Getting Started

Here's an overview of all the basic stuff you can do to help you get started

Project Moving The Viewport Creating A Unit Selecting A Unit Moving A Unit Unit Management Connecting Connection Types

Project

Use this option to clear the project

Use the open option to open a curve project file

Save your project using the save option. Project files will appear as a download


Moving The Viewport

Panning

Click-and-drag the background to move the viewport

Zoom

Use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out

Depending on what type of mouse you have, you'll need to change the "Mouse Wheel Mode" which can be found under "tools > Mouse Wheel Mode"

Reset

If you ever get a bit lost with the viewport, press the reset button to bring you back to zero


Creating A Unit

Use the create menu to create a new unit


Selecting A Unit

Individual Select

Select a unit by clicking on a part of its body, avoiding any interface items (buttons and dials, etc)

Group Select

Hold 'shift' while clicking and dragging to select units in an area

Choosing

Hold 'shift' while clicking on different units to select and deselect


Moving A Unit

Panning

Simply click-and-drag units around the page

Rotation

Holding 'shift' and 'alt', click-and-drag units to rotate them

Snapping

This will make units pan and rotate in blocky increments


Unit Management

Cut

Copy

Paste

Duplicate

You can also hold the 'alt' button then click-and-drag a unit to duplicate

You can also cut/copy/paste/duplicate groups of units, which will maintain their connections

Delete


Connecting

Click-and-drag on a connector port to start a connection, then drag it to another port to connect

You don't have to disconnect a cable, before trying to connect it elsewhere

Disconnecting

Double-click the connector port to disconnect

Swapping

You can have a cable replace a connection - and so long as you don't stop the click - pulling the cable away will reconnect the other cable


Connection Types

There are four main connection types, each with their own particular colour. Each type covers a different type of transmission and you can only connect ports of the same type

Red - Signal

Green - Voltage

Orange - Audio

Blue - Data

These are referred to as "CUIS", or the "Coordinated Universal Interworking Standard", which you can read more about in the Library

Note: Audio connections have a direction, and as such you cannot connect together ports that are both inputs or are both outputs