RattleCAD User Manual/Resources

Tcl/Tk

rattleCAD is written based on TclTk.

• Tcl on wikipedia
• Tcl Developer Xchange!
• download Tcl/Tk from ActivState

rattleCAD recommends to use the Tcl/Tk installation-Package from ActiveState.
current Recomendation: 8.5.15.0

Ghostscript

rattleCAD uses Ghostscript to create postscript- and pdf-files.
You can download Ghostscript here: Ghostscript download
Currently rattleCAD uses the 32-bit Version of Ghostscript.

To use Ghostscript from any other location on your computer or if rattleCAD
cannot find Ghostscript itself, there is an option to configure ghostscript for rattleCAD manually.

.rattleCAD_<yourPCName>.init

   <exec>
        ...        
        <exec name="gs">C:/Program Files (x86)/gs/gs9.14/bin/gswin32c.exe</exec>
        ...
    </exec>

GhostView

rattleCAD uses GhostView to view postscript-files.
You can download Ghostscript here: GhostView download