User manual BRODERBUND 3D HOME ARCHITECT DELUXE 4

[. . . ] USER'S GUIDE Go to Contents www. broderbund. com 380865-MAN/I031kg © 2001 TLC Productivity Properties LLC, and its licensors and Advanced Relational Technologies. A portion of texture files © 1989-01 IMAGETECTSTM. 3D Home Architect is a registered trademark and Broderbund and the Broderbund logo are trademarks of TLC Productivity Properties LLC. ImageCELs® is a registered trademark of IMAGETECTSTM. [. . . ] Creates a DXF file for the current floor plan view. Creates a DXF file for all floors in Plan view. Exporting all the floors of a plan creates a single DXF file. All the objects of each floor plan are organized in the DXF file into layers, with a single layer for each floor and each type of object on that floor, labeled A-WALL-1, A-FURN-1, A-WALL-2, A-FURN-2, and so on. The Write DXF File dialog box The Write DXF File dialog boxes opened by these commands look like the Save Plan File dialog box, but the file type is changed to *. DXF. Items in the plan must be turned on in the Show Items dialog box to be included in the exported file, but need not be displayed in the current window. Windows Metafile (WMF) Used by word processing and publishing programs. Prompts you to drag a box around the area to export. Only objects within that box are exported. After you drag a box, a Write Windows Metafile dialog box appears. Enter a filename and click Save, and then specify how big your Metafile will appear when imported into another program. Width defaults to six inches, regardless of how wide your box was, but you can change this. You can also change the Height and Wall Line Thickness (the default setting is 1, but settings of 6 through 8 work well for large plans. 172 Chapter 7: Reference: Menus Write Windows Metafile dialog box Bitmap File Saves images. Available in 3D views and the Final view. Enter a file name and click OK to create a BMP file of the current view. Save 3D Image dialog box 173 Materials List (TXT) Command Used by spreadsheet and database programs; available only when a Materials List is the current view. Create a Materials List with one of the Materials commands on the Options menu. With the Materials List window active, choose Materials List (TXT) from the File menu. Enter a filename and click OK to create a TXT file containing the current Materials spreadsheet. The contents of the file depend on whether you created a Materials List for an area, room, or floor. Write Materials Export File dialog box 174 Chapter 7: Reference: Menus Import Bitmap Command Opens a dialog box where you can import a scanned plan bitmap file to use as a basis for a new plan. If you've drawn a plan by hand, you can add it to 3D Home Architect® Deluxe 4 and then trace it using the program's drawing tools. Choose Bitmap dialog box To use a plan you've hand-drawn as the basis for a new plan 1. Display a Plan view window in 3D Home Architect Deluxe 4. Choose Import Bitmap from the File menu. Specify the bitmap file containing your scanned plan. [. . . ] TLC, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, IF ANY, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TLC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE WITHOUT DEFECT OR ERROR OR WILL SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE/COUNTRY TO STATE/COUNTRY. [. . . ]