Copyright 1-28-97 SEA

Thank you for your purchase --- Ted Schaefer

Schaefer Enterprises and Associates

This document contains changes to commands and documentation the occurred after printing of the manual.  This file has been copied to:

C:\SM14\README\READMESMDOC

Super Menu Support

Use the AutoCAD PREFERENCES command, Files tab to add the SUPER MENU support directory to the AutoCAD search path. See below. Notice that the "Move Up" button was used to place C:\sm14\support as the first directory in the search paths. SUPER MENU makes use of bonus AutoLISP routines. So, highlighted in blue you see the path to the bonus directory which is added during the AutoCAD installation. Here is the Preferences dialog:

Use the MENU command to load SUPER MENU for the first time.
Be sure to set the "Files of type:"

to "Menu Template (*.mnu)", not the default MNS or MNC. The file type setting is in the lower left hand corner of the MENU dialog box. A typical main SM menu file is highlighted as an example below in the Menu dialog box.

If you have downloaded SM and wish to get started immediately with your digitizer, before the arrival of the color printed overlay, just plot out the black-and-white drawing found typically in:

If you are using a digitizer, first make sure that it is not operating as the system pointing device or mouse emulation. Then use the TABLET command to align the menu squares. Use the TABLET command, CFG to register the overlay to the digitizer.

12x12 Tablet Colums-Rows: 1-25x9, 2-11x9, 3-9x13, 4-25x7
12x17+ Tablet Colums-Rows: 1-25x9, 2-11x9, 3-13x26, 4-25x7

Note: If you are having troubles, first make sure the AutoCAD template is working. Then use the MENU command to load SUPER MENU.

Install the Acrobat reader in order to view and print the SUPER MENU manual. You will find the reader on the CD or it can be downloaded from www.adobe.com.

If you have customized a SAM type symbol libary, typically in C:\SYM you have two choices:

1) You can change the SM-DIRS.LSP file, SM-SYM-LOC variable to point to your library. You can use either a text editor or MED to modify SM-DIRS.LSP. Then you must re-run from the pull downs: "Files/Drawing Utilities/SM Reg App." with your SAM registration code.

2) You can move it under the SM14 directory structure, replacing the contents of C:\SM14\SYM.

1) Remember after making changes in the Preferences dialog, you have to restart AutoCAD. Here is a test that will tell if the changes to Preferences are correct. In AutoCAD, at the Command: prompt, type:
         Command: (getenv "ACAD")
This is a typical response:
"C:\\sm14\\support;C:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD R14m\\SUPPORT;C:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD R14m\\FONTS;C:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD R14m\\bonus\\cadtools"

Notice that C:\\sm14\\support is the first path in the group. (in the Preferences dialog box, you only need a single "\")

2) Is it possible that you moved directories after installation. If so, then there is a file in C:\\sm14\\support, SM-DIRS.LSP that will be incorrect. Here is a copy of that file in a default installation:

There are many reasons to visit:

The web and email have become the primary tools for business at SEA. We generally respond to email twice a day. And, while we try to return phone calls the same day, typically our phone our unmanned. We understand that this may introduce a 24 hour delay when you need an immediate answer - for this we apologize.

It has been our long standing policy to only support the current version of software and the previous version. With this release of SUPER MENU for R14 we have stopped supporting SUPER MENU for R12 although we will continue to sell it to existing customers.

SUPER MENU is no longer supplied with a printed manual. The sole documentation is in 2 forms:

To use on-line help for Super Menu, just start the command and type '? (the apostrophe makes it transparent). Otherwise you just use help from the Help pull down menu or the Help button in tablet area 4 on the digitizer, [T4-6-7].

SM14-MAN.PDF is the printed manual in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). You can view this on-line and print out what you need. It is complete with sections for all SM options. With a hyperlinked table of contents and full text search, it is faster than the printed manual. For instance you could search for "T4-5-6" to find out about SM-ID, or just search directly search for a topic like bearings.

From the pull down Help menu pick "What's new for SM14". Or, pick T1-A-4 on the digitizer.

If you use shareware we recommend that you compensate the Author!

We have also included some other useful shareware, including MS Internet Explorer 4.01. Enjoy.

You can move SUPER MENU directories after they are installed.. Only a person experienced with AutoCAD details should try this. In the SUPER MENU support directory, SM-DIRS.LSP maintains directory locations. If you move the SM's support directory, you must also change the location using AutoCAD's PREFERENCES command as discussed in STEP ONE above.

If SM-DIRS.LSP is shared on a network, then SM-LOCAL must be the same on each user's machine. C:\SMLOCAL contains files that change and are individualized for each user. Thus, each user must have a local directory.

We hope it is obvious that the above changes are responses to your email, faxes and calls. We encourage your suggestions and bug reports. We want SUPER MENU to live up to its name.