Set up and use wizards

Back SmartWOP has a built-in function that makes construction even easier. The wizard allows you to store parameters such as edge assignment or the type of connector and apply them automatically to your designs. Setting up the wizard works as follows. Design your furniture as usual. Make sure that the individual parts have been named, […]

Edit individual items

Back Edit individual elements with specific tools and parameters In the SmartWOP options, the tools of your machine are stored and applied globally to all elements. However, there are also cases in which individual elements should be edited with tools that differ from these settings. There is the following solution in SmartWOP: First activate […]

Align and rotate base volumes

Back Aligning and rotating base volumes There are several ways in SmartWOP to align and rotate bases. In this example there are two bases A and B, and both are randomly distributed in space. Now click on one of the bases at the front of the tab. The axes are now displayed here. In the properties window of the base there is the sub-item Positioning. […]

Activate volume menu command

Back Menu command Activate volume There are situations during construction with SmartWOP in which certain places are not always easy to reach using “drag & drop”. The “Activate volume” function helps here. In this example, a horizontal plate with half the depth of the body has been inserted on the right, middle level. To make this possible, a frontal […]

Floor area menu command

Back Menu command Base area In the SmartWOP menu tab “Layout” you will find the command “Base area”. What can you do with it? In this example, a simple piece of furniture was constructed. The user then selected the Z-axis while moving the base and moved the cube through the grid lines into negative space. To reset this to the correct Z position [...]

Menu command Collisions

Back Menu command Collisions The “Collisions” command is a useful tool when designing furniture with SmartWOP. Here we explain how to use the function. In this example piece of furniture, connectors and dowels have been selected and placed for connecting the panels. To check whether there are now collisions between the individual connectors, the “Collisions” command is used once [...].

Configure speed dial

Back Configuring the quick selection bar If you use a function in SmartWOP very frequently and do not always want to switch back and forth between the individual menu tabs, you have the option of storing commands in the quick selection bar, which is then visible from every tab. The shortcut bar is located directly above the menu bar. To the right of the bar, there is a [...]

Dimension menu command

Back menu command Dimensions If you have designed a piece of furniture with SmartWOP and want to print a view - for example for your customers - it can be helpful to display certain dimensions. By default, external dimensions and the most important distances are output in the “three-sided view” print option, as in this example. Page 1 – External dimensions only Page 2 – […]

The yellow pointer star

Back The yellow information star SmartWOP has a function that displays a yellow information star when an action is required on your part. There are currently only two situations in which the yellow star is displayed. 1) When an update is available. In this case, the star is displayed next to the Info tab. If you now click on Info, you will be shown which version [...].

Menu command: volume content

Back Menu command: Volume content The “Volume content” function allows the user to select all parts that have been placed between two vertical dividers. It is active when it is displayed with a blue background and must be switched off manually. If all components of one of these base cabinets are to be selected, the function is activated and a mouse click selects all elements. Forget […]