BathCAD
Positioning units using Drag and Drop (BathCAD)
To enter Drag and Drop mode, click 'Mode' - 'Drag and Drop' Summary of controls in 'Drag and Drop' mode: (Action: Control - Details) Select an item: Single Left-click - Select the item (if any) under the mouse pointer. Move Item: Hold down left ...
Reports, Parts list and Attachments (BathCAD)
Reports are generated by BathCAD based on the current design. To generate a report click on 'Reports' and then the name of the report you want to generate. They open up as a text document using your default text editor (normally Notepad). The report ...
Editing and Importing your own textures (BathCAD)
Importing a texture A texture is used in a design any time a material with any kind of pattern is required, such as a worktop material or a set of tiles. Textures can come from a variety of sources, photographs taken on a camera, a scanned image or ...
Cubes and Wedges (BathCAD)
This chapter covers the creation of sloped and pitched ceilings, velux windows, raised flooring and pipe runs. The principles covered are common to all room systems. Where appropriate, differences between the rooms systems will be highlighted. Sloped ...
Custom Attachments (BathCAD)
Attachment is a catch-all term for items that are automatically attached to your design i.e. worktop, cornice, pelmet and plinth. Most units in BathCAD have some form of attachment. When you add a unit BathCAD works out the shape of the attachment ...
Customising Units (BathCAD)
Customising a unit allows you change the door range, handle and handle position for an individual unit. It also allows you to split the door/drawers. By customising a unit, you are telling BathCAD, that the unit is special. If you make changes under ...
Pricing your design (BathCAD)
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Creating page layouts, printing and emailing (BathCAD)
This chapter explains how to use the Page Layout section to print out your plan, elevations, 3D views etc. It also explains how to save your page so it can be emailed direct to a customer. To enter Page Layout mode, click 'Mode' - 'Page Layout'. ...
HD Lighting and Rendering (BathCAD)
Version 22 features a new lighting renderer that allows you to adjust your lighting more easily to produce much higher quality, more realistic HD images. Lighting is very subjective and therefore we recommend that you practice until you find lighting ...
Lighting Your Design (BathCAD)
This chapter will explain how to alter the lighting in your design. Altering the lighting in your design can dramatically improve the finish of your photo-realistic images - the amount of light required will vary from design to design. It is up to ...
Changing Materials In Your Design (BathCAD)
This page explains in detail how to change colours and textures in your designs. Specifying your own colour scheme Each unit has a group of components associated with it. Begin by clicking 'Materials' at the top of BathCAD. The first time you open ...
An introduction to the materials interface (BathCAD)
‘Save As’ will save current selections for materials on their respective components as a colour scheme that you can load back in to a new design to save you time in future. After clicking ‘Save As’, it will open a file browser. From there, you are ...
Viewing your Design (BathCAD)
This chapter covers the various options for viewing your design. Elevation An elevation view will show you everything touching a selected wall run. Units have to be touching the wall to appear in the elevation. If you elevate a wall and units you ...
Adding Units (BathCAD)
Due to the large number of units available in BathCAD, it is impossible to cover the creation and options for every single item. This chapter will cover the principles behind adding and modifying units. The principles covered here apply to all room ...
Drawing your room (BathCAD)
This section will explain how to draw in the 'Walls' layer of your design. Select the 'Walls' layer of your design by clicking on the 'Walls' button in the top-left of the BathCAD design screen. In the bottom-left corner of the planning area you will ...
Setting up your BathCAD design
Before starting your design there are certain options you may wish to change. These are found under 'This Design' - 'Room Settings': ‘Tall Base Units’ refers to the height of tall units in your design. As a general rule, the distance between the top ...
Getting Started on BathCAD
Title Bar The title bar tells you which version of BathCAD you are using (in the above image that is Version 22 Build 3) and the current room system you are working in (in this case Bathrooms). "[Untitled]" means that the current design has not been ...
Running BathCAD for the First Time
Now you're ready to start BathCAD for the first time and to activate your licence. To start BathCAD, double click on the desktop shortcut icon. After a couple of seconds the Loading Screen will appear: Company Details As this is the first time using ...
Installing BathCAD
Go to the Software Downloads section in the Members Area and select the appropriate product download - BathCAD Click the download and the following dialog boxes will appear on your screen. Click 'Yes'. Click 'Next'. Read and accept the licence ...