Sitemaster Building TS and Sitemaster Building Training Manual.
176 pages on Sitemaster Building and Sitemaster Building TS, also covers
PowerCAD Sitemaster Office 4
Table of Contents
Welcome to PowerCAD SiteMaster 4.....................................................................................1
Program Overview...........................................................................................................1
Functionality of PowerCAD SiteMaster in Summary...............................................................2
PowerCAD SiteMaster Office..............................................................................................3
What's New in SiteMaster Building 4..................................................................................4
Input/Output Capabilities and Compatibility........................................................................5
Further Documentation....................................................................................................5
Contact Information........................................................................................................5
Installing and Activating PowerCAD SiteMaster.......................................................................6
Installing and Activating PowerCAD SiteMaster....................................................................6
Installing/Reinstalling PowerCAD SiteMaster........................................................................6
Activating PowerCAD SiteMaster........................................................................................6
Measurement Device Setup.................................................................................................7
Measurement Device Setup..............................................................................................7
Connection Setup: Selecting a Measuring Device.................................................................7
Connection.....................................................................................................................9
Program Configuration...................................................................................................11
Basic Concepts................................................................................................................12
Basic Concepts.............................................................................................................12
Icon Menus, Toolbars and Pulldown Menus........................................................................12
Object Selection............................................................................................................12
Object Selection.........................................................................................................12
Selecting objects........................................................................................................12
Grid, Snap, and Ortho Settings.....................................................................................13
Selecting a wall element..............................................................................................13
Command Options.........................................................................................................14
Positioning Info Blocks...................................................................................................15
Floor Management - Layer Control...................................................................................15
Tips On Using PowerCAD SiteMaster................................................................................17
PowerCAD SiteMasterWorld Portal......................................................................................19
SiteMaster Portal...........................................................................................................19
Login / Logoff (SiteMasterWorld Portal)............................................................................19
User Interface (SiteMasterWorld Portal)............................................................................20
Projects (SiteMasterWorld Portal)....................................................................................21
Documents (SiteMasterWorld Portal)................................................................................22
Client Administration.....................................................................................................22
Administration (SiteMasterWorld Portal).........................................................................22
Role Management (SiteMasterWorld Portal)....................................................................22
User Management (SiteMasterWorld Portal)....................................................................23
PowerCAD SiteMaster Icon Menus......................................................................................25
SiteMaster Icon Menus...................................................................................................25
Entering PowerCAD SiteMaster Icon Menus.......................................................................25
Leaving the SiteMaster Icon Menus..................................................................................25
General Icon Menus Layout.............................................................................................26
Main Menu......................................................................................................................28
Main Menu...................................................................................................................28
New............................................................................................................................29
Open...........................................................................................................................29
Save As.......................................................................................................................29
Plan Menu.......................................................................................................................30
Plan Menu....................................................................................................................30
Walls / Columns............................................................................................................31
Rooms / Areas..............................................................................................................31
Openings.....................................................................................................................32
Symbols......................................................................................................................34
Staircases Menu............................................................................................................34
Dimensioning...............................................................................................................35
CAD Draw....................................................................................................................37
CAD Edit......................................................................................................................38
Walls / Columns..............................................................................................................40
Walls / Columns............................................................................................................40
Walls..........................................................................................................................41
Drawing Walls – General Procedure...............................................................................42
Drawing Walls – Additional Options...............................................................................43
Wall Start Options......................................................................................................43
Wall Start: Connect....................................................................................................44
Wall Start: Triangulate................................................................................................45
Drawing Walls – Exit Options........................................................................................45
Arc Option: Curved Wall Section...................................................................................47
TriDraw Option: Triangulation......................................................................................48
Direct Mode Operation................................................................................................50
Walls: Current Position................................................................................................50
Walls: Alignment........................................................................................................50
Walls: Display and Zoom.............................................................................................51
Columns......................................................................................................................52
Rectangular Columns..................................................................................................52
Circular Columns........................................................................................................53
Column Array............................................................................................................54
Recess/Chimney...........................................................................................................56
Join Walls (Heal Walls)...................................................................................................57
Rooms / Areas.................................................................................................................58
Assign Room................................................................................................................59
Record Height...............................................................................................................61
Refresh All Room Infoblocks...........................................................................................62
Assign Room Number....................................................................................................62
Export Room Data.........................................................................................................63
Openings.......................................................................................................................64
Basics.........................................................................................................................65
Case 1: Openings in Single Line Walls...........................................................................65
Case 2: Openings in Walls with varying width.................................................................66
Case 3: Multiple Openings From a Corner.......................................................................68
Types of Openings......................................................................................................70
Door Opening...............................................................................................................72
Door...........................................................................................................................74
Door with Sill................................................................................................................75
Window Opening...........................................................................................................76
Window.......................................................................................................................77
Window with Retainer....................................................................................................78
Recess/Chimney...........................................................................................................79
Walls..........................................................................................................................80
Symbols........................................................................................................................82
Symbol........................................................................................................................83
Radiator......................................................................................................................85
Camera Function...........................................................................................................86
Document....................................................................................................................87
Update IDs...................................................................................................................88
Attribute Visibility..........................................................................................................88
Layer Off.....................................................................................................................89
