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Modify Items

Use Snaps And Input Options

Keyboard Snaps

Relative End Mid Perp Tan Quad X Snap Y Snap

The Origin Point Snap Direct Input X Y Input Polar Input Distance Input Scale Factor Input Arrow Key Input Force Angle IntelliSnap Wall Snap Points

Add Hyperlinks to Entities Cancel a Command Create a Symbol Create a Template Enter Calculations Insert a Door Insert a Window Insert an Opening Insert an Elevation Repeat a Command Select Items The Basics Use Shortcut Keys Use The 15 Day Trial Work with Layers/Colours/Styles Work with Documents

The Program Interface

File Menu The Ribbon

Architectural Ribbon Page

Building Group

Roofs

Accessories

Add Downpipe Add Gutter Angled Ridge Tile Box Valley Cement Gable Fillet Dry Verge System Edit Barge Boards And Gable Soffits Edit Facias And Eaves Soffits Horizontal Flashing Mono Ridge Tile Remove Roof Accessories Semi Circular Ridge Tile Stepped Flashing

Create Dormer

Create Dormer By Polyline

Create Roof

Bay Window Roof Roof From Polyline Roof From Rectangle Roof From Walls

Edit Roof

Add Multi Pitch Change Appearance Change Eaves Height Change Pitch Change Thickness Edit Overhang Make Barn Hipped Make Dutch Gable Make Gable Make Hipped

Legacy Roofs

Convert Legacy Roofs Delete Legacy Roofs

Manual Edits

Extend Face By Polyline Extend Face By Rectangle Trim Face By Polyline Trim Face By Rectangle Remove Roof Modification

Roof Openings

Roof Opening From Polyline Roof Opening From Rectangle

Bay Doors Elevation Hatch Openings Staircases Walls Wall Settings Windows

View Group

3D Viewer Elevation Level Simple Walls

Architectural Symbols Group Sections Group

Draw Ribbon Page

Annotation Group

Angular Dimension Arrow Attribute Break Dimension Line Chain Dimension Datum Chain Dimension Datum Dimension Diameter Dimension Double Arrow Find And Replace Linear Dimension Multi Point Dimension Radial Dimension Radial Length Dimension Set Datum Table Text

Draw Group

Constructions

Angular Construction Line Delete Constructions Horizontal Construction Line Incremental Offset Perpendicular Line To Line Perpendicular Line Repeated Offset Single Offset Tangent To Arc Tangent To Two Arc Vertical Construction Line

Arc Area Fill Centreline Circle Control Point Curve Fit Ellipse Filled Polyline Hatch Pattern Hatch Insertion Point Line Multiline Styles Multiline Offset Point Polygon Polyline Rectangle Rectangular Revision Cloud Revision Cloud Set Insertion Origin

Objects Group

Paste Special

Paste and Explode Paste and Keep Selected Paste as Block Paste to Current Layer and Explode Paste to Current Layer Paste to Original Co-ordinates

Insert Image Insert DWG Insert Symbol

Modify Ribbon Page

Modify Group

Blend Break Build Polyline Build Symbol Chamfer Clear Selection Copy Copy To Other Delete Divide Explode Fillet Hide Layers Isolate Layers Linear Array Make Layer Current Match Colour Match Layer Match Properties Match Style Mirror Move Polar Array Quick Trim Rectangular Array Rotate Scale Select All Select Colour Select Hyperlink Select Layer Select Style Selection Filter Set Insertion Origin Stretch Tangent to 2 Arcs Trim Trim / Extend Un-Hide Layers Un-Isolate Layers

Settings Ribbon Page

Drawing Settings Group

Configure Textures Copy Settings Dimension Styles Grid And Snaps Layers Multiline Styles Page Pens Points Units

Info Group

Entity Info Measure

Show / Hide Group

3D Viewer Area Fill Command Hatching Layouts Properties Referenced Drawings Reset Layout Symbol Library

System Settings Group

Customise Toolbar Display Hot Keys Internet Settings Skins System Paths System Settings

Views & Zoom Ribbon Page

Named Views Group

Manage Views Save View Select View

Zoom Group

Pan Zoom Extents Zoom Full Page Zoom In Zoom Next Zoom Out Zoom Previous Zoom Window

