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Everything you need to know to start using the Drawings functionality on D-Tools Cloud

Getting started with Drawings

A visual way of building a quote, starting with generic items, placing them on a floor plan, and later replacing with real model numbers

Visual Quoting for takeoffs

How to manage the drawings you create within a quote

Managing the drawings within a quote

Deleting a drawing from the quote

How to add a drawing created in a quote to the proposal

Adding a drawing to the proposal

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Everything you need to know to use the Drawings functionality on D-Tools Cloud

Drawings

Understand the toolbar available with the different types of drawings

Drawings toolbar

How to dock and lock the Drawings toolbar

Docking and locking the toolbar

Using keyboard shortcuts when using the Drawings functionality

Using the keyboard shortcuts on the toolbar

Learn how to use the toolbar when creating drawings

Drawings Toolbar

How to configure the format of the product ID assigned to the products in quotes and drawings

Configuring the format of the product ID

How to configure the format of the drawing number assigned to the drawings in a quote

Configuring the format of the drawing number

Learn how to configure the settings for using the Drawings functionality

Drawings Settings

Creating a title block

How to edit a title block and the fields in the block

Editing a title block

Applying a title block to a drawing

Managing title blocks

Learn how to create and manage title blocks and cover pages

Title Block

Creating a cover page in a quote

How to create an index page in a quote that lists the drawings, documents, and their metadata

Creating an index page in a quote

Learn how to create cover pages and index pages

Cover Page and Index Page

How to create a plan view drawing in a quote

Creating a plan view drawing

How to add items to the floor plan in a plan view drawing

Adding items to a floor plan

How to add items to the locations drawn in a plan view drawing

Adding items to locations

Plan View

How to add a floor plan to a plan view drawing

Floor plan

How to draw freehand lines and shapes in a plan view drawing

Freehand drawing

How to add plain text and rich text in a plan view drawing

Text

How to add different types of shapes to a plan view drawing

Shapes

How to draw locations in a plan view drawing

Locations

Images

How to view the Item Legend table containing the list of items with their total quantity in the plan view drawing

Item Legend

How to add comments in a plan view drawing

Comments

How to use the Wirepath functionality and add wire paths to a plan view drawing

Wire paths

How to use the eraser to delete freehand lines and shapes in a plan view drawing

Eraser

Zoom and Pan

How to delete objects from a plan view drawing

Delete

Learn how to use the options available on the plan view toolbar to build plan view drawings

Plan View Toolbar Options

How to configure the settings of a plan view drawing from the plan view toolbar

Configuring the settings of a plan view drawing

How to show product output coverage for products in the quote and in the proposal

Enabling product output coverage

How to show images or icons for the products in a plan view drawing

Choosing between product images and product icons

How to configure the Item Info and Tooltip settings for a plan view drawing

Configuring Item Info and Tooltip settings

Learn how to configure the settings options available on the plan view toolbar

Plan View Toolbar Settings

Everything you need to know to start using the Wirepath functionality on D-Tools Cloud

Getting started with Wirepath

Learn the core concepts around which Wirepath is built

Wirepath concepts

How to set the scale as the reference for calculating cable lengths from wire paths

Setting the scale for Wirepath

Adding wire paths

Check out some common cabling scenarios where Wirepath can help you estimate cable length and cable accessories

Common scenarios for using Wirepath

An example depicting how to use Wirepath to estimate the cabling required to set up a Home Theater

Using Wirepath to estimate speaker cabling for a Home Theater setup

Learn how to add wire paths to plan view drawings using the Wirepath functionality

Wirepath

Everything you need to know to start using the Interconnects functionality

D-Tools Cloud Interconnects: QuickStart

Interconnects FAQs

Creating a new connection diagram

Learn how to create connection vieew drawings using the Interconnects functionality

Interconnects

I/O library

Signal types

Cable types

Terminals

Connection types

How to define the connection ID format to uniquely identify connections in the connection diagram

Connection ID format

Learn how to configure the settings for using the Interconnects functionality

Interconnects Settings

How to configure the settings of a connection view drawing from the connection view toolbar

Configuring the settings of a connection view drawing

How to configure the Tooltip settings for a connection view drawing

Configuring Tooltip settings

How to select whether to display the color of the signal or the associated wire or cable for the connections in a connection view drawing

Selecting the color source for connections

Learn how to congifure the settings options available on the connection view toolbar

Connection View Toolbar Settings

Connecting devices

How to add the list of input and output ports for a product in the catalog

Adding the I/O list for products

How to specify the details of a connection

Specifying the details of a connection

How to search for specific devices in a connection diagram

Searching for devices

How to add devices in the Connection view

Adding devices in the Connection view

How to view the list of connections of a device

Viewing the connections of a device

How to view a connection diagram in different views

Viewing a connection diagram in different views

How to view the summary of all connections in a connection diagram

Viewing connections summary

Learn how to create and manage connection diagrams in the connection view 

Connection View

How to view the connection diagram in the Schematic view

Viewing the connection diagram in the Schematic view

Learn how to view connection diagrams in the schematic view 

Schematic View

How to create an image-based quote using the images of the work site

Creating an image-based quote

Image Quote

Creating a whiteboard

Learn how to create whiteboards when using the Drawings functionality

Whiteboard

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