DRAWings 2 Embroidery Software

INSTALLATION GUIDE

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CONTENTS
CONTENTS.. System Requirements.. Optional Product contents... SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Installation Steps... PROGRAM MAINTENANCE Modify... Repair... Remove. 2 3 3 3 4 4 17 19 22 24

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System Requirements
Minimum:
CPU: RAM: Hard disk: CD-ROM: Graphics card: Monitor Resolution: O/S: Pentium III / Athlon 1.0 GHz 256 MB 800 MB of free uncompressed space 4x 3D AGP accelerator with DirectX 9.0c, compatible drivers and at least 16MB of RAM 1024x768 32bpp Windows XP / 2000

Recommended:
CPU: RAM: Hard disk: CD-ROM: Graphics card: Monitor Resolution: O/S: Ports: Printer: Pentium 4 / Athlon XP 2.0 GHz 512 MB 800 MB of free uncompressed space 32X 3D AGP accelerator with DirectX 9.0c compatible drivers and at least 32MB of RAM (GeForce4 / Radeon 9600 or newer) 1280x1024 32 bpp Windows XP / 2000 1 free USB port Windows-compatible Laser/Ink-jet printer

Optional Any Digitizer with a Win TAB 1.2 driver Printer with a Windows printer driver. Limited support for penplotters. Scanner, at least 300dpi, with a TWAIN compatible driver

Product contents 1. - DRAWings 2. - DRAWings Editor 3. - Sample designs

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Installation Steps
1) Insert the DRAWings CD into your CD-ROM drive. It is recommended that you close all running programs before you proceed. If your computer does not have the CD-ROM AUTORUN feature activated, open Windows Explorer and from the CD-ROM drive run the setup.exe program. If your computer has the CD-ROM AUTORUN feature, setup will start automatically and the following window will be displayed on your screen (Figure 1):

Do not plug the KEY until the installation ends

Figure 1

2) Click Next > to continue. 3) The next window (Figure 2) informs you that you have to install CorelDRAW 12 (Multilingual version) with Service pack1 prior to
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DRAWings installation. Also the CD of CorelDRAW 12 might be requested during installation.

Figure 2

4) If CorelDRAW 12 is already installed click Next > to continue. If not click Cancel to abort installation process of DRAWings and install CorelDRAW 12. 5) If you click Next >The License Agreement window (Figure3) will appear:

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6) PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. If you agree with the terms of the license agreement click on the first radio button of the window (I accept the terms in the license agreement) and then click the Next > button. 7) The Customer Information window (Figure 4) will appear:

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Figure 4

8) Enter your user name and the name of the organization. Choose if you want to install DRAWings for all users that have access on the current computer or only for the user who is currently logged in. 9) Click Next > to continue. 10) If you have installed another version of DRAWings the Older Version Found dialog will appear (Figure 5). If you dont go to step 13.

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Figure 5 11) From the dialog you can decide if you want to Overwrite existing DRAWings installation or Install DRAWings 2 in a new Directory. If you select the Overwrite existing DRAWings installation option, DRAWings 2 will be installed in the same location with the previous installed DRAWings version. On the other hand if you select the Install DRAWings 2 in a new Directory option you will be asked to specify a different location where DRAWings 2 will be installed. 12) If you select the Overwrite existing DRAWings installation option and click Next > the dialog of step 16 will appear If you select the Install DRAWings 2 in a new Directory option and click Next > the dialog of step 13 will appear. 13) The Destination Folder dialog will appear (Figure 6). 14) By clicking on the Change button you can select another directory to install DRAWings 2 or keep the current one that is shown in the dialog. 15) Click Next > to continue the installation.
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Figure 6 16) The Setup Type window (Figure 7) will appear:

Figure 7
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17) You have to select one of the choices listed in order to continue: a) If you choose Complete all program features will be installed automatically. Click Next > to continue. The installation procedure will continue and the window (Figure 9) of step 20 will appear. b) If you choose Custom, you have to specify which features of the program you want to install (recommended for experienced users). Click Next > to continue. The following window (Figure 8) will appear:

Figure 8

18) This window informs you about the components of the program that will be installed and gives you the ability to alter them. If you click the symbol placed on the far left of the choices, you will expand all subsequent features and components. In case that all sub-features are not enabled, the main feature will be marked with this icon. Otherwise, will be marked with this icon. By clicking on icon or icon the installation will give you three options: a) To install the selected component on the local hard disk.

