Activation / Registration
Connect your ViSoft Premium USB Dongle to one of the USB ports on your computer. Start the program with double-clicking on ViSoft Premium icon. When you do so for the first time program needs to be activated. Activation process will be completed online. In case that is not possible you’ll see an activation screen. Enter […]
Limited accessible manufacturer / brand
Some manufacturers in the updatemanager are ‘locked’. To get access, you have to get permission from the manufacturer. Contact your agent or wholesaler: he or she will get the permission from the manufacturer. Communicate your ViSoft Customer ID to the manufacturer and ViSoft. You can find your Customer ID in ViSoft under Help > Registration […]
Updating Graphics card
Step 1 First, check which graphics card you currently have. There are 2 ways to do this: 1) Right-click on your desktop background (wallpaper) and > select NVIDIA-Control Panel. The application will pop up, this can take a while. In the ‘home’ screen is stated which Graphic card you have. 2)Â The second way is […]
Installation step by step
Before you start: Check if you have administrator rights (if not, contact your IT-department) and if your antivirus software lets you install ViSoft. When in doubt, shut it off for the duration of the installation. You can find the system specifications for ViSoft Premium here. Close all other programs and make sure you have a […]
ViSoft System Specifications
See the latest specifications here.
AntiVirus software Settings
Some antivirus software or firewalls block the path to the ViSoft update server. If this is the case you will receive an error when updating. Change the settings to allow the following addresses: DEMO / ONLINE VISOFT PREMIUM: services.visoft360.com update.visoft.de visoftonline.com 62.138.185.73 : main server 162.55.93.244 : reserve server visoft360.com www.googleapis.com vc.visoft.de youtube.com VISOFT INTERNET […]
Installing brands from the Updatemanager
When first starting ViSoft, the tile, and sanitary libraries are empty. With the Update manager, you can download all the brands you need. You find the update manager in the top bar: The following window opens. To the right of the brands, you can select to install or update. If there is a checkmark next […]
Network settings for ViSoft data files
You can save projects and others on a network disk in order to have them accessible to multiple computers and users. The network setup of the Tile library is described in this article. On a local installation of ViSoft Premium, all the paths are in the file: c:\ViSoftCreative\Userdata\settings.xml The file settings.xml can be altered on […]
Moving libraries, projects, and data to another partition
The ViSoft with dongle installation is placed on the C: disk in the folder ViSoftCreative, including the tile and sanitary libraries. An online license is placed on the following C:\ProgramFiles\ViSoft\ViSoftPremium and the data in C:\ProgramData\ViSoft\ViSoftPremium\. If you want to spare space on your hard drive after the installation. If your hard drive is full. You […]
Corporate identity in the Printer Settings
For the outputs, you can set a corporate identity using logo’s, footnotes and text labels. These settings are saved for all new projects. It can happen that after an update the settings are removed. Adding a logo In the output select the Print Settings. In the menu select the button with 3 dots on it […]
Graphics driver for laptops
Laptop with an extra dedicated graphics card needs an extra few steps to make sure ViSoft uses this card. Step 1: Install Nvidia GeForce Experience From Nvidia’s website: https://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/download Step 2: Login with 1 of the possible accounts: Step 3: Download and install the latest Drivers: Step 4: Restart the laptop Step 5: Navigate to […]
How to backup ViSoft Data
Use the ViSoft Backup Tool to archive or to make a backup of your data. Make sure ViSoft Premium is closed. The BackUptool.exe can be found in the folder ViSoftCreative on a local hard disc (c:\VisoftCreative\). Archives can be made of projects, custom tiles, objects, baskets, auto boards, prices… The ZIP-files can be used to […]
Activate ViSoft / Get a license code
Plug in the ViSoft Premium USB dongle in to one of your USB ports.When starting ViSoft premium for the first time it will need a activation code. This activation process is done automatically a problem occurs. If there is a problem a activation screen will pop up, please enter all info except HardwareID. You can […]
Material library
This article explains: – how the material library is set up – How to add custom materials – How to make slabs with the Natural Stone Assistent The material library Open the material library (menu Tile | Place | Material). The material library contains various materials like wood, plastic, metals, fabrics… The materials can be […]
Light settings
Use the submenu Light to adjust lighting in your project. Sometimes you will want to make your project or part of it brighter or darker. Besides that you can simulate ambient light effects. By using sunlight lighting mode you may show how portal light is entering through windows. You can also simulate sunrise and sunset. […]
Module Assistant (tile patterns)
In the menu Tile | Place | Tiles press the module-assistant button to create your own tile patterns. If you want to know more about patterns with non-rectangular tiles, read more here. Select the tiles you want to use and drag & drop them to the right. While dragging, use the right mouse button to […]
Change materials
In menu View| Material you can easily edit the materials of walls, murals, objects and other surfaces. Select the surface or object you want to change. A preview appears in the right menu. Open the Material library to select and place material. It’s also a possibility to import custom material based on an image, use for […]
Built-in Bathtubs
In this article is explained how to build in straight and round bathtubs, using the sanitary mural function or doing it manually using murals. Built-in bath using the sanitary mural function Manually build-in bath with block Built-in round shaped bath using the sanitary mural function Round freestanding bath built in a block NOTE THAT: Not […]
Customize sanitary with murals
Use murals to make your own customized sanitary objects, like marble fontains, built-in baths or sinks. First, place the sanitary object. Second, place a free mural. Set the height of the mural a couple of centimetres lower as the sanitary object. It is possible to edit the mural to make an arc e.g. If you […]
Edit objects
In ViSoft you can adjust the object however you like. It is not possible to modify an object in the database of the manufacturer (protected), but you CAN copy the object to .custom objects and make changes to the object or tile there. Copy the object you would like to change, and paste it in […]
Tile Borders
This article shows two examples to explain how border tiles are laid in ViSoft. Tiles of the manufacturer Original style are used. You can download the Original style database in the update manager. Example one tile border Step 1 Open the tile browser in menu Tile. In the example tiles 8021V, 8022V, and 8023V from the Odyssey […]
Creating a mansard or french roof
Draw a mansard roof or similar roof using a free mural. Step 1 Set up the room. Select the wall where you want to place the mural in the navigation panel, and switch to wall view. Step 2 Select in menu Room | Mural the free mural function. Draw a closing triangle. Doubleclick on the […]
Ceiling skylight
It is possible to create a skylight. The ceiling of a room is automatically created in ViSoft premium and not editable…but you can turn it off and on in the navigation panel (in 3D view). Create a new ‘ceiling’ by placing a mural with a mounting height set on the height of the walls (for […]
Creating Roofs
Go to slanted roof Go to roof corner Go to complex roof Learn how to create roof corners, slanted and more complex rooms in ViSoft Premium. 1 | Slanted/ sloped roofs Open the menu Room | Roof. Note that you can only place a roof in floor view, the function is not available in the […]
Adding custom objects
ViSoft is a open software, which means you can create all the objects and textures you desire. It’s possible to import any object of the following file formats: Autodesk 3Dstudio (*.3ds) WaveFront Object (*.obj) Collada (*.dae, *.xml, *.zip) DirectX (*.x) Blitz3D (*.b3d) WRML97 (*.wrl; *.wrz) *.dwg Use drag & drop to import objects and textures; […]
Adding custom tiles
To add your own tiles, open the tile browser (menu Tile | Place | Tiles). In the left menu of the tile browser, the database tree, you select .Custom Tiles. Rightclick and select Add Series. Give a name and description and select OK. Rightclick (whitespace) and select Add Tile and load the tile picture. In the Tile […]
