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Fix missing area and pitch/slope text (and “Failed to insert text”) by resetting CAD Text Defaults back to TrueType fonts (Arial) and saving the values.

Area dimension and pitch/slope text is not showing when checking my job

Fix missing roof planes by checking display settings (Tools > Set Display and CAD > Defaults > Vis-Model), then save the layout values.

Why can’t I see my roof planes?

Selecting Show/Hide – Planes toggles roof planes on/off and displays a shaded “filled” area or cross-hatch pattern on each roof plane, helping you confirm planes exist, are correctly constructed, and…

Show/Hide – Planes

Show LineTypes displays the line type for each line as a tag. Select the button again to hide the labels. Line types may also show storey numbers and help determine…

Show LineTypes

Insert – Auto automatically inserts running dimensions around the outside of the roof model (top, right, bottom, left). Select the button again to delete dimensions. Dimension text size scales to…

Insert – Auto

Insert Pnt–Pnt lets you add a dimension between two points. Snap to the first point (d1) and second point (d2), then choose the dimension position (d3). Snapping is usually done…

Insert Pnt–Pnt

Insert Line–Line inserts a dimension between two parallel lines and reports the 3D distance from the first line to the second. The first line you select sets the dimension position.…

Insert Line–Line

Roof Line Lengths annotates the dimension of each roof line (except aprons). Dimensions are rounded to the nearest mm (or ¼ inch) and truncated. This is a toggle button, and…

Roof Line Lengths

Delete removes selected dimensions from the model. To delete multiple dimensions, draw a selection box around them. Dimension text size depends on plot scale, and dimensions can be printed/plotted using…

Delete

Coursing Dimension inserts the coursing dimension onto the roof model after tiles have been installed using the coursing method. Set the course dimension text height and choose what information is…

Coursing Dimension

Roof/Wall Plane Areas inserts individual roof or wall plane areas. These areas are printed on the roof/wall report. The suffix can be set to suit the situation under Set-Up >…

Roof/Wall Plane Areas

Project Wall projects wall lines up or down to a specified height (or to the construction plane). It’s a quick way to add walls to a roof model for better…

Project Wall

Show Pitches automatically displays the storey and pitch/slope on each roof plane in the model. Labels disappear after a repaint. Options for showing storey number and direction of fall are…

Show Pitches

These commands let you change line types, plane types, plane materials, and storeys in a model. You can update individual entities or groups, and in some cases, you can also…

Tools Change

Check Model provides tools to automatically check the model data structure and overall integrity—useful after many modifications, undo, and redo actions. Results are reported in the prompt area, and some…

Tools > Check

The Measure commands allow you to measure a variety of geometric properties in the model. The most used functions are in the Icon Menu for ease of use, while the…

Tools > Measure

Measure Pitch (Aerial Image) lets you import an oblique aerial image and, by placing the 3D cursor on a corner and aligning the X,Y,Z axes to the image, determine the…

Measure Pitch — Aerial Image

Set Display masks different categories of information in the current display, including by storey, using yes/no toggles and On-All/Off-All options.

Set Display

Export Image from Screen captures what you see in the workspace and saves it as a bitmap file in the \User folder. You can choose the file name and file…

Export Image from Screen

Tools > Plot Wizard lets you quickly create a plot (Vertical/Horizontal) and send it to your Windows printer, with options to place the drawing form or fit the drawing to…

Plot

Tally – Quantities reports the geometric lengths and areas of the roof and roof lines, plus counts (shell ends, apexes, corners). Values can be separated by storey and roof material,…

Tally – Quantities

Verify Entity reports the CAD data and information for the entity you select. The information reported differs depending on whether you select a line, plane, or another entity type.

Verify Entity

Wizards are automated tools that speed up common workflows or guide you through a specific process using AppliCad functions, including Plot Wizard, Bill of Quantities, Full Job, Visualisation, and Trace…

Wizards

Dimension Default Settings control how dimensions and annotation appear on screen and on printed drawings, including sizing, rounding, colours, offsets, and options for coursing, line-line, azimuth/area, and pitch dimensions.

Dimension Default Settings

Define Report Notes lets you create standard note templates that can be recalled when generating reports. Notes created here are saved to Notes.dat in the \User folder, while notes typed…

Define Report Notes (Pulldown menu only)

Define Print Options lets you pre-set the reports you usually print for a regular quotation or estimate. The order of the standard reports is fixed—do not change it. Add any…

Define Print Options (Pulldown menu only)

Edit User Templates lets you select a report template and edit its content. CAD reports/drawings open the Roof Wizard sub-figure, and MS Word templates open in Word. Use Add/Edit to…

Edit User Templates

Modify Text takes you to text options for report templates, including inserting key text, regular text, and your company logo, setting text defaults, and editing text after placement (change, move,…

Modify Text

Create Flat Pattern (Flat-Pat) unfolds 3D roof feature surfaces into cutting templates or flat patterns for manufacturing. It supports flat planes, ruled surfaces, and cylinders, and can include plate thickness…

Create Flat Pattern

View opens a sub-menu to change how you look at the model (Top/Plan, Front, Right, Isometric, Perspective), reset the view, spin the roof, or split the workspace into single/two/four view…

View

Plot Scale controls how large dimensions, text, and other annotation appear on screen, based on how they would look when printed at the selected scale. You can change it under…

Plot Scale

Zoom changes the magnification and position of your model view. Most zoom functions are available on the middle mouse button (scroll, pan, zoom, zoom fit). Menu options include Window, Scale,…

Zoom

Undo lets you reverse functions you’ve executed in error. You can undo back to the start of the session or back to your last save (when the Undo cache is…

Undo/Redo

Follow this checking process on every job to confirm your 3D model is correct before estimating. It helps catch errors early—if the model is correct, the take-off will be correct.

Checking Your 3D Model

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