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| - | To use TAD, it is mandatory that you obtain a membership in our one of our team engagement | + | To use TAD, it is mandatory that you obtain a membership in our teamTAD community system. This is now being managed by [[discordserver|Discord]] . That is totally free, and it does not have advertisements (other than for their own paid version |
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| + | **Why Discord? | ||
| + | The advantage of using Discord for authenticating is because people can be totally anonymous if they want to -- Just choose an unrecognizable username at Discord (many do!) We (i.e. those behind TAD) does not have access to your email address. So, TAD is not being developed with some " | ||
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| + | **But why authenticate? | ||
| + | The reason for authentication is that models generated using TAD would be useful for collaborative works; especially " | ||
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| + | **What if you don't like Discord? | ||
| + | There are many people at Discord using TAD without any hiccups. However there are few people who may not like Discord -- so now TAD authentication can be done by other compatible community systems and Forums. So from Version 6.9.1.45 that capability is also there. In such cases; you will have to give the username followed by an exclamation mark and the code for that community. For e.g. If your username is xyzabc in that community, then you would need to give the username when authenticating TAD as xyzabc!pqr | ||
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| + | Shortly, we'll link to a list of such communities that can be used to authenticate TAD. For now, you can assume that the only way to authenticate yourself at TAD is by using your Discord username (we'll change the docs once one or more communities start supporting TAD) | ||
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| + | **Using a non-Windows machine? | ||
| + | No worries! TAD Designer Lite has very low system requirements. It can work on many Operating | ||
| **To become a registered user of TAD, do this:**\\ | **To become a registered user of TAD, do this:**\\ | ||
| - | * register at our own Mattermost hosted chat system **[[https:// | ||
| - | Once you register, a confirmation would be sent to your email address. | + | **Just 2 steps to get started**\\ |
| + | The 2 steps are quite simple: | ||
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| + | When installing, it will NOT check if you have a membership | ||
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| + | The authentication may seem clumsy at first; but it is important for you. Each TAD file you create has a stamp of the registered user. It protects your data. In case your data goes to another office, they cannot open it without your permission. Hence it is critical that your username is registered. Another important reason is because we want to get a high-qualify focused audience. TAD is anyway NOT a general purpose software. | ||
| - | If you had already registered and [[forgot password|forgot | + | After you complete |
| - | Once you have registered, you need to use the the login credentials of the chat system to use TAD. This page on [[authentication]] explains what you need to do. | ||
| - | //Note: The TAD chat system uses the open-source MATTERMOST chat system. So on the first page of TAD chat, you would see their message. | + | ----- |
| + | [[oldregistrationmethod|Old registration information | ||
| - | Read [[tadchat | how to use the chat system here]]\\ | ||
| - | Read [[whysignup | why a signup is mandatory]] | ||