Welcome to the 3CAD Next User Manual!
This guide will walk you through the basics of the application, illustrating its features and functions to give you an overall picture of its potential. A logical step-by-step approach is adopted to simplify the understanding of the most effective use of the tool.
Due to 3CAD Next's flexibility and potential multiple forms, this guide introduces you to the standard version of the application. The manual's goal is to support you in your first steps in 3CAD Next to orient yourself in the application and understand the full potential of its configuration capabilities. It does not aim at representing a training tool providing specific know-how related to the most technical aspects or sector-specific uses, such as kitchen planning or sofa designing.
3CAD Next is an internet-accessible web application for 2D and 3D web product graphic configuration. It allows its users to benefit from always up-to-date and maintained software, catalogs, and price lists, with no local installation required. 3CAD represents an integrated solution for configuration-related working processes, supporting the user in multiple functions, from design to production. It is highly flexible and can be tailored to the specific customers' needs, covering both B2B and B2C models.
3CAD Next requires integration with a catalog design application, and the native solution is LayEdit.
The intended reader of this manual is a 3CAD Next user or consultant taking their first steps in the application but with average expertise with configurators. Expertise with previous 3CAD products is not required.
Contents
How to create a new project
How to load an existing project
What does the 3CAD Next planner look like?
The 3CAD Next left-hand sidebar (menu bar)
Tools and settings: the 3CAD Next top bar
The planner toolbar
How to use mouse buttons in the 3CAD Next planner
How to configure a standard room
How to configure a custom room
How to register a new customer
How to retrieve customer data
What are header variants?
Inserting an article in the configuration
Removing an article from the configuration
How to configure articles' variants
Importing preset compositions from the gallery
The Offer view
How to generate a pdf quote