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1. Hit Radius 10 pixels ent Angles 0 907 ion Angles 45 45 Point Cancel OK Hit Radius Alignment Angles Additional Creation Angles Point This setting determines the detection distance in pixels When the pointer is within the specified hit radius the Drawing Assistant notations are displayed and the object is selected when you click the mouse The default hit radius is 12 pixels If you can t specify locations that are close together because the Drawing Assistant snaps to an existing control point you can do any of the following Decrease the hit radius Zoom in so more pixels separate the existing point and the point you want to select Lock on a point by pressing the mouse button and then typing the letter that represents the point m for midpoint for example If you set the Hit Radius to zero you disable the single click selection of the Selection tool dragging a marquee and double clicking to select all objects will still work Instead you might consider using the Selection Mask in the Edit menu to specify that some objects cannot be selected These angles define the dynamic construction lines that the Drawing Assistant automatically uses If you want to change the orientation of your drawing you can change these specifications For example you could set these angles to 30 90 and 150 for an isometric rawing T
2. Model wi its view in its active View window All views displaying the same model are associative For example when you change the geometry on the sheet the geometry in the view window changes and vice versa When you have several views displaying the same model they have to be associative because no matter which view is active the Sheet View or any Detail View you ate always editing the same model Drawing Formats When you have completed and scaled your drawing using the Drawing Size command you can place the drawing into a drawing format For that you can import one of the Standard Drawing formats shipping with DraftBoard that already contain border and cutting lines and a Title block for entries such as name or scale of the drawing You cannot only modify all drawing formats in the Layout folder of the DraftBoard directory but create as well your own drawing formats and design layouts Importing Drawing Formats 1 Scale the drawing using the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu 2 Mark the option Always display Page bounds in the displayed Drawing Size dialog that allows you to compare the true size of the drawing with the displayed printing area of the drawing format 3 In case your drawing contains any detail views click with the Selection tool on the current sheet outside of any detail view window The window boundaries are displayed by dotted lines to indicate that the next
3. Untitled 1 y Select Shift Extends Ctrl Copy A z Title Bar ds 3 Menu Bar Message Line Drawing Area Tool Palette IN k A Mouse Pointer E a x Location Indicator a Status Line Scroll Bars tine Indicator Layer Indicator Div lt fl gt In this exercise you will construct the basic shape of the part Since all dimensions in the following exercises are given in centimeters you must select the unit centimeters with the Units command from the Prefer ences submenu in the Layout menu 1 Select the Connected Lines tool Move the pointer to the Single Line tool icon on the tool Note that the icon on the left of the subpalette is part of the tool palette display and the other icons on the palette and press hold down the left mouse button the Single Line tool X subpalette represent the a choices you can make The RA Ll icon on the palette changes O to reflect your last tool choice but the icons on the The subpalette appears subpalettes are always in the same order regardless RB A of which tool is on the palette e Drag across the subpalette until the Connected Lines tool is ighlighte en release the mouse button Drag means to highlighted th 1 th button Drag t press the mouse button move the mouse then release the mouse button The message line tells you that the Connected Lines tool is in effect It remains the active tool un
4. Click The line segment is trimmed 185 Basics In order to use the Simple Trim tool you must first select the lines that define the boundaries of the geometry you want to trim away not the line you want to trim In this case the lines are already selected If you are making only one change you can press the Enter key otherwise you should not press Enter First make all the changes you want then click the Apply button The arrow beside the Weight command on the menu indicates a submenu The selected lines don t change to green until you deselect them 186 3 Delete the construction lines since you no longer need them Choose Delete Constructions from the Layout menu The visible horizontal vertical and 55 construction lines created in this tutorial are removed The Drawing Assistant s dynamic on the fly construction lines continue to display when you move the pointer near geometry 4 Change the diameter of the hole on the right to 3 cm Click the Selection tool x Click the smaller circle Choose Edit Objects from the Edit menu Click the word diameter in the Edit Objects dialog box Type 3 and press Enter The original circle is redrawn with a 3 cw diameter Close the Edit Objects dialog box by double clicking the Close box in the title bar 5 Change the thickness and color of the lines Double click the Selection tool Everything in the drawing is select
5. 29 00 not to scale Upper 3 Lower 1 3 Click the Dim Text button The Dimension Text dialog box is displayed 4 Enter a value for the tolerance text size into the Tol Text size field This value specifies the text size for tolerances in percentage of the dimension text size 5 Click OK The Dimension Text dialog box is closed 6 Close the Dimension Editor by clicking the Close box in the upper left corner of the Dimension Editor 7 Draw a line 8 Select a linear dimension from the Dimension Tool palette such as the Horizontal Dimension tool and dimension the line 9 Enter in the status line values for the upper and lower tolerance limits 10 Press the Enter key The dimension is redrawn and displays the tolerance limits you specified The specified tolerance limits become the default limits until you enter different values while dimensioning Entering Text into the Tolerance fields Instead of typing in numbers to calculate the tolerances you can also enter text such as H7 in the upper and lower entry fields of the status line or even leave one of these fields empty The dimension will reflect exactly what you have entered in the status line When you enter text in the status line you should use the upper lower tolerance format in the Dimension Editor Dual Dimension Format For dual dimensions displaying simultaneously mm and inch units independent from the units set
6. Hold down the Shift and Ctrl key Drag the pointer from the lower right to the upper left of the drawing area g Release the Shift and Ctrl key 3 Add a chamfer to the lower left corner of the part Press the Fillet tool to display the subpalette Select the Chamfer tool Hold down the Shift key Click inside the lower left corner of the part Click here The chamfer is drawn 0 8 cm from the original corner 4 Save your wotk Choose Save from the File menu Since the drawing is already named the part is saved without displaying the dialog box The length of time it takes to save depends on the complexity of the part you ate drawing Accomplishments e Constructing a fillet Zooming out by using a stroke command Constructing a simple chamfer Adding the Holes In this exercise you will add two holes to the part one of which will be offset from a specified location Basics f the geometry is large you can hold down the Shift key and click inside he corner for single click illeting You will use this echnique when you create the chamfer in Step 3 Fillets are automatically constructed with a 0 8 radius but you can change he radius in the status line just as you changed the ine length earlier If you don t want to trim a fillet you can hold down the Ctrl key while you click the ines that you do not want rimmed away t doesn t matter where you start this strok
7. Konstruktionspunkt Konstruktionspunkt Konstruktionspunkt Using the Vector Spline tool 1 Click the points for the vectors of the spline 2 Double click the last point DraftBoard uses these vectors to calculate the control points two fewer than the number of vertices you specify The spline is tangent to the first and last vectors and passes through the calculated control points Y The status line shows the X Y coordinates of each point as you go along Add Spline Control Point Tool 2 This tool allows you to add another control point to an existing spline Using the Add Spline Control Point tool Click on the spline at the desired location s for the new control point s Note To see the new control point s as well as the existing control points you must first select the spline and then choose Show Points from the Layout menu or use the Edit Objects dialog box to specify display points If you intend to move a point be sure to lock the adjacent points so you don t change the slope of the rest of the spline Lock Spline Control Point Tool ra This tool allows you to lock the specified points on an existing spline so you can change the slope between the points without affecting the rest of the spline Using the Lock Spline Control Point tool 1 Choose Show Points from the Layout menu 2 Click the vertices you want to lock The Lock Spline Control Point tool is use
8. Press the Back Space or Delete key Accomplishments e Using the Corner trim tool Observing the difference between trim and relimit e Deleting geometry Text In this exercise you will explore using text 1 Create a text block e Choose the Text tool A Drag a box in the center of the screen the size isn t impor tant e Click the Width status box Type 3 and press Enter 2 Change the text characteristics to 10 point Times falics e Choose Times from the Font selections on the Text menu e Choose 10 from the Size selections on the Text menu 3 Type this text Submitted by Smith Inc e Press Enter Submitted by Smith Inc 4 Draw a box around the text Select the Rectangle tool The Text entry box disappears Drag a box around the text so that the text is centered within the box Submitted by Smith Inc 5 Group the box and the text so that they can be treated as a single unit Advanced Features If you make mistakes you can use Undo and Redo to go back to a previous version Once you leave the Text tool you can change the size of the text entry box by dragging a selection mar quee around the control points on the right side of the box and dragging the points Control Points are the points defined when you first created the text block and represent the endpoints of the text block Instead of 10 point Times you can use any font lis
9. You can choose from the following Metafile Formats WMF 16 bit Windows Version EMF Enhanced Metafile File 32 bit Windows Version EMF a Aldus specific EMF Format In addition you can specify the Width and Height of the graphic in Pixel units These values specify the quality resolution of the graphic for the print out The higher the resolution specified the better the print out quality The following export option are available Options Width Pixel 800 Height Pixel 600 Cancel DK In this dialog window you can specify the Width and Height of the graphic in Pixel These values specify the quality resolution of the graphic for the print out The higher the resolution specified the better the printout quality The following export option are available Optionen Width Pixel 800 Height Pixel 600 Cancel DK In this dialog window you can specify the Width and Height of the graphic in Pixel These values specify the quality resolution of the graphic for the print out The higher the resolution specified the better the print out quality The following export option are available Additional information exporting DWG DXF Data you find in the Appendix of this manual DXF DWG Options Format DWG v Version BEE v v Ungroup hatches In this dialog window you can select the AutoCAD Formats DWG DXF DXB and Versions 10 11 12 13 For Auto
10. 2 Specify the exact area to be printed When you select the option gt Keep Text Size and Keep Dimension Text Size text and dimensions are not scaled but keep their original text size The page outline appears in the drawing area at all times When this option is off the page outline appears only when the Drawing Size dialog box is open or you can select Preview Layout from the File menu Your drawing may not look like the right illustration because you may have specified a different printer plotter or paper size 192 Select Drawing Size from the Layout menu Click Always Display to display the gray box representing the maximum plotable arca of the page Click Fit The drawing border is scaled and redrawn so that the part fits on the paper size with the orientation you specified Basics e Click OK to leave the dialog box 3 Print the drawing e Choose Print from the File menu The drawing is sent to the printer or plotter 4 Close the document Choose Close from the File menu You ate asked if you want to save e Click OK The document is closed When you open another DraftBoard document a new DraftBoard window appears Accomplishments Displaying the paper size in the drawing area e Scaling the drawing e Printing the drawing 193 Advanced Features Trimming and Relimiting Text Tangent and Perpendicular Lines Rotational Copy Constructing a Side View Advanced Cro
11. 2 Choose Solid Fill from the Pen menu The Solid Fill dialog box displays BE solid Fill X Tolerance 0 01 3 Seta Tolerance for the fill The tolerance controls how smooth the linearization is for fills in circles arcs ellipses and closed splines Increasing the value of Tolerance makes the fill smoother The default value is 0 01 A value of 0 001 will produce smoother edges than 01 This is also effected by Drawing Scale 4 Click Apply The selected object is filled with the current pen color Changing the color of an existing solid fill 1 Select the existing solid fill by clicking it with the Selection tool 2 Choose a new color from the Color pop up menu on the Pen menu The Fill color changes as you specified and will be visible as soon you deselect the solid fill Fill Ctrl B This command is located in the Pen menu and fills the selected objects using the current pen color and tolerance If you want to change the tolerance choose Solid Fill and make your selection from the dialog box Solid filling with the current pen color and tolerance 1 Select the object you want to fill 2 Choose Fill from the Pen menu The selected area is filled with the current pattern and tolerance Adding Crosshatch Patterns DraftBoard offers a wide variety of DIN and ANSI batch patterns with editable pattern spacing and angle You will find these hatches organized in grou
12. Select the spline with the Selection tool Choose Show Points from the Layout menu If the menu says Hide Points you don t need to choose it Click in the drawing area to deselect the spline If necessary select Lock Spline Control Points from the Spline tool subpalette If necessary select the point you want to lock but not the endpoint Use the Selection tool to select the point at the end of the tangent control arm you want to move Drag the point to a new location 39 The Drawing Assistant Snapping onto Geometry Drawing Assistant Construction Lines Permanent Construction Lines Drawing Assistant The Drawing Assistant The Drawing Assistant is the feature that makes DraftBoard unique among design and drafting software products The Drawing Assistant thinks like a drafter it automatically knows where you typically want construction lines and displays them temporarily when you need them The Drawing Assistant also makes it casy to select existing points for construction by displaying information about the pointer s location in the drawing area If a Drawing Assistant notation is displayed when you click the construction snaps onto the geometry precisely without requiring finely tuned eye hand coordination or tedious selection of special modifiers modes or other specialized construction tools Snapping onto Geometry When the pointer is in the drawing area it has a swap point function The snap point
13. 35 Creating Geometry Rectangle Single Lines Tool al This tool draws a horizontal or vertical rectangle using the opposite corners you specify Using the Rectangle tool Click the opposite corners of the rectangle Or Drag the opposite corners of the rectangle You cannot change the You can create a square by aligning the second point on the 45 Width and the Height of a single lines rectangle in Edit Objects You must edit each line individually You can create a copy of the last rectangle by holding down the because rectangles be come 4 line objects after you deselect the rectangle A default 1 inch rectangle is drawn if you have not previously drawn construction line If the two points are on the vertical or horizontal axis a straight line is drawn Ctrl key and clicking where you want the upper left corner a rectangle X Y H The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the first point as well as the width and height of the rectangle Width is the selected status box If you want to draw a square from the center rather than opposite corners use one of the other polygon tools specifying four sides You can t create a rectangle from the center Inscribed Polygon Tool This tool draws a regular polygon where the radius of the circum scribing circle determines the location of the polygon s vertices The default polygon is a hexagon but you can
14. 4 In the Angle box in the Construction dialog box enter 0590 Be certain to separate the numbers with a semicolon 5 Enter the value for Centroid X displayed in the 2D Analysis dialog box into the X box of the Construction dialog box 6 Enter the value for Centroid Y displayed in the 2D Analysis dialog box into the Y box of the Construction dialog box 7 Press the Enter key The intersection of the two displayed construction lines show the centroid of the selected part Basics Starting DraftBoard Drawing a Part Stroke Commands Fillet and Chamfer Adding the Holes Making Changes Dimensions Crosshatching Stretching Rotating Printing Basics This tutorial is primarily for engincers designers drafters architects and technical illustrators especially those who are new to computers The exercises demonstrate DraftBoard s most powerful features so you can see how the patented Drawing Assistant simplifies computer aided design and drafting CADD You will soon integrate what you already know about design and drafting with the power of a computer making your work faster more accutate and more creative If you are new to computers CAD may feel awkward and uncomfortable at first A frustrating truth about computers is that you have to figure out how the computer wants it done However once you see what you can do and how casy it is to make changes such as adapting a standard part to new specs we think you ll
15. Control points Moving Text and Files into the DraftBoard drawing area Drag amp Drop Text can be moved directly from all programs that support OLE into the DraftBoard drawing area DraftBoard Files documents with the file extension vlm will be directly opened when moved from the Windows Explorer or from the Windows Desktop into the DraftBoard drawing area Dragging text into the DraftBoard Drawing area 1 Create text using a text editor such as MS Word that supports OLE Text Fills and Crosshatches 2 Select the text and drag it with the left mouse button pressed into the DraftBoard drawing area 3 Release the left mouse button The text is placed on the DraftBoard drawing area at the location where the mouse button was released The text is displayed using the current DraftBoard text font and all paragraph formats will be maintained Dragging DraftBoard Files into the DraftBoard Drawing area 1 Select a DraftBoard File in the Windows Explorer or on the Windows Desktop 2 Drag the DraftBoard File with the left mouse button pressed into the DraftBoard drawing area 3 Release the left mouse button The DraftBoard drawing is automatically opened in DraftBoard Text Menu The Text menu contains commands for changing the text font size and style as well as the justification spacing and indentation _ Font Size Style v Align Left Align Right Align Middle Justified v Single Spac
16. Cyan Blue Magenta More You can change the color of the current pen in the Color submenu by selecting a color name ot by selecting a new color from the Color subpalette Specifying the color of the current pen by selecting a color name 1 Select the Color command from the Pen menu The submenu appears 2 Drag to the color you want The current pen and all selected objects takes on the new color and the color is selected in the submenu Setting the Environment 3 Select more from the Color submenu if you want to select a different color than one of the seven displayed basic colors The Color dialog box is displayed listing all available colors EE Pen Colors ax Apply Red Yellow close Green Cyan Blue Magenta Apricot Aquamarine Bittersweet Blue Green 4 Choose a color name 5 Click the Apply button The current pen and all selected objects takes on the new color 6 Click the Close button when you have modified all line colors Choosing the color of the current pen from the color palette 1 Select the Color command from the Pen menu The submenu appears 2 Drag to Palette in the Color submenu The Color Palette is displayed showing 64 predefined and all user defined colors Pen Style gt Color B Define Weight Palette Pattern Y Magenta More 3 Drag to the color you want The current pen and all selected objects takes
17. DraftBoard Professional Manual DraftBoard Professional Manual Version DBP410U15E10 October 2010 Development Concepts Technology Co Ltd Documentation Concepts Technology Co Ltd DraftBoard and DraftBoard Unlimited are trademarks of Concepts Technology Co Ltd Other trademarks and product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective holders Copyright O 2010 Concepts Technology Co Ltd All rights reserved POSH POSH GmbH Postfach 1825 63888 Miltenberg www draftboard de Table of Contents First Steps DOCUMENT io Reference Guide occcioononaciconnnacinconicacicnnsnnanconoconanaconenacinnoncani nos Registration nennen aeg System Requitee ts csi cnc Installing DrattBoatd eiii iii Quick Introduction Using a Mouse Parts of the DraftBoard Window MEN DAL ta N EEE En Pretenden aaa Creating Geometry Drawing Techniques seen Drafting Alds aaa nennen Drawing Wools rara The Drawing Assistant Shapping onto GEOMELLY viccissciscisassarcersssesarcisinestiecisineassecenises Drawing Assistant Construction Lines Permanent Construction Lines u Setting the Environment Pen Styles 2 220 Reset Setting Unit isis en nnna Displaying the Grid Saving Preferences 13 14 18 21 25 26 27 29 43 43 46 47 Selecting Objects 65 Objects an Eau 65 Tndicating Selection siria adi 66 Selection Process nennen 66
18. MINE 2 Stretch the part so that the left side of the cutout is horizontal Move the pointer to the selected point until the pointer displays the Move symbol e Drag the point upward to the top of the 55 line so that the vertical construction line appears Do not release the mouse button Dragging the pointer over this endpoint activates it so that the Drawing Assist ant s construction line passes through it endpoint With the mouse button still pressed drag downward to the intersection of the Drawing Assistant s construction lines as shown below e Release the mouse button The part is redrawn and the crosshatching is updated 2808 r 8008 i 3 Save your work _ 0800 190 Basics Accomplishments Selecting a point Using a selection marquee Activating a point Stretching a part Rotating Now that the part is complete you can rotate it so that the left line of the newly created cutout is horizontal El 7813 7308 E 1 Specify the rotation If the part is not selected double click the Selection tool Select the Rotate tool from the Transformation subpalette e Specify the pivot point the center of rotation by clicking the ower endpoint of the left side of the cutout T nm 2253 2249 ee Pivot point e Specify the beginning Reference point by clicking at the The beginning Reference control point you moved in the last
19. Once you have drawn an object you can adjust its specifications such as length angle and location in the status Line You must make these changes immediately before you construct another object select a different tool or choose a command You can make only one series of changes in the status line in as many boxes as necessaty after you press the Enter key DraftBoard redraws the object to your specifica tions Once you have pressed the Enter key you must make subse quent changes with the Edit Objects command in the Edit menu Try the following exercises to create and change a single line with the Status Line Altering geometry in progress with status boxes 1 Select the Single Line tool 2 Click 2 locations in the drawing area The length L box is highlighted in the status line 3 Type 3 The 3 is entered directly in the L box 4 Press the Tab key to select the next status box The angle A box is now highlighted 5 Enter 15 6 Press the Enter key Pressing the Enter key completes the data entry for this object The line is redrawn 3 units long and at a 15 angle Creating additional geometry with status boxes 1 With the Single Line tool still selected from the previous example click 2 more points 2 Type 4 3 Press the Tab key and type 25 4 Press Enter Another line is drawn Creating new geometry with status boxes 1 Select the Selection tool so the Single Line status box clears 2 Click the Single Line
20. The Dimension Lines dialog box is closed 7 Click the Apply button if you want to assign the new settings to a selected dimension All selected dimensions are redrawn and reflect the new appearance set in the dimension editor Dimension Text All settings for dimension text including Welding and Surface Symbols are All changes made in the done in the Dimension Text dialog box Text menu have no effect on dimensions When you click the Dim Text button the following dialog box is displayed Dimension Text If the option Instantaneous Font Plotter Style Normal modifications in the main db rara Der window of the Dimension editor is checked all Dimension Leading 0 s Trailing 0 s modifications done in the Tolerances Leading O s _ Trailing 0 s Dimension Text dialog box Tol Text Size 100 take effect immediately temp Text related arrowsize Cancel ox The Dimension Text dialog box allows the following settings Font This pop up menu allows you to choose the tex font for Whenever you want a font the selected standard and for all selected and future set to exact specifications use a Plotter font which conforms to ANSI stand more The Font submenu can display up to 20 fonts If you ards since PostScript and TrueType fonts are Proportional Fonts that can deviate slightly from or Fons RN the specifi
21. You can ungroup the imported geometry with the Ungroup command in the Arrange menu 153 DraftBoard Documents 154 Select the option DXF Click OK The DXF DWG Options dialog box is displayed DXF DWG Options C Dimensions as Geometry Specify the required options When you choose the option Dimension as geometty all dimensions are imported as geometry objects if not they ate imported as dimensions Click OK DraftBoard begins creating the imported file on the drawing area Important Tips for importing DWG DXF Files When you import a DWG or DXF file the geometry is constructed according to the units set in Preferences when you choose the Import command Be sure to set the appropriate units used in the AutoCAD File before you import DWG or DXF geometty When you import a DWG or DXF file the Drawing Scale in the DraftBoard Drawing size dialog box in the Layout menu must be set to 1 1 to make sure that the imported drawing is correctly scaled DraftBoard supports only 256 layers If you have a DWG or DXF file containing more than 256 layers all geometry on the additional layers will automatically be placed on the current work layer in DraftBoard If you don t want this to happen reduce the number of layers to a maximum of 256 in the application you will be creating the DWG or DXF file in When you get after importing a DWG or DXF File into Draft Board geometry not contained in the origi
22. e Use either the keypad or the numbers at the top of the main keyboard to type 8 and press Enter X 2 6443 y 1 3768_ ax 2 3684 JaY 2 3684 2 25 A 90 The length goes into the status box and the line is redrawn to exactly 8 cm beginning at the first position you indicated 3 Construct the second line 4 cm long at a 45 angle at the end of the first line Angles are measured from horizontal not from the previous line on AY align 45 e Click to set a new point 3 cm or so from your last point Type 4 and press Enter The line segment is constructed at a 45 angle 4 Construct a horizontal line 6 cm long Move the pointer to the right to display on for the horizontal construction line e Click a few centimeters from your last point Type 6 and press Enter 178 5 A 6 cm horizontal line is drawn Construct a vertical line that ends on the horizontal construction line through the upper endpoint of your first line e Move the pointer straight down until intersect appears then click to set a point at this intersection perpendicular A vertical line is drawn to the Drawing Assistant s intersection marker Use a command from a menu to create a construction line beginning at the endpoint of the last line and at an angle of 55 and then use it to draw a 3 cm line Move the pointer to the word Layout in the menu bar Press and hold down the
23. All Balloon Symbols use as line style Balloon There fore you should use this line style as well when cre ating Balloon Symbols manually 113 Dimensions A detailed description about Scaling you find in Chapter 9 Basic Drafting of this manual When you select a new standard the dimension editor displays the related settings You can save the selected standard permanently with the Save Preferences command from the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu All modifications made are only valid for the current standard When you want to edit only some selected dimensions you must select the current standard again after you clicked the Apply button 114 Dimension Appearance When scaling a drawing all existing dimensions are scaled as well Only dimensions placed after scaling a drawing are displayed at their specified text size and are not adjusted to the current view scale Dimensions are always displayed correctly at their true size when the option keep dimension text size in the Drawing Size dialog box is checked while scaling e a drawing is dimensioned after scaling or the original text size is set after scaling Dimension Editor All attributes for dimensions created with the dimension tools are set with the Dimension Editor Dimension Hide Palette Preferences Choosing the Preferences command in the Dimension menu displays the Dimension Editor ES Dimension editor X Instantaneous
24. Changing the view scale When you are trying to fit a view or group of views in a drawing format you may have to scale a view 1 Choose Properties from the Detail Views menu 2 Specify the scale you want and click OK Zooming within a view 1 Click inside the view to make it active 2 Hold down the Shift key 3 Choose the Zoom command you want from the Arrange menu The geometty inside the view is zoomed Scrolling within a view 1 Click inside the view to make it active 2 Hold down the Shift key and move the scrollbars The geometry inside the view is moved Bring To Front This command in the Views pull down menu brings the specified view to the front of the stack of views Bringing a specified view to the front 1 Select the view 2 Choose Bring To Front from the Views menu This command counteracts the Auto Front command so when you click you select objects in the view rather than activating another view Send To Back This command in the Views pull down menu sends the specified view to the back of the stack of views Bringing a specified view to the back 1 Select the view 2 Choose Send To Back from the Views pull down menu This counteracts the Auto Front command so when you click you activate another view rather than selecting objects Auto Front The Auto Front command in the Views menu overrides the Bring To Front or Send To Back settings When this setting is in effect you can simply
25. Entera Scale for your detail view in the status line 1 3 User drawing that you want placed in the detail view This rectangle e pointer to drag a rectangle around the area of your becomes the window frame 4 Position the pointer in the center of the detail view window frame and drag the window to a clear area on your drawing Activating deactivating detail views A Detail View is made active by clicking inside the view window An active detail view displays its title bar and Detail View pull down menu Inactive view Active view A view must be active for you to work in it Either a detail view is active or the sheet view is active but only one can be active at a time You deactivate a Detail View by clicking in the drawing area away from all detail views In order to draw on the sheet it must be active Flatten all Views The Flatten all Views command in the Window menu places all P geometty visible in a view window with the current scale factor onto the current sheet and removes overlapping lines of equal length and all lines parallel to the view direction The object geometty is no longer associative to the related model When you edit a flattened view the related model remains unchanged and vice versa Structuring Drawings In addition all hidden three dimensional geometry in a view window will be removed in direction of the Z Axis in case the drawing was originally created in Dra
26. Fonts Fonts that are defined in the DXF Configura 231 Appendix 232 Layer Locked Objects NURB Splines Smart Walls Text Tolerances DraftBoard Crosshatching Detail views Diameter dimension Fonts Grouped geometry Layers Locked geometry Radial dimensions Smart walls Text NURBs tion files are maintained Layer will be maintained Objects are transferred correctly but un locked NURB Splines are exported using AutoCAD Version 13 or higher For all previous versions NURB Splines are approximated by line segments Smart walls will be represented by simple lines Multi line text in a text frame is exported as separate text lines Tolerances are exported using AutoCAD Version 13 or higher In all previous versions tolerances will go lost but the dimensions ate maintained IGES The crosshatching is converted to symbol representation The view is lost but the dimensions and text ate retained The leader style may change Fonts are not maintained The geometry is retained but it is no longer grouped The layers are lost but the geometry is retained The geometry is retained but it is no longer locked The leader style may change The double lines are converted to symbol representation A multiple line note becomes many single lines NURB Splines are supported Plotter Fonts You can use with DraftBoard all TrueType and PostScript Fonts available on your compute
27. In general it is recommended that you show all your layers before you export from DraftBoard or any other CAD package so that you know what objects are exporting DraftBoard will always export only the current model If your file contains Detail Views flatten them with the Flatten View command found in the Views menu If you have dimensions already in the detail view and the view scale is set to 1 you can group the dimensions and geometry together before flattening the view This will bring the dimensions across to the current model for Export AutoCAD doesn t accept any amp character in a layer name Rename therefore all layers having a character in their name Otherwise AutoCAD will not import the file and generate an error message instead In case line patterns are disorted too big or too small in Auto CAD after importing a DraftBoard DXF File change the AutoCAD variable LTSCALE to a smaller number to display the line patterns at an appropriate scale e In case that after importing a DraftBoard DXF File into AutoCAD the arrowheads of some angular dimensions are displayed in AutoCAD in the wrong direction pointing towards the text rather than towards the extension lines execute the DIM command in AutoCAD select the affected dimensions and use the UPDATE command to display the arrowheads DXF Configuration Files The two configurations files DXFIN CFG Import and DXFOUT CFG Export allow you to set additional
