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Seminar 950
Basic Seminar
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Content
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About KPS designstudio
General explanations
2.1
Using and printing the online help as a manual
2.2
Help from Quickinfos
2.3
Highlighting / displaying information
First steps
3.1
The goal of this exercise
3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
KPS designstudio with customer management system

Program start
Editing customer master data
Planning in the customer management system
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3.3
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
3.3.7
3.3.8
Wall layout and fixtures

Wall layout
How to draw a wall layout with the Wizard
How to add a wall
Height tables
Editing and changing styles
Adding windows
Adding doors
How to add a configurable window with a niche
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3.4
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.4.5
Editing the design

Planning catalogue items
How to add an item
Moving elements
Copying, deleting, pasting elements
Rotating elements
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3.5
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.5.4
3.5.5
Worktops, plinths and fillers

Auto Features
Worktops (options)
Cornices and pelmets (options)
Plinth panels (options)
How to use the Auto Features
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Design program views
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4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
Plan
Displaying worktop symbols
Include virtual walls when printing
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4.1.3
4.1.4
Zoom tools
Changing the scale
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4.2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
Elevation view
Generate Named Elevation Views
Selecting walls
Clipping plane and filtering behind primary wall
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4.3
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
Perspective
Active Perspective
Default perspective and Bird's Eye perspective
Navigation mode in the perspective
Auto-Hide Back Facing Walls
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Catalogues
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5.1
Catalogue types
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5.2
How to add a new catalogue to the plan
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5.3
Updating catalogue data in the plans
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Dimensioning and Annotations
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6.1
Dimensioning, installation dimensioning and annotation
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6.2
Auto Dimension
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6.3
Dimension lines
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6.4
Witness Lines
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6.5
Guide Rails
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6.6
Manual dimensioning
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6.7
Options: Dimensioning
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6.8
Options: Auto Dimension
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6.9
Auto Annotate
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6.10
Options: Annotate
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Using graphic items
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7.1
Graphic Items
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7.2
How to create automatic decorations
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7.3
How to automatically illuminate a plan
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7.4
Planning floors and ceilings
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7.5
How to use the floor colours of the Style Details prompt
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Additional Topics
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8.1
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.3
Style Details
Style Details: Saving favourites
Style Details: Preview
Options: Style Details
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8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
8.2.4
Tile plan
Standard tile plan
Tiling Zones
Selecting material for the tiled section
How to assign tiles to a tiling zone
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8.3
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.3
Installation plan
Adding installation symbols
How to plan installation symbols
How to delete installation symbols
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Final steps
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9.1
Editing customer data in the design program
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9.2
Printing offers
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9.3
Saving plans
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9.4
Exiting the program
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Shortcuts
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About KPS designstudio

KPS designstudio is not just a program that allows you to create graphic and
commercial plans. It can do a great deal more. It offers a number of program functions
that make it easier for you to successfully perform management, selling and planning
tasks. The following areas can be divided by topic:
Commercial and graphic plan with the designing program
You draw wall layouts and add windows and doors according to the room
specifications of your customers.
You plan items from catalogues of your furnishing and accessory suppliers.
You design the plan with graphic items for decoration, lighting effects and items
that are already available at the customer's location.
You plan installation symbols and create installation plans for assembly.
You plan worktops and ready-made products with an optimum layout.
You create tiled sections.
You record annotations with instructions for ordering and assembly.
Managing the customer data using the KPS customer management system
You manage customer data and projects, catalogues and calculations, as well as
employee rights and dealer information.
You configure general data, mandatory fields as well as telephone and
communication types.
You check customer data in and out and thus block access to data that is to be
processed "offline".
Processing catalogues with the catalogue administrator
You check out catalogues, edit the catalogue, check in and overwrite the original
catalogue without interrupting other work steps in the process. Colleagues can
continue working at their workstations with the original catalogue saved in the
database. The next time the program is booted, the updated catalogue data is
automatically loaded.
You create your default calculation or create temporary calculation sets.
You use the parent and child catalogue principle: You create new catalogues (child
catalogue), for example, with blocks you created yourself that refer to a main
catalogue (parent catalogue) without changing the parent catalogue itself.
Preparing and printing offers
You check whether the plan is complete using the checklist.
You create your own forms with the form wizard or adjust the provided default
forms for your company.
You prepare offers from forms, saved views, print layouts and other file
attachments.
You offer plan versions with different product ranges of a manufacturer.
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General explanations
2.1
Using and printing the online help as a manual

The online help is displayed in the browser. It is optimised for display in Internet
Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You can find detailed information on using it in the online
help section of the used browser.
Content of the online help
The online help works as a manual. It contains several "books" with detailed program
descriptions and a brief overview.
Context sensitive help
Context sensitive program areas are linked with the online help. If you press the F1 key
in the program, the help topic linked to the current program area opens. The program's
context sensitivity is continuously expanded.
Use
The online help is used in the same way as a Windows help file. If you are not
completely sure how to use a Windows help file, open any topic in the online help and
press the F1 key. You are then provided with detailed information on using the help file.
If you click on a folder (1st level of the table of contents) in the table of contents, a list
broken down by topics is displayed. The section's content simultaneously expands.
Links to the topics contained in the opened item are available under Content of this
item. There are cross-references to further topics at the end of a section, where
necessary. Related topics contain background information. There are manuals that
guide you step by step through the topic under What would you like to do?.
Use the Index to find topics on the terms you are searching for.
Search
Use the Key word search. Enter one or more terms and click Go. All the topics that
contain one or more hits are listed.
Use the Full text search. Enter several terms in quotation marks (for example,
"printing individual topics") and click Go. All topics that contain the complete term are
listed.
Printing individual topics
Use the browser's functions to print individual topics. If the browser functions are not
displayed, right-click the topic to be printed and select the Print context command.
Printing the entire online help
Would you like to print larger sections of the help or all of the documentation? Use the
PDF manual for this. The manual is an optimised version of the online help for printing
on DIN A4 paper.
You can access the KPS.PDF via the Start menu in the program directory of design
program. To open and print the KPS.PDF file, you need a current version of Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
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2.2
Help from Quickinfos

If you need concise information about an element of the user interface, read the screen
tips.
Quickinfos
The user interface is equipped with Quickinfos (screen tips). Quickinfos are notes
which are displayed when you rest the mouse pointer on fields or buttons. They show
either the name of the element, or, where applicable, the combination of keys and brief
information on its use.
In this example, the mouse pointer is resting on the icon with which you can
freely rotate a selected item. If you want to learn more about the function, you can
easily see from the description how to search for it in Help. For example, enter the term
"rotate" in the search box and it will give you a list of all topics, in which this keyword
occurs.
Keyboard shortcuts
If a function can also be called up by using a keyboard shortcut, this will also be
displayed in the Quickinfo.
2.3
Highlighting / displaying information

In the documentation, icons and highlights in the typesetting are used.
Icons
The following keywords are used for visual highlighting of important information.
Here you will find interesting information, tips and useful tricks.
Here you should be especially careful to avoid planning errors or data loss. Read these
instructions carefully!
Here you will find information about the program environment, e.g. licensing restrictions
/ modules.
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Here you will find examples.
This icon is followed by a step-by-step guide.

This icon indicates new functions in the program version or new or modified
descriptions in the version of Help.
Highlighting of the typeset
In the manual, key names are used that can be found on most keyboards. Key
names are shown in upper-case, e.g.:
SHIFT key
CTRL key
RETURN key
ESC key
TAB key
Key names in keyboard shortcuts are separated by the plus sign and used without
the addition of key, e.g.:
Press ALT+4.
The descriptions of program elements such as tabs, fields and buttons etc. and the
title of program windows and dialogue boxes are highlighted in bold type, e.g.:
Tab: click on the tab Home.
Button: click OK.
Check box: activate Include VAT In Retail Prices.
Option: activate Inc. VAT.
The description of icons is given in brackets behind the icon, e.g.:
Click on the icon

(perspective).
When listing elements with a sub-select, the elements are linked with an arrow icon
and the whole term appears in bold type, e.g. :
Select the context command Change Material Current Selection.
Click on Select Select Items by Layer Graphical Units..
When listing linked elements with an unforeseeable designation (e.g. custom stored
entries), the unpredictable part is marked in bold and italic type, e.g.:
Select Named Views Name of View.
The descriptions of values that are to be entered or selected are placed in
quotation marks, e.g.:
Enter the customer's name, e.g. "John Doe".
Other highlights in typesetting, which serve the emphasis of a statement, are
underlined, e.g. :
Printing areas are stored exclusively plan-related.
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First steps
3.1
The goal of this exercise

The first plan described below guides you through a selection of tasks from creating a
customer to the end of a plan.
The tasks necessary for this can be performed with the program in different ways. One
of each of the different editing methods is introduced for this first plan.
You first create a customer and then start a new plan. A Wizard, which triggers a series
of prompts, guides you through the first step of a plan. Among other things, these
prompts include:
the selection of a manufacturer catalogue with which you would like to plan
creating a default plan
defining the height tables and selecting a default style
3.2
KPS designstudio with customer management

system
3.2.1
Program start
Start KPS designstudio by double-clicking the program symbol on the desktop.
Login
Log in with your login name and password:
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Administrator login data

When starting the KPS customer management system for the very first time, you log in
as an administrator.
The administrator is set up by SHD. He has comprehensive rights. His Login Name is
"Admin". SHD notifies him of his password.
Only share the Password of the administrator with authorised users.
You should not change the administrator password provided by SHD if possible. If
you have forgotten a changed administrator password, contact the SHD service.
The administrator sets up all other users, including their rights. When working with
KPS designstudio later on, each user logs in with his user name and personal
password.
The logged in user is displayed with his login name in the program line.
What's next?
The customer search opens after the user logs in. You can either select an existing
customer or create a new customer. Only then do you switch into the design program.
3.2.2
Editing customer master data

In the customer master data, you manage all data assigned to the customers
All data for every plan, such as name, addresses ans contact details, status and
customer number, sales representative and entry date
All customer plans and information on the plans
Where do you find the functions for entering and editing customer master data?
The new New and Edit buttons are in the top of the opened customer master data.
If you expand the New button, you can import the plan:
If you expand the Edit button, you can select Delete:
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Create New Customer

A new customer can be created as follows:
The customer search is open: Click New in the lower left of the customer search.
Customer master data is opened: Click New in the upper left of the window.
If you create a new customer, you create all known data on the customer. An empty
dialogue field is opened by entering the customer data:
In the top area, you can enter two contacts, also with different surnames. When
searching for the customer, the data is under both names. Here, you also provide one
or several telephone numbers under which the customer can be reached.
With the Create button, you save the new customer master data. The program reports
missing data if necessary.
Compulsory fields in the customer master data
When creating new customers, you must fill out the Compulsory Fields so that the
customer master data can be saved. Compulsory fields are highlighted in bold.
You can configure compulsory fields.
Editing existing customer master data
If you would like to supplement or change data, open the customer master data via the
customer search. Click Edit in the top of the window. A mask is displayed just like
when creating a new customer. The name of the customer is also displayed in the title
of the dialogue field. The Create button is replaced by OK.
If a customer was created, you can start the design program and start a plan for this
customer. After closing and saving the plan, you are automatically returned to the open
customer master data.
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One customer, several addresses

A customer can have several addresses. In the customer master data, you can enter
up to five addresses for different purposes. The following address types are available in
tabs with the same name:
Home
Delivery
Installation
Invoice
Other
You can import the addresses from the respective tab to the left of the activated tab
into the activated tab by activating the Import the address from ... check box.
Communication
In the Tel. field, enter the different telephone, fax, mobile phone numbers and e-mail
addresses. To do this, select the desired entry from the list on the left and enter the
data in the text field on the right:
All entries for which a value has already been entered are highlighted in the selection in
bold.
You define the number of the displayed telephone types that can be used in the
customer master data via tab File
Manage Customer Phone Types.
Consecutive numbers and entry date
When creating a new customer, a consecutive number and the entry data are saved for
each customer master data record. By default, the automatically created consecutive
number consists of the abbreviation of the logged in user and a number. This number
is listed with each customer who the respective user creates.
You can overwrite the automatically created number.
The entry data cannot be changed. It is the date when the customer master data was
saved for the first time.
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Which status does the customer have?

Document which status the customer has. The customer status helps you later on as a
search criterion in the customer search, for example:
It is a new customer?
Does the customer want an alternative offer?
Has the customer already obtained an offer from you but not made the purchase?
Is it a complaint?
By default, when creating a new customer, the Cust. Status with the Offer is
predefined. Select the customer status from the list:
If you change the customer status in a customer master data record, the changes in
the database are logged.
Which sales representative edits the customer master data?
You can search for customers via the allocated sales representative. This facilitates the
search, in particular, if an another employee starts handling the order.
When creating a new customer, the name of the logged in user is automatically
displayed in the Sales field. If the administrator changes, the sales representative can
be changed.
Select the user who made the sales pitch or consultation and still supports the
customer:
Notes on the customer

Activate the Notes tab in the upper right of the customer master data and then click the
Edit button to enter additional information about the customer. There is a large text
field in the Edit Notes dialogue fields available for this.
For example, enter customer-specific data (purchase behaviour, number of
children, etc.) that helps you further prepare the customer offer.
Take notes of a telephone call that you had with the customer.
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General customer data

If you select the General Data tab in the upper right of the customer master data,
values that have already been entered are displayed.
Click Edit to edit the fields. Mark the entry that you would like to edit. Click Edit again:
Which fields are displayed in the general customer data?

The fields in the general customer data display information for all plans. You can define
all customer fields that are to be displayed here. The fields are filled with customerspecific values.
By default, the Customer Reference field is created. When importing customer data
from an older program version, the customer number from the Customer Details is
transferred into this field. The value can be overwritten.
You can also import customer details fields that you have created from old program
versions without the customer management system. To do this, you must have created
these fields with exactly the same field name in the new program version for the
customer details before importing the data.
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3.2.3
Planning in the customer management system

All allocated plans are in the lower area of the customer master data:
Which functions are in the Plan areas?

The New and Edit buttons are in the lower area of the opened customer master data
record.
If you expand the New button, you can use the following functions:
You can:
start new empty plans
mirror or duplicate existing plans
import existing plans
If you expand the Edit button, you can use the following functions:
You can:
open and edit existing plans
edit the design info
export existing plans
delete existing plans
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Design information in the customer master data

Open the Design Info for a marked plan. Select Edit
Design Info:
The design information displays the data of the selected plan without opening the plan
itself:
The general plan data is synchronised with the values in the customer details of the
design program. The displayed fields are configured as general data fields.
You can change the assigned plan name when creating a new plan.
The information on the budget and style details has an informative character.
The item list displays the planned items from the manufacturer catalogue. It does
not contain any style details or prices. The item list cannot be edited here.
Why do you export and import plans?
Plans saved as ROM files are used for different purposes outside the database:
You can open the plan at a workstation that is not connected to the database.
For on-site appointments, you work with the design program on a laptop that is not
connected to the central database, but instead uses a local database. After the
customer meeting, you reimport the locally edited file into the central database.
You can import a customer's plan in another customer master data record.
A new customer B would like a similar kitchen as his acquaintance has (customer A).
This kitchen was planned at his location. You can export the finalised plan of the sold
kitchen from the customer master data record A and import it into the new customer
master data record B.
You can import plans from earlier program versions without using the customer
management system.
A customer bought a kitchen from you years ago. He would like to modernise his
kitchen. The plan was created in an older program version without a customer
management system. You can import the old plan in the current program version.
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How do you export a plan?

Plans are exported from a selected customer master data record. The export function
is located under Designs if you expand the Edit button:
The program suggests a combination consisting of the customer name and plan name
as the file name. You can overwrite the name. The plan is saved with the file extension
.ROM.
How do you import a plan?
You can import an exported plan in another or the original customer master data
record:
If you click the arrow after the New button in the area of the customer data and
then click Import Design(s), the selected ROM file is automatically allocated to the
customer master data from which it was originally exported.
If in an open customer master data record under Designs you click the arrow after
the New button and then click Import, the selected ROM file is added to the open
customer master data record:
Can you import plans from a program version without a database?

Yes. Work was generally performed in older program versions (version up to and
including 2003) without a customer database. All these files were saved with the file
extension .ROM. The customer data was maintained in the customer details.
If you have not yet created any customer master data, import the plan via New
Import Design(s). At the same time, a customer master data record is created in
the database from the customer data saved there.
If you have already saved a customer master data record to which you would like to
import older plans, import the plan in the open customer master data record under
Designs via New Import. The plan is added to the plan list.
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Which catalogues do you use in imported plans?

When importing older plans, it may be possible that manufacturer catalogues were
used that you can no longer use today or that have not yet been installed in the current
program version. The program informs you (depending on the type of import), at the
latest, when you open the plan whether and which catalogue of the imported plans are
not installed in the current program version:
Each missing catalogue is reported separately. If you confirm the message, you are
prompted to select a replacement catalogue.
Make sure that you select the most suitable replacement catalogue possible (main
catalogue for main catalogue and electrical equipment for electrical equipment).
Selecting replacement catalogues that do not contain any suitable items may render
the plan useless. The Room Validation Wizard allows you to keep these items as
special parts or delete them. If necessary, you should first install the missing
catalogues and then reimport the plan.
If an imported plan includes a catalogue that was not used, no replacement catalogue
is prompted for this catalogue.
After opening, problems, missing calculations, critical data, etc. are checked and
reported:
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3.3
Wall layout and fixtures
3.3.1
Wall layout
If you start a new design, the Wall Layout Wizard opens. The Wall Layout Wizard
helps you create the plan.
If you design very large rooms, check the options for the room's standard dimensions
before starting the design. If the wall layout is larger than the room's standard
dimensions, the design for the "screen size" option does not completely fit in the
planning area.
By default, the program is provided so that the Wall Layout Wizard is automatically
started after the manufacturer catalogue is selected at the beginning of a new design. If
you have not customised these presettings for your company, the program takes you to
the step for editing the design levels and selecting the styles in the selected catalogue
after you create the wall layout.
If you would like to use a layout drawn in a CAD program, you can import it. To do this,
make sure to close the Wall Layout Wizard.
Which wall layouts can you select?
You can select simple templates. Various forms are recommended: square, L-shape,
U-shape, two parallel walls or one single wall:
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Acquiring the dimensions of a simple wall layout

You can rotate the shape and acquire the wall's dimensions. From the preview, you
can see the wall which the entered dimensions refer to.
You rotate the wall layout to the right or left using the rotation arrows. The wall
drawings do not change when rotating the wall layout.
Enter the wall dimensions (a, b and c for a three wall design) in the fields Length,
Thickness and Height.
The dimensions for the square wall layout are displayed in the image:
The values entered in the options (tab File Options tab Planning Defaults) for
the length, height and thickness (one value for all walls) are suggested in the Wall
Layout Wizard. Adjust the value according to the design. The wall height applies
uniformly for all walls. If you would like to change the thickness of single wall, e. g., to
arrange a window recess, you can subsequently change it in the Items tab.
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Can you draw a free wall layout using the Wizard?

Yes. You will need a wall layout that does not correspond to the standard shapes. You
can freely draw a plan with the Multiple Walls function:
Acquiring the dimensions of a freely drawn wall layout

The preview displays the drawn wall layout. The
cursor displays the current
position (ending point of the wall most recently drawn) and simultaneously displays the
starting point for the next wall or for the next gap.
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Mode
You can create walls or gaps.
- Activate this icon to draw walls using the arrows.
- Activate this icon to draw gaps using the arrows. Here, you move the cursor
or the starting point of the next wall.
Direction
The arrow buttons are used depending on the selected mode. In Move Cursor Mode,
the cursor moves in the design preview according to the entered value. In Wall Mode,
you add the walls using the arrows.
Enter the length, height and thickness for walls that are planned exactly in the X and Ydirection (horizontal and vertical):
For walls that are to be planned at a specific angle, you can enter the dimensions and
the angle of the next wall or the dimensions of the surrounding right triangle for
calculating the wall:
The cursor is simultaneously moved for gaps.
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Options
Using the Undo and Redo buttons, you can incrementally undo or redo the wall
drawing or how the cursor was moved.
You discard the entire wall layout with Restart. The cursor position for the starting point
of the next wall is on the upper left again.
The Complete button is only visible if you have already designed two walls. With this
function, you can close the wall layout. The starting point of the first wall, however, can
be linked with the ending point of the wall most recently drawn. With the Complete
button, you open the dialogue field Enter Dimensions in which the exact values
necessary for completing the layout are suggested. The height and wall thickness can
be changed:
Can you subsequently create the wall layout?
Yes. You can cancel the creation step of the wall layout at the beginning of the design
or delete a created wall layout. If you would like to subsequently create a layout in the
opened design, you will find the function in the Insert tab:
When you subsequently create a layout, you cannot access the design levels and
styles. If you have already designed a layout, you cannot access the functions. This
prevents you from having two wall layout laying over each other.
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3.3.2
How to draw a wall layout with the Wizard
1. Click the Insert tab.
2. Click the Walls
symbol. The Wall Layout Wizard opens.
3. Click the Three Wall

symbol.
4. Enter the dimensions of the wall layout. In the preview, you see the walls which
the dimensions refer to:
5. Click OK. The wall layout along with the entered dimensions is inserted into the
plan.
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3.3.3
How to add a wall
1. You are in the Plan view.

