Design Expert Installation and Activation Manual

Design Expert Installation

1. Download the setup package from: http://proektsoft-bg.com/dropbox/en/Design_Expert_Setup_EN.exe 2. Start the downloaded file. 3. The Setup dialog appears. Click the Next > button.

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Select destination folder or click Next > to use the default.

4. Select which components to install and click Next >. You can install all components. They will work 30 days for free. When you buy the software only purchased components will be activated.

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5. Select start menu folder and click Next >.

6. Click Install to install the software with the selected options.

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Loading Design Expert Plug-ins into AutoCAD

1. In order to use the program with AutoCAD 2010 or later, please download and install VBA Enabler for AutoCAD first. 2. Write menuload into AutoCAD command prompt, click Browse , select the file c:\DesignExpert\ZWCAD\Menu\ DesignExpert.cuix and click Load. For older versions of AutoCAD, that do not support cui files: 1. Write the menuload command, click Browse , select the file c:\DesignExpert\ZWCAD\Menu\DesignExpert.mnu and click Load. 2. Write the appload command. Click Contents in the Startup suite box and select the file c:\DesignExpert\ZWCAD\Menu\ DesignExpertA.lsp. 3. If you have installed Design Expert in other folder than c:\DesignExpert, then use the respective folder instead of c:\DesignExpert.

Loading Design Expert Plug-ins into ZWCAD

The program should load automatically into ZWCAD during the installation process. You only have to to install ZWCAD before Design Expert. If the program fails to load automatically, you can do it manually as follows: 1. Write the menuload command, click Browse , select the file c:\DesignExpert\ZWCAD\Menu\DesignExpert.mnu and click Load. 2. Write the appload command. Click Contents in the Startup suite box and select the file c:\DesignExpert\ZWCAD\Menu\ DesignExpert.lsp. When you first start ZWCAD after the setup you can get the following message

These macros are part of the program. Check the Always trust macros from this source option and click Enable Macros. If you have already disabled macros and they do not start anymore, go to the Tools -> Macros -> Safety Settings menu and select Security Level Low. Then close and restart ZWCAD.

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Design Expert Activation

1. After setup is completed, press the Scroll Lock key on the keyboard!!! Scroll Lock may be switched using the function (Fn) key on laptops and notebooks. Check your laptop documentation.

If you cannot find the Scroll Lock key, you can use the Windows On-screen keyboard. You can start it from Windows Start Menu: Start / All Programs / Accessories / Ease of Access / On-Screen Keyboard

2. Start one of the programs from your desktop e.g. Steel Expert. 3. Activation dialog appears on screen.

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4. Open your mail, copy Site Code MID from the red boxes and send the email to support@proektsoft-bg.com. Click Continue >> to start the program.

How to copy: Select the text with the mouse and press Ctrl+C or click the right mouse button and select Copy

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5. We will send you the activation code back. 6. Make sure Scroll Lock is switched on!!! 7. Start the program again. 8. Click Unlock application. 9. Copy the activation code to Activation code white box. 10. Press Continue >>. Activation dialog will close and Steel Expert will start.

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10 11. To make sure that software is licensed, start Steel Expert again with Scroll Lock on and check whether the blue box text is LICENSED.

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Switch the Scroll Lock off to avoid further appearance of the Activation dialog with each program start.