28. The symbol will be reshaped or substituted When you have specified any offset values the symbol is placed according these values on the drawing atea Edit additional symbols Close the Symbolmanager using the Close box in the upper right corner of the title bar Symbols All symbol variables and attributes can be also modified using the Edit objects command Note Depending on the symbol it can happen that after modifying a variable value it becomes impossi ble to resolve the symbol again 167 Geometric Analyses 2D Analysis Geometric Analysis Geometric Analyses After you have constructed your geometry you may want to do some analysis for either engineering purposes or for the production of your design part DraftBoard includes a 2D Analysis feature as well as a Bill of Materials feature This chapter is divided into two sections to discuss these areas 2D Analysis The 2D Analysis provides sectional properties for the selected geometty a feature that is useful for many calculations related to design and drafting 2D Analysis This command in the Layout menu displays the statistics on the selection the length of the perimeter the enclosed area the center of gravity centroid and moments of inertia The selection must be a It is also possible to closed figure determine the length of not enclosed objects such as When you select the 2D Analysis command the following dialog box is Splines or Arcs Se
29. To select points if points are not visible 1 Click the Selection tool 2 Draga selection marquee around the location of the point The selected point displays as a square Unselected point Selected point ey Selecting visible points To select points if they are visible 1 Click the Selection tool 2 Click the point The selected point displays as a square Selectable Points This command in the Edit menu gives you the ability to select points that aren t displayed When Selectable Points is not set you cannot select points by dragging a marquee Selecting objects To deselect a list quickly click one item in the list You can select a contigu ous group by dragging or holding down the Shift key and clicking If you want to select or deselect non contiguous items hold down the Ctrl key and click the items You select all items in a list by double clicking one item in the list 69 Selecting objects If points are displayed simply click the point to select it If points are not displayed you can select a point by dragging a selection marquee around it The following example illustrates the use of Selectable Points If you select and drag a line the line and the end points move If you select and drag only an endpoint of the line the endpoint moves and the line length changes while the other endpoint of the line remains fixed 70 The line s control po
30. command 152 R radial dimensions 111 recent file list 150 rectangle tools 36 redo command 81 redraw screen command 127 Registration 237 registration 10 relimit tool 75 rotate tool 76 rotating objects 191 rotational copies 203 rules scaling 131 S save command 150 saving drawing ateas command 127 scaling drawing scale and paper size 129 drawing size 132 drawings 130 full scale 128 line patterns and crosshatch patterns 131 object geometry 130 tules 131 text 94 text and dimensions 131 view scale 129 scaling drawings 213 screen redraws 127 scrollbars 17 segment tool 75 selection indicating 66 intersecting areas 68 invisible points 69 points 69 preferences 61 select all command 67 68 selectable points command 69 selection command 66 selection mask command 68 selection tool 66 send to back command 86 send to back views 142 sheet view 139 show grid command 61 show points command 69 shrink tool 77 simple trim tool 75 single line tool 29 size text 94 smart pointer 15 27 smart wall tool 31 smart walls 220 snap command 45 snap points keyboard 44 solid fill 96 spacing text 95 spline import 152 splines 210 editing 39 locking 38 tools 37 unlocking 38 status line 16 28 altering geometry 28 and dimensions 106 and drawing tools 28 creating additional geometry 29 creating geometry offset 29 creating new geometry 29 stretching objects 190 stroke commands 181 stroke con
31. fills in at the thickness you specify in the status line The position of the automatic wall depends on your last activity If the second wall is on the wrong side of the construction line press the Shift key to flip ity sl Using the Smart Wall tool 1 Select the Smart Wall tool 2 In the status line specify the thickness T of the wall 3 Click or drag to indicate the ends of the wall segment You can press the Shift key to flip the wall to the opposite side 4 Continue specifying both endpoints for wall segments as needed If you delete a merged segment the remaining walls redraw T x Y A The status line allows you to specify thickness of the wall the X Y Z coordinates of the beginning point the wall length and the angle from horizontal Once the wall segment is created wall Length is the selected status box Wall symbols Parametrized symbols with an underlying wall segment like the door symbols you find in the Architect Library will automatically cut wall segments where they are placed When you move the symbol along the wall to another position the wall will automatically be closed at the old position and be cut open at the new position Creating Geometry The second method allows you to control the direction of the offset by entering or in front of the indicated values Entering offsets the object to the right or downwards on the screen entering to
32. t already selected then type a new entry The new entry replaces the original entry Asterisks When an item in the dialog box displays an asterisk you can specify a value by clicking or dragging in the drawing area This feature is particularly useful for specifying location because you don t need to know any x y coordinates EB Construction X Angle 0 Offset 0 X 0 000 v o o00 Apply Buttons Some dialog boxes have an Apply button that allows you to apply the specification you just set You can leave the dialog box open to set other specifications BS Crosshatch E Spacing 30 000 Angle jo origin x 0 000 origin y 0 000 Quick Introduction For example once you crosshatch a part you could leave the Cross hatch dialog box open and select other objects to be crosshatched Closing a dialog box If a dialog box contains an OK or Cancel button or an action button such as Open the dialog box closes when you click the button Otherwise you dismiss the dialog box by clicking the Close box in the upper left corner of the box If the dialog box has an Apply button such as the Crosshatch box you must click the Close box to close it Toggling Commands Commands that set a condition such as Selectable Points and Arrow At Start display a checkmark in the menu to indicate
33. 110 precision 115 radial 111 repositioning 106 setting units 60 settings 113 show palette 105 standards 114 text 106 119 tolerances 106 115 tools 105 trailing O s 120 vettical 108 witness lines 118 divide command 87 documentation 9 documents 147 autosave 151 backup 151 close 152 export 156 import 153 new 150 open 150 preview 148 properties 148 recent file list 150 save 150 dot size 121 drafting at full scale 128 creating a drawing 127 drawing size 132 process 127 drafting aids 27 drag amp drop 92 dragging 26 drawing atea 17 27 drawing assistant 43 Point 45 additional creation angles 45 alignment angles 45 construction lines 46 DAssistant 44 dynamic construction lines 46 hit radius 45 permanent construction lines 47 perpendiculars 44 snap filter 45 snap points 43 stroke construction lines 47 tangents 44 drawing formats 143 importing 143 modifying 144 drawing scale 129 drawing size command 132 drawing techniques 26 drawing tools 29 dual dimensions 116 duplicating objects 82 dwg 152 231 dxf 152 231 dynamic construction lines 46 E edit objects command 85 edit style command 58 editing commands 80 editing objects 185 ellipse tools 34 endpoint drawing assistant 43 eps 134 152 erasing objects 81 expand shrink tool 77 export 156 extended radial arrow in dimension 111 F feet 60 files autosave 151 backups 151 close 152 export 156 im
34. 628 Cylindrical ball bearing DIN 5412 Mi Variables Library List List of available symbols for the selected library d variables and attributes of the bi 4 selected Norm Part Parameter DIN 711 511 00 DIN 711 512 00 DIN 711 512 01 we o v Keep Layer Structure Option buttons for O Edit Editing and Placing gt Oset symbols List of available Norm Parts Offset entry fields for Angle and Length D Entry field for all definedsymbol Symbols Important When you assign a symbol to a library the symbol will not be copied but only the path to the folder where the symbol is stored This path is saved in the Library reference file of the selected library When you move a symbol to another folder the saved path becomes invalid and the symbol cannot be found an ymore by the library 165 Symbols The Symbolmanager allows the following settings Preview window The Preview window displays a picture of the selected symbol Library list This list field displays all available libraries Symbols This list field displays all symbols of the se lected library Parameter This list field shows all Norm parts of the se lected symbol if an underlying value table ex ists Variables This list field displays all variables of the Norm part selected in the Parameter list All values of these variables can be modified A Angle When you want to
35. A P the Escape key to stop the If you have two overlapping objects as shown on next page the tracer Tracer selects the D gt of the objects depending on where you click Ar If you click on the outside of the perimeter line the Tracer selects the outer most perimeter If you click on the inside of the line the Tracer selects the inner most perimeter The crosshatching on the figures below shows the boundaries selected when you click the Tracer tool at the cursor locations shown m 67 Selecting objects The Tracer tool creates a temporary copy of the boundaries Temporary because it s copied to a temporary layer which is deleted as soon you acti vate the Tracer tool or select a command other than Hatch or 2D Analy sis As long as the tem porary boundaries are selected they can be copied to another layer Select All is useful if you want to make a global change in a drawing such as changing the width of all lines If you want to specify that only certain objects layers or colors are selected you should use the Selection Mask com mand in the Edit menu The selection mask is useful when you have created a complex drawing and want to change particular groups of objects You can use this feature to export some but not all geometry 68 Intersecting areas If you want to determine and isolate the overlapping part of two intersecting areas you ptoceed as follows 1 Select the Tracer too
36. A dialog box appears similar to the Open dialog box 2 Select the file type you want to import from the Files of Type pop up menu The list box shows all files of the selected type available in that directory 3 Double click the File name you want to import The Import dialog box appears 4 Specify any import options you want If you have set a scale in drawing size you should click the Unscaled option so that the geometry or drawing format you are bringing in is scaled the same as the geometty in the drawing 5 Click OK The file appears in the drawing area If you want to save the file in its original format after editing you must choose the Export command from the File menu Importing DWG DXF files Important When you import a DWG or DXF file the geometry is constructed according to the units set in Preferences when yon choose the Import command Be sure to set the appropriate units before you import DWG or DXF geometry 1 Choose Import from the File menu A dialog box appears similar to the Open dialog box 2 Select the file type DXF from the Files of Type pop up menu 3 Select the DXF file you want to import and click OK The Import dialog box is displayed Using the DWG DXF Import option you can specify in a DXF configuration file additional import options such as color handling line patterns line weights or text fonts More information about this configuration file you find in the Appendix of this manual
37. Dimension and tolerance formats e Arrowhead type and display e Drawing size and scale Zoom scale e Fillet radius e Chamfer angle and length e User Defined Colors Changing the default settings 1 Create a file which has the preferences you want 2 Choose Save Preferences from the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu The preferences are set for subsequent new documents Selecting Objects Objects Indicating Selection Selection Process Selecting Objects Once you have constructed objects you may want to make changes One of the basic rules of DraftBoard says that you must first select an object before you can edit it Just as you first have to select a drawing tool from the Tool palette before you can start drawing an object must first be selected before a function can be applied Modifying an object is always a two step process e Select the object e Specify the action for the selected object For example you could select a circle and then change the pen style to Center to indicate a bolt hole circle This chapter deals with selecting both objects and points since they behave in different ways Objects A single piece of geometry for example a point or a line is an object Single o o Object A line is an object Several objects that have been grouped with the Group command ate also an object For example the four lines of a Single Line rectangle are four objects If you group them DraftBoard treats the
38. Documents 134 Plotting to a file You can plot to a file rather than to a plotter or printer In that way you don t have to have a plotter attached to your computer you can have someone else plot the drawing without having a copy of Draft Board on the plotter s computer The type of plotter you choose when you are setting up the page determines the format of the plot file For example if you choose a PostScript printer the file format will be Encapsulated PostScript and the HPGL language is used when you select Hewlett Packard plotters The computer that finally plots the file must have an applica tion compatible with the file format of your printer or plotter Plotting to a file 1 Choose Print command in the File menu The Print dialog box is displayed Genaral Printer Oce 5200 Raster l m Ja o O P ntio Fie pris Properties Comment Search Pinte Prnt Range Number ofCopies 1 E 2 Mark the Print to file option 3 Click OK The Print to file dialog box is displayed 4 Enter a name for the ptint file 5 Click OK The drawing will be printed to file and saved under the name you specified Tiled Printing If you are using a printer rather than a plotter you may want to tape pages together to get a larger drawing than laser printers allow Specify the layout for those pages by choosing Drawing Size from the Layout menu 1 Choose Drawing S
39. Drag the mouse vertically or horizontally away from the midpoint The construction line appears through the center and you are still in the process of creating connected lines The Construction Command Stroke construction lines are useful for creating lines through existing points If you want to create a construction line at a location other than an existing point or at a particular angle you can use the Construction command Construction Ctrl K This command in the Layout menu creates a construction line on the Construction layer of the current document E Construction X Drawing Assistant Permanent construction lines automatically appear on the Construction layer not the work layer of your drawing You can hide the Construction layer to view or print the drawing without construction lines You can use strokes to create construction lines while you are in the process of using a tool Stroke construction lines can be created only horizontal or vertical For construction lines in a different angle you must use the Construction command in the Layout menu DraftBoard automatically places construction lines on the Construction layer When you choose Delete Constructions from the Layout menu everything on the Construction layer is deleted regardless of the object s pen style 47 Drawing Assistant Note The distance dragged will always be entered in the Offset box as a positiv
40. File menu The Save as dialog box appears Save as Save in DiafBoard Y Of ra Zuletzt verwendete D a Hein Rod vim Valve vim Mouse vim A Eigene Dateien N Arbeitsplatz Krite vim Tool vim Netzwerkumgeb ung File name Drawing 1 I Save File type DWGJDXF dgl w Cancel Dont selected Precision y 16 options 2 Enter the desired file name Select the desired file type Set the required options Depending on the selected export file type you can set several options that are described in the next section of this chapter 5 Click the Save button The file is saved with the specified file name file type and export options Export option for the available file types Depending on the selected export format you can set several options Only selected If you wish to export only selected objects on the 156 screen rather than the entire document mark the option Only Selected Precision Options Metafiles PNG Bitmap DWG DXF DraftBoard Documents For some formats you can set the number of decimal places to specify the precision of the exported data The following formats allow to display a dialog box by clicking the Options button in which you can set additional export options The following export option are available MetaFiles Options Format EMF v Width Pixel 1600 Height Pixel 1200
41. Insert and Symbolmanager The Insert command allows to place any DraftBoard drawing and any norm part as a symbol Whereas the Symbolmanager command allows only to place and edit symbols from Symbol libraries that were configured with the Libraries command or imported as Symbol libraries See as well under Symbol libraries at the end of this section Insert Choosing this command from the Symbols submenu in the File menu displays the following dialog box Symbol El l CA MChap 13 Symbols Para 1 VLM Y Keep Layer Structure 3 7 Parameter fe The Symbols dialog box allows the following settings Preview window The Preview window shows a picture of the selected symbol including all its dimensions Path Below the Preview window you find the path to the folder where the selected symbol is stored Variables For parametric symbols this list contains entry fields for all variables defined for the symbol Parameter When you click the Parameter button the Parameter dialog box is displayed containing all attributes defined in the corresponding value table Tf no value table exist the Parameter button is deactivated To place a symbol in your drawing click or drag a vector on the drawing area If you click the symbol is inserted in the location you click in its original orientation If you drag the starting point of the dragged vector specifies the Insertion point for the symbol and the dir
42. Simple Trim Tool This tool shortens a line to the specified boundary If you hold down the Ctrl key while using this tool it becomes the Relimit tool Trimming objects 1 Select the object that limits the trim 2 Select the Trim tool If necessary use Shift Click to select more boundary objects 3 Click the section of the object to be discarded There are no status line entries Relimit Tool This tool lengthens or shortens a line to the specified boundary If you hold down the Ctrl key while using this tool it becomes the Trim tool Relimiting objects 1 Select the object that limits the change 2 Select the Relimit tool If necessaty use Shift Click to select more boundary objects 3 Click the section of the object that you want to remain There are no status line entries Segment Tool X This tool divides a line or cutve at intersections with other lines or curves Segmenting an object 1 Select the objects that limit the segmentation 2 Select the Segment tool If necessary use Shift Click to select more boundary objects 3 Click the object to be segmented The selected object is segmented at the boundary objects Even though you can not see the segmentation on the screen you can select parts of the segmented line by clicking If you hold down the Ctrl key while selecting the line to be segmented the new segment appears in the characteristics of the current pen style There are no status l
43. The Trim tools cut off or extend a line to the boundaty limit you specify You can also segment a line at an intersection or create corners from intersecting lines Transformation The Transformation tools move rotate expand ot shrink stretch and mirror objects Fillet and Chamfer Tools These tools on the tool palette construct fillets and chamfers from corners formed by nonparallel lines or curves The fillets and chamfers are automatically trimmed If you do not want them trimmed hold down the Ctrl key while you are selecting the objects to fillet or chamfer 2 Entity Fillet Tool This tool constructs an arc tangent to the two objects you click Adding a 2 Entity Fillet 1 Click the 2 Entity Fillet tool 2 Enter the arc radius you want in the status line The default radius is 5mm 3 Click the objects you want to fillet You can also hold down the Shift key and click once inside the corner you want to fillet If you hold down the Ctrl key while you select the objects to fillet the objects are not trimmed Fillets use the smallest arc between the selected geometry The status line allows you to specify the Radius of the fillet either before or after you create the fillet BE Editing objects All procedures in this chapter are described for single objects they naturally are valid as well for several selected objects Before you can fillet Smart walls you have to ungroup them When fi
44. This is a visual rather than a physical change When you click in the drawing area that position is redisplayed in the center of the screen and the drawing is enlarged by a factor of 2 You can also drag a box around an area so only that area is magnified Soale The status line shows the current zoom scale If you enter a different scale that scale takes effect when you press Enter Pressing the Ctrl key while using this tool causes a Zoom Out Zoom Out Tool This tool zooms out by the specified factor The default factor is 0 5 This is a visual rather than a physical change When you click in the drawing area that position is displayed in the center of the screen and the drawing is reduced by a factor of 0 5 Scale fl The status line shows the current zoom scale If you enter a different scale that scale takes effect when you press Enter Pressing the Ctrl key while using this tool causes a Zoom In Zoom Stroke You can use stroke commands to zoom magnify or reduce your drawing Stroke commands are useful because they don t require you to get out of the tool you re using to zoom Hold down the Ctrl and Shift key and drag the pointer that appears diagonally across the screen as described below The pointer takes on the shape shown below when you hold down the Ctrl and Shift key Using Stroke zoom Depending of the stroke direction you can execute different Stroke commands Drag th
45. Top 73 952 Bottom 20 241 cancer ox The Cut option allows you to remove the view from the sheet and place it on the C ipboard This is useful for placing views on a different sheet Use the Paste command from the Edit menu to paste the cut view window The Copy option allows you to place a copy of the view window on the Clipboard This is useful for past ing multiple identical views onto one or more sheets Use the Paste command from the Edit pull down menu to paste a copy of the view window This option deletes the active window and makes the sheet active It does not delete geometry This command allows you to move the geometry inside the view window A hand icon appears which you can use to drag the contents of the window When you release the mouse button the Pan function ends 141 Structuring Drawings All commands from the Arrange pull down menu work inside the view when you hold down the Shift key while choosing from the menu All scrollbar functionality can be used inside the view when holding down the Shift key while moving the scrollbars This command only works for views 142 Resize The Resize option allows you to drag a new view window This function differs from dragging the win dow borders With the Resize command you do not have to change each border individually since you de fine a new window that is substituted for the original one
46. X Y and Z coordinates of the beginning the relative location of the end delta X and delta Y the line ength and the angle from horizontal Once the line segment is created line Length is the selected status box Parallel Lines Tool 4 This tool constructs lines parallel to existing lines Use one of the ollowing methods for creating parallel lines Using the Parallel Lines tool Select the Parallel Lines tool drag the line press to select the line and release to indicate the position for the parallel line A rubberband line moves with the pointer Or x Select the Parallel Lines tool click the line you want to duplicate and then enter a delta distance in the status line and press Enter This method does not allow you to control on which side of the original line the new line is drawn The status box allows you to specify the distance between the selected line and the parallel line Smart Wall Tool Z This tool works in much t e same way as the Single Line tool except that it draws double lines or walls Walls created on the same layer are automatically trimmed to where they touch or intersect Overlapping lines are automatically trimmed at the intersections As you drag the mouse the defining side of the wall falls on the con struction line you drag along The other side of the wall automatically
47. a specific color such as red it blinks or both Draft Board usually displays selections according to your monitor type ted for a color monitor and blinking for a monochrome monitor You can change the color or turn blinking off and on for the selection indica tor You can choose both color and blinking if you want Selection This command in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu determines the appearance of selected objects If you have a color monitor selected objects appear in a Color which you can change with this setting If you have a monochrome monitor selected objects blink If you have a color monitor you can also specify blinking with or without color Indicating the Selection 1 Choose the Selection command from the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu The Selection dialog box is displayed Selection Show selection by C Blinking E Color 2 Select the option Blinking and or Color To choose a color move the pointer to the color box and click into the box to display the choices Drag to the color you want and release or click the color 3 Click the OK button Once the selection color is changed all current and future selected items appear in the new color until you quit DraftBoard Selection Process Selecting an object does not affect the properties of the object A selected object is highlighted but this highlighting goes away once the object is deselected While
48. by choosing either Save or Save As from the File menu The file is stored in the folder you specify Save Ctrl S This command in the File menu saves the current DraftBoard document to its original folder If you want to save it to a different folder or with a different name choose Save As If you choose the Save command and the document has not been saved previously the Save As dialog box appears automatically allow ing you to name the document and specify the folder in which to save it If you have named and saved the document before a brief message appears when you choose Save and the program pauses while it updates the information DraftBoard Documents Save As This command in the File menu saves the current document A dialog box appears so you can name the current document give it a different name or save it to a different folder Saving a document with a different name 1 Choose the Save As command from the File menu The Save as dialog box appears 2 If necessary display a different folder 3 Type the name you want to use in the File name box 4 Select the type of file you want to save the drawing as in the Save as type dialog box 5 Either press Return or click Save Making a backup You should make a backup of your work in case you make many changes and want to go back to the original version You can use the Save As command in the File menu and save the file with another name or use the AutoSave feature describe
49. click on a view to bring it to the front and make it active Handling overlapping views The view control commands in the Views menu allow you to control the active view When you have overlapping views you can think of them as a stack where only the top view can be active If the Auto Front command is tutned on and you click a view it comes to the top of the stack and you can wotk in it This may cause some problems when you click an object in the top view to select it but an underlying view is activated instead To remedy this situation turn off the Auto Front command Select the view you want to work in and choose Bring To Front from the Views menu The objects in the view you brought to the front remain on top even when you click a different view visible in the top view s space Draw View Boundaries This command in the Views menu shows the boundaries of all inactive views This boundary will be printed if you leave it displayed when you Structuring Drawings choose the Print command If you want to print the view without boundaries deactivate Draw View Boundaries in the Views menu How Detail Views work When you create a Detail View you don t copy the object geometry Model into the View Window but you see the same object geometry Model through a second camera the Detail View Camera The Detail View camera behaves like the Sheet Camera except it displays its view of the model in a View window on the sheet Model
50. command when redrawing the screen In complex drawings switching this command off can accelerate the screen redraw Save If you have set the characteristics you like such as Preferences units pen style and dimension format you can make those settings the default setting Choose Save Preferences from the Preferences submenu on the Layout menu You cannot save geometry in this way you would have to open the preferences file create the geometry and save the file Save When you select this command the Status visible Palettes hidden and the Position of the Dimension palette is saved to preferences When you restart DraftBoard the Di mension palette if it was displayed when you closed DraftBoard will be automatically reopened Status and Position of the Dimension palette is saved in the DraftBoard ini file under the section Palettes Preference File Prets vim The preferences file name is prefs v m The file must be stored in the same directory as the DraftBoard application If you want to use different settings for your work you can change the default settings and then every new document opens with the settings you have selected The following specifications can be set in the preferences file Pen styles e Text characteristics Text Margins e Preferences settings Snap Grid Units and Selection indicator Auto Save Document Properties and Directory settings Grid display Layer specifications e Work layer
51. corner of the title bar Quit Ctrl Q This command in the File menu closes DraftBoard If you have made changes since you last saved the Save dialog box allows you to save the changes If you have more than one document open an alert message allows you to save unsaved documents Data Exchange DraftBoard like any other Computer program saves its data using its own native file format that can be identified by the file extension vlm Even though all programs have native file formats that are not compatible to each other it is possible to transfer data using neutral interchange formats such as IGES or DXF that standardize the data exchange When you want to read a file of a non compatible file format it is called Importing files when you want to save a file in a non native format type it is called Exporting files Limitations Even if it is often advertised that programs can directly read and write file formats of competing products you should be aware that importing files is always limited since the exchange is done through standardized file formats such as DXF and IGES that can offer only a compromise between the two file formats used These filters cannot transfer features specific to one application such as DraftBoard s Smart walls into another application where these fea tures are unknown Smart walls for example would be exported as a group of simple lines all smart wall features known in DraftBoard would be lost Importing
52. defined colots 5 Click the OK button Die Windows Color dialog box closes and you are returned to the Define Colors dialog box 6 Click the Use button in the Define Colors dialog box An icon of an eye will appear indicating that the color will be visible now in the DraftBoard Color Palette The new color name remains in the color list in the position you placed it since the color names are not alphabetized 7 Close the Define Color dialog box Saving user defined colors User defined colors are automatically saved with the drawing as soon as you save the drawing using the Save command from the File menu To save uset defined colors permanently choose the Save Preferences command from the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Arranging the color palette All user defined colors are automatically displayed in the DraftBoard Color Palette when an eye symbol is displayed in front of the color name in the Define Color dialog box If there are any undefined colors between the last predefined color Color lt 64 gt and the last user defined color all these undefined colors are shown in the color palette by a cross If you want to have a continuous colot palette you must define all color continuously after the last predefined color Setting the Environment Pen Weights The Weight submenu in the Pen menu offers 8 pen weights that are all user definable This submenu contains also the Define command that allows you t
53. first then click the bottom Click the points in the opposite order if you want the dimension to display to the left of the objects 4 000 When the dimension text appeats you can drag it to a new location when you release the mouse button the dimension and extension lines are redrawn Vertical Base Line Dimension Tool Ei This tool dimensions objects or space vertically from a base point 424 1 146 1 688 Vertical Chain Dimension Tool This tool dimensions objects or space from end to end vertically 313 1 096 A Vertical Ordinate Dimension Tool This tool dimensions objects or space vertically from a base point Dimensions 000 228 If you want to display the dimension number for the 581 base point you have to click the base point again 856 after you have clicked all g other dimension points 1 319 Vertical Base Chain Dimension Tool This tool creates a vertical base chain dimension displaying the rising distance between objects and spaces to a base point 25 49 Ba When the dimension text appears you can drag it to a new location when you release the mouse button the dimension and extension lines are redrawn Oblique Dimension Tools These tools measure space or objects obliquely from point to point Oblique Dimension Tool 4 This tool dimensions an object or spa
54. from here endpoint endpoint to here with the Drawing Assistant to align the corners Selected Move versus Move Tool You can move objects either with the Selection tool or with the Move function Moving with the Selection Tool D The move function of the Selection tool allows free movement of the selected object Editing objects Using the beginning and ending reference point for the Expand Shrink tool is particularly useful if you want to change the size of an object relative to the size of another object When you want to change the size of an object relative to the size of an other object you should click the Reference and Destination point instead of dragging the Reference point 77 Editing objects A positive or negative value entered in the status line determines the direction along the X or Y axis A negative value moves the object to the left or down on the screen A positive value to the right or up 78 To move a circle from one location to another as shown above use the Selection tool and the Drawing Assistant to align the 90 quadrant with the corner of the rectangle The circles do not need to touch the rectangle to be aligned with it Moving with the Move Function E The Move tool on the Transformation subpalette allows you to move the selection with reference to other geometry Move a 1 cm square 2 cm in the x direction and 1 cm in the
