How To
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Activate Draft it V4
The Basics
Select Items
Modify Items
The Program Interface
Modifying/Moving an Arc
Modifying/Moving a Door
Modifying/Moving a Window
Modifying/Moving an Opening
Modifying/Moving a Staircase
Modifying/Moving a Wall
Modifying/Moving a Roof
Modifying/Moving an Ellipse
Modifying/Moving a Line
Modifying/Moving a Polyline
Modifying/Moving a Polygon
Modifying/Moving Text
Modifying/Moving Dimensions
Modifying/Moving an Area Fill
Modifying/Moving Hatching
Modifying/Moving an Image
Modifying/Moving a Symbol
Modifying/Moving Multiple Entities
Modifying the Layer of an Item
Modifying the line Style of an Item
Modifying the Colour of an Item
Use Snaps And Input Options
The Origin Point
Snap
Keyboard Snaps
Direct Input
X Y Input
Polar Input
Distance Input
Scale Factor Input
Arrow Key Input
Force Angle
InteliSnap
Wall Snap Points
Create a Symbol
Insert a Door
Insert a Window
Insert an Opening
Insert an Elevation
Create a Template
Repeat a Command
Cancel a Command
Work with Documents
Work with Layers/Colours/Styles
Use Shortcut Keys
Add Hyperlinks to Entities
Draft it Button
Tutorials
New
New From Template
Open
Save
Save As
Save As Template
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Drawing Properties
Import
Export
Print
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Printer Settings
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About Draft it
Show Startup Screen
Quick Access Toolbar
System Toolbar
Zoom Window
Zoom Full Page
Zoom Extents
Grid
Nearest Point
IntelliSnap
Angle Lock
Refresh
Help
About Draft it
The Ribbon
Home Ribbon Page
Properties Explorer
Layout Explorer
Drawing Tabs
Command Window
Status Bar
Draw Group
Architectural Ribbon Page
Symbols Ribbon Page
Views & Settings Ribbon Page
Command Specific Ribbons
Minimise/Expand the Ribbon
Line
Arc
Circle
Polyline
Curve Fit
Filled Polyline
Ellipse
Polygon
Rectangle
Offset
Insert Symbol
Insert Image
Constructions
Modify Group
Horizontal Construction Line
Vertical Construction Line
Angular Construction Line
Perpendicular Line
Perpendicular Line To Line
Tangent To Arc
Single Offset
Repeated Offset
Incremental Offset
Delete Constructions
Rectangular Array
Linear Array
Polar Array
Area Fill
Hatch
Hatch Pattern
Point
Divide
Revision Cloud
Move
Copy
Copy To Other
Rotate
Stretch
Scale
Break
Mirror
Quick Trim
Trim
Trim / Extend
Fillet
Chamfer
Blend
Tangent to 2 Arcs
Delete
Explode
Build Polyline
Build Symbol
Select All
Select Layer
Select Colour
Select Style
Select Hyperlink
Clear Selection
Section Filter
Set Insertion Origin
Annotation Group
Architectural Tutorial
Part 1 - Drawing Setup
Part 2 - The Ground Floor Plan
Tutorial No 1
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
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
Use Shortcut Keys
Available in: Free, Plus, Pro, Architectural
The following is a list of the shortcut keys available in Draft it.
Key
What does it do?
How do I use it?

Switch on Snap mode
Press F7 to switch the Snap
mode on in order to snap to End, Intersection and Perpendicular points etc.

Switch on XY mode
Press F8 to switch the XY
mode on in order to place items using X and Y coordinates.

Switch on Polar mode
Press F9 to switch the Polar
mode on in order to place items using Distance and Angle coordinates.




Enter Direction and distance
Press one of the arrow keys
to specify the direction of the next point, and enter the distance into the dialog box.

Use existing point as point of reference
Hold the cursor over an existing point (End, Intersection etc.) and press the
R
key to use the Snap point as a point of reference when placing a new point. Snap mode must first be enabled.

Snap to X coordinate
Hold the cursor over an existing point (End, Intersection etc.) and press the
X
key to fix the new point to the X coordinate of the existing point. Snap mode must first be enabled.

Snap to Y coordinate
Hold the cursor over an existing point (End, Intersection etc.) and press the
Y
key to fix the new point to the Y coordinate of the existing point. Snap mode must first be enabled.




Force snap
When in Snap mode, press either the E, M, P or T key to automatically snap to an
End,
Middle,
Perpendicular or
Tangent point respectively.

Draw straight line
Hold down the Shift key to force the angle.
As you move the cursor it will be restricted to drawing lines at 0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 180° etc.
Available in: the Architectural version only
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