3. Click the Catalogue Items
symbol.
4. In the palette, click the Wall Selector
symbol.
5. Activate the Single Tool

symbol.
6. Set the wall's starting point: Move the mouse pointer in the planning area and
click the desired starting point of the wall. Depending on which snapping
functions you have activated, the starting point is slightly modified and aligned
at the corner of an already planned item, another wall or a grid point.
7. Set the wall's ending point:
Draw the mouse pointer to the desired ending point of the wall and click the
point. When dragging the mouse, the wall is adjusted exactly like with the
starting point according to the activated snapping functions. With the second
mouse click, the ending point of the wall is set and the wall is inserted with
the dimensions displayed in the palette.
If the mouse methods are too inaccurate for the ending point of the wall,
enter the exact dimensions of the wall in the palette. The dimensions are
displayed wherever you drag the mouse. You can change the wall
dimensions in the fields Length, Height, Thickness, etc. The cursor is first
in the Length field. With the TAB key, confirm the value in the current field
and jump to the next field.
Each value that you enter like this is defined. When dragging this wall, this
value is no longer changed. If, for example, the wall length is defined at
2000 mm, you can only change the angle by dragging it on the screen. If
you manually define the angle, you can only change the length by dragging
the mouse. All snapping functions are disabled by changing the values in
one of the fields.
You can also enter an X Offset of 500 mm by dragging a wall and thus
ensure that the wall in the X-axis is measured starting with an offset of 500
mm from the starting point.
If you press RETURN, the wall dimensions displayed in the palette are
inserted.
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3.3.4
Height tables
Each catalogue has its own height tables. plinth height, top worktop edge, top wall unit
edge. The height tables are used to define the room height where the new items are to
be added.
Defining height tables when starting the plan
When a plan is started, the Height Table Dialogue always displays the dimensions of
the catalogue that is available for selection at the very top of the list containing all
selected main catalogues in the Select Catalogues for Design dialogue field.
You are prompted to set the height table at the beginning of a new plan. You can
subsequently adjust this table via the Catalogue Info using the Height Tables button.
If you change values during the plan, all newly entered objects along with the changed
values are added to the plan. The objects that were added prior to the change remain
in their original position.
Display all or the preferred height tables. The preferred height tables area is a selection
that includes the most important dimensions.
Increasingly more manufacturer catalogues have saved different series that are
linked with their own height tables. If necessary, select the series with which you would
like to create the plan, for example, with the adjusted dimensions for a higher working
height:
Where do you find the height tables in the design program?

If you would like to subsequently change the height tables, access the Height Table
Dialogue via the Catalogue Info. To do this, in the Home tab, click Information and
then the Height Tables button:
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You can enter the new height by double-clicking an entry:
What happens if you subsequently change the height tables?

Changing the height table only affects the new items. If you change the height table in
an existing plan, the height of the items that are already planned is not adjusted.
If you would like to adjust the height table of items that are already planned, use the
Plinth Height function in the Home tab:
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Linking height tables from different catalogues

In the Catalogue Info, you can link the height tables of several catalogues so that all
items of a new catalogue work with the heights that were already defined in another
catalogue. This allows you to ensure that cabinets of different manufacturers can be
designed in the plan at the same height.
You can check whether the catalogues of the current plan uses various height tables.
Activate the Show Height Links check box to display the height links. In this column,
you see which catalogue uses which height tables.
Link the catalogues with deviating height links. In the table, mark the catalogue that
uses deviating height links and click Link. Select the catalogue whose height tables are
to be transferred to the new catalogue;
Child and accessory catalogues of one manufacturer use the height tables of the
parent catalogue.
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3.3.5
Editing and changing styles

The Style Details window contains all the information on the selected product range
style.
Catalogue-controlled style details prompt
The more details a manufacturer catalogue contains, the longer the list of catalogue
styles. The manufacturer catalogues are programmed so that only part of the style
details that are absolutely necessary for the current plan is prompted at the beginning
of a plan. This ensures that the planning process remains clear. The cataloguecontrolled prompt of the styles depends on the information provided by the
manufacturer.
Show Default Option: The Style Details window is edited at the beginning of a new
plan. It opens automatically after you have drawn the plan and defined the height
tables. You are then prompted to select styles for items from graphic catalogues
and select the default styles of the main catalogue.
When the program starts, for example, you select the product range, front colours,
handle style and handle colour.
Show Room Options: All styles used in the plan are planning styles. Each time
you add items whose style details are not completely defined or at all, the Style
Details window opens automatically. Under Current Settings, the entries are listed
that you still have to define. The new definitions are added to the planning styles.
If you plan using the worktop, pelmet and plinth automatic functions, the Style
Details window opens so that you can add the necessary details.
Why are the styles not automatically prompted?

You know for certain that the default styles are defined in the catalogues you use, but
the catalogue-controlled prompt does not open. Check whether you have activated the
functions in Options.
You set up the prompts, sorting options and the preview for the Style Details via
Options (tab File Options tab Style Details).
How do you manually open the Style Details window?
When planning, you can also manually open the Style Details window and add and
change styles:
Please note the function you use to open the Style Details window. If you change the
Default Style or the catalogue-controlled prompts for styles opens, the style is selected
for all items in the plan. If you work with Selected Style, only the style of the item
selected in the plan is changed.
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- You change the default style of a catalogue. To do this, in the Home tab, click
the Default Style: You select the catalogue for which you would like to edit the
standard default. The selected style is the default style for all items of this catalogue.
- You add a new style to the plan. In the Home tab, click the Selected Style
symbol. The item previously selected in the plan determines for which catalogue the
styles are edited. The Selected Style is a deviation to the default style. It is applied to
the selection.
Catalogue styles and item styles
If you manually open the Style Details window, observe the following settings:
Show Catalogue Options: All styles of the catalogues are part of the catalogue
styles. Some catalogue styles are not automatically prompted (for example, graphic
styles). If you would like to enter them, open the Style Details window via the
Default Style function. Select the Show Catalogue Options entry in the list on the
bottom left of the Style Details window to display all style details of the selected
catalogue.
You can already enter catalogue styles during the first prompt if you already know
at this time that you will be planning the corresponding items. The selected
definition is applied to all items of the catalogue as the default style.
Show Unit Options: If you would like to change the style of one or more items in
the plan, open the Style Details window via the Selected Style function . The
Show Unit Options entry is selected in the list on the lower left. The styles display
is limited to the entries that can be defined for the selection.
Replacing existing styles
If you have entered several style versions via the Selected Style function, you can
assign a style that has already been entered to the plan. To do this, in the Items tab,
select the Selected Style Assign To Existing function:
All styles contained in the plan are displayed in the gallery. If you point the mouse on
the entries, the deviations to the standard style is displayed.
Replaced styles, product ranges and colours that are no longer used by any items are
no longer displayed in the gallery. They are deleted.
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Styles in reports
Using the report's program information, you control which style details can be displayed
in the report. The default styles are displayed here. If you have defined styles that are
different from the default styles for individual items, they are written in the relevant
positions. However, only relevant styles are specified in positions. Relevant styles are
the styles that an item actually uses. They are properties that the supplier needs to
correctly deliver the item. Non-relevant styles are definitions of details, which an item
does not even have.
If, in addition to the default styles, you also define deviating styles for individual items in
the plan, e.g. colours, grain, glass or drawer styles, these styles are not relevant for all
the plan items. Instead, they are only relevant for styles that actually use these details.
You have created a plan with items in various styles. The style of several items is
changed, e.g.the worktop colour, at a later point in time. As a result, the "worktop
colour" entry is entered in the style information of all items. Even items that are not
relevant for this style, e.g. a standard base unit) are marked. All items with a modified
style are displayed in the item list accordingly.
The style, however, is not relevant for most of the items. These items are therefore only
listed by the styles that deviate from the default styles in the report with items
(displayed in italics) for which they are relevant.
3.3.6
Adding windows
After you have drawn the room walls, you can add windows.
Behaviour of windows in the plan
Planned windows can be moved in the plan by drag&drop. To reposition a window, you
can also use the move functions in the Items tab.
Where do you find the window items?
Display the Catalogue Items palette.
Click the Window Selector symbol.
There are various windows or wall openings in the graphic catalogue.
A distinction is made between configurable and standard items. The configurable
window offers easy and flexible handling. Standard windows are defined in the
equipment. Making subsequent changes requires more time and effort.
Which design methods are available for windows?
Walls can be designed with the following methods:
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By Drag&Drop: You drag the window item to the desired wall. The window dimensions
are prompted:
With the Single Tool

symbol: In the Catalogue Items palette, click the Single
Tool symbol and draw the wall with two clicks in the plan. The dimensions are
determined from the clicked points.
With the Add
symbol: You first place the cursor at the desired position. Select the
window item and click the Add symbol. You are not prompted for any dimensions.
With the Replace
symbol: You can replace items, for example, a balcony door
(or another suitable item) in the plan with a window. First select the item in the plan.
Select the window item and click the Replace symbol. You are prompted for the
window dimensions:
Why are you not prompted for the window dimensions?

The dimension prompt may have been deactivated. You can activate the Window and
Door Prompt function in options (via File Options tab Room Defaults).
The Add Window prompt opens if you drag the window to the wall by drag&drop:
If you replace a window with another window (or another item), the variable unit
prompt appears: Since the item to be replaced already has a position and a size,
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the prompt looks somewhat different:
No dimensions are prompted if you simply confirm the window with OK to add it at
the cursor position. In this case, the values specified in the Catalogue Items
palette are used.
Configurable windows
Configurable windows are windows with variable properties.
Add the configurable .window item.
The shape of the window (number of leaves, with fanlight, bottom window, glazing bars,
etc.) can be freely selected. At the same time, you can plan accessories and the
surrounding area (roller shutter casing and belt, heater niche, curtains, shutters, window
stop, shape and colour of the window, background, etc.). You conveniently edit or change
all properties, dimensions and coordinates in a clearly arranged dialogue field.
Standard windows
Standard windows are defined in your fittings (number of leaves, glazing bars).
All properties of standard windows that you can change are in the Items tab.
In addition to the window dimensions, you can also change the window stop. The
options are in the Properties group. In addition, you can change the window sill for
some items in the Variables.
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3.3.7
Adding doors
After you have drawn the room walls, you can add doors.
Behaviour of doors in the plan
Planned doors can be moved in the plan by drag&drop. To reposition a door, you must
also use the move functions in the Items tab.
Where do you find the door items?
- Click the Door Selector symbol.
There are various doors or wall openings in the graphic catalogue.
A distinction is made between configurable and standard items. The configurable door
offers easy and flexible handling. Standard doors are defined in the equipment. Making
subsequent changes requires more time and effort.
Which design methods are available for doors?
Walls can be designed with the following methods:
By Drag&Drop: You drag the door item to the desired wall. The door dimensions are
prompted:
With the Single Tool

symbol: In the Catalogue Items palette, click the Single
Tool symbol and draw the wall with two clicks in the plan. The dimensions are
determined from the clicked points.
With the Add
symbol: You first place the cursor at the desired position. Select the
door item and click the Add symbol. You are not prompted for any dimensions.
With the Replace
symbol: You can replace items, for example, a window (or
another suitable item) in the plan with a door. First select the item in the plan. Select
the door item and click the Replace symbol. The door dimensions are prompted:
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Why are you not prompted for the door dimensions?

The dimension prompt may have been deactivated. You can activate the Window and
Door Prompt function in options (via File Options tab Room Defaults).
The Add Door prompt opens if you drag the window to the wall by drag&drop:
If you replace a door with another door (or another item), the variable unit prompt
appears: since the item to be replaced already has a position and a size, the
prompt looks somewhat different:
No dimensions are prompted if you simply confirm the door with OK to add it at the
cursor position. In this case, the values specified in the Catalogue Items palette
are used.
Configurable doors
Configurable doors are doors with variable properties.
Add the configurable item .door.
The shape of the door (door type, colours of the frame, leaf, handle and glass, background,
etc.) can be selected freely. At the same time, you can plan accessories and the surrounding
area (stop, hinge position, closed or open display, colours and handle, background, etc.).
You conveniently edit or change all properties, dimensions and coordinates in a clearly
arranged dialogue field.
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Standard door items

Standard doors are defined in your fittings (number of leaves, glazing bars, shape, etc.).
All properties of standard doors that you can change are in the Items tab.
In addition to the door dimensions, you can also change the stop. The options are in
the Properties group. You can control whether the door stop is prompted when adding
for this plan as well as for others (tab File Options tab Room Defaults).
3.3.8
How to add a configurable window with a niche

When planning the wall layout, make sure to enter a sufficient dimension for the wall
thickness, for example, 200 mm so doors or windows and niches have sufficient
space. You can also subsequently adjust the wall thickness in the Items tab and
reopen the window editing option and adjust the niche.
1. You are in the Plan view.

2. The window depth must be less than the wall thickness to create a visible niche
for an inside window.
You have created the wall layout with the Thickness "100". Select the wall
in which you have already planned the configurable window.
In the Item tab, change the Depth from "100" to "200".
The window remains on the inside edge of the wall and keeps its original
depth.
3. Right-click the window and select the context command Modify .window.
In the Modifiers dialogue field, click the window045 entry.
Click OK.
4. In the Edit Window dialogue field, edit the values with which you control the
niche.
Jump from field to field with the TAB key. Enter all desired values:
Edit the dimensions of the Niche ahead and Niche behind. The depth of
the Niche behind can be maximum "- 80 mm". If you lower the value, the
value of the Niche behind is raised accordingly.
With a W-Depth of 300 mm Niche ahead is 220 mm. Set the Niche ahead
to "200", the Niche behind is raised to "20" so that the niche dimensions
total "220" again.
The Window depth is automatically calculated. It cannot be manually

changed. If you change the wall thickness in the W-Depth field, W-Depth
and Niche ahead are adjusted to the new wall thickness.
Click OK.
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3.4
Editing the design
3.4.1
Planning catalogue items

After you have designed the room, you can add furnishings and appliances.
Behaviour of catalogue items in the design
Furnishings and accessory items can be moved into the design by drag&drop. To
reposition a catalogue item, you can also use the move functions in the Items tab. We
recommend positioning items with activated snapping functions. If you move a cabinet
on a wall, the item is aligned with the rear on the wall.
Where are the catalogue items?
- Select the type of items that you would like to add. Click the Unit Selector icon.
There are various catalogues (manufacturer catalogues, graphic elements,
installations, tiles, etc.) available for the design.
Which items would you like to design?
Filter the list to find items faster:
Select the desired catalogue, e.g., the manufacturer of the kitchen furnishings.
List of the main groups (e.g., base units, tall cabinets, worktops, etc.)
List of the sub-groups (e.g., for base units: with door and drawers, with door, for
electrical equipment, for sinks, etc.)
In the catalogue list, you will find all the catalogues loaded in the design. You can add
or remove catalogues (Home Information tab). The list of the main groups displays
all the main groups used in the selected catalogue. The list of the sub-groups displays
the sub-groups in the selected main group. The main group and sub-group entries may
vary for each catalogue.
We recommend designing all cabinets first. You can then add worktops, appliances,
accessories and fitting strips, etc.
Which design methods are available in the catalogue items?
Catalogue items can be designed with the following methods:
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By Drag&Drop: You drag the catalogue item to the desired wall. You are not generally
asked about the dimensions.
With the (Add)
icon: You can add the item as a main position or an alternative
position using the Add icon. The function is expanded by clicking the arrow on the Add
icon:
Select:
Add Add if the new item is to be added on the desired cursor position.
Add Add As Alternative if the new item is to be added as an alternative to the
selected item.
With the (Link)
icon: You can link a selected item with a sub-position in the
design using the Link icon. Click the arrow on the Link icon to expand the function:
Select:
Link Link (at unit size), if the items are to be added as a simple sub-position
with its own catalogue dimensions.
Link Link (as parent size) if the item is to be added as a simple sub-position
and the dimensions of the main position are to be applied.
With the (Replace)
icon: You can replace one or more selected items with a new
item in the design using the Replace icon. The items selected in the design are
deleted. The new item is set at the starting point of the first item in the selection. Here,
the starting point depends on the design direction. The function is enabled if at least
one item has been selected in the design.
With the (Single Tool)
icon: You can add one or more items between two clicks.
In the Catalogue Items palette, select the item and click the Single Tool icon.
You define the starting point of the first item and the ending point of the last item
with two clicks. The maximum number of items that completely fit between the two
clicks are added.
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Mark the starting and ending point of a worktop. The width of the worktop is
determined by the clicked points. The width is preset in the palette or taken from
the catalogue.
With the (Multiple Tool)

icon: Draw a closed surface, e.g., a worktop. The item's
dimensions are determined from the clicked points.
3.4.2
How to add an item

If blocks are in the selected manufacturer catalogue, they are also created as items.
Blocks are added just like other catalogue items are added. When adding a single-line
block, you can define whether the stop is to be fitted on the left or right. To do this, this
block must have been created in the catalogue with the Handing...Both option.
1. You are in the Plan view. The wall layout is planned.

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symbol.
In the palette, click the Unit Selector

symbol.
Position the cursor in the plan where you would like to add the item.
Select the manufacturer catalogue.
Filter the item list. For example, select the primary and secondary group.
Click the item that you would like to add.
In the Catalogue Items palette, enter the dimensions with which the item is to
be added. Confirm each value with the TAB key.
Click the Add

symbol or press RETURN.
10. The item is added at the cursor position. It is selected (red marking). The cursor
is moved to the end of the item where the next item can be added. The settings
in the Catalogue Items palette remain. If you press RETURN again, the same
item is added at the new cursor position.
11. Enter additional items. If you no longer want to add any more items, hide the
Catalogue Items palette. Click the palette's close symbol (X).
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3.4.3
Moving elements
You can move elements in the plan. The functions are in the Items tab in the
Movement group:
If the cursor was positioned on an item, it is linked to the element. When moving and
rotating elements, the cursor of the function along with the element moves.
Movement Mode
There are several movement types. A distinction is made between two-dimensional
and three-dimensional movement. The function of the arrows changes depending on
the selected movement mode.
To change the movement mode, expand the Movement Mode function in the
Movement group and select the desired entry:
Observe the quick info on the movement function in the menu ribbon. Each
combination of the movement mode and arrow is described in detail.
Absolute Mode
- Absolute Mode (2D) is activated. With Absolute Mode, the selected item is moved
based on the Plan view or Elevation view.
Use the arrows for the following functions
With the grey arrows, the selected item is moved up or down by the absolute entered
value depending on the selected view. In the Plan view, the selected item moves
toward the top wall or lower wall and in the Elevation view, toward to the ceiling or floor.
With the green arrows, you move the selection in the view in four primary directions
left, right, up or down. The movement is always performed based on the view.
Relative Mode
- Relative Mode (3D) is activated. With Relative Mode, the selection is moved based
on the object.
Use the arrows for the following functions
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With the grey arrows, you move the selection toward the ceiling or floor.
With the green arrows, you move the selection relatively in the four primary directions
left and right, backward and forward.
How do you move the elements in the plan?
First select the elements that are to be moved, for example, with the activation frame. If
you click an arrow, a prompt opens:
A value is suggested which you can overwrite. The suggested value is determined from
the distance of the selection to the next meaningful position (for example, the next
corner of the room) in the selected direction. If you confirm with OK, the selection is
repositioned.
With these methods, you can move all elements in the planning area: items from
manufacturer and accessory catalogues as well as walls, windows and doors.
Elements that were not graphically designed, such as commercial items, that are linked
with another element cannot be moved.
Items from manufacturer and accessory catalogues can also be moved via a drag-anddrop operation. This method does not work with room elements. They must be moved
with the menu ribbon functions.
Fixed elements
You can fix elements. If an element has been fixed, you cannot accidentally move it
with the mouse. The position can only be changed using the menu ribbon functions. In
the Items tab in the Movement group, click the Lock Item
symbol. If a selected item
is fixed, the symbol is highlighted in colour:
Where do you move an element to?