Export Symbol Data......................................................................................................89
Staircases......................................................................................................................91
Staircases Menu............................................................................................................91
Staircase.....................................................................................................................91
Line of Travel...............................................................................................................92
Dimensioning..................................................................................................................93
Linear Dimension..........................................................................................................94
Adding Definition Points.................................................................................................95
Total dimension for an existing dimension.........................................................................96
Opening Height Dimension.............................................................................................96
Erase Dimension...........................................................................................................97
Update Dimension.........................................................................................................97
Copying Dimension........................................................................................................98
Offsetting Dimension.....................................................................................................98
Duplicating Dimension...................................................................................................98
Arc Dimension..............................................................................................................99
Diameter Dimension....................................................................................................100
Radius Dimension........................................................................................................100
Angle Dimension.........................................................................................................101
Edit Dimension Text....................................................................................................101
CAD Draw.....................................................................................................................103
CAD Draw..................................................................................................................103
Line..........................................................................................................................104
Arc............................................................................................................................105
Circle........................................................................................................................107
Polyline.....................................................................................................................108
Text..........................................................................................................................109
Callout (Marker Text)...................................................................................................111
Hatch........................................................................................................................111
Redline (Freehand Sketch)...........................................................................................112
CAD Edit.......................................................................................................................113
Copy.........................................................................................................................114
Move.........................................................................................................................114
Rotate.......................................................................................................................115
DOffset......................................................................................................................115
Corner.......................................................................................................................116
Fillet.........................................................................................................................116
Delete.......................................................................................................................117
Extend.......................................................................................................................117
Trim..........................................................................................................................118
Stretch......................................................................................................................118
Scale.........................................................................................................................118
Array.........................................................................................................................118
Mirror........................................................................................................................120
Properties..................................................................................................................120
MultiEdit....................................................................................................................121
Undo and Redo...........................................................................................................122
Totalstation Menu..........................................................................................................123
Station Manager.........................................................................................................124
Draw.........................................................................................................................127
Symbol......................................................................................................................128
Import Stations (Totalstation).......................................................................................128
Export Points..............................................................................................................129
Inspection Menu............................................................................................................131
Distance....................................................................................................................132
Area..........................................................................................................................132
Identify Coordinates....................................................................................................132
Check Dist / Distance Control........................................................................................133
VoiceNotes (Audio Comments)......................................................................................133
Redline (Freehand Sketch)...........................................................................................134
Callout (Marker Text)...................................................................................................135
Camera Function.........................................................................................................135
Setup Menu..................................................................................................................137
SiteMaster Defaults.....................................................................................................138
SiteMaster Defaults: Wall..........................................................................................138
SiteMaster Defaults: Opening.....................................................................................139
SiteMaster Defaults: Door..........................................................................................140
SiteMaster Defaults: Dim 1 and Dim 2.........................................................................140
SiteMaster Defaults: Radiator.....................................................................................141
SiteMaster Defaults: Heights......................................................................................142
SiteMaster Defaults: Room........................................................................................142
Customization of SiteMaster Default Values..................................................................143
SiteMaster Layer Configuration......................................................................................144
Layer Off...................................................................................................................145
Connection.................................................................................................................145
Configuration..............................................................................................................148
Settings.....................................................................................................................149
Units.........................................................................................................................150
AutoSave...................................................................................................................151
Export Menu.................................................................................................................152
Export Room Data.......................................................................................................153
Export Symbol Data....................................................................................................153
Send Current Drawing.................................................................................................154
Save As DWF File........................................................................................................154
WMF Export................................................................................................................155
Bitmap Export............................................................................................................155
Print..........................................................................................................................156
Print Setup.................................................................................................................156
SiteMaster Toolbars........................................................................................................158
Standard Toolbar........................................................................................................159
SiteMaster Toolbar......................................................................................................159
Options Toolbar..........................................................................................................159
Properties Toolbar.......................................................................................................160
Snap Toolbar..............................................................................................................160
Pulldown Menus.............................................................................................................162
Changing Pulldown Menus............................................................................................162
Simplified Pulldown Menu.............................................................................................162
File (Pulldown Menu).................................................................................................162
SiteMaster (Pulldown Menu).......................................................................................163
Help (Pulldown Menu)...............................................................................................163
Extended Pulldown Menu..............................................................................................163
File (Pulldown Menu).................................................................................................163
View (Pulldown Menu)...............................................................................................164
SiteMaster (Pulldown Menu).......................................................................................165
CAD (Pulldown Menu)...............................................................................................166
2D Draw.................................................................................................................166
Tools (Pulldown Menu)..............................................................................................168
Help (Pulldown Menu)...............................................................................................168
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