Cademia
CADEMIA is a modern CAD system with a full functionality to create dimensional accurate technical drawings and documents. It has a flexible structure and can be easily extended. Additional functionality can be added in a modular way (plugins).

Features;
  • Efficient when processing large amounts of data
  • Complex shapes bounded by lines, circular arcs and Bézier curves
  • Integration of complex texts (text layout)
  • Import of raster images
  • Complete set of modification commands (Coordinate transformations, Hierarchical groups, and more)
  • Symbol libraries (Integration of CADENAS PART community)
  • Drawing attributes conforming to standards (writing and printing)
  • Input of natural units (m, mm, ...) in an adjustable user coordinate system
  • Efficient construction and selection
  • Manipulation of properties (features) by the user

System requirements
  • Minimum JRE version is 1.6


Cademia on an eComStation machine with Open JDK


Installing Cademia
Download cademia_4.0rc6.zip (15.5 Mb). Make a new folder(directory) with the name "Cademia". Open the zip file and open then the subdirectory "CADEMIA_4.0-RC6". Copy all files and subdirectories to the new created folder(directory) "Cademia". Delete the file ".DS_Store", this is an Apple file. That's it!

The cademia.cmd file
Cademia works with Open JDK in OS/2-eCS. I have made a cademia.cmd file with the following contents; 
@echo off
SET CLASSPATH=
set BEGINLIBPATH=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
set path=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
[drive: cademia]
cd [drive: cademia]\cademia
java -Duser.home=[drive: cademia]\cademia -jar Cademia.jar 2>cademia-bugs.txt
I use 2 separate folders (directories), one for Java and one for Cademia with the files created by this program. The references used in the cmd file;

  • [drive: java] = drive with Java
  • [drive: cademia] = drive with Cademia

should be replaced with real drive letters. Edit and save the file "cademia.cmd" from the "cademia-ecs.zip" file. This file is copied to the "cademia" folder (directory). Furthermore, different paths?, adjust according to your needs.
Create a new program object. Specify the path and file name: "[drive: cademia]\cademia\cademia.cmd". In the tabpage Session check the boxes "OS/2 window", "Running as an icon" and "Close Window to end program". In the tabpage General you can enter the name "Cademia". You find enclosed in the file "cademia-ecs.zip" a Cademia OS/2 icon.

Parameters / options explained
  • The statement "-Duser.home=[drive: cademia]\cademia" will ensure that Cademia will save all necessary files in own directory instead of saving them in the home directory.
  • The addition "2>cademia-bugs.txt" ensures that errors are saved in the file "cademia-bugs.txt". The 2 in "2>" is not a typo!

Download
In the file you can find the above command file (all driveletters are set to C:) and an OS/2 Cademia icon: cademia-ecs.zip.

revision February 12, 2020