Each element in the plan has coordinates and an orientation. The coordinates are
changed by rotating elements. The arrow indicates the direction in which you move
elements. The value is added to the corresponding coordinate.
An alternative to moving elements with the symbols is changing the coordinates of
elements.
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Attach Cursor to Selection

The Attach Cursor to Selection function corresponds to the context command Attach
Cursor to. If you have already selected elements in the plan, you are in the Items tab.
You are no longer switched to another tab.
3.4.4
Copying, deleting, pasting elements

You can paste, copy, duplicate or delete elements in the plan.
can also be edited with these functions.
Manual annotations
The standard functions can be called up using the Windows keyboard shortcuts:
STRG + X Cut
STRG + D Duplicate
STRG + V Paste
STRG + C Copy
Clipboard
The Clipboard group is located in the Home tab. The clipboard cache is empty when
the program starts. It always only contains the most recently copied or cut out
selection.
Deleting or cutting?
Select the desired element and press the DELETE key. The selection is deleted from
the plan without another prompt. The clipboard is empty.
If you would like to delete the selection and paste it again at another location in the
plan, use the Cut function. When cutting, the selection is deleted from the plan and is
available in the clipboard.
Which plan data can you delete?
All elements that were pasted in the planning area. This includes catalogue items,
walls, virtual walls, doors, windows, sloped ceilings, niches and installations.
Copying and duplicating
You can copy a selection in the plan. The clipboard content can be placed at another
location in the planning area.
If you would like to duplicate a selection, click Duplicate in the Home tab. The
selection is copied in one step and pasted at the cursor position.
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Paste
The Paste function is only enabled if the data is saved in the clipboard.
Place the cursor at the location where the selection in the clipboard is to be pasted and
use the Paste function. After pasting, the clipboard content is also available. This way,
you can paste data several times.
3.4.5
Rotating elements
You can move elements in the plan. The functions are in the Items tab in the
Movement group:
If the cursor was positioned on an item, it is linked to the element. When moving and
rotating elements, the cursor of the function along with the element moves.
What can you rotate?
All elements in the plan can be rotated with the symbols in the menu ribbon. The
selection may consist of a single element or several elements. Illogical rotations, for
example, rotating windows out of a wall and overlaps in the result are reported.
Rotation type
You can rotate elements around the X, Y or Z-axis:
A prompt opens in every case. You determine the rotation angle and can also
select whether you would like to Rotate About Centre, Rotate About Origin or Rotate
About Cursor:
If Rotate About Centre is activated, the selection is rotated in the desired angle
around its own centre. If several items are selected, the centre of an imaginary
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block that encloses all elements in the selection is used:
If Rotate About Origin is activated, the selection in the desired angle is rotated
around the left rear corner of the item.
If Rotate About Cursor is activated, the selection in the desired angle is rotated
around the cursor.
Rotate about the X axis
- (Rotate about X Axis) With this symbol, you rotate the selection around the X-axis.
Imagine that you are standing in front of a cabinet. A rotation around the X-axis rotates
the door toward the ceiling if a positive value is entered and toward the floor if a
negative value is entered.
Rotate about the Y axis
- (Rotate about Y Axis) With this symbol, you rotate the selection around the Y-axis.
Imagine that you are standing in front of a cabinet. A rotation around the Y-axis rotates
the left cabinet side toward the ceiling if a positive value is entered and rotates the right
cabinet side toward the ceiling if a negative value is entered.
Rotate about the Z axis
- (Rotate about Z Axis) With this symbol, you rotate the selection around the Z-axis.
Imagine that you are standing in front of a cabinet. A rotation around the Z-axis rotates
the left cabinet side if a positive value is entered and rotates the right cabinet side if a
negative value is entered.
Freely rotate
- (Freely Rotate) With this symbol, you can freely rotate the selection at any angle
around its own centre. When freely rotating items, you control the angle and direction
of the rotation using the mouse directly in the planning area.
What orientation does an element have?

Each element in the plan has coordinates and an orientation. The alignment values are
changed when rotating elements.
An alternative to rotating elements with the symbols is changing the alignment values
of elements.
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3.5
Worktops, plinths and fillers
3.5.1
Auto Features
With the Auto Features, you create worktops, midi worktops, ceiling fillers, cornices
and pelmets, side panels and plinths in one step:
Where do you find the Auto Features?
In the Insert tab, click the Auto Features g

symbol.
The dialogue field structure corresponds to the approximate position of the elements in
the kitchen:
Items located above the worktop (wall unit area) are arranged on top (pelmets,
cornices, ceiling fillers and side panels).
Items located below the worktop (base unit area) are arranged below (plinths,
worktops and midi worktops).
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Which advantages do Auto Features offer?

The Auto Features help you carry out complicated planning operations quickly and
easily.
In principle, you can manually plan, move and rotate the respective items, but it only
makes the planning process unnecessarily complicated. When creating plans with the
Auto Features, all rules are identified and followed for correctly positioning the planning
elements.
In principle, automatic planning elements behave like other items. You can select them
and edit their properties in the Items tab.
Which Auto Features would you like to use?
Determine which planning elements are to be automatically created. Activate the
Auto Features with the Enabled check box.
For each activated Auto Feature, select the Catalogue from which the planning
element is to be automatically created. The compilation of the list depends on
which catalogue you added to the plan.
Select which items you would like to use to create the planning element. The
suggested item is the one that you previously defined in the Style Details window of
the selected catalogue.
You can enter specifications for each planning element. Click Options. The number
and type of settings depends on the planning element.
Why can't you activate an Auto Feature?
There are various reasons why the Enabled check box cannot be activated:
The catalogue in the plan does not contain any elements for generating this Auto
Feature.
You have not selected a style for this element (Style Details).
Which items in the plan do the Auto Features take into consideration?
Automatic planning elements add items in the plan: Base units are assigned a worktop;
base units and tall cabinets contain a plinth; wall units can be fitted with pelmets and
cornices, etc. You can control which items the Auto Features are to take into
consideration in the plan.
You can mark individual items in the plan so that they are not taken into consideration
when generating Auto Features. The functions are available in the Items tab. Activate
Attributes Ignore Auto Features.
You can take the selection in the planning section into consideration: If items were
selected in the plan before opening the Auto Features, the wizard can include this
selection when creating the planning elements. Activate:
Ignore Selection: The selection in the planning area is ignored. All items in the
plan are included when creating the corresponding planning elements.
Exclude Selection: The selection in the planning area does not contain any
automatic planning elements.
Include Selection: Only the selection in the planning area contains automatic
planning elements.
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Why was an activated planning element not created?

You have activated Enabled for an Auto Feature, for example, AutoPelmet, but no
corresponding item was created. You forgot to select an item in the catalogue.
Editing worktops and midi worktops
Worktops and midi worktops must be adjusted to the existing plan. The shape and cut
must be adjusted to the customer's wishes. You may have to enter the sections that
must be supplemented with commercial information. Edging work may be offered
depending on the manufacturer. A wizard helps you when editing worktops and midi
worktops to make sure that you enter all the necessary information.
If you create new worktops or midi worktops with the Auto Features, you can start
the wizard directly from the Auto Features. By default, the Edit Worktops is
activated in the Auto Features dialogue field. If you confirm the Auto Features with
OK, the wizard opens. If you deactivate Edit Worktops, the planning elements are
added according to the item dimensions without making any cuts, connections,
notches, etc.
If you have already created worktops, you can open the wizard separately. This
way, you can revise the cuts, notches and edging work. You access the Edit
Worktops function by expanding the Auto Features symbol in the Insert tab:
If you create worktops or midi worktops, but do not edit them, the items are not
calculated.
What happens if you reopen the Auto Features?
If an existing planning element that was created with the Auto Features is changed,
you can reopen the Auto Features. Observe the following:
Activate Enabled only for the Auto Features that are to be newly created or
replaced.
Deactivate Enabled for the Auto Features that are not to be created or for those to
be deleted.
With worktops and midi worktops, you must also activate Edit Worktops so that
existing items are deleted.
You have created cornices and worktops. You would like to keep the cornices and
change the worktop.
Activate Enabled for the two Auto Features. Set up the AutoCornice with the
original settings again. Change the settings for AutoWorktop or create the worktop
with the modified cuts, shapes, etc. using the wizard. Both elements are
overwritten.
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You have created cornices and worktops. You would like to change the cornices
and delete the worktop.
Activate Enabled for AutoCornice and reset the settings. Deactivate Enabled for
AutoWorktop.
How do you remove automatic planning elements?

There are various ways to delete automatic planning elements:
You can reset all the Auto Features with the Undo
symbol. All items created
with the Auto Features are removed.
If you also edited the worktops and midi worktops with the wizard directly thereafter,
you can mark all entries up to and including the "Auto Features" in the list of the
features to be reset and reset items and editing operations in one step:
If you only would like to remove individual elements, it is easy to do in the Item List
view. Select the items to be deleted. Press the DELETE key.
The easiest way is to select all worktops in the Plan view by selecting the layer. To
do this, in the Home tab, click Select Select Items by Layer Name of the
Catalogue...worktops and then press the DELETE key.
You can reopen the Auto Features (see above) to delete existing items.
If you would like to protect planned elements from being overwritten, you can fix them.
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3.5.2
Worktops (options)
The AutoWorktop function calculates and positions worktops in the plan. The program
only adds the worktops on the corresponding cabinets.
Which options are available for worktops?

You can set the following options for the automatic generation function:
Extend Back To Walls: If the rear of a cabinet is not completely on the wall, the
worktop is extended to the wall as long as the gap is smaller than the dimension
entered here.
Extend Side To Walls: If the side of a cabinet is not completely on the wall, the
worktop is extended to the wall as long as the gap is smaller than the dimension
entered here.
Extend To Each Other: If two items are not directly next to each other, the gap is
bridged by the worktop as long as the gap is smaller than the dimension entered here.
If the gap is larger or the function is not activated, two separate worktops are added on
the two cabinets. You may have to increase this value if you position cabinets in an
angled corner.
Extend Into Window Niches: If you are planning window niches and you would like
the worktop to extend into the window niche, then activate this function. For this
function, the windows must be planned at the height of the top base unit edge.
Side Overhang For Worktop: If you activate this function, the program plans a side
overhang for the worktop at the end of a cabinet line. As the dimension, you enter how
far the worktop is to hang over the cabinet. If the function is not activated, the worktop
stops flush with the side of the cabinet.
Carcase Overhang For Worktop: If you activate this function, the program plans an
overhang for the worktop at the front of all items. If the function is not activated, the
worktop stops flush with the front of the cabinet.
Bottom Worktop Height Limit: When creating worktops, the program only takes into
consideration items whose top edge is higher than the height entered in this field.
Top Worktop Height Limit: When creating worktops, the program only takes into
consideration items whose top edge is lower than the height entered in this field.
The maximum generation height of worktops was defined to 1300 mm, for example,
so that high boards are not accidentally equipped with worktops when using
AutoWorktop.
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Overall option definitions for plans

Set up the automatic functions via the tab File Options tab Auto Features:
You can preset the Enabled check box for AutoWorktop.
You can preset the Options of AutoWorktop.
The Options of AutoWorktop can be changed for editing with each plan.
3.5.3
Cornices and pelmets (options)

The AutoCornice function creates the cornices required for the plan. If the cornices
have a three-dimensional profile, the corner connections are automatically mitred. The
program calculates the dimensions for all cornices and positions the cornices on all
required wall units and tall cabinets, even if they have different heights.
The AutoPelmet function attaches corresponding pelmets under the wall units.
Which options are available for cornices and pelmets?

You can separately set the following options for automatically generating cornices and
pelmets:
The Side Return function is used if there are various wall unit depths in the plan. If the
check box is activated, shapes parts are used as side returns. If it is not activated, the
selected cornices and pelmets are used everywhere.
Optimising the panel calculation
The Optimise function ensures that the necessary total length of the panels is
calculated. The remaining piece of a panel is used at the next necessary position. Only
then is the next panel position started. All necessary cornice and pelmet pieces are
added and only the material that is actually needed is listed. Since the cornices and
pelmets are available as items in specific lengths, only the remaining piece of the panel
started last remains unused.
The pieces can only be optimised if the manufacturer for ready-made goods (such as
cornices and pelmets, ceiling fillers, etc.) also supplies piece goods. If the manufacturer
does not offer piece goods, the function is not enabled.
If you do not activate the Optimise check box, the number of panel items added to the
item list always equals the number of panel sections available in the plan. With each
panel, a scrap piece remains, which is not used.
100 mm is added for each 45 mitre section as a mitre allowance to optimise individual
cornices and pelmets.
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With the Optimise function in the Home tab, you can subsequently optimise the layout
of ready-made goods:

Set up the Auto Features via the tab File Options tab Auto Features:
You can preset the Enabled check box for AutoCornice and AutoPelmet.
The Options of AutoCornice and AutoPelment can be changed for editing with
each plan.
3.5.4
Plinth panels (options)

The AutoPlinth function calculates and positions the plinths below cabinets.
Which options are available for plinths?

You can configure the following settings for the automatic generation of plinth panels:
With the Extension function, the plinth is automatically extended to the wall or another
item. The extension is only active if the distance to the wall or other items is less than
or equal to the value entered here. By default, the Extension function is preset to
650 mm.
With the Indent function, you define the plinth indent from the carcase edge.
The Side Return function is used if there are various cabinet depths in the plan. If the
check box is activated, the program plans a corresponding side return when
automatically generating plinths.
Optimising the panel calculation
With the Optimise function, you ensure that the necessary total length of the plinth is
calculated. The remaining piece of a panel is used at the next necessary position. Only
then is the next panel position started. All necessary plinth pieces are added and only
the material that is actually needed is listed. Since the plinth panels are available as
items in specific lengths, only the remaining piece of the panel started last remains
unused.
The pieces can only be optimised if the manufacturer for ready-made goods (such as
cornices and pelmets, ceiling fillers, etc.) also supplies piece goods. If the manufacturer
does not offer piece goods, the function is not enabled.
If you do not activate the Optimise check box, the number of panel items added to the
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item list always equals the number of panel sections available in the plan. With each
panel, a scrap piece remains, which is not used.
With the Optimise function in the Home tab, you can subsequently optimise the layout
of ready-made goods:
Plinth prices
The Plinth Linked Units function activates the prices saved for editing plinths.
Changing plinth heights
If you subsequently change the plinth height via the height table information, only the
plinth height is changed. Cabinets and base units that are on the plinth are not
automatically moved up or down. You can move the plinth heights of all respective
cabinets to a new plinth height in one step. To do this, in the Home tab, click the Plinth
Height symbol:
After adjusting the plinth height, generate the AutoPlinth function again using the Auto
Features.
Set up the Auto Features via the tab File Options tab Auto Features.
You can preset the Enabled check box for AutoPlinth.
There are no other overall plinth options for plans.
The Options of AutoPlinth can be changed for editing with each plan.
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3.5.5
How to use the Auto Features
2. Click the Auto Features

symbol.
3. Set the Auto Features:
Define which elements (worktop, midi worktops, ceiling fillers, pelmets,
cornices, side panels and plinths) are to be created. Activate or deactivate
the Enabled check box in the corresponding areas.
For each activated element, select the catalogue from which the planning
element is to be selected.
For each activated element, select the item.
For each activated element, edit the options if they are to deviate from the
values set up for this and other plans (file File Options tab Auto
Features).
By default, the Edit Worktop function is activated. If you would like to first
edit the shape, cut, additional charges, etc. later on, deactivate the check
box.
4. Click OK to start the planning process with the selected settings.
5. When editing worktops and midi worktops, the Wizard guides you through the
forming and cutting steps.
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Design program views

A plan can be viewed in a number of different ways.
The View tab contains functions that allow you to control the selected view. Depending
on the selected view, the functions may vary:
Among other things, the number of possible functions also depends on whether the
chargeable modules that enable these views have been installed.
Why do I need different views?
The graphic design is carried out in the Plan view and the Elevation view. In the Item
List, you can enter commercial items.
You print out the plan data in the different order statuses using the forms.
The Perspective view is particularly suitable for presenting the graphic design.
Which views are available?
The possible plan views include:
The Item List lists all the planned items. You determine which items (graphic
elements, room elements, only furnishings, etc.) and which information
(dimensions, prices, descriptions, etc.) are displayed for this.
The Plan displays the design's wall layout in the Plan view. Most of the design work
is performed in the Plan view.
The Elevation Views display the front view of each wall in the room. Crosssectional room views are also possible.
The Perspective provides a three-dimensional view of the design from any height,
view point and view angle.
The Reports display the design in the desired form. This is how you display the
information as an offer, order confirmation, etc.
The Multi-View simultaneously displays the design in several views that you can
subsequently print on a sheet of paper.
The views are displayed in the planning area. All important functions for the views are
displayed clearly in the View tab. There are additional functions available in the context
menu.
How do I open the views?
All symbols for opening the views are located in the View tab in the Design View
group:
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If you add the symbols for opening the views in the toolbar for quick access, you can
very quickly toggle between the views:
If you prefer working with the keyboard, you can open the views using the following
shortcuts. Press:
CTRL + 2 to display the Item List.
CTRL + 3 to display the Plan View.
CTRL + 4 to display the Elevation View.
CTRL + 5 to display the Perspective View.
CTRL + 6 to display the Report View.
CTRL + 7 to display the Multi-View.
CTRL + 0 to display the Customer Details.
How do I control views?
In the View tab, you will find the functions that allow you to control the displayed view.
The available functions depend on the view in the current Design window:
You select the view and the direct view settings.
You change the display, brightness and contrast for the view on the screen and
print the views.
You select which elements are to be displayed and hidden in the planning area.
You select the functions that you would like to use to support the planning process.
You use functions to navigate and control the view.
You enlarge or minimise the plan or planning section.
Can you display the plan in several windows?
Yes. You can display the open plan in several windows. A distinction is made between
Design windows and Presentation windows.
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4.1
Plan
You display a top view of the wall layout in the Plan view.
Which tasks do you complete in the Plan view?
A large part of the planning work is carried out in the Plan view, for example, planning
the wall layout and positioning cabinets.
Since the items are allocated to their height tables, you can conveniently add all items
in the Plan view without observing the vertical alignment. If, for example, you add a wall
unit in the Plan view, it is automatically inserted at the correct height.
How do you switch to the Plan view?
There are various options for opening the view:
In the View tab, click the Plan
If you have added the Plan

symbol to the toolbar for fast access, click the
symbol there.
Press the shortcut CTRL + 3.
If you would like to display a saved view for the Plan view, click the arrow behind
symbol.
the Plan
symbol and select Named Views Name of the View.
Save the Plan view as separate views
You save the Plan view with the current settings as a separate view. Click the arrow
behind the
symbol and select the New Named View entry. Or click in the view and
select the context command Save Screen.
How can you change how the plan is displayed in the Plan view?
You can
display selected layers,
change the plan scale,
change the display, brightness and contrast and
zoom in on planning sections.
Which elements/information is displayed in the Plan view?
In the Plan view, you can
display a grid as a planning tool,
display an imported Plan view (from a CAD program),
display the Grain Direction, Worktop Joint and Worktop Availability symbols,
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display the numbering of automatically created Elevation views and

display the info bar below the planning area.
What should be considered when printing the Plan view?
In the Plan view, you can:
activate the Info Block for the printout,
activate the item list or installation symbol legend for the printout and
activate virtual walls for the printout.
4.1.1
Displaying worktop symbols

You can display and hide symbols on worktops.
How do you display and hide the worktop symbols?
In the View tab, click Options and select the desired entries:
Active entries are marked with a check box.

