Contents

• User Guide
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction
    • Installing BurrTools
      • Downloading BurrTools
      • Installation of BurrTools
      • Files and Folders
    • Concepts and Definitions
      • Definitions
      • Concepts
    • Notes for PuzzleSolver3D Users
      • Importing PUZZLESOLVER3D files
  • The BurrTools Interface
    • The BurrTools Menus
      • The File Menu
      • The Configuration Menu
    • The Status Bar
    • The Tools Section
      • The Puzzle People
      • Resizing the Elements
    • The 3-D Viewer
  • Creating Shapes
    • Spacegrids
      • Sphere Grid Limitations
      • The rhombic grid
        • Structure of the rhombic grid
        • The basic building blocks
        • The shape dualism
    • Creating Shapes
    • Grid Functions
      • Adjusting the Grid Size
      • Advanced Grid and Scaling Functions
      • Adjusting All Shapes
    • Building and Editing Shapes
      • Navigating in 2-D and 3-D
      • Basic Drawing Tools
      • Drawing Styles
      • Compound Drawing Tools
      • Using the 3D-Viewer to Edit
    • Adding Colour
      • The Default Colour and Custom Colours
      • Creating and Editing Custom Colours
      • Applying Colours
    • Representations
    • Transformation Tools
    • Miscellaneous Editing Tools
      • Constraining Tools
    • Managing Shapes and Colours
    • Shape Information
    • Tips and Tricks
      • Voxel State and Size Tips
      • Colouring Tips
    • Simulating non-cubic spacegrids
      • Two-Sided Pieces
      • Diagonally Cut Cubes and Squares
      • Cairos
      • Squares with Cuts of Slope 0.5
      • Edge Matching
      • Other possibilities
  • Defining Puzzles
    • Defining Simple Problems
      • Initialising Problems
      • Piece Assignment
    • Piece Ranges
    • Grouping Pieces
      • Concept
    • Editing Problem Details
    • Setting Colour Constraints
    • Managing Problems
    • Tips and Tricks
      • Grouping Tips
      • Constraint Tips
  • Solving Puzzles
    • Solver Settings
    • Solving Puzzles
      • Automatic Solving
      • Manually Solving
    • Browsing Placements
    • Inspecting Results
      • Selecting Solutions and Animating Disassemblies
      • Handling Solutions
      • Visibility of Pieces
  • Reporting with BurrTools
    • Adding Comments
    • Exporting Images
    • Exporting to STL
  • Future Plans
    • Burr Design Tools
  
  
• Advanced User Guide
  • The Internals
    • The Puzzle File Format
      • Voxel Space
    • The Library
      • Class Voxel
      • Class Puzzle
      • Class assembler
      • Class Disassembler
      • Class Assembly
      • Class Disassembly
      • Example
    • The Algorithms
      • Assembly
      • Disassembly
    • Adding to the Library
  
  
• Appendices
  • Examples
    • Al Packino
    • All Solid 6-Piece Burrs
    • Ball Room
    • Bermuda
    • MINE's CUBE in CAGE
    • Dracula's Dental Disaster
    • Level 98 Burr 'The Pelican'
    • 12 Piece Separation
    • Augmented Second Stellation
    • Broken Sticks
    • Diagonal Cube
    • Hexsticks
    • Permutated Third Stellation
    • Pieces of Eight

• Prologue