# Where to find RTMaps documentation?

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There are various kinds of documentation resources and therefore various places to find it.

In the following article [RTMAPS\_INSTALL] refers to your RTMaps installation directory (usually C:\Program Files\Intempora\RTMaps 4\ under Windows and /opt/rtmaps/ under Linux).

## RTMaps User documentation

The main documentation file (and a good place to start with) is the RTMaps User Manual PDF file. It is available in your RTMaps installation folder under subfolder doc/

- 
  - **[RTMAPS\_INSTALL]/doc/rtmaps\_user\_manual.pdf**

The articles here will point to a quick start guide and a few demos and tutorials:

- 
  - [https://support.intempora.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000608685-First-steps-with-RTMaps-Studio](https://support.intempora.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000608685-First-steps-with-RTMaps-Studio)
  - [https://support.intempora.com/hc/en-us/sections/115000538994-RTMaps-Demos](https://support.intempora.com/hc/en-us/sections/115000538994-RTMaps-Demos)

RTMaps components have their own individual documentation which can be accessed from within the RTMaps Studio, right-clicking on a component and choosing “Help” (or menu Help in the Studio, then “ **Help contents | RTMaps Documentation | local | Components** ”)

- Documentation specific to RTMaps packages of components can be located in the packages folders (**[RTMAPS\_INSTALL]/packages/rtmaps\_[mypackage]/doc/**).  
Example: [RTMAPS\_INSTALL]/packages/rtmaps\_python\_bridge/doc/rtmaps\_python\_bridge.pdf

This [**HelpDesk**](https://support.intempora.com/)website is a good place to find some tutorials and knowledge base articles.

See also **[RTMAPS\_INSTALL]/doc/** and **[RTMAPS\_INSTALL]/tools/simulink/** where documentation and examples about Simulink interfaces in RTMaps can be found.

## RTMaps Developer documentation

RTMaps component developers can find documentation about the SDK/API in various places.

- **[RTMAPS\_INSTALL]/doc/rtmaps\_developer\_manual.pdf** is a good place to start with.

Examples of source code can be found in your user’s RTMaps SDK folder

- Under Windows: C:\Users\Public\Documents\RTMaps SDK Projects\samples.u\
- Under Linux: **/home/[username]/rtmaps\_sdk/samples.u/** (provided that ‘rtmaps\_sdk\_wizard --samples’ has been called once at least)

The RTMaps SDK API reference is available in [RTMAPS\_INSTALL]\doc\sdk\_reference\api\_documentation\index.html

- Some source code for RTMaps components (like for instance the OpenCV wrappers for RTMaps) can be found on our GitLab server: **[Explore projects · GitLab](https://git.rtmaps.net/explore/projects)** (for now there are few, but we expect to add more in a near future).