The A1 Modeller

Abstract: The A1 Modeller is a flexible graphical modeller aimed primarily at programmers. Consider this document to be a placeholder until the application is ready for release. If you have questions about the application or wish to share ideas or feedback, please contact the author. More information about th A1 Modeller can be found on the A1 Specification page .

Contents

Basics

Screenshots

• Basic layout

• Toolboxes - palette and model browser

• Floating toolboxes

• Editing properties

• Attaching components

Demonstration

Tutorial

File Formats

Downloads

• Note that this is a concept only - it is not a beta or a finished product, it is not even an alpha release!

• Any current versions of the application are for Win32 only.
  

• Download, then run the executable file to unzip the contents to the folder where you wish to run the application. It is sincerely recommended that you habitually check any downloads you make from the internet for virus infection and tampering.

• Once unzipped, the "installation" is done. There is no installation program - if any components are missing, the program will not run. The archive contains only 2 files; the executable (A1.exe) and a MAP file (A1.map), which can be used to trace errors in the program (it is safe to delete this file, it will not affect the application). If you have a debug version of the application, the filenames will be A1D.exe and A1D.map instead. This does not affect program operation except that you will need to make sure you don't accidentally have both A1 and A1D and by mistake run the wrong application version. Debug versions are noticeably slower than normal release binaries - there is no benefit to be gained for end users by running debug binaries. Normally the debug binaries will not be distributed.
  

[The list of dependencies is: MFC42.DLL, MSVCRT.DLL, MSVCP60.DLL - no other dependencies should hinder the application from running on a recent version of a Microsoft Windows/Windows NT platform]

• While every effort to make the application safe and well behaved has been made, there are NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES of any sort, expressed or implied. Use at your own risk.

• Unless you are involved in the development of A1 it is sincerely recommended that you do not attempt to use this concept release. It is not a useful application at this time (it does not even save or load documents, and can only display a few basic graphic symbols. There are several crash bugs as well).

• The lack of installation support means that the application will leave garbage in your registry if you remove it. There is no uninstall support. If you do not like this, do not download, install or run the application. Some registry information can be cleaned out by - before removing the executable - running A1.exe with the command switch "-unregister". (Open a command prompt, "CD" to the folder where the executable Modeller.exe is, and type "A1.exe -unregister")

• If it is available, the concept release can be downloaded here: A1 concept . Note that this link may not work - if so, that simply indicates there is no current version. Download mirrors will appear when a public release is made.

License

Copyright

This text was written in its entirety by Olof Ekström. For more information about the author of this page, see Olof Ekström's personal information in the Haven  Project Profiles document.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

In no way is the A1 Modeller or Extro System related to or endorsed by any other company or trademark holder mentioned in this document.

Copyright © 2002 Olof Ekström/Extro System. All rights reserved.

Bälinge/Uppsala, Sweden, February-May 2002