Tip of the month! September: Simple as that

Looking through the previous post I noticed that our posts are very specific, and suited for more active users. With that in mind, and a growing number of requests for a video demo, below is a five minute demonstration of complete design and visualisation with Palette CAD.

Tip: You can change the quality settings to 1080p for a much crisper experience!

It is important to recognise that the Palette Cad platform is far more than just a planning program. It is a complete, professional, business solution, a tool really, that can be implemented for planning, visualisation, sales, marketing, customer service and more. It is what makes us so different from many other CAD solutions. We offer a very simple,easy and affordable way to step into the ever more prominent Computer Aided Design world, while at the same time providing the possibilities to go as far and professional as your needs.


Greeting from Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team

Tip of the month! August: Hardware and system configuration

Keeping with the current summer TOTM trend, here another short and sweet tip. This time around perhaps a little more useful for those who have just started with Palette CAD, or are trying out the demo version and wondering if their current hardware set-up can handle the heat (pun absolutely intended).

 First, start Palette CAD as always. At the start screen select "Help Topics" from the side menu.

You will now be presented with a number of options. We strongly suggest that you have a look at the top two at some point, but for now select "Check hardware and system configuration". The rest is done atomatically and you will be presented with the results in the next window that pops up.

Looks like fun, right? Well test it out yourselves and enjoy the rest of the holiday season.


Greeting from Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team

Tip of the month! July: Custom floor and wall designs

This month I decided to share a very quick tip with you, seeing as my fingertips are burning from touching the keys in this heat. Or I could use the old gem, less is more.

Either way I get a lot of questions regarding  custom floor and wall designs. The truth is, almost anything is possible, but a little creative thinking needs to be applied. In my very simple example below, I used the "Leaf Pick" trick to select the floor tiles I wanted to split (using "Cut" feature), and then applied a different tile texture to them.

Such ease certainly puts a smile on my face. Try it out for yourselves!


Greeting from unbearably hot Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team

Y4K at Palette CAD

Summer is at the door, just seems not sure if it wants to come in or not.  Regardless the BBQ season is well under way. It's almost impossible to go for a five minute walk without inhaling that incredible smell which brings instant joy, and jolts our brains into planning and imagination mode. Luckily for me, here at Palette CAD we have a number of meatatarians, and a phenomenal barbeque at our disposal.

It is getting really exciting, as we enter the era of 4K quality of Palette CAD materials. A few weeks ago we started updating our natural stone library and our GM personally took on a serious road trip to oversee the 4K photography project. The next natural stone update will be out in the summer, bringing with it tons of new UHD presentation possibilities.

 

We also gave our Stone+tec visitors a little preview of the upcoming update, as well as, a chance to see an early show version of Palette CAD 9. Total of 446 companies, from 31 countries, exhibited in Nuremberg with over 15,000 visitors. It really was a great show and in case you missed it, mark the next one directly into your calendars, Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from 24 to 27 May 2017.

Another absolute highlight was Ligna 2015, where we were one of 1567 exhibitors representing around 50 countries. This time the show was just shy of 100,000 visitors and some estimated 2.5 MILLION business contacts were made. Live demonstrations of furniture production in simulated factory settings were right on target for Ligna visitors, offering them a first-hand glimpse of the benefits of integrated manufacturing. On top of that, our visitors were also treated to the preview of the completely revamped wood engineering and 2D solutions coming this Autumn.

In the spirit of woodworking, above a little edited project from Alexander Schwarz. Results like this really inspire other projects, make the hard work worth while, and at the same time bring that long forgotten element of fun to everyday working tasks.

Now our focus turns to preparation for one of world's biggest tiling exhibitions, Cersaie 2015. It really is a spectacle each year and we hope to see as many of you there as possible. You've heard it here first, Palette CAD 9 will be presented!

Enough from me, get your sunscreen on and enjoy the weather.

Greeting from sunny Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team

Tip of the month! June: Dimensioning

The regular football season is now over, and for those of us that don't do so well without being able to see a bunch of people kicking a ball around, there is the women's world cup, currently taking place in one of my favourite countries. For the rest of you here is another useful feature from Palette CAD to put to good use.

Very easy to use, simply choose the view you wish to have the measurements appear in, then go to the "Insert" tab and select "Dimensioning". A new window will pop up with all sort of options to play with.

 For my example below I just used the "Architectural" option. By selecting start Palette CAD automatically displayed walls, doors and windows dimensions.

Under dimensioning style I also increased the size of the font so that it is easier to see. Now have a go yourselves and have a good play with it. Nothing the "Undo" feature cannot fix!


Greeting from Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team

Tip of the month! May: Info center

We have noticed a lot of questions recently regarding release dates or update news. Of course we are always more than happy to help, but there is a really easy way to keep up to date with the most important program and catalogue developments.

As long as you are connected to the internet, just check out the info center in the bottom right tile of Palette CAD start screen. Easy!


Greeting from Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team

Tip of the month! April: Room configurator settings

With time being in such short supply I decided to offer up another tip to help you get quicker. Lots of our users spend a lot of time preparing a room in too much detail for initial drafts. There is plenty of time to be saved by using the room configurator and changing it's standard settings, especially if you often find yourself using the same floor/wall coverings.

First open the room configurator, either from the start menu or the insert tab. A new window will pop up with a number of editable options. Another useful tip to remember is that it will retain the setting used last time.

Select "Room properties..." to set new default material coverings.

This will open another window where you can change a number of options. By clicking on the materials you can choose an alternative from your catalogues. Also recommended is to create and hide the ceiling as it offers a much better overview when planning. In case you wish to change back the materials to program defaults simply do the same as before and select it, as seen in the picture below.

After finishing the configurator the options you selected will be implemented as well as saved for future designs. Now you just have to worry about choosing the furniture and create some impressive visual proposals.

Enough time saved to treat myself to a cup of coffee. Make sure to check back next month for another awesome tip. Until then, and as always, have fun with it!


Greeting from Stuttgart,

Your Palette CAD Blog Team