Online Support

This purple button  initiates online support via the internet and takes you directly to a website that you can chat directly with a support technician during support hours.

Context Sensitive Help 

There are two types of Context Help which can be used to quickly and easily locate relevant help topics in this user guide.

1. click on the Context Help  button located on the top right of the main window;
   • the cursor will change to a question mark 
   • then click on any of the command buttons on the ribbon;
     or shape page e.g. Notches page.
     

     
     

2. also available on title bar of any Property Sheet at Drawing or Shape level (as shown).
   • First select the page that you need help with (e.g. Job Details > About page);
   • Then click on the Context Help  button in the title bar;
   • Finally, when the cursor changes to a question mark  , click on the...
     • relevant Catalog/Drawing page (shown below left);
       or
     • Properties dialog (shown below right).

Help Topics 

Keyboard Shortcut: F1

Opens the ShapeMaster Users Guide (this document).

Library Help

The link to Library Help Topics directs you to the CabMaster Software™ Knowledge Base where a range of articles can be found on Frequently Asked Questions.

Tip Of The Day

Displays the Tip of the Day dialog, which gives you handy hints on using ShapeMaster.

This dialog will also be shown automatically when you start the program, but can be turned off by unchecking the 'Show Tips at Startup' checkbox. Use the 'Next Tip' button to cycle through the list of hints, and click OK to close the dialog.

There are also clickable links to help your with more assistance, such as a link to our YouTube video channel or a link to our Knowledge Base documentation etc.

Video

Our Support Team regularly creates new videos and this option will take you directly to CabMaster Software™ YouTube site.

Check For Updates

Use this option to check for any online updates available for you via the AutoUpdater.

What's New

This is a link to the application release update notes.

End Of Day Backup

This initiates an end of day backup. It does this by executing the batch file backup.bat in the same folder as ShapeMaster.

If this option is "greyed out", it indicates that there is no existing backup.bat file. The backup.bat file can be created/modified it to suit your requirements.