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Structure of CadnaA documentation

The range of documentation provided with the CadnaA software consists of the following parts:

Document Contents
Introduction installation, editing of objects, modes of calculation, modeling industrial, road, and railway noise, basic import features & grouping concept, Modify Objects & context menu actions/commands
Reference manual (present manual) detailed description of all dialogs and their options (sources, obstacles, topography, immission), configuration dialog, import/export, graphics/bitmaps, tables & libraries, project organization
manual „Attributes, Variables, and Keywords“ listings of object attributes, variables & keywords, handling of string operations, operators & functions, protocol abbreviations

These documents are revised with every new release of CadnaA regarding new features and also with respect to modifications or amendments of existing features.

Structure of this manual

The reference manual contains the documentation and description of all CadnaA features, excluding the installation procedure, the input and the editing of objects, and the actions/commands on the dialog Modify Objects and on the context menu. Those features are explained in the introductory manual besides an introduction to all modes of calculation and all noise types.

Chapter 2 describes for each source type all available options on the corresponding object dialog, including short examples if necessary. The subchapters for each source type (industry, road, railway) start by a chapter explaining input data independent from the selected standard, followed by standard-specific explanations.

Note

Due to numerous standards and guidelines implemented in CadnaA, and with respect to the possible revision of national procedures between two software releases, DataKustik cannot guarantee in any case the actuality of the specifications given. Particularly, the specifications cannot substitute buying and studying the original paper. Indications on the official supplier can be found in the references (Literature).

In Chapter 3 - Obstacles and Chapter 4 - Topography, the reference manual treats all obstacles including the topography.

In Chapter 5 - Immissions all types of noise evaluation in CadnaA are described. This includes: the receiver point, the area of designated, the horizontal and the vertical grid as well as the building evaluation. This chapter treats also the features of the option XL as there are, e.g.: the map of conflicts, the grid evaluation, the ObjectScan, and the population density.

In Chapter 6 - Calculation, the basic principles of the calculations in CadnaA are explained. Furthermore, you will find here the description of the standard-specific configurations of calculation. The text is specific to each source type with separate chapters for each implemented calculation procedure. In addition, the other commands and features on the Calculation menu are described (e.g. multi-threading and batch operation by using PCSP.).

Chapter 7 - Import covers the handling of all import formats available in CadnaA.

Chapter 8 - Graphics and Chapter 9 - Bitmaps describe all available objects and procedures for producing a graphic output in CadnaA, as well as the features for import and scaling of external bitmaps.

Chapter 10 - Tables explains the features of the object’s tables while chapter 12 covers their application within the local and global libraries.

Chapter 12 - Print & Export deals with the output of report files (for example as tables) or as a graphic printout using the CadnaA-PlotDesigner. This includes the export of geo-referenced projects to GoogleEarth™.

Chapter 13 - Project Organization deals with all aspects of project organization. This includes the ObjectTree, used to define groups and the handling of variants.

In Chapter 14 - Extras, the further features for evaluation provided in the menu Extras are described (e.g. object scanning, conflict maps, grid evaluation, population density). This includes also the features „Close Polygons“ and „Delete Height Points“. Further, this chapter describes the features and commands of the scripting language Lua in CadnaA.

Accessing the Documentation

The documentation can be accessed in the following ways:

  1. Menu Help | Contents opens the homepage (offline)
  2. Clicking Help buttons in dialogs opens the relevant chapter (offline)
  3. Alternatively, the F1 key can be used (offline)
  4. Website https://doku.datakustik.com/CadnaA/en/ opens the homepage (online)

Access from CadnaA (items 1–3) can also be switched from offline to online. To do this, set the following entry in the INI file:

[Main]
OpenHelpInBrowser=1