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Most objects such as Zones, Windows, Doors and many others are created using Hero's Drawing Modes.

These Drawing Modes are accessed on the Visual View's Left Toolbar. They include:

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Image Added Free Drawing

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• Zones

Image Added Ceiling Fan & Penetrations Drawing Mode
Image Added Zone Drawing Mode	Image Added Floating Wall Drawing Mode
Image Added Opening Drawing Mode (Windows, Door & Permanent Openings)

• Skylight & Roof Windows

• Holes

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Image Added Split & Merge Drawing Mode
Image Added Skylight & Hole Drawing Mode	Image Added Import & Scale Backgrounds
Image Added Screen & Eave Drawing Modes for Screens (Vertical Shading Objects)

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• Ceiling Fans, Exhausts & Downlights

• Special Walls

• The Split & Merge Tools

• Import Background Tool

• Scale Background

• Measure Tool, and

• Set Project Orientation

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(discussed in Screen & Eave Drawing Modes)	Image Added Measure Drawing Mode
	Image Added 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  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.

Most drawing-modes share similar controls  & functionality.

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-Click to place points of the object

• double left clicking 🖱 Double Left-Click typically completing polygon shape right clicks (or clicking back at the origin)

• 🖱 Right-Click will reset backwards one-step in object creation, removing the previous point. If no object remains, the next right🖱 Right-click Click will 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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