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

Dimension Styles

Available in: PRO & Architectural

Select the Dimension Styles button and the following dialog box is displayed.

Each dimension on a Draft it drawing has a style. You can use Dimension Styles to control the appearance of dimensions. By default this is the 'Untitled' Style. A Dimension Styles is saved in the drawing, therefore they can be added to your Templates there is no limit on the number of styles within a drawing.

Style Name - The name of the style. Select the name from the list to modify the various settings. This does not change the current style it only changes the settings of the selected style when closing the box.

Add/Update - If you edit/input a new name in the Style Name box this button automatically highlights. Click to add the new name to the list. The new style uses the settings of the selected style when the new name was entered. A soon as you change any setting this button name changes to update. Click this to save the style settings. Note. Only the selected style is saved when closing the box, it is important

Delete - Select this to delete the selected Style. A message is displayed for you to confirm

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

Text Colour - This is the colour/pen/line width of all of the dimension text.

Text 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.

Text Offset - The distance from the dimension line to the text string in the current Units. There is an option to update this value should the drawing scale be change.

Bold - Bold Modifier for text.

Italic - Italic Modifier for text.

Rounding - When switched on allows an rounding setting for overriding the precision setting in the system units . You can set this for linear and angular dimensions.

Plottable - A dimension style can be included or exclude from printing with this option.

Terminator Type - The type of dimension terminator, the choices are arrow, filled arrow, oblique & dot.

Terminator Colour - This is the colour/pen/line width of all of the dimension terminator.

Terminator Length - The length/size of the terminator in the current Units. There is an option to update this value should the drawing scale be change.

Leader Line Colour - This is the colour/pen/line width of all of the dimension leader line.

Leader Line Offset - The distance from the dimension point to the leader line in the current Units. There is an option to update this value should the drawing scale be change.

Leader Line Extension - The distance the dimension leader extends beyond the dimension line in the current Units. There is an option to update this value should the drawing scale be change.

Dimension Line Colour - This is the colour/pen/line width of all of the dimension line.

Close - Click the this button to close the Dimension Styles dialog box. If the style selected has changed the system prompts you to save the changes. Click OK to save or cancel to discard the changes.

Editing Dimensions

When creating or editing a dimension the Ribbon changes to display the following Command Specific Ribbon containing the various dimension options.

Style - Select the current dimension style.

Reset Style Overrides - Use this option to reset the current dimension to the default settings of its current style.

Dimension Styles - Open the Dimension Styles dialog box. This button is also available on the Settings Group within the Settings Ribbon.

Prefix - A user defined text string inserted before the dimension value.

Override - A user defined text string inserted replacing the actual dimension value.

Suffix - A user defined text string inserted after the dimension value.

Copy Ø - This button places the character 'Ø' on to the clipboard. This can then be pasted into either the 'prefix', 'Override' or 'Suffix' fields. Once clicked just left click into the required field and then right click and select 'Paste'.

Copy ° - This button places the character '°' on to the clipboard. This can then be pasted into either the 'prefix', 'Override' or 'Suffix' fields. Once clicked just left click into the required field and then right click and select 'Paste'.

Copy ± - This button places the character '±' on to the clipboard. This can then be pasted into either the 'prefix', 'Override' or 'Suffix' fields. Once clicked just left click into the required field and then right click and select 'Paste'.

Leaders - '1st Leader' and '2nd Leader', two switches control the visibility of the leader lines.

Dimension values are displayed using the current units. It is possible to change units whilst drawing and all dimension values automatically update. The precision of all dimensions is adjusted to maintain the accuracy of the dimension values i.e. if the units are changed from millimetres to centimetres the precision increases by one decimal place. e.g. the precision would be changed from 0.01 to 0.001.