55. hub Select the Inscribed Polygon tool Confirm that the status line shows the x y coordinates as 0 0 If this is not the case enter 0 into each of these boxes Type 1in the Diameter box do not press Enter Press the Tab key to select the Sides box Type 6 and press Enter O O O The hexagonal hole is drawn and the flange is complete 12 Save the part naming it flange Choose Save from the File menu Type flange and press Enter Accomplishments e Displaying the grid e Placing geometry at the origin Filleting circles e Making multiple selections Trimming unnecessary geometry Rotating and copying the lug e Constructing an inscribed hexagon Constructing a Side View Create a side view of the flange that is 3 cm thick at the hub and 0 5 cm thick at the lugs O LES O Zoom the part e Click the Zoom Out tool Enter 0 5 in the status line Construct a vertical line for the side view that is the same length as the distance from the top of the flange to the center Click the Single Line tool Move the pointer to the top of the flange to display the construction line and move to the right and click on the construction line as shown Click here Move the pointer to the center of the right bolt hole to display the horizontal construction line then move to the right and click at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical construc
56. include mm with your numeric entry All selections made in this dialog box take effect immediately for all selected text or text boxes A checkmark in front of a menu item shows the current attribute Text can be rotated with the Rotate function like any other object in a drawing including text using Postscript and True Type fonts Use Plotter fonts whenever you are creating text for a drawing that you intend to send to a plotter since plotting Postscript or Tru eType fonts take much more time to print or may be substituted In addition to the plotter fonts shipping with Draft Board you can use all plotter fonts that are compatible with the file format shx of AutoCAD When you copy these files into the Fonts folder of the DraftBoard folder the new fonts are dis played in the Fonts sub menu after relaunching DraftBoard All menu items in the Text menu affect only text created with the Text tool Text attributes for dimensions are set in the dimension editor under Preferences in the Dimension menu 93 Text Fills and Crosshatches If you have selected American units under Units in the Preferences sub menu of the Layout menu the text size is displayed in Point and Inches when you have selected metric units it is displayed in Point and Millimeters All items in this dialog box affect only text created with the Text tool Text attribu tes for dimensions are set in the Dimension Editor
57. instructions in the message line for some tools also indicate optional activities For example if you hold down the Ctrl key while using the Center Point Circle tool the next mouse click creates a copy of the last circle with the center placed where you clicked Status Line The status line provides measurements angles X Y coordinates and delta values for the current construction The current tool determines the number of status boxes and which of the status boxes is highlight ed after the construction For example if you select the Center Point Circle tool the status line shows the X Y coordinates for the center of the circle and the length of the diameter x0 ve 25 400 When you click the last point of the circle the diameter D entry box highlights in the status line to indicate that it is active It shows the diameter of the circle you just created If you type a new number and press the Enter key the diameter of the circle you just created changes You can change any or all entries in the status line but when you press the Enter key you can t make any more changes in the status line Quick Introduction Important Pressing the Enter key again would create an identical object at the same location Later you can only modify objects using the Edit Objects command in the Edit menn Moving between status boxes You can use the Tab key to move to the right highlighting the next box When you press the Enter key the const
58. is a keyboard accelerator and when available is denoted by the key sequence listed on the menu Submenus Commands followed by a symbol have submenus which display when Just as good is to click on a the command is highlighted menu press the mouse button and drag the pointer to a menu item containing a Show Grid Strg G 3 submenu In the submenu Preferences 5 K 2D Analysis eae you drag the mouse pointer rid Show Points Units to a command As soon as A A you release the mouse but Construction Strg K nei Invert ton the selected command Delete Constructions Drawing Assistent is executed o Layers Strg L Text Margins Drawing Size AutoSave Document Properties Draw order Save Preferences Save Palettes 1 Pull down the menu 2 Drag to highlight a command followed by a symbol The submenu displays 3 With the mouse button still pressed drag over to the submenu 4 Drag down the submenu until the desired command is highlighted 5 Release the mouse button Dialog Boxes When you choose a command followed by an ellipsis gt such as Edit Objects on the Edit menu a dialog box appears BE Edit Objects E 1 circle locked unlocked layer color Black pattem Solid weight 0 25 controlpts hidden ctrpt x 47 228 ctipt y 10 319 E 2 3 19 Quick Introduction Some dialog boxes can be
59. is one of the major sales factors The potential buyer would not be impressed if the showroom lights reflection on the car rippled and wavered It is complete curvature continuity that makes a smooth reflection Localized control of complex curves allows you to make minor modifications without adversely affecting the shape For example if a new bigger engine wouldn t fit under a per fectly designed hood you could use a NURB spline to raise the center of the hood without changing the basic design NURB splines are also valuable for injection mold designs to eliminate the swirl of plastic as it is injected into the mold Such designs provide better surface finishes and allow thinner cross sections in the die Through Points Spline Tool N The Through Points Spline tool draws a spline through the points that you place Spline is drawn through points placed with mouse clicks Using the Through Points Spline tool 1 Click the points for the vectors of the spline 2 Double click the last point Y The status line shows the X Y coordinates of cach point as you go along Vector Spline Tool N This tool draws a spline using vectors determined by the points you specify The Vector Spline tool uses each point that you place as the vertex of a vector for the spline it creates 37 Creating Geometry 38 Konstruktionspunkt N Konstruktionspunkt Kontrollpunkt Pa
60. like to encourage you to return it Filling out the registration card is a painless process For such a minor investment of time you ll become a registered customer Only by registering DraftBoard are you entitled to receive Telephone product support and Free updates System Requirements You need the following equipment to run DraftBoard Pentium based processor or better e Arbeitsspeicher 256 MB 512 r better recommended a hard disk with 30 MB of unused space a CD ROM drive for installing the software MS Windows compatible Graphic card Windows Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Installing DraftBoard DraftBoard for Windows comes on a CD ROM Installing a Single User License for Windows 1 Start Microsoft Windows 2 Insert the DraftBoard CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of your computer 3 Start the Explorer 4 In the Explorer click on the icon for your CD ROM drive The content of the CD ROM is displayed 5 Start the installation by double clicking the file Setup32 exe 6 Follow the directions on the screen 7 During the installation you are asked to enter your Authorization Code that you will find on the enclosed License Agreement 8 When the installation is complete click the OK button The installation automatically creates the submenu DraftBoard in the Program menu of the Windows Start menu This menu contains besides other entries the menu item DraftBoard Professional 4 10 t
61. locks onto specific points on existing objects as you move the pointer near them The Drawing Assistant tells you when the snap point is on an object a qn JO The Drawing Assistant snaping onto a circle The Draving Assistant displays information about the location of the snap point This information appears either beside the pointer or next to the object itself u tangent JCN The Drawing Assistent displaying the relationship between the circle and the line that is being constructed The Drawing Assistant tells you when the snap point has locked onto the points of an object center CA The center of an arc or circle Move the pointer across the arc or circle to display on for the arc or circle then move the pointer near the center to display the center point notation endpoint endpoint The endpoint of lines arcs circles ellipses and splines midpoint midpoint The midpoint of lines arcs circles ellipses and splines intersection intersection i The intersection of two lines ot curves both perma nent lines and the Drawing Assistant s dynamic con struction lines quadrant Cone Quadrant points on an arc or circle displayed at 3 o clock 6 o clock 9 o clock and 12 o clock vertex C ames The vertices of an ellipse spline or dimension point 43 Drawing Assistant The Drawing Assistant locks onto a tangent or perpendicular only when the
62. measure If you change the length of a line using Edit Objects the di mension will not update because the point was not changed To correct the dimension select the dimension s vertex point and drag it to the new endpoint of the line 105 Dimensions See as well Tolerances in this chapter For the DIN Standard the Dimension layer is the default layer 106 Dimensioning objects and space 1 If necessary display the dimension palette 2 Select the appropriate dimension tool The dimension pointer is a smart pointer with a hot spo the dot shows which side of the object to select first If you select as indicated by the position of the dot the text appears above or to the right of the leader 1f you select in the opposite order the text appears below or to the left of the leader 3 Click the points you want to measure All settings for dimensions can be set in the dimension editor under Preferences in the Dimension menu 4 Move the dimension to a new location if its placement is not where you want it Repositioning the dimension When the dimension text appears it is selected so that you can move it to a new location Move the pointer to the dimension text When the pointer changes to the Move symbol drag the dimension to its new location If you want to move a dimension later use the Selection tool Click the dimension once then drag it to the new location You can also drag to select the dimension t
63. modification Standards ISO Set Default Appearance Precision Dimension Tolerances Dim Lines Linear Linear Q Dim Text Angular 11 Angular 4 a Format Linear Angular 10 Arrows lt lt Layer Dimension Apply The Dimension Editor allows the following settings Standards The Standards pop up menu allows you to select one of the following dimension standards Standards 150 xs USER All standards can be modified The Set button saves all modifications made in the Dimension Editor to the current standard These changes are valid until the end of the current DraftBoard session or until you modify the settings again You can save the selected standard permanently using the Save Preferences command from the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Setting a dimension standard 1 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu The Dimension Editor is displayed 2 In the Standards pop up menu drag to the standard you want to modify 3 Modify the desired parameters in the Dimension Editor 4 Click the Set button All settings are valid until the end of the current DraftBoard session or the settings are modified again 5 Click the Apply button if you want to assign the new settings to selected dimensions All selected dimensions are redrawn and reflect the new appearance set in the dimension editor 6 Close the Dimension E
64. o e Trailing 0 Det heth t to the right of th decimal point are displayed If set the precision determines the number of trailing zeros Tol Text size In this entry field you specify the text size for tolerances as a percentage of the dimension text size temp Text When this option is checked the arrow size of the related dimension lines will be adjusted when the ext size is arrow size modified The default arrow size for dimension lines is normally only increased or reduced while scaling a drawing Using very large or small dimension text makes it sometimes necessary to adjust the arrow size to the selected text size This option is deactivated by default and can be used only for selected dimensions using the Apply button Position This pop up menu allows you to set the position of dimension text for the selected standard and for all selected and future dimensions You can choose from the following options horizontal gt over break in under The first option determines if the dimension text is always displayed horizontally The following three options determine if the dimension text is placed above aver in between break in or below wnder the fo u 869 horizontal u u EA break in i above Modifying dimension text 1 Select all dimensions you want to modify If no dimensions are dimension line 869 869 selected all changes are valid for future dimensions 2 Choose Preferences in
65. of a dimension Symbols Values you enter in the two entry fields which have a Symbol in front affect only newly created dimensions not selected dimensions These two entry fields dis play values for the perpendicular distance between ob jects being dimensioned and for the first and all further dimension lines OK When you click the OK button the Appearance dialog box is closed and all settings are assigned to the cur rent standard Modifying the dimension appearance 1 Select all dimensions you want to modify If no dimensions are selected all changes are valid only for future dimensions 2 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu to display the Dimension Editor 3 Drag in the Standard pop up menu to the standard you want to modify 4 Click the Appearance button in the Dimension Editor The Appearance dialog box is displayed 3 Select mm or Inch in the Units pop up menu for all changes you want to make in the Appearance dialog box 6 Modify the Dimension Appearance by entering appropriate values in the related entry fields 7 Click OK The Appearance dialog box is closed 8 Click the Apply button if you want to assign the new settings to selected dimensions All selected dimensions are redrawn and reflect the new appearance set in the Appearance dialog box except the two val ues you entered in the fields which will affect only newly creat ed dimensions Dimension Lines All settings for Dimension Lines ar
66. of the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Text Font gt 9 Punkt 9 Punkt Style fi Ai vaz 12 14 14 18 18 24 24 36 36 48 48 3 5mm 0 125 Zol 5 0 0 14 7 0 0 156 10 0 0 18 0 25 Andere Specifying a nonstandard text size Choosing Other from the Size submenu brings up a dialog box allowing you to specify the exact text size you desire in whatever units you ve set for your drawing You can specify point size by entering pt after the value in the entry box for example if you enter 11 pt the font size will be 11 point 1 Choose Other from the Size submenu in the Text menu Font Size Font Size 4 233 2 Enter the size you want The size is measured in the current units as set in the Preferences submenu If you want to specify a point size include pt with your numeric entry 3 Click OK The size you specify stays in effect until you choose another size Text Size and Scaling When you scale a drawing using the Drawing Size command without the options keep text size and keep dimension text size after you have added tex and dimensions you have to assign the correct text size again in the Text and Dimension menus This is not necessary when you add zex and dimensions after scaling ot scale the drawing with the options keep text size and keep dimension text size active Style This command in the Text menu sets the style such as bo d or underline for selected text
67. of the arc where you clicked Choose Hide Palette from the Dimension menu The dimension tool palette disappears 5 Remove the angular dimension e Click the Selection tool Click the text portion of the angular dimension e Press the Back Space key The angular dimension is deleted 188 Basics 6 Save this part with a different name partla so that you can use it later for an advanced exercise e Choose Save As from the File menu The Save File dialog box appears with part1 listed in the File name box and the current file name partl vlm in the entry box Click after the 1 in parti vlm in the entry box Type a and press Return The part is saved with the new name Accomplishments e Adding dimensions e Moving dimension text e Adding tolerances Saving a version of a part with a different name Crosshatching With the part fully drawn and dimensioned you can now add crosshatching 1 Select the boundaries that define the area to be crosshatched e Double click the Selection tool DraftBoard automatically All geometry is selected excludes dimensions from the crosshatching process 2 Crosshatch the part indicating Steel e Choose Crosshatch from the Pen menu You can use the Hatch command on the Pen menu to apply the The display box shows the crosshatching exactly as it will current crosshatch pattern to the selected area Select Steel from the list of patterns appear in the part e Cli
68. of the center point and the ength and angle of the sides of the parallelogram 3 Corner Ellipse Tool This tool draws an ellipse inscribed in the parallelogram calculated from the three corners you specify Using the 3 Corner Ellipse tool 1 Indicate one corner of the parallelogram defining the ellipse 2 Indicate another corner of the defining parallelogram 3 Indicate the final corner of the defining parallelogram If the three points are on the vertical or horizontal axis a straight line is drawn You can create a copy of the last ellipse by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where you want the lower left corner of the parallelogram Y L1 wi L2 we 90 The status line allows you to specify the x y coordinates of a corner and the ength and angle of the sides of the parallelogram Polygon Tools tela These tools on the tool palette draw tectangles inscribed polygons or Use the entry boxes D and circumscribed polygons Some of the rectangle tools create single lines Sides in the status line to change any polygon when first creating it After that it becomes a series of of the polygon creates a rubberband image separate line objects which are individual objects or polygonal rectangles that can be selected and edited as a single object Dragging to indicate the points The polygon is drawn with the curtent pen specifications for color weight and pattern
69. or future text entries reel Font gt Size Style Y y Normal Bold Ttalic Underline Text Fills and Crosshatches The style you specify stays in effect until you choose another style A check indicates the current style You can change the default setting by saving the changes in the preferences file Prefs vIm with the Save Preferences command in the Preference submenu of the Layout menu Text Alignment The four commands in the second section of the Text menu align your text within the text box The text can be aligned on the eff the right centered in the middle or it can be fully justified so that it is aligned with both left and right margins of the text box If the Text tool is active both the selected text and future text are aligned as specified but existing text is not aligned If you choose this command when a tool other than the Text tool is active only future text entries are aligned If a text entry is selected when you choose this command the selection and future text entries are aligned as specified Align Left This command in the Text menu aligns the selected and future text When you want to set the at the left margin of the text area text offset from the box boundary you have to select the text box with the Selection tool and choose the Edit objects command in the File menu You can enter values for the text off Align Middle setin the related boxes This command in the Text menu centers
70. own to explore while going through the exercises of a tutorial This is an excellent way to learn more about DraftBoard If you are adventuresome open a new document for your explorations and then switch back to the tutorial document when you want to continue with the exercises Occasionally the tutorial may verify a position or entry that seems obvious to you If the condition is vital to the next step and you might have inadvertently deviated from the tutorial path verification for example the x y location is 0 0 has been added to ensure that you get the correct result from the exercise There s More than One Way DraftBoard often provides more than one way to perform a task This tutorial describes only one method at a time and may show you a different way to do the same task later When you start to develop a preference feel free to substitute your own method for whatever is suggested here provided you re certain that your method produces the same outcome as the tutorial Basics Starting DraftBoard In this exercise you will start DraftBoard 1 Start your Computer 2 Choose DraftBoard in the DraftBoard submenu of the Programs menu from the Windows Start menu DraftBoard opens displaying a document named Untitled 1 with an empty drawing area DraftBoard Expert File Edit Layout Arrange Pen Text Dimension Views Window Help
71. palette on screen y RIA rm Horizontal run Vertical A TIMES Oblique 9 5 gt 5 5 5 Perpendicular Radial Arrow out Radial Arrow in Diametrical Arrow out Diametrical Arrow in Angular Arc Lenth Balloon Center Mark AIINS o AA y Aa opa ofS 4 P ISIS The dimensioning tools can be used to measure either an object or the area between objects Once you have dimensioned an object or space the dimensions update when you make changes to the geometry The first four tools on the dimension palette have subpalettes for base line and chain style dimensions Some of the dimensioning tools such as the horizontal and vertical tools require that two points be selected others such as the Radia and Diametral require only one Saving the Status of the Dimension Palette The Save Palette command in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu allows to save the status visible or invisible of the dimension palette including its postion on the screen as default setting for any relaunch of DraftBoard Status and position are saved to the DraftBoard ini file in the Palette section When the palette is not visible after a restart it could be that is was saved outside the screen area In that case you enter into the DraftBoard ini file in the Palette section the Pixel coordinates 20 20 and start DraftBoard again Dimensions Dimensions are associa tive relative to the points they
72. parameters for colors line patterns line weights and fonts These two configurations files work like filters considering all parameters specified in these files when importing or exporting DXF and DWG Files Both configuration files must be in the DraftBoard folder Before modifying any of these files you should read the related readme files DXFIN TXT and DXFOUT TXT Both files are ASCII Files that can be modified using any simple Tex Editor How exporting affects some objects It is difficult to exchange data between different graphics programs because each program defines geometric objects differently Even though the DXF DWG and IGES formats standardize this exchange some objects do not transfer exactly The following table tells you what to expect when you export DraftBoard objects DraftBoard DXF DWG Hatches Hatches are exported as groups except the option Ungroup hatches is active then they are convetted in normal lines Detail views All detail view will be exported as long as not more than two models are displayed in Draft Board In addition the selected AutoCAD Version must support Modelspace and Paperspace The Sheet View will be Version 11 or higher If not all detail views exported into the AutoCAD must be flattened Paperspace and all Detail Views into the AutoCAD Ellipses Ellipses are exported into AutoCAD Version Modelspace 13 or higher For all previous versions ellipses are approximated by line segments
73. place a symbol offset to the L Length first location you click on the drawing area you must specify in this entry field an Angle for the offset direction When you want to place a symbol offset to the first location you click on the drawing area you must specify in this entry field an offset Distance Keep Layer Structure When you activate this option the original Edit Set Plac 1 166 Layer Structure of a grouped symbol will be kept when you ungroup it using the Ungroup command in the Arrange menu When you mark this option the Set button will show Apply and the mouse pointer changes its shape into a wrench tool When you select a symbol on the drawing area all related data of the selected Norm Part are displayed in the Symbolmanager You can modify the symbol data or select another Norm Part When you click the Apply button the symbol will be re shaped or substituted This option allows you to place symbols on the drawing area To place a symbol you must drag a vector on the drawing area for the insertion point and the orientation of the symbol When you click the Set button the symbol is placed according to the dragged vector When you have specified an offset angle and distance the symbol is placed offset to the insertion point according to the specified values ing Library symbols Display the Symbolmanager using the Symbolmanager command from the Symbols submenu in the File menu Select a library in the L
74. plate Plaster Mortar Fibre Concrete Concrete Ceramic Porcelain Plaster Mortar II reinforced non reinforced Z Y Firebrick Insulating Sealing x x Natural Plant Materials Wood Wood horizontal grain vertical grain Wood Materials Wood end cut Tar N AN Metal Steel alloy Steel non alloy Castiron Light metal Heavy metal 1 w o Synthetic Material Rubber Eelastic materials Duroplastic Thermoplastic ES SIA he 22 4 Lo N gt N N SR Fluids Water Oil Fuel Solids 234 Appendix DraftBoard ini The DraftBoard ini file contains all default settings DraftBoard uses for any new drawing The DraftBoard ini file is an ASCII text file that can be opened and edited with any text editor To make changes to the DraftBoard ini file open it from any text editor and make the desired changes Save the file as a text file The next time DraftBoard is launched it will take account for the new set ting made in the DraftBoard ini file The DraftBoard ini file contains the following sections User This section contains the Name of the registered user and the registered company Name Company Both names will be automatically entered when installing DraftBoard Defaults In this section you can enter the Path and Name for the DraftBoard Preferences file Prefs vlm as follows PrefFile c Programs DraftBoard prefs vlm You o
75. points and objects are selected in a similar way point selection is controlled by the Selectable Points setting in the Edit menu For this reason selecting objects and selecting points are discussed separately Selection Tools The Selection tool palette contains all tools for selecting objects Objects can be selected by clicking by dragging a Selection Marque around a group of objects by dragging a Line over objects or by drawing a Selection Polygon around objects In the Selection tool palette you find as well the Tracer tool for automatically selecting boundary lines All Selection tools allow when pressing the Shift key to select or deselect additional objects Selection Tool D The Selection tool on the tool palette selects one or more objects or points in the drawing area Selecting a single object 1 Click the Selection tool in the tool palette 2 Move the pointer to an object and click Selecting objects The object is selected and previously selected objects are deselected Selecting multiple objects by shift clicking 1 Click the Selection tool in the tool palette 2 Move the pointer to an object and click 3 Press and hold down the Shift key 4 While holding down the Shift key click other objects to be selected The objects you clicked are selected If you then click one of the selected objects it is deselected 5 Release the Shift key Selecting multiple objects by dragging If you want
76. removes the selected objects and places them on the Clipboard Each selection you cut or copy to the Clipboard replaces the previous Clipboard contents Cutting objects 1 Select the object to be cut 2 Choose Cut from the Edit menu Once you cut a selection you can paste it You can use Cut and Paste to move geometty or text around the document from one sheet to another or from one document to another You can even paste the cut selection into a document in a different application Moving geometry with the Cut command 1 Select the objects you want to move 2 Choose Cut from the Edit menu 3 Display the location where you want the selection to appear in the drawing area scrolling if necessary 4 Choose Paste from the Edit menu The object appears in the center of the drawing area on the original layer on which it was created or onto the work layer if it s from a dif ferent application The object is selected so you can move it if you want Editing objects Copy Ctrl C This command in the Edit menu places a copy of the selection onto You can also create a copy of the Clipboard without deleting the original selection You can paste the an object or text box with the Selection tool First select the gt object then hold down the You can even paste the copied selection into a document created with Ctrl key and drag a copy of copy elsewhere in the current document or into a different document a different
77. side view Drag a selection marquee around the top part of the side view Hold down the Shift key and drag a selection marquee around the lower solid section of the side view _ Betr Both sections are selected Choose Crosshatch from the Pen menu The Iron pattern is already selected and displayed in the pattern box Double click the Spacing box Enter 0 2 and click Apply Close the dialog box ot The side view is crosshatched 5 Save the part Accomplishments Segmenting lines Crosshatching complex figures Mirror Images and Bolt Circles 1 In this exercise you will create the bottom half of the side view and add a bolt circle to the front view of the flange 1 Create the bottom half of the side view Drag a selection marquee around the entire side view Select the Mirror Transformation tool N You ate asked to specify a reference line Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the centerline at two Ctrl click causes the places in the side view Transformation tool to make a copy and transform the geometry O O 209 Advanced Features 210 The side view is complete 2 Add a bolt circle to the front view Select the Selection tool and click anywhere to deselect the side view Choose Center from the Pen menu Select the Center Point Circle tool e Drag from th
78. specify the number of sides in the status line Note The status line shows a diameter for the circle the standard way of describing a polygon inscribed in a circle Using the Inscribed Polygon tool Click the center of the polygon and a point on the circumference of the circumscribing circle Or s Drag from the center of the polygon to a point on the circumference of the circumscribing circle You can create a copy of the last inscribed polygon by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where you want the center x Y D Sides 6 The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the center the diameter of the circle defining the polygon and the number of sides Diameter is the default status line selection and the default number of sides is six Circumscribed Polygon Tool This tool draws a regular polygon for which the radius of the circle determines the midpoint of the sides The default shape is a hexagon but you can specify the number of sides in the status line Note The status line shows a diameter for the circle the standard way of describing a polygon circumscribed around a circle Using the Circumscribed Polygon tool a Click the center of the polygon and the midpoint of one of the sides or Drag from the center of the polygon to the midpoint of one of the sides You can create a copy of the last circumscribed polygon by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where
79. step is executed on the current sheet and not within a detail view 4 Choose the Import command of the File menu The Import dialog box is displayed Open the folder Layout and select the drawing format you want Click the Open button Mark the option unscaled in the displayed dialog box Click the OK button con A A How you create your own drawing formats for your laser printer is described later in this chapter The Drawing size com mand displays the printing area of the selected paper size at its true size on the drawing area You can change the paper format using the Print Setup com mand in the File menu 143 Structuring Drawings Important If the rectangle is displayed vertically you have to change the paper orientation with the Print Setup command in the File menu and call the Drawing Size command again 144 The Drawing Format is imported onto the current sheet The imported drawing format is grouped 9 Now you can drag the drawing format on the sheet until all objects lie within the drawing format In case the size of the imported drawing format is to small or to large to frame the entire drawing you should delete the drawing format scale the content of the drawing and import the format again Modifying Drawing Formats All drawing formats provided in the Layout folder can be modified to meet your needs When you want to add new formats is recommended to modify existing ones and save them
80. that they are active To turn a command off choose it and the checkmark will disappear In the case of pen styles and text characteristics the check shows the current setting g Other commands Show Grid Show Points and Show Palette toggle to Hide Grid Points or Palette when the component is visible Preferences All files are saved with the settings as they are established when you close the file The default characteristics used for new files are contained in the preferences file The preferences file name is Prefs vim This file must be in the DraftBoard folder If you want to use different settings for your work you can change and save the default settings using the Save Preferences command in the Layout menu Every new document will then open with the new default settings The following specifications can be set in the preferences file Pen styles Text charactetistics and margins Preferences settings snap grid units and selection indicator etc Grid display Layer and sheet specifications Work Layer Dimension and tolerance formats Arrowhead type and display Drawing size and scale e Zoom scale e Fillet radius Chamfer angle and length e User defined colors Document Properties e AutoSave settings Changing the default settings 1 Create a drawing with the settings you want for each new drawing 2 Choose the Save Preferences command in the Preferences submenu of the L
81. the Dimension menu to display the Dimension Editor 3 Drag in the Standard pop up menu to the standard you want to modify 4 Click the DIM Text button in the Dimension Editor The Dimension Text dialog box is displayed 5 Select all the options you want to set for dimension text 6 Click OK The Dimension Text dialog box is closed 7 Click the Apply button if you want to assign the new settings to a selected dimension All selected dimensions are redrawn and reflect the new appear ance set in the dimension editor Arrow Size All settings for Dimension Arrows are done in the Arrow Size dialog box When you click the Arrow Size button the following dialog box is displayed 120 Dimension Arrow Dimensions Ba row Size 6 184 lt p 207 Dot Size Datum Size 3 0 57 Q A Cancel Ok The Arrows dialog box allows the following settings Units In this pop up menu you select the units mm or inch for all settings in the Arrows dialog box These units are only valid for the setting in the Arrows dialog box and do not affect the units you set for your drawing in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Arrows Size In these entry boxes you can set the size of the arrowhead either by specifying its ength height ratio ANSI or setting values for the ength of the edge and the angle of the ti
