Intro to CET Designer #CETDesignerUC Brooke Snow

Configura, Inc.

Agenda

1 2 3 4 5 Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Why CET Designer

• Traditional design & sales process = time consuming & many programs • CET Designer =

ONE

tool for design, specification & visualization Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Renderings Gorgeous & Photorealistic

• Quick & Easy • Fly thru videos Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Rules Based

• Won’t let you make mistakes • Allows you to focus on space planning and design • Handles complex calculations Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Highly Visual

• Stretch/shrink/change graphically in 2D and 3D layouts • Automatically updates your bills of material • Prevents errors and invalid configurations Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

The Lay of the Land

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CET Designer

= Configura Extension Technology • Core program is CET Designer • Manufacturer Extensions vs. Free Extensions •

MyConfigura

• Portal to manage licenses and accounts • Save and share information with other sin secure briefcases • Place to communicate and receive information from Configura

Updating in CET Designer

• Help > check for updates • Background download • Release schedule Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

The Lay of the Land

• Feature Request & Report Issues • Help Pull-Down Menu > Feature Request or Report Issue • Important for Continual improvement of CET Designer • Views & Navigation • 2D, 3D, split-screen, Paper View, Calculation View • Component Tab & View Tabs • 2D & 3D Toolbar • Component Tab Configurator Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

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Left-click

= place object or select object

Left-hold OR scroll-hold

= pan • •

Right-hold

= orbit

Click it and flick it

= to exit out of current command • Cursor colors change as you move your mouse: •

White

= hover over empty space •

Blue

= hover over objects for moving and will allow joining • •

Green

= hover between objects and selection fram for moving without snapping

Yellow

= hover over and select snap points to stretch, rotate, join

F5

= refresh

A

= Copy and paste

Shift Tab

= overrides snapping = up and down in blue or green box

Spacebar

= moves across in blue or green box

Ctrl + left mouse Delete Key

= square select = to delete the whole group; red x for one item in group Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Control Panel & Using Support

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Control Panel

• File Pull-Down Menu > Control Panel • Includes default settings for currency, dimensions, and program set-up •

Support

• Available M-F 8am-8pm ET • Chat, phone, email • Support page link from blue button icon in program • Included free with license purchase Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components

Placing products

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Left-click

= place object or select object

Left-hold OR scroll-hold

= pan • •

Right-hold

= orbit

Click it and flick it

= to exit out of current command • Cursor colors change as you move your mouse: •

White

= hover over empty space •

Blue

= hover over objects for moving and will allow joining • •

Green

= hover between objects and selection fram for moving without snapping

Yellow

= hover over and select snap points to stretch, rotate, join

F5

= refresh

A

= Copy and paste

Shift Tab

= overrides snapping = up and down in blue or green box

Spacebar

= moves across in blue or green box

Ctrl + left mouse Delete Key

= square select = to delete the whole group; red x for one item in group Why CET Designer The Lay of the Land Basic Navigation in CET Designer Control Panel & Using Support Placing Products & Components