In which views can you use the worktop symbols?
You can activate worktop symbols in the Plan view.
Displaying the grain direction of worktops
You control the grain direction in the Joint tab by editing the worktops.
With the Grain Direction function, you control the display of the worktop grain
direction. If you activate the function, you see the grain direction in the Plan view:
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Worktop Availability
With the Worktop Availability function, you control the display of symbols that indicate
the availability of the worktops in the Plan view. If you activate the function, the
following symbols are displayed:
marks available worktops
marks unavailable worktops

Worktop Joint Symbols
With the Worktop Joint Symbols function, you control the display of the symbols that
mark the worktop sections.
4.1.2
Include virtual walls when printing

You can display and hide virtual walls on printouts.
How do you activate the printout of virtual walls?
In the View tab, click Options and select the Print Virtual Walls entry:

In which views can you control the printing of virtual walls?
Printing of virtual walls can be activated for the Plan view.
Printing virtual walls
With the Print Virtual Walls function, you control whether virtual walls are also to be
printed when printing plans:
If you activate the function, virtual walls are included in the printouts.
If you deactivate the function, virtual walls are hidden in the printouts.
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4.1.3
Zoom tools
The zoom tools are available in the View tab. If the tool is activated, it is highlighted in
colour:
How do you use the zoom tool?

If you click the Zoom tool in the menu ribbon, you can zoom in on part of the plan by
one increment by left-clicking it. The tool is then no longer activated.
You can activate the Zoom-in function as a standard tool by double-clicking it. The
clicked planning detail is enlarged with each click. The tool remains active. If you click
the Zoom tool in the menu ribbon again, it is deactivated as a standard tool.
Click the arrow after the Zoom tool to expand it. Select the Zoom out entry and click in
the plan to zoom out one increment. This tool cannot be selected as a standard tool.
Click Reset Zoom in the menu ribbon several times to display the zoomed in parts of a
plan to display it in its original size in one step.
In which views is the zoom tool available?
You can work with the zoom tool in the Plan and Elevation plan.
4.1.4
Changing the scale

You can control in which scale the plan is to be displayed or printed.
Where do you change the scale of the displayed plan?
The functions for controlling the scale are in the View tab in the Zoom group:
The current scale of the view is displayed.

In which views can you change the scale?
You can change the scale in the Plan and Elevation views.
How do you change the scale?
If you click in the Scale field, defined scales are displayed. Enter the desired scale:
Click the Other entry if you would like to enter an individual value. The 1: field is
enabled and you can overwrite the value currently displayed.
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4.2
Elevation view
You display the front view of walls in the Elevation view. The Elevation view can be
used for individual or several walls in the room as well as for sloped walls and wall
indents.
Which tasks do you perform in the Elevation view?
In the Elevation view, for example, you can
add, move and delete items,
add installation symbols,
edit niche walls with the Wizard and
plan tiled sections and wall panels.
How do you switch to the Elevation view?
In the View tab, click the Elevation
If you have added the Elevation

symbol to the toolbar for fast access, click the
symbol there.
If you would like to display a saved view for the Elevation view, click the arrow after
symbol.
the
If there are automatically created Elevation views for the plan, they are listed in the
gallery. If you would like to display an automatically generated Elevation view, click
the arrow after the
symbol and select Named Views
Name of the View.
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If a wall is selected in the plan, you can directly switch to this wall in the Elevation
view. If you would like to display the selected generated Elevation view, click the
arrow after the
symbol and select Elevation (Selected Wall).
The Elevation (Selected Wall) function is only enabled in the menu ribbon if a wall
was selected in the plan. It is not available if several walls were activated.
In the context menu, open the view by right-clicking the desired wall and selecting
the context command Elevation (Selected Wall) Current Selection or the
context command Elevation (Selected Wall) Name of the Wall if several walls
are in the clicking area. The context command is available regardless of whether a
wall was previously selected.
Saving the Elevation view as separate views
You save the Elevation view with the current settings as a separate view. Click the
arrow after the
symbol and select the New Named View entry.
If there is a complicated wall layout with many walls, you can quickly generate
automatic Elevation views of all walls for the current plan. Click the arrow after the
symbol and select the Auto-Generate Named Views entry.
If you right-click in the view and select the context command Save Screen, you save
the displayed planning area as a graphic in JPG or BMP format.
How can you change how the plan is displayed in the Elevation view?
You can change the display using the following functions. You can:
hide parts in the foreground of the plan with the clipping plane,
hide parts in the background of the plan with filter behind the primary wall and
control whether dimensions or annotations are only to be displayed for the selected
wall.
change the plan scale,
zoom in on planning sections and
display a grid as a planning tool.
Which additional elements/information would you like to display in the Elevation
view?
In the Elevation View, you can
What is to be considered when printing the Elevation view?
In the Elevation View, you can:
activate the Info Block for the printout,
activate the item list or installation symbol legend for the printout and
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4.2.1
Generate Named Elevation Views

Standard views for wall 1 4 (fixed allocation north / east / south / west) are views
saved in the program included in the supplied program version. You can manually add
your own saved views for additional walls and save them for this plan or others as well.
With complicated wall layouts, you automatically generate automatic wall views for all
the plan's walls:
How do you generate automatic Elevation views ?

With the Auto-Generate Named Views function (via tab View Elevation Named
Views
Auto-Generate Named Views), you generate saved views for all walls in the
plan in one step:
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Observe the following rules:

Automatically generated Elevation views are only available in the plan.
The automatically generated Elevation views are grouped under Automatically
Created in the gallery.
The entries under Automatically Created cannot be edited via context commands.
The automatically created Elevation views are marked with an asterisk (*) in front of
the name.
Automatically created Elevation views are not saved views. These views are
therefore not located in Options (tab File
Options tab Named Views).
When using the automatically generated Elevation views in combination with the
merchandise management solutions ECORO, MHS, ECORO and KPS business, they
are transferred to the merchandise management program as graphics.
You can use automatically generated Elevation views in the Multi-View.
Why do you need automatically generated Elevation views?
Relatively frequently plans with more than four marked plans cannot be individually
accessed via the saved default views.
The saved default view Wall2 displays all walls that are in the layer of vertical wall on
the right:
Figure: Default view Wall2
If you would like to use the individual views, you have to manually create additional
views for these walls, since the provided default views or the saved views that you
created in other plans do not work in this case:
Figure: Automatically generated Elevation view *Wall2
The generation of Elevation views is suppressed if a wall is smaller than the minimum
dimension. The minimum wall dimension is 150 mm. This way, for example, no
individual Elevation views can be generated for side walls of small niches. This
dimension can be customised for the company in PPPrefs.INI.
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Numbering the walls

Automatically generation Elevation views are always numbered in the number they
were generated. The generated Elevation views are also marked by an asterisk in the
name (for example, *Wall 1) so that you can distinguish them from the default views
(for example, Wall 1).
If you delete a wall, for example, the third of six walls, the walls and the corresponding
Elevation views are renumbered accordingly (the walls 4 6 become 3 5).
If you subsequently sketch walls, you must reopen the Auto-Generate Named Views
function. Subsequently marked walls start with the next available number.
The walls are also numbered in the item list, for example:
Displaying and hiding the numbering in the plan

You can display and hide the wall numbering in the plan. To do this, activate or
deactivate the Number Elevation Views check box. To do this, in the View tab for the
plan Options Named View Wall Annotations.
Via Options (via tab File Options tab Named Views), you control whether the
function is to be predefined for this and other plans with the Show Corresponding
Wall Annotations in Plan View check box.
If you have activated the Named View Wall Annotations in the plan, these numbers
are displayed for the Elevation views in the Info Block.
Quickly switching to the desired Elevation view
If you open a default view, parallel walls with overlaps or all walls of a plan in the
selected Elevation view may be displayed at the same time. Many clicks are required to
correct the view with the clipping plane or filter behind primary wall and create it as a
saved view.
You directly access the automatically generated Elevation views using the list of the
saved views for the Elevation view. This allows you to quickly switch into the desired
Elevation view. After closing and reopening a plan, the automatically generated
Elevation views are also available according to the current plan.
What do automatically generated Elevation views display?
When a generated Elevation view is saved, the used view details, such as the display,
dimension and annotation options and hidden layers, etc., become part of this view and
are restored when switching into this view.
No Elevation views are generated for virtual walls with the Auto-Generate Named
Views function, since an Elevation view was set for it when it was created.
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4.2.2
Selecting walls
You can display one or more walls in the Elevation view.
Which wall would you like to display in the Elevation view?
If you switch into the Elevation view in a plan for the first time using the
symbol, the
primary wall is displayed. By default, the top horizontal wall is the primary wall in the
plan. The wall is displayed as an individual view.
With complicated wall layouts of angled rooms, the easiest way to open the desired
Elevation view is with the Elevation (Selected Wall) function.
If you have already opened the Elevation view, in the View tab, you can switch the
Elevation view with the arrows in the Navigate group. The arrow that appears on the
displayed wall remains active in the menu ribbon. This way, you maintain an overview
on which planning area you are currently editing in the Elevation view:
In the Elevation view, you can only select the walls of the four primary directions (from
the view of the square plan) using the arrows, even if there is a wall layout with more
than four walls. On the right and left of the selected room view, you then see the
adjacent walls in their longitudinal section in the plan.
If, for example, you click the arrow on the left, the wall in the Elevation view is
displayed that runs vertically in the plan on the left side of the plan area:
How do you work with the Elevation view settings?

In the View tab and in the Navigate group, click the View Settings
symbol to display
the palette of the same name. The palette hovers (just like the Catalogue Items
palette) over the plan. You can continue working in the plan without having to close the
palette.
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The palette displays a preview of the wall layout and functions for selecting one or
more walls:
To see an Elevation view of a specific wall, click the desired wall in the preview.
The program now displays this wall in the individual Elevation view.
If you would like to display several walls, select a primary or one or more secondary
walls, click the desired walls in the preview. We highly recommend this function for
editing wall indents, for example, how niches are to be dimensioned.
Selecting primary and secondary walls
You can define a primary and several secondary walls for the Elevation wall. If they
along with the side panel are all in one layer, the walls can be displayed simultaneously
in the Elevation view:
Define Primary Wall: In the preview, left-click a wall to define it as the primary wall.
Select the wall that you would like to subsequently view closer or edit in the
Elevation view. The location from where you are viewing the wall automatically
adjusts according to the primary wall and is marked by a small circle.
By default, the primary wall is displayed in green in the preview.
Define Secondary Wall: In the preview, right-click a wall to define it as the
secondary wall. You can also activate several walls as secondary walls. Select the
wall that you would like to see as the plan along with the primary wall in the
Elevation view as the secondary wall.
Too many secondary walls results in a confusing view.
By default, a secondary wall is displayed in blue in the plan selection.
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The walls are displayed in a single Elevation view:
Palette functions
While the Navigate View palette is open, you can continue working in the plan without
closing the palette.
Use the palette functions:
Drag the palette to any location in the window.
Display the anchored or floating palette.
Minimise or maximise the palette anchored on the window edge.
4.2.3
Clipping plane and filtering behind primary wall

You can hide parts of the plan in the Elevation views. Hide parts
that are in the foreground and block the view to the wall.
that are in the background and make it difficult to clearly view the objects in the
foreground.
Clipping Plane
The clipping plane is in the View tab in the Navigate group:
With the Clipping Plane, you can hide parts in the plan that are located in the
foreground between the observer and the selected wall.
The clipping plane is moved closer to the observer by moving the control to the left.
This displays an island unit located between the observer and the selected Elevation
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view:
The clipping plane is moved away from the observer by moving the control to the right.
The clipping plane is now behind the island unit and in front of the selected Elevation
view. The island unit is not displayed:
Filter behind primary wall

With the filter behind the primary wall function, you hide the parts of the plan that are
behind the selected wall. Activate Behind Primary Wall if you have selected a virtual
wall (for example, a cooking island unit). All items located behind it are hidden. With the
Elevation view without filters, the wall behind it is displayed:
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With the Elevation view with filters, the wall behind it is not displayed:
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4.3
Perspective
The Perspective provides a three-dimensional display of the plan. The perspective of
the observer and observed planning section can be selected freely
:
Which tasks do you perform in the Perspective view?
The Perspective view is primarily used for display purposes.
There are also several planning functions available in the Perspective view. For
example, you can insert, select, delete, rotate or move items. In particular, precisely
positioning items, however, is difficult.
In the Perspective view in the transparent display, you can select hidden surfaces of
catalogue items (for example, side and rear walls of cabinets) for editing surfaces.
If you work with the chargeable graphic package add-on module, you can export the
perspectives to QuickTime VR.
When using the QuickTime VR function, you should make sure that the observer is
inside the room, because otherwise he looks at the outer wall.
How do you switch to the Perspective view?
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In the View tab, click the Perspective
If you have added the Perspective

symbol to the toolbar for fast access, click
the symbol there.
If you would like to display a saved view for the Perspective view, click the arrow
symbol.
after the
Saving the Perspective view as separate views
Save the Perspective view with the current settings as a separate view. Click the arrow
after the
symbol and select the New Named View entry.
How can you change how the plan is displayed in the Perspective view?
In the Perspective View, you can
hide elements that block a free view of the planning parts behind them.
Which additional elements/information would you like to display in the
Perspective view?
What should be considered when printing the Perspective view?
activate the Info Block for the printout.
What is displayed in the Perspective view?
There are several methods for creating a new perspective:
Active Perspective: You use the Active Perspective to dynamically adjust the
displayed planning section to the selected items.
Navigation mode: The navigation tools are available in the View tab of the
Perspective.
Change View Point: You use Change View Point function in the View tab of the
Perspective and change the planning section of the preview.
You can open the Default and the Bird's Eye.
Named Views: You open the Named Views.
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4.3.1
Active Perspective
When you work with the Active Perspective function, the planning section that you are
currently working on is always displayed in the perspective. The perspective
dynamically adjusts to the items in the selection. The Active Perspective provides you
with optimum support if you are working with several windows or two screens.
How does the Active Perspective work?
The Active Perspective is the fastest way to adjust the desired section in the
Perspective view. The planning section displayed in the perspective is adjusted with
each selection. The setting for the location of the viewer, the viewing direction and the
field of vision is calculated from all the activated items. The orientation of the front
surfaces of the selected items in relation to the viewer is the decisive factor for the
calculation.
If you click an item in the perspective, it is selected. At the same time, the location,
viewing direction and the viewed section adjust in the perspective so that the
viewer has an ideal view of all items.
If you opened the plan in several windows, for example, in the Plan and the
Perspective view, the perspective is also adjusted if you select items in the plan.
How do you activate the Active Perspective function?
The Active Perspective is controlled separately for the Design and the Presentation
window.
In the Design window, activate the function via the menu ribbon in the perspective.
Click the arrow behind the Perspective
symbol and select the Active Perspective
entry. If you are now working in this view or in a second Design window and select
items, the Perspective view always adjusts the selection.
For the Presentation window, you can access the function via the context menu of the
Design window or the Presentation window:
Right-click in the Design Window and select the context command Additional
View(s) Name of the Presentation Window Active Perspective.
Right-click in the Presentation window and select the context command Active
Perspective.
The control function via the Additional View(s) function allows you to control the
Presentation window if it is displayed on a second screen that you cannot view. The
customer sits across from you and only sees the Presentation window. While the
customer follows the planning process on the second screen as the plan develops, you
can work in other views and also process sensitive commercial data.
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In the Plan view, activate an item, for example, the corner unit between the top and
right wall:
In the Plan view, select another item, for example, to the far left on the top wall:
In the Plan view, do not select two items that are next to each other, for example, to the
far left and right on the top wall:
Which settings would you like to work with this and other designs?
You can set up the Active Perspective in Options (via tab File Options tab View
Settings). Here, under Perspective Defaults for the Design window and under
Additional Views for the Presentation window, you control whether the Active
Perspective is to be activated by default for the corresponding windows.
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4.3.2
Default perspective and Bird's Eye perspective

With the default perspective and Bird's Eye perspective, you open the perspective
views of the plan that are predefined by the system by clicking them.
Opening the default perspective
Click the arrow after the Perspective
symbol and select the Default entry.
The default perspective displays the top wall in the Plan. Here, the observer of the
opposite wall (lower wall in the plan) is in the centre. The viewing direction is directed
towards the centre of the top wall and the field of vision covers the complete wall:
In the default perspective, viewing height and eye level are 1250 mm and the view
angle is 70. The clipping plane runs through the perspective of the observer, that is no
items are hidden between the observer and the focus point.
Each time you click the Default button, you return to these preset default perspective
again.
Opening the Bird's Eye perspective
Click the arrow after the Perspective
symbol and select the Bird's Eye entry.
The Bird's Eye perspective displays the plan perspective from above. Here, the
observer is above the centre of the plan. The viewing direction is directed towards the
centre of the floor. Unlike the plan, the Bird's Eye perspective displays all threedimensional aspects of the plan:
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4.3.3
Navigation mode in the perspective

There are navigation types for the perspective that allow you to move in the view or
control them. The navigation type is opened in the View tab with the symbols in the
Navigate group:
- Orbit Movement Mode - if you activate this symbol, you can rotate the
perspective of the observer around the viewed point in the selected direction by
dragging the mouse in any direction.
- Zoom Movement Mode - if you activate this symbol, you zoom the displayed area
of the plan in and out by dragging the mouse to the right or left.
- Look Around Movement Mode - if you activate this symbol, you can rotate the
perspective of the observer in the selected direction by moving the mouse in any
direction.
- Walk Movement Mode - if you activate this symbol, you can change the
perspective of the observer. By dragging the mouse
up, the observer moves to the front and the observed point remains the same;
down, the observer moves to the rear and the observed point remains the same;
to the right, the observer rotates to the right, the observed point changes and the
position of the observer remains the same;
to the left, the observer rotates to the left, the observed point changes and the
position of the observer remains the same.
- Drag Movement Mode - if you activate this symbol, you can change the
perspective of the observer. By dragging the mouse
to the right, the perspective of the observer and the observed point move to the
right;
to the left, the perspective of the observer and the observed point move to the left;
up, the perspective of the observer and the observed point move up;
down, the perspective of the observer and the observed point move down.
Combining the vertical and horizontal mouse movement, creates combined movement
patterns accordingly.
During the movement process, the program switches into OpenGL mode. Once the
navigation is ended, the previously selected colour setting is restarted. That only works,
however, if the PC has hardware-supported OpenGL acceleration.
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4.3.4
Auto-Hide Back Facing Walls

In the three-dimensional views, the starting point of the observer may be outside the
planned room when viewing a plan. This blocks the view of the plan between the
observer and the walls inside the room:
Figure: view from an outside starting point in the Perspective
Where do you find the functions for hiding walls and items?
The functions for hiding walls and items are in the View tab in the Design View group:

In which views can you hide walls and/or items?
In the Perspective view, you can hide walls.
How do you hide walls and/or items?
If you activate Hide Walls, the walls whose rear section the observer is viewing are
hidden. You can also define how the items are to be displayed that are positioned on
the hidden walls. Activate
Display Items,
Semi-Transparent Items or
Hide Items.
Figure: walls are automatically hidden in the Perspective with the "Display Items", "Semi-Transparent
Items" and "Hide Items" settings
Where do you set the functions for hiding walls/items?

