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• Introduction
  • General
  • Documentation
• Product Range
  • The 3D Converter
  • Plan Layout
  • Quantities, area calculation type 1 / type 2
  • 2D DXF/DWG Import and Export
• User Interface
  • Documents and Views
  • Layout of the User Interface
  • Tooltips
  • Catalog and Project Administration
  • Features of our Dialogs
    • Catalog Selection in our dialogs
    • Material Selection and Texture Coordinates
    • Properties and Representation of Building Materials
    • Calculations in Input Fields
    • Text Properties
    • Layer construction of Building Components
    • Selecting Colours, Defining your own Colours
  • Input Aids
    • Insertion using ‘Ctrl+ w`, Changing Reference Points
    • Construction support
    • Example of the Use of Construction Aids
    • Example using Coordinates
    • Adjust, Insert and Delete Polygon-points
    • Angle grid
    • Move Selected Element, Move Selected Element with Reference Point
  • Editing Tools
    • Delete and Select Wizards
  • Multiple Copies of Objects
  • Moving Objects To Other Layers
• First Steps
  • Creating a project
  • Creating Views
  • Inserting Walls
    • Exterior Walls
    • Interior Walls
  • Inserting Windows And Doors
    • Inserting Windows
    • Inserting Doors
  • Inserting Stairs
  • Copying a Floor
  • Inserting a Roof
  • Inserting Dormers
  • Objects, Textures and Materials
    • Objects
• Properties of Views
  • Arranging Views
  • Tab Pages
  • Switching Views
  • Visibilities
  • Scale
  • Setting a 3D View point
  • Zooming, Scrolling and Rotating
    • Zooming
    • Additional Functions in 3D Views
    • Scrolling
    • Rotating in 3D Views
  • Snap Function
  • 2D Views / Cross-Sections
    • Creating Cross-Sections
    • Options for Cross-Section Symbols
    • Exterior Views, Representation with concealed Edges
    • Saving Images from 2D Views
  • 2D Graphic Views and Parallel Perspectives
  • 3D Views
    • General Settings
    • Walkthrough
    • Background
    • Snap Points and Dimensions
    • Position of the Sun
      • Geographical Location
      • Time and Date
      • Sun
      • Environment light
      • Moon
    • Copying and Editing Materials and Textures
    • Raytracing
    • Raytracing Details
    • Shadows, ambient occlusion and smooth shadows
      • Ambient Occlusion
      • Smooth Schadows
    • View Points
    • Saving Images
  • 3D Full Screen Mode
  • Presentation and Sketch Views
• General Settings
  • Units
  • The Grid
  • Selection
  • The Snap Function
  • Folders
  • Tools
• The Catalog
  • The Contents
    • Windows/Doors/Skylights/Walls
    • 3D Objects
    • Textures
    • Materials
    • 2D Symbols
  • Creating your own Directories, Modifing Preview Images
  • Additional Functions
    • Snap Points for 3D Objects
    • Effect of Snap Points when Positioning 3D Objects
    • Additional Information and Properties for 3D Objects
      • Creating your own Windows and Doors, Chunk Type ‘Opening`
      • Manufacturers` Data in 3D Objects, Chunk Type for General Information
      • Manufacturers` Data in 3D Objects, Chunk Type for PDF Document
      • Alternative 2D Representation of 3D Objects, Chunk Type for 2D Alternative Representation
    • Open File, Selecting Files Locally
• Manufacturers Catalog
  • Views in the Manufacturers Catalog
  • Manufacturers` Information
  • Manufacturer and Product Search
• The Project Viewer / Projects
  • General
  • Project Properties
  • Buildings
  • Floors / Creating New Floors
    • Lengthen, Rotate, Mirror, Copy Buildings
      • Lengthen Buildings/Floors
      • Rotate Buildings
      • Mirror Buildings
      • Move or Copy Buildings
  • Apartments
  • Layers
    • Levels of Layers
    • Floors/Rooms with Split Levels
    • Changing the Height or Level of Floors
  • Rooms
    • Properties of Rooms
    • Labelling Rooms
    • Calculating Areas
    • The Floor, Material and structural Layers
• General Functions
  • Guidelines
    • 2D Guidelines
      • Angled Guidelines
    • 3D Guidelines
      • Edge Guideline
      • 3D Guidelines in Planes
  • Measurement
  • Dimensions
    • General
    • 2D and 3D Single Dimensions
    • 2D and 3D Multiple Dimensions
    • Height Dimensions
  • Text
    • Autotext
  • Item text
  • 2D Symbols
  • Title Blocks, Autotext in 2D Symbols
  • Printing
  • Groups
  • Display Priority
  • North Arrow and Origin
  • Transfer properties
    • Selecting Properties
    • Selecting target Objects.
