To start Workshop, double click on the Workshop icon or choose Workshop from the Maxsurf menu under the Start menu. The program will start up and display the usual drawing windows.
Certain preferences used by Workshop are stored in the Windows registry. It is possible for this data to become corrupted, or you may simply want to revert back to the default configuration. To clear the Workshop preferences, start the program with the Shift key depressed. You will be asked if you wish to clear the preferences, click OK.
The following preferences are stored in the registry:
· Colour settings of contours and background
· Fonts
· Window size and location
· Recent files
· Units
· All settings in the preferences dialog from the edit menu
Before you can start working with Workshop, you must open a design that you have created using Maxsurf. To do this, choose Open Design from the File menu and select the design you wish to open. Also see: Preparing a Maxsurf design for Workshop below.
Workshop does not alter the Maxsurf design file (.msd file), instead it stores data specific to workshop and that design (i.e. frames, plates, stringers etc) in a workshop design file (.wsd file). If you open a .msd file from the File menu Workshop will automatically open the .wsd file of the same name, if one exists, in the same directory. Double clicking on the .wsd file icon from the desktop will launch Workshop and open the appropriate .wsd and .msd files.