Cad Blocks Excel
In this Video You will learn how to add a table of text from Excel or your Windows Clipboard to Model Maker Cad Blocks and a Coordinate block…
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Sectional Titles 2
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All 54 guides, newest first.
VectorDraw Install
This video illustrates the installation of the VectorDraw file converter used with Model Maker Software to import and Export DWG/DXF and Pdf files.
Optimize Solar
In this video, we look at how to use the Optimize Solar function. The function was developed to determine the pole mounting levels for solar panel structures
Cut & Fill volume with Strings 2
Cut & Fill volume calculation with strings, using unique names on the dumps to report the volumes. Names & Volumes to Cad Blocks.
General Strings Part 2
This video will show you how to create sections and a Dam design using the General Strings in Model Maker.
General Strings Part 1
This video will show you how to create sections and a Dam design using the General Strings in Model Maker.
Quick Flatten
This video will show you how to use the Analysis Quick Flatten function in our Model Maker Software. Use this function to get rid of high points in…
Create a user-defined Titleblock in Model Maker Systems
This video shows you how to create a User Title block in Model Maker Systems that you can print using this Title block in Model Maker.
20:07
Tutorial (Beginner) – Getting Started with Survey Maker
This tutorial gives a introduction to Survey Maker and goes through all the menus and buttons on the main screen. It also shows how to use the survey…
Cad and Points preparation for Erven File
How to prepare a CAD layout that we can create a cadastral plan from it. General Plan, Working Plan, or a Diagram.
Creating an Erven File
Learn how to create an Erven file that will be use to generate a Cadastral Plan with in Survey Maker.
Creating a Cadastral Plan
In this video, we look at how to create a Cadastral Plan a Working Plan, or a Diagram using Survey Maker Software.
Model Maker DEM Import
This video illustrates step by step how to download and load a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) file into Model Maker
IrriMaker Workflow Explained
This guide will take you through the first sequential steps of using IrriMaker.
Add Points for Fieldwork Line Running
The Fieldwork Line Running function will allow you to add new points with sequential names on your CAD layout in Survey Maker, with various options to guide the…
7:44
Custom data blocks keywords and how to add a signature
In this video, we show Survey Maker users how to add custom keywords and password protected signature images into data blocks as part of cadastral plan templates.
12:56
Pipe network design part 1 (Model Maker)
This video illustrates how to prepare a pipe network design in Model Maker Software to be used as a pipe network design in Pipe Maker Software.
7:14
Pipe network design part 2 (Pipe Maker)
How to do a Pipe Network design in Model Maker Pipe Maker software. This video will take you through all the steps to complete a sewer design and…
8:45
Sewer Wizard
In conjunction with PIPE MAKER a sewer network can be designed. With an overlay of a township layout, drawn in MODEL MAKER CAD, you can determine the required…
14:41
Road Network design 1
This video illustrates how to do a Network design of roads. This first part starts with the preparation in Model Maker and continues in Part 2, using the…
14:00
Road Network 2
In this video, we illustrate how to do a design of a network of roads in Model Maker's, Road Maker Software.
7:50
Cross-section Layer Design
In this video, we look at Road Maker Software. How to add a Road Cross-section Layer Design.
6:32
Kerb and Drain design
This video will cover how to add and use a Kerb and Drain in Road Maker Software.
6:00
Cross Section Top Profile Design
This video illustrates how to set up a Cross Section top profile design in Model Maker, Road Maker Software.
7:01
Single Road Design
This Clip illustrates how to start with a single road design, creating the necessary files in Model Maker and opening those files in Road Maker.
5:26
Road vertical alignment design
This clip will illustrate 4 different methods of adding a Road vertical alignment in Road Maker Software.
7:46
Cut and Fill with GXT Strings
How to do a Cut and Fill volume calculation on more than one Dump simultaneously in the quickest way.
2:23
Cad Layer Display
This Clip Illustrates how to turn CAD layers on and off in our Model Maker Software program.
2:20
CAD Line DTM-ID Lines
The function to add cad lines based on DTM point codes has been improved to better handle crossing lines.
4:07
Customize Toolbars
This Clip Illustrates how to customize, reset and save your Toolbars in Model Maker Systems Model Maker Software.
2:40
Google Elevations
This clip will illustrate how to get DTM elevations from Google Earth into Model Maker Software
8:27
Tutorial – Creating Patterns
In this tutorial we cover the steps of how to create a pattern file using Model Maker that we can then later use in Survey Maker.
16:51
Sectional Title Part 1
This clip illustrates how to prepare CAD for a Sectional Title Plan erven file. To use in Model Maker's, Survey Maker Software.
11:54
Sectional Title Part 2
This clip illustrates how to create a Sectional Title plan Erven file in Model Maker's, Survey Maker software.
4:33
Competition – Cadastral Plan in under 2 minutes
Shortly after we published our YouTube video about our Survey Maker challenge and doing a cadastral plan in less than 25 minutes we found that uSmart has also…
Register Download and Install Model Maker Software
How to Register Download and Install Model Maker Software from our website www.modelmaker.co.za
8:03
Open Save & File Types
Road Maker Software, how to work with the different file types
6:50
Import XML file into Road Maker Software
How to Import road design data from an XML file created with Road Design software into Road Maker Software.
9:56
DTM & CAD lines to Model Maker
This clip illustrates some interaction between Point Cloud Viewer and Model Maker software. See how to send survey points and CAD lines to Model Maker. We also show…
2:38
Tutorial: Virtual Survey
In this tutorial you will learn how to use MMS P.Cloud with Model Maker to do a Virtual Survey from Point Cloud Scanner data and then generate Triangles,…
3:13
Tutorial: 3D Triangle Edit
In this tutorial you will learn how to use MMS P.Cloud with Model Maker to edit triangles in 3D.
9:23
Create a single diagram from text or CSV file
In this video we will show how easy it is to create a single diagram from co-ordinates imported form a text or CSV file
4:54
Cad Shortcuts
This clip is to illustrate some basic CAD functions using shortcuts that you should master, and this will help to use your Cad more effectively.
5:55
Survey Maker Getting Started 1
This tutorial gives a introduction to Survey Maker and goes through all the menu layout on the main screen.
22:44
Competition – Cadastral Plan Challenge
At the beginning of June we challenged anyone using other software than ours, to create a General Plan from a Town Planner’s drawing faster than what we can…
6:35
Long-Section Plan Plot, Automatic
This clip illustrates how to create construction drawings of a Pipe Maker Long Section and Model Maker Plan plot. We use both Model Maker and Pipe Maker Software.
7:06
Long section & Plan Plot
How to plot a Long section of a Road or pipeline using Model Maker, together with the plan of that portion of the section.
3:08
Road Maker Vertical Alignment
Learn how to create and edit the vertical alignment in Model Maker Systems, Road Maker software design program.
3:10
Irrigation Display
This clip will illustrate how to work with the different Irrigation display options in Model Maker Irri Maker.
3:10
Geographical Coordinates
This clip will show you how to import Geographical coordinates into Model Maker Software
6:52
Height Analysis
This clip will show you one of the ways to work with the Height Analysis function in Model Maker Systems Model Maker Software.
3:52
MM How to Print
This clip illustrates how to print in Model Maker Software.
7:52
Balance, create toe embankments & calc volumes
How to convert CAD lines with a elevation to a Model Maker DTM model with Triangulation and Contours.
5:53
Convert CAD Contours to Model Maker Contours
How to convert CAD lines with a elevation to a Model Maker DTM model with Triangulation and Contours.
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