Installation

BcadTools Freeware Installation

We provide 2 different installation sets to get BcadTools Freeware installed - a normal Installer package, and also a ZIP archive.
Both is available for download from website www.LT-Extender.com.

Before installing BcadTools Freeware, please ensure that BricsCAD is not running.

using Installer package

The normal installer package only asks for a disk location where to install BcadTools Freeware.

It also adds a few settings to BricsCAD Registry to allow an automatic loading and command registration for BcadTools.

using ZIP archive

To install using the ZIP archive, please follow these simple steps :

• unzip as a separate folder, to any suitable location as preferred
• start BricsCAD
• use _APPLOAD command and load the file
  in BricsCAD V10 : BcadTools.10.brx
  in BricsCAD V11 : BcadTools.11.brx
  in BricsCAD V12 : BcadTools.12.brx
  in BricsCAD V13 : BcadTools.13.brx resp. BcadTools.13x64.brx with BricsCAD x64
  in BricsCAD V14 : BcadTools.14.brx resp. BcadTools.14x64.brx with BricsCAD x64
  in BricsCAD V15 : BcadTools.15.brx resp. BcadTools.15x64.brx with BricsCAD x64
  in BricsCAD V16 : BcadTools.16.brx resp. BcadTools.16x64.brx with BricsCAD x64
  
  file from that location;
  if you run a x64 BricsCAD version, please select the files using x64 postfix.

Alternatively, you can also use Drag & Drop and drop the above mentioned application file into BricsCAD commandline window.

»»» this is all - nothing more to be done.

When BcadTools Freeware is initially loaded, it shows a command line message

"BcadTools Freeware Edition - TM-CAD Engineering Torsten Moses"

and also loads its menu and completes "DemandLoad" Registry entries.

In further BricsCAD sessions, this BcadTools message might not be visible at BricsCAD startup - this is normal, because BcadTools is only loaded when a BcadTools command is started; this behaviour is called "DemandLoad".

Remarks 1 :

If LayerTools dialog was opened in last session, or when LayerPMode is set ON, then BcadTools module is automatically loaded at BricsCAD startup, to automatically restart LayerTools dialog resp. to automatically track layer property changes.

Remarks 2 :

BcadTools Freeware does not need any extra support paths to be defined.

At further BricsCAD starts, BcadTools application file is initially loaded when one of the BcadTools commands is started.