
Please read this file carefully (especially the "Installation" chapter)
before installing the program to your computer.

IMPORTANT! If you obtained VideoCAD 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
 Company information
 Description
 Installation (!)
 Registration
 Copyright and license
 Technical support


Program information
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Program Archive Name:
 VideoCADdemo.zip
Program Name:
 VideoCADdemo
Program Version:
3.0
Program Release Date:
June 25, 2004
Target OS:
 Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Software type: DEMO-Version, Trial

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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 To run VideoCAD you need at least:

	* IBM compatible computer with Intel Pentium-133 processor
	* 64 Mb of RAM
	* 20 Mb of free hard disk space
	* SVGA video adapter
	* Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, 
Windows XP operating system
	* IntelliMouse and other Wheel Mouse (recommended)

Company information
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Company Name:
  CCTVCAD Software, Inc. 
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 tool of view area and cameras' arrangement calculation 
that will help you in designing CCTV of any complexity and functions.
· VideoCAD is user-friendly, allowing 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 developing to a new 
level which appears to be beyond any competition with those lacking 
the program.
With VideoCAD you can:
· Choose the most suitable lenses, heights and locations for camera 
installation to provide the required parameters of view areas, detect 
and identify a person, read license plates out and obtain an object image 
of required size on a display using the known actual sizes and location 
of an object.
· Choose visually a relative location of cameras using the graphics window 
with CAD interface. 
· Calculate the horizontal projection sizes of viewing, person detecting, 
identifying and license plate reading-out areas to draw them on the 
object plan.
· Measure the view area distortions, arising from natural obstacles. 
-Calculate the image size on a display of any object in camera view area 
in the percentage of display size, pixels, TV lines and millimetres. 
· Obtain a drawing containing two projections of object layout with the 
camera images, calculated view areas and cables, and with coordinate grid 
and text to be pasted into explanatory notes as an illustration as well. 
· Obtain a text file with full description of all the cameras in project, 
view areas and cables to be pasted into a project explanatory note or 
used as an instruction on installation. 
· Study the influence of the criteria of person detection, identification 
and license plate reading-out on the sizes and location of the 
correspondent areas by changing the criteria according to the video image 
quality obtained. 
· Study the principles of object representation in different view area 
parts using test object and graphics window. 
· Calculate the length and electric parameters of cables. 
· Spare the means and win tenders due to the reduction of cameras' 
quantity in projects and the increase of their efficiency. 
· Reduce the time expended and boost the design quality. 
· Cut down the amount of controversial situations with customers and 
accelerate their solution.

VideoCAD allows to:
· Calculate a view area horizontal projection according to the lens focal 
length, image sensor format, camera installation height, the required 
minimal and maximal heights and the maximal range of surveillance.
· Calculate the horizontal projections of the person detection, 
identification and license plate reading-out areas according to the lens 
focal length, image sensor format, camera installation height, 
the required maximal height and range of surveillance and the 
additionally assigned criteria, depending on a quality level of video 
image. 
· Determine a full or partial object hitting in the view area and 
calculate an object size on a display in percentage of a display size, 
pixels, TV lines and millimetres at the known sizes of a display using 
the actual object sizes, height above the ground and camera location 
distance.
· Calculate a camera angle according to the required maximal viewing 
range and height, lens and camera matrix parameters as well. Thus, 
there's no need for a designer to compute it beforehand.
· Display the view area actual image enabling to measure any parameters 
at any point using the graphics window.
· Save the actual view area image in graphical format.
· Create, save and load projects containing up to 100 cameras and up to 
10 layouts.
· Export projects into text files.
· Keep the database of the person detection, identification and license 
plate reading-out criteria, depending on a quality level of video image.
· Calculate automatically the length and electrical parameters of cable. 
· Since the version VideoCAD 2.0 the CAD interface is used in 
the graphics window.

- All the calculations are real-time allowing to view the influence of 
each parameter specified upon the final result.
- VideoCAD does not use any simplified formulas and techniques, in 
non-typical situations giving out considerable errors. 
- VideoCAD operates with any correct parameters, both selected from the 
list or typed.
- VideoCAD can be used for the prompt, but exact calculations of the 
view area projections to draw an object on a plan when performing 
a graphical part of project. It can be also used to perform a view area 
scrupulous analysis to choose the most suitable camera location and lens 
parameters. 
- VideoCAD can be effective at CCTV designer training.

DEMO Version

VideoCADdemo is designed for acquaintance purposes only. To change lens 
focal length and image sensor format is not available in demo-version. 
In other respects the demo-version is completely operable. 

Since the VideoCAD full version is constantly updating, the demo-version 
may fail in providing certain recently introduced facilities available only 
in the latest full version.
   
Installation
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Run "setup.exe".
Follow the instructions of the installation program.

Registration
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Because, as registered user, you:

   1) Encourage the author to further develop and improve VideoCAD,
      making possible new  releases;

   2) May use VideoCAD in commercial and other environments;

   3) Gain access to the some advanced features.

   4) Access support and assistance, via E-mail and VideoCAD Support
      Sites, worldwide  www.cctvcad.com;


For the latest registration options, visit the CCTVCAD Software web site at:

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

IMPORTANT! Be sure to give us the correct e-mail address when filling out
the order form. We are unable to process incomplete order forms.

All registrations use SECURE protocols making it impossible for a third 
party to intercept your credit card information.


Registration procedure                      

After payment is confirmed a full version of VideoCAD with software 
protection on HID identifiers basis will be mailed to the e-mail address 
you've specified.
Having installed VideoCAD according to the instruction enclosed herewith 
you will get a unique identifier for your computer system - HID.
After you mail your HID to support@cctvcad.com you will get your 
registration key in reply.
You may also use our on-line registration form on our website 
http://www.cctvcad.com/CCTVCAD-Register.html
After your registration key is entered the program is completely operable.
You may install and deinstall VideoCAD on this computer system for 
unlimited number of times. 
You can upgrade you software and hardware, still when replacing or 
formatting your hard disk your HID might be lost and registration will be 
deactivated.
In this case two reserve registrations are granted which are performed 
free-of-charge.
Updating VideoCAD versions doesn't require registration.
We do not guarantee VideoCAD operability on the computers, which are 
installing programs used for cracking software protection.
For our part we've tried to do our best not to let the software protection 
be of any inconvenience to you. 
We hope that you will understand the necessity of protection in due course.
Updating from version VideoCAD 2.0 is performed free-of-charge and doesn't 
require second registrations.

Copyright and license
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You may install the DEMO version of the VideoCAD to test and evaluate it 
for 30 days; after this time you must either buy the license to use the 
VideoCAD permanently or delete the VideoCAD from your hard drive. 
 
You are hereby allowed to make any number of backup copies of the DEMO 
version of the VideoCAD and its documentation. You can give a copy of the 
DEMO version of the VideoCAD to anyone, providing that no additional fee 
is charged and the package files are not modified in any way. 


Technical support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please give the following info: 

 - Product's version (see the "About" dialog) 
 - Product's registration key (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 detail 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, Inc. home page;



If you have any comments or suggestions for future releases,
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