82. the Edit Objects dialog box Text Fills and Crosshatches Text Crosshatching and Solid Fills Text Fills and Crosshatches Text Fills and Hatches This chapter describes the features you can use to add detail to your drawing text crosshatching and solid fills Text When you want to annotate your drawing you ll use the Text tool to create a text box for entering characters from the keyboard You can create import and edit text on screen You can use the Text menu to set the characteristics such as font text size style alignment line spacing and indentation Text Tool Al This tool on the tool palette allows you to create and edit text on screen The text you enter has the characteristics set in the Text menu Creating text 1 Select the Text tool from the tool palette 2 Create a text box by dragging or by clicking two locations to place the opposite corners of the text area The text box which appears is as tall as a single line of text and as wide as you indicate The text cursor appeats in the box ready for your typing 3 Enter the desired text from the keyboard Pressing the Delete key erases characters to the left of the cursor The text you enter automatically word wraps to the next line when it reaches the right side of the text box If you resize the text box the words rewrap automatically Importing a text file You can import an ASCII file that contains text you want to use in your drawing Fo
83. the direction vector and the third point you specify indicates the endpoint of the arc Essentially the Tangent Point Arc tool first creates a line then creates an arc tangent to the line then erases the line Creating Geometry Using the Tangent Point Arc tool 1 Click the starting point 2 Click the tangent vector The arc is tangent to a line drawn from the starting point to this point 3 Click the endpoint The arc is drawn between the first and last point you click and tangent to the line between the first and second points First Click 22 3 Second Click Third Click The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the endpoints of the arc and the angle of the tangent line Y A dX dY Circle Tools goon The Circle tools on the tool palette construct circles by any of four methods e Center Point Circle e Opposite Point Circle e 3 Point Circle Tangent Point Circle Center Point uses the center and diameter of the circle Opposite Point If you want to drag a circle uses the diameter 3 Point uses three points or can be tangent to by its center later on you must use the Move tool y since the Selection tool objects using the diameter doesn t display the center existing objects Tangent Point Circle draws a circle tangent to two of the circle when selecting The circle is drawn with the current pen specifications for color weight m It and pat
84. the selected and future text Text alignment is controlled from the Text menu You can align text with the left or the right margins with both margins or centered between the margins in the text area ig rom the Text menu You can align text with the left or the right margins with both margins or centered between the margins gt Align Right This command in the Text menu aligns the selected and future text at the right margin of the text area Text alignment is controlled from the Text menu You can align text with the left or the right margins with both margins or centered between the margins Justified This command in the Text menu aligns both the left and right margins of the selected and future text in the text area Text alignment is controlled from the Text menu You can align text with the left or the right margins with both margins or centered between Text spacing The Text menu has commands for single spacing double spacing or using a space and a half between the lines of your text Text spacing is controlled from the Text menu Text can be single spaced as You can change the default setting by saving changes double spaced like in this in the Preferences file in the first paragraph or paragraph Text can also be spaced at one and a half spaces as in this paragraph The check in the Text menu indicates the current lin
85. the selection by holding down the Ctrl key while you select the objects If you select more than one object they remain in the same position relative to each other Expanding or shrinking objects 1 Select the object s to be expanded or shrunk 2 Select the Expand Shrink tool If necessary use Shift Click to select more objects 3 Click a point on the object that you want to remain stationary 4 Drag the selected object to a new location pressing to set a reference point and releasing to indicate the new location Factor E The status line allows you to enter the exact scale Factor Moving Objects with Tools When an object is selected move the pointer near the object until the Move symbol appears and drag the object to a new location Using the Drawing Assistant for Moving When the pointer becomes the Move symbol you can drag the object around and see the Drawing Assistant s notations relative to the object s location when you pressed the mouse button In this way if you move the pointer over a control point so the Drawing Assistant activates it you can align the object you are moving with that point If you begin dragging when the on notation is displayed f the alignment with the corner of the rectangle occurs at the location on the square whre you pressed the mouse button to begin dragging With the endpoint notation displayed when you press the mouse button you can move the square
86. to save files 61 Setting the Environment If a palette is not visible it could be that it was saved at a position outside of the screen In this case you look for the name of the palette in the DraftBoard ini file in the DraftBoard directory or folder under the section Palettes and enter there the Pixel Coor dinates 20 20 Then you must restart DraftBoard You cannot save geometry into the preferences file with the Save Preferences command only your settings are saved Be careful to use the Save Preferences command when your drawing contains several Detail Views and Layers Although this command doesn t save any geometry it saves the setup of the current drawing as default for all future drawings you create That means that any new drawing will con tain the same number of Detail Views as the drawing you used the Save Prefer ences command with Therefore check regularly your Preference File It should contain per default no Detail View and 4 Lay ers Layer 1 Construction Kinematic and Dimension 62 Document In this dialog box the user can set document Properties properties such as Author User defined attributes or to automatically create a document Preview Drawing In this dialog box you can turn the Drawing Assistant Assistant On or Off and activate different snap modes Draw Order This command activates the Draw Order that will display all objects according to the Bring to Front Bring to Back
87. under Preferences in the Dimension menu It is advisable to use the Selection mask to select all text and dimensions in case you have to assign the accurate text size after scaling A detailed description about text size and scaling can be found in Chapter 9 Basic Drafting 94 However when you type in a value only possible in the Size box the change becomes effective only until you do another selection or continue to work on the drawing area You can leave this dialog box open to assign other character formats If you want to close this dialog box you have to double click the Close box in the upper left corner of the dialog box The character format you specify stays in effect until you choose another character format Printing TrueType Fonts on Pen Plotters When you want to print TrueType Fonts on pen plotters you must use a WinLINE Plus Plotter Driver Look for more information about WinLINE Plus in the Internet under www winline com Font Sizes and ANSI Standards A typical font specified for 7 0 mm may produce a character that is only 3 5 mm The variation depends on the proportional spacing of the font If you want a font set to exact specifications use a Plotter font which conforms to ANSI standards Size This command in the Text menu sets the font size for the selected text or for future text entries in the current document The size can be specified as either points or units as defined in the Units dialog box
88. under a different name Drawing formats contain the border line of the drawing the cutting line and a Title block for entries such as name ot scale of the drawing Drawing formats have to be created for each paper format such as A B C or D and for both paper orientations Portrait and Landscape All drawing formats you find in the Layout folder of DraftBoard are designed for Plotter devices where the Cutting lines correspond exactly with the dimensions of the selected paper format for example 30 x 40 inch for the D Format and the Border line is offset inside by 1 2 inch ac cording to the ANSI standard When you want to use these plotter formats for your laser printer you have to adjust them to the printing area of your printer that could differ from printer to printer Creating Drawing formats for Laser printers 1 Open a drawing format in the Layout folder of the DraftBoard folder 2 Save the drawing under a new name 3 Select the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu The Drawing Size dialog box is displayed 4 Mark the option Display always Page Bounds The Printing area of your active Laser Printer is displayed as a grey rectangle 5 Click OK The Drawing Size command is closed 6 Mark the grouped drawing format on the drawing area and ungroup with the Ungroup command in the Arrange menu 7 Adjust the border lines of the drawing format until they are exactly aligned with the displayed grey rectangle for the printing a
89. want to make a single group follow these directions 1 Select the group 2 Choose Ungroup from the Arrange menu The geometry is ungrouped with the individual objects selected 3 Hold down the Shift key and select the geometry you want to add to the group 4 Choose Group from the Arrange menu You can follow a similar procedure to remove members of a group Ungroup This command in the Arrange menu separates selected grouped objects into their individual components Ungrouping Objects 1 Select the group 2 Choose Ungroup from the Arrange menu The individual objects in a group are selected Lock This command in the Arrange menu prohibits editing or movement of selected geometry Preventing accidental changes to one or more objects 1 Select the objects to be locked 2 Choose Lock from the Arrange menu Although you cannot move or change a locked object you can copy group and select it Preventing changes to an entire document 1 Choose Select All from the Edit menu 2 Choose Lock from the Arrange menu Selected objects can also be locked or unlocked by clicking the Locked box in the Edit Objects dialog box Unlock This command in the Arrange menu removes the lock in the selection You can change and move the unlocked objects Unlocking Objects 1 Select the locked object s 2 Choose Unlock from the Arrange menu Selected objects can also be locked and unlocked by clicking the Locked box in
90. you have seen tangent and perpendicular lines can be pulled off circles and other lines as well as perpendicular ellipses splines and arcs tangent The line is drawn tangent to the large circle and perpendicular to the lower straight line 5 Save or discard the file as you wish Accomplishments e Constructing tangent lines e Constructing perpendicular lines Rotational Copy In the next four exercises you will construct a flange with a side view INN 0 For this exercise draw a flange 9 cm in diameter containing four 1 5 cm lugs each with 0 75 cm holes Center a 1 cm hexagonal hole in the 1 5 cm hub of the flange 1 Open a new document 2 Choose a different pen style e Choose Visible from the Pen menu The pen style is now solid black lines 0 5 mm wide 3 Drawa9 cm circle centered at 0 0 e Choose Show Grid from the Layout menu so that you can see the origin The grid appears on the drawing area 203 Advanced Features 204 0 0 Origin Coordinate Symbol Choose the Center Point Circle tool Type 9 in the status line and press the Tab key Type 0 and press Tab Type 0 and press Enter The 9 cm citcle is drawn centered at 0 0 Choose Hide Grid from the Layout menu The grid and Coordinate symbol disappear Draw a 0 75 cm lug hole centered at the top of the 9 cm circle The Center Point Circle tool is still the current tool e Click on the 12 o clock quadran
91. 4 Choose a Symbol file you want to assign to the selected library C ick the Open button The dialog box is closed and the new symbol is added to the Symbol list of the selected library 6 Optional you may modify the file name using the Rename button Adding Libraries 1 Choose the Library command from the Symbols submenu The Libraries dialog box is displayed 2 Click the Add button in the Library section The Add Library dialog box is displayed 3 Select a Library Reference file with the file extension vlb 4 Click the Open button The dialog box is closed and the new library with all its symbols is added to the existing libraries 5 Using the Rename button you can modify the file name of the new library Handling of Symbol libraries The Symbolmanager is the perfect tool for placing and editing symbols Since the Symbolmanager handles exclusively symbol libraries it is recommended to group often used symbols into symbol libraries When the Symbolmanager is displayed you can place any number of symbols replace and edit Norm Parts and offset the symbol insertion point by a specified distance and angle Symbolmanager When you choose this command from the Symbols submenu in the File menu the Symbolmanager is displayed gt SymbolManager Symbol Preview Libraries Bearings Symbole Roller thrust bearing DIN 711 Annular ball bearing DIN 625 single row Annular contact ball bearing DIN
92. 5 minutes An interval of 0 or less is equivalent to turning Auto Save off 4 Click OK If AutoSave is ON your work will be saved automatically for the time interval you specified Closing Documents DraftBoard provides the Close and the Quit command in the File menu to close documents If you want to close a drawing without ending DraftBoard you must use the Close command Selecting the Quit command closes all open drawings and ends DraftBoard It s also possible that your company makes periodic backups of your folders and you can go back to a previous version that way If you want to save these settings permanently you have to Save Preferences in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu 151 DraftBoard Documents It is also possible to import documents of native format type Drawings created with DraftBoard on the Macin tosh don t have to be im ported but can be read us ing the Open command in the File menu 152 Close Ctrl F4 This command in the File menu closes the current DraftBoard document the one displayed in the top window If other DraftBoard documents are open they remain open when you close the current document If you have made any changes since you last saved the current document the Save dialog box allows you to save the changes You can close the document with or without saving the changes You can also close the document by double clicking the Control Menu button at the upper left
93. 50 po Note that the detail view is ir Pe not dimensioned Cross h 17 Een hatching dimensions and Fl text are view dependent they appear only in the ae view in which they were 8 003 created according to stand Ai O ard drafting practice The enlarged geometty appears in the detail view frame 2 Fillet the right corner of the notch in the detail view and observe that the geometry in the frame is indeed a view of the same part Click the 2 Entity Fillet tool Enter 0 25 Select the two lines that form the right corner of the notch in the detail view 50 125 2 800 Rose j If you want to know more pl about working with views see the Views chapter in Bi E the User Guide son Both the part and the detail view are redrawn with the fillet 3 Crosshatch the side view Deselect the view by clicking outside the view with the Selection tool e Crosshatch the side view with the steel crosshatch pattern 125 0 800 12 347 212 Advanced Features The side view is crosshatched but the detail view is not 4 Save or discard the file as you wish Accomplishments e Creating a detail view e Observing associativity Drawing to Scale In this exercise you will use the Symbol feature to display a full scale part Then you will dimension and scale the part for placement on a standard drawing format This e
94. Appendix of this manual IGES Export ASCII characters This option is available only if in DraftBoard the Text tool is the active tool File name extension txt Microsoft Windows Bitmap file an interchange for mat specifically used for pixel graphics File name extension bmp Windows only The format is used by the Windows Clipboard an interchange format specifically used for graphics commands The precision equals the computer screen precision and exports graphics as vectors and pixel as represented on the screen File name extension wmf for the 16 bit Window version or emf for the 32 bit Window version Windows only Portable Network Graphics Format a graphic for mat mainly used for distributing Internet graphics File name extension png Encapsulated PostScript Format a data format for PostScript printers or for the export in PostScript compatible applications DraftBoard supports the EPS Format of the Adobe Illustrator and compati ble EPS Formats File name extension eps AutoCAD Data eXchange Format of AutoCAD This data interface supports the AutoCAD Formats DXF DWG of Versions 10 11 12 13 14 and 2000 2002 File name extension dwg or dxf IGES 4 0 Initial Graphics Exchange Specification format to standardize the exchange of graphics File name extension igs This command in the File menu saves a document in the format you specify Exporting a document 1 Choose Export from the
95. CAD Version 12 14 and 2000 2002 please choose Version 11 In addition you can specify if you want to export all hatches ungrouped Always when on the current sheet 2 or more models are displayed in detail views the following dialog box is displayed 157 DraftBoard Documents DXF DWG Too many models Please choose a model to export in addition to the sheet Export views with model Model 2 A or Flatten all views In this dialog window you select either an additional model with its corresponding detail views or flatten all views to export them all Important Tips for the Export of DWG DXF Files For exchanging data with other CAD Programs you should prefer the file format DXF DWG 2000 and for exchanging data with NC Programs the file format DXF 12 Until version 13 AutoCAD doesn t accept any special characters such as a amp character in layer names Therefore remove all special characters from layer names before exporting any file into Auto CAD Otherwise AutoCAD will not import the file and generate an error message instead In case line patterns are disorted too big or too small in Auto CAD after importing a DraftBoard DXF File change the AutoCAD variable LTSCALE to a smaller number to display the line patterns at an appropriate scale 158 Symbols Creating Symbols Placing Symbols Symbol Libraries Symbols Symbols DraftBoard offers powerful functions for creating and han
96. Document Attributes dialog will be displayed automati cally when you select the Save as command Embed EMF PIC When you activate this option a picture of the drawing will be saved automatically with the document each time you save a drawing The Height and Width of this picture you can indicate in the respective entry fields This preview picture will be displayed automatically in the Open dialog window and can be displayed in the Windows Explorer Cancel Clicking the Cancel button closes the dialog window and ignores all entries made in the Document Attributes dialog box OK When you click this button the dialog window is closed and all settings are saved for the current drawing Defining Document Properties 1 Select the Document Properties command in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu The Document Attributes dialog window is displayed 2 Specify a name for the author of the drawing in the Author entry field 3 Enter into the 4 Name of Attribute fields attributes such as Drawing Number etc that should be saved with the drawing It is not necessary to specify an attribute for the original creation date DraftBoard Documents since it will be automatically saved with the document as soon as an entry is made in the Document Attributes dialog box Specify values for the defined attributes if these values don t change with each drawing If not they can be entered each time when you select the Save as comma
97. Double Arrowhead Dimension Tool a This tool measures the diameter of a circle To dimension the diameter of a circle click near the circle If you click outside the circle the dimension appeats outside and if you click inside it appears inside 4 838 0 838 When the dimension appears the leader line is placed at the nearest 15 increment from the location you clicked You can drag the text to a new location Angular Dimension Tool This tool measures the angle between two lines To dimension an angle click each line near the endpoint from which you want the angle measured The inside angle is measured between the sides with the extension lines extending from the endpoints nearest the location you clicked on the line The smaller angle is used The angle between the endpoints of the lines is measured so you do not have to click these endpoints just near them DraftBoard inter prets all mouse clicks left of the line midpoint as the left endpoint and all mouse clicks right of the line midpoint as the right endpoint midpoint left endpoint right endpoint lt gt Clicking here means left Clicking here means endpoint right endpoint If you dimension intersecting lines don t mix up the intersection with the midpoint of the lines To dimension this angle you have to click here A midpoints intersection If the lines don t meet the angle is measured from the invisible extension of the lin
98. Drawing Assistant starts from the on notation You cannot begin from a specific point such as the endpoint quadrant or vertex point Important Keyboard Snap Points are not active until you have set the first con struction point of any draw ing or editing tool Another way would be to reduce the detection radius of the Drawing Assistant with a lower number of pixels for the hit radius or to zoom in on the drawing to separate the con struction points visually see also Hit Radius in this chapter 44 Using tangents and perpendiculars If you press a point on an arc or circle and drag the pointer away at about a 45 angle the Drawing Assistant locks onto the tangent If you drag away at a 90 angle the Drawing Assistant locks onto a perpendicular Tangent tangent Perpendicular Lotrechte If you continue holding down the mouse button the line remains tangent or perpendicular while you drag the ending point around the object This is a very useful feature if for example you want to create a line from and tangent to an existing circle to the tangent point of another circle Tangente Once a line is tangent to the circle it can be dragged to the tangent point on the other circle with the tangency maintained at both ends tangent Keyboard Snap Points You can direct the Drawing Assistant to snap onto an object For example you may want to start a new line from the exact center of a circle If you hold dow
99. Editing Objects 73 Editing VOD S viviana anote 73 Moving Objects with Tools 77 Copying Objects with Tools au 78 Sizing Objects with Tool viii iii iii 79 Editing Commands iniciando aia it 80 Duplicating Objects ici ica 82 Changing the Characteristics of Objects cncncincaninnininnincnninnos 85 Arranging Geometry Text Fills and Hatches 91 E Crosshatching and Solid fills o oocinconinninnininnininncoaroorercorerconos Dimensions 105 Associative Dimensions ia 105 Using the Dimension Tools ueeennenennennenenenenennen 105 Dimension Settings uses ns 113 Basic Drafting 125 ZG ODM 55s deine ibi 125 Panning Screen Contents iin 127 Screen Appearance seusscsusnssussnsnsansussnisssnsssennsnisncnsninnnhenhtunnnsneen The Drafting Process Drawing at Full Scale Paper Size and Drawing Scale ivreinionsnssiiniici s 129 Scaling Drawings serranas 130 Scaling Commander cti 132 Printing or Plotting a Drawing enenennnennennenn 133 Structuring Drawings 137 DraftBoard Documents 147 Using Document iii 147 Data Exchange u 152 Symbols 161 Creating Symbols merida 161 Placing Symbols cc 162 Symbol libtaties vts 002er 164 Geometric Analyses 171 2ID Aina ysis A nHsakls ngsn 171 Basics 175 Starting Draft Board vor miei 177 Drawing a Pattern 177 Stroke Command Suicida alitas 181 Fillet and Charm tet voii 182 Adding the Hole iia 183 Making Changes na ha 185 DIERON darla ita 187 Crosshatching a ata 189 SEC isa an
100. Page Bounds is not checked Setting up the drawing size using the Drawing Size command 1 Choose Drawing Size from the Layout menu The Drawing Size dialog box is displayed With the dialog the grey rectangle for the printing plotting region is displayed at its true size on the drawing area When the boundary of the printing plotting region appeats you can drag the boundary rectangle around the drawing area 0327 2 Specify the scale ratio You can press the arrow beside the Scale box and drag to one of the standard ratios from the menu or double click the Scale box and enter a scale the ratio you want to use You can enter real values such as 1cm 1m which is converted to 1 100 by Draft Board If you don t need a specific scale you can click the Fit button to scale the drawing to fit the paper 3 When text and dimensions should keep their true size choose the options Keep Text Size and Keep Dimension Text Size If you don t select these options you have to adjust ex and dimensions after scaling 4 When you want to control the scaling on the screen click the Apply button The drawing is scaled and the Drawing Size dialog box remains open The geometry itself does not change scale it only changes visually not physically 5 If you want to print multiple sheets and tape them together fol low the directions for Tiled Printing described later in this chapter 6 Click OK Printing or Plotting a Drawing DraftB
101. Print Setup from the File menu Se ect paper size DIN A4 and click OK Choose Drawing Size from the Layout menu The Drawing Size dialog box displays In a Always Display Page Bounds Keep Text Size Keep Dimension Text Size Drawing Scale 1 1 Y The available paper sizes depend on the printer or Tiled Printing plotter you have specified Pages Across 1 Down 1 Page Orde ff O ER Fit L Apply Cancel oK the Drawing Scale entry box type 1cm 50cm this entry is The Scale entry box the same as 1 50 accepts combinations of Click OK units of measure 223 Architectural Drawings If you want to crosshatch 11 smart walls containing smart symbols you have to segment the walls first to create hatch boundaries Since smart symbols cover only wall segments they can t be used as hatch boundaries 12 13 14 You can fillet or chamfer smart walls only if you first ungroup them Since smart walls will loose their smart features by ungrouping them you should place all symbols before you fillet any smart wall Segment the exterior walls Select the two symbols door and window Choose the Segment tool from the tool palette Click with the Segment tool the wall segments besides the door and the window symbol The walls are segmented Crosshatch the exterio
102. Select the pen style you want to change 2 Specify the characteristics color weight and pattern you want for that style When you want to restore the original characteristics of the pen you select any other pen and then again the pen whose attributes you have modified Arrow Lines With the commands Arrow at Start and Arrow at End from the Pen menu you can specify the placement of Arrowheads on lines or circular arcs that are not a part of dimensions You can choose the Type of artowhead from the Arrowheads submenu of the Pen menu The size of the arrowhead can be specified in the Arrow size submenu of the Pen menu Arrowheads The Arrowheads submenu of the Pen menu allows you to choose one of eight arrowheads for arrow lines The atrowhead selection is valid until the end of the current Draft Board session You can save the selected Arrowhead permanently with the Save Preferences command from the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu Arrow size The size of an arrowhead is specified in the Arrow size submenu of the Pen menu Choosing this command displays the following dialog box Arrow Size Arrow Size 0 125 For the arrow size you can enter a factor in the Arrow size entry box The default factor is 3 5 A modified arrow size is valid until the end of the current DraftBoard session Arrow at Start This command in the Pen menu places an arrowhead at the beginning of selected a
103. When the drawing looks right save it again 6 Create the hub fillet with a radius of 1 5 cm e Select the Fillet tool Enter 1 5 in the Radius box e Hold the Shift key down and click inside of the corner of the side view The fillet is redrawn to a 1 5 cm radius O O O Zoom out to see the entire flange Accomplishments e Constructing a side view e Creating parallel lines e Creating a centerline Trimming corners Advanced Crosshatching In this exercise you will crosshatch the side view Since the side view isn t a single closed figure you will have to segment some of the lines for the crosshatching to work properly L 1 Zoom in on the side view Select all geometry for the side view by dragging a selection marquee around the side view Use the Segment Tool to break the vertical lines at the intersection of the horizontal lines This is necessary to define a closed boundary to crosshatch Choose the Segment tool from the Trim palette Advanced Features Click the vertical lines to be segmented Click here A Click the lines representing the center hole Although no visual change has occurred the vertical lines have been segment ed broken into shorter connected lines Click here 4 Crosshatch the solid sections of the side view Click the Selection tool Click anywhere in the drawing area to deselect the
104. Y 0 000 O Total Angle 3604 Ref Y 0 000 O Step Angle 90 e Click Ok The lug is copied but the 3 inch circle must be trimmed 9 Trim the circle inside the copied lugs e Use the Selection tool and the Shift key to select the fillets for the three copied lugs Choose the Trim tool and trim the circle between the fillets O O QO O The lugs are complete 10 Construct a 2 cm circle in the center of the flange e Select the Center Point Circle tool Move the pointer to display the horizontal construction line through the left bolt hole Display the vertical construction line for the lower bolt hole and click at the intersection of these two construction lines Enter 1 5 and press Enter Advanced Features Only the objects inside the marquee are selected The asterisks in the dialog box indicate that you can enter coordinates into the Center X and Center Y boxes or you can specify a location with the mouse To use the mouse first click the Center X box Then click the location for the center on the drawing area For this exercise you want the default location of 0 0 so you don t need any en tries in this box If you click something you don t want to select contin ue holding down the Shift key and click again to de select it 205 Advanced Features 206 11 Add the 1 cm outside measurement hexagonal hole within the 1 5 cm
105. a about a central Y Y axis which m m s parallel to the Y axis IYY f x Xc 2dA Inertia IXY The moment of inertia about a centtoid IXY f x Xc y Yc dA Performing 2D Analysis 1 Select the geometry that defines a closed boundary You may want to use the Tracer tool to select the perimeter 2 Choose the Construction command from the Layout menu The Construction dialog box is displayed the analysis is performed and the values are displayed in the dialog box 3 If necessary enter changes for the Tolerance and Weight per Area values 4 Click the Calculate button The analysis is recalculated and the new values are displayed in the dialog box Calculations DraftBoard calculates the values for 2D Analysis before the dialog box appears If you make a change in the Tolerance or the Weight Per Area you must click the Calculate button to recalculate the sta tistics The 2D Analysis mechanism evaluates the boundary in the same way the crosshatching mechanism does for example DraftBoard consid ers a circle inside a bounded atea to be a hole Crosshatching does not fill the hole and 2D Analysis does not include the area of the circle in the area calculation Displaying the centroid 1 Select the geometry defining the part 2 Choose the 2D Analysis command from the Layout manu The 2D Analysis dialog box is displayed 3 Choose the Construction command from the Layout menu The Construction dialog box is displayed
106. a mouse double click Spacing In this entry field you can set the spacing of the hatch pattern If you don t add a unit that unit is valid that you specified under Units in the Preferences sub menu of the Layout menu Angle the hatch pattern Origin X Y In these entry fields you specify values for the X and Y Coordinate of the Hatch Origin You can define these values as well by dragging the mouse on the DraftBoard drawing area You just must click in one of the two entry fields and then on the intended point on the drawing area As soon you release the mouse but In this entry field you can enter a value for the angle of It is important that you do not select extra objects when you specify the crosshatch or fill area be cause DraftBoard does not know how to treat the extra objects How to add and define your own hatch pattern is de scribed at the end of Chap ter 4 Preferences and in the Appendix of this manual 97 Text Fills and Crosshatches To crosshatch a figure that is not a closed figure you must add lines or segment lines to make a closed figure In this way you can crosshatch individual sections of the geometry See Crosshatching in the Advanced Features section of the Tutorial for a step by step example You can edit hatch patterns with the Edit Objects command in the Edit menu 98 ton the corresponding values are automatically filled into the entry boxes Pattern box The Pattern box
107. agree that the kick in the side of the head is worth the effort So be prepared to look at things differently Go through these exercises and then begin to adapt DraftBoard s power to your person al work style What You Will Construct In these exercises you will construct this part using computerized fillets chamfers crosshatching and dimensions You will perform the following tasks Open DraftBoard Choose from menus e Create geometry e Change geometry Use the Drawing Assistant e Create construction lines Save a document e Stroke to create construction lines e Stroke to zoom e Create chamfers and fillets e Construct circles Trim e Change the characteristics of lines Dimension e Crosshatch e Stretch e Rotate e Print Basics 175 Basics 176 Conventions The numbered tasks in these exercises describe the activity you are to perform and the bulleted steps beneath the numbers tell you how to accomplish the task If you already know how to accomplish the task you should do it without following the bulleted directions and then proceed to the next numbered task Notes in the margin provide extra information throughout the exercis es You can omit reading these notes and still perform the tasks de scribed If you want to learn more about DraftBoard however you should read them as you go or come back to them once you finish the exercise Exploring Some users like to go off on their
108. akes you places you didn t want to go choose Zoom All from the Arrange menu and all geometry appears and fills the window If you have had trouble and the drawing is not right close this document without saving it To close without saving double click the Close box icon then click No when asked if you want to save Next choose Open from the File menu and open the flange document again and repeat Exercise 5 You can also use the Tracer Tool to select these boundaries unsegmented You might practice both methods of selecting lines To understand this process consider how you created the side view The right vertical line is a single line which is met by the horizontal lines forming the bolt hole and center hole DraftBoard cannot determine the boundary because the horizontal lines touch the vertical lines within the closed figure In this exer cise you ll segment the bound ary lines so they can be select ed to form two closed shapes 208 5 Trim the excess lines Save the drawing in case things don t go as expected Zoom In on the side view only Select the trim boundary Select this line Trim the vertical line on the left that extends above the selected horizontal line The vertical line is trimmed Trim the vertical line that descends from the inside corner to the centerline The trimming is complete
