Autoship 9.2.

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README July 22, 2008 See Autoship 9 History.doc for list of improvements and fixed bugs.

Hard Disk Layout

In the following, "[docRoot]" means "Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents" under Windows 2000 and XP, and "Users\Public\Public Documents" under Vista. "[dataRoot]" means "Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" under Windows 2000 and XP, and "Program Data" under Vista. Note that this folder is hidden by default. If you need to view it, select "Show hidden files and folders" on the View tab of the Folder Options dialogue. The setup program installs files on your hard disk as follows: 3rd party OCX's and some other files are placed in the Windows\System32 directory. Nurbs300.dll, Xform300.dll and the report editor files are placed in \Program Files\Common Files\Autoship Shared. The library files are placed in [dataRoot]\ASC\Library By default Autoship 9.exe and the help files are placed in \Program Files\ASC\Autoship 9. The Autoship 9 History.doc and Autoship 9 Readme.doc are placed in [docRoot\ASC\Autoship 9\Docs The standard shape (.SSF) files are placed in [dataRoot\ASC\Autoship 9\StdShape. The tutorial files and trial.csv are placed in [docRoot]\ASC\Autoship 9\Tutorials. Note that any copies of xform300.dll, nurbs300.dll and plate300.dll that are in the Windows System or System 32 directories should be deleted.

Known Problems
1) Geodesic offset on developable surfaces may produce very erratic results and should be avoided.

Online Help
The online help is now up-to-date with the program and should be consulted for all functions. There is a Whats new in 9.2 section.

New Features
Targeted Hullform Variation

See the material under that heading in the Help file. Piecewise Linear Scaling See the material under that heading in the Help file. Contouring Unselected Objects In the preferences dialogue there is a new checkbox labeled Contour Unselected. This box is unchecked by default. If you check it, and you have at least one contourable object selected, the program contours visible but unselected objects and displays their contour curves as dotted lines. This is in addition to the solid line display of the selected object contours. If no object is selected, then the program contours all visible objects and displays the results as solid lines.