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Draft it Help System

The complete Help system for Draft it is available on these pages.

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Tutorials
Blend

Available in: Pro and Architectural

Click on the Blend button button to create a blend between two entities (Lines and/or Arcs). If any entities are already in the Selection Set they are deselected and the prompt reads:

Give First Entity To Blend approximate Blend point:

Select the first entity which is changed to the highlight style and the prompt reads:

Give Second Entity To Blend approximate Blend point:

Select the second line which is changed to the highlight style and the prompt reads:

Give Blend Radius:

Draft it now displays a dynamic arc representing the blend radius which moves in conjunction with the cursor. The Snaps and Input Options change and now displays additional options depending on previous use to either of the following. snap mode button distance mode button

You can change between the 'Snap' and 'Distance' buttons as required. If 'Snap' is selected any of the system Snaps can be used to specify the point to define the radius.

If 'Distance' is set the system displays a dynamic radial dimension, click in the drawing area to accept the current value. The increment of the dynamic dimension is controlled by the Linear 'Cursor increment' settings in the Units settings. You can type the blend size directly into the distance input box and the dynamic radial dimension will be frozen to reflect this value. Click anywhere in the drawing area to accept this value or click the lock button locked button to release the dimension.

After defining the size the blend will be drawn. Not trimming is performed by the blend command.