109. alled printer or plotter Specifying the paper size To specify a paper size you choose the Print setup command Print Setup This command in the File menu allows you to select a printer set the page size orientation and other options Setting up the page 1 Select Print Setup in the File menu The following the dialog box is displayed a ale Printer Name Nerow 4517 PostScript Level v Properties Status Ready Type Xerox 4517 PostScript Level 2 Where Plato X4517 Comment Paper Orientation Size A4 A A O Portrait Source Upper Tray O Landscape 2 Choose your printer in the Specific Printer field if it is not installed as the Default Printer Select the paper size from the Paper Size pop up menu Select the paper source from the Paper Source pop up menu Specify the Orientation Portrait or Landscape ae er Click the Option button Specify in the displayed dialog box if you want to print your drawing to a printer or save it to a file 7 Click the OK button Checking the View Scale After you have specified the paper format you must check if the objects of your drawing are too large or too small in relation to the selected paper format and if its view has to be scaled to fit on the specified paper size Basic Drafting Zoom All magnifies or reduces all objects on your drawing to fill the screen regardless of how big or small the objec
110. alog box and in the Windows Explorer All these attributes are set with the Documents command in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Document Properties This command allows to define document properties and specify if these values should be displayed when saving a drawing In addition you can specify if a preview of the drawing should be saved with the document When you choose this command the following dialog window is displayed Document Attributes Author Miller Name of Attribute Value of Attribute 1 Project 2 Client 3 Drawing No 4 Shell C Post at Save s Embed EMF PICT Width 800 Height 600 Cancel OK The Document Attributes dialog window allows the following settings Author In this field you enter the name of the author as creator of the drawing Name of Attribute In these four entry fields you can specify document attributes that are displayed when you select the Save as command The date of original creation must not be specified since it will be saved automatically with each drawing Value of Attribute In these fields you enter values for the attributes you have defined in the left column in case they don t change with each drawing These values are optional since they can be entered each time when a drawing is saved Post at Save as When you activate this option the
111. and dimensions in case you have to assign the accurate text size after scaling Before you choose the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu you should use zoom out until your drawing fills half the screen size 132 To keep text and dimensions at a constant size while scaling and having the options keep text size and keep dimension text size not checked you have to e add text and dimensions after scaling or you must select all text and dimensions and assign their text size again Scaling Commands If your unscaled construction is very large or very small compared to the size of the specified page format you have to adjust the view scale of your drawing to fit the selected paper size To do this you use the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu Drawing Size This command in the Layout menu allows you to sce the size of the maximum p otting printing area relative to the drawing and to specify the scaling of the drawing so it fits the paper size and orientation set by the Print Setup command When you choose the Drawing Size command the following dialog box is displayed ica Size _ Always Display Page Bounds Keep Text Size C Keep Dimension Text Size Drawing Scale 1 1 Tiled Printing Pages Across 1 H o E Fit Apply Down 1 Page Order The Drawing Size dialog box allows the following settings Always display When you c
112. application the object to a new location Copying objects 1 Select the objects to be copied You can copy an object using any of the Trans formation tools by holding The selection goes on the Clipboard and it remains in the current down the Ctrl key while 2 Choose Copy from the Edit menu document using the tool Paste Ctrl V This command in the Edit menu pastes a copy of the Clipboard If the object was cut or contents onto the center of the drawing area The Clipboard contents copied from a DraftBoard document when it is past are not changed when you use the Paste command h ed it goes on the layer it You can also paste the selection into another document or into a was on when it was cut or document created with another application copied A pasted selection BE retains its original attri If you want to create an even distribution of geometry you can use butes Objects cut or cop Linear Duplicate or Polar Duplicate in the Edit menu ied from non DraftBoard documents are pasted onto the work layer The Clipboard The Cut and Copy commands both place a copy of the selected object on the Clipboard The Clipboard is a buffer a temporary storage place that holds the last cut or copied selection The contents of the Clipboard are objects not bitmaps Erasing Geometry You can use several methods to erase objects You can select the object s then press the Backspace key You can retrieve what you d
113. ar 190 Rotating 191 Printing 192 Advanced Features 197 Trimming and Relimiting esessnenenenenseneneeneenennnn 198 e O 199 Tangent and Perpendicular Lines 201 Rot tional Copy errer iia 203 Constructing a Side View enaneinnsanigenahnnnne 206 Advanced Crosshatching 208 Mirror Images and Bolt Circles oncoconcinnaninonnonnonionincincncnnoss 209 NURB Splines ecc 210 Creating a Detail Vi Wii easy 211 Drawing to Scale accionista 213 Architectural Drawings 219 Creating an Architectural Drawing oconiccnninnnninnnninnoncnninnaniss 220 Appendix 226 Operators and Units 229 Special Characters 230 Data Interfaces 231 Plotter Fonts 239 Crosshatch Patterns 234 DraftBoard ini 235 Customer Services 237 Index 241 First Steps Documentation Registration System Requirements Installation First Steps First Steps This manual describes DraftBoard f and DraftBoard The Getting Started chapter briefly describes the documentation of DraftBoard tells you how to install the program on your computer and use it with Microsoft Windows It lists the type of equipment you need tells you how to register your copy of DraftBoard Documentation The following manual describes DraftBoard for Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 Before using this manual however you will need to install DraftBoard The installation is described in the Gelting Started chapter After installation we encourage you to continue with the Qu
114. aracteristic of a pen style 1 Choose the pen you want to modify 2 Choose a characteristic color weight ot pattern from the characteristic submenus in the Pen menu To return a standard pen to its original specifications choose a differ ent pen style from the menu and then choose the modified pen again All selected objects will reflect the new pen characteristic as will all future lines drawn until you end the current DraftBoard session or select new pen characteristics Changing the pen characteristics of an object without changing the pen 1 Select the object 2 Choose Edit Objects from the Edit menu The Edit Objects dialog is displayed 3 Change the pen characteristic in the Edit Objects dialog box 4 Click the Apply button The selected objects reflects the new pen characteristics The characteristics of the current pen are not modified Colors The Color submenu in the Pen menu contains 234 color options from a palette of 16 7 million colors available 64 colors are predefined 170 colors are user definable You select a new color for the current pen from the Color submenu in the Pen menu where you find also the command to define your own colors Color This command in the Pen menu specifies the color of the current pen and any selected geometry without changing any other pen characteristics Pen Psa Color Define gt Weight gt Palette gt Pattern v Black Red Yellow Green
115. area you want to stretch 4 Drag the points to a new location Sizing an object with the Move Tool You can also size an object with the Move tool Using the Move tool allows you to specify the distance the selected point s should be moved by specific values along the x and y direction in the status line To move the corner of the rectangle in the next graphic with the Move tool you proceed as follows 1 Be certain that Selectable Points is set in the Edit menu 2 Click the Selection tool 3 Draga selection marquee around the lower right corner of the rectangle ur 79 Editing objects Use the Move tool for sizing objects only once since the next values you enter in the status line refer not to the new position of the moved point s but always to the original one That means if you enter in our example 1 inthe X entry box and 1 in the Y entry box the point is not moved back to its original position but in the opposite direction referring to its original position The difference between the Cut and Copy commands is that cutting a selection removes it from the draw ing area while a copied se lection remains in the draw ing area You can also erase selections with the Delete or Backspace key or by choosing Delete from the Edit menu Selections erased in this way do not go on the Clipboard and cannot be pasted You can restore them however by using Undo If you want to move an ob ject
116. ask from the Edit menu The Selection Mask dialog box appears The highlighted items respond to all selection methods and can be detected by the Drawing Assistant 2 Click the items you want to be able to select so they are highlighted While the dialog box is visible you can select create and edit geometry You can move the dialog box if it covers geometry you want to work on The selection mask remains in effect even after you close the dialog box until you select a tool When an item in the dialog box is not highlighted the Drawing Assistant and all the tools cannot detect it even though it is visible to you on the screen Deselecting To deselect an object click anywhere in the drawing area where there is no object or click any tool in the tool palette You can deselect an object that was selected in a multiple selection operation While the objects are still selected hold down the Shift key and click the objects you want deselected Selecting Points Selecting points differs from selecting objects because points are not always visible Being able to select points is useful in two situations e stretching selected geometry described later in this chapter control point selection for transformations When you drag a selection marquee around objects all geometry that is completely within the marquee is selected If geometry is partially within the marquee only the control points inside th
117. ator Choose the Symbolmanager command in the Symbols submenu from the File menu The Symbolmanager is displayed Ligne ul Br v ap JM kem Lira lr Ei o Mi mm Choose in the Symbolmanager the library A Door top Select the symbol Single Door with one leaf Select from the Part List Door 1 01 24 Enter into the field L the distance from the wall corner 0 25 Press the mouse button at the corner of the upper inside wall and drag horizontally toward the center releasing the mouse button anywhere 9 10 Architectural Drawings Click the Set button F Td The wall geometry is redrawn to accommodate the door Se Se Se ect the library A Windows top ect the symbol Simple Window ect from the Part List Window 2 51 24 Enter into the field L the distance from the wall corner 0 25 Press the mouse button at the corner of the upper inside wall and drag vertically toward the center releasing the mouse but ton anywhere Click the Set button MR The drag indicates the orientation of the door as well as which way it opens The wall geometry is redrawn to accommodate the window Move the window and observe how the walls are automatically reconsttucted Se ect the window Drag it to the opposite wall N Set the paper size and drawing scale Choose
118. ayout menu The preferences are set for all subsequent new documents 21 Quick Introduction 22 Creating Geometry Drawing Techniques Drafting Aids Drawing Tools Creating Geometry Creating Geometry This chapter describes how to create the geometric objects that are You will find more about the building blocks for your designs It also describes how the Drawing the functionality of the Drawing Assistant in Assistant helps you design faster and easier The following topics are Chapter 3 contained in this chapter Drawing Techniques Drafting Aids Drawing Tools This chapter requires that you know how to open ot save a file or how to use a Zoom tool If you are unfamiliar with Windows programs see the Getting Started section in the Tutorial Function Palette Drawing begins with the Tool palette located at the left of the Draft Board drawing area shown below Fie Edt Layout Ar Select Select Shit Ale xP eISGIOIOINEA The Tool palette has six subpalettes of tools that you can use to create geometric objects These six tools are the drawing tools Line tools Arc tools Circle tools Ellipse tools i Polygon tools Spline tools 25 Creating Geometry Drawing Techniques Most drawing tools allow two methods of creating an object clicking and dragging Clicking This method allows you to create objects by clicking points with the mouse The benefit of this te
119. back again Bringing objects to Front Back Example 1 Draw a circle using the line color Black and a line weight of 1 5 mm Editing objects 2 Fill the circle with the color Yellow 3 Select the yellow fill area without the black perimeter 4 Select the Send to Back command in the Arrange menu The yellow fill area is send to back and covered by the black perimeter circle 5 Select the circle and the fill area and choose the Group command in the Arrange menu The yellow fill area and the circle perimeter are grouped as sorted Draw a rectangle with the color Black and a line weight of 1 5 mm Fill the rectangle with the color Blue Select the blue fill area without the black rectangle line XD onan Select the Send to Back command in the Arrange menu The blue fill area is send to back and covered by the black perimeter lines 10 Select the Group command in the Arrange menu The blue fill area and the perimeter lines are grouped as sorted 11 Select the blue rectangle and move it partly over the yellow circle 12 Deselect the blue rectangle by clicking anywhere onto the drawing area The blue rectangle in the foreground covers the yellow circle 13 Select the yellow circle 14 Select the Bring to Front command in the Arrange menu The yellow circle is brought to front and covers the blue rectangle Divide This command in the Arrange menu subdivides the selected geometry into the specified number
120. button anywhere A stroke construction line is displayed through the inner edge of the upper exterior wall Selecting Show Points in the Layout menu helps you to align the defining points of a wall precisely to the defining points of the previous wall segment In the Edit Objects dialog box you can change the defining axes of selected walls Only walls on the same layer will be merged 221 Architectural Drawings Select the Parallel Lines tool la Drag the construction line about 1 m towards the middle of the room Enter 1 for the delta distance in the status line and press Enter The parallel line is drawn 1 m below the upper exterior wall Drag the new construction line about 1 m towards the middle of the room Enter 1 for the delta distance in the status line and press Enter The second parallel line is drawn 1 m below the second construction line Select both parallel construction lines with the Selection tool Select the Simple Trim tool from the tool palette x Click the Simple Trim tool on the vertical interior wall between the two construction lines The interior wall is trimmed and the wall segment between the two construction lines is deleted 8 Adda 7 door beginning in the upper horizontal exterior wall and a 2 5 m window in the right wall Both should 25 cw from the wall corner 222 Activate the Layer Exterior Walls in the Layer indic
121. can be modified after placing a symbol in a drawing in the Edit Objects dialog window Parametric Symbols with underlying Value Tables When you place a parametric symbol in a drawing all parametric variables are listed in the Symbols dialog box Whenever a parametric symbol has an underlying value table you can instead of entering the final values into the related entry fields select predefined values using the Parameter button in the Symbol dialog box Value tables for parametric symbols are pure Text Files ASCII Files that are saved in the Symbol folder using the related symbol name with the file extension txt Value tables may not only contain parametric variables but also user defined attributes such as material or order number that can be extracted in a Bill of Materials When you place a symbol with an underlying value table using the Insert command in the Symbol submenu of the File menu or the Symbolmanager all defined Attributes and Variables are listed in the related dialog box and can be modified before placing the symbol in a drawing Editing Value Tables 1 Open the value tables with the file extension txt with a common Texteditor 2 Edit the table 3 Save the table 4 Important Delete in the folder containing the Symbol and the Valne Ta ble the file with the related symbol name and the file extension var Placing Symbols The submenu Symbols in the File menu contains two commands for placing symbols
122. ce from point to point obliquely Click the left point first then click the right Click the points in the opposite order if you want the dimension to display below the objects 1134 When the dimension text appears you can drag it to a new location when you release the mouse button the dimension and extension lines are redrawn Oblique Base Line Dimension Tool e This tool dimensions objects and spaces point to point obliquely from a base point Note The results shown reflect colinear dimension points I 122 S 2 Oblique Chain Dimension Tool This tool dimensions objects and spaces oblique point to point Note The results shown end to end reflect colinear dimension points Lines are colinear AN ifthey have a common 4288 invisible carrier line K DraftBoard can recognize 4 243 colinear lines only if they touch at least in one end 4 243 point 109 Dimensions Note Be certain that you click on the base line not on the endpoint of the base line When the dimension text appears you can drag itto anew location when you release the mouse button the dimension and extension lines are redrawn If you want to display the dimension number for the base point you have to click the base point again after you have clicked all other dimension points 110 Oblique Base Chain Dimension Tool This tool creates a obligue base chain dimension displaying the r
123. chnique is that you can perform unrelated activities such as zooming while you are creating the geometry Dragging The drag method allows you to indicate two points by dragging from one to the other Press and hold down the mouse button to set the first point Next drag the mouse to the location for the next point and release the mouse button The benefit of this technique is that a rubberband image appears during the construction to show you how the object will appear once you release the mouse button You can use either or both methods to construct most objects To help make object creation easier DraftBoard s tools contain a feature we call Swart Pointers As you work with a tool the tool icons show you the points you must indicate to create an object with the tool Each dot on the icon represents a point you must place either by clicking or by dragging In addition the Smart Pointer indicates the order for designating points as you are drawing the geometry Creating a line by clicking 1 Select the Single Line tool from the Tool palette R 2 Move the pointer to the drawing area and click to set the starting point of the line 3 Move the pointer to the desired location for the endpoint of the line and click If you use the clicking k x Click at the beginning point of the line method to draw a line no rubberband line guides you x Click at the endpoint of the line The line is drawn betwe
124. ck Apply The part is crosshatched e Close the dialog box Ly R00 r 3008 7500 Click anywhere in the drawing area to deselect the part 3 Save the part once again as partl Choose Save As from the File menu The file name listed is partla vlm e Click after the a in the entry box Press the Back Space key once to remove the a and press Enter Since you can t save two documents with the same name in the same directory you are asked if you want to overwrite the existing file named parti vlm Click OK The original version of partl is replaced with this crosshatched version Accomplishments e Crosshatching a part e Saving and replacing an existing version e Renaming a file 189 Basics Stretching In this exercise you will change the basic outline of the part and see how the crosshatching automatically redraws to accommodate the change au Roso r 8003 7000 Lt 1 Drag a selection marquee around the point where the left point of the cutout joins the horizontal line e Click the Selection tool e Ifany part of the drawing is selected click anywhere in the drawing area to deselect the part Position the pointer above and to the left of the point e Drag to a location below and to the right of the point Bes N The point is selected as shown below If you don t see the square selection point choose Selectable Points from the Edit menu and select again N
125. cle at approximately a 45 angle until the tangent notation appears as shown below Notice that the line you drag stays tangent to the circle wherever you drag it F Drag the pointer to the lower edge of the large circle until the tangent notation appears As you have seen tangent lines can be pulled off circles and other lines as well as ellipses splines ngent Y and arcs tangent Release the mouse button The tangent line is drawn 3 Construct a line perpendicular to both circles The Drawing Assistant Press the mouse button when on appears on the large circle must display on and not E E 5 other circle notations such Drag directly away from the circle at approximately a 90 as quadrant angle until the perpendicular notation appears Notice that the line you drag stays tangent to the circle wherever you drag it e Drag to the left circle until the perpendicular notation ap pears perpendicular perp 202 Advanced Features e Release the mouse button The line is drawn perpendicular to both circles 4 Construct a line perpendicular to the lower straight line and tangent to the larger circle e Press the mouse button when on appears on the lower straight line e Drag at a 90 angle from the line to display the perpendicular notation perpendicular Drag the new line along the baseline to the large circle until tangent appeats and release the mouse button As
126. closed by clicking on the Close box in the Title bar 20 Dialog boxes allow you to qualify the command you chose by adding information For example in the Edit Objects dialog box above you can change the specifications of the selected object If a dialog box obscures your view of the drawing area you can drag it with the pointer on the Title bar to a new location Option Buttons Option buttons indicate mutually exclusive choices you can select only one option at a time as you might select a station on your car radio Click the option you want and the button turns black as shown by the inches option above Units Precision 0 001 v Selected Option inches mm Ofeet O cm Option buttons I O feetfinches O meters Check Box M Leading 0 Y Trailing 0 s Check boxes Check boxes provide options you can switch on and off and which are not mutually exclusive An X shows the option that is set List Entry boxes Some dialog boxes contain lists of options displaying a drop shadow to show that a pop up menu exists Move the pointer to the entry box and press the mouse button to display the list Aquamarine Bittersweet The item you highlight appears in the box once you select it Some list boxes as the Scale box in the Drawing Size dialog box allows you to type an entry as well as choose from the pop up menu To type an entry select the current entry if it isn
127. copy the selection by holding down the Ctrl key while you select the objects If you select more than one object they remain in the same position relative to each other Rotating objects 1 Select the object s to be rotated 2 Select the Rotate tool If necessary use Shift Click to select more objects 3 Specify the center of rotation 4 Drag the objects ot enter an angle in the status line to specify the rotation You can also click the reference point and then click the destination point It is not necessary for the reference and destination points to be on the object you are moving If they are not the rotation is performed relative to the specified points Bo The status line allows you to specify the Angle of rotation Mirror Tool X This tool creates the mirror image of an object or objects on the opposite side of a reference line You can copy the selection by hold ing down the Ctrl key while you select the objects If you select more than one object they remain in the same position relative to each other 1 Select the object s to be mirrored 2 Select the Mirror tool If necessary use Shift Click to select more objects 3 Specify the reference line by clicking two locations or by dragging The reference line need not be parallel to the object The status line has no entries Expand Shrink Tool This tool enlarges or reduces objects while maintaining the propor tions You can copy
128. ction from the subpalette is the active or current tool 5 The new tool is visible in the tool palette until you select another tool from the same subpalette The tools on the subpalette remain in the same order only the tool displayed on the tool palette changes Once you select a tool additional information appears to help with your construction The pointer pointer locator message line and status line all provide feedback about the active tool Smart Pointer When you select a tool and move the pointer into the drawing area the pointer shape is representative of the tool Some of the pointets like the single line pointer are simple crosshairs Others such as the opposite point circle pointer resemble the tool itself Hot Spot hs Opposite Point Circle Pointer The pointer called a smart pointer displays indicators for multi step procedures Each smart pointer has a dot the ho spot showing the 15 Quick Introduction The number of decimal places displayed in the indicator box is determined by the Precision setting in the Units dialog box under Preferences in the Layout menu The number of decimal places displayed in the Sta tus Boxes is determined by the Precision setting in the Units dialog box under Preferences in the Layout menu You can enter up to 10 characters in each Entry Box of the Status Line 16 next point you should specify The dot changes position on the pointer du
129. ction lines you may want to create construction lines that remain displayed until you hide or remove them There are two methods for creating permanent construction lines strokes and the Construction command in the Layout menu When you want to get rid of all construction lines choose Delete Constructions from the Layout menu Everything on the Construction layer will be deleted Stroke Construction Lines Stroke construction lines are lines that you create with the mouse Hold down the Shift and Ctrl key and drag the mouse horizontally or vertically Since you are working in the drawing area the Drawing Assistant helps you place the stroke precisely Holding down the Shift and Ctrl key changes the mouse pointer to the Stroke pointer 8 8 Drag the pointer horizontally or vertically Drag Result Vertically A vertical construction line through the first point of the stroke Horizontally A horizontal construction line through the first point of the stroke Using Stroke construction lines Construction lines are as long as the dimensions of the viewing area of the screen or the plot region as designated in Drawing Size whichever is larger For example if you are using the Connected Line tool you can create a construction line that extends through the center of a circle 1 Hold down the Shift and Ctrl key 2 Move the pointer near the center of the circle The Drawing Assistant snaps onto the center point 3
130. d in the next section Auto Save This command in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu directs DraftBoard to save a backup copy of your work periodically If your computer hangs up for any reason the work you did up to the last Auto Save will be recoverable Selecting the AutoSave command displays the following dialog box T AutoSave amp O On off AutoSave Interval 15 Minutes In the AutoSave dialog box you can urn AutoSave On or Off and specify the time interval in minutes between AntoSaves At the specified interval DraftBoard creates an AutoSave file with the base of the original file name and a SAV extension in the same directory or folder as the original file AutoSave prompts users for a file name before creating an AutoSave file for untitled documents created by using the New command from the File menu If you supply a file name this file name will be associated with the document and the AutoSave file If you Cancel AutoSave will skip that docu ment but the prompt will appeat again at the next AutoSave interval Files opened with the READ ONLY attribute are also Auto Saved Setting up AutoSave 1 Select Auto Save from the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu The Auto Save dialog is displayed 2 Switch AutoSave ON or Off The default setting is Off 3 Specify the time interval for AutoSaving in minutes The interval can be from 1 to 60 minutes the default setting is 1
131. d to lock or immobilize selected control points on an existing spline You may then adjust the curvature of the spline between the locked points without disturbing other areas of the spline ra Locked Control Points Selected Point A Drag 4 way pointer to adjust area between locked points Unlocking spline control points Use this tool and click the pointer to unlock it Locking more than one spline control point You can lock more than one point by simply clicking each point Creating Geometry Editing control points of a spline A 2 6 Te Select the spline with the Selection tool Choose Show Points from the Layout menu If the menu says Hide Points you don t need to choose it Click on the drawing area to deselect the spline If necessary select Lock Spline Control Points from the Spline tool subpalette If necessary click the points you want to lock the points on either side of the point you will change Use the Selection tool to select the point you want to change Drag the point to the new location The dotted lines that appear tangent to the end portions of the spline are tangent control arms They allow you to adjust the curvature of the spline leading up to the endpoints without moving the endpoints themselves To do this select the endpoint of the tangent control arm and drag it to another location with the 4 way pointer that appears Editing the end slope of a spline 1 2
132. determines the appearance of lines on the screen and when they ate plotted If you are using a monochrome monitor or a printer all lines will be black but the weight and pattern will be visible Any line thickness of less than 0 07 mm appears one pixel wide on the screen When you print or plot such lines you can see the different weights You can choose from nine different pen styles in the Pen menu This menu contains as well all commands to modify all pen settings Pen Style Y Edit Style Color gt Outi Pen Characteristics Weight rv beanie Patte gt Hidden Arrowheads gt Dash Pen Syl Arrow Size Center ee Arrow at Start Phantom Arrow at End Dimension Ballo Crosshatch a Construction Hatch Stra H Solid Fil Fill Strg B The current pen style is checked on the Pen menu The default pen style is Outline solid black lines 0 35 mm wide You can change to a different pen style in the Style submenu You can change an individual characteristic of the current pen in the Pen submenus Color Weight and Pattern Changing the current Pen 1 Select the pen style you want to use from the Style submenu in the Pen menu All selected objects will be drawn in the new pen style as will all future lines until you end the current DraftBoard session ot select a new pen style Pen Indicator You can also use the Pen Indication pop up box at the lower left of the drawing area to specify the current pen v O
133. dimensions 109 offset command 84 OLE 92 open command 150 opposite corner ellipse tool 35 opposite point circle tool 33 option buttons 20 origin Index crosshatch pattern 97 outline line style 58 P palettes 62 paper size 129 parallel construction lines 48 parallellines 207 parallel lines tool 31 paste command 81 pattern 57 pen characteristics 54 color 54 editing line styles 58 pattern 57 styles 53 weight 57 pen indicator 17 permanent construction lines 47 perpendicular dimensions 110 perpendicular lines 201 perpendiculars 44 phantom line style 58 plotter fonts 131 233 plotting 133 PNG 156 pointer 13 points 181 creating a point 30 displaying 69 selectable points command 69 selecting invisible points 69 show points command 69 polar duplicate command 83 polygon tools 35 postscript 233 precision dimensions 115 precision units 60 prefvlm 62 Preferences Preference File 62 prefs vlm 62 preferences 21 dimensions 113 document properties 148 grid 61 invert 61 nits 61 palettes 62 saving 61 selection 61 setting units 60 snap 61 text margins 61 prefs vlm 62 preview layout command 130 print drawing size 132 page setup command 129 preview layout command 130 print command 133 print setup command 129 printing plotting region 130 tiled 134 toafile 134 TrueType Fonts on Pen 243 Index 244 Plotters 94 printing 192 Q quadrant drawing assistant 43 quit
134. ditor by clicking the Close box in the upper left corner of the Dimension Editor Restoring a dimension standard 1 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu The dimension editor is displayed 2 In the Standards pop up menu drag to the standard you want to restore to its default settings Dimensions 3 Click the Default button All settings of the selected standard are restored to its default values 4 Close the Dimension Editor by clicking the Close box in the upper left corner of the Dimension Editor Standards and modifications All modifications are assigned to the current standard When you want to edit only some selected dimensions you have to select the standard again after you have clicked the Apply button to restore its original settings Precision The Precision pop 1p menus in the Dimension Editor allows you to set the number of decimal places for dimensions and tolerances Precision Dimension Tolerances Linear F Linear The Precision of angular Angular 4 Angular dimensions can be set to degrees minutes and seconds EERE EI Set the Precision 1 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu The Dimension Editor is displayed 2 Set the number of decimal places for inear and angular dimensions and tolerances in the corresponding pop up menus 3 Click the Apply button The specified precisions are valid for all selected and all future You can save the selected dimensions until t
135. dling sym bols All symbol commands are listed in the Symbols submenu of the File menu The following section describes how to create and place symbols and the configuration of Symbol Libraries Creating Symbols In DraftBoard you can place any drawing as a symbol and open any symbol as drawing DraftBoard distinguishes between Simple Symbols which have fixed dimensions Parametric Symbols which have parametric dimensions and as an option underlying value tables and Symbol Libraries that are configured with the Libraries command in the Symbols submenu that can contain simple and parametric symbols and are handled exclusively with the Symbolmanager The following sections describe how to create the different type of symbols using a simple rectangle Simple or Fixed Symbols Objects with fixed dimensions are called simple or fixed symbols Creating simple symbols 1 Draw a rectangle with a width of 2 inch and a height of 1 inch 2 Dimension the rectangle using the Horizontal and Vertical dimension tools 1 Ly When you place a fixed symbol in a drawing using one of the Symbol commands it is placed with its dimensions These dimensions are fixed and can not be modified once the symbol is placed Defining the Insertion point of a Symbol When you place a symbol in a drawing the Insertion point of the symbol is placed at that location you first clicked onto in the drawing area To define the Insertion poin