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To install the selected component and its entire sub features on the local hard disk. After configuring Custom Setup click Next> continue. To remove the selected component. c) The first two options are functional when you click on icon and icon. the third when you click on 19) After configuring Custom Setup click Next> to continue. 20) The Ready to Install the Program window (Figure 9) will appear:

b)

Figure 9

21) This window (Figure 9) informs you that installation is ready to start. If you want to review or change any of your installation settings, you have to go back, by clicking < Back, and make the changes (In case you want to cancel the installation in any of the previous steps press the cancel button). 22) Click Install to proceed to the installation process.

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23) At some point while the installation is in progress the Registration information window (Figure 10) will appear:

Figure 10

24) This window is a form that you have to fill with valid information and send it back to us by clicking on the Send E-Mail button. If you want, you can read our privacy policy and learn more about how we will use your information. (You can find the Serial Number on the USB key of our program)
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25) The installation will continue instantly after sending the registration form and will request from you to insert the CD of CorelDRAW 12 multilingual edition in order to continue the installation. 26) Insert the CorelDRAW 12 multilingual edition in the CD-ROM and click OK to continue with the installation. DRAWings patch for Corel DRAW 12 will be instanled. 27) When the installation progress finishes the final dialog will appear. The dialog informs you that DRAWings was installed successfully and asks you if you want to install DirectX 9.0c in your system after the finish of DRAWings installation. It is recommended to keep the checkbox checked in order DirectX 9.0c to be installed in your system. Otherwise DRAWings might not work properly.

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28) Click on the Finish button to complete the Installation of DRAWings and automatically start the installation of DirectX 9.0c(now is safe to plug your USB KEY).

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Now DRAWings software is installed in your computer. To start the software click the Start button of Windows, expand All Programs > DRAWings 2 and then click on DRAWings. Another way to start DRAWings is by double clicking on the icon that installation has created on your Desktop. If you experience any problems in opening DRAWings 2 you may need to adjust the 3D setup of the software from Start >All Programs > DRAWings 2 > 3D setup Whenever you load it the following dialog box will appear.

Figure 12 From the dialog you can select the Technology you want to use, optimize the 3D settings and view useful technical information about your graphic card.

Select Technology: From this part of the dialog you can select
between the two technologies that DRAWings supports. DirectX 9.0C or newer option is the default 3D technology that DRAWings uses and requires DirectX 9.0c or newer to be installed to your PC in order to work properly. In most of the cases this is the option that must be selected in order DRAWings to produce high quality 3D preview. The other option you have is OpenGL that can be used only in graphic cards that supports it. In order to find out you have to select the OpenGL option and from the Info list that appears when you
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click on the Advanced button, check if the Supports OpenGL option from the Property list, has the Value Yes. OpenGL option can be used as alternative way of viewing 3D in DRAWings. It is an option that we suggest to use it in case that your graphic card has problems with Direct3D graphics. In both cases you have to keep always the drivers of your graphic card up to date, by downloading them from the official site of their manufacturer. If you have a laptop computer you have to download the drivers for your graphic card from the official site of the laptop manufacturer.

Optimize settings for: The options that are listed in this area
has to do with the quality of the 3D preview of stitches in the stitch part of DRAWings. The options are Stability, Speed, Quality and High Quality. By selecting Stability, the 3D preview of the software will be set at the lowest level of quality giving priority to performance. By selecting Speed the 3D preview of the software will be set at medium level of quality together with good performance. By selecting Quality the 3D preview of the stitch part of DRAWings will be set at good level of quality without affecting its performance. Finally, by selecting High Quality the 3D preview will be set to the best possible according to your graphic card. The 3D settings that DRAWings will select, depend on the power of the graphic card you have installed in you computer. All the features of your graphic card are listed in the Info area that appears when you click on the Advanced button.

