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DESSO ONLINE DESIGN LIBRARY
CUSTOMER USER MANUAL
WELCOME TO DESSO ONLINE DESIGN LIBRARY
Thank you for using Desso’ s online design library!
We are delighted that you have chosen to sign in and use our online application to
easily search designs online. With our application you can also recolor designs and
show them in different scenes such as ballrooms, corridors and rooms. The tool is made
to give you an idea how the Desso carpet designs w ould look in real life. We hope this
tool w ill help you to make your job easier. If you have any questions or remarks please
let us know .
Enjoy our Desso Online Desing Library,
Desso Team
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CONTENT
WELCOME TO DESSO ONLINE DESIGN LIBRARY ................................................... 2
INTRODUCTION TO THE ONLINE DESING LIBRARY ................................................ 4
LOG IN............................................................................................................. 5
How to (re) set your passw ord ......................................................................... 5
NAVIGATE BAR ................................................................................................ 6
DESIGNS.......................................................................................................... 7
How to search designs .................................................................................... 7
How to create favorite folders .......................................................................... 8
How to create favorite designs ........................................................................ 10
How to search for your favorite designs ............................................................ 10
How to find more design information ................................................................ 12
Visualize designs in a scene ............................................................................ 13
DESIGNER ....................................................................................................... 14
How to put designs and scenes together ........................................................... 14
How to recolor your designs ............................................................................ 15
How to dow nload your scenes, designs and recolers........................................... 18
PROJECTS ...................................................................................................... 19
ACCOUNT ....................................................................................................... 20
How to change your passw ord ........................................................................ 20
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INTRODUCTION TO THE ONLINE DESING LIBRARY
This document is made to help guide you through the online design library tool and can
be used as a first go to guide in how to use the online design library.
What can you do in the new design library
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Search for design and find the related info
Recolor design and visualize these designs in scenes
Visualize designs with the different scenes and save these as your project
Download your designs and recolors
Save your projects to work on later
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LOG IN
Log in via : http://desso.picarioxpo.com/xpo
Use the same login name and passw ord as you have done in the past.
If you don’ t have a log in name please contact your local sales representative, so one
can be created for you.
* Your username is your email address
How to (re) set your password
If you don’ t remember your passw ord please request a new one via “ Cant access your
account?” on the log in page. A link w ill be send to your email address to reset your
passw ord.
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NAVIGATE BAR
The different options you have in the Design Library are short ly listed below :
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DESIGNS: Here you w ill find all the designs ever uploaded to the designs library .
You can also look for more design information available per design.
DESIGNER: Here you can put the scenes and the designs together as a
rendering. Plus you can also recolor the designs here
PROJECTS: In projects you w ill find the renderings you have saved in the past
ACCOUNT: Your ow n account information
LOGOUT: Here you w ill exit the design library program
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DESIGNS
Here you w ill find all the designs ever uploaded to the designs library. You can also look
for more design information available per design.
How to search designs
1. You can search designs by the labels on the left side
2. You can search designs by name or number
2) You can search
designs by name or
number
1) On the left side you
can search for designs
by clicking on the
different labels
available. For example
if you choose the label
starbust only the
designs w ith a
starbust w ill appear.
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How to create favorite folders
You can save your most liked designs as your favorites and manage them by creating
folders. To create favorite designs you first need to make a favorite folders. You can
create as much folders as you like.
In Design modus go to the bottom of the page and select “ Add favorite folder” then a
screen w ill pop up to name your folder, enter a name and select save. Now your
favorite folder has been created, once you have created a folder you can drag and drop
your most favorite designs in your folder(s).
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How to create favorite designs
You can save your most liked designs as favorites and manage them by creating
folders. If you haven’ t created a favorite folder please do this step first. How to create a
favorite folder can be read on t he previous paragraph. Once you have one or more
favorite folders, just select the design you w ish to make as your favorite, the design
you are w orking w ith is the design that is blue accentuated, than just drag and drop this
design into your folder.
