A special note about 3D on Vista machines:
If you are running Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate and have Aero windows
enabled you may not be able to print the 3d models. There is a checkbox in the General Standards
window to have the program disable Aero while the 3d model is being viewed.
To turn off Aero, follow the steps below.
Viewing 3d models
Any job that has cabinets placed on walls can be viewed in 3d with the program. You can select
from various images of wood grain to apply to the cabinets and several different images to apply to
countertops. There is also a separate download to add more images to choose from.
Selecting images:
Under the File menu there is a selection called ‘Select 3d images’. This will open a window where
you can pick which images to apply to the current job or to set as your default for the cabinets and
countertops. When you select an image from the list and press either of the buttons, text below the
buttons will confirm your selection.
Viewing the model:
With a job open press the ‘3d’ button on the toolbar and the program will begin creating the 3d
model. The amount of time it takes to generate the model will depend on your systems speed and
the size of the job. Most average kitchens should take only about 5-10 seconds.
There are 14 buttons and two listboxes in the 3d window:
• Zoom in- enlarges the current view.
• Zoom out- shrinks the current view.
• Move Camera buttons-moves the camera up, down left or right.
• Aim Camera-points the camera up, down, left or right.
• << Rotate-rotates the model to the left.
• Rotate>>-rotates the model to the right.
• Remove wall listbox-selecting a wall in this box will remove it and all of the cabinets on it from
the model. This is very handy when a wall is blocking the scene.
• Add wall-adds any removed walls back to the model.
• Print-Prints the current view.
• Reset view-resets the model to the original angle, zoom factor and re-adds any removed walls.
Adding additional images:
There is a download on the Upgrade page which will add more images to choose from. These are
keep separate to keep the download size of the main program from being to large.
Adding your own images:
If you would like to add your own images they need to be 24 bit bitmaps, resized to 256x256 and
with the grain going up & down. Simply place the image in the ‘3d textures’ folder which can be
found in the Cabinet Planner folder in your Program files. In doing this you may notice that the
appliance images all begin with ‘xxx ‘. This is to keep them from showing along with the standard
images.
Appliance images:
For now only basic white appliances are available but in a future release there will be a choice of
black, stainless and almond.
If you have any images which you think should be added to the separate download please forward
then to me.
If you are running Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate and have Aero windows
enabled you may not be able to print the 3d models. There is a checkbox in the General Standards
window to have the program disable Aero while the 3d model is being viewed.
To turn off Aero, follow the steps below.
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Appearance and Personalization.
- Under Personalization, click Change the color scheme.
- In the Appearance Settings dialog, click Windows Vista Basic, and then click OK.
Viewing 3d models
Any job that has cabinets placed on walls can be viewed in 3d with the program. You can select
from various images of wood grain to apply to the cabinets and several different images to apply to
countertops. There is also a separate download to add more images to choose from.
Selecting images:
Under the File menu there is a selection called ‘Select 3d images’. This will open a window where
you can pick which images to apply to the current job or to set as your default for the cabinets and
countertops. When you select an image from the list and press either of the buttons, text below the
buttons will confirm your selection.
Viewing the model:
With a job open press the ‘3d’ button on the toolbar and the program will begin creating the 3d
model. The amount of time it takes to generate the model will depend on your systems speed and
the size of the job. Most average kitchens should take only about 5-10 seconds.
There are 14 buttons and two listboxes in the 3d window:
• Zoom in- enlarges the current view.
• Zoom out- shrinks the current view.
• Move Camera buttons-moves the camera up, down left or right.
• Aim Camera-points the camera up, down, left or right.
• << Rotate-rotates the model to the left.
• Rotate>>-rotates the model to the right.
• Remove wall listbox-selecting a wall in this box will remove it and all of the cabinets on it from
the model. This is very handy when a wall is blocking the scene.
• Add wall-adds any removed walls back to the model.
• Print-Prints the current view.
• Reset view-resets the model to the original angle, zoom factor and re-adds any removed walls.
Adding additional images:
There is a download on the Upgrade page which will add more images to choose from. These are
keep separate to keep the download size of the main program from being to large.
Adding your own images:
If you would like to add your own images they need to be 24 bit bitmaps, resized to 256x256 and
with the grain going up & down. Simply place the image in the ‘3d textures’ folder which can be
found in the Cabinet Planner folder in your Program files. In doing this you may notice that the
appliance images all begin with ‘xxx ‘. This is to keep them from showing along with the standard
images.
Appliance images:
For now only basic white appliances are available but in a future release there will be a choice of
black, stainless and almond.
If you have any images which you think should be added to the separate download please forward
then to me.
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Manual-page 10-3D
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Contents:
Page 1--Program setup and first cabinet
Page 2--Setting up rooms and placing cabinets on walls
Page 3--Saving, Opening, Printing and Deleting jobs
Page 4--Settings
Page 5--Individual cabinets explained
Page 6--Miscellaneous
Page 7--Combing cabinets
Page 8--Frameless cabinets
Page 9--Planning in elevation views
Page 10--3D
Page 1--Program setup and first cabinet
Page 2--Setting up rooms and placing cabinets on walls
Page 3--Saving, Opening, Printing and Deleting jobs
Page 4--Settings
Page 5--Individual cabinets explained
Page 6--Miscellaneous
Page 7--Combing cabinets
Page 8--Frameless cabinets
Page 9--Planning in elevation views
Page 10--3D