Command Specific Ribbons Minimise/Expand the Ribbon

System Toolbar Quick Access Toolbar

Customise Quick Access Toolbar New Open Save Print Cut Paste Copy (Clip) Undo Redo

Command Window Drawing Tabs Layout Explorer Properties Explorer Referenced Drawings Status Bar Symbol Library Explorer

Tutorials

Architectural Tutorial

Part 1 - Drawing Setup Part 2 - The Ground Floor Plan

Drawing the External Walls Drawing the Internal Walls Inserting Doors Inserting Windows Add the Staircase Add the Furniture

Part 3 - Create the First Floor Plan

Copy the Ground Floor Details Modify the Staircase Detail Modify the First Floor Walls Adding the First Floor Doors Adding the First Floor Furnitire

Part 4 - Drawing Roofs Part 5 - Creating the Elevation

Tutorial No 1

T1 - Part 1 T1 - Part 2 T1 - Part 3 T1 - Part 4 T1 - Part 5 T1 - Part 6 T1 - Part 7 T1 - Part 8 T1 - Part 9 T1 - Part 10 T1 - Part 11

Tutorial No 2

T2 - Part 1 T2 - Part 2 T2 - Part 3 T2 - Part 4 T2 - Part 5 T2 - Part 6 T2 - Part 7 T2 - Part 8 T2 - Part 9 T2 - Part 10 T2 - Part 11

Tutorial No 3

T3 - Part 1 T3 - Part 2 T3 - Part 3 T3 - Part 4 T3 - Part 5 T3 - Part 6 T3 - Part 7

Text

Available in: FREE, Plus, Pro and Architectural

Select the 'Draw Text' button Text button and the following text entry window appears. Draft it draws the outline of the text string font. To view the 'filled' text use the Print Preview function.

Simply type the required text into the window. Once your text string is complete click 'OK' to continue. (Clicking 'Cancel' will exit the text window and any text created or changes made will be lost.) The command prompt reads:

Give Text Point:

The new text string can now be placed on the drawing using any of the snaps and input options.

At this point the text is attached to the cursor and Ribbon contains the insertion options.

Font - The font face of the text, the list comprises fonts found on the computer by Draft it.

Bold - Use the button to switch the bold typeface modifier on/off.

Italic - Use the button to switch the italic typeface modifier on/off.

Height - The height of the text string in the current Units. There is an option to update this value should the drawing scale be change.

Width - This is a scale value for the width. The text width is adjusted by this factor .i.e 0.5 would compress the width by half, 2.0 would stretch the string to double width.

Rotation - The text can be rotated using this value. Measured anti-clockwise from the '3 O'clock' position.

Horizontal - This is the horizontal alignment for placement of the text string. Left, Centre or Right can be selected.

Vertical - This is the vertical alignment for placement of the text string. Bottom, Centre or Top can be selected.

The following feature are in available in: Pro and Architectural text window pro

Special Characters

Clicking on any of the 'Special Character' buttons at the bottom of the window will add any of the none keyboard characters to your text string.

Insert Drawing Property

The 'Insert Drawing Property' list allows you to insert a tag into the text string which displays the value of the Drawing Property selected. For example if you selected the 'DESCRIPTION' tag the string <DESCRIPTION> would be placed into the text window at the text cursor position. When 'OK' is selected the text string can be placed onto the drawing and the 'DESCRIPTION' tag will be replaced by the value currently set in the Drawing Properties. If there is no value set the tag will be ignored. If the property is changed then any text string using the tag will be updated.

Spell Checker

The inbuilt spell checker will highlight with a wavy red underline any incorrect spellings. Clicking on the 'Check Spelling...' button opens the following dialog box.

Incorrect spellings can be ignored, changed or added to the custom dictionary using the buttons to the right. Click the Options button to display the spelling options.

Here there are general options as well as functions to edit the content of your customer dictionary and change the language.

Presets

You can show/hide the 'presets' using the button here. When displayed the following area is shown below the text window where you can add/edit/delete the presets.

Simply drag and drop any preset into the text window to include in the text string.

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