136. drawings The import feature of DraftBoard allows you to use existing drawings from DraftBoard or other applications within a DraftBoard document The following file types can be imported DraftBoard DraftBoard native file format Displayed option Draft Board Files File name extension vlm TXT ASCII text file Displayed option Tex Files File name extension txt Spline This option allows to import Spline coordinates DraftBoard creates then automatically a spline on the drawing area File name extension txt WMF Windows Metafile Format An interchange format used by the Windows clipboard for graphics commands Displayed option MetaFile File name extension wmf Windows only BMP Microsoft Windows Bitmap file format The file name extension bmp is automatically appended to the file name Displayed option Bitmap File name extension bmp Windows only EPS AI Encapsulated PostScript Format a data format for PostScript printers or for the import in PostScript compatible applications DraftBoard supports the EPS Format of the Adobe Illustrator and compatible EPS Formats Displayed option EPS AI File name extension eps DXF DWG AutoCAD Data eXchange Format of AutoCAD Selecting this format in the Import dialog box and clicking the displayed Options button you can choose from the DraftBoard Documents AutoCAD Formats DXF DWG Versions 10 11 12 13 14 and 2000 2002 2008 File name extension dwg or d
137. e 1 1 2 Space Double Space Font This command in the Text menu changes the font for selected text or future text entries rest Font Size Style Copperplate Gothic Light Courier Courier New Courier New Baltic Courier New CE Courier New CYR Courier New Greek Courier New TUR Curle mr The fonts listed in the menu are those installed on your computer and include DraftBoard s plotter fonts The font you choose stays in effect for the current document until you choose another font Special characters and accents ate available as described in the Appendix of this manual Extended font selection The Font submenu can display up to 20 fonts If you have installed more than 20 fonts select More in the Font submenu of the Text menu to get access to all available fonts Choosing More from the Font submenu brings up a dialog box allowing you to specify the font text size and text style The text size is measured as point size If you want to specify the size in the units you have set for your drawing you have to type the exact unit such as for inch or mm for millimeter after the value 1 Choose More from the Font submenu in the Text menu The Character Format dialog box displays EB Character Format y Sweltz000p Deo C itaics Font Arial 2 Select the character format The text size is always measured as point size pt If you want to specify the size in another unit like in Millimeter
138. e as displayed well under Perimeter in this q section of the manual BE 20 Analysis x Tolerance 0 01 Perimeter 308 164 po Area 4020 968 WePerArea i weight 4020 968 Centroid X 12 129 Centroid Y 8 927 Inertia IX 647963 602 InertialYY 3085517 693 Inertia IXY 156933 034 The 2D Analysis dialog box allows the following settings Tolerance A setting to determine the accuracy of calculations for Note that this Tolerance value has no effect on the precision of the resultant values The precision of the change the value by entering a new number result is set using the Units curved objects The smaller the tolerance is the higher the accuracy will be The default value is 0 01 You can command under Preferen The 2D Analysis mechanism analyses arcs circles Al a ces in the Layout menu ellipses and splines as straight line segments that deviate from the true curve by no more than the stated toler ance value The smaller the number the greater the accuracy however the greater the accuracy the longer the calculation time Weight Per AreaA multiplier used to determine the actual weight of a part of constant thickness defined by a selected boundary The Weight of the part is the product of the Area multiplied by the Weight Per Area The default entry is 1 You can change the value by entering a new number You can find the proper number for this entry in a handbook published by mo
139. e button The visible mark beside the layer name disappears Displaying a hidden layer 1 Click the layer s you want to make visible in the list 2 Click the Show button A visible mark appears next to the layer s name in the list Determining how many objects are on a layer 1 Choose Selection Mask from the Edit menu 2 Select the desired layer from those listed in the center box 3 Choose Select All from the Edit menu 4 Choose Edit Objects from the Edit Menu The number of objects is listed at the top of the dialog box 5 Close the Selection Mask and Edit Objects dialog boxes Using colors with layers Many CAD drawings show different components in different colors When you specify a different color for a layer the layer remembers the color so that if you add geometry to a layer later the new geome try appears in the same color as the last geometry constructed on that layer In this way you can use the Visible pen in red on one layer green on another layer and so on 1 Select Layers from the Layout menu 2 Create a new layer and rename it Outline green indicating you always want to use the pen style Outline with a green color on this layer Structuring Drawings 3 Make the layer Outline green current 4 Select Outline in the Style submenu from the Pen menu 5 Change the pen color from Black to Green by selecting Green in the Color submenu from the Pen menu 6 Draw a circle The circle is created
140. e center of the flange to the center of a bolt hole de Use the Selection tool and click in the drawing area to de select the circle Choose Visible from the Pen menu 3 Save the part and close the document Close the current DraftBoard window You are asked if you want to save the document e Click Yes The document is saved and its window closed You may see other windows if other DraftBoard documents are open Accomplishments Creating a mirror image e Creating a bolt circle NURB Splines In this exercise you will create and edit splines and observe the difference between splines constructed through specific points and those constructed from vectors 6 ran Open a new document Select the Through Points Spline tool IN KH Click points such as those shown below double clicking the last point x x A NURB spline is drawn through the control points you specify ij Select the Vector Spline tool Click the same points the vertex notation appears at the points you clicked for the first spline A different curve is constructed using the vectors for calculation AS Edit the control point in the middle of the original spline e Select the original spline Advanced Features e Choose Show Points from the Layout menu The control points and the endpoint slope controls are displayed s e Select the Lock Spline Control Point tool 8 e Click the contro
141. e done in the Dimension Lines dialog box When you click the Dim Lines button the following dialog box is displayed Dimension Lines Dimension Line O 4 Ort Witness Lines weight 025 Cancel The Dimension Lines dialog box allows the following settings The Dimension line options allow you to choose whether the witness lines are connected by a dimension line DIN or not for all dimension text that is not placed between witness lines Witness lines In this pop up menu you select the number of witness lines left side right side both sides or no witness lines Color In this pop up menu you select the color for the dimension lines Weight In this pop up menu you select the ine weight for dimension lines You can choose from the same ine weights offered in the Weight submenu of the Pen menu OK When you click the OK button the Dimension Lines dialog box is closed and all settings are assigned to the current standard Dimensions Modifying dimension lines 1 Select all dimensions you want to modify If no dimensions are selected all changes are valid only for future dimensions 2 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu to display the Dimension Editor 3 Drag in the Standard pop up menu to the standard you want to modify 4 Click the DIM Lines button in the dimension editor The Dimension Lines dialog box is displayed 5 Select the all options you want to set for dimension lines 6 Click OK
142. e geometry unselectable but still visible use the Selection Mask command in the Edit menu Layers are often described as transparent films But actual they are just another method to group objects Since the DXF format supports only 31 charac ters you should limit layer names to 31 characters to guarantee a smooth DXF Export DraftBoard includes a Construction layer and a Dimension layer by default with each drawing Note The Construction layer will automatically accept all Construction lines created with stroke commands or with the Construction dialog box All lines of construction line type created with the Single Line tool will go onto the current work layer 137 Structuring Drawings You can also type a name and click New Layer names are limited to 79 characters Since the DXF format supports only 31 characters you should limit layer names to 31 characters to guarantee a smooth DXF Export Note You cannot hide or delete a layer that is the current active work layer You can t hide the work layer Layers facilitate color specific wiring diagrams or electrical and plumbing blueprints Note Layers can be saved as Preferences along with specified colors 138 You can use layers for complex drawings so you can hide some objects to simplify the drawing visually or print only specific parts of the drawing You can think of visible layers as transparent pages and hidden layers as invisibl
143. e marquee are selected and the geometry is not selected Show Points This command in the Layout menu toggles the display of the contro points endpoints midpoints center points and knot points for selected objects When points are displayed you can select a point by clicking it If points are not displayed but Selectable Points is set in the Edit menu you can select a point by dragging a selection marquee around the location of the point To show points for an individual selection use the Edit Objects command in the Edit menu Unselected point Selected point A line with points displayed A line without points displayed Displaying points 1 Select the geometry 2 Choose Show Hide Points from the Layout menu to toggle the display of points on and off To turn off the point display once the points for an object are showing you must select the object again and choose either Show Hide Points from the Layout menu or the Control Points option in the Edit Objects dialog box Showing and Hiding Points with Stroke When you hold down the Shift and Ctrl key and click an object the display of the object s points toggles on or off If the points are hidden when you click the object the points will be displayed Selecting invisible points You can select a control point whether the points are visible or not however note that Selectable Points in the Edit menu must be on displaying the Y symbol in the menu
144. e or how far you drag if you only want o restore the original magnification 183 Basics You see here that you don t actually have to draw the circle just click the center and enter a value for the diameter 184 Construct a hole 5 cm in diameter centered at the intersection of the vertical and horizontal construction lines you created in Exercise 2 e Click the Center Point Circle tool e Click the intersection of the horizontal and vertical construction lines to indicate the center of the circle e Move the pointer an inch or so in any direction and click A circle is drawn with the center point in the location you specified Enter 5 in the D Diameter box on the status line Press Enter key The circle is redrawn with a diameter of 5 cm Construct a 4 cm hole that is offset 0 2 cm in the negative x direction from the center of the arc of the part Move the pointer over the arc until the Drawing Assistant displays the indicating the center of the arc e Move the pointer to the to display the center feedback The Center Point Circle is still the current tool e Click to position the center of the circle Enter 4 in the D Diameter box but do not press Enter Click inthe X box on the status line to place the text cursor at the end of the existing entry Type 0 2 don t forget the minus you are creating an equation from the existing X val
145. e pages Although you cannot see objects on hidden layers they do exist The layer must be visible for you to select objects on the layer For example if there are objects on a hidden layer and you choose Select All then delete all objects those objects on the hidden layer are not deleted You can also specify the selectability of layers with the Selection Mask command in the Edit menu Creating a new layer Click New to create another layer You can name the layer by typing the name in the Rename entry box and clicking Rename You can have as many as 256 layers Renaming a layer 1 Select the name of the layer from the list box 2 Type the new name 3 Click the Rename button Deleting a layer 1 Select the name of the layer from the list box 2 Click the Delete button Caution The layer and everything on that layer is deleted however a warning appears before this happens Making a layer the work layer 1 Select the name from the list 2 Click the Set Work button The layer must be visible before you can make it the work layer Using the layer box to specify a different work layer You can use the pop up layer box at the lower left of the drawing area to specify a different layer as the work layer 1 Press the mouse button on the box and the menu displays 2 Drag to the layer you want to be the work layer and release the mouse button Hiding a layer 1 Click the layer s you want to hide in the list 2 Click the Hid
146. e pointer diagonally ua Result Drag Diagonally Upper left to lower right Zoom in enlargement centered over the stroked area Lower right to upper left Reverses Zoom In stroke to the previous magnification Upper right to lower left Zoom out reduction the current screen reduces to the size of the area defined by the stroke Lower left to upper right Reverses Zoom Out stroke to previous magnification Basic Drafting Panning Screen Contents ap The tool Pan Drawing area allows to move the content of a screen You find this tool in the Views subpalette Pan Drawing area This tool displays a hand icon that allows you to move the screen area while the mouse button is pressed The status line contains no boxes Panning a drawing area 1 Select the Pan drawing area tool in the Views subpalette of the Tool Palette 2 Press the mouse button and move the content of the screen while the mouse button is pressed Screen Appearance DraftBoard offers several commands to control screen appearance Redraw Screen Ctrl R This command in the Arrange menu refreshes the screen When you make changes to your constructions the geometry may not be redrawn cleanly in the drawing area Redrawing the screen To redraw all of the geometry and remove extraneous geometty and points choose the Redraw Screen command from the Arrange menu Stopping a screen refresh You can press the Esc or Break key to stop the redrawi
147. e spacing Single Space This command in the Text menu sets the spacing of selected and future lines of text so each line occupies one space in the text area 95 Text Fills and Crosshatches You can choose the Fill command from the key board with Ctrl B and the Hatch command from the keyboard with Ctrl H The best way to select a hatch boundary is with the Tracer tool 96 1 1 2 Space This command in the Text menu changes the spacing of selected and future text so each line occupies one and a half spaces in the text arca Double Space This command in the Text menu sets the spacing of selected and future text so each line occupies two spaces in the text area Indentation If you wish to indent the text on the right or left side of the text box or if you wish to have the first line indented choose Indentation from the Text menu Indentation This command in the Text menu sets the indentation of paragraphs for the selected text area as defined by the units set in the Preferences submenu 1 Choose Indentation from the Text menu The dialog box appears Indentation First Line 0 000 Left Indent 0 000 Right Indent 0 000 Cancel OK 2 Specify the indentation you want You can use point values if you include pt in your entry 3 Click OK You can specify the number of units for any or all the choices First Line Sets the number of units for the indentation of the fir
148. e value regard less of the direction dragged Before you can define a point on the drawing area you have to click in the Entry field where the values should go Lines made with the Construction pen do not go on the Construction layer unless you make that layer the work layer Since the Delete Constructions command deletes all geometry on the Construction layer you shouldn t create anything you want to keep on the Construction layer 48 You can specify the angle of the construction line or the offset from a reference point defined by the X Y coordinates The asterisk shows that the values can be specified by clicking or dragging the mouse values can also be typed into the boxes Specifying the construction line angle with the mouse 1 Click the Angle box 2 Draga vector in the drawing area The angle of the vector line appears in the Angle box Specifying the construction line offset with the mouse 1 Click the Offset box 2 Drag the offset distance in the drawing area The distance you drag appears in the Offset box Be aware that the offset is determined by the angle of the construction line as shown 90 Specifying X Y coordinates with the mouse The coordinates of the last point you specified appear in the X and Y boxes but you can change them by following these instructions 1 Click the X box 2 Enter new coordinates Or In the drawing area click the location of the point through wh
149. earning about the functions of the Trim and Relimit tools I e Hold down the Shift key and select the two lines that appear bold in the illustration above Select the Trim tool x If you trim on entire entity e Click the locations indicated below a prompt will come up asking if you want to delete the entire item DraftBoard is making sure you want to remove that piece of geometry before it performs trim In The lines are trimmed D For Trim select what you 3 Explore the Relimit tool want to throw away o Select Undo from the Edit menu four times so that the lines For Relimit select what you want to keep are restoted e Click the same locations with the Relimit tool E The lines are extended to the boundaties 4 Explore the Corner tool Create an approximation of the lines below Double click the Selection tool to select all lines Select the Corner Trim tool from the Trim subpalette XRF You can either click each e Hold down the Shift key and click inside the top corners as line individually or use Shift Click clicking inside the corners shown below 198 Click here The lines are trimmed to create corners e Select the Trim tool x e Click the parts of the lines to be trimmed away those that extend past the corners to create the figure below 5 Delete all geometry e Choose Select All from the Edit menu
150. ection of the dragged vector indicates the orientation When you click OK the symbol is placed into the drawing according to the selected Parameters and the defined Insertion point and Orientation and at the current scale of the drawing Placing a symbol with the Insert Command 1 Choose the Insert command from the Symbols submenu The File open dialog box is displayed Select the wanted symbol file and click the Open button Enter a value for each parametric dimension or click the Parame ter button if an underlying value table for the symbol exists The Parameter dialog box is displayed BE Symbolvariables amp DIN 609 M 8x 25 OK DIN 609 M 8 x 28 DIN 609 M 8 x 30 Clear DIN 609 M 8 x 32 DIN 609 M 8 x 35 DIN 609 M 8 x 38 DIN 609 M 8 x 40 DIN 609 M 8 x 42 DIN 609 M 8 x 45 DIN 609 M 8 x 48 DIN 609 M 8 x 50 DIN 609 M 8 x 55 E ME 4 Select a symbol from the Parameter list The symbol values are transferred into the related entry fields of the Symbol dialog box 5 Click the OK button The Parameter dialog box is closed 6 Edit the symbol values if desited 7 Drag a vector on the drawing area for the insertion point and the Orientation of the symbol In the Symbol dialog box a black triangle indicates the Insertion Point of the symbol 8 Click OK The geometry resolves and appears in the current drawing at the location you clicked and sized as you spec
151. ects Status Line Position Indicator and in dialog boxes like Edit Objects 2D Analysis etc Leading O and Trailing 0 s for dimensions are set in the Preferences submenu of the Dimension menu 60 Creating arrow lines or arcs 1 Select one or several lines you want to place an arrowhead at the beginning or at the end 2 Choose an arrowhead from the Arrowhead submenu of the Pen menu 3 Select Arrow at Start or Arrow at End in the Pen menu If you select both commands arrowheads are placed at both ends of the selected lines or arcs 4 Use the Arrow size command of the Pen menu to adjust the size of the placed arrowheads Setting Units DraftBoard is set to measure geometty in millimeters When you open a new drawing you should set the precision units and fractional or decimal specifications to suit your needs Units This command is in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Units O inches mm Ofeet O cm O feetfinches O meters v Leading 0 M Trailing 0 s Precision Sets the number of decimal places in all data fields within DraftBoard in Edit Objects the Status line and all D alog boxes The default is 0 01 When you choose a fractional precision measure ments will appear as fractions rather than decimals You can set the format for fractions in the Linear submenu in the Dimension menu When DraftBoard rounds off values it stores the 16 digit decimal number t
152. ed Pull down the Pen menu and drag to display the Weight submenu Choose 0 35 All lines are changed to a medium pen weight Choose Green from the Color submenu of the Pen menu Click in the drawing area where there is no geometry deselecting the lines so that you can see the new color The lines in the drawing are displayed in green 6 Save your work Accomplishments Trimming Deleting construction geometry Editing geometry with the Edit Objects command Selecting all objects Changing the pen weight Changing the pen color Dimensions In this exercise you will add some dimensions to the drawing 7 AN r 8008 7990 Ml 1 Dimension the horizontal length of the 45 line a e Choose Show Palette from the Dimension menu zontal E EEE are Horizontal q fo Oblique SS 4 05 Perpendicular ERS Radial Arrow out 57 Radial Arrow nA KRKA Diametrical Arrow out G i Diametrical Arrow in a Angular 44 Arc Lenth 5 4 Balloon S Center Mark Ad The dimension palette appears e Select the Horizontal dimension tool Select the left end of the line to be dimensioned by clicking the lower endpoint of the 45 line ir The bot spot on the pointer moves to the right e Click the upper endpoint of the 45 line am y A The dimension appears but the text is in a location y
153. ed size When you scale a drawing using Font Script y the Drawing Size com mand and having the options keep text size and keep dimension text size not checked you have to o select all dimensions and computer including DraftBoard s plotter fonts assign their text size in the dimensions have installed more than 20 fonts you have to click the more button to get access to all available fonts The Fonts dialog box lists all fonts installed on your Size This pop up menu allows you to choose the Zext size for Dimension Editor again the selected standard and for all selected and future dimensions The text size can be specified either in point in mm ot inch depending on the units you have set under Units in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu Other Choosing Other from the Size submenu brings up a dialog box allowing you to specify a nonstandard text size in the units you ve set for your drawing You can specify point size by entering pt after the value in the entry box for example if you enter 11 pt the font size will be 77 point Dimen Font Size Font Size Style This pop up menu allows you to choose the tex style for the selected standard and for all selected and fu ture dimensions 119 Dimensions Leading 0 Determines whether or not the zero to the left of the decimal point appears railin s etermines whether or not zeros to the right
154. eleted with the Undo command You can undo the last eight actions You can select the object s then choose the Delete command from the Edit menu You can retrieve what you deleted with the Undo command You can select the object s then choose Cut from the Edit menu You can retrieve what you cut by using the Paste command as long as you have not cut or copied anything else Delete This command in the Edit menu deletes a selection without placing it onto the Clipboard You can Undo this deletion but you cannot paste what is deleted In addition to this command you can use the Delete or Backspace key to delete a selection Retrieving with Undo and Redo Once an object is deleted or cut you can retrieve it with the Undo The number of Undo s and command in the Edit menu Undo can reverse cach of the last eight Redo s is limited to 32 actions You can use Ctrl Z to issue the Undo command from the keyboard Undo Ctrl Z This command in the Edit menu reverses the last action You can If you are using a tool Undo and Redo any of the last eight actions For example if you which involves a multistep process such as construct i ing connected lines or cre Redo to return to the deleted version ating a 3 point fillet choos delete an object you can choose Undo to restore it You can then use ing Undo reverts to the be ginning of the process 8 Some other activities can ing the window or quitting be stopped by p
155. en the two points Immediately after construction you can make changes in the Sta tus Line to alter the length or position of the line If the geometry isn t satisfactory just press the Backspace key Creating a line by dragging 1 Click the Single Line tool in the Tool palette D 2 Move the pointer into the drawing area 3 Press and hold down the mouse button at the desired location for the starting point of the line 4 With the mouse button still held down move the mouse to the desired location for the endpoint of the line Notice that when you drag i Press and hold the mouse button between points a rubber Rh at the starting point of the line band line guides you If you use the clicking method you can perform unrelated activities such as zooming Drag the mouse until the line is the length between clicks you want Release the mouse button 26 Creating Geometry 5 Release the mouse button to set the endpoint Immediately after construction you can make changes in the Status Line to alter the length or position of the line If the geometry is not satisfactoty just press the Backspace key Drafting Aids For creating geometry objects the DraftBoard user interface provides the following drafting aids Drawing area Message Line Smart Mouse Pointer e Status Line Drawing Tools Drawing Area All objects are created modified and anno
156. er Scripts VSG Hatches 101 Dimensions Associative Dimensions Dimension Tools Dimension Settings Dimensions The Dimension menu contains commands for displaying the palette of dimensioning tools and for all dimension settings Associative Dimensions DraftBoard s geometric dimensions are associative when you make a change to the geometry the dimension changes also This associativity is a tremendous time saver because dimensions automatically update whenever you make a change in the geometty You can even change the units from English to Metric one setting in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu and every dimension on your drawing will reflect the change When you extend a line by selecting the endpoint of the line and dragging it to a new position the dimension changes also because the dimension has a control point at the same position of the line endpoint So when you select the endpoint of the line you also select the dimension control point l p Endpoints i Po 40 7 rr endpoint Line Dimension control point Using the Dimension Tools DraftBoard s dimensioning tools are on a separate palette which you can drag around the drawing area You select dimension tools in the same way you select tools from the tool palette The first four tools have subpalettes which also work like the subpalettes of the tool palette Show Palette This command in the Dimension menu displays the dimension
157. es The extension appears as part of the dimension ES N 45 Click r N Click i N Click here Click here on 135 When the dimension text appears you can drag it to a new location when you telease the mouse button the dimension and extension lines are redrawn Arc Length Dimension Tool This tool measures the length of an arc To use it you have to move the cursor to the arc to be measured and click on the following points one end of the arc e the middle of the atc and the opposite end of the arc as if you were creating a three point arc S Balloon Symbol Ledare This tool attaches a Balloon symbol to geometry placed in the location gt you click You can enter text and the diameter of the balloon in the Status Line Center Mark O This tool marks the center of a circle arc or fillet To mark the center of a circle arc ot fillet click near it the Drawing As sistant must show on OT Dimension Settings Scaling a drawing using the Drawing Size command affects always the dimension appearance regardless of the specified dimension settings Dimensions The Arc Length Dimen sion tool does not put wit ness lines perpendicular to the arc for angles less than 180 degrees Like other dimensions you can manipulate the text by changing its size or font using the Dimension Editor You can move the text by dragging it to the desired position
158. es from the menus with the mouse or by using special key combinations Displays the name of the current tool and step by step instructions for using the tool Contains the drawing and editing tool icons you will use for constructing editing and annotating geometry Consists of multiple layers where you construct and annotate geometry Shows the active position on the screen If the pointer is in the drawing area its shape represents the current tool Displays the name of the current layer and provides a menu for changing the work layer Displays the name of the line style and provides a menu for changing the line style Shows the x y coordinates of the pointer location Shows the coordinate location and other geometric parameters of the current construction Allow you to move around a drawing so you can see different sections of it through the DraftBoard window The scroll buttons allow you to move one line at a time The tool palette is a group of tool icons along the left side of the screen The icons repres annotating geometry Line tools Arc tools Circle tools Ellipse tools Polygon tools Spline tools Text tools cia 2 Q S oO A IN Trim tools Transformation tools View tools a x E a Selecting a tool from t 1 use ent the tools for drawing editing and Fillet and Chamfer tools he tool palette Position the arrow pointer on the ico
159. ess Enter 4 Make any other changes you want 5 Click the Apply button 6 Double click the Close box in the upper left corner to close the Edit Objects dialog box You can use Undo and Redo to reverse changes made through this dialog box Editing objects The geometry will be only grouped if the Grouped option was checked You can change a single characteristic faster by simply selecting the object and changing the characteristic But if you are changing several characteristics or any measurements or positions you should use the Edit Objects command Many boxes have pop up menus for selection Press the down arrow and then drag to the selection you want In the Edit Objects dialog box you can use mathemat ical operators A list of all allowed operators is in the Appendix of this manual 85 Editing objects You can use different units in each entry box like inch feet feet inches x y centimeter cm millimeter mm or Meter m You are also allowed to mix English and metric units as long as they are labelled correctly like 10 25 4 cm The display order set with the Bring to Front and Send to Back commands is valid as well when selecting objects This command can be used as well when placing text in front of a filled surface With multiple hierarchical grouped objects that functions only partly 86 The specifications shown in this box depend on the type of object se
160. exercise Point is the point that is to move ea l Do Beginning reference point o e Specify the ending reference point by clicking on the horizontal construction line across the bottom of the part y 0 800 The part rotates LA Note that the dimensions ne changed to reflect the new orientation this is an pr example of associativity u DraftBoard maintains an extensive database describing all geometry so that dimensions and locations can be updated quickly 191 Basics 2 Reduce the visual display of the part Zooming does not change the actual measurements of the part Select the Zoom Out tool to display the entire part on the screen The Scale box in the status line displays the current scale Click a location near the larger hole The magnification of the part is reduced and the location you clicked is in the center of the screen 3 Save your work Accomplishments Rotating a part Observing associative dimensions Zooming out to a specific location Printing For your drawing to be useful you need to transfer it to paper If your drawing extends past the boundaries of the paper you are using you can scale it before printing 1 Specify the page orientation and paper size Choose Print Setup from the File menu If necessaty specify Portrait orientation Orientation O Portrait O ai If you have a plotter specify the appropriate paper size Click OK
161. ext ot to select the entire dimension or several dimensions at once Using the dimension status boxes The status boxes shown below appear when a dimensioning tool is selected Text The symbol in the ex box indicates that the dimen sion is the actual value of the object s measurement If Sel Upper 001 Lower 001 you delete this symbol the dimension will no longer be associative that is it won t update if you change the geometty it measures If you are going to use Parametrics only available in DraftBoard Unlimited you must delete the sym bol and enter values algebraic expressions or variables in the text box Some of the dimensioning tools such as the Radial tools add a letter in the text status box which appears in the dimension itself You can add text before or af ter the symbol You can enter parentheses to enclose the resulting dimension in parentheses or enter 2 Plcs to display the dimension followed by the text 2 Pics When you include the symbol DraftBoard displays the measurement of the geometry as well as the text you add Tolerance The Upper and Lower boxes appear if you have specified a tolerance format in the dimension editor under Preferences in the Dimension menu You enter the limits for the tolerance in these boxes Placing dimensions automatically on a separate layer 1 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu 2 Select in the Layer po
162. f objects you want in each row Be sure to include the selected object itself in this total count X Length Y Length The X Length value determines the horizontal length of a row The Y Length value determi nes the vertical rise of the row The X Length and Y Length can be set by entering values or by clicking the mouse in the drawing area The X and Y Length is the distance from the selected object to the last copy The X and Y Length is the distance from the selected object to the first copy Total Lengths Step Lengths Number of Rows Total Offset The total Number of Rows that you want The offset is the perpendicular distance between the row containing the selected object and the last row Step Offset The offset is the perpendicular distance between the row containing the selected object and the next row Offset The perpendicular distance setting for the Total Offset or Step Offset You can specify the Offset by entering a value or by clicking the mouse in the drawing area Using Linear Duplicate Select the object to be duplicated Choose Linear Duplicate from the Edit menu Enter the number of objects per row 1 2 3 4 Specify Total or Step Lengths 5 Click the X Length box 6 Move the pointer to the drawing area and drag to indicate the length of the row of copies Both the X and Y values appear in the entry boxes 7 If you want more than one row enter the number of rows and specify the
