Support - Cone Software - Cone 11 Technical Support

Where is my CONE menu? (CONE v9 or v10)

The CONE pull-down menus must be loaded into either your BricsCAD or AutoCAD program for them to appear at the top of the screen.
If using AutoCAD, you MUST switch to classic workspace – see topic: Where are the pull-down menus in AutoCAD?

At the CAD command prompt type: CUILOAD then press [ENTER] you will now see one of the following dialogs:

The dialog displays the loaded customisation groups, below the list of loaded groups, there is an edit box to type a new filename & to the immediate right a button labelled BROWSE or containing three dots. Click the browse button, and a file select dialog appears.

At the bottom of this dialog is a pull-down list labelled “Files of type”, select MNU files, and navigate to the following folder/file:

Cone9UK Standalone
C:\Cone9UKIC\CONE9UK-FULL-IC.MNU

Cone9UK AutoCAD
C:\Cone9UKAC\CONE9UK-FULL-AC.MNU

Cone10UK Standalone
C:\Program Files (x86)\CADaptor Solutions\Cone10UKBC\CONE10UKBC.MNU

Cone10UK AutoCAD
C:\Program Files (x86)\CADaptor Solutions\Cone10UKAC\CONE10UKAC.MNU

Double click the filename, or select it and click the [Open] button,
when returned to the previous Loaded Customisation group dialog, click the [LOAD] button, then close the dialog.

The CONE menu will now appear at the right end of the pull-down menu bar.

What are the PC Hardware requirements for CONE?

CONE will run on a quite basic specification PC.

To get reasonable performance from the CAD program, we recommend:
minimum Intel I7 processor or equivelant,
minimum 6GB RAM, preferably 8GB+ screen resulution 1920 x 1080

Cone11 Standalone requires 1GB of hard disk space,
the AutoCAD version will require 750MB in addition to you AutoCAD installation.

You should use a 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating system

How compatible is BricsCAD with AutoCAD?

BricsCAD will read and write AutoCAD format DWG files, version 19 of BricsCAD uses the latest AutoCAD 2018 file format as standard.
All CAD drawing commands, templates and features such as object snap modes are similar if not identical between the two programs, and so any CAD skills learned are transferable.

Can you import maps and aerial photography into CONE?

YES. There are 2 common types of maps: raster and vector.

Raster types are images (bmp, jpegs, tiffs etc) often these are scanned from maps.

Vector types are usually supplied in DXF format and you can obtain them very quickly from various online outlets

Can you import Ordnance Survey maps into CONE?

YES. CAD vector files are usually supplied in DWG or DXF format and you can obtain them very quickly from various online outlets

Can you import “Google” maps and aerial photography into CONE?

YES. Raster images (bmp, jpegs, tiffs etc) often saved from internet aerial photos or scanned from maps can be loaded into the parent CAD program and quickly scaled using the CONE10 & CONE11 mapping features.

What’s the difference between the CONE for AutoCAD and the CONE STANDALONE versions

The two CONE versions are identical in functionality

The AutoCAD version works with AutoCAD 2014 to AutoCAD 2019 (which you need to purchase separately)

The STANDALONE version comes complete with a copy of BricsCAD Classic

I have an older copy of CONE how do I upgrade to the latest version?

Please contact CADaptor Solutions, tel 01484 489796 or email info@conesoftware.com to arrange upgrades
Ideally we will need to know your existing customer user number, which is printed on the installation CD-ROM label or you can enter CONEINFO at your CAD command prompt.

Do we need to buy any updates for it or does it last a good few years?

We tend to bring out a new version of CONE every 2 years, which either corresponds to a major change to Chapter 8 or a major update of CONE productivity tools, CONE 11 was released this year, Updates are not compulsary.

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