http://pkfree.pkdata.se/ 2012-06-01T21:16:43+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/ http://pkfree.pkdata.se/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-12-14T20:57:14+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=commands&rev=1197662234 Select a command name for help and tips about how to use the command. Green links will link to an existing page. Red links are not written yet. If you have information you want to add, please feel free to login and update the page. Copy and move with dynamic cursors PKCOPY PKMOVE PKPART PKROTATE PKROTATE2 PKSCALE PKSHEAR text/html 2007-04-17T09:27:33+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkback&rev=1176794853 PKBACK PKBACK works as the internal BACK command, except it never moves an entity to another sheet. text/html 2010-05-31T14:55:55+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkcmenu&rev=1275310555 Right click context menu to use on icons. You can do this with any Tool Bar Icon (the circle is just one example). To add a right click menu to the circle icon, in FCW7.CFG add: ICON DRWCIRP,[Circle]{PKCMENU;#menus\circles.cmn;}|CIRP; To add a right click tool tip add a space / space tooltip after [Circle....] e.g.: ICON DRWCIRP,[Circle / Many Circles]{PKCMENU;#menus\circles.cmn;}|CIRP; text/html 2007-05-07T18:01:55+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkcopy&rev=1178553715 PKCOPY is a dynamic COPY command with several rich features that allow you to interactively position your copied entities. It is similar to the native FastCAD copy command called DRAGCPY. The primary difference is in the dynamic characteristics. First, PKCOPY is immune to the screen lock “look and feel” of DRAGCPY when the dynamic entities are pushed around the screen under ORTHO LOCK conditions. Although, the objects will insert orthogonally. Secondly, the command prompt offers the t… text/html 2007-09-21T11:55:42+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkcut&rev=1190368542 PKCUT is a powerful Trim/Copy/Select Tool which works to an exact boundary line(Circles, Boxes and Polygons). PKCUT typed on the command line will bring up the dialogue box from which all variations can be selected. The Delete/Trim operation will either cut a hole in a drawing ( Keep Outside Button) or trim a drawing within a boundary ( Keep Inside Button) text/html 2007-05-11T13:36:05+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkdima&rev=1178883365 PKDIMA is an “Angular Dimension” entity which quickly snaps to the angular features of your part and dynamically helps the user position the dimension text. This allows CAD user’s more control in laying out angular dimensions with an intuitive command interface which draws quicker and yields neater looking drawings. text/html 2007-05-10T03:08:46+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkdimscale&rev=1178759326 PK Dimension Properties Scale is meant to be a single place where FastCAD dimension attributes are centrally located, set up for the desired paper scale look, and changed quickly as new drawings are created with different paper scales. Mechanical designers typically scale their parts in CAD at a 1:1 ratio. Maintaining full scale parts simplifies the CAD user from needing to apply scaling to the dimensions. However, fitting parts onto paper prints requires that the user have a way to scale the… text/html 2007-05-11T13:35:45+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkdist&rev=1178883345 PKDIST is a dynamic Measuring command with rich features that allow the user to visually and interactively measure and repeat successive measurements from the original starting point. It is similar to the native FastCAD 3D Distance command called DIST2, only without the 3D info. text/html 2011-07-18T10:50:25+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkfree&rev=1310979025 PKFree is a free add-on for FastCAD v7 and EasyCAD v7. It is our way to support the new update, renewed support and development efforts made by Evolution Computing. PK Data intend to develop third party products for v8. The v8 products will not be available as freeware. text/html 2007-07-03T23:48:05+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkfront&rev=1183499285 PKBACK and PKFRONT PKFRONT works as the internal FRONT command, except it never moves an entity to another sheet. PKBACK works as the internal BACK command, except it never moves an entity to another sheet. Only entities on the COMMON sheet can be moved all the way to the front or the back. Entities on a sheet will stay on their sheet. text/html 2007-04-17T09:24:13+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkgetfnamem&rev=1176794653 PKGETFNAMEM Intended to be used inside macros Syntax: PKGETFNAMEM;variable The variable will be assigned the current file name excluding path and extension. Example Save the current drawing as DXF in folder C:\files and run application test.exe text/html 2007-05-26T16:43:37+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkgetlayernamem&rev=1180190617 PKGETLAYERNAMEM Intended to be used inside macros Syntax: PKGETLAYERNAMEM;variable The variable will be assigned the current layer name. text/html 2007-05-11T13:34:09+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkgroup1&rev=1178883249 PKGROUP1 is a simplified replacement command for FastCAD’s native GROUP command. FastCAD’s GROUP produces multi-level nested groups, which can be a powerful way to manage large complex multi part drawing assemblies. Although, with the addition of Sheets and the Multi-Document Management of X-Ref drawings and Overlay drawings, usage of nested grouping has been waning. Sheets, X-Refs and Overlays can be interactively managed, yet