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These Drawing Modes are accessed on the Visual View's Left Toolbar. They include:
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Free Drawing mode or Default mode
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Opening Drawing Mode (Windows, Door & Permanent Openings)
Screen & Eave Drawing Modes for Screens (Vertical Shading Objects) & Eaves (Horizontal Shading Objects)
Attach Screen or Eave (discussed in Screen & Eave Drawing Modes
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Ceiling Fan & Penetrations Drawing Mode
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Set Project Orientation (discussed in Visual View Top Toolbar )
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DRAWING MODES
To enter the desired Drawing-Mode click 🖱 Click the relevant button or use its ⌨ keyboard shortcut.
You can find an explanation of each drawingDrawing-mode Mode by hovering over the button and waiting for the tooltip Tooltip to show which will also show the keyboard shortcut.
Entering into a Drawing-Mode will exit out of Free Drawing mode Mode such that normal selection & dragging of objects is disabled.
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To exit any drawing mode and return to Free Drawing Mode, hit the ⌨ Escape key, or right🖱 Right-click Click to reset each step until the drawing-mode is exited.
Drawing modes Modes that create shapes such as Line, Rectangles & Polygons will share several features including:
left clicking 🖱
Left-Clickto place points of the object
double left clicking 🖱
Double Left-Clicktypically completing polygon shape right clicks (or clicking back at the origin)
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Right-Clickwill reset backwards one-step in object creation, removing the previous point. If no object remains, the next right🖱Right-clickClickwill exit the drawing mode
You can enter manual dimensions Manual Dimensions when drawing most objects. Type the desired dimension in millimetres and hit enter ⌨ Enter to commit the value.
Holding shift ⌨ Shift while drawing line or polygon shapes will typically lock the direction of the current line to a straight horizontal ↔ or vertical ↕ direction.
Many Most Drawing-Modes have several subSub-modes Modes that allow you to create the object in different ways, for example Skylights, can be created as Rectangles, or Line by Line for polygon shaped skylights, or as a Circular shape.
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These sub-modes are changed by clicking the submode button Sub-Mode Button in the Drawing Mode guide-box, or by using the "Tilde" Keyboard Shortcut ⌨ Tilde ` keyboard shortcut which is above the ⌨ Tab key on most standard keyboards.
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