Draft it Help System

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

How To

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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

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 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

Multi Line

Available in: Pro and Architectural

Use this command to draw parallel lines.

A multi line is a set of parallel lines drawn with a single command in a similar way to the way a polyline is drawn. The difference is that it has a pre-defined multi line style which controls the number of the parallel lines, their spacing, colour and thickness. Click this button multi line button image to draw a 'multi line'.

Once selected the command prompt reads:

Give Start Point:

Select the first end point of the multi line using any of the snaps and input options and the command prompt reads:

Give Next Point:

It is important to note that the multi line style is set in the Properties Explorer, if it is switched off it can be switched on without aborting the command. A dynamic set of lines (depending on the multi line style selected) are drawn from the start point to the cursor. At this stage no line widths or colours are displayed on the dynamic segment. The Properties Explorer also has settings for the 'Justification' and 'Opposite Side' (See images below for options and information). Based on all of these settings the dynamic display shows the proposed multi line. You will also see a red line attached to the cursor, this is the justification line (it could lie directly on top of one of the lines in the style), this is covered later in the topic. Using any of the snaps and input options set the next point.

The 1st multi line segment is drawn and the dynamic set of lines is now drawn from this second point to the cursor. A small circle is displayed at the first point selected. This is drawn to assist identifying the beginning of the multi line.

The command prompt now reads:

Give Next Point or (A)rc or (T)hree Point Arc or (Escape) to End:

Further points can now be selected to continue to add line segments to the multi line but we also have the options to draw segments as Arcs using the two additional options. All of the command line options work identically to the polyline command.

If a third point is added a then (C)lose and (U)ndo options are added to the prompts. Right click the mouse to finish drawing the multi line.

Whilst drawing a multi line the Properties Explorer shows 'Justification' and 'Opposite Side' settings.

'Justification' can be set as either Left, Centre or Right. This is the position of the cursor in relation to the multi line (in the drawing direction). As mentioned previously a temporary red line is displayed, effectively this is the 'line' being drawn and the other lines within the multi line are offset from this line, depending on the current style settings this line could lie on top of an actual line within the style.

In the image below you can see the effect of changing the Justification on a multi line (drawn from left to right). The Style settings of the line are also shown.

'Opposite Side' effectively defines which side of the multi line the offsets are drawn toward. In the example below you can see a style definition and 4 multi lines drawn with it. So regardless of the justification setting you can see that it is possible to change the offset order from one side to the other using the 'Opposite Side' setting. To explain further if the first line in the style definition is the origin line then the last line in the sequence (green) is on the opposite side to it. You can see in the 4 examples that this line is on the right or left as per the setting in each case.