163. feet 60 leading 0 60 mm cm meters 60 precision 60 preferences 61 settings 60 trailing 0 s 60 units command 60 unlock command 88 Updates und Upgrades 237 V vector spline tool 37 vertex drawing assistant 43 vertical dimensions 108 view scale 129 142 views 139 associative detail views bring to front 142 detail view tool 140 draw view boundaries 142 properties 141 scrolling within a view 142 send to back 142 sheet view 139 tools 125 view scale 142 zooming in detail views visible line style 58 wW wall symbols 31 walls and layers 139 smart wall tool 31 symbols 31 weight 57 witness lines 118 wmf 152 Z zoom commands 125 stroke commands 126 tools 125 142 Index 245
164. for arrow lines for dimension lines are defined separately un der Arrows in the Pen menu The arrowhead selection for dimensions is valid until the end of the current DraftBoard session You can save the selected arrowhead permanently with the Save Preferences command from the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu Instantaneous Modification When this option in the Dimension Editor is checked all changes made in the Dimension Editor take effect immediately on all selected dimensions The Apply button is disabled as long as this option is active Apply button When you click the Apply button all modifications made in the Dimension Editor are applied to all selected dimensions except the two values in the Appearance dialog that are marked with a symbol in front All modifications are valid for future dimensions until the end of the If you want to make these current DraftBoard session When you want to edit only some selected Changes permanent you must choose Save Prefer y pt A ences in the Preferences the Apply button to restore its original settings submenu of the Layout dimensions you have to select the standard again after you have clicked menu Closing the Dimension Editor You close the dimension editor by clicking the Close box in the upper right corner of the Dimension Editor All modifications made in the Dimension Editor are valid until the end of the current DraftBoard session Appearance All settings f
165. from one layer to an other use the Edit Objects command in the Edit menu 80 4 Click the Move tool 5 Enter 1 in the X entry box and 1 in the y entry box in the status line 6 Press the Enter key The corner of the rectangle is moved the distance you have specified in the status line Selected Sizing versus Expand Shrink Tool Dragging a control point of a selected object changes the size of the object but it also distorts the object changing the proportion between height and width E h The Expand Shrink tool on the Transformation subpalette enables you to resize geometry while maintaining its proportions SA Use the Expand Shrink tool to enlarge or shrink a shape proportionally In addition you can specify proportions by clicking points on other geometry For example you can resize an object to fit within another object by clicking the boundary into which the resized object must fit Editing Commands Four commands in the Edit menu allow you to change objects without changing the physical geometry You can copy or move objects within the same documentation You can also copy or move objects to other documents even to other applications The Cut Copy and Paste commands do not alter the object s at tributes the layer and pen style color weight and pattern If you want to change the attributes of an object use the Edit Objects command in the Edit menu Cut Ctrl X This command in the Edit menu
166. ftBoard Unlimited In that way it resembles the Remove z coordinates command in the Arrange menu except that the Remove z coordinates command removes only three dimensional geometry in direction of the Z Axis on the Sheet but not in a Detail View window To flatten all views is recommended when you intend to export a drawing using the export formats EMF WMF PNG DXF DWG Flattening all Views 1 Select the Flatten all Views command the Window menu All object geometry visible in view windows will be projected with the current scale factor onto the current sheet All overlapping lines of equal length and all lines parallel to the view direction will be removed in view windows The object geometry is no longer associative to the related model Text and hatches will become ordinary object geometry View Window The view window includes a Title bar Size box and pull down menu only when the detail view is active Detail View menu Title bar s Title bar Detail View menu g x mer Size box Er You can drag the view around by the title bar and resize the window by dragging the size box The Detail View menu provides options for manipulating the view Properties Cut Copy Delete Pan The Properties option allows you to change the view scale and define the locations of its cornets Properties Name Detail View Scale 1 Left 32 543 Right 143 668
167. g box LISTBOX 80 140 356 358 Palettes This section contains all palettes available in DraftBoard Behind each palette name the position of the palette is specified and in a second section if the palette is visible or not true False Misc 190 80 Windows 100 275 Drawing 130 275 Bom 30 350 Dimension 10 345 Functions 30 440 MiscVisible false WindowsVisible false DrawingVisible false BomVisible true DimensionVisible false Functions Visible false Appendix Customer Services Thank You for joining the world of DraftBoard Registration By registering your new software you ll receive The right to Updates and Upgrades Replacement of damaged media e Notification of product updates upgrade and new products Filling out and returning the registration card is a painless process Don t forget to enter the name of the respective user even if the soft wate is registered to a company Media Replacement If your product is defective or damaged all defective or damaged media will be replaced at no cost during the 3 month warranty period Updates and Upgrades As registered user you will be notified of product updates upgrade and new products a Updates When we make minor improvements to a product we will release an updated version Upgrades As we continually drive our technology forward we may develop significant new features that enhance our existing offering Such developments are incorporated into a
168. ght it e Type 0 9 e Click OK 1 The materials list i is included on a separate sheet 2 Tolerances are specified as needed The text shows a hanging indent Make changes to the text e With the text still selected click the Text tool Double click the word materials The word materials and the space after it are highlighted Type specifications and press the Spacebar once 1 The specifications list is included on a separate sheet i2 Tolerances are specified as needed Click after the period that ends the second sentence Press the Back Space or Delete key The period is deleted e Press the Spacebar once and type the following see attached sheet 1 The specifications list is included on a separate sheet 2 Tolerances are specified as needed see attached Advanced Features 9 Change the size of the text box e Click the Selection tool e Drag a selection marquee around the right side of the text box 1 The specifications list is included on a separate sheet 2 Tolerances are specified as needed see attached sheet E The upper and lower corner points of the box ate selected E 1 The specifications list is included on a separate sheet 2 Tolerances are specified as needed see attached sheet i e Drag the control points about 2 cm to the right he Text Margin the dis ance between the text and 1 The specifications he text bo
169. gle appears in the drawing area This rectangle represents the printing plotting region of the page so you can see how yout drawing fits the paper size The plotting region is smaller than the actual page size because most print ers and plotters cannot plot to the edge of the paper If you want to see the plotable outline all the time click the Always Display button LA Paper Size Printing Plotting Region Vellum displays the Printing Plotting region When the boundary of the printing plotting region appears you can drag the boundary rectangle around the drawing area When you choose the Preview Layout command again or select any tool from the tool palette the Printing plotting region disappears By the size relationship between the existing object geometry and the displayed printing plotting region you can check visually if you have to scale the view of your drawing To do so you have to know how the different elements of a drawing such as geometry text line patterns behave while scaling this described in the next section Scaling Drawings Whenever the created object geometry is too large or too small in relation to the specified paper format drawings must be scaled Scaling affects elements of a drawing differently While scaling DraftBoard distinguishes between the following elements object geometry e hatch patterns e line patterns s text e dimensions For scaling you use the Drawing Size command in the La
170. hat will start DraftBoard You should read the Read me file first that you can open with the Readme menu item since it contains information that was not availa ble when this manual was printed Quick Introduction Using a Mouse Parts ofthe DraftBoard Window Preferences Quick Introduction This chapter describes the basic components of DraftBoard the mouse window features menus and dialog boxes This is a brief overview of useful features and may be all you need to know if you are familiar with CAD Software Using a Mouse The mouse is your communication device you use it to tell the computer what you want to do You will use the mouse to indicate locations choose commands select tools and construct objects If your mouse has more than one button you will use only the left button with DraftBoard This manual uses the following terms for mouse activities Pointer An arrow or other graphic symbol that allows selection or creation of an object You move the pointer to point to acommand or an object on the screen Depending on its location the pointer is an arrow or looks like the current tool X k DraftBoard Selection Arrow O Center Point Circle Arrow Arrow Pointer To move the pointer move the mouse on the mouse pad You use several different mouse actions with DraftBoard Point Move the mouse until the pointer is over the item you want Press Press and hold down the mouse button Click Quickly
171. he Comment line is followed by the Header line that starts with an asterisk followed by the pattern name and a pattern description Name and Description must be separated by a comma or a space The Crosshatch dialog box of DraftBoard shows only the name not the description The name must be unique in the file If it isn t DraftBoard uses the first pattern it finds by that name The length of the Header line is limited to a maximum of 80 characters for Name Comma and Description The header line is followed by the Hatch data Every line of data uses the same format angle x origin y origin x offset y offset dash Angle defines the angle that this line of hatch pattern data is displayed at O means that the hatch line is drawn hori zontally 90 means that the line is drawn vertically Comma separates the numbers x origin The first line of the hatch pattern passes through this x coordinate y origin The first line of the hatch pattern passes through this y coordinate x offset defines the distance between line segments the gap distance You only use this parameter to specify the offset for vertical or diagonal lines To specify the distance between dashes use the dash1 parameter In most hatch patterns the x offset has a value of 0 0 however even though this parameter is rarely used it is not optional y offset defines the vertical distance between repeating lines this parameter is used by eve
172. he defaults are 0 horizontal and 90 vertical Use a semicolon to separate the values a To display a construction line through a point move t a he pointer to the point to activate it a diamond ppears construction lines automatically display amp hrough the active point You can have as many as eight active points When you activate the ninth point the first one in the series is deactivated These lines are used by the Drawing Assistant only when you are creating geometry and they are not part of the list of lines generated from the eight active points The defaults are 45 and 45 Use a semicolon to separate the values The divisions of a line for Drawing Assistant notations If you want to divide the line into quarters use a 25 specification The default is 50 which shows the midpoint of lines For example entering 25 instructs the Drawing Assistant to tell you when the pointer is 25 of the distance along a line as shown below point 45 Drawing Assistant In case you need different angles for these dynamic Construction lines you can modify these angles in the Snap dialog box in the Preferencres submenu of the Layout menu You can have as many as eight active points activat ing the ninth point in a series deactivates the first point 46 Drawing Assistant Construction Lines In addition to snapping onto geometry the Drawing Assistant also displays dynamic construction lines T
173. he drafting doing process an appropriate magnification so that you can see what you are 5 Use the Print Setup command in the File menu to set the paper size you will use for plotting or printing 127 Basic Drafting How you have to proceed if you added text and dimensions before you scaled the drawing is described in the following sections of this chapter 128 6 Use the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu to set the visual scale of your drawing to fit on the specified paper size for plotting or printing You may specify the drafting scale such as 1 100 or 1cm 1m for 1 centimeter to tepresent 1 meter If you are not concerned about scale and you only want the final geometty to fit on the selected paper size you can specify Fit to adjust the geometry automatically to the paper size 7 Dimension the part and add text 8 Import a standard drawing format with the Import command in the File menu from the Layout folder 9 With the Preview Layout command in the File menu you can check size and orientation of the printing area that is displayed by a grey border to make final adjustment if necessary 10 Choose Print from the File menu The drawing is printed or plotted on the specified printer or plotter Text and dimensions are printed in the size you specified since they were added after you scaled the drawing When you have set for example the size for text and dimensions to 3 5 mm text and dimensions will be
174. he end of the current DraftBoard session precision permanently with the Save Preferences Dimension Formats nn Preferences submenu of Dimension formats including tolerance formats can be specified in the the Layout menu main window of the Dimension Editor Format Linear fyg Angular 10 Arrows Lay Dimension ro Mo 11 109 Adding Tolerance Formats 1 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu The Dimension Editor is displayed 2 Select Dimension formats for linear and angular dimensions The illustration below shows the appearance of each Dimension format for linear dimensions if you entered the limits shown in the status line pu 1 391 j 1 394 1 390 m t I Limit XXX limits jx 1 391 003 1 391 m voto E Th asic 003 at 1 391 10 i bi EI _xxx_ not to E xxx upper lower E scale 1 394 EE E uwywtimits Upper 003 Lower 001 The illustration below shows the appearance of each tolerance format for angular dimensions if you entered the limits shown in the status line 115 Dimensions The default value for the DIN standard is 70 of the dimension text size You must press the Enter key to activate the entries made in the Status Line 116 s gt d 45 PA as FA 48 44 Y Y Ye pa I rar XXX ea fe yyy xxx limits y Y A 043 48 gt 453 ue 45 T t t ra limits
175. he location you want and extend the line to the length you want Creating a point You can create a point by creating a line and setting its length to zero Set the starting point of the line with the mouse then type 0 in the Length entry field of the status line and press the Enter key The line point displays a to indicate its location You can also double click the Single Line the Center Point Circle or the Opposite Point Circle tool in the same spot to create a point These points can be selected and deleted as any other point These points that are displayed by a on the screen are printed as points Connected Lines Tool MW This tool draws lines in which the endpoint of one line segment is the beginning point of the next Using the Connected Lines tool 1 Click or drag to indicate the endpoints of the line segments If you click a point and then change your mind press the Escape key to remove the last line Pressing the Delete or Backspace key or choosing Undo removes all connected lines in the current construction 2 Indicate the last point by double clicking or by choosing another tool If you want to create a connecting arc between two points rather than a line hold down the Ctrl key and then click the endpoint of the segment You must have constructed one line segment before you can use the arc function x Y ax av A The status line allows you to specify the
176. he three types of construction lines you use most frequently vertical horizontal and 45 angle lines display automatically during construction These construction lines appear temporarily to help you align geometry Once you ve set a point the Drawing Assistant construction line disappears your drawing is not cluttered with extraneous lines Dynamic construction lines extend automatically from the last point you created You may want to activate other points so the Drawing Assistant displays construction lines relative to them Simply move the pointer over the geometty to activate its control points then move away horizontally or vertically Of course you also have the option of creating permanent construction lines and other shapes as described later in this chapter Using the Drawing Assistant s Construction Lines After you have indicated the first endpoint of a line and you move the pointer horizontally vertically or in a 45 direction the dynamic construction lines will appear The figure below illustrates a 45 construction line relative to the endpoint of an existing line on x allgn 45 Displaying dynamic construction lines while constructing geometry 1 Click a point to begin new geometry 2 Move the pointer horizontally or vertically A construction line appears through the point 3 While the construction line is visible and the Drawing Assistant displays on click the next point The poi
177. heck this option the rectangle for Page Bounds the printing plotting region is always displayed at its true size in the drawing area even if the Drawing Size dialog box is closed Keep Text Size When this option is checked tex is not scaled but keeps the tex size set before scaling Keep Dimension Text Size When this option is checked dimensions are not scaled but keep the zex7 size set before scaling under Preferences in the Dimension menu Drawing Scale In the Scale box you enter a scale factor for your drawing specifying the ratio between the printed and the true size of your drawing To specify a scale you can press the arrow beside the Scale box and drag to one of the standard ratios from the menu or enter real values such as 1cm 1m which is converted to 1 100 by DraftBoard Fit When you click this button the drawing is scaled to fit the printing region of the speci fied paper size The calculated scale factor is displayed in the Scale box and the Drawing Size dialog box stays open When you click the Apply button the drawing is scaled according to the selected factor and Apply you can see the specified scaling on the draw ing area The Drawing Size dialog box stays open OK When you click the OK button the drawing is scaled according to the specified scale factor The Drawing Size dialog box is closed and the rectangle of the printing region disappears on the screen when the option always display
178. her you can read the Reference Guide first and then go through the Tutorial to put what you ve learned into practice Appendices At the end of this manual you find several appendices with additional information about specific settings for some DraftBoard components Operators and Units This section describes all Operators and Units which are accepted by all DraftBoard entry boxes Special Characters This section lists all the special characters and symbols you can use in DraftBoard which ate not directly available from the keyboard First Steps You find your valid Serial Number on your Registra tion card or on the Soft ware box 10 Date Interfaces This appendix contains additional information about the Data Interfaces integrated into DraftBoard Plotter Fonts This section lists all plotter fonts available in DraftBoard that you can use in addition to the PostScript and TrueType fonts that are installed on your computer Hatch patterns DraftBoard contains a library with many ISO and DIN hatch patterns This appendix lists all with DraftBoard available hatch patterns and describes as how you can define your own hatch patterns and add them as pat files to the DraftBoard hatch library Registration Contrary to popular opinion registration cards and trash aren t synonymous In fact the registration card for DraftBoard conveniently located inside your software box is quite valuable to you and to us We d really
179. herefore you can change the precision displayed at any time and maintain accuracy Inches feet Displays measurements in English units Measurements less than 6 feet appear in inches and those greater than 6 feet appear in feet and inches mm cm meters Displays measurements in metric units Leading 0 Determines whether or not the zero to the left of the decimal point appears Trailing 0 s Determines whether or not zeros to the right of the decimal point are displayed If set the precision determines the number of trailing zeros Using the status line to specify the unit of measure You can use the status line to specify a unit of measure other than the one in effect for the document If the units are set to inches and you draw a line you can use different units of measure such as inches feet feet and inches x y millimeters mm centimeters cm and meters m You can also mix the units in the mathematical expression as long as you label the units properly for example 10 25 4 cm In the following example if the units are set to Meter and a line is drawn using the value below a line 23 cm long will be drawn when you press the Enter key and the status line will show the measurement in meters 23cm In addition you can use mathematical exponential and trigonometric ex pressions in the status line cos 30 Setting the Environment Displaying the Grid When the grid is visible objec
180. ibrary pop up list field The Symbols list field displays all symbols available in the selected library Select a symbol in the Symbols list field If the symbol has an underlying value table all variations of this symbol are listed in the Parameter list field Select a Norm Part in the Parameter list field All parametric Variables and Attributes of the selected Norm Part are displayed in the Variables list field If necessary you can modify the predefined values Mark the Set option If you want to place the symbol offset from the clicked insertion point specify an Angle and a Distance in the related entry fields Drag a vector on the drawing area for the insertion point and the orientation of the symbol Click the Set button The symbol is placed according to the dragged vector 10 11 Place additional symbols Close the Symbolmanager using the Close box in the upper right corner of the title bar Editing Library Symbols 1 Display the Symbolmanager using the Symbolmanager command from the Symbols submenu in the File menu Mark the Edit option The mouse pointer changes its shape to a wrench tool when you bring it over the drawing area Select the symbol on the drawing atea you want to edit All related data of the selected Norm Part including its symbol library are displayed in the Symbolmanager Modify the symbol data or select another Norm Part in the Parameter list field Click the Apply button
181. ich the construction line should pass The coordinates are entered automatically for both the X and Y boxes Creating multiple construction lines You can create multiple construction lines through the same point by entering the angles you want separated by semicolons Creating parallel construction lines You can create parallel construction lines by specifying a single angle value with different offsets separated by semicolons You can also create parallel lines by creating one construction line using this box then creating new lines with the Parallel Line tool Creating Construction Geometry Non construction geometry is placed on the work layer You can create temporary construction geometry such as arcs or citcles by making the Construction layer the work layer creating the geometry and switching to another layer to continue your work You can use the Construction pen style if you like but it s not essential Creating construction geometry 1 Choose Layers from the Layout menu lt 3 Construction lt 3 Dimension 4 y Layerl New Delete 4 Layer2 Hide Set Layer Rename Layer 2 Click Construction in the list box 3 Click the Set Work button TIRE Rename 4 Create the geometry you ll use for construction You can use the Construction pen style but any pen style is acceptable 5 When the construction geometry is complete make another layer the work layer 6 Close the dia
182. ick Introduction chapter and the exercises included in the Tutorial Manual Layout The DraftBoard documentation consists of the following parts Tips and advanced user notes are displayed in the Getting Started margin throughout the Reference Guide manual You don t need to 7 know this information to run Tutorials DraftBoard e Appendices Introduction The Introduction part exist of the chapter First Steps with informations about the Documentation and the Installation of DraftBoard and the chapter Quick Introduction The Onick Introduction chapter gives you general information about the program It describes the basic components of DraftBoard the mouse window features menus and dialog boxes It gives a brief overview of useful features and may be all you need to know if you are familiar with CAD software Reference Guide This manual describes how to use DraftBoard including all its Detailed informations about the user interface of your computer you find in the User Guide for Microsoft Windows pertinent tools and commands If you want information on a particular tool or command simply look it up in the Index Tutorials The Tutorial provide step by step illustrated instructions to help you to become familiar with DraftBoard s features and functions It shows you how to use common drafting and design practices on a computer You can learn about DraftBoard by doing the exercises in the Tutorial If you d rat
183. if you want a copy of this drawing choose Print from the File menu The drawing is plotted 7 Save or discard the file as you wish Accomplishments e Using a symbol e Scaling a drawing e Importing a drawing format Advanced Features 215 Architectural Drawings Architectural Drawings Architectural Drawings In this section we will create a simple two dimensional architectural drawing Using the Smart Wall too and the Smart Symbols you can sketch a architectural drawings as fast as using paper and pencil N 10 00 7 00 The features covered in this section include Drawing Smart Walls e Placing Smart Symbols e Scaling Drawings Printing Drawings 219 Architectural Drawings It is critical that you hold down the Shift key and drag to construct this wall so that the wall thickness is not added to the length of the first wall You can use different units of measure in the status line entries If the selected units is not Meters be sure that you specify the unit such as 2 m for two meters or 2 cm for two centime ters Click twice on the down arrow to scroll the horizontal wall upward on he screen t is critical that you hold down the Shift key and drag to construct the wall so that the wall thick ness is not added to the ength of the first wall 220 Creating an Architectural Drawing In this exercise you will use the Smart Wa
184. ified The inserted symbol is grouped and selected Placing a symbol with its parametric dimension If you want to bring a symbol including its parametric dimensions into the current document you must use the Import command in the File menu The symbol is placed at its original size including all its dimensions into the current document Symbols If you want to enlarge part of the displayed symbol bring the mouse pointer over the area of interest and press the left mouse button As long as you keep the mouse button pressed the clicked area will be magnified The Parameter button is only active when a under Iying value table exists If no Insertion Point was specified when the symbol was created the most left construction point of the symbol will be auto matically used as insertion point Standard non parametric dimensions are always placed with the symbol and must not be imported 163 Symbols The name for the Library reference file must not be identical with the name you choose for the library in the Library dialog box It is recommended to save the Library reference file in the DraftBoard folder 164 Editing parametric Symbols If you want to edit parametric symbols you must select the symbol and choose then the Edit Objects command in the Edit menu Symbol Libraries In addition to the symbol libraries shipping with the DraftBoard you can create your own libraries using the Libraries command fr
185. imension line of a large radius shortened and angled Both the part of the dimension line with the dimension arrow and the angled part of the dimension line point to the geometrical center Blottgrenze When the dimension appears the leader line is placed at the nearest 1 increment from the location you clicked 111 Dimensions Angular dimensions will display all angles properly if you keep the angles larger than 3 degrees For dimensions smaller than that you should build the dimensions manually using lines and text objects The Angular Dimension tool will not dimension angles over 180 112 The leader line is always drawn to the geometrical center To shorten and angle the leader line you must first drag the dimension text to a new location and select then the end of the dimension line at the geometrical center and drag it away from the center point The dimension line is shortened and angled in a z Form where both legs point to the geometrical center Diametral Single Arrowhead Dimension Tool 9 This tool measures the diameter of a circle To dimension the diameter of a circle click near the circle If you click outside the circle the di mension text appears outside and if you click inside it appears inside Y 838 Y 838 When the dimension appears the leader line is placed at the nearest 15 increment from the location you clicked You can drag the text to a new ocation Diametral
186. in the Units dialog window in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu choose the corresponding format in the format list for linear dimensions EE Dimension editor Y Instantaneous modification Standards DIN set Defauit Appearance Precision Dimension Tolerances Linear 3 Linear 3 Angular Y Angular 4 Format Linear P l Angular 1 0 m mi Arrows 4 La 01 Dimension Apply 10 1 Cor M 09 10 10 10 10 When you select the dimension format Dual Dimension in the Dimension editor all dimensions will display simultaneously inch and mm values 3422 EGO Dimensions Dimension Layer DraftBoard places dimensions automatically onto that layer you have selected from the Layer pop up menu in the Dimension Editor Placing dimensions automatically on a separate layer 1 Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu 2 Select a layer in the Layer pop up menu in the Dimension Editor For the DIN Standard the Dimension Layer is set as where all dimensions should go to default layer 3 Close the Dimension Editor by clicking the Close box in the upper right corner of the Dimension Editor 4 Dimension as usual Subsequent dimensions automatically go on the dimension layer rather than the work layer Arrows The Arrows pop up menu allows you to choose one of 11 arrowheads Arrowheads
187. ine entries Corner Trim Tool This tool creates a corner from the two objects you specify Lines are extended or shortened to create the corner Creating a corner 1 Click the Corner Trim tool 2 Click each object You can also press and hold the Shift key and click inside the about to be created corner There are no status line entries Extending lines to a theoretical intersection If you want to extend a line to its theoretical intersection with another line first click the line to be extended then hold down the Ctrl key and click the line that is not to be trimmed Transformation Tools These tools on the tool palette move rotate expand or shrink stretch and mirror objects Select the object you want to transform before you select the Transformation tool Editing objects Rule Point to what you want to throw away Rule Point to what you want to keep In order to see the segmen tation on the screen first select the boundaries and the object you want to seg ment and then Show points in the Layout menu After the segmentation the endpoints of the segmented parts are displayed 75 Editing objects How to enlarge or shrink an object with the Move tool is described under Sizing objects with Tools in this chapter A positive or negative value entered in the status line determines the direction along the X or Y axis A negative value moves the object to the left or down on the screen A
188. int is gt i selected with the rectangle The line s control point is not selected with the rectangle With Selectable Points turned on the Move tool moves the lower rectangle and the line endpoint With Selectable Points turned off the Move tool moves the lower rectangle but not the line endpoint Editing Objects Editing Tools Moving Objects with Tools Copying Objects with Tools Sizing Objects with Tools Editing Commands Duplicating Objects Changing the Characteristics of Objects Grouping Objects Arranging Geometry Editing Object Once you create an object you can select and alter it by choosing a command or selecting a tool to edit it This section describes the common editing activities you can perform on a selected object The chapter also compares the different methods for performing the same action such as the difference between dragging a selected item and using the Move tool Editing Tools These tools allow you to change an object physically either altering the geometty changing the size or changing the location or orientation of the selected object Three subpalettes on the tool palette provide these editing capabilities Fillet and Chamter Tools KEK EE Trim Tools Transformation Tools Fillet and Chamfer The Fillet and Chamfer tools round the corners of nonparallel lines or cut them at straight angles respectively Trim
189. ipses inscribed within an invisible rectangle or parallelogram a The 2 Point Center Ellipse uses the center point and one corner location of the rectangle g The Opposite Corner Ellipse uses opposite corners of a rectangle The 3 Point Center Ellipse uses the centet point the midpoint of a side and the corner of the parallelogram The 3 Corner Ellipse uses three corners on a parallelogram You can click or drag to create the ellipse Dragging creates a rubberband ellipse so you can see the ellipse before it is drawn The ellipse is drawn with the current pen specifications for color weight and pattern 2 Point Center Ellipse Tool a This tool constructs an ellipse inscribed within the rectangle calculated from the two specified points the center point and one corner of the rectangle Using the 2 Point Center Ellipse tool 1 Indicate the center of the ellipse 2 Indicate the corner of the rectangle defining the ellipse If the two points are on the vertical or horizontal axis a straight line is drawn You can create a copy of the last ellipse by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where you want the center Y L1 At L2 A2 90 The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the center point and the length and angle of the semimajor and semiminor axes of the ellipse Creating Geometry Opposite Corner Ellipse Tool js This tool dra
190. ising distance between objects and spaces to a base point Perpendicular Dimension Tools Vas These tools measure an object or space perpendicular to another line If most of your dimensions start from a line edge you can use this tool to generate both horizontal and vertical dimensions Perpendicular Dimension Tool ES This tool dimensions an object or space perpendicular to a line Click the base line first then click the object or location 6 549 Perpendicular Base Line Dimension Tool se This tool dimensions between a point or object perpendicular to an ex isting base line 9 019 6 549 Perpendicular Chain Tool S This tool dimensions between points or objects perpendicular to an existing baseline 2 470 6 549 Perpendicular Ordinate Dimension Tool a AN This tool dimensions between a point or object perpendicular to an existing base line EN EN Dimensions Perpendicular Base Chain Dimension Tool amp This tool creates a obligue base chain dimension displaying the rising distance between objects and spaces to a base point BS Radial Arrow Out Dimension Tool This tool measures the radius of a circle arc or fillet with the arrow on the side of the arc indicated when the arc is picked To dimension the radius of a circle arc or fillet click near it If you click outside it the dimension text appears outside and if
