Installation instructions for Thermal Desktop for AutoCAD: Thermal Desktop version 4.8 requires AutoCAD 2000 or newer (2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006) You must have AutoCAD (ACAD), AutoCAD Mechanical (AutoM), or Mechanical Desktop (MechD) already installed. You must have also started ACAD, AutoM, or MechD at least once so that the required registry keys are inserted in the system registry. Thermal Desktop requires these keys to install menus and toolbars. NT/2000/XP users that have administrative privilege may install the product directly. End users on NT/2000 machines that do not have administrative privilege require a two step installation. The two step installation requires one initial installation performed under an administrator account, followed by running "Start->Programs->Thermal Desktop->User Menu Setup" under each user account. The administrator account installation will install the required program files and make necessary entries into the Windows registry. Subsequent execution of "User Menu Setup" will install Thermal Desktop menus into the AutoCAD environment for each user. Download ThermalDesktop48*.exe from the C&R website into any directory on your harddrive. Follow the instructions below depending on which operating system you are using. Thermal Desktop is supported for WindowsNT/2000/XP. Windows95 is not supported. WindowsNT/2000/XP Users: Windows NT/2000/XP users will typically have to install in two steps. First, logon using using the administrator account, or an account with administrator privilege. Execute ThermalDesktop48*.exe. Select "Install Products". Select "Thermal Desktop". Follow the instructions at the prompts to complete the installation. If the account with administrator privileges in which Thermal Desktop was installed is also the end user account, then the installation is complete. For each additional user on the machine, you must also run the Thermal Desktop user menu setup. !!! Each user must also have run AutoCAD or Mechanical Desktop at least once before running the menu setup !!! From the Windows Start menu, execute: Start->Programs->Thermal Desktop->User Menu Setup. Install license file a) If you have a valid license file i) Copy the file (radcad.lic) to the [your path to thermal desktop] directory maintaining the name radcad.lic. Do not use any word processor applications to view and save this file, as it may corrupt the file. ii) Install the hardware license key as described below b) If you are evaluating the software and have a demo license pack i) Run the License Manager from the start menu (Start>>Programs>>Thermal Desktop>>License Manager). ii) Click "Install License Files" and follow the instructions on the screen. c) If you do not have a valid license or demo license pack i) Request a license through the License Manager. ii) Run the License Manager from the start menu (Start>>Programs>>Thermal Desktop>>License Manager). iii) Click "Request License Files" and follow the instructions on the screen. ____________________________________________ Install the License Key (not applicable for demo licenses or network licenses) Thermal Desktop comes with a license key which fits on your computers parallel port or USB port. If using a parallel port key, this key will plug directly into the parallel port, and any devices that require the port will plug into the key. If you have purchased more than one C&R product, you will receive only one key. To install the parallel port key, remove everything that is currently attached to the parallel port. Plug in the key and tighten its attaching screws. Reattach anything that was attached to the parallel port to the rear of the key. ____________________________________________ Please read the license agreement found in LicenseAgreement.txt before running Thermal Desktop. The FloCAD and RadCAD modules of Thermal Desktop may be licensed separately from Thermal Desktop. The Users Manual is provided in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 to read the Users Manual. Acrobat Reader 3.0 or newer should have been installed by your AutoCAD or Mechanical Desktop installation. The Users Manual is also installed as Windows help inside Thermal Desktop and may also be invoked from the Start->Programs->Thermal Desktop menu on the Windows desktop. We ask that you please read the Users Manual before using Thermal Desktop, and recommend completing the tutorials at the end of the manual. ____________________________________________ Users with custom AutoCAD menu profiles: /// THIS STEP IS ONLY NECESSARY FOR CUSTOM PROFILES /// AutoCAD customizations may be saved using a user defined profile. If you are using a custom profile, install Thermal Desktop as indicated above. Then manually install the Thermal Desktop menus and toolbars into the custom profile. 1. Execute AutoCAD (or Mechanical Desktop) 2. Bring up the Preferences dialog (Tools->Preferences for AutoCAD, Assist->Preferences for Mechanical Desktop) 3. Click on the "Files" tab if it is not already visible 4. Add the Thermal Desktop installation directory path name to the "Support File Search Path" 5. Click the "Ok" button 6. Bring up the Customize Menus dialog (Tools->Customize Menus for AutoCAD, Edit->Customize Menus for Mechanical Desktop) 7. Click on the "Browse" button 8. Set "Files of Type:" to "Menu Template (*.mnu)" 9. Browse to the Thermal Desktop installation directory 10. Select "thermal.mnu", then click the "Open" button 11. Click the "Load" button and answer "Yes" to the confirmation dialog 12. Select the "Menu Bar" tab 13. Select "RADCAD" from the "Menu Group:" drop-down list box 14. Highlight "Thermal" in the left side list box 15. Highlight "Help" in the right side list box 16. Click the "Insert>>" button 17. Click the "Close" button C&R Technologies may be reached at any of the following: Phone 970-547-7149 Fax 303-971-0035 e-mail support@crtech.com www page www.crtech.com Please contact us for any questions, and also for any suggestions for future releases.