot to an HPGL plotter/printer, the Resolution DPI setting should be set to 1016.

Why can files not be written to the My Documents folder by VCADD?

Category: Troubleshooting

If you are finding that VCADD cannot save files to the My Documents folder or you get error log messages like "The system cannot find the file specified" for SysSett.vcenv, you are probably running in...

Spellcheck does not detect mispelt words (VCADD6)

Category: Troubleshooting

This procedure applies to VCADD6 only. Try the following to reset your dictionary: - Open the Spelling Options dialog - Choose the British English dictionary - Close the dialog - Open the Spelling Op...

Why can't I select some objects in my drawing?

Category: General

There are a few reasons that objects will not select in Visual CADD: 1) All Layer Edit is turned off.  When this setting is off, only objects on the current layer can be selected.  The setting can be ...

Why does right-click not show a popup menu?

Category: General

The function of the right-click is controlled by a setting on the System Page 2 settings dialog.  You may open the settings dialog by using the menu Utility | Settings then Global | System 2 in the tr...

When I Zoom All (ZA), my drawing vanishes

Category: General

The most common cause of this problem is one or more stray objects a long way from the others.  The Zoom All then causes a very large zoom out.  While it appears that the drawing is blank, the drawing...

What languages can I program macros in?

Category: Programming

Macros can be written in any language that supports ActiveX objects.  This includes VBScript and JScript which are included with Windows.  Because these are the most common languages used fo...

Why are the lines on my printout gray or very thin?

Category: Printing & Plotting

Gray lines When Windows prints colored lines to a black and white printer, it attempts to represent the colors with shades of gray.  A colored line printed from VCADD will appear as gray li...

When I try to save a Multiline style in v6, why do I get an error message?

Category: General

In VCADD6, Multiline styles are saved as regular style files (.vcsty) in the Styles folder.  The name of the style file is an exact copy of the name entered in the Multiline Settings (MS) dialog.  Bec...