Stardraw Design 7 is the seventh generation
in our family of leading design/documentation
software for audio and video system designers/installers. It offers
unparalleled speed, ease of use, task-orientated functionality and the largest, highest quality
library of manufacturers' products.
Technical Resources
These multimedia presentations offer an introduction to the features
of Stardraw Design 7 and provide tutorials on its use.
Stardraw.com - System Design Software / Control Software
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Title:
Introductory Tour
Description:
A high level overview of
key concepts and features within Stardraw Design 7: the latest A/V
system design and documentation software from Stardraw.com.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
13m 3s
Title:
Basic Use 01
Description:
A quickstart guide to the basics of
Stardraw Design 7: creating a project, creating a simple drawing, populating products
within the project and using product Attributes.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
8m 32s
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Title:
Personalization
Description:
How to configure Stardraw Design 7
to use custom personal and compay details including your company logo, how to select,
install and swap out manufacturer libraries, how to define custom product and cable
attributes, and how to set AutoSave preferences.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
6m 14s
Title:
Cable Tool
Description:
How to use the Cable Tool to show system interconnections.
How to draw multi-segment cables quickly and easily. Tips and tricks, shortcuts and accelerators.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
2m 4s
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Title:
Using Title Blocks
Description:
How to apply a Title Block to drawings in your project,
to give that professional finishing touch and include key information about the drawing, author and project.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
2m 33s
Title:
Customizing your Title Blocks
Description:
How to create and customize your own Title Blocks.
Level:
Intermediate
Duration:
3m 23s
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Title:
Attributes in Products
Description:
Setting Attribute values
in drawings and the Products view, defining default Attribute placeholders,
handling product-specific attributes like Cost Price and Sale Price,
building the Product Attributes spreadsheet, outputting Attributes to
Reports and exporting Attributes to a spreadsheet.
Level:
Intermediate
Duration:
8m 16s
Title:
Adding New Products
Description:
How to add new products
to Stardraw Design 7's product library. Covers requesting new products
using the online Symbols Request service, the User Defined Product wizard,
creating new UDPs from existing products and editing UDP symbols.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
8m 50s
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Title:
Importing Custom Symbols
Description:
For users upgrading from
Stardraw Audio 2007 and Stardraw AV 2007, this video shows how custom
symbols created in these older applications can be included as User
Defined Products in Stardraw Design 7.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
4m 10s
Title:
Introduction to Plan View Module
Description:
Overview of the
Plan View module, including importing a DWG floorplan, selection
and positioning of symbols using the Symbol Browser, use of the
Cable Arc tool, defining your own custom Symbol Browser folders,
supported symbol filetypes.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
6m 23s
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Title:
Mixing Up Views
Description:
Shows how the Paste to
Current Layer command can be used to display different 'views' within
the same drawing type, e.g. to show the Front, Rear and Side view of
a rack at the same time, and how to use symbols from one drawing type
in another drawing type, e.g. to show a system schematic and its
associated rack in the same drawing.
Level:
Basic
Duration:
2m 36s
Title:
Cable Labels and Cable Schedules
Description:
Shows use of the Cable Label
tool to set Start, Middle and End labels, with or without sequential
numbering. Also covers generation of a Cable Schedule from a Block
Schematic drawing.
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