In Options (via tab File Options tab View Settings), you can set functions for this
plan as well as others.
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Catalogues
5.1
Catalogue types
There are various catalogue types that are used in a variety of ways in the program.
Which catalogues do you work with?
Most catalogues are Principal Catalogues. They contain manufacturer-specific
information on items, prices, styles, etc. You normally use at least one main catalogue
in a plan.
An Appliance Catalogue contains information on appliances, for example stoves,
refrigerators, hobs, dishwashers, sinks, etc. The catalogue does not contain
information on furnishings. Only the accessories that are not offered by furniture
manufacturers are included here. An accessory catalogue contains the manufacturer's
exact order codes and descriptions.
Items that have been entered from the standard accessory catalogue are only listed
commercially in the plan, since no graphics are saved in the accessory catalogue. If
graphics are created for accessory items, they are in the graphical units catalogue. If
you would like to enter an electrical stove commercially as well as graphically, the
stove must be entered twice, once in the accessory catalogue and once in the
graphical units catalogue.
Complete SHD catalogues are also created for some manufacturers of accessories,
which you can use for commercial and graphic purposes.
Graphical catalogues contain decoration elements and accessories with which you
can also design the plan. This includes, for example, indoor plants, tables, chairs,
appliances, etc. Graphical units catalogues normally do not contain any prices so that
graphic items can be added to the plan without changing the price.
The graphic elements are not listed in a form.
In the Item List (via tab View Item List Item Type Display
Graphic Items),
you can display graphic items to replace, delete or add them if necessary.
In the Room Design catalogue contains all items with which you can create the tile
plan. The catalogue also contains materials for floor and ceiling coverings.
The corner bench plan catalogue contains items that offer a complete corner bench
and round bench solutions.
The Installations Catalogue contains all the installation symbols that you can
manually plan.
Base Files are used as libraries for drawings. Other catalogues (main catalogues and
accessory catalogues) can access the base file for the graphic display. For example,
the base file contains all drawings that all catalogues share. This reduces the
necessary storage space. Upon request, each catalogue can replace the display from
the base file.
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Selecting catalogues for the plan

If you select the Select Catalogues For Design dialogue field for the first time, all
available main catalogues are listed first. If you would like to add a catalogue that is not
listed, you may have to first change the displayed catalogue type in the list:
If you select one of the first three options, only the respective selected catalogue type
is displayed in the list. If you select All, all available catalogues except for the base file
are displayed. You display your catalogue groups with the Groups entry.
If the desired catalogue is not listed in any of the categories, it is either already
integrated into the plan (and therefore cannot be added a second time) or it was not yet
installed. Although the catalogue may be available on the hard drive, you have to let
the program know that this catalogue is available before you can use it.
Can you subsequently add a catalogue?
Yes. You can change the catalogue used in the plan via the catalogue info and the
catalogue change functions.
5.2
How to add a new catalogue to the plan
1. Click the Home tab.
2. Click the Information

symbol.
3. Click New.
In Information, all installed main catalogues are displayed. You can change
the display. In the Types list, select the catalogue type.
Activate the catalogue that you would like to add. You can also add several
catalogues at the same time by activating the catalogues while holding the
SHIFT key pressed down.
Click OK.
4. Save the catalogue information. Click OK.
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5.3
Updating catalogue data in the plans

If catalogue data changes, you can adjust the existing plans.
When do you update plans?
If you save a plan, all information on the individual items is directly saved in this plan.
This ensures that the plan appears in the same format in which it was saved when it is
opened the next time.
This also means that after a catalogue is updated, for example, by new prices,
corrections, etc., this changed information of existing plans is not used. The version of
the information that was saved when the plan was created is in the plan.
A plan was created in March. The customer, however, chose not to purchase the plan
at this time. The customer returns several months later. In the meantime, several
prices, styles, etc. changed in the catalogue. When the plan is now opened, the
program displays the prices that were valid when the plan was created and not the
prices that apply now.
How do you update plans?
The Update Design function is in the Home tab in the Catalogue group:
If you open the Update Design function, critical data is checked. You can update all
items in the plan according to the latest catalogue version. The Room Validation
Wizard starts, which guides you through the various test steps.
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Dimensioning and Annotations
6.1
Dimensioning, installation dimensioning and

annotation
In the Annotate tab, you will find all the functions that allow you to dimension and label
the room elements, the planned items and installations:
How do you work in the Annotate tab?

In the Annotate tab, you control whether and how the design is to be dimensioned and
annotated. The functions in the Annotate tab are preset with the settings and values
that you have set up in the Options (tab File Options tabs Dimensioning, Auto
Dimension and Annotation and Saved Annotation). You can change these designrelated settings.
You can dimension items and angles in the design, control guide rails or dimensioning
lines and annotate installation symbols. You can also insert numbers, order numbers
and annotations in the design.
Determine which elements are to be dimensioned.
Set up the angle dimension and the dimensioning of the worktops.
Select which dimensions and guide lines are to be created.
Select the dimension line and reference line display.
Determine how the chain dimensions are to be displayed.
Set up the general dimensions settings.
Select the type of annotation or numbering.
Set up the font settings for standard items, manual annotation and changed items.
Select how the annotation arrows are to be displayed.
Position the manual dimensions and annotations.
Combine the automatic and manual functions.
Would you like to automatically or manually generate the dimensioning and
annotation?
A distinction is generally made between the automatic and manual dimensioning and
annotation functions.
If you work with the auto dimensioning, auto installation dimensioning or auto
annotation, the dimensions and annotations are continuously adjusted during planning.
If the auto functions are not activated, you can trigger their activation manually. The
settings in the Annotate tab apply identically for the automatic and the triggered
execution.
In addition, you can create manual dimensions and annotations and combined them
with automatic dimensions and annotations.
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In which views can you perform the dimensioning and annotation?

Dimensioning, installation dimensioning and annotation are possible in the plan and in
the wall view. The functions are not available in the three-dimensional views and the
item list.
The execution of the manual dimensioning and annotation always refers to the
selected view.
The execution of the automatic dimensioning and annotation always refers to the
plan or the wall view.
6.2
Auto Dimension
Set up the Auto Dimension function in the Annotate tab:
How do you activate the Auto Dimension function in the background?

In the Annotate tab, click the Auto Items symbol to activate or deactivate the Auto
Dimension function in the background. If the Auto Dimension function is activated in the
background, the symbol in the menu ribbon is permanently highlighted in colour:
not activated:
or activated:
Executing Auto Dimensions
If the Auto Dimension function is not activated in the background, the dimension is first
carried out or updated with the selected settings if you click the Items symbol in the
Annotate tab:
Separate settings for the Plan and Elevation view

The Auto Dimension function is set up based on the selected view. You can, for
example, use different elements and dimension options in the Plan view than in the
Elevation view.
In the View tab of the Elevation view, you can hide the dimensions of adjacent walls.
To do this, click the Options
symbol and select the Dimension Selected
Wall Only entry.
Which design elements can you dimension?
You control which Dimension Types are to be dimensioned using the Item Settings.
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In the Annotate tab, click the Item Settings

symbol.
Activate all elements for which automatic dimensions are to be created in the current
view.
If you press and hold the CTRL key while clicking, you can click several entries
consecutively. The list remains open when clicking.
The type and number of dimension types vary for the Elevation view and the Plan view.
This way, tiling zones for example, are only dimensions in the Elevation view and
worktops in the Plan view:
or
Figure: Dimension settings for the Plan view (left) and the Elevation view (right)
An island solution that was planned on a virtual wall can be dimensioned in the
Elevation view. To do this, you must display the virtual wall (cutting line) in the
Elevation view (for example, open the Elevation view (selected wall) via the view
settings or context command).
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If you activate Base Units, Wall Units, Fixtures, Wall Angles, Island Units, Ceiling
Fillers, Cornices, Pelmets, Worktops, Worktop Radii, Worktop Angles and/or Tile
Zones, dimension lines are drawn on these design elements.
If you activate Wall Angles or Worktop Angles, the inner wall angle or the angle
for the worktops is dimensioned.
If you activate Worktop Radii, the worktop radii are dimensioned. With very flat
curves (large radii), the radii are displayed in a shortened version in the form of a
lightning bolt.
You can also control the display of right angles via Options (tab File
Dimensioning).
Options
tab
Changing an item's dimension type

The elements selected in the dimension settings (for example, base units, wall units,
fixtures, etc.) correspond to the dimension types of items. The dimension type of the
items is defined in the catalogue. You control whether or not an item is dimensioned
using the dimension type.
You can change the Dimension Type of an item based on the plan (via tab Items via
the Dimensions
Dimension group). If you set the dimension type of an item to
"None", the item is not included in the dimension. The remaining items of this
dimension type are added when executing the dimension function. Or you assign an
item to another dimension type (for example, a wall unit that was planned in the base
unit layer is also to be dimensioned in this level).
What dimension options are to be used to create the dimension?
In the Annotate tab, click the Item Settings

symbol. The Options are further
down in the list. Here, you define which dimensions are to be carried out. The
dimension options are identical for the Plan view and the Elevation view. You can
combine the following dimension options. Activate:
Dimension lines, witness lines and guide rails to generate the corresponding
dimensions and witness lines.
Gap dimensions to dimension gap dimensions. Gap dimensions from a wall to an
item or from item to item are dimensioned. Room elements, such as windows and
doors are no longer on the wall's dimension line here.
Order code and height from floor if this information is to be integrated into the
dimension lines.
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What advanced settings would you like to use to generate the dimensions in the
Plan view?
In the Annotate tab, click the symbol on the lower right on the Dimensions group,
to open the Dimension Options. The following functions are available in the Plan
view:
Add Worktop Dimensions: With the 2 Sides and 4 Sides options, you select
whether the worktops are to be dimensioned on 2 or 4 sides.
If you activate Adjacent to Origin, the dimension is carried out from the point
where the worktop was originally inserted and in which the worktop was first
inserted according to the plan direction.
The Include Max Dims function affects the worktop dimensions for which a cut-out
or curve was created, for example. If you activate Include Max Dims, the entire
length of the worktop is displayed. If this function is deactivated, only the actual
dimensions are displayed.
If you activate Remove Duplicates, duplicate dimensions are removed in the plan.
In Options (via tab File Options tab Dimensioning), you control how the
Dimension Options are to be predefined for this and other designs.
What advanced settings would you like to use to generate the dimensions in the
Elevation view?
In the Annotate tab, click the symbol on the lower right on the Dimensions group,
to open the Dimension Options. The following functions are available in the Elevation
view:
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There are no other settings in the standard dimension mode. If you activate the Expert
option, the functions are enabled.
For selected elements (for example, wall units or plinths), you can define whether
the dimension is to be carried out on the upper edge and/or lower edge. If an
element is not to be included in the dimension, deactivate Top and Btm after the
element.
If you activate Many Slices, separate dimension lines are inserted for each expert
dimension setting, for example, for the upper edge of wall units, for the lower edge
of pelmets, etc. If you deactivate the function, all dimensions on a line are displayed
on chain dimensions.
Why are no dimensions displayed?
Even if the Auto Dimension function is activated in the background, no dimensions are
created. There are different reasons for this:
Chain dimensions are only created if a wall has been added in the planning area.
Freely planned elements without a wall or a virtual wall are not dimensions, even if
it involves an item whose dimension type is triggered by the selected elements.
You have activated Dimension Types in the settings, but no Options.
You have activated Options in the settings, but no Dimension Types.
You have activated Dimension Types and Options in the settings, but the plan
does not contain any items with the corresponding Dimension Type.
You have activated the Witness Lines dimension option in settings, but not the
Dimensioning entry. Witness lines are only displayed in combination with witness
lines.
The Plan view is displayed. You have only set up the Auto Dimension function for
the Elevation view.
The Elevation view is displayed. You have only set up the Auto Dimension function
for the Plan view.
Options
In Options (via tab File Options tab Dimensioning), you control how the
dimension settings are to be predefined for this and other designs.
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6.3
Dimension lines
Dimension lines display the gap between two points in the plan. Dimension lines have
a starting point and an ending point. You can change how the dimension lines are
displayed.
Activating dimension lines

You can select dimension lines separately for the auto dimension and the auto
installation dimensions. A dimension line is created for each selected element. This
does not apply to items for which you have manually set the dimension category
"None".
You can adjust the dimension line in the plan. The functions are in the Annotate tab in
the Rail Configuration group:
Dimension line display in the plan

By default, dimension lines are displayed as continuous black lines with perpendicular
ending points. If you select a dimension line in the plan, it is highlighted in red:
You can change how the dimension lines are displayed. In the Annotate tab, click the
Rail End Style
symbol and select the desired shape:
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The selected Rail End Style always applies to all dimension lines regardless of
whether they are in the dimension or the installation dimension and whether the lines
are manually or automatically created.
Once you change the display, individual hidden lines are displayed again, where
necessary. Choose a display type before editing the individual lines.
You can select lines with different ending points for displaying the dimension lines. The
ending points are used for dimension lines as well as starting points:
Displaying additional dimension options
Only the measured value is initially displayed in the dimension line. You can display
additional details in the dimension line. The values are displayed in the dimension line
in the order Order Code Height From Floor Width:
If the Height From Floor dimension option is activated, the height of the items from
the floor, for example, for wall units, is also displayed in the automatic dimensions.
Manual dimensions do not display the Height from Floor.
If the Order Codes dimension option is activated, the order codes of the measured
items are also displayed in the dimension lines. With the installation dimension, the
name of the installation symbols is displayed instead of the order code.
The item's dimension line with the order code 21417 is selected. The height from the
floor is 150 mm and the width is 500 mm.
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Correcting measured values in the plan

If, for example, when checking measurements on-site, the actual dimension of the
planned values and the values displayed in the dimension deviate, you can enter the
correct values in the menu ribbon in the Edit Value field without changing the plan
itself.
Alignment in the chain dimensions
You can align the rail values of vertical dimension lines on the chain dimensions. If in
the Annotate tab, you click the Align Rail Values
symbol, the
values are aligned in all vertical dimension lines or integrated into the corresponding
chain dimensions. The function can be set up for the dimension of the Plan and the
Elevation view separately:
Setting up gaps between the dimension lines

You can control the gap of the dimension lines:
In the Initial Rail Gap, enter how far away the first dimension line is to be drawn
from the wall.
In the Subsequent Gaps field, enter which gap the dimension lines are to have to
each other.
Moving rail values out of the chain dimensions
The values displayed in the dimension line (order code, height from floor and width) are
displayed in the chain dimensions.
When dimensioning very narrow elements (for example, fitting strips) in the Plan view
or for the dimension in the Elevation view, the values or order codes displayed in the
chain dimensions may be so close together that the values overlap.
You can move the value, including the order code in a marked line horizontally and
vertically. To do this, use the functions in the Edit Value area.
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Horizontal Offset: Positive values move the dimension value to the right. Negative
values move the dimension value to the left.
Vertical Offset: Positive values move the dimension value up. Negative values
move the dimension value down.
Please note that the values from the chain dimensions are only moved correctly if the
auto dimension is not activated in the background.
Options
You can set up how the dimension line is displayed, how the rail values are aligned and
the gaps between the dimension lines for this and other plans (via the tab File
Options tab Dimensioning).
6.4
Witness Lines
Witness Lines are used to provide a clearer display. By default, the witness lines are
dotted reference lines that display the part of the plan that a dimension line refers to.
Activating witness lines

You can select witness lines separately for the auto dimension and the auto installation
dimensions. A witness line is created for each dimension line created.
If the dimension line is deactivated, no witness lines are displayed, even if they
have been activated.
If the dimension line is deleted, the witness line is also deleted.
If an item in the plan that has been allocated a dimension line is deleted, the
corresponding dimension lines and witness lines are deleted.
You can adjust the witness line in the plan. The functions are in the Annotate tab in the
Rail Configuration group:
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Witness line style in the plan

By default, witness lines are displayed as dotted black lines without ending points.
Witness lines cannot be selected in the plan. If you select a dimension line in the plan,
the dimension lines and the corresponding witness lines are highlighted in red:
You can change the witness line style. In the Annotate tab, click the
Line Style symbol and select the desired shape:
Witness
The selected Witness Line Style always applies to all witness lines regardless
whether they are in the dimension or the installation dimension and whether the lines
are manually or automatically created.
Options
You can set up the witness line style in this and other plans in Options (via tab File
6.5
Guide Rails
Guide Rails are used to align and arrange several dimension lines in the plan. The
guide rails thus ensure more clarity for the display.
Activating guide rails

You can select guide rails separately for the auto dimension and the auto installation
dimensions.
Guide rails are displayed in chain dimensions at the same time dimension lines are
created.
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Guide rails are created for all selected elements. This does not include wall angles,
worktop radii and worktop angles.
Guide rails are created regardless of whether there is a dimension line. They form
the complete wall width.
If an item is added to the plan for which a guide rail and a dimension line are
created, the item's dimension line covers the guide rail.
Guide rail display in the plan
Unlike dimension lines and witness lines, you cannot adjust guide rails in the plan.
By default, guide rails are displayed as continuous green lines without ending points.
Guide rails visually fill the gap dimensions in chain dimensions, but without displaying
the value.
The guide rail actually runs along the entire chain dimensions and corresponds to the
wall width. If you select a guide rail in the plan, the entire chain dimensions area is
highlighted in red:
You cannot change how the guide rails are displayed.

Moving guide rails out of the chain dimensions
If you drag a dimension line out of the chain dimensions, the area previously covered
by the dimension line is filled by the guide rail:
After dimension lines and guide rails are created for base units and room elements, the
wall's dimension line covers the wall's guide rail.
The gaps in the chain dimensions of the base units are located where there are no
items with the base unit dimension type. They are filled by the guide rail in these chain
dimensions.
If you hold the mouse pressed and drag the dimension line of a base unit out of the
chain dimensions, the area in the chain dimensions is filled with the guide rail:
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Instead of a guide rail, you can use the Gap Dimensions dimension type for the auto
dimension. If chain dimensions have a gap, the gap is replaced by a dimension line for
the gap. The guide rail in this case is covered by the entire chain dimensions.
Can you delete the guide rails?
Automatically and manually created guide rails can be individually selected and
deleted. Select the desired guide rail and press the DELETE key.
Why are no guide rails displayed?
Automatically created guide rails are displayed according to the following rules:
Automatically created guide rails in the plan are only displayed parallel to the
planned walls. If you have planned items without a wall or freely planned a virtual
wall in the room, no chain dimensions are created for these items.
By default, vertical guide rails for the Auto Dimension function in the Elevation view
are displayed to the right of the planning area and horizontal guide rails are
displayed below the planning area.
Vertical guide rails for the Auto Installation function in the Elevation view are
displayed to the left of the planning area and horizontal guide rails are displayed
below the planning area. This does not apply to positioning From Right in which
the vertical guide rails are displayed to the right of the planning area.
Options
You can set up the witness line style in this and other plans in Options (via tab File
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6.6
Manual dimensioning
You can manually create dimensioning lines and guide rails. There are various tools
available for this in the Annotate tab:
Using tools
If you activate a tool, it is highlighted in colour in the menu ribbon:
The cursor assumes the tool's function. Depending on the selected tool, each drawing
operation consists of one, two or several mouse clicks.
The tool remains activated after the desired line has been created. It is available for
any number of actions:
If you click another tool in the menu ribbon, the tool most recently used is
deactivated and the new tool is activated.
If you click an activated tool in the menu ribbon again, it is deactivated. The cursor
again assumes the function of the simple design arrow, which allows you to select
the elements in the design.
Manual dimensioning in an expanded image section: If, when dimensioning, you do not
see the ending point of the dimension line in the planning area between two mouse
clicks in the expanded image section, click the mouse once and drag it over the
planning area towards where the end of the dimension line is to be positioned with the
second mouse click. The image section rolls towards the mouse. Once the desired
area is displayed, point the mouse in the planning area again and set the ending point
of the line.
Why can't I select a tool?
The tools that can be used depend on the selected view.
The following tools can be used in the plan:
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The following tools can be used in the wall view:
You can also manually create guide rails (marked in yellow) in the wall view if you have
activated the guide rails in the automatic dimensioning settings.
How to delete manually created dimensions?
Manually created dimensions are not overwritten or deleted by the automatic
dimensioning function.
Deactivate all tools for manual dimensioning so that you can use the mouse as a
design arrow. If you now click a manually drawn line, it is selected. Press the DELETE
key.
Dimensioning activated lines
Manual dimensioning lines can be created on lines in the layout and wall view.
- (Dimension Selected Line) Using this tool, you create a manual dimensioning line
on a line in the design. The dimensioning line is created by clicking the line.
Each edge of an element in the design is considered a line here. If you click in the
middle of an element, a diagonal line is marked on the relevant surface. If no element
or line is detected when clicking, the tool does not respond.
Installation symbols are not activated by the tool.
Freely drawing a dimension line from ... to
Manual dimensioning lines between two mouse clicks can be created in the plan and
wall view.
- (Dimension From ... To) With this tool, you create a free dimensioning line located
between two mouse clicks. After the first click, a dotted line hangs between the first
clicking point and the cursor. If you move the mouse, the dotted line is dragged from
the mouse. When you click the mouse the second time, the dimensioning line is
inserted between the two clicking points.
The starting point of a free dimensioning line only snaps at the corners of elements.
Otherwise, you can insert the line anywhere in the planning area.
Dimensioning right angles
A right angle can be manually dimensioned between two mouse clicks in the plan and
wall view.
- (Dimension Right Angles) With this tool, you dimension the X and Y-dimensions
located between any two mouse clicks. After the first click, a dotted line hangs between
the first clicking point and the cursor. If you move the mouse, the dotted line is dragged
from the mouse. When you click the mouse the second time, two dimension lines
positioned at right angles to each other are inserted between the two clicking points. In
the example, the two clicking points are marked in green:
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The starting point for dimensioning the right angle only snaps at the corners of
elements. Otherwise, you can insert the line anywhere in the planning area.
Dimensioning the centre of the item and the centre of the installation symbol
The right angle can be manually dimensioned between two mouse clicks from the
centre of an item in the plan and wall view.
- (Dimension Item Centre) With this tool, you dimension the X and Y-dimension
located between two mouse clicks in the centre and the corner point of any item. First
click in the area of an item located in the snapping area of the centre. Then click the
corner of an item. After the first click, a dotted line hangs between the first clicking point
and the cursor. If you move the mouse, the dotted line is dragged from the mouse.
When you click the mouse the second time, two dimension lines positioned at right
angles to each other are inserted between the two clicking points. In the example, the
two clicking points are marked in green:
or
Figure: centre and corner point of the same item (left) or centre and corner point of different items (right)
The right angle can only be manually dimensioned between two mouse clicks from the
centre of an installation symbol in the wall view.
- (Dimension Installation Symbol Centre) with this tool, you dimension the X and Ydimension located between the two mouse clicks from the centre of an installation
symbol to the corner of an item. First click in the area of an installation symbol located
in the snapping area of the centre. Then click the corner of an item. After the first click,
a dotted line hangs between the first clicking point and the cursor. If you move the
mouse, the dotted line is dragged from the mouse. When you click the mouse the
second time, two dimension lines positioned at right angles to each other are inserted
between the two clicking points. In the example, the two clicking points are marked in
green:
Dimension Horizontal and Vertical Multipoint

