Welcome to CET Designer!

New Features in 2.3

The CET Movie Studio Extension

The new  CET Movie Studio Extension enables you to create, edit and save movies in CET Designer. Create a unique experience for each of your customers as you demonstrate exactly how their space will look.

>> Read more about the CET Movie Studio Extension

New Extension - Google SketchUp™ Interface

CET Designer 2.3 will support the import of Google SketchUp™ objects. This allows you to pick and choose from a huge library of objects of all sorts. Add these objects to your drawing to get a more realistic impression.

>> Read more about the Google SketchUp™ Interface

New features in the Calculation dialog

The Calculation dialog has been improved. It is easier to use and contains several new features. You can sort the information in the Calculation dialog by adding filters, grouping columns and much more. You are also able to stretch each column to desired width.

>> Read more about the new Calculation dialog

Decide how often your drawing should be auto saved

You can decide how often your drawing should be auto saved during your work process. Choose a time interval between 5 - 90 minutes (9 minutes are default).

Some users have experienced moments when CET Designer has seemed like frozen while auto saving in the background; this will not happen anymore. When an auto save is about to be done, CET Designer will try not to interrupt your work. If this is not possible you will receive a message telling you that CET Designer is in the process of auto saving your work and that this may take a moment.

>> Read more about the auto save function

New rendering options in the 3D view toolbar

You will now find four different rendering options in the 3D view toolbar and in the fullscreen rendering view. You are probably familiar with two of them, the other two are new.

>> Read more about the new rendering options

Real time lighting in CET Designer

Enable real time lights means that lights and shadows update themselves instantly as you work and move objects on the drawing area. Note, this is a very recourse intensive operation.

>> Read more about the Enable real time lights option  

New options in the Select Material dialog

At the bottom of the Select Material dialog you will find some new options. The Mirror option has changed name to Reflection and the Reflection sharpness option is new, as well as the Keep the settings when changing material option.

>> Read more about changing appearance of colors or textures

New colors when selecting components or groups of components

When you select a component, or croup of components, they are surrounded by a colored square. There are now different colors depending on if you have selected a single component, a group of components, a locked component etc.   

>> Read more about the different colors when selecting components

Different behavior when placing spotlights

When you place spotlights in the drawing area, you now place the target point first and then place the spotlight at desired distance from the target point.

>> Read more about placing spotlights in the drawing area

Add panorama backgrounds

Add panorama backgrounds to your drawing to create a realistic environment outside the window.

Choose between three different environments; daylight environment, city skyline by night and city skyline in dusk.

>> Read more about adding panorama backgrounds

Two new buttons for ceiling and floor settings

You will now find two new buttons on the Wall drawing component tab. Ceiling settings and Floor Settings. Click these buttons to make detailed settings for your ceiling and floor. You access the same dialogs by right clicking the drawing area.

>> Read more about the new Ceiling settings dialog

>> Read more about the new Floor settings dialog