Architectural Desktop 2007: What's New in Help

There are a couple new resources in the Architectural Desktop 2007 Help that should provide some added value:

• Project Lifecycle Navigator: This interactive user assistance tool provides an alternative method into finding help by first presenting high-level topics —
  
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  and then presenting the key topics.
  
  
  
  You’ll then be presented with either topic from the User Guide, a visual presentation “Show Me” similar to the New Features Workshop, or a “Try Me” interactive presentation, such as this one about Project Navigator.
  
  
• Content Creation Guidelines: Autodesk worked with ADT product expert, trainer, and implementation specialist Matt Dillon to provide a detailed set of guidelines and best practices of how the out-of-the-box content is set up.
  
  You can access this from the main Help…
  
  
  
  …or by viewing the User Guide PDF file located on your DVD in the \Install\Docs\ folder.
  
  
• Project Template: Autodesk worked with ADT author, product expert, trainer, and implementation specialist Paul Aubin to create a more useful starter project template when using Project Navigator.
  
  By default, when creating a new project this new template project ADT Commercial Template Project is offered.  This template provides all the basics set up for an average commercial building and as a
  
   
  
   
  
  The sample template also provides an example of using a Project Tool Catalog Library and a Project Tool Palette…
  
  
  
  Details can be found in the Help in “Appendix 1: Template Projects” in the Architectural Desktop User’s Guide.

Cheers -
Chris