
Please read this file carefully (especially the "Installation" and "Demo version" chapters) before installing the program to your computer.

IMPORTANT! If you obtained VideoCAD Starter not from our web page, but from another source (CD or a software library), please visit our home page www.cctvcad.com where you might find a later version.

Contents
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 Program information
 Recommended System Requirements
 Company information
 Description
 Installation
 Demo version
 Order and Registration
 Copyright and license
 Technical support

Program information
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Program Name: VideoCAD Starter II
Program Version: 7.1
Program Release Date: Apr 10, 2012


Recommended System Requirements
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	* IBM compatible computer with Intel Pentium IV processor
	* 256 Mb of RAM
	* 40 Mb of free hard disk space
	* Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 operating system


Company information
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Company Name:
  CCTVCAD Software. 
Author Name:
  Stanislav Utochkin
Contact E-mail Address:
 info@cctvcad.com
Contact WWW URL:
  http://www.cctvcad.com


Description
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VideoCAD is a multifunctional tool for professional video surveillance system design, modeling parameters of video image and video equipment. 
VideoCAD allows even the beginners to use the new opportunities appearing to be hard to obtain without it due to the complexity of calculations and therefore not being used even by the skilled engineers of CCTV. 
VideoCAD practically boosts the quality of CCTV design to a new level which appears to be beyond any competition with those lacking the program.

VideoCAD Starter II - low cost version of VideoCAD.
VideoCAD Starter II is registered only by personal registration code. This code doesn't depend on computer hardware or a dongle. This code is valid on any computer.
VideoCAD Starter can II not be upgraded to more powerful Lite and Professional versions.
VideoCAD Starter II is offered only in the VideoCAD Starter II Kit. It is a kit of three programs, including:
- VideoCAD Starter II;
- IP Camera CCTV Calculator;
- VideoCAD Plugin for Google SketchUp.


With VideoCAD Starter II you can: 

Choose the most suitable lenses, heights and locations for camera installation to provide the required parameters of view areas.
Calculate the horizontal projection sizes of view areas to draw them on the location plan.
Display by separate colors different regions of spatial resolution and field-of-view size.
Choose visually a relative location of cameras using the graphics window with CAD interface. 
Locate cameras on the prepared layouts in *.bmp, *.jpg, AutoCAD *.dwg, *.dxf formats.
Obtain a drawing containing horizontal projection of site layout with the camera images, calculated view areas, and with coordinate grid to be used in graphical path of the project.
Export the obtained drawing into any of the following formats: *.bmp, *.jpg. Saving the drawing in the Graphics windows with resolution exceeding Windows screen resolution.
Copy the Camera list with most important parameters to MS Excel, MS Word and other software. 
Construct three dimensional models of real scenes with the possibility of loading prepared 3D models.
Use many 3D models (people, cars, bus, furniture, turnstile, tree, grass). You can add other 3D models from 3ds max and Google Sketchup.

Spare the means and win tenders due to the reduction of cameras' quantity in projects and increase of their efficiency. 
Reduce time expended and boost design quality. 
Cut down the amount of controversial situations with customers and accelerate their solution.


Installation
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1. Enter  under administrator account (administrator account is required only at installation).
2. Unpack archive in case VideoCAD Starter was supplied in archived file.
3. Stop all running programs. Especially antivirus and Windows registry monitoring software.
4. Start Setup.exe.
Further program installation is performed automatically.
5. Reboot your computer if necessary.

VideoCAD Starter II provides detailed help system. Pressing F1 launches context help.
All elements are supplied with pop-up hints appearing at pointing by the cursor. 


Demo version
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Demo version allows you to evaluate VideoCAD Starter II for 30 days. After this time you must either buy the license to use the VideoCAD Starter II permanently or delete the VideoCAD Starter II from your hard drive. 
You can't save your project in the demo-version. 
In other respects the demo-version is completely operable. 


Order and Registration
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For the latest order options, visit the CCTVCAD Software web site at:

http://www.cctvcad.com/CCTVCAD-Order.html

As a result of order you will get full version distribution kit and personal registration Name and Key.

1. Install full version of VideoCAD Starter according to instructions of the "Installation" chapter above. 
2. Launch VideoCAD Starter II
3. In the appeared box requesting registration copy your registration Name and Key to the boxes of the same names and click "OK".


Copyright and license
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See "license.txt" file.


Technical support
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Please give the following info: 

 - Product's version (see the "About" dialog) 
 - Product's registration name (if you're a registered user) 
 - Windows version (including service packs and other installed fixes or patches), US or International 
 - Your computer information: CPU type and speed, installed memory 
 - Description of the problem (as much detailed as possible so we can duplicate the problem) 

Please send your questions, comments and bug reports to: 

http://www.cctvcad.com/CCTVCAD-Support.html

 or   support@cctvcad.com

Internet distribution:

http://www.cctvcad.com - CCTVCAD Software  home page;

VideoCAD User Forum http://cctvcad.com/forum/

If you have any comments or suggestions for future releases,
please don't hesitate to e-mail us.


