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TopSolid’Planner Administrator

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Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 4 I. TopSolid’Planner Administrator ..................................................................................... 4 II. Prerequisites for the TopSolid’Planner administrator .................................................... 4

III. Prerequisites for the TopSolid’Planner end user ........................................................... 4 IV. Organization of the TopSolid’Planner deployment ........................................................ 5 Configuring the administration tool ................................................................................................. 6 I. SETUP Installation ........................................................................................................ 6 1) Generation: ........................................................................................................................ 6

2) Configuration: .................................................................................................................... 7 3) FTP: ................................................................................................................................... 9

II. Component Installation ................................................................................................ 10 1) Encrypt: ............................................................................................................................ 10

2) Generation: ...................................................................................................................... 10 3) FTP: ................................................................................................................................. 11 III. License Deployment .................................................................................................... 12

IV. History management ................................................................................................... 14

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Introduction

I. TopSolid’Planner Administrator A clear distinction must be made between the two user profiles of TopSolid’Planner: Administrator, which corresponds to the design office part (Production / Design). End user, which corresponds to the product sales part (Business). The administrator section covers the creation of standard libraries, the design of the various components and their position mode in TopSolid’Planner, plus the definition of prices for TopSolid’Quote. The end user part simply covers the use of the software with libraries that have already been created, and show the price list in TopSolid’Quote.

II. Prerequisites for the TopSolid’Planner administrator The administrator user demand knowledge of the TopSolid and creation of standard components (definition and creation of a library, use of processes, drivers, catalogs, publications, etc.).

III. Prerequisites for the TopSolid’Planner end user The user of TopSolid’Planner in furniture shop does not demand any special CAD-CAM skills. However, knowledge of the behavior of the components in the libraries that are used is essential (catalog code, positioning, etc.).

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IV. Organization of the TopSolid’Planner deployment

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Configuring the administration tool Configuration the administration tool This tool is used to manage the installation (or upgrade) of user versions of the application and components. This window contains a number of sections (icons on the left):

I. SETUP Installation

Setup: Configuration and generation of installations and upgrades of the user versions. There are three tabs: Generation, FTP, Configuration.

1) Generation:

This function used to define the content and the name of the version (or patch) When you generate the first installation file for end user, you should select “Full”, this choice will create the total installation files for end user. - You can create your personnel installation document Name in Application Name - You can create your personnel installation version in Application Version When you generate the Patch of TopSolid’Planner for end user, you should select “Patch”, this choice will create the Patch installation files for end user.

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- In the mode “Patch”, you just need to select the application name generated to create the patch in the list. The Patch version will be created automatically .

All the other information that you putted in FTP and Configuration, you can find it in Standard configuration summary (FTP, Setup folder……)

2) Configuration:

This function used to configure the installation of the version generated for the client, plus a connection to an FTP server if necessary.

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Setup: Use to set the installation information. - Generation directory:

Click on to select the folder where you want to put the installation files. - Splash screen bitmap:

Click on to set the installation background Picture (Bitmap format). - Setup Default directory:

Click on to set the default installation folder. Set Language: Select the default installation language in the list. Use FTP updates: If you have the FTP Sever to upload the Patch file, you can select “Yes” and set FTP server information in FTP Tab. FTP: Use to set the FTP Server information to upload and download the Patch.

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3) FTP:

This function Use to Upload the Patch and the Installation file. All the information that you putted in Configuration > FTP will be showed here. It’s better don’t do the modification here. Once you have already generated the Execute file, you can select the file in upload list and click on “Upload” and put it on FTP Server.

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II. Component Installation Component: Configuration and generation of installations and upgrades of the component. There are four tabs: Encrypt, Generation, FTP, Configuration.

1) Encrypt:

Select the category file in the list, add a license key and a personal protective message. Be careful with this function. When you encrypt all your components, they will require a new license to open. So you have to make a copy of your original components before to encrypt your libraries.

2) Generation:

This function used to generate the content and the name of the version (or patch) you’re your personnel library.

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When you generate the first installation file of the library for end user, you should select “Full”, this choice will create the total installation files for end user.

- You can select your personnel topcategory**.cfg document Name in the list to decide which library should be used for end user. - You can create your personnel installation document Name in Set Name - You can create your personnel installation version in Setup Version When you generate the Patch of Library for end user, you should select “Patch”, this choice will create the Patch installation files for end user. - In the mode “Patch”, you just need to select the application name generated to create the patch in the list. The Patch version will be created automatically .

3) FTP:

This function used to configure the connection with an FTP server in order to distribute the executable rapidly. Configuration: used to configure the installation of the version created for the customer (installation folder, language, etc.).

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The two configurations have the same parameter as SETUP Lab that we have already explained, Page 6.

III. License Deployment License: This section proposes you the link to site https:planner.topsolid.com create the

protective licenses for the installations.

You need the ID and the password to use this system. The control panel permits you to do the configuration of your customer license: Change password: you can change your personnel password of this system. Search Customer: you can Search the exist customers. Add a New Customer: You can add the new customer. Licenses Management: Edit the licenses created.

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Add a New Customer: You can add the new customer. Input the information important to generate the new customer. The company name and the customer email is field have to be filled.

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Then you can have the customer list: To generate the license you need to click on the Icon: Generate License in your customer list. Select your version and software to generate the license:

Select the Mode of the protection: Dongle or Network adapter address. Put the Series Number and generate the license.

IV. History management

History: This section is used to view the history of all the user licenses upgrades created by the administrator.