Nelements Help

Nelements Installation

1. Make sure you have at least the DirectX 9.0c runtime AND DirectX Runtime Optional Components AND .NET 2.0
2. Run NelementsSetup.msi
3. Once setup is complete, run 'Prepare Nelements' from the Start menu shortcut in the Nelements folder
4. Enter the password and press the 'enter' key
5. Start Nelements by clicking on 'Start Nelements' in the Start menu.

Click here to see a list of common error messages and how to solve them.

Keyboard controls:

• the arrow keys control movement within a nelements scene
• the mouse wheel makes you zoom into and out of the scene
• the 'A' and 'Z' keys control the up and down movement of the camera
• the 'delete' key deletes a selected nelement
• the 'spacebar' resets the camera to the default view
• the 'S' key saves the current nelement into an xml file
• pressing 'Ctrl-S' saves all under the root nelement
• the 'L' key loads nelement data from an xml file that you select
• press 'N' to add a new nelement
• press 'P' to see properties of a selected nelement where you can change its color,shape, or image.
• press 'T' to show the selected nelement's (or the current nelement's) text...then you can edit that from there and press 'ok'
• press 'F10' to go to the Settings panel ... from here you can change the background color and press 'set layout' to apply changes

To rename a nelement:

• select a nelement by clicking on it once
• press the 'R' key
• enter a new name for the nelement and press 'Enter'

To zoom to a nelement:

• select a nelement by clicking on it
• press 'shift' and 'Z'