1) Choose the design you w ish to
make as your favorite, the design
you are w orking w ith is the design
that is blue accentuated.
2) Than drag and drop the design
into your folder.
3) The design now belongs to your
favorite folder, you see this
because the number has just
changed from 0 to 1
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How to search for your favorite designs
Can search for your saved favorite designs by going to DESIGN mode and then choose
“ Favorite” all your favorites from all your folders w ill be displayed. Or just click on your
favorite folder and the designs in that folder w ill be show n.
1) Do to DESIGN mode and then
choose “ Favorite” all your favorites
from all your folders w ill be
displayed.
2) Or just click on your folder and
the designs only in that folder w ill
be show n.
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How to find more design information
Select a design you w ish to read more design information on. Then choose “ full design
info” to see more information available for this design.
All extra design information is now show n
In the overview option you can see
the design and zoom in
Settings show s the design name
and w hen available extra info
Labels show s the different element
available in de design
Relations show s if there are designs
selected that go w ell w ith this
design
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Visualize designs in a scene
Select a design you w ish to visualize in a scene and then choose “ visualize w ith this
design” . After this step you w ill be sw itched to the “ Designer” . Then you can choose
the scene you w ish to visualize in.
Select the scene and click on the design to render into the scene.
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DESIGNER
In de Designer option you can put the scenes and the designs together as a rendering.
Plus you can also recolor the Designs here.
How to put designs and scenes together
You can come into the designer option in different w ays.
1 First choose a design then choose “ visualize w ith this design” then pick your scene
(as mentioned above).
Or go directly to the designer option and put the designs and scene together int o a 3D
images. Choose a scene and choose a design. Then you w ill see how the design looks
in a room, corridor or ballroom.
On the right side you
can choose from the
different designs
On the left side
you can choose
from the different
scenes
Here you can choose
to recolor the design
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How to recolor your designs
In the option “ Colorw ays” , on the right bottom of the page you can recolor the chosen
design.
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Click on “ Colorw ays” and then choose “ add Colorw ay” . Click on the Design and the
color palette w ill pop up.
1) click on add
colorw ay
2) Then click on the
design and the color
palette w ill pop up.
3) Here you w ill see the
original color scheme of
the design
4) Click on the color you w ish to
change (w ill be blue highlighted).
6) Change the color
palette by moving the
dot over the color
scheme
5) Then choose the color you w ish to change
it to by using the bar on the left side and the
scrolling bar on the right side. Here you w ill
see all the Desso pom colors. Then choose
“ apply this color” , the color w ill then be
changed. You can repeat this as many times
as you w ish until all the colors are changed.
To change the next color just click on this
color and it w ill be blue highlighted for you to
know w hich color you are changing.
7) Change
the color
palette by
moving the
black bar up
and dow n.
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In “ Design Properties” you have the option to change the design lay out and position of the
design.
In “ Design Properties” you have the option to
change the design lay out. Here you can
choose w here the design needs to start.
Simply change the blue square to decide
w here to start. You can also change the
design format here as w ell to better fit in the
scene.
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How to dow nload your scenes, designs and recolers
You have the options to “ dow nload” the scene w ith the rendering to your computer.
If you choose the “ report” option a PDF report w ill be generated and you w ill see the
original color scheme and the new color scheme you made.
You can also choose “ save as project ” , the rendering w ill then be saved in your project
environment.
* DON’ T FORGET TO “ SAVE AS PROJECT” OTHERWISE YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR
COMPOSITION
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PROJECTS
In projects you w ill find the renderings you have saved in the past.
If you click on “ visualize w ith this project” you w ill find the options available to recolor
and dow nload the image to your computer.
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ACCOUNT
In “ account” you can see your login name, w hich is your email address. You can also
change your passw ord here.
How to change your password
If you w ant to change your passw ord go to Account and choose “ change passw ord”
type your old pass w ord and your new pass w ord tw ice don’ t forget to Save!
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