nested grouping still requires the user to memorize how the o… text/html 2007-06-29T00:06:59+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkgth&rev=1183068419 PKGTH is a macro command for Get Text Height. When you call the command in a macro, it gets the value of the current text height displayed in the top status bar and saves it as a variable. The syntax for including it in a macro line is to call the command and define it to a variable: text/html 2007-06-04T03:55:30+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkgvd&rev=1180922130 PKGVD PKGVD ia a macro Get Value command providing control over fixing the decimal place number. Intended to be used inside macros, it returns floating point mathematical expressions with the desired number of decimal places. For best practices, continue to use FastCAS’s native GV while calculating values. PKGVD can be used just prior to displaying results as text inside CAD drawings. text/html 2007-05-11T13:35:04+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkhatch&rev=1178883304 The PKHATCH series of commands help centralize FastCAD’s hatching capabilities. The PK Data Hatch dialog box pops up to help manage hatching and offers a Simple Line hatch capability that can be transfered more readily to DXF/DWG exported files. text/html 2007-05-05T16:54:29+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkhexplode&rev=1178376869 With PKHEXPLODE you can work with ordinary FastCAD hatch fills in your drawing. When you need to export to DWG run HEXPLODE. All the patterns will be converted into lines which will export properly to any CAD-system. This way you can keep your FastCAD/EasyCAD drawing fast and small and run the explode just before you export your drawing. text/html 2007-06-16T18:30:28+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkkeystat&rev=1182011428 Get the current status for the shift and ctrl keys to a macro variable. Possible values: 0 - no key pressed 1 - shift pressed 2 - ctrl pressed 3 - shift + ctrl pressed PKKEYSTAT is probably best used with a macro called from an icon. Sample macro: text/html 2007-06-28T05:24:25+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pklayers&rev=1183001065 PKLAYERS is an intuitive layer toggling facility. It provides a single command for visually changing the current layer; for visually toggling layer hide on and off; and for querying layer names by visual picks. The command delivers fast performance even with a drawing that has hundreds of layers by providing the user the ability to toggle (TAB) between the hidden and show states. text/html 2007-05-11T13:35:21+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pklength&rev=1178883321 PKLENGTH is a Measuring command with rich features that allow the user to quickly sum up entity lengths, from one quickly picked entity to multiple entities. It is similar to the native FastCAD Length Along command called LENGTH, only simpler. PKLENGTH specialized in quickly measuring an entire entity’s length, or in adding up a large selection of entities. After popping up a readout dialog box, the entities remain visibly selected. If PKLENGTH develops measuring failures, it reports the … text/html 2007-05-26T16:47:06+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pklogfileinit&rev=1180190826 PKLOGFILEINIT and PKLOGFILEWRITE Intended to be used inside macros for debugging or to save data to a text file. Syntax: PKLOGFILEINIT;text-file-name.txt Any comments will now be written to text-file-name.txt. Syntax: PKLOGFILEWRITE;comment comment will be appended (written at the end of) the current log file. text/html 2007-05-07T19:10:52+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkmove&rev=1178557852 PKMOVE is a dynamic “Drag” command with several rich features that allow you to interactively drag your selected entities. It is similar to the native FastCAD Drag command called DRAG. The primary difference is in the dynamic characteristics. First, PKMOVE is immune to the screen lock “look and feel” of DRAG when the dynamic entities are pushed around the screen under ORTHO LOCK conditions. Although, the objects will insert orthogonally. Secondly, the command prompt offers the typ… text/html 2007-05-10T03:30:10+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkmtrim&rev=1178760610 PKMTRIM is a basic “Trim to” command that allows the user to select multiple entities in need of trimming. Using the selection processing capability of FastCAD, the entities to be trimmed are prompted for selection. Next, the command line prompts picking an imaginary line to trim the entities back to. Lastly, a keep pick is prompted to determine which side of the line the trimmed entities should remain. text/html 2007-05-11T13:37:06+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkpart&rev=1178883426 PKPART is a dynamic Part Insert command with several rich features that allow you to visualy and interactively drag the part prior to insertion. It is similar to the native FastCAD Part Insert command called PART. The primary difference is in the dynamic characteristics. First, PKMOVE is immune to the screen lock “look and feel” of DRAG when the dynamic entities are pushed around the screen under ORTHO LOCK conditions. Although, the objects will insert orthogonally. Secondly, the comm… text/html 2007-05-11T13:30:11+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkrotate&rev=1178883011 PKROTATE is a dynamic Rotate command with rich features that allow you to visualy and interactively rotate the selected entities. It is similar to the native FastCAD Dynamic Rotate command called DYNROT. The primary difference is in the dynamic characteristics which support the favorite PK Data function of 15° snap