User's Manual

LaunchingPlanner
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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Figure 5. Project Layout
ThenewPlannerprojectlayoutscreenisdividedintothreepanesasfollows:
1 MenuandToolbarsatthetop:
TheMenubarprovidesPlanneroperations.TheToolbarprovidesbuttonsforquickoperations.Theoperationsenableyou
todesignandviewthelayout.RefertothesectionMenuItems
formoredetails.
2 LeftpaneconsistsoftheLocationstreeatthetopandtheDeviceslistbelow:
TheLocationstreecontainslocationfoldersandlocationnodes.Onlaunchinganewproject,PlannercreatestheLocations
treewiththe<ProjectName>astherootlocation.
TheDeviceslist
containsalistofdevicesplacedonthefloormap.YoucanseethisdevicelistonlyiftheLocationNodeis
loaded.
TheLocationstreeandtheDeviceslistarediscussedfurtherinthesectionWorkingwithLocationTreeandDevicesList.
3 RightpaneconsistsofthePlannerLayoutModelforthelocation.
ThePlannerLayoutModelistheviewablelayoutareaforthelocationselectedintheLocationstree.
3.3 SupportforAutoCAD
PlannersupportsAutoCADfiles.AnAutoCADfilecontainsthedimensionsofthelayoutandalsoalistoflayersinthelayout.
WhenimportedintoPlanner,PlannerautomaticallypopulatestheDimensionsfield.Youcaneditthedimensions.Oncethese
dimensionsareaccepted,theManageLayersscreenappearswhereyoucanselect
therequiredlayers.Plannerselectsthe
layersthatareturnedonintheAutoCADfile,bydefault,andbasedonthat,importsandmodelsalltheobjectsfromthese
layers.Youdonothavetore‐modeltheseobjects.RefertothesectionManagingLayers
toknowmoreaboutmanaginglayers
ofanAutoCADfile.
PlannersupportsthefollowingversionsofAutoCADfiles:
• AutodeskDXFRelease10,11,12,13,14,2000,2002,2004/2005/2006
• AutodeskDWGRelease9,10,11,12,13,14,2000,2002,2004/2005/2006