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Vacworks II
The Vacworks II CD contains: Link to the Graham Web site
Technical Library Vacworks II Selection Software
Technical Library:The Technical Library is a collection of
informative technical articles authored byGraham engineers and
published in various engineering periodicals. The articles covera
variety of vacuum and heat transfer topics. Before you can access
the technicallibrary, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed
on your computer.To install Adobe Acrobat Reader:Click on the START
button and select RUN. Then choose BROWSE. Then selectthe file
called ar405eng.exe located on the CD under the Acrobat directory.
Thenselect RUN and follow the installation instructions.
To use the Technical Library, run Adobe Acrobat Reader and open
the file called_Contents.PDF located on the CD under the directory
TechArts. This is thetable of contents for all the articles in the
library. The articles are accessed by clickingon the article
title.
Vacworks II Selection Software:Vacworks II is the second
generation of our popular Vacworks program. Thissoftware package
includes a variety of useful calculations ranging from vacuumsystem
design to a handy calculator type program.
Before installing Vacworks II, we recommend that your system is
at least a Pentium166Mhz system running a 32-bit Windows operating
system. Vacworks II has beentested on systems running Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 (service pack4.0), and Windows 2000.
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Vacworks II InstallationIf you are a new Vacworks user, skip to
To install Vacworks II, otherwiseplease note: The default
installation location for Vacworks (original and Vacworks II)
is
C:\Graham\Vacworks. Since Vacworks II includes all the features
of the original Vacworks and since
Vacworks II will read the input data files created using the
original version ofVacworks, it is highly recommended that the
original Vacworks be uninstalledbefore installing Vacworks II.
Installing over an existing installation without first removing
it may damagethe installation or cause future attempts to remove
the installation to fail.
If you wish to keep the original Vacworks and install Vacworks
II, you mustchoose a different directory than the default during
the installation, such asC:\Graham\VacworksII.
To uninstall the original version of Vacworks:At the windows
screen:a) Double click on My Computer. Then double click on Control
Panel.b) Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Single click on
Vacworks. Single
click on Remove. Single click on OK.c) To close the Control
Panel box, click on the x in the upper, right-hand corner.
To install Vacworks IIVacworks II is installed by running a
program called setup.exe located on the CDunder the directory
Vacworks. The step by step installation procedure is asfollows.At
the windows screen:a) Make sure that the Vacworks CD is inserted
and that no diskette is inserted.b) Double click on My Computer.
Then double click on Control Panel.c) Double click on Add/Remove
Programs.d) Single click on Install. Single click on Next. Single
click on Browse.e) Select the setup.exe program located on the CD
under the directory
Vacworks.f) Click finish.g) Follow the instructions through the
installation process1 .h) To close the Control Panel box, click on
the x in the upper, right-hand corner.
To run Vacworks II, click: Start, then click programs, and then
click Vacworks. 1 If you are keeping the original Vacworks, be sure
to enter a different installation location (see above).
