Vignette Print
Select this button to create a Vignette print of your drawing. The Print Vignette Sheet dialog appears, allowing you to set the parameters for plotting your drawing.
Publisher
Publisher is an application within Giza designed to allow you to print detailed reports, complete with illustrations of your drawings, in a layout and format you control. For more information on Publisher and how to use it, see the Publisher chapter.
Furniture Placement
Click the Furniture button to display the current furniture product line menu. This button has been added so that you may go directly to furniture placement if you are in another mode, such as 2D Drawing.
Select
Click the S button to bring up the Select dialog, where you can place symbols by part number. You may use this function to place a symbol without having to locate it on a library menu.
Panel Placement
Click the Pnl button to bring up the Panel Placement dialog, where you may place panels automatically. You may also access this function from the Draw menu.
Frame Designer
Select Frame Designer to bring up the Frame Designer dialog, where you may apply frame designs to panels in your project. See the Frame Designer section for more information.
Draw Walls
Click this button to activate the Wall Drawing application. This button has been added so that you may go directly to Wall Drawing mode, without having to go through the Draw Menu.
Draw CAD ![]()
Click this button to activate the 2D Drawing (CAD) application. This button has been added so that you may go directly to drawing mode, without having to go through the Draw Menu.
Add Image
Select Image to bring up the Add an Image dialog. Here, you can select a .bmp or .jpg image and place it in your drawing.
Point Input
Click this button to bring up the Point dialog. This dialog allows you to enter exact X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) distances, used in many Giza functions.
Set Snap and Reference
Click this button to activate the Snap/Set Reference dialog. When using the status line for distance input, the relative distance is measured from the reference point, which is usually the last point entered. To set a different reference point, click the Set Reference button, and then enter the new point. Several different references (Midpoint, End Point, etc.) are available. See the Point Input section for more information. This command may be executed in the middle of another command—such as running line—to set a reference point and then continue with the previous command.
Measure Distance
Use this function to measure distances or items in your drawing. Click on the start and finish locations of the length you wish to measure. You may right-click to snap to the corner of an item you wish to measure, to ensure an exact measurement. The Measure Distance dialog appears and displays the length measured, the horizontal and vertical distances, the elevation and the angle of the area defined. This function is also available under the Tools Menu.
Note: It is recommended that you measure items without the Ruler function (on the Lower Status Bar) enabled, as the Ruler can affect measurements in the drawing.
Special Symbol Creation
Select Special Symbols to launch Giza Specials, which contains special functions to create and modify custom furniture symbols for Giza.
Worksheet
Click this button to launch Worksheet. Worksheet allows you to determine the cost of all the items in your drawing and generate pricing reports. For more information on how to use Worksheet, access the help system after you have launched Worksheet.
Update from Visual Worksheet
To update the current drawing with any finish changes made in Worksheet or Visual Impression.
Create Scene Bond
To organize your drawing into scenes around different points of interest that you want to call attention to when viewing in Visual Impression.
Manage Scenes
To add or delete a scene for Visual Impression.
Visual
To open Visual Impression.
Media Program
Click Media Program to open the Media Program application, which allows you to access pictures of Giza furniture and layouts. There are Typicals associated with these pictures, which can be placed in your drawing.
Inventory
Click the Inventory button to access the Inventory comparison application. Inventory allows you to compare two projects. This gives you the option of reusing furniture components, reducing the number of new components you must purchase.
Load Layer Dialog Box
This button brings up the Layer Selection dialog, where you can select a work layer, and turn layers on or off for display in your drawing. This function is also available from the Layer button, located in the lower left of the Giza Design 2004 screen. See the Status Bars chapter for more information on this dialog.
Material Assignments
When you select Material Assignments, the Material Assignments dialog box appears. From here you can set colors for or apply image textures to various surfaces.