MANUAL

DESIGN IT! 3-D Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Creating With Design It! 3-D Chapter 3: The Menus Appendix A Installation Windows Installation This CD contains a Master Installer program that provides an easy and convenient way to install the programs on the CD. Follow these instructions to use the Master Installer. 1) Insert the program CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2) From the Windows Program Manager, click once in the File menu option to display the File menu and select Run. 3) In the Run dialog box, type D:\INSTLL.EXE (note the spelling, no “A”), and press Enter. If your CD-ROM drive letter is not D, substitute accordingly. 4) The Master Installer main screen is displayed and you are presented with a list of products to choose from. Make your selections from the list and click on Install to continue. Master Installer will launch the individual installers for each of the products selected, and return to the Master Installer screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation for each program. Please note that some installations may restart your Windows session. If you encounter problems installing several programs at once, quit the Master Installer program, and restart it. Install one program at a time. Macintosh Installation Design It! 3-D™ is compacted with a self-running installer. If you are familiar with basic Macintosh operating procedures, you are ready to install Design It! 3-D by following these steps: 1 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD drive and double-click on the disk icon. 2 Double-click on the Design It! 3-D disk icon to open it and double-click on the Installer icon. 3 Click on the Continue button and select the installation options in the dialog box. The default installation is the Design It! 3-D application, and all Galleries and Models (Scenes). 4 When all the installation options have been selected, click on the Install button, the program is extracted onto the user's hard disk. 5 After the program has extracted, double-click on the Design It! 3-D icon to start the program. To begin using Design It! 3-D right away, read the Creating 3-D Models chapter. 1 Introduction Design It! 3-D is a unique 3-D modeling program that features a “drag-and-drop” approach to creating your own worlds. You don’t have to build anything from scratch; to construct complex objects and structures, just drag basic 3-D shapes from the program’s object galleries and drop them into a 2-D design window. You may edit an object’s shape, size and color; and surface features (windows and doors, for example), and combine the object with other objects. Any addition or change is rendered in a companion 3-D walk window where you can roam thro…