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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 add a drawing created in a quote to the proposal

Adding a drawing to the proposal

Deleting a drawing from Cloud

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

Drawings

Drawings toolbar

How to dock and lock the toolbar seen in the Visual Quoting experience on Cloud

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 Drawings toolbar when creating drawings

Drawings Toolbar

How to add a floor plan to the drawing canvas

Floor plan

Locations

How to add plain text and rich text on the drawing canvas

Text

How to add different types of shapes on the drawing canvas

Shapes

How to draw freehand lines and shapes on the drawing canvas

Freehand drawing

How to zoom and pan on the drawing canvas

Zoom and Pan

How to add comments on the drawing canvas

Comments

Eraser

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

Wire paths

Deleting objects from a drawing

How to download a drawing as a PNG or PDF file from Cloud

Downloading a drawing from Cloud

Use the Toolbar Menu

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

Enabling product output coverage

How to show product icons instead of product images on drawings

Showing product icons

Learn how to configure the settings of a drawing

Configure the Settings of a Drawing

Adding items to a floor plan

How to add items to the locations drawn on the canvas

Adding items to locations

How to configure the settings of a plan view drawing

Configuring the settings of a plan view drawing

Plan View

How to use work site images to build a quote

Image Quoting

Whiteboard

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

Wirepath

Everything you need to know to start using the Interconnects functionality

D-Tools Cloud Interconnects: QuickStart

Interconnect FAQs

Learn how to use the Interconnects functionality on D-Tools Cloud

Interconnects

Custom I/O library

Signal type

Terminal

Connection type

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 on D-Tools Cloud

Interconnects 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 configure the settings of a connection diagram

Configuring the settings of a connection diagram

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 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

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