Multipoints can only be drawn in the wall view.
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To create chain dimensions using multipoints, at least two clicking points must be
detected in the planning area before you can complete the wall dimensioning.
- (Dimension Horizontal Multipoint) With this tool, you can freely draw several
linked, horizontal dimensioning lines. Click on all points in the design that you would
like to display in horizontal chain dimensions. The order is not important. You end the
dimensioning operation by double-clicking or by clicking one of the walls on the right or
left. The chain dimensions are created along the entire wall width.
Vertical jumps made when clicking are ignored. Only the gap on the X-axis is entered
as a dimensioning line. The entire dimensioning operation is calculated from wall to
wall. If the walls on the right and left are not clicked, the gaps from the next point to the
right or left wall are completed as a dimensioning line.
- (Dimension Vertical Multipoint) With this tool, you can freely draw several linked,
vertical dimensioning lines. Click on all points in the design that you would like to
display in horizontal chain dimensions. The order is not important. You end the
dimensioning operation by double-clicking or by clicking the ceiling or floor on the right
or left. The chain dimensions are created along the entire wall height.
Horizontal jumps made when clicking are ignored. Only the gap on the Y-axis is
entered as a dimensioning line. The entire dimensioning operation is calculated from
floor to ceiling. If neither the floor nor ceiling is clicked, the gaps from the next point to
the ceiling or floor are completed as a dimensioning line.
Drawing guide rails on an activated line
Manual guide rails can be created on lines in the plan and wall view. To enable the
function in the wall view, you must activate the Guide Rails dimensioning option in the
automatic dimensioning settings.
- (Dimension Selected Line) Using this tool, you create a manual dimensioning line
on a line in the design. The dimensioning line is created by clicking the line.
Each edge of an element in the design is considered a line here. If you click the centre
of an element, a diagonal line is drawn on the relevant surface. If no element or line is
detected when clicking, the tool does not respond.
Installation symbols are not activated by the tool.
Freely Guide Rails from ... to
Guide rails can be manually dimensioned between two mouse clicks in the plan and
wall view. To enable the function in the wall view, you must activate the Guide Rails
dimensioning option in the automatic dimensioning settings.
- (Guide Rail From ... To) With this tool, you create a free guide rail located
between two mouse clicks. After the first click, a dotted line hangs between the first
clicking point and the cursor. If you move the mouse, the dotted line is dragged from
the mouse. When you click the mouse the second time, the dimensioning line is
inserted between the two clicking points.
The free guide rail does not snap on any element. You can insert the rail anywhere in
the planning area.
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6.7
Options: Dimensioning
You set the options for dimensioning and installation dimensions via tab File
Options tab Dimensioning.
Which settings do you edit in the Dimensioning area?
Set the following settings with which the dimension is to be predefined in new plans:
Select the (Auto) Dimensioning Mode and select which elements are to be
dimensioned.
Set the font settings for the dimension.
Determine how the chain dimensions are to be displayed.
Select the wall angle dimension.
Set the dimension of worktops.
Select the dimension line and witness line display.
Set the general dimensions settings.
(Auto) Dimensioning Mode

Select the Simple or Expert dimension type.
If you work with the Expert Mode, in addition to the simple dimension options, the
following options are also available:
Define for which objects (for example, wall units or plinths) the dimension is to be
carried out. Activate all objects that are to be dimensioned, for example, the Wall
Unit (top) check box. Deactivate the objects that are not to be dimensioned.
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If you activate Many Slices, separate dimension lines are inserted for each of the
expert dimension settings selected in the options, for example, for the upper edge
of wall units, for the lower edge of pelmets, etc. If the function is not activated, all
activated dimensions on a line are displayed on chain dimensions.
Font settings for the dimension
Select the Family and Size that the measured values are to display.
To change the font style, activate Italic, Bold or Underline.
Dimension Rail Settings
Control the gap of the dimension lines:
Enter which gap the first dimension line is to have to the wall in the Initial Gap field
separately for the Plan and Elevation view.
Enter which gap is to be between the dimension lines in the Subsequent Gaps
field separately for the Plan and Elevation view.
Set the following settings under Dimension Value Alignment:
If you activate Align Value with Dimension Rail in Plan View or Align Value with
Dimension Rail in Elevation View, the dimension values are integrated into the
corresponding chain dimensions. In vertical dimension lines, the values and the
code numbers, where applicable, are in the line and not perpendicular to the line.
There are no overlaps with the next dimension line on the right or left:
If you activate Dimension Rails Above Walls in Elevation View, the

horizontal dimension of wall units, pelmets, cornices and ceiling fillers are displayed
above the wall. If the function is not activated, the horizontal dimension is displayed
below the wall.
Wall angle dimensions
Set the wall angle dimension:
If you activate General: Round to nearest degree, the dimension is rounded up
or down to the degree value.
If you activate Wall Angle Dimensions: ... Dimension right-angles, right inner
and outer angles are dimensioned on walls.
If you activate Worktop Angle Dimensions: ... Dimension 90/270 Angles, right
inner and outer angles are dimensioned on worktops.
For the dimension of right inner and outer angles, you can enter how the right angle
is to be displayed in the Right angle type field: as a square, radius with degree
value or radius with a dot.
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General settings for the Add Worktop Dimensions

You can set additional settings for worktops under Add Worktop Dimensions:
Select whether the dimension of the worktops is to be carried out on 2 Sides or 4
Sides.
If you activate Adjacent to Origin, the dimension is carried out from the point at
which the worktop was originally inserted. The plan direction is considered when
inserting.
The Include Max Dims function affects the dimension of fitted worktops for which a
cut-out or curve was created, for example. If you activate Include Max Dims, the
entire length of the worktop is displayed. If this function is not activated, only the
actual dimensions are displayed.
With Simple Worktop Heights, you can define the dimension of the worktop height
in a chain (a line up to the top worktop edge, second line up to the ceiling) as a
default setting.
Activate Dimension Worktop at Back Side to position the worktop chain
dimensions outside the plan. If the check box is not activated, the worktop chain
dimensions are positioned in the wall.
General settings
If you activate Remove Duplicates, duplicate dimensions are not displayed in the
plan.
If you activate Dimensions and Annotations Selectable, you cannot activate
dimension lines and annotations and delete, for example, if you have selected the
Dimension tab.
Activate Dimension units on Selected Wall only or Annotate units on Selected
Wall only if the settings in the Annotate tab are only to be used for the selected
Elevation view or each wall can use separate dimension settings: If you activate the
function and open an Elevation view in a plan to adjust the plan-related dimension,
the modified settings are only used for this wall. All other walls use the previously
selected or overall plan dimension or annotation settings.
Display of the dimension rails and witness lines
You can select lines with different ending points for Dimension Rail End Style and
Witness Line Styles. Dimension lines have a starting and ending point, but witness
lines have no starting and ending point:
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6.8
Options: Auto Dimension

You set the options for dimensioning and installation dimensions via tab file Options
tab Dimensioning.
Which settings do you edit in the Dimensioning area?
You determine whether you automatically create a dimension and installation
dimension during the planning process and with which settings they are to be created:
Automatic Dimension Defaults

Activate the dimension type that is to be automatically created.
Activate Auto Dimension Enabled if the Auto Dimension is to be activated when
the plan is started.
Activate Auto Installation Dimensions Enabled if the Auto Installation Dimension
is to be activated when the plan is started.
Dimension settings
Activate the plan's dimension types that are to be considered by the automatic
dimension / installation dimension function. Each item that is allocated an activated
dimension type is dimensioned during the planning process.
The activated dimension types also apply to the Auto Annotate function.
Default positioning of the installation dimension in the Elevation view
Select the dimensions to be created. Activate the check boxes Guide Rails, Witness
Lines, Order Code and Height From Floor in the dimension line to be used for the
installation dimension in the Elevation view.
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With the Default Line Placement function, you specify how the dimension of the
installation dimension is to be created for all plans:
None: No dimensions are added or existing automatic dimensions are deleted.
As added: The dimension is displayed on the left or right for each installation
element depending on whether the element was added with a gap to the left or
right.
From nearest corner: The program automatically decides whether the part is
closer to the right or left wall corner. The distance to the next wall corner is entered
as the dimension.
From left: All dimensions are measured from the left corner.
From right: All dimensions are measured from the right corner.
Vertical installation dimension
With the Arrange Rails By Installation Symbol Position function, you control that the
vertical dimension rails of the automatic installation dimension are sorted in ascending
order from the inside to the outside with increasing length. This sorting process is the
standard.
6.9
Auto Annotate
Set up the Auto Annotate function in the Annotate tab:
Annotation elements that appear directly in the dimension line are created using the
Auto Annotate settings. This includes the measured values, the order codes and the
height from floor.
How do you activate the Auto Annotate function in the background?
In the Annotate tab, click the Auto symbol to activate or deactivate the Auto Annotate
function in the background. If the Auto Annotate is activated in the background, the
symbol in the menu ribbon is permanently highlighted in colour:
Not activated:
or activated:
Executing automatic annotations
If the Auto Annotate function is not activated in the background, the dimension with the
selected settings is only executed or updated if you click the Items symbol in the
Annotate tab:
Manual annotations linked with the automatic annotations are deleted.
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If you have moved the automatic annotation, a prompt is displayed asking whether
the automatic annotation is to be repositioned.
Separate settings for the Plan and Elevation view
The automatic annotation is set up based on the selected view. For example, you can
use different annotations in the Plan view than the Elevation view.
In the Plan view, you can also select a number as an annotation type.
In the View tab of the Elevation view, you can hide the annotations of the adjacent
walls. To do this, click the Options
symbol and select the Annotate Selected
Wall Only entry.
Which kinds of annotation can you create?
Using the Annotate by function, you control how the installation dimensions are to be
positioned or arranged.
In the Annotate tab, click the Annotate By

symbol:
Select Annotate By for the automatic installation dimensions to be created. The types
vary for the Elevation and Plan view:
or
Figure: annotation types for the Plan view (left) and the Elevation view (right)
None: No annotations are inserted. This is the default setting. Automatic

annotations that have already been created can be deleted with this setting.
Unit Name: Each item is annotated with the unit name.
Order Code: Each item is annotated with the order code. The order code is the
manufacturer designation of the item. The handling (for cabinets) is also displayed.
Numeric: Each item is annotated with a number. The number is generated
automatically according to different sorting operations.
How would you like to sort or number the annotations?
If you have selected Numeric as the annotation type, you define the order in which the
items are to be continuously numbered.
You can sort the items using different combinations of the following criteria:
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Type: This setting sorts the items by type, for example, base unit, wall unit, etc. If
you select a sort setting that contains this setting, base units are arranged before
the wall units, which are in turn arranged before shaped parts, pelmets and
worktops, etc. The exact sorting order depends on the catalogue requirements.
Manufacturer: This setting sorts the items according to the manufacturer
catalogues from which they originate. If you select a sorting setting that contains
this setting, for example, all cabinets of the main suppliers come before the
electrical appliances from the electrical equipment catalogue.
Position: This setting sorts the items according to their position in the room. If you
select a sorting setting that contains this setting, all items are continuously
numbered clockwise from the starting point. To define the starting point, click the
Annotate By symbol again and select the entry Numeric
Set Start. Then click
the desired starting point in the Plan view.
The corresponding sorting setting is configured by combining the sorting criteria from
Position, Type and Manufacturer in different combinations. The sorting criteria are
applied from left to right:
The Manufacturer/Type/Position sorting setting initially numbers all items according
to the manufacturers. Within the manufacturers, the items are sorted by their type and
then they are sorted by their position in the room.
Options
In Options (via tab File Options tab Annotation), you control whether the
Annotation function is to be activated for the Plan view and/or the Elevation view and
the settings with which they are to be preset for this and other plans.
6.10
Options: Annotate
You set the options for the annotation via tab File
Options tab Annotation.
Which settings do you edit in the Annotation area?
You determine whether you automatically create an annotation in the Plan and/or
Elevation view during the planning process and with which settings they are to be created:
Select the type of annotation.
Set up the font setting for standard items, manual annotation and modified items.
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Select how the annotation arrows are to be displayed.
Automatic Annotation Defaults

Activate Auto Annotation Enabled if the annotation is to be created in the Plan
view in new plans.
Activate Elevation View Auto Annotation Enabled if the annotation is to be
created in the Elevation view in new plans.
Annotation settings for the Plan view
Define how automatic annotations are to be created in the Plan view. You can select
standard and combined numeric annotations:
The Unit name and the Order code are used as non-numbered annotations. Both
options generate alphanumeric annotations on the items.
When creating the Numeric (by Position), the annotations are simply numbered in the
order in which the items are inserted into the plan.
With the settings Numeric (by Type/Position), Numeric (by Manufacturer/Position)
and Numeric (by Manufacturer/Type/Position), the items are created and sorted in
various combinations of the following criteria:
If the feature Position is in the combination, the items are numbered in the order in
which the items are inserted into the plan.
If the feature Type is in the combination, the items are sorted by their type
(for example, base unit, wall unit, etc.). The exact sorting order depends on the
catalogue requirements, for example: base units are arranged in front of the wall
units, which are in turn arranged before shaped parts, pelmets and worktops, etc.
If the feature Manufacturer is in the combination, the items are sorted according to
the manufacturer catalogues from which they originate. As a result, all cabinets of
the main suppliers come before the electrical appliances from the electrical
equipment catalogue, for example.
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If you select None, no annotations are created.

Annotation settings for the Elevation view
Define separately how the automatic annotation in the Elevation is to be created. The
Unit name and the Order code are used as non-numbered annotations. Both options
sort the annotations alphanumerically.
If you select None, no annotations are created.
Annotation of modified items
You can highlight annotations for items that were modified with the Modify function
with modified font settings. Select the font type, font size and form (italics, bold,
underline).
Please note that the modified font settings only apply after the next plan. If annotations
were already inserted into a plan before the default settings were changed, they are not
adjusted.
Default items and manual annotations
Define the font settings for automatic annotations of standard items and for manual
annotations. Select the font type, font size and form (italics, bold, underline).
Display of annotation lines
In the Style field, select the annotation lines that are to be predefined for marking
manual annotations. The list contains lines with end points:
Other annotation settings

Other settings are controlled in the PPPrefs.INI. There is no user interface in the
default settings, for example:
Centre annotation: The automatic annotation in the Plan and Elevation view can
be centred on an item. The annotation is aligned to the X-axis of the item here.
Define tolerance: A tolerance (distance) can be defined for the annotation, which
the annotations are to comply with. A small arrow is displayed if the annotations
exceed the tolerance.
Remove white area around annotation: A white area (non-transparent
background) is created around an annotation that covers the parts of the plan. You
can remove this area around the annotation or make it transparent.
INI files should only be changed by the administrator. Detailed information on the INI
files is in the master data manual.
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Using graphic items
7.1
Graphic Items
Use the graphic items to add things to the plan that are already located at the
customer's location. Or you make a vibrant room with decorations from the plan.
What are graphic items?
Graphic items include all items from the planning that are not commercially entered. In
addition to room elements, this includes in particular all elements that are used to
complete or decorate the view of your plan.
Graphic items have no commercial value. They are therefore normally not listed in the
form.
If you would like to enter a graphic item with a commercial value as an additional
service (for example, for setting an additional power outlet behind a working area), you
add the item as a special part.
Graphic items without commercial value should not be planned via the Non-Standard
function. Special parts are listed in the form (offer, offer confirmation, etc.).
What graphical unit catalogues are available?
The program uses several catalogues with graphic items.
The Graphical Units catalogue contains summarised graphics, such as plates,
images, curtains or similar, that you can add as a decoration in the kitchen planning.
Some of these elements are summarised as a package. You plan packages with the
Decoration function.
The graphical units catalogue contains accessory items that are not to be planned from
manufacturer catalogues, because they may already exist at the customer's location.
Graphic accessory items can complete the planned room without any commercial
value.
Graphic accessory items are required for two use cases:
To complete the view of your plan, you can only plan the graphics of this equipment
via the graphical units catalogue. For example, electrical equipment and kitchen
range hoods already exist at the customer's location. Their prices are therefore not
to be taken into consideration. Plan the accessory items from the graphical units
catalogue without any prices. The graphic design is complete. Only items that are
relevant in terms of prices are included in the forms.
Some of the manufacturer accessory catalogues do not contain any graphics, but
only prices. Purely commercial planning items can also be graphically
supplemented with the graphic accessory items.
The graphical units catalogue contain lighting items. Each plan is automatically
provided with standard lighting. You can set manual lighting effects with the items from
the graphical units catalogue.
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The Graphic Corner Bench Items catalogue contains all items with which you can
plan the corner and round benches.
If you are also working with the Graphic Bath Items catalogue, you can add graphic
bath elements to the plan.
Installation symbols are also part of the graphic items. They are listed in the
Installations catalogue. If you plan installations, the program automatically switches to
the installations catalogue (referred to as installation catalogue below).
If you edit tiles, floor surfaces, wall surfaces or other surfaces, the program accesses
the Room Design catalogue.
How do you plan graphic items?
When the program starts, all graphical units catalogues are automatically loaded. You
only have to select the manufacturer catalogues for furnishings and accessories.
To plan items (for example, decorations) from the graphical units catalogue, in the
Catalogue Items palette, activate the Unit Selector

symbol. By default, the
manufacturer catalogue, which was defined as the main catalogue, is displayed for this
setting. Select the graphical units catalogue. Add items from the other catalogue items,
for example, by drag&drop or adding on the cursor position.
Where can you look up graphic items?
To obtain a fast and clear overview on all available graphics from the graphical units
catalogue, you can open the graphic item overview as a PDF in which each element is
displayed with the corresponding access number.
Use the graphic item overview (Grafik.pdf) to obtain information on the items of the
graphical units catalogue.
Use the graphic bath item overview (Badgraf.pdf) if you would like to obtain
information on bath elements.
Use the graphic item overview for installations (Installcat.pdf) if you would like to
obtain information on installation symbols.
To open and print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 5.0 or
higher).
If the program is closed, open the files via the Start menu with Start Programme
KPS... and select the desired file.
Or start the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer and then open the desired
PDF from your program directory.
Refer to Acrobat help on how to operate Acrobat Reader.
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7.2
How to create automatic decorations

There must be specific catalogue items present to automatically position decoration
items, for example, dishes and kettles on base units / worktops, cooking utensils on
hobs.
1. The plan is in the graphical units catalogue. You have planned a wall layout and
added catalogue items.
3. To do this, in the Auto group, click Decoration:
4. Select the desired decoration style. To do this, click one of the following
buttons:
Decoration cottage
Decoration modern
Decoration classic
5. Click Add.
6. The program adds decoration items from the graphical units catalogue in the
plan.
7.3
How to automatically illuminate a plan

2. To do this, in the Auto group, click the Lighting symbol:
3. Select the desired lighting situation. To do this, click one of the following
buttons:
Lighting bright
Lighting soft
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7.4
Planning floors and ceilings

All functions that allow you to add floors and ceilings and edit the surfaces are in the
Insert tab:
What do you have to consider when adding floors and ceilings?

