Structure of CadnaA documentation

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

Document	Contents
Introduction (present manual)	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	detailed description of all dialogs and their options (sources, obstacles, topography, immission), configuration dialog, import/export, graphics/bitmaps, tables & libraries, project organization
„Attributes, Variables, and Keywords“ manual	listings of object attributes, variables & keywords, handling of string operations, operators & functions, protocol abbreviations

Structure of this manual

The present introductory manual provides in chapters 1 and chapter 2 basic information on the CadnaA software and describes the local installation of CadnaA and the license manager.

In chapter 3 to chapter 5 the basics on how to enter objects and the steps to perform calculations for all noise types are explained.

In chapter 6 to chapter 8 you will find explanations for all noise types (industrial, road, and railway) on an introductory level. This is achieved using examples with sequences of actions to take.

Chapter 9 and chapter 10 cover comprehensive subjects like data import and the grouping concept in CadnaA. Also this is explained on an introductory level to enabling progress and results also for beginners.

Chapters 11 and chapter 12 list and describe all commands which are available on the CadnaA specific dialog Modify Objects and on the object-specific context menus.