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Title: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Eric on September 03, 2013, 08:15:39 AM

Hello,

Can somebody tell me if CadTools run with ZWCAD+?

Thanks
Eric

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on September 03, 2013, 03:32:55 PM

Probaly not but you can try. Select "Settings" in CadTools. In the "General" tab you will find a dropdown for AutoCad versions. Select "Manually(type in self). Then in the textbox below you type in "zwcad+.application".

If zwcad+ and AutoCAD has identical structure and properties in their COM-objects this will work. At the moment it seems to be some issues in CadTools that needs to be fixed before testing. I'll change the code and report back in this thread.

/Lars

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on September 08, 2013, 03:39:29 PM

Version 684 now supports ZWCAD+. I haven't tested all commands but it seems that ZWCAD+ is very close to AutoCAD (Almost identical).
I've tested half of CadTools commands with the 2014 beta version and it works as expected. To use ZWCAD+ with CadTools, select ZWCAD+ as your CAD version (CadTools Settings)

ZWCAD+ can be found at: www.zwsoft.com (http://www.zwsoft.com)

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: eea123 on September 13, 2013, 01:38:03 AM

Cool.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: eea123 on September 18, 2013, 12:34:52 PM

Thought I'd try it with progeCAD 2009 using "icad.application", CadTools says AutoCAD is not running.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on September 18, 2013, 02:05:26 PM

Forget CAD clones built on Intellicad, they won't work.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: davors111 on April 17, 2015, 11:39:56 AM

Hi,

I am using CADtools for years, and now I am trying to use it on ZWCAD+ 2015 and I have a problem... it cant recognize when I choose your selection of zwcad+ 2014 or higher... :(

I tried running as admin, tried copmatible version run on last platform, and nothing... any suggestions please...

I have WIN 8.1 original platform on my laptop... and zwcad+ 2015 also original...

Cheers,

Davor.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on April 19, 2015, 09:13:29 AM

Hi!
Could you be more precise please, what kind of response do you get from CadTools? Any dialogboxes with any kind of message?

/Lars

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: davors111 on May 05, 2015, 01:44:44 AM

Quote from: davors111 on April 17, 2015, 11:39:56 AM

Hi,

I am using CADtools for years, and now I am trying to use it on ZWCAD+ 2015 and I have a problem... it cant recognize when I choose your selection of zwcad+ 2014 or higher... :(

I tried running as admin, tried copmatible version run on last platform, and nothing... any suggestions please...

I have WIN 8.1 original platform on my laptop... and zwcad+ 2015 also original...

Cheers,

Davor.

Can enybody answer me?

Message is: The CAD Application is not running, or wrong version! (Check Cadtols Settings). If running on Vista make sure to run the CAD appllication as administrator.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: davors111 on May 05, 2015, 01:45:45 AM

Quote from: davors111 on May 05, 2015, 01:44:44 AM

Quote from: davors111 on April 17, 2015, 11:39:56 AM

Hi,

I am using CADtools for years, and now I am trying to use it on ZWCAD+ 2015 and I have a problem... it cant recognize when I choose your selection of zwcad+ 2014 or higher... :(

I tried running as admin, tried copmatible version run on last platform, and nothing... any suggestions please...

I have WIN 8.1 original platform on my laptop... and zwcad+ 2015 also original...

Cheers,

Davor.

Can enybody answer me?

Message is: The CAD Application is not running, or wrong version! (Check Cadtols Settings). If running on Vista make sure to run the CAD appllication as administrator.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on May 06, 2015, 10:26:50 AM

I've designed it to run with ZWCAD+ 2014 on Windows 7 but it should also work on Windows 8. Probably something wrong with administartion rights. The error is due "ActiveX can't create object" (error 429)

I've tested with ZWCAD+ 2015 and Windows 7 a couple minutes ago and it works as it should.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Sash_x on December 04, 2015, 10:13:18 AM

Hi,

I've been testing CadTools for a while now and I can confirm that works with ZwCAD 2012+ too.

All ZwCAD+ are written from scratch with a new core CAD kernel, unlike the older ZwCAD (which code was copy of AutoCad, maybe with some modification could work with older versions too).

Hope this information will help other!

rgds.

Sascha

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: tanja_t on January 15, 2016, 12:42:43 PM

Hi,
I've got Win 10, and ZWCad Classic newest edition (downloaded yesterday).
And CadTools is giving me a headacke with the Message.
Message: The CAD Application is not running, or wrong version! (Check Cadtols Settings). If running on Vista make sure to run the CAD appllication as administrator.
I've made changes in Settings for ZWCad.
Need help, please.
Tanja

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on January 15, 2016, 05:49:55 PM

Try to run CadTools as Adminstrator. If that doesn't help try to also run ZWCad+ as Administrator.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: tanja_t on January 17, 2016, 06:25:43 PM

Thank you Lars for trying but runing as Administrator didn't help.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on January 17, 2016, 07:44:20 PM

Hi!

I do belive there is something with UAC. Test to turn it off and try again. You can easily turn it back on after you've tested.

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-and-disable-uac-in-windows-10/ (http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-and-disable-uac-in-windows-10/)

/Lars

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: tanja_t on February 18, 2016, 11:50:28 AM

I still have the same message appearing.
I've reinstalled both applications and still with no positive results.
Do you have anything else up your sleeve?

Tanja

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on February 18, 2016, 12:34:44 PM

I'm sorry but no. Have you tried with right clicking on ZWCad.exe in the Explorer and then select "Run as Administrator" and then use same procedure for CadTools.exe

Otherwise you may Google on UAC and Windows 10.

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: tanja_t on February 18, 2016, 01:13:48 PM

Run as administrator doesn't work.
Tnx.
Tanja

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: Lars on February 27, 2016, 02:36:35 PM

Try to uninstall CadTools and then run the installation as Administrator (right click on the MSI-file)

If that doesn't help take a look in the INSTALL-LOG file in CadTools directory. You will find the latest installation attempt in the bottom of the file. It starts with a date and time stamp and will tell you if the installation was ok.

/Lars

Title: Re: can CadTools run with ZWCAD+?
Post by: abodnieks on March 30, 2016, 01:24:32 PM

Has anyone found a solution, how to run ZWCAD Classic and CadTools?

Reinstalling, running the installation as Administrator has not worked for me. Also, there is no INSTALL-LOG file in CadTools directory.