Quick Start Guide
By Som Valliyappan • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Novice, Tech Tips, XOR, XOSDid you know that Rapidform Softwares come with in-built Quick Start Guide and Tutorials
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Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide helps to quickly learn how to use the software and its various commands using interactive and highly descriptive examples. The following are the instructions to access/use Quick Start Guide in Rapidform Softwares
Step 1: Run the software. Once when its open, go to Help -> Quick Start Guide

Once you click on the option, the software opens the Quick Start Guide in the Help tab as pointed by the cursor in the bottom of the image given below. Now to go back and forth between model window (where you work with the part) and help window click on the respective tabs as shown in the bottom of the image given below

Step 2: There are sever examples available in quick start Guide. Select one of them. You would see something similar to the image shown below. The quick start guide is highly interactive and has few command buttons. use Previous/Home or Next Buttons to navigate between several pages of an example

1. Import file - Imports the file into the software from the respective location
2. Highlight It - Highlights any command that is being explained in the example
3. Run Command - Executes the command for you in order to move on to next step
You can use the above mentioned command buttons to follow a tutorial or you can manually do the same in the software by switching back and forth between Help tab and Model View tab.

Tutorial
Tutorials apart from Quick Start guide help you to learn the software in particular topic of interest. In order to access it follow the instructions given below
Step 1: Run the software. Once when its open, go to Help -> Quick Start Guide

Step 2: Once the software takes you to the respective folder, choose the tutorial you want to run. Each folder will have a pdf and video file for better learning


