Category: Output

Tile Silicone

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You can add silicone in the Output – Part List – material. Click on the button Add Predefined Entries, find Silicone in the list and tick the box Add to part list. Select apply to close the window.

The needed amount of silicone is calculated automatically and added in the part list. ViSoft calculates for the floor the outside edge of the tiled area. For walls, it calculates the length between walls and outside edges of connected murals.
You can also add the needed wall and ceiling colors or stucco in the Parts List.

Ceiling Plan – View Height

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You can change the visibility of objects in the menu Output | Plan. In the ceiling plan when you open the navigation panel you can change the View Height.

In the following example, the view height is set on 160 cm. Objects that are above this height will then be displayed in the ceiling plan.

If you set the view height above the objects they will appear in the room plan.

Insert a footnote

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In the menu Output, you can add a footnote in the print settings. This footnote is one line and will be printed on each page at the bottom. If you want to use more text, use an image containing the text.

Bottom Frame Information

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In the printer settings in the Output menu, you can add the Bottom Frame Information. You can change the scale and font size of the frame and check which lines you want in it. The information for the frame can be entered here as well.

If you want to change the name, address, City information you need to do this in File > customer info.

Attention: have Labels and frame turned on in the Drawing layers to have the Bottom frame information visible.

Adding text labels in the Output

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Click on the Label button to add a text label. In the menu on the right in Text Label Properties you can change the text, font, layout, angle, and color of the text or frame.  

After you made your label you can save it to the library. Right click on the label and select save to symbol library\labels. In the Symbol library, you can find the label folder on the left, the saved labels are in here.

Adding a picture to the plan

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Using the button Picture in Output you open a windows folder to find the picture you want to add. After you placed a picture you can move, rotate and scale if you double click on it. You can also do this in the Symbol properties menu on the right.


Printing the plan on multiple pages

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Sometimes it can be beneficial to print a large plan across multiple A4 pages. You can use the print preview to view how it is going to divide the print.

Set the scale of the plan in the Print Settings. select a custom scale, for example, 1/20.

The image below is an example of a plan that is divided across 6 pages. After printing this you can align them up using the guide marks.

Creating custom pages for a plan

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In the Output menu, it is possible to add empty pages to create your own plan. Use the button Create Empty Page to get an empty page. You can add plans by dragging them in, or you can add labels and pictures from the right menu. Or, use the context menu to insert a plan page or picture.

Exporting to zip files or to CAD

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Export project to archive

Read more about creating a zip file of a ViSoft project.


Use this function to export the projects that you made in ViSoft Premium. This can be useful if you want to transfer the project to a different pc with Visoft installed. Attention: this needs to be the same version as the one you made it with for example premium 2018. In the same way, import projects in ViSoft; File > import > import project from archive.

You can send the zip files via WeTransfer as they are most of the time too large for e-mail.

You can also use this function to create a back-up for your projects.



Exporting to CAD-software

Read more about exporting an image for editing in cad software.

If you want you can export a plan or a different output view to for example Autocad to add plumbing measurements.
Below you find an example of a 2d image export opened in DoubleCad.

Go to File > Export > Export 2D image to CAD file



Downloads

Free Autocad and Bimviewers

Download link Doublecad

Overview of free BIM viewers: https://blog.capterra.com/the-top-6-free-bim-software-tools/

Adding a custom Page

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In the menu Output | Plan you find all the elevation pages of the room. Elevation pages are created automatically – one page for each wall.

The view in the elevation pages can be changed by moving the blue line in the navigation panel. It is also possible to remove or split the elevation with a right click.

You can add your own elevation with the button Create Elevation Page. Depending on how you draw the line the view will be above or below the line.

Right to left: Above the line.

Left to right: Below the line

Top to bottom: Right side

Bottom to top: Left side

Hit enter when you’re done or right click and select done or cancel.

A new Elevation page is created. You can rename the page by right clicking on the page name and select rename.

Adding Impacts

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It is possible to add your own Impacts to the library. You need two images for ViSoft to work with. The first image has to be a JPEG in the correct size ( 128×128 pixels) the second the same image in png ( 24 x 24  pixels ). The images have to be placed in the following path.

Sanitary impacts in:
C:\ViSoftCreative\ Data \ Impacts\ Electrical 
For ViSoft without dongle:
C:\ Program Files \ ViSoft \ ViSoftPremium\Data\ Impacts \ Electrical 

The following Impacts are available for download here.