    • Selecting Objects manually
• Plug-in Building Components
  • Walls
    • Wall Types
    • Insertion Modes
    • Input Aids
    • Wall Properties
    • Layer construction / Multi-layer walls
    • Edit walls
      • Extend / shorten walls
      • Trim walls
      • Change wall direction
      • Split walls
  • Supports
  • Ceilings
    • Automatic Ceilings
    • Deactivating Automatic Ceilings
    • Manual Ceilings
    • Properties of Ceilings
  • Windows and Doors
    • Setting Direction of Opening on Insertion
    • Changing the Direction of Opening
    • Selecting or Changing Windows and Doors on Insertion
    • Selecting Windows and Doors from the Catalog
    • Openings, Hinges
    • Representation in 2D Plan Views
    • 2D Representation of Doors, Side Panels, Folding and Sliding Doors
    • Window Sills
    • Door Frames
  • Window constructions
    • General
    • Catalog of Window Constructions
    • Editing Window Constructions
    • Modifying Profiles
    • Bars for Window Constructions
    • Editing Bars
    • Drawing Bar Arrangements
  • Openings
  • Slots
  • Skylights
  • Solar Elements
  • Chimneys
  • Beams - Lower/Upper beams
• Roof-Construction Plug-in
  • Roofs
    • Inserting Roofs
    • The Roof Construction Dialog
      • General
      • Materials
      • Cladding
      • Timber Construction
      • Timber Dimensions
      • Rafters
      • (Details of ) Eaves
      • (Details of) Gable ends
    • Roof Construction
      • Roof side 1
      • Roof Side 1/Jamp sill
      • Roof Side 1/Jamp sill (inferior purlin)
  • Dormers
    • Shed Dormer
    • Flat Dormer
    • Hipped roof dormer
    • Triangular Dormer
    • Trapezoidal Dormer
    • Barrel roof dormer
    • Bat dormer
  • 2D Representation of Roofs
  • Visibility of Roof Details
• Stairs Plug-in
  • Inserting Different Types of Stairs
  • Geometry
  • Type of Construction, Solid- and Wooden Staircases
  • Handrails
  • Wellholes
  • Combine Landings
  • 2D Representation of Stairs
• 2D Graphics Plug-in
  • Representation
    • Outlines
    • Filling
  • Inserting Images
  • Visibility of 2D Elements
  • Display Priority
  • Editing 2D Elements
    • Parallel Copy
    • Trimming Lines
    • Trimming a Line at an Intersection
    • Tools for Inputting Parallel Lines and Polygons
    • Scaling 2D-Elements
    • Scaling Images and 2D Elements numerically
• Terrain Plug-in
  • General
  • Terrain Properties
  • Terrain Forms
  • Terrain elements
  • Terrain contours
• Surface Editor Plug-in
  • Defining Surface Areas
  • Definition Using a Rectangle or Polygon
  • The ‘Surface` Dialog
  • Miscellaneous
• 3D Constructions
  • Some Examples for the Use of 3D Constructions
  • Saving 3D Constructions / Catalog
    • Visibility of 3D Constructions and Subtraction Solids
    • 2D Representation of 3D Constructions
    • Materials of 3D Constructions
    • What to use - 3D Objects or 3D Constructions?
  • Performance, Resolution, Number of Surfaces
  • 2D Contours and Profiles, the Basis for Rotation, Sweep and Extrusion Solids
    • Saving Contours and Profiles
    • Inputting Contours, Creating Contours
    • Performance, Number of Segments in Contours and Profiles
    • Using Images as a Basis for Modeling
  • Primitives
    • Inputting Primitives
  • Extrusion Solids
  • Rotation Solids
    • Inputting Rotation Solids
  • Sweep Solids
    • Inputting Sweep Solids
    • Polylines, Example for Baseboards
    • Poylgon, Example for Ceiling Moldings
    • Contour / Path , Example for a Drainpipe
  • Subtraction Solids
    • Converting 3D Constructions to Subtraction Solids
    • Examples of the Use of Subtraction Solids
    • Example of a Subtraction Solid in the Terrain
    • Example of a Subtraction Solid in Roofs
  • Editing / Boolean Operations
    • Merge / Union
    • Separate
    • Intersection
    • Difference
    • Trimming at a Plane
• Export Menu
  • Outputting reports
  • Editing Lists, Creating User Templates
  • Outputting 3D Formats
• Support
  • Hotline
  • Catalog Extensions