Quick Start

The following steps will get you going simply and easily:

Start GPS2CAD Ver. 3.5
From the File Drop down menu select Preferences

In the Preferences Window

Select the “GPS Setup” tab
Make the following selections:

The com port your GPS is connected to.
The make of the GPS unit
GPS model type. The Garmin model types are distinguished by the number of symbols they maintain internally, either 16 symbols for early models, or greater than 16 symbols

NOTE:

Magellan units must be set to a baud rate of 4800, and the NMEA string = V2.1 GSA. To do this, use the menu button on the GPS unit to set these values: press Menu\Setup\Baud Rate\4800 Baud and Menu\Setup\NMEA\V 2.1 GSA

Select the "ACAD Settings tab and choose:

The Layer and Scale for plotting Blocks in AutoCAD
The Layer and Color for plotting lines and points in AutoCAD

Select the “Grid and Units” tab

Select the desired output datum. To start, we recommend American Projections/UTM_NAD_27. This is the default setting for translating from WGS 84 datum
From the Units drop down box select US_Foot (best used for everything except the unique American datums
Leave the other settings at their default values
Click “Save and Close” button

In the Main Window

From the Main Form, click “Connect GPS”
Wait for the green light to appear indicating "Connection OK"
Click “Get Waypoints”

The points are loaded………

Viewing Maps

Left click in the point grid and drag to highlight the points you want to view or plot

To view the points on a TerraServer-USA map, click “View Points” for an Aerial, or select the down arrow and then the map type you want.

Plotting in AutoCAD

Start AutoCAD, begin a drawing, and then minimize the session of AutoCAD
Return to GPS2CAD.
Select the points to plot in the Waypoint Grid
Click the “Plot Lines” button to plot the points as lines
You will receive a “Plot Complete” message
Return to AutoCAD to view the points

That’s all there is to the Quick Start!