rotation. At anytime during the dynamic display, the user can directly type an angle at the command line and hit enter. text/html 2007-07-07T14:44:00+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkrotate2&rev=1183812240 PKROTATE2 is a dynamic Rotate command, very similar to the original PKROTATE. It includes all the rich features that allow you to visually and interactively rotate the selected entities, with one additional feature. Prior to rotating the selected objects, the command prompt asks to begin the rotation from a Reference point or object. Rotating your object with a reference point allows the use of precision modifiers to snap the rotation to neighboring features. text/html 2007-05-26T16:12:39+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pksameas&rev=1180188759 PKSAMEAS is a drawing command, based on the native FastCAD “Keep Like.” Where Keep Like prompts the user to select a pattern entity to globally reset CAD properties to match, PKSAMEAS adds drawing capability to it. This way users can reset properties using a pattern entity pick, then draw additional entities identical to the pattern entity. This type of quick pattern driven draw command is ideally suited for an icon bar button. text/html 2007-05-11T13:36:25+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkscale&rev=1178883385 PKSCALE is a dynamic Scaling command with rich features that allow the user to visually and interactively scale the selected entities. It is similar to the native FastCAD Dynamic Scale command called DYNSCL. The primary difference is a richer set of the dynamic characteristics made popular by PK Data. The user can directly type in a scaling factor at the command line or is offered the following command prompt options: “Scale (SHIFT = move ref, CTRL = Independent X/Y):” By pressing the S… text/html 2007-05-07T22:33:37+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pkshear&rev=1178570017 PKSHEAR PKSHEAR performs a shear on selected entities See wp>Shear (mathematics) [PKSHEAR example] text/html 2007-05-11T13:34:30+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pktedit&rev=1178883270 PKTEDIT is a dynamic Text Editing command with a rich selection features that allow you to visually and interactively move the cursor around the drawing identifying text for selection. A rubber band cursor snaps to text insertion points as the mouse rolls near text entities. This command works best when the screen zoom scale is set wide, showing a large amount of text entities. The rubber band “pin-points” the text, speeding up selection. The “mouse roll-over rubber band text seek” in… text/html 2007-05-08T15:29:43+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pktext&rev=1178630983 PKTEXT is a command that allows text insertion with a dynamic method. The text can be typed in a pop-up dialog box as a single line or a multi-line entity. Once the OK button is pressed, the text appears in real-time at the cursor (see figure) for proper visual positioning. Prior to positioning the text, several dynamic effects can be added on-the-fly, providing the user visual feedback as to how the text will look upon finishing the command. The primary effects can be found on the command li… text/html 2007-05-08T16:27:16+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pktextb&rev=1178634436 PKTEXTB and PKTEXTC are both identical to PKTEXT in functionality. PKTEXTB boxes the user’s text and PKTEXTC draws a circle around the text, often referred to as a balloon (see figure below). All the typical PK Data signature functions apply. Type H at the command line to pop-up the Help dialog box to refer to ways that boxing and ballooning text can be edited. text/html 2007-06-28T04:43:18+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pktextexpl&rev=1182998598 The command PKTEXTEXPL stands for Text Explode. It explodes FastCAD text entities into multipoly entities made up of paths and splines. The multipoy can be further exploded to allow further editing of the text facsimile. The examples below shows the exploded text in green with hollow fill properties applied: text/html 2007-05-08T22:41:32+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pktinc&rev=1178656892 PKTINC is a dynamic Text Editing command that increments numerals found in text strings. It delivers the signature PK Data interactive text entity selection interface. A rubber band cursor snaps to text insertion points as the mouse rolls near these entities. This command works best when the screen zoom scale is set wide, showing a large amount of text entities. The rubber band “pin-points” the text, speeding up selection. When the command is called, a dialog box pops up to allow users to… text/html 2007-05-08T22:39:01+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=pktreplace&rev=1178656741 PKREPLACE is a dynamic Text Search and Replace command that uses the signature PK Data dynamic text selection techniques. After typing the edit changes into a pop-up dialog box (see below), a rubber band cursor snaps to text insertion points as the mouse rolls near the entities that match the search criteria. This command works best when the screen zoom scale is set wide, showing a large amount of text entities. The rubber band “pin-points” the text being search, speeding up selection. text/html 2008-02-19T19:55:05+02:00 http://pkfree.pkdata.se/doku.php?id=todo&rev=1203447305 Here is a list of known problems with PKFree. Please add info about bugs here. PKSAMEAS does not update the screen tools for color, pen thickness and line width. PKTEDIT caused fastcad to crash when editing a multiline text, and then checking the “multiline” checkbox before doing any editing. (B. Baumruk)