Tutorial

Read the Documentation

The detailed description of all products of the Shadow Analyzer Collection is compiled in a single Help file "SA_Collection_Help.chm" that is designed in HTML Help format.

The Help file "SA_Collection_Help.chm" is written as a step-by-step tutorial. Therefore you can read it consecutively as an entire book. You can see its structure in the "Contents" tab. To find a particular term or topic, use the "Search" tab. To remember the location of a particular topic, use the "Favorites" tab.

This file is included in each product as well as in the Trial version of each product. However, you can separately download it, using the following link:

DOWNLOAD "SA_Collection_Help.chm"

The Key Topics of the Documentation

Here, we publish some key topics of the Help file for your first acquaintance with our products and methods.

Of course, you do not need to learn these materials from the first reading. Look these topics trough, merely to know how our software is designed, what you can do with it, and what is behind a scene.

Use the navigation buttons or the links below to go to a particular topic:

User Interface -- how to work with all these combo boxes and buttons, and how they are synchronized with the 3D View windows.

Typical Session -- how to build a simple but nicely looking scene.

Type & Object -- what a parametric CAD can do for you.

Textures -- what you can do with textures.

Behind a Scene -- how the complex things become easy.