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How to see a smartzone before placing it (for newbies)
« on: January 07, 2019, 08:24:05 AM »
Here's an interesting tip- how to visibly see a SZ before placing it. Here's how.
1. select your SZ.
2. tap the f12 key.
3. if you see a red box floating in the air, that's your smartzone. This makes it much easier to place it.
 
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4. tap f12 again after placing sz.
5. DONE!


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Re: How to see a smartzone before placing it (for newbies)
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2019, 11:29:34 AM »
Here's an interesting tip- how to visibly see a SZ before placing it. Here's how.
1. select your SZ.
2. tap the f12 key.
3. if you see a red box floating in the air, that's your smartzone. This makes it much easier to place it.
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4. tap f12 again after placing sz.
5. DONE!
Could be useful when someone doesn't knew that. The thing is when you don't know that you can do that, you woudn't look it up at the first place.
Maybe it will help someone but i kinda doubt it.
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Re: How to see a smartzone before placing it (for newbies)
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2019, 05:33:30 PM »
Any relevant thread about it has been buried deep and I doubt the search function would be helpful.

I'd suggest some wording and screenshot replacements but this is fine for now.
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Re: How to see a smartzone before placing it (for newbies)
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2019, 05:47:48 PM »
Any relevant thread about it has been buried deep and I doubt the search function would be helpful.

I'd suggest some wording and screenshot replacements but this is fine for now.

Sounds good.