Introduction > Getting help

Using this help file:

This help is designed to be used on-screen. It is extensively cross-linked so that you can find more relevant information to any subject from any location. If you prefer reading printed manuals a PDF version of the entire help is installed in the \Help subdirectory, located in the directory where you installed Orca3D (by default, C:\Program Files\DRS_ATC\Orca3D). This may be useful as a reference but you will probably find that the active hyperlinks, cross-references and active index make the on-screen electronic version of the help much more useful.

Getting started

Start by studying the Introduction and Quick Start Tutorials sections.

Using the help while you're working

As far as possible the help separates instructions and background information. This makes it much easier to refer to the "how-to" instructions when you are in a hurry and need to get your work done.

•	To learn about something consult the Introduction topic in each section.

•	To learn how to do something consult the following topics in each section.

•	When you're frustrated use the Index and Search functions and check out the Frequently Asked Questions section.

All sections have extensive links to the other relevant sections so it doesn't really matter where you start.

Context-sensitive help:

►	When appropriate, dialogs have a Help button () in the upper right corner that displays the relevant section of the online help.

►	By enabling Rhino's Command Help feature, you can see Orca3D help appear automatically as you use the various functions. From Rhino's Help menu, select Command Help.

Tutorials:

•	See Quick Start Tutorials in the help for some basic tutorials to get you started with using Orca3D.

•	You will find some of the models used in the tutorials in the /Tutorials folder.

Getting a printed user manual:

Please don't try to print the HTML Help version of the help from the Microsoft help viewer; it would look terrible. You will find a formatted PDF version of the entire documentation designed for printing in the \Help folder, or on our website:

http://www.orca3d.com/support/support.htm

As mentioned above, however, you will probably find that the on-screen version of the help is much more useful because of the hyperlinks and cross-references.