RCLayout User note

January 2013

Do product layout

Useful information

Access> http://rclayout.extranet.royalcanin.org

> RConnect (new RC Intranet)

> Sales Support Portal

> Windows ID user & Windows password

= RCAD accessAccess

Access

> You don’t have to wait!

> Your account is automatically created as soon as you go onto http://rclayout.web.rcad.net/

Advise > Have a mouse when using the website!

Let’s go!

> Click on OPEN > My layouts management

> F11 button to be in full screen (useful when small screen laptop)

> F11 button to desactivate full screen mode

To start from an existing project

> Search for an existing project > Select it in the list

> Double-click or click on OPEN

To start a project from zero

> Start a new project from zero

> Name your project > Start from zero (=Blank)

> Or start from a model

> Name the first stand of your project > Fill in the width in cm > Choose the range

> Fill in the height & the depth for the first level

To add a new level

> Click on the right button of your mouse > Click on Add level

To add a stand

> Use the tabs to navigate

> Click on Stand > Click on Add a stand

To put products on a level

> Select your range

> Select your format, hold the click & drag it onto the level

Label associated to the level

> The label gathers the main information of the level

> Remain = Space available on the level in cm

> -3cm is the maximum

Colour code when dragging the bags

> VERT = enough space to put the bag!

> ORANGE = still fine but close to the limit

> RED = not enough space

> 3 possible reasons:

- The bag goes too much onto another bag

-Not enough space remaining on the level (Remain < -3cm )

-The height is too short

To manage the level functionalities

> Click right on the level to access the functionalities

Add a new levelPut the bags to the rightPut the bags to the leftJustifyChange the width of the level and standChange the height & depth of the levelMove the level upMove the level downEmpty the level Delete the level

To duplicate a product

> Click on Ctrl & hold the click > Select the product with the left button of the mouse & hold the click to move the product

To select several products

> Draw a zone (here in blue). To do it, click on a point & hold the click to enlarge the zone.> You can move it or duplicate it (as for a product).

The storage area

> Storage area

Functionalities to manage a stand

> Click on Stand

> Functionalities linked to the management of a stand

Add a new stand in the

project

Empty the current stand

Delete the stand

Change stand width

Change the name of

the stand

Print stand 2D

view

Print stand

product list

> Functionalities linked to the management of a stand

Functionalities to manage a project

> Click on Project

> Functionalities linked to the management of the project

Save

Empty the whole project

Close the project

Print in 2D

Product list in pdf

Product list in Excel file

Save as

> Functionalities linked to the management of the project

3D view

> Click on 3D view

> View by default: ¾ view from the left

> Click anywhere on the 3D view, hold the click & then move your mouse to change the angle view

> Zoom or dezoom with the mouse scroll

> Print your 3D view

> Direct print

> Save the view as pdf

> Save the view as jpg

> Change the printing format

Workshop 1

Build this stand 1m33:

5 level: H:25cm D:70cm

4 level: H:25cm D:70cm

3rd level: H:36cm D:70cm

2nd level: H:36cm D:70cm

1st level: H:42cm D:70cm

Add a stand. 66cm wide.

6ème niveau: H:25cm P:70cm

5ème niveau: H:25cm P:70cm

4ème niveau: H:33cm P:70cm

3ème niveau: H:33cm P:70cm

2ème niveau: H:36cm P:70cm

1er niveau: H:36cm P:70cm

> Export the product list of the whole project in pdf

> Export the product list of the 1st stand in Excel

> Print this view