Use the Dimensions and Text tools to add annotations to your detail.

Lines work great to represent grade lines or break lines.

Navigate to CAD> Lines> Draw Line to draw CAD lines, or open polylines.

Select CAD> Boxes> Cross Box to create framing components, and CAD> Boxes> Insulation to add additional sections of insulation in floors or walls, as necessary.

Circles, which are useful for representing rebar, can be created by navigating to CAD> Circles> Circle.

Use the Trim and Extend Objects edit tools to shorten or lengthen components.

Use the Chamfer and/or Fillet edit tools to create a chamfer or fillet effect on each corner.

Use the Change Line/Arc edit tool to convert straight edges to curved, or vice versa.

If you want to add more than one break at a time, click the Sticky Mode secondary edit tool after the Break tool is selected. Use the Break edit tool to place additional break points, giving you additional edges that can be adjusted.To edit the shape of a polyline or other CAD components, use the various edit tools that display in the Edit toolbar when a CAD object is selected.Click OK to close the dialog and apply your changes.On the Fill Style panel, specify the desired Pattern Type, along with any other settings.On the Line Style panel, select a Color, Style, and Weight for the polyline.In the Polyline Specification dialog that displays: Using the Select Objects tool, click on the rectangular polyline, then click the Open Object edit button.Don't worry about the exact size or location as you draw it: instead, use Temporary Dimensions to resize it precisely once it is drawn.Select CAD> Boxes> Rectangular Polyline from the menu, then click and drag to create a rectangle.For this reason, the Cross Box, Blocking Box ,and Insulation tools are considered boxes. Boxes are useful when the item being drawn needs to remain a closed shape with right angles. Their corners can be filleted or chamfered but their edges cannot be extensively edited. Rectangular Polylines are composed of lines, just as their name implies, so each of their edges can be edited in the same way that lines can: they can be broken, trimmed, curved, deleted and so on.īoxes are always closed shapes with four 90 degree corners. Two of the most common tools Rectangular Polyline and Box, seem very similar at a glance, but are actually quite different from one another. With the block selected, click the Add to Library edit button to add the CAD block to the library for future use.ĭepending on your requirements for a particular detail drawing, you may find that you use all of the CAD tool families: Lines, Arcs, Splines, Boxes and Circles.

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