I usually open: In this section of the dialog you can define how
many instances of DRAWings you are usually create. The instances of DRAWings that you have open are connected directly with the power of your graphic card. If you have a good graphic card, you can have many instances of DRAWings with High quality 3D preview. On the other hand, if you do not have a good graphic card you can open less DRAWings instances. The Few concurrent DRAWings windows option will keep the quality of 3D preview high in a way to allow you to open few DRAWings instances. In contrast, the Many concurrent DRAWings windows option will set an average quality to the 3D preview but will allow you to open many instances of DRAWings. Select the one that fits to your everyday use of the software and let it choose your 3D settings.

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When you finish setting 3D you have to click on the Save settings button to confirm the changes you have made. The next time that DRAWings will start will have the new 3D settings running. If the software does not start you have to reduce the quality of 3D in DRAWings 3D setup, save the settings and try again. When you click the Advanced button the Info will appear where the Video card capabilities are listed. Those are technical information about the graphic card that is installed in your computer. The list with all the information can be send via email by clicking on the Send via e-mail button. If your graphic card has 64 Mb RAM and above with the latest drivers and the DirectX 9.0C or later installed, there will be no problem in working with DRAWings.

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PROGRAM MAINTENANCE
Once you have DRAWings installed in your computer, you can use the DRAWings CD in order to modify and repair parts of the existing program or even remove DRAWings from your computer. In order to activate the program maintenance options please do the following: 1) Insert the DRAWings CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2) If you dont have the AUTORUN function enabled, open the Windows Explorer, go to CD-ROM drive and click on setup.exe. 3) Another way that you can activate the program maintenance from Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs> DRAWings 2 select Change button. 4) The following window will appear (Figure 13):

Figure 13

5) Click Next> to continue.

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6) The Program Maintenance window will appear (Figure 14):

Figure 14

7) From this window, you can choose to Modify, Repair or Remove DRAWings software from your computer.

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Modify This function enables to change the program features that are installed, by adding/removing components. 1) Click on the Modify selection and then click Next >. The following window will appear (Figure 15):

Figure 15

2) This window (Figure 15) gives you information about the components of the program that will be installed and the ability to alter them. If you click the symbol placed on the far left of the choices, you will expand all subsequent features and components. In case that all sub-features are not installed, the main feature will be marked with the icon. Otherwise, will be marked with the icon. By clicking on icon or icon the installation will give you three options: To install the selected component on the local hard a) disk. b) To install the selected component and its entire sub features on the local hard disk. After configuring Custom Setup click Next> continue. c) To remove the selected component.
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The first two options are functional when you click on icon and icon. the third when you click on By adding/removing component you can modify your installation in order to fit your preferences. Click Next > to continue installation. 3) The Ready to Modify the Program window (Figure 16) will appear:

Figure 16

4) This window (Figure 16) informs you that the modified installation is ready to start. If you want to review or change any of your installation settings, you have to go back, by clicking < Back, and make the changes (In case you want to cancel the installation in any of the previous steps press the cancel button). In addition you might be asked to insert the installation CD of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 while the installation is proceeding. 5) Click Install to proceed to the modified installation process. Once the installation is completed, the following window (Figure 17) will appear confirming that the reinstallation has been completed.

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6) Click Finish to complete the process.

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Repair
This option helps you repair errors caused by improper use or by missing parts of the program. It also fixes missing or corrupt files, shortcuts and registry entries. 1) Click on the Repair selection and then click Next >. The following window (Figure 18) will appear:

Figure 18

2) This window (Figure 18) informs you that the repair installation is ready to start. If repair was not the option you wanted click < Back and select another option from the previous step. (In case you want to cancel the installation in any of the previous steps press the cancel button). 3) Click Install to proceed to the repair installation process. Once the installation is completed, the following window (Figure 19) will appear confirming that the installation has been completed.

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Figure 19

4) Click Finish to complete the process.

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Remove
This feature is used to remove DRAWings and its installed accessories, plug-ins etc. from your computer. 1) Select Remove and click Next > to continue.

Figure 20

2)

On the new window (Figure 20) shown above, click the Remove button to uninstall the program.

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3)

Once the removal is completed, the following window (Figure 21) will appear confirming that the removal has been completed.

Figure 21

4)

Click Finish to complete uninstall.

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