1. Getting started
Avenler is a browser-based program for building electrical installation designs: from the drawing it produces an itemised quantity take-off, a quotation, schedules and a printable drawing set. This chapter takes you from creating an account to preparing your first project.
Registration and login
- On the home page or in the header, choose the Register button (/regisztracio).
- Enter your e-mail address and your password twice, and accept the terms of service, the data processing agreement and the privacy notice (these are public and can be read without logging in).
- A confirmation e-mail arrives at the address you gave. At the link in the e-mail, enter the password you chose when registering: this activates your account.
- You can then log in on the Log in page. If you tick Keep me logged in, the session lasts for up to 30 days; without it, it lasts until the browser is closed.
- If you have forgotten your password, you can request a link for a new password on the Forgotten password page.
If a new version of the terms of service or the privacy notice is published, after login the acceptance page asks you to accept it again.
Interface language
With the language selector in the header (the button shows the two-letter code of the language, e.g. HU), you can choose from eight languages: Hungarian, English, German, Romanian, Slovak, Polish, Slovenian and Czech. The whole interface (including the drawing editor, the distribution boards, the check, the quotation and the schedules screens) is available in all eight languages; languages not yet proofread by a native-speaking specialist are marked (beta). When you are logged in, your choice is stored with your account (it follows you to another computer); without logging in, it stays in the browser; on your first visit the browser's language is used. The language also sets the format of numbers and dates, but not the symbol set of the drawings: you choose that separately for each project.
Printed and exported documents (drawing sheets, legend, single-line diagram, quotation printout, DXF, XLSX/CSV) take their language not from the interface but from the project's document language: you set it on the project page, with the title block data (see the Projects and floors chapter). So a designer working in the English interface can deliver a Hungarian design, and vice versa. Your own data (project name, room names, catalogue items, labels) are never translated.
Profile: company details and designer details
On the Profile page, it is worth filling in two groups of data before your first project:
- Company details: these appear in the “Contractor” box on quotations.
- Designer details: these appear in the standard title block of printed drawings. In a shared project, the owner's details appear in the title block.
Here you can also change your password, download all your data and delete your account (see the Sharing and privacy chapter).
Preparatory settings
The left-hand menu has four pages that are worth reviewing before first use, because the take-off and the distribution boards build on them:
| Menu item | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Catalogue | The items (item number, text, unit, material unit price, standard labour time). You can import them from a CSV or XLSX file, or add your own item. |
| Symbols | The default catalogue item for each symbol: the take-off counts this item if you do not specify another one for a device. |
| Take-off rules | Which item belongs to which conduit or cable type; chasing, allowance, connection reserve. |
| Module data | The distribution board data of catalogue items (MCB, RCD, enclosure…). Without it, the item cannot be placed in a distribution board. |
You do not have to fill in everything in advance: if something is missing, the take-off and the check warn you, and the warning leads to the place to fix it. The shared items, symbols and settings are managed by the administrator; your own ones override them.
What next?
On the Projects page you can create your first project, floor and drawing: this is the subject of the next chapter. If you just want to look around, the examples on the home page show the drawing, quotation and material list of a fictitious apartment.