Adding a symbol legend to a Plan

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There are different possibilities to add a legend to the plans of your project. In the Output | Plan menu you can add a text label with the explanation and symbols as examples.

You can also create a legend in a program such as Word or Excell. if you then take a screenshot of that legend, you can add it as an image to your plan.

If you are missing symbols you can add them yourself in;
C:\ViSoftCreative\ UserData\Output\Symbols\
Online installation (without dongle) C:\ProgramData\ViSoft\ViSoftPremium\ 

Sanitary impacts are in:
C:\ViSoftCreative\ Data \ Impacts\ Electrical 
Online installation:
C:\ Program Files \ ViSoft \ ViSoftPremium\Data\ Impacts \ Electrical

You can use the following image to create a legend of your own.

Price per box

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With this function, ViSoft calculates the number of boxes needed for the room. The price will then be shown in the part list of the Output.

For a correct price calculation, you will need to enter the price per box in the properties of the tile. You can find it in the: more parameters.

After the information is filled in, you can set the unit in the part list to box. The amount shows how many boxes you need and how many tiles are in the box. Next to the amount is the amount of boxes to order.

The price is calculated after the price per box, piece or m² is put in.

Reuse of tile

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This function automatically calculates how many cut tiles can be reused in the project. It also shows ways how to cut the tiles for reuse.

To determine the reuse of tiles, turn on Tile offcut reusage layer. The tiles that are cut in half, are marked with the same color and index number (bold = the larger part, italics for the smaller cut).

In menu Output | Part list you open the part list for tiles. The calculations for tile optimization are shown here. Click on the question mark under reused tiles to open the Tile Offcuts window. Choose the way tiles can be reused, this depends on the structure.

The texture of decorative tiles can’t be reused.
The tile texture can only be rotated horizontally or vertically.
The tile can be reused and rotated 180 degrees (tiles with the same repeating texture in one direction).
The tile structure can be rotated both horizontally and vertically. The tile can be reused and vice versa (tiles with the same repetitive texture in all directions)

This window shows the tile cut plan. The black indicates the cutting loss.

In menu Output | Part list | Tile click on the Options… button to (dis)enable the calculations tile reuse automatically.

Changing the appearance (drawing Layers)

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You can change the appearance of your Output plans by selecting what you want to see in the Drawing Layers.

In the Drawing Layers, You can turn on or off labels, wall/mural indices, sanitary bounds, etc.

In the drawing styles, you can change certain properties to change the style of your plan.

Dimension

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Everything you design in ViSoft is automatically converted into technical drawings and part lists in menu Output. There is a division between plans, part lists and picture print.

Output | Plan

In de Explorer (left side screen) you can select the plans. Click to view.

Delete or add dimensions to the plans. Or include extra text, pictures, logos and custom pages.

ViSoft measures automatically the dimensions between placed objects. It’s easy to add extra custom dimensions.

Take note: the first plan level is for dimensions on the outer walls. The room plans can be used for dimension within the room.

Manual measurements

First of all, make sure that in the drawing layers the Labels and Frame, Dimensions, labels and symbols are checked.

Use the button Dimension to measure the distance between two points. Activate the button and click on the first point. Hold left mouse key and release on the second point. You can move the line by dragging it.

In the right menu under Dimension properties, you can change the look of the dimension, size, font, color e.g.
Adjust the design with the Drawing Styles layer. The changes you make here will be saved as default. If you like to keep the style for the whole company, copy the settings from the folder ViSoftCreative/ userdata / settings.xml to other ViSoft computers.

Chain dimension

Use the button Chain dimension if you want to measure multiple points. Left-click on the points, for example, the heart of objects. Stop the chain with enter or double-click.

Auto dimensioning

It is possible to edit the settings for automatic dimensions. Click on the button Auto Dimensioning to open the table seen as below.

Each type of product is presented in a separate row. In the first column you see product codes. In the second column, select the dimension type: display in the middle or to the sides. In the third and fourth columns, you select whether the product type is displayed on the floor and ceiling plan. The fourth and fifth columns indicate if dimensions are shown on wall plans and elevations. Use CTRL or SHIFT to select multiple rows at the same time. Then use the button Check selected or Uncheck selected. Basic settings can be reset with the Default button.