If you click the Add Ceiling or Add Floor function in the Layout tab, a floor or ceiling
is added without an additional prompt. Floors and ceiling always fill in the area around
the walls. Only plan the floor and ceiling after you have first defined the room's outline.
If you subsequently change the wall layout, you must recreate the ceiling and floor so
that the area is calculated correctly and the wall layout is adjusted.
First delete the existing floors and ceilings. You can easily select the floor and ceiling in
the Perspective view. Press the DELETE key to delete the selection. Then recreate
the floor and ceiling.
Selecting the floor and ceiling style
With the Add Floor or Add Ceiling functions, you add the elements in the default
style. You are prompted set the default style at the beginning of the plan in the Style
Details. The styles and colours of the Graphical Units Catalogue are used.
The selected style is always used for the entire floor or ceiling surface.
If you right-click the floor or ceiling and select the context command Change Selection
Style
Floor or Change Selection Style Ceiling, the Style Details prompt opens.
Select a style.
Designing floor and ceiling surfaces
The Room Design catalogue contains tiles, glazed tiles as well as floor and wall
surfaces. If you would like to use surfaces from the Room Design catalogue, edit the
floor and ceiling with the functions of the advanced tile and surface processing option.
The surface processing option offers a wide range of options for selecting and
designing the covering. You can combine various materials and edit the section and
the design of the fitted products.
With Coverings Floor function in the Insert tab, you access the floor coverings of
the Room Design catalogue. With the Coverings Ceiling function, you
simultaneously select the ceiling coverings. The functions are enabled if you select the
floor and ceiling in the Perspective view. The material is selected and modified using
the same methods as with the tile coverings in the advanced modify tile/wall function.
The selected standard style of the floor and ceiling remains stored, even if you have
selected a surface.
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How do you delete surfaces?

If you would like to delete the added floor or ceiling coverings again, the fastest way to
do this is to select the floor or ceiling and delete it. You then simply recreate the item.
Alternatively, in the Perspective view, you can select the item and access the
Coverings Floor or Coverings Ceiling function and delete the material. The
standard style that you saved in the style details now applies again.
Changing the graphic display of the floor and ceiling
As an alternative to the style or surface, you can edit the graphic with the Change
Material function. Right-click the floor or ceiling and select the context command
Change Material Floor or Change Material Ceiling. Select the desired colour.
You can also select RGB colours that you have defined yourself or your own graphics.
7.5
How to use the floor colours of the Style Details

prompt
You can change the style of room elements (walls, floors, ceilings). Walls and ceiling
are edited according to this description.
1. Switch to the Perspective view.

2. Right-click the ceiling and select the context command Change Selection
Style
Floor.
3. Editing the style details:
Change the floor style. Mark the Current Settings "Floor" and the desired
Options, for example, "laminate".
Changing the ceiling colour: Mark the Floor Colour "Floor" and the desired
Options, for example, "maple".
Click OK.
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Additional Topics
8.1
Style Details
The Style Details contain all the information on the selected product style.
Structure of the Style Details
The style details consist of the following areas:
Preview
Alerts
Favourite Styles
Current Settings
Options
Filter
Selecting styles
You edit styles in both tables:
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Under Current Settings, you see the styles that can be edited. If you mark an entry,
the catalogue's style options that match the marked style are displayed in the Options
list.
If the Program title is marked in the Current Settings area, all the catalogue's
available product ranges (range entries) are displayed under Options.
If a Front Colour is marked, all the available colours of the selected product range are
displayed under Options.
Filtering styles
The list of styles and colours can be very long. You can reduce the number of styles
using various functions. You can:
Hide Invalid Options
Show Preferred Only
Filter the list using a search term
Hide Invalid Options
Styles that are unavailable may be displayed. Due to the countless plausibility checks
performed by manufacturers, it still may not be possible to immediately determine
which combination of styles and colours are available for a cabinet. If you activate Hide
Invalid Options, only the available styles/colours are displayed under Options.
If the program determines that items in the design use unavailable styles and colours, it
automatically changes to the first available style or colour. Automatic changes are
underlined.
By clicking the underlined styles and selecting a style in the right list, you markthem as
viewed and accepted, even if you select the same style that the program suggested. If
you do not confirm the changes in this way, an alert is prompted to indicate this when
you close the Style Details: You accept the changes with OK and return to the Style
Details with Cancel.
Show Preferred Only
Below the Options list, you can use the Show Preferred Only check box so that only
style combination options recommended by the manufacturer, for example with
matching plinth style, handles, etc. are displayed.
Filtering styles with a search term
With the filter function in the Style Details, you can shorten the list of styles by a search
term via the Filter field. This way, you find the style you are searching for faster.
You would like to design a handle. If you enter "Handle" in the Filter field, the list of the
handle styles is shortened to entries that contain the search term.
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8.1.1
Style Details: Saving favourites

In addition to the style combinations recommended by the manufacturer (if they were
provided via the IDM), you can also save your own combinations as favourites and
reuse them.
How do you create favourite styles?
Combine styles and colours in the Style Details window and save this combination
under a separate name. The Save as favourite function is enabled if you have
selected the "Catalogue Styles" setting on the bottom left in the Style Details window:
In the default styles which were prompted at the beginning of the plan, you cannot
create any favourites.
How do you use favourite styles?

The favourite style is saved with a reference to the manufacturer catalogue. If you
subsequently start a new plan with the same manufacturer catalogue, you can reopen
the favourites in the Style Details window under the saved name:
You can rename or delete favourites in Options (via tab File Options tab
Favourite Styles).
After a catalogue is updated, you can import the saved favourite styles in the new
catalogue via the Catalogue Administrator.
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8.1.2
Style Details: Preview

In the Style Details window, you can use several preview types.
What kind of previews are available?
The Standard Preview displays three individual images with individual items.
The Enhanced Preview displays a large single preview image with a layout
example.
Both preview types are automatically updated once you change the colours or styles in
the Style Details window.
In the Preview, graphics are displayed that match the style marked under Current
Settings. You can select Render settings for the Preview.
In Options, (tab File Options tab Style Details), you can set the default preview
type for opening the Style Details window.
What does the standard preview show?
The standard preview contains a number of details, such as the display of the style
colour and shapes of the handles, cornices and pelmets, glass doors, worktops and
worktop edges, etc. Depending on which detail you are currently editing, the
corresponding graphics are adjusted according to the selected style details:
If you change style details, the edited details are displayed:
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What does the enhanced preview show?

The enhanced preview displays a layout example of the planned kitchen according to
the selected style details.
The manufacturer catalogues must be prepared for this function.
If you change a style detail, the enhanced preview accesses the settings of all relevant
catalogues. This means that the wall, floor, ceiling and window colours are included
from the graphic catalogue in the preview image.
8.1.3
Options: Style Details

You set up the prompts, sorting options and the preview via tab File Options tab
Style Details.
Which settings do you edit in the Style Details window?
You can control the following functions using the Style Details window for all plans via
Options:
You control whether and which styles are to be prompted when starting and during the
plan.
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Display or hide non-available options.

Define the default sorting method of the entries.
Define which preview is to be displayed in the style details by default.
When prompts occur during planning
The more details a manufacturer catalogue contains, the longer the catalogue style
details. The manufacturer catalogues are programmed so that only the style details that
are absolutely necessary for the current plan are prompted at the beginning of a plan.
This makes the planning process clearer. The styles prompted here depend on the
selected manufacturer catalogue. You can set the time of the prompts of additional
user-related style details via the default settings.
Activate Prompt for Style Options if item style details that have not yet been
defined are to be prompted, for example, if items are added to a plan that require
the item's details.
Activate Display Default Style Dialog if the default style details of the selected
catalogue is to be defined when starting a new plan.
Which default settings are the style details to have when they open?
Activate Hide Invalid Options if non-available options are to be hidden when opening
the Style Details window. You can deactivate the plan-related setting.
How is the data to be sorted when opening the Style Details window?
Select with which Default Sort Method the Style Details window is to be displayed
when opening:
Activate Catalogue if the list of the Style Details is to be sorted according to the
catalogue. The catalogue sorting is specified by the manufacturer.
Activate Description if the list of the styles is to be sorted according to the
descriptions.
Activate Sort Code if the list of the styles is to be sorted according to the sort code.
The Default Sort Method can be combined with Ascending or Descending sorting.
Activate the corresponding option on the right for this.
You can control all functions in the plan-related Style Details window.
How is the preview to be displayed when opening?
In the styles dialogue, you can use various preview types:
The Default Preview Type displays three individual images with individual items
according to the selected style details:
The Enhanced Preview displays a large individual preview image that presents an
example layout of the planned kitchen according to the selected style details (the
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image does not show the current plan):
Both preview types are automatically updated once you click the colours or styles in the
style details. The Enhanced Preview can access the settings of all relevant catalogues.
This means that the wall, floor, ceiling and window colours are included in the preview
image.
8.2
Tile plan
With the tile and wall plan, you can create professional tiled sections on one or more
walls. The tile plan consists of two main steps:
Planning and editing zones for the tiled section.
Assigning zones with tiles, borders, etc.
Where do you find the tile plan functions?
The tile plan is one of the functions that allows you to edit surfaces. The tile plan
functions are available in the Insert tab:
If you click the Coverings symbol, you can select the standard or advanced tile plan:
With the standard tile plan, you create the rectangular tiled section across the entire
width.
The advanced tile plan, allows you to plan cut-outs, extensions, angled cuts, etc.
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Depending on whether you have opened the standard or advanced tile plan, various
functions are enabled in the Cover tab:
Can you switch between the standard and advanced editing mode of the tiled
section?
If you have already edited the selected wall with the Standard Wall function, the
surface for editing with the Advanced Wall function must be converted. If you open the
Coverings Advanced Wall function, a corresponding prompt is displayed. Walls that
were edited with the Advanced Wall function, can no longer be opened with the
Standard Wall function:
Tile plan procedure

In the simplest case, planning a tiled section consists of the following steps:
Adding a tiling zone
Assigning a material to a tiling zone
There are different functions for editing tiling zones in the standard and advanced tile
plan mode. You can quickly create the tiled section for the entire plan by cleverly
combining functions. In particular, in the standard tile plan, this includes using zone
sets and the tile plan for several walls at the same time and assigning the tiling zones
with a combination of materials and decor tiles in the standard tile plan.
Since a tiled section can no longer be opened in the standard tile plan after it has been
edited with the Advanced Wall function, you should note the editing order:
In the standard tile plan, you can simultaneously edit the tiled section for several
selected walls:
Adding standard tiling zones across the entire wall width,
Assigning a material to tiling zones,
Selecting a joint style,
Managing and using zone sets and
Changing the position of the tiling zones via the height limits.
In the advanced tile plan, you can edit the tiled section for one selected wall:
rectangular tiling zones (the diagonal line with two clicks) or freely draw tiling zones
in any shape (with numerous clicks),
adding overlapping tiling zones and arranging tiling zones in layers,
moving tiling zones in the planning area,
editing tiling zones with tools (cutting, extending/shortening, bevelling corners and
edges and splitting and linking edges),
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assigning one material or a combination of materials to tiling zones,

selecting a joint style and
adding decor tiles.
Why can't I store the tile plan?
To end the tile plan, in the Cover tab, click the Confirm
symbol. The function is
not enabled, where necessary:
You have not made any changes in the tile plan. You can only save the plan if you
have made changes to the tile plan.
You have activated a symbol that you must first deactivate.
Can you dimension tiling zones?
Yes. You can automatically or manually dimension planned tiling zones. In the
automatic dimensioning settings, activate the Tile Zones dimension option to
automatically dimension tiling zones. Please note that tiling zones cannot be
dimensioned in the Elevation view:
Figure: Dimensioning the tiling zone with dimension and witness lines
Can you print a tile plan?

Yes. If you would like to print a tile plan for the workman who is to perform the tiling
work, for example, use the prepared print layout. You save numerous clicks with these
layouts by selecting the view (Plan or Elevation view) that hides layers that are not
required for the printout and opening the printing function.
The function for printing the tile plan is in the tab File Print Settings. In the list,
change the Print Standard entry to Print Tiling View(s).
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8.2.1
Standard tile plan

The standard tile plan essentially comprises the following tasks:
Planning one or more standard tiling zones
Adding material into a tiling zone
Managing and using zone sets
How do you open the standard tile plan?
In the Insert tab, click the Coverings
symbol and select the Standard Wall entry.
You very quickly switch into the tile plan by selecting the desired wall in a view and
pressing the shortcut CTRL + T.
Which functions are available in the standard tile plan?
The standard tile plan has functions that you allow you to complete the following work:
Planning identical tiled sections for several selected walls at the same time,
Adding rectangular tiling zones with height limits across the entire wall height,
Changing the position of the tiling zones (height limits),
Managing and using zone sets and
Simply assigning material to tiling zones.
Adding tiling zones
If in the Cover tab, you click the New
available:
symbol, the Positional Rectangle entry is
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In the standard tile plan, you can only add rectangular tiling zones and define their
height limits. The standard tiling zone is added with the upper and lower limit across
the entire wall:
With which tools can you edit the standard tiling zones?
In the standard tile plan, there are limited options for editing tiling zones:
8.2.2
With the Position

adding with the New
With the Stretch Edge

symbol, you can move the horizontal edges and thus
change the height limits of the tiling zone.
symbol, you edit the limits of the tiling zones just like when
Positional Rectangle function.
Tiling Zones
Entering tiling zones in the standard and advanced tile plan.
Why do you plan tiling zones?
If you edit the style, surface or colour of a wall, the function refers to the entire wall.
With a tiled section, only one part of the wall is generally involved. To assign material to
this area, you must first enter tiling zones.
The tiling zone is the area in which the tiles or another material from the Room Design
catalogue is added as a surface.
A tiled section can consist of one or more tiling zones. The tiling zones are the defined
areas that may be assigned various tiles.
Adding a new tile zone
The are various methods to add a new tiling zone. In the Cover tab, click the New
symbol:
Select the entry:
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Positional Rectangle if you would like to add a rectangular tiling zone via a
reference to a height category or an absolute value.
Freehand Rectangle if you would like to add a rectangular tiling zone in the
advanced tile plan via two clicks.
Freehand Multi-Point if you would like to add a freely drawn tiling zone in the
advanced tile plan.
Adding rectangular tiling zones
In the Cover tab, click the symbol New Positional Rectangle:
In the standard tile plan, you can only add rectangular tiling zones and define their
height limits:
Define the upper limit of the tiling zone via:

the height category,
the distance to a selected height category,
the absolute distance from the floor,
the manual entry of the height.
Define the lower limit of the tiling zone via:
the height category,
the distance to a selected height category,
the absolute distance from the floor.
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In the advanced tile plan, you can also define the width of the tiling zones for these
methods:
Define the right/left limit of the tiling zone via:

the distance to the left wall,
the distance to the right wall,
the manual entry of the width.
After confirming the limits, the tiling zone is drawn in the planning area. The tiling zone
is selected and marked in red:
Modifying the tiling zone position

Select a tiling zone in the planning area and click the Position
symbol. Depending
on whether you edit a standard or advanced tiling zone, the dialogue field opens in
which you can edit the height and width (only for the advanced tiling zone):
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Drawing tiling zones

In the Cover tab, click the symbol New Freehand Rectangle or New Freehand
Multi-Point:
The rectangle is drawn in the planning area with two clicks. The two clicks form the
diagonal line to add it around the rectangle.
If you freely draw a tiling zone, proceed as you would when you freely draw a
worktop. The tiling zone must produce a closed surface. The tiling zone's position
and dimensions are determined by the clicked points. If you click within the
snapping area of the starting point, the line snaps at this point and is created in the
tiling zone. The snapping angle can be temporarily switched off when drawing by
pressing the CTRL key.
Can tiling zones overlap?
Yes. In the advanced tile plan, you can plan the overlapping tiling zones or tiling zones
that are above each other. The overlapping zone is set exactly in the available zone
and can be assigned another material.
Figure: some of the marked tiling zone (red) overlaps the upper tiling zone (dotted black lines)
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With this function, you can delete the tasks of the tiler and the installer in the tile plan if,
for example, a niche plate in the sub-areas is to be planned in over the tiles:
Figure: tiling zone (1) assigned with a combination of tiles and tiling zone (2) with a stainless steel niche
plate
If tiling zones are behind items (for example, wall units), you do not have to plan any
notches for the cabinets. You can define whether or not the tiled section behind the
cabinets is tiled. To do this, select the desired items and in the Items tab, activate or
deactivate the Attributes
Tile behind function. If the function for an item is active,
no tiles in this area of the tiling zone are installed or no tile area is calculated.
Tiling zone in the foreground or background?
In case of overlap, the most recently planned tiling zone always covers the area of the
previously drawn tiling zone in the area of the overlap. It is in the foreground. You
change the heights of the tiling zones. The functions are located in the Cover tab in the
Zones group:
In the planning area, select the tiling zones whose height you would like to change.
Click:
Bring To Front to set the zone in the front layer,
Bring Forward to set the zone one layer to the front,
Send To Back to set the zone in the rear layer,
Send Backward to set the zone one layer backwards,
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How do you select a tiling zone?

There are various methods to select one or more tiling zones in the planning area.
Using the mouse, you can select the tiling zones directly in the planning area. The rules
as described in the section Planning techniques and function
Selecting and
marking apply here.
In the Cover tab, you can use the functions:
Click:
Select Select All to mark all tiling zones.
Select and select a tiling zone in the gallery.
Select and holding down the SHIFT key, click several tiling zones in the gallery.
Finally, click Select again.
Select Deselect All to delete all tiling zones from the selection.
Can you move tiling zones?
Yes. You can completely move all advanced tiling zones in the planning area.
In the Cover tab, click the Move Zone(s)
The
symbol.
symbol. You can perform several actions.
symbol remains activated until you click it again or activate another
Which values can you edit?

If you hold the mouse pressed after activating the symbol, the X Offset and Y Offset
fields in the menu ribbon are enabled and you can enter the exact values in them. The
values can be positive or negative depending on in which direction you move the tiling
zone.
When moving the tiling zones, they may overlap. You can define which tiling zones are
on the top (in the visible area) by allocating the layers.
How do you delete tiling zones?
In the open tile plan, you can delete individual or several tiling zones. When deleting a
tiling zone, an existing surface is also deleted. Select the desired tiling zones in the
planning area:
Click the Delete
symbol.
Press the DELETE key.
You can quickly delete complete tiled sections (all tiling zones and all surfaces) on one
or more walls without opening the tile plan. Select the walls in the planning area and in
the Insert tab, click Coverings Remove. The entry is enabled if at least one
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element in the selection contains an edited surface:
This function can also be used to delete edited surfaces on other elements (ceiling,
floor, cabinets, niches, etc.).
Can you edit the shape of tiling zones?
Yes. In the advanced tile plan, you can edit the edges and corners of the tiling zones.
There are tools available for this in the Cover tab:
8.2.3
Selecting material for the tiled section

After you have planned the tiling zones, you plan the material for assigning to the tiling
zones.
Where do you find the function for adding tiles?
In the tile plan, open the Modify Surface Material dialogue box by:
double-clicking a tile zone or
selecting several tile zones (tile zone is marked in red) and in the Cover tab, click
the Modify
symbol:
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How do you tile standard tile zones?

Standard tile zones are assigned one material.
You can filter the list of available materials:

If you select a material group in the left column, all the styles of this group are listed
on the right.
In the Filter field, you can filter by material groups and by styles in the Filter by
name field (material ID or string from the designation). For example, if you enter
"green" as the search term in the Filter by name field, all styles that contain the
search term are listed on the right.
You can access graphics that were imported for the tile plan via Display my
Surface materials.
Each selected material provides its standard dimensions. The select mosaic tiles in the
figure above are 400x400. You can change the Width and Height. In the Orientation
field, enter the angle in which the material is to be installed. The material in the above
figure is installed at 45.
Can you use several materials on one wall in the standard tile plan?
If there are several standard tiling zones on one wall, you can add one material in each
tiling zone. If the tiled section consists of three standard tiling zones, for example, you
can use a total of three different materials on this wall.
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If you are planning a tiled section with continuous borders, the tiled section, for
example, consists of three zones that are above each other, which are tiled with
different tiles (tiles, borders, tiles).
How do you tile advanced tile zones?

