HP Manager Software manual Planning the 3COM Mobility System

114CHAPTER 4: PLANNING THE 3COM MOBILITY SYSTEM

„In AutoCAD:

Click-drag to select unwanted objects and delete them.

When all unwanted objects are deleted, purge the drawing of all unwanted layers, blocks, and font by selecting

File > Drawing Utilities > Purge. Make sure purge nested items is selected. Click Purge until the option is greyed out.

CAUTION: In AutoCAD, you cannot delete a layer if the layer is not empty. However, in TurboCAD, Options > Layers allows you to delete a layer even if there are objects in it.

„Create RF-specific layers and move walls, windows, doors, and other objects that affect RF propagation from other layers into the new layers. For example, create a new layer called RF-ExtWallsfor external walls, and move all external wall objects into that layer. In 3WXM, you can easily select all objects in the layer and assign the same RF attenuation value to them. Create RF-IntWallsfor interior walls and RF-Windowsfor windows.

If walls or windows are shown with multiple parallel lines, delete all but one of the lines. (3WXM can remove unneeded parallel lines during cleanup too, depending on how close together the lines are.)

To create a new layer in TurboCAD 9, select Options > Layers. In AutoCAD, select Format > Layer.

To move objects to the new RF layers, click-drag to select objects, select Modify >Properties, and change the objects’ layer.

„Save the drawing on DWG and DXF formats, in case one format does not import well. To save the file into a specific format, select

File >Save As and select the format. Use version R2000 of the format you save as, if available.