Intro to CET Designer

Brooke SnowConfigura, Inc.

#CETDesignerUC

Agenda

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products & Components

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Why CET Designer

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

• CET Designer = ONE tool for design, specification & visualization

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

Renderings Gorgeous & Photorealistic• Quick & Easy

• Fly thru videos

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

Rules Based

• Won’t let you make mistakes

• Allows you to focus on space planning and design

• Handles complex calculations

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

Highly Visual

• Stretch/shrink/change graphically in 2D and 3D layouts• Automatically updates your bills of material• Prevents errors and invalid configurations

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

The Lay of the Land

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

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

• Updating in CET Designer• Help > check for updates• Background download• Release schedule

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

The Lay of the Land

• Feature Request & Report Issues• Help Pull-Down Menu > Feature Request or Report Issue• Important for Continual improvement of CET Designer

• Views & Navigation• 2D, 3D, split-screen, Paper View, Calculation View• Component Tab & View Tabs

• 2D & 3D Toolbar

• Component Tab Configurator

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

Basic Navigation in CET Designer• Left-click = place object or select object• Left-hold OR scroll-hold = pan• Right-hold = orbit• Click it and flick it = to exit out of current command• Cursor colors change as you move your mouse:

• White = hover over empty space• Blue = hover over objects for moving and will allow joining• Green = hover between objects and selection fram for moving without snapping• Yellow = hover over and select snap points to stretch, rotate, join

• F5 = refresh• A = Copy and paste• Shift = overrides snapping• Tab = up and down in blue or green box• Spacebar = moves across in blue or green box• Ctrl + left mouse = square select • Delete Key = to delete the whole group; red x for one item in group

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

Control Panel & Using Support

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

• Support• Available M-F 8am-8pm ET• Chat, phone, email• Support page link from blue button icon in program• Included free with license purchase

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components

Placing products• Left-click = place object or select object

• Left-hold OR scroll-hold = pan

• Right-hold = orbit

• Click it and flick it = to exit out of current command

• Cursor colors change as you move your mouse:• White = hover over empty space• Blue = hover over objects for moving and will allow joining• Green = hover between objects and selection fram for moving without snapping• Yellow = hover over and select snap points to stretch, rotate, join

• F5 = refresh

• A = Copy and paste

• Shift = overrides snapping

• Tab = up and down in blue or green box

• Spacebar = moves across in blue or green box

• Ctrl + left mouse = square select

• Delete Key = to delete the whole group; red x for one item in group

Why CET Designer

The Lay of the Land

Basic Navigation in CET Designer

Control Panel & Using Support

Placing Products &

Components