In the advanced tile zones, you can use several materials in a tiling zone. You can:
add a material group,
change the weight and height of the tiles,
change the orientation of the tiles,
select several styles,
define the sections of the styles in the material mix,
select a tile pattern,
or select a colour scheme.
Mark the material group on the left:
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Select the style using the Add button:
The selected style is displayed:
After adding a style, you can edit it:
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You can edit (select another style) and delete the added styles. To do this, click the
corresponding button.
You can change the Width, Height and Orientation of the tiles just as in the
standard tile plan. These values also apply if you select a combination of styles.
How do you combine materials in a tiling zone?
In the advanced tile plan, you can combine several styles from one material group in a
tiling zone. You cannot combine styles from different material groups in a tiling zone. If
you change the material group, styles from the original material group are deleted.
If you have added other styles from the same material group using the Add button, the
styles are first used for the same parts. The dimension and orientation apply to all
styles in the combination:
Figure: combined styles in the same parts with a standard tile pattern
Which tile patterns can you select?

In the advanced tile plan, you can install the material in a tiling zone in different
patterns.
Various tile patterns are available. Select:
Plain if the styles are to be installed without a pattern.
Brick if the tiles are to start with an offset in each row.
With the brick pattern, the next tile row starts in the centre of the lower tile by
default. You can change the offset.
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Herringbone if the tiles are to be installed alternatively on the wide and the narrow
edge.
The Herringbone pattern has a very pronounced effect if you use tiles with uneven
sides (height width).
You can create the tile patterns in one or more styles:

If you have added a style, you create the following effect with the tile size 300 x 200:
Figure: single-colour style in the plain, brick and Herringbone patterns
If you have added three styles with the identical tile size, you create the following
effect:
Figure: three-colour style in the plain, brick and Herringbone patterns
Different patterns are created if you switch the values for height and width:
Figure: Width / height = 300x200 and 200x300
How do you plan brick with an offset?

A continuous longitudinal joint is created for standard tile patterns. Each tile row starts
with the complete tile width. With brick, the tiles are arranged with an offset just like a
wall. By default, the centre of the tiles is used as the centre of the tiles in the next row.
The value is calculated as a percentage.
If you select the "Brick" tile pattern, the Offset % field is enabled. You define the tile
offset here. The centre standard offset is 50%. If you increase the value, the next row
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starts further to the right. If you lower the value, it starts further to the left. If the offset is
changed, each second row is moved in relation to the first row. The uneven rows
correspond to the first row:
for example, you create a brick pattern with an offset (77%) and a combined colour
scheme (60/40):
How do you define parts of the styles?

If you would like to use the selected styles in different parts, change the colour scheme.
Select:
Standard if you would like to use all selected styles for the same parts.
Melange if you would like to define the parts of the styles:
Instead of the preview, all parts of the styles and Total Coverage are displayed in
percent.
If you edit a style, you can define the user-defined part of the style. :
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The total coverage must be 100%.
Selecting the starting point for the tiled section

By default, the selected tiles in a tiling zone are added so that the first tile row in the left
lower corner of the tile zone starts with an entire tile. This may create waste, for
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example, behind wall units, where the material must be recessed. In the advanced tile
plan, you can optimise the waste by defining the starting point of the tiles yourself.
- With this symbol, you define the starting point of the tiles. If you activated the Origin
Point
symbol, a cross-hair
symbol is displayed for the tile starting point in each
tile zone. Drag the cross-hair symbol to the desired point in the tiling zone.
Which values can you edit?
If you click a cross-hair symbol, the field X Offset and Y Offset fields in the menu
ribbon are enabled. You can enter the exact values here. The values can be positive or
negative depending on in which direction you move the starting point.
You can also select a tile reference point. If you have activated the Origin Point
symbol, the following options are enabled in the menu ribbon:
Activate:
From Corner, the tile arrangement starts at the defined starting point with a tile
corner.
From Centre, the tile arrangement starts at the defined starting point in the centre
of the selected tile.
You have deactivated the Tile behind setting for the items that are planned above the
top edge of the worktop. You would like to install the tiles so that there is as little waste
as possible:
The tile row is to be installed under the lower edge of the wall unit without any waste.
The starting point is moved to the lower edge of the wall units and the side wall of the
built-in refrigerator. The tile reference point is the tile corner:
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8.2.4
How to assign tiles to a tiling zone
1. Open a tiled section for editing:

To do this, activate the wall on which you have already planned a tiling
zone.
To open the advanced tile plan, press the shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + T.
2. Double-click the desired tiling zone in the planning area. Or select the tiling
zone in the planning area and in the Cover tab in the Covering group, click the
Modify
symbol
If you would like to assign the same material to several tiling zones, you can
select several zones in the planning area. Hold the SHIFT key pressed down
while clicking in the planning area.
Select the "Brick" Pattern.
Select the Colours "Melange".
The Tile(s) option remains activated.
3. Select the used materials.
Mark the material group, for example, "Wall modern matt".
Click Add.
Mark the style, for example, "30027 blue grey".
Activate the User Defined Percentage check box and enter the amount of
the material in percent, for example, "70".
Click OK.
Click Add again.
In the Filter field, enter the search term "blue". The list of the styles is
limited to the materials that contain the term "blue".
Select a colour that matches the first selected style. Mark the style, for
example, "30044 light blue".
Activate the User Defined Percentage check box and enter the amount of
the material in percent, for example, "30".
Click OK.
4. Edit the tile dimensions. They are used for styles in this tiling zone:
Enter the height "100".
Click OK.
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5. Check how the combination of materials is displayed in the plan.
6. Editing the grout: Double-click the tiling zone.

Activate the Grout option.
In the right list, mark the grout style, for example, "40002 white".
Edit the grout dimensions. In the Horizontal Thickness and Vertical
Thickness field, enter how thick the grout is to be, for example, "3".
Click OK.
7. Edit other zones.
8. Close the tile plan. In the Cover tab, click the Confirm
symbol.
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8.3
Installation plan
8.3.1
Adding installation symbols

Automatically or manually planning installation symbols.
Automatically adding installation symbols
You can create an automatic installation plan with a simple click of the mouse. In the
Insert tab, click the Inst. Symbols
symbol.
Specific items in the plan are provided with installation symbols. For example, these
items include sink base units that are supplemented with two individual power outlets
or hobs in whose wall area niche power outlets are planned.
The program detects all cabinet equipment, electrical equipment and accessory items,
which are to be provided with the necessary installation symbols. They are added in
the required quantity at the corresponding position. You can manually move the
installation symbols, remove individual symbols or manually add symbols.
Automatically added installation symbols are only visible in the Elevation view. It is
especially useful when the installation symbols are displayed in the stove and exhaust
hood area of island solutions, in particular, in the plan. In this case, we recommend
deleting the automatically planned installation symbol or replacing the installation
symbol from the installation catalogue for the Plan and Elevation view.
What happens if you reopen the function?
If you reopen the command, you can decide whether you would like to rebuild or
complete the automatic symbols:
With Rebuild, you delete all automatically planned installation symbols. All
necessary installation symbols are then added again. Manually planned installation
symbols are not removed here.
When completing, the program detects whether new items were planned. All
previously planned installation symbols remain.
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What happens if you delete items?

Installation symbols that were planned with Inst. Symbols
in the Insert tab, are
not linked with the item. If you delete an item, the corresponding automatic installation
symbols are not deleted.
If you would like to be sure that there are no superfluous installation symbols in the plan,
execute the automatic creation function for the installation symbols with the Rebuild button.
When do you add installation symbols manually?
If your customer is designing in an existing real estate property, there is normally a
series of existing installations to be reused. In this case, you can already add switches,
a water connection and other installations, such as aerial sockets directly after planning
the room elements (walls, windows, doors, etc.) and existing power outlets.
After completing the plan, you can supplement it with other installations if the customer,
for example, requests additional power outlets and switches.
Installation symbols are not priced items. If new installations are to be integrated for
customers, you should mark these installations accordingly and enter prices.
Behaviour of installation symbols in the plan
All installation symbols are arranged in a planning level and thus a specific (preferred)
planning height (for example, "water/drain", "water/connection", "stove connection, " etc.).
The heights of the planning levels have been defined based on VDE directives. This height
assignment, for example, ensures that exhaust hoods are positioned in the top area of wall
units and power outlets with switches are positioned over the worktop.
Once you starting adding items in the Elevation view, you start noticing that an installation
symbol snaps at a specific height, while the installation symbol can be moved into the plan
by drag&drop. We recommend positioning installation symbols with activated snapping
functions. You can temporarily switch off the snapping function by pressing and holding the
CTRL key when moving items.
Installation symbols can be moved in the plan by drag&drop. To reposition an installation
symbol, you can also use the move functions in the Items tab.
Can you plan installation symbols on virtual walls?
Yes. Virtual walls are used as a planning tool for island solutions in the Elevation view.
Installation symbols can also be planned on virtual walls. For example, this makes it possible
to plan a power connection for an island unit.
Why are installation symbols not displayed in the view?
Installation symbols that are behind cabinets for example, are hidden in coloured displays.
You can display hidden installation symbols in the Elevation view or in the Plan view if you
select the "transparent" or "black and white photo" display (via tab View Setting).
Installation symbols are only displayed in the item list if the item list also displays
graphic items. Click the arrow behind the
symbol and select the Item Type
Display Graphic Items entry.
Where do you find the installation symbols?
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Click the Installation Selector symbol.

The Installations catalogue is available for the plan.
Depending on the manufacturer, installation symbols may be included in the accessory
catalogues. As a result, the catalogue may contain an electrical equipment
manufacturer's installation symbols for the electrical connections that match his items.
The catalogue of a sink unit manufacturer may provide the water connections. If you
would like to plan the installation symbols from the manufacturer catalogue, first select
the catalogue and then activate Installation Selector
symbol.
Which installation symbols would you like to plan?

A distinction is made between installation symbols for the Plan view and the Elevation
view. In addition, there are also installation symbols that are used in both views.
Filter the list to find items faster:
Select the installation catalogue.
List of the main groups (for example, Plan view/Elevation view)
List of the sub-groups (for example, power outlets, switches, water, etc.)
Which design methods are available for installation symbols?

The manually planning of installation symbols can be planned with the following methods:
By Drag&Drop: You drag the installation symbol to the desired wall. You are not
prompted for the dimensions.
With the Add
symbol: You can add the installation symbol as a main position at
the cursor position using the Add symbol.
With the Replace
symbol: You can replace items, for example, a single power
outlet with a double power outlet. First select the item in the plan. Select the installation
symbol and click the Replace symbol.
If you replace elements with the identical planning height, the new element is inserted
at the original position. If you add an installation symbol with a different planning height,
the new element is automatically added at "its" planning height.
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8.3.2
How to plan installation symbols
1. Switch to the Elevation view.

2. Create the automatic installation symbols:
4. Click the Inst. Symbols
symbol.
5. If no automatic installation symbols have been inserted, they are created
immediately. If you have already used the function in the plan, a prompt opens:
Click Complete if you would like to add the installation symbols that have
become necessary in the plan.
Click Rebuild if you would like to delete all previously automatically created
installation symbols and would like to completely rebuild new installation
symbols.
6. Manually add the installation symbols. Place the cursor in the Elevation view
roughly on the position of the plan where you would like to add a drain, for
example, behind the sink base unit.
symbol.
9. Click the Installation Selector

symbol.
10. Select the Installations catalogue.
Select the Primary Type, for example, "Elevation/Plan".
Select the Secondary Type, for example, "water".
Select the installation symbol, for example, "drain".
Click the Add
symbol or press RETURN.
11. The installation symbol is added to the plan. The X coordinate is determined
from the cursor position. If the cursor in the Elevation view was not positioned at
the allocated height, the plan height (Z-coordinate or height from floor) is
corrected accordingly when added.
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8.3.3
How to delete installation symbols
1. Switch to the Plan view, the Elevation view or the Item List.
2. Select the desired installation symbol and press the DELETE key.
3. If you would like to delete all installation symbols of a catalogue, select the
installation symbols, for example, via the layer-related selection:
Click the Home tab.
Select Select
Items By Layer.
Click the Installations Installations entry.
If you have added installation symbols from several catalogues, you can
select several entries if you hold the CTRL key when clicking in the gallery:
4. Delete the selection. Press the DELETE key.
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Final steps
9.1
Editing customer data in the design program

You can display and edit customer details for each plan in the design program. In the
Home tab, click the Customer Details
symbol:
What are customer details?

In the customer details, you first see the address data that you already saved in the
customer master data prior to starting the plan. Some fields are only displayed here
and can only be edited in the customer master data.
You can move to the next field with the TAB key. The TAB key is practical, as you only
jump to fields that you can also use. If you press and hold the TAB key and CTRL at
the same time, the cursor moves in the reverse direction or the previous field.
Additional fields are displayed by clicking Next. You can enter additional data here.
You exit the customer details with Finish.
Which fields are available in the customer details?
Most of the fields created here are planning fields, that is planning-relevant information
is entered here.
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The No TVA, Branch No. fields are global fields. These fields are created as master
data by the administrator for all users and all plans and the values are automatically
created.
The Customer Reference field is a customer field that is created via the customer
master data in the KPS customer management system.
When opening the customer details, the cursor is on the Deposit field. In the date field
to the right of the Deposit field, the date when the plan was created for the first time is
specified as entry date of the plan. You can change the date. If you click the date field,
the calendar function opens.
In the Salutation field,"." is entered by default. This dot ensures that all invoice
address fields are automatically entered in the corresponding delivery address fields,
regardless of whether or not entries have already been made in these fields.
If you would only like to use individual entries from the invoice address in the delivery
address, you must delete the dot in the Salutation. You can then set a dot in each field
whose entries you would like to apply and make different entries in the other fields.
You need the No TVA, Delivery identifier and Deposit ID fields when transferring
planning data to other programs, for example ECORO, MHS or another merchandise
management program. The information entered in these fields controls the correct
allocation of the planning data within the program to which the data was transferred.
In the Check of dimensions field, you save the information on whether or not
measurements are to be taken at the customer's location. You can enter this
information with Y (yes) or N (no).
You enter additional order data in the other fields.
The Information field is reserved for internal program information. Data in this field
cannot be overwritten or deleted.
9.2
Printing offers
You would like to print an offer for a customer after you have completed a plan for him.
To do this, first use one of the standard forms provided by SHD, for example, "Offer
with unit price", or prepare your own form with the form Wizard:
1. Click the View tab.

2. Click the Report
symbol.
3. Click the arrow after the

symbol and select Available Reports Name of
the Report. Click the desired report.
4. If the desired report has not yet been installed, you must install it. Click the
arrow after the
symbol and select the Manage Reports entry.
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5. Add new reports for this:

Click Add.
Select the file path for the new report.
Mark the report and confirm it with Open.
Click OK.
6. Click the arrow after the
symbol and select Available Reports
the Report. Click the offer report.
7. Click the File tab.
8. Click Print.
9. Click the Print
Name of
symbol.
If you would like to print several reports of the current plan simultaneously, you can
also use the Batch Printing function. To use this function, you must have defined the
batch (via tab File
Options tab Batch Printing). Open the Batch Printing function.
To do this, navigate to the File tab Print under Settings, click the arrow after Print
Standard and select the Print Batch Set entry:
Select the desired set and start the printout of a stack of forms and views.
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9.3
Saving plans
Regularly save the plans while you work and before you close it so that no data is lost if
the program is interrupted (for example, through a power failure). Also use the
automatic saving intervals that you set in Options (tab File Options tab Save).
There are two functions available for saving the plan in File tab Save and Save As.
Use Save to intermittently save the changes to the current plan.
Use Save As... to save a copy of the current plan under a new name. If the plan
already contains an offer number, order code or invoice number, it is not saved into
the copy. It must be re-entered in the copy.
If you have saved a plan with Save As..., the new plan is displayed in the Design
window.
9.4
Exiting the program

Click the closing symbol (X) of the program window to close the current program.
Or navigate to the File tab and click Exit on the bottom left.
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Shortcuts
The default keyboard shortcuts detailed below are available in the design program
once it has been installed.
Tab
Group
Function
Shortcut
Save
CTRL + S
Close
CTRL + W
Print
CTRL + P
Print Screen
CTRL + ALT + S
Save Screen
CTRL + SHIFT + S
Exit
CTRL + E
Paste
CTRL + V
Cut
CTRL + X
Copy
CTRL + C
Customer Details
CTRL + 0
Default Style
CTRL + Q
Manage Materials
CTRL + SHIFT + M
Print Areas
CTRL + SHIFT + N
Pricing Centre
CTRL + ;
Block evaluation
CTRL + B
Catalogue
Information
CTRL + I
Editing
Delete
DEL
Duplicate
CTRL + D
Select All
CTRL + A
Add Ceiling
CTRL + H
Add Floor
CTRL + G
Catalogue Items
CTRL + SHIFT + A
Auto Features
CTRL + K
Edit Worktops
CTRL + J
Edit Graphic Fixtures
CTRL + SHIFT + J
Edit Flyover Shelves
CTRL + F
File
Home
Clipboard
Design
Commerci
al
Insert
Layout
Standard
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Tab
Group
Cursor
Function
Shortcut
Design Wizard
CTRL + ALT + Y
Move Cursor Up
SHIFT + UP-ARROW
key
Move Cursor Down
SHIFT + DOWN-ARROW
key
Move Cursor Right
SHIFT + RIGHT-ARROW
key
Move Cursor Left
SHIFT + LEFT-ARROW
key
Move Cursor
Absolutely/Relatively Away
SHIFT + ALT + UPARROW key
Move Cursor
Absolutely/Relatively
Towards
SHIFT + ALT + DOWNARROW key
Rotate Cursor By
CTRL + R
Rotate Cursor By 90
CTRL + 9
Single Tool
Multiple Tool
Palette
Catalogue
Items
View
Design
View
CTRL + SHIFT + 9
CTRL + SHIFT + 4
Unit Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + U
Wall Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + W
Virtual Wall Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + R
Door Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + O
Window Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + P
Sloped Ceiling Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + C
Niche Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + H
Installation Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + K
Grouped Units Selector
CTRL + SHIFT + G
Plan
CTRL + 3
Elevation
CTRL + 4
Perspective
CTRL + 5
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Tab
Items
Group
Function
Shortcut
Item List
CTRL + 2
Report
CTRL + 6
Multi-View
CTRL + 7
Display
New Layer
CTRL + L
Navigate
Change View Point
CTRL + SHIFT + V
Zoom
Zoom In
CTRL + +
(plus sign in the
keyboard's numeric
keypad)
Zoom Out
CTRL + (minus sign in the

keyboard's numeric
keypad)
Reset Zoom
CTRL + /
Selected Style
CTRL + SHIFT + Q
Change Material
CTRL + U
Modifiers
CTRL + M
Left Handing
CTRL + SHIFT + [
Right Handing
CTRL + SHIFT + ]
Move Item(s) Up
CTRL + UP-ARROW key
Move Item(s) Down
CTRL + DOWN-ARROW
key
Move Item(s) Right
CTRL + RIGHT-ARROW
key
Move Item(s) Left
CTRL + LEFT-ARROW
key
Push Item(s)
Absolutely/Relatively Away
CTRL + ALT + UPARROW key
Push Item(s)
Absolutely/Relatively
Towards
CTRL + ALT + DOWNARROW key
Attach Cursor to Selection
CTRL + ALT + 5
Rotate Item(s) around X

Axis
CTRL + ALT + L
Properties
Movement
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Tab
Group
Function
Shortcut
Rotate Item(s) around Y

Axis
CTRL + ALT + ,
Rotate Item(s) around Z

Axis
CTRL + ALT + '
Depending on the type of movement chosen, the movement is executed relatively or

absolutely. The object is:
moved absolutely in relation to the current view;
moved relatively in relation to the three-dimensional room.
The following axes are used in the room when items are moved:
Other Functions
Shortcut
Undo the last Action(s)

Redo the last Action(s)
CTRL + Z
CTRL + Y
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