Setup tools

Closing ELITECAD

In case ELITECAD loses the connection to the license server, or doesn’t react anymore, the button ‚Exit‘ allows you to close ELITECAD at any point.
In the process a working copy will be generated and saved. Please contact your local reseller or the hotline to unlock this saved working copy.

Reset

This function can be used to reset the user interface of ELITECAD to the initial state.

The following settings will be reset:

• recently opened files
• Tool-positions and configurations
• Layout of the windows

Copy V15 user settings

Copy all settings

This function allows you to adopt your custom settings from the previous ELITECAD version to the current ELITECAD version.
This process has to be executed for each user.

Copy visualisation materials

In order to copy visualisation materials from earlier program versions of ELITECAD it is necessary to export them in the old version and import them in the new version.

Tip

Export and import of visualisation materials is available in the context menu (right mouse button) of the Materials manager window.
Displaying only personal visualisation materials is achieved by selecting the read mode only user in the options under SYSTEM > CONFIGURATION.

Copy parameter records

This parameter management is used to copy user-defined parameter selectively from old versions to new versions and can be used in combination with the shipped parameters of the new version.
Parameter sets for different functionalities like texts, dimensions, hatches or arrow parameters, but even pre-configured parameter sets for architectural object are listed with their names.
The selection of the version and region as well as the distinction between global and user-defined parameters can be configured using simple filters.

Besides copying parameters between different versions, it is also possible to copy them in-between regions. This is especially important for customers working on international projects and spread across multiple regions. Copying between regions is as easy as copying between versions. For this purpose, source and target version need to be equal, only the regions have to be selected.

Material-Database connection

The settings for establishing connections to the material database (MySQL) can be checked and adapted in this dialog.

Server.ini

Shows the path of the file "Server.ini". This file contains a link to the server and the port.

Host

This entry links to the computer/server, which contains the database. ‘localhost’ is the local computer, but it could also contain a server name.

Port

The MySQL server uses this port for communication. The standard port is 3306. If this port is already used by another program, the port will be set to 3307.

Test the connection

Tests if a connection to the database can be established.

Advanced OpenGL settings

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These settings are used for adapting a malfunctioning graphics output of ELITECAD (especially in solid mode), which can be caused by erroneous or incompatible OpenGL drivers.

The default configuration for OpenGL in ELITECAD is that the ambient and diffuse material colours are linked to the current colour. When deactivated, ambient and diffuse material colours are set separately. This can resolve lighting issues that may occur with some older generation graphics cards.

This check box offers a different depiction logic for various user interface aspects such as how the crosshair looks when crossing over lines.

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