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:
Free Drawing mode or Default mode
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
Measure Drawing Mode, and
Set Project Orientation (discussed in Visual View Top Toolbar )
DRAWING MODES
To enter the desired Drawing-Mode click the relevant button or use its keyboard shortcut.
You can find an explanation of each drawing-mode by hovering over the button and waiting for the tooltip to show which will also show the keyboard shortcut.
Entering into a Drawing-Mode will exit out of Free Drawing 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-click to reset each step until the drawing-mode is exited.
Drawing modes that create shapes such as Line, Rectangles & Polygons will share several features including:
left clicking to place points of the object
double left clicking typically completing polygon shape
right clicks will reset backwards one-step in object creation, removing the previous point. If no object remains, the next right-click will exit the drawing mode
You can enter manual dimensions when drawing most objects. Type the desired dimension in millimetres and hit enter to commit the value.
Holding shift while drawing line or polygon shapes will typically lock the direction of the current line to a straight horizontal or vertical direction.
Many Drawing-Modes have several sub-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. These sub-modes are changed by clicking the submode button in the Drawing Mode guide-box, or by using the "Tilde" Keyboard Shortcut which is above the Tab key on most standard keyboards.