191. ize from the Layout menu 2 Specify the number of pages across for the final drawing 3 Specify the number of pages down for the final drawing 4 Specify the order for printing the pages across then down or down then across Down then Across Across then Down 5 Click the Fit button The drawing will be scaled to fit to the number of pages you specified 6 With the mouse button pressed reposition the displayed rectangles representing the number of pages you specified to cover these objects you want to print 7 Click OK Your drawing is scaled to fit the number of pages and layout as you have specified Structuring Drawings Layer Associative Views Drawing Formats Structuring Drawings Structuring Drawings DraftBoard provides the following features to structure drawings Layers e Associative Detail Views These tools allow you to use DraftBoard individually for your design tasks Layers Layers are particularly useful in helping you view and plot complex drawings For example when you dimension a part the dimensions can be placed on a separate layer which you can display or not as your needs require Layers allow you to plot different versions of the same document for quick and easy specialized blueprints You can hide the dimension layer to exhibit the idea of a design to a planning team and show the dimensions when presenting the drawing to engincers You can hide some drawing components
192. l from the Selection Tool subpalette 2 Click on the overlapping area The overlapping area is selected Select Layer in the Layout menu Create a new layer Select Edit Objects in the Layout menu a er Select the new layer in the Layer list box and click the Apply button Close the Edit Objects dialog box 8 Make the new layer in the Layer dialog box the work layer 9 Hide the layer that contains the overlapping object geometry The new layer contains now the intersecting area which you can edit like any other object Selection commands The Edit menu contains the two selection commands Select All and Selection Mask Select All Ctrl A This command in the Edit menu selects all objects except those on a hidden layer or excluded by the Selection mask You can also double click the Selection tool to select everything or use Ctrl A to select all objects If you choose Select All while using the Text tool all characters in the current text area are selected Selection Mask This command in the Edit menu allows you to limit selection by object type layer and color You can only select objects that are highlighted in the dialog box For example if circles are not highlighted when you choose Select All from the Edit menu everything but the circles is selected In this way you can select such combinations as only blue splines or only red objects on a particular layer Using the selection mask 1 Choose Selection M
193. l points on either side of the point you want to change Anchor these points The points are locked Deselect the spline e Select the middle control point N e Drag the middle contro point to new locations and observe how the spline is redrawn 1 Drag this point Accomplishments e Creating a through points spline e Creating a vector spline e Editing splines Creating a Detail View In this exercise you will create a detail view A detail view is an enlarged or reduced view of part of the drawing Detail views are dynamically linked to the part from which they are derived and modifications made to the part are also made to the detail view This functionality is called associativity R 0 800 12 347 T O 1 Create a detail view of the notch from Exercise 8 in the last section of the tutorial using a 2 to 1 ratio Open the file named partla If you can t select this point choose Selectable Points from the Edit menu and reselect the control point 211 Advanced Features Click the Detail View tool on the View Control subpalette The Scale box is highlighted in the status line Scale il Enter 2 e Drag a frame around the top of the side view including the notch i IL TR 12 347 Drag the frame to a new location 475 e
194. l scale has the following advantages e scaling mistakes are eliminated dimensions are automatic you must dimension manually if you do not draw at full scale e associative dimensions update when the object is edited manual dimensions do not e the size relationship of imported parts is compatible e calculations for 2D analysis are accurate Creating and editing objects at full size When you open a new DraftBoard document the drawing area is a sheet that is infinitely large so that you can design anything at full size For a simplistic example here s how to draw and view a line 24 meters long 1 Draw a line 2 For the Length of the line type 24 m in the Length field of the status line The line extends off the screen 3 Choose Zoom All from the Arrange menu The entire 24 meter line is visible on the screen While zooming DraftBoard calculates the scale required to display the line at its full length on the screen When you zoom again DraftBoard doesn t use the scaled length to calculate the new scale this would lead to scaling mistakes the more often you scale but its original true length saved in the DraftBoard database The Zooming commands allow you to create accutate full scale drawings and display them at the magnification required Paper Size and Drawing Scale Before you can check if your drawing can be printed at full size on a specific paper format you have to specify a paper size and orientation for your inst
195. lected and include at least the following Number or type of objects e Lock status Current layer Current color Current pattern e Current weight e Absolute coordinates for the starting point and ending point of the object The measurements reflect the settings of the Units option in the Preferences submenu If you want to prevent changes to an object you can specify locked in this dialog box or you can select the object and choose Lock from the Arrange menu If you are doing a lot of editing you may want to leave the Edit Objects dialog box displayed In that way you can select the object make the changes in the dialog box click Apply and then go on to the next object If more than one object is selected when you choose Edit Objects only the common information is displayed Entries are blank when the information isn t common For example if you select two concentric circles the center will be displayed in the Edit Objects box but the e blank If you select several objects and then choose Edit Objects all of diameter box will the objects will reflect the changes you make in the dialog box For example if you select all dimensions and change the text entry in the Edit Objects dialog box to 2 all the dimensions will display a 2 Moving an object to a different layer 1 Select the object s to be moved Choose Edit Objects from the Edit menu Click the arrow for the layer entry box Click the layer f
196. line style Menu Bar The DraftBoard menus contain related commands and settings File Commands that affect entire documents files Edit Commands to select and manipulate objects Layout Commands and settings that specify the drawing area and provide program features and functionality such as construction lines and 2D analysis Arrange Commands for zooming to change the area displayed in the window You can also set specifications for objects Pen Commands to specify pen characteristics style color weight and pattern Crosshatching and arrows are also available on this menu Text Commands to set the font size style alignment and indentation of text Dimension Commands that specify dimensions and their format and tolerance Windows Lists all drawing currently open in DraftBoard The drawing in the foreground is marked by a checkmark gt The Help menu provides access to the Reference Guide and Tutorial of DraftBoard Displaying a menu 1 Position the arrow pointer on the menu name 2 Click the mouse button Pen Text Dimension Vier Show Grid Strg G Preferences Show Points Construction Strg K Delete Constructions Layers Strg L Layer Groups Drawing Size The menu appears If you want to dismiss the menu without making a choice click outside the menu Choosing a command from a menu 1 Position the arrow pointer over the menu name 2 Pres
197. ll down the list and select the first undefined color number like Color lt 65 gt 3 Enter the color name limited to 15 characters in the Color Name data field 4 Click the Rename button The undefined Color lt 65 gt is renamed Now we specify a color for the new color name Defining a color 1 Click the Define button in the Define Color dialog box The Windows Color dialog box is displayed Farbe Rx Grundfarben IL m Rot 127 JJ Sat 0 Gr n 127 FarbelBasis Heu 120 Blau 127 Benutzerdefinierte Farben ok Abbrechen Farben hinzuf gen 2 Click the Define Custom Color button The extended Color Palette is displayed 3 In the color palette on the right place the cursor within the target cursor and drag to the area of the color desired Note a larger area of the color is displayed in the Color Solid box below If desired you can also adjust the hue saturation luminance and the percentage of red green and b ne by entering your own values The of black can be adjusted by moving the cursor over the arrow in the color scroll bar to the right of the large color palette and drag up or down to the desired location When you adjust this all the values in Luminance Red Green and Blue data fields change as well Hue and Saturation do not change 4 Click the Add to Custom Colors button The defined color is displayed in the first highlighted box for custom
198. ll tool to create a simple architectural drawing a floor plan with outside measurements of 7 meters by 10 meters 3 N 10 00 7 00 Open a new DraftBoard document Set the units to Meters e Choose Units from Preferences in the Layout menu Click Meters and click OK Create two new layers one for the interior walls and one for the exterior walls Select Layers from the Layout menu The Layers dialog box appears Click New to create another layer Rename the layer by typing Interior walls in the Rename entry box and click Rename Click New to create another layer Rename the layer by typing Exterior walls in the Rename entry box and click Rename Select Exterior walls and click Current to make Exterior walls the cutrent layer Draw the exterior walls Select the Smart Wall tool from the Line subpalette Z Enter 24 cm in the T status box to indicate walls that are 24 cm thick Draga horizontal line Enter 7 in the L status box and press Return The line extends off the screen e Choose Zoom All from the Arrange menu The entire line is visible Press and hold the Shift key and drag down vertically from the endpoint of the line at the upper right corner endpoint align y L jon Enter 10 and press Enter A corner is made between the first and second line and the
199. lleting two parallel lines the fillet will be tangent to all objects only if the filleting radius is half the distance between the two parallel lines 73 Editing objects When you fillet two parallel lines the filleting radius has to be half the distance between the two parallel lines 74 3 Entity Fillet Tool This tool constructs a fillet tangent to the three objects you choose Adding a 3 Entity Fillet 1 Click the 3 Entity Fillet tool 2 Click the three objects you want to fillet If you hold down the Ctrl key while you select the objects to fillet the objects are not trimmed There are no entries on the status line 2 Entity Chamfer Tool This tool creates a chamfer across a corner at the specified distance from the intersection of two lines The default distance is 5 mm Adding a chamfer 1 Click the 2 Entity Chamfer tool 2 In the status line enter the distance you want the chamfer from the corner The default distance is 5 mm 3 Click each line making up the corner you want chamfered You can also hold down the Shift key and click once inside the corner you want to chamfer The lines are automatically trimmed or extended If you hold down the Ctrl key while you select the objects to chamfer the objects are not trimmed 5 The status line allows you to specify the distance Length from the chamfer to the intersection of the corner lines Angular Chamfer This
200. lls Crosshatching walls Scaling a drawing 225 Appendix Operators and Units Special Characters Data Interfaces Plotter Fonts Crosshatch Patterns DraftBoard ini Customer Services Appendix Operators and Units This appendix describes mathematical and conditional operators Mathematical Operators Many entry boxes accept mathematic trigonometric and exponential operators in the form funcName argl arg2 argN Operator Example Addition 3 0 5 3 5 Subtraktion 3 0 5 2 5 Multiplikation 3 0 5 1 5 Division 3 0 5 6 For divisions also a colon Square Root sqrt 2 1 4142 eat Patenthetical 3 4 1 05 0 5 Scientific Notation 4e 3 0 004 Exponentiation exp 2 7 128 Sine of Angle sin 30 0 5 Cosine of Angle cos 60 0 5 Arctangent atan 1 1 45 Log Base 10 log 100 2 Natural Log Base e In 2 0 6931 Remove Fractional Part truncate 1 4142 1 Absolute Value abs 2 2 Smallest Larger Integer ceiling 1 4142 2 Largest Smaller Integer floor 1 4142 1 Negative Value neg 2 2 Round round 1 41 1 Random Number rand random number Math operators are case sensitive so be sure to type them in lower case when you use them You can use these operators to edit objects make entries in the status line and specify values in dialog boxes Units of Measure You can use different units of measure such as inches feet inches and feet x y millimeters mm centime
201. log box 7 Continue your work Once you no longer need the construction geometry choose Delete Constructions from the Layout menu to remove all geometry on the Construction layer Removing Construction Lines If you have many construction lines and you want to delete only one or two of them select the lines you want to remove and then choose the Delete command from the Edit menu or press the Back Space key You can remove all the construction lines that you ve created by choosing Delete Constructions from the Layout menu Delete Constructions This command in the Layout menu deletes all construction lines and any geometry on the Construction layer The Drawing Assistant s dynamic construction lines appear only temporarily and are not affected by this command Any geometry on the Construction layer regardless of the pen style used is deleted by this command You can retrieve deleted construction geometry within the limits of the Undo command Drawing Assistant You can select construction lines in the usual manner from any layer the Construction layer doesn t have to be the work layer 49 Setting the Environment Pens Setting the Units Displaying the Grid Preferences Setting the Environment Setting the Environment This chapter describes how to set pen styles units and discusses the grid The last section of this chapter tells you how to save your preferences for default settings Pens The pen style
202. ly u Drag diagonally Zoom Upper left to lower right Zoom in enlargement centered over the stroked area Lower right to upper left Reverses zoom in stroke to the previous magnification Upper right to lower left Zoom out reduction the current screen reduces to the size of the area defined by the stroke Lower left to upper right Reverses zoom out stroke to pre vious magnification Click Point Display On object The display of the object s points is turned on or off You can use stroke commands while you are using any tool The possible effects you can obtain with a stroke command depend on the direction you move the pointer Even though you can create construction lines and zoom in other ways the stroke commands come in handy because you can use them while you are in the process of using tools from the palette 1 Create a horizontal construction line e Hold down the Shift and Ctrl key e Position the pointer at the lower end of the 55 line so that endpoint or intersect appears e Drag left horizontally The pointer trails a dotted line as you drag Don t worry if the Basics This command corresponds with the Show Hide Points in the Layout menu These construction lines are placed on the construc tion layer and can be re moved by the Delete Con structions command on the Layout menu Since the work layer is transpar ent you can see everything on the construction layer 181 Ba
203. m as a single object A rectangle is 4 lines 4 objects is a single object A grouped rectangle Ungrouped Grouped Objects Objects A point is an object too Every type of geometry contains two or more points sometimes called control points A line has two control points one at the beginning and one at the end of the line If you select an object and choose Show Points from the Layout menu the points are visible on the selected object Unselected point Selected point el A line without points displayed A line with points displayed Point selection is described in a section later in this chapter Note Keep in mind you need to select an object and than the function Selecting objects The Starting and Ending point of a circle is dis played by the Drawing Assistant as Vertex If you select a point without selecting the geometry it defines DraftBoard treats the point as an object 65 Selecting objects You shouldn t use black for indicating selection because many of the standard pens use black lines Red is a good choice unless you are color blind in which case blue may be a better choice t is not recommend to use he color Black to indicate the selection since many ines are displayed in black Using the Save Preferen ces command you can save the new settings permanently 66 Indicating Selection When you select an object its appearance on the screen shows that it is selected it is
204. mouse button and drag down the Layout menu until Construction is highlighted e Release the mouse button ES Construction X Angle 0 Offset 0 X 0 000 Y 0 000 Apply The Construction dialog box appears When the pointer is in the dialog box the angle box is highlighted You can enter an angle for the construction line or an offset from the point specified by the coordinates In this step you are entering an angle for the construction line Enter 55 be sure to type the minus sign Click Apply A permanent construction line appears as a dotted line on the screen e Close the Construction dialog box by double clicking the Close box on the upper right corner Close box Macintosh Close box Windows e Click on the construction line about 2 cw from your last point Type 3 and press Enter Basics Whenever you move the pointer around the screen the Drawing Assistant examines the existing geometry and displays relevant information about your current position The current tool remains in effect while you choose commands from the menu The x y coordinates displayed represent the location of the last position you selected which is the location you need for this step You can change the coordinates whenever you want Construction lines created in this way are removed when you choose Delete Constructions from the Layout menu Such c
205. n of the first point specified during the construction of the original geometry the center of a center point circle for example 4 Release the Ctrl key Copying with the Transformation Tools You can hold down the Ctrl key while using a Transformation tool to make a copy of the selected geometty Copying with the Transformation Tools 1 Select the object you want to copy and transform 2 Select one of the four Transformation tools 3 Hold down the Ctrl key 4 Perform the transformation according to the directions in the message line 5 Release the Ctrl key A copy is transformed and the original remains unchanged Copy Option versus Copy Command Usually using the copy option of a geometry tool is faster than using the Copy and Paste commands in the Edit menu The Copy com mand is very useful for copying to a different document or application Sizing Objects with Tools Normally you size an object with the Selection tool or the Expand Shrink tool In some cases it is useful to use the move tool for sizing objects Sizing an object with the Selection Tool You can stretch objects by selecting a point and dragging it to a new location Aline can be dragged to a new length y A Intersecting lines can be dragged to new lengths 1 Be certain that Selectable Points is set in the Edit menu 2 Click the Selection tool 3 Drag a selection marquee around the contro points that represent the
206. n of the tool you want to Quick Introduction 2 Click the mouse button x Z 5 The icon appears highlighted to indicate its selection The Single Line tool is selected above Tool Subpalettes Most of the tools in the tool palette contain a subpalette of tools with related functions The B in the lower right corner of the tool icon shows the presence of a subpalette which contains related tools Selection tools k F Line tools 1141412 Arc tools DOI Circle tools OOJOO Ellipse tools GOOO Polygon tools OOO Text tools A Spline tools N N Fillet and Chamfer tools PP Trim tools XXX Transformation tools EA View tools amp A lt 7 Viewing and selecting from a subpalette are similar to choosing a command from a menu Selecting a tool from a subpalette 1 Position the arrow pointer on the tool 2 Press and hold down the mouse button The subpalette appears to the right of the tool N O AAO 3 With the mouse button pressed drag the pointer to highlight the desired tool LA 4 Release the mouse button The selected tool replaces the previous tool in the tool palette If you want to select a tool that is already displayed in the tool palette you only need to click it you don t R need to select it from 7 the submenu The highlighted icon in the tool palette shows that your sele
207. n the mouse button and press the c key on your keyboard the Drawing Assistant finds the center of the circle when you move the pointer near the center Important Keyboard Snap Points are not active until you have set the first construction point of any drawing or editing tool Using the Drawing Assistant for snapping onto geometry The following table lists the keys for finding specific points The desired point must be within the hit radius of the pointer Letter Snaps To Align c center e endpoint g grid i intersection m midpoint n no point o on p perpendicular q quadrant t tangent v vertex the percentage point set within the Snap dialog Pressing the Spacebar or clicking the mouse releases all snap restrictions Drawing Assistant This command under Preferences in the Layout menu allows you to turn the Drawing Assistant on or off and to activate the different snap modes of the Drawing Assistant Show Grid Preferences 2D Analysis Show Points Construction Delete Constru Drawing Size Snap This command Drawing Assistant Strg G Snap Grid Units Selection Invert Drawing Assistent Text Margins AutoSave Document Properties Strg K ctions Strg L Draw order Save Preferences Save Palettes in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu sets specifications for the Drawing Assistant Snap Alignm Additional Creati
208. n was activated for this document the Author if de fined and the Original Creation date All other defined attributes for the drawing are stored in the Document Attributes dialog window after opening the drawing Search in Drawings v RR Pump vim R Factory vim 98 Ball vim RB Player vim QR House vim QR Mice vin QR Engine vin R Garage vim RR Hydrautic vim RR Liter vim RR Fluid scheme vim QB Escalator vim lt File name Mice vim File type Draft oard Files Document Properties Preview Author DraftBoard Unlimited Inc Date Mi 19Dez 2001 12 03 57 Y Preview Displaying Document Properties in DraftBoard 1 Open a drawing that was saved with document properties you have specified in the Document Attributes dialog window Select the Document Properties command in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu The Document Attributes dialog window containing the attributes saved with the Save as command is displayed 149 DraftBoard Documents A detailed description how to open files you find also in the User Manual for the Operating system ot your computer Note Use the Import command if you want to use drawings of other format types such as DXF or IGES or if you want to bring in ASCII text The number of files contained in the Recent File List can be set for Windows in the Draft Board ini file For more information see chap
209. nal AutoCAD file you must purge any unnecessary blocks using the PURGE command in AutoCAD before exporting the file If the file doesn t open correctly you should mark the options Onto Work Layer and Dimensions as Geometry in the Import dialog box and import the file again Importing ASCII text from another document 1 Choose Import from the File menu A dialog box appears similar to the Open dialog box Select the file name you want to import Click OK The Import dialog box is displayed If Text is not selected mark the Text option Click the OK button The text appears in a text box in the drawing Importing Splines When you import a text file that contains the coordinates for a spline DraftBoard will create the spline according to the imported coordinates 1 Select Import from the File menu A dialog box appears similar to the Open dialog box 2 Select a text file that contains the coordinates for the spline The Import dialog box is displayed 3 Specify the import option Spline 4 Click the OK button DraftBoard begins creating the Spline Creating a text file for importing a spline 1 2 Use a text editor word processor ot spreadsheet to create a text file Input X Y and Z values for your spline coordinates DraftBoard Documents The text file should be tab or space separated Each line ends with a return Line feeds after each return should have no effect The text file should conf
210. nd Dimensions If your unscaled construction is very large or very small compared to the size of added ex and dimensions you have to scale the view of the drawing While scaling DraftBoard distinguishes if the options Keep Text size Keep Dimension Text size are checked or not When both options are checked tex and dimensions are not scaled and keep the size you have assigned in the Text menu ot in the Dimension Editor With these options checked the size of the object geometry will be increased or reduced in relation to ext and dimensions However when you scale a drawing without having these options checked e text and dimensions are scaled text and dimensions that you add after scaling ate not scaled and displayed at true size This feature allows you to scale ex and dimensions if necessary Options Keep Text size and Keep Dimension Text size The options Keep Text size and Keep Dimension Text size is only available with the Drawing Size command Remember DraftBoard scales existing text and dimensions with the same scale factor as the object geometry and keeps tex size and dimen sion text size only for future text and dimensions which are added after scaling Text and dimensions you place after scaling will be displayed at true size even if the options Keep Text Size and Dimension Text Size ate active Plotter Fonts When you are using a plotter and the text should be displayed at its accurate size you should
211. nd all new objects are drawn in this line pattern Editing Line Patterns With the Edit Pattern command from the Pattern submenu in the Pen menu you can set the spacing for DraftBoard s line patterns DraftBoard automatically scales line patterns by the inverse of the scale factor set in Drawing Size or Sheet Into View so that the pattern spacing will be appropriate for the viewing and drawing scale of the geometry Sometimes though you might want to set the pat tern spacing independently of the viewing or drawing scale or change the pattern altogether The Edit Pattern dialog box lets you control the pattern spacing for line patterns In DraftBoard you can edit all line patterns except 2 solid and dotted of the 11 predefined line patterns The line weights shown in this submenu are dependent on the selected Units in the Preference Submenu If you have selected metric units the line weight will be shown in mm instead of inches Any line thickness of less than 0 07 mm appears one pixel wide on the screen When you print or plot such lines you can see the different weights The Line weight of dimension lines can be only modified in the Preferences submenu of the Dimension menu and should be always 0 25 mm 57 Setting the Environment The Construction line style doesn t create dynamic or permanent Construction Lines This line style uses the same line pattern but is not automatically placed on the Construction la
212. nd and the option Post at Save as is activated Activate the option Post at Save as if you want to display the Document Attributes dialog cach time you select the Save as command Activate the option Embed EMF PIC if you want to save a small picture of the drawing as preview with the document that will be displayed in the Open dialog window and optionally in the Windows Explorer Win98 WinSE WinME Win2000 WinXP Enter a pixel value for the Width and Height of the graphic The default value is 600 x 600 Click the OK button The Document Attributes dialog window is closed and the specified values are saved for the current drawing If you want to save these attributes permanently as default values you have to select the Save Preferences command in Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Displaying Document Properties when opening a drawing 1 Select the Document Properties command in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu The Document Attributes dialog window is displayed Make all required entries Click the OK button The Document Attributes dialog window is closed and the specified values are saved for the current drawing Save the drawing using the Save as command Close the drawing Select the Open command from the File menu The Open dialog window is displayed Select the drawing that you just have saved In the Open dialog window a Preview of the saved drawing in case this optio
213. nd subsequent lines and circular arcs You can choose the type of arrowhead from the Arrowheads submenu of the Pen menu A checkmark Y indicates the current arrowhead setting No Arrow At Start No Arrow At End Arrow At Start lt lt _ No Arrow At End 2 _ _ Drawing direction _ gt No Arrow At Start gt Arrow At End Arrow At Start lt lt gt __ Arrow At End Arrow at End This command in the Pen menu places an arrowhead at the end of selected and subsequent lines and circular arcs You can choose the type of arrowhead from the Arrowheads submenu of the Pen menu A check mark indicates the current arrowhead setting Arrowheads for dimension lines are defined separately under Preferences in the Dimension menu The size of dimension arrowheads is set sepa rately under Preferences in the Dimension menu To save the size of an Arrowhead permanently you must choose the Save Preferences command from the Preferences sub menu of the Layout menu 59 Setting the Environment When you change the units existing dimensions update to reflect the change converting automatically between English and metric Altering the precision does not affect any dimen sions The precision of dimensions is selected in the Preferences submenu of the Dimension menu The options Leading 0 and Trailing 0 s set only the number of decimal places in all data fields Edit Ob j
214. nderlying sheet is active Note All geometry invisible will not be projected but cut and deleted Therefore you must use the Zoom all command if you want to project all geometry in a view window 140 Creating Detail views using the Detail View tool DraftBoard allows you to create associative Detail Views These Detail Views are always placed in a view window and are associative so that when you modify geometry in any view all views of that geometry re flect the change There are three deliberate exceptions to this associa tivity in line with standard drafting practice Dimensions e Crosshatching Text They are view dependant and appear only in the view in which they were created In the illustration below the detail view shows a 2 1 enlargement of the side notch Dimensions text and hatches are displayed only on the sheet where they were created 412 Dimensions and Hatch Pattern are only displayed on the sheet not in the detail view View Windows will be created in DraftBoard manually with the Detail View tool Detail View Tool je The Detail View tool on the View Control subpalette of the Tool Palette creates a detail view of the designated area of your drawing The detail view is associative so that when you modify the geometty the detail view reflects the change Creating an associative detail view 1 Select the Detail View icon from the View Control subpalette 2
215. new version of the software Product Support All registered DraftBoard Customers may call directly POSH GmbH for any support issues POSH POSH GmbH Burgweg 79 63897 Miltenberg www draftboard de Telefon 49 0 93 71 65 297 Telefax 49 0 93 71 69 241 E Mail support draftboard de 237 Index Symbole symbol 106 point 45 Help 18 2 Entity Chamfer tool 74 2 Entity Fillet Tool 73 2 point center ellipse tool 34 2D analysis 171 3 corner ellipse tool 35 3 Entity Fillet Tool 74 3 point arc tool 32 3 point center ellipse tool 35 3 point circle 34 A add spline control point tool 38 alignment text 95 alignment angles 45 analyses 171 angular chamfer tool 74 angular dimensions 112 apply buttons 20 arc length dimension tool 113 arc tools 32 architectural drawings 219 arranging objects 86 arrows arrow at end command 59 arrow at start command 59 arrow size 59 arrowheads 59 dimensions 117 ASCII 152 associative detail views 139 associative dimensions 105 asterisk 83 asterisks 20 Auto Front 142 autosave command 151 B backups 151 balloon line style 58 balloon symbols 113 bitmap 156 bmp 152 bring to front command 86 bring to front views 142 C center line style 58 center drawing assistant 43 center mark dimension 113 center point arc tool 32 center point circle tool 33 centimeter 60 centroid 172 chamfer 182 chamfer tools 73 Index check boxe
216. ng of the screen Important You should use the Break key instead of the Esc key since Windows displays the Task manager when the Redraw screen command was initiated by the key combination Ctrl R Invert This command in the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu al lows you to switch the color of the drawing area from White to Black and vice versa The default color is White The Drafting Process When creating a drawing you have to consider several items to guarantee that the drawing is printed within a standard drawing format according to the standard drawing rules While you don t have to follow the these suggestions in order you may want to use the following scheme until you have enough experience to know how each step affects the overall project Creating a drawing 1 Start DraftBoard DraftBoard automatically displays an Untitled document 2 If necessary set the Units of measute you want to use with the The precision you specify for the selected unit defines only the number of digits 3 Use the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu to set the you can enter in the status N line not the precision of drating seale tolit the object geometry that is 4 Construct the geometry at full size saving the construction as you always saved with double Preferences command in the Layout menu work Use the Zoom commands and tools to display the part at precision Therefore you can change the precision at any time during t
217. ng typically found in word processing documents If you want to change characteristics for the entire text entry use the Selection tool to select the text block 91 Text Fills and Crosshatches If you want to change the characteristics of a word or portion of a text block use the Text tool to select what you want to change Text margins of selected can be also edited with the Edit Objects command in the Layout menu Selectable Points in the Edit menu must be active for selecting the control points of the text box When you want to set the size of the text box accurately you select the text box with the Selection tool and choose the Edit objects command in the File menu In the Width and Height entry boxes you can enter values for the box size 92 Changing the characteristics of a text block You can change the font text size style spacing and indentation of a text block 1 Use the Selection tool to select the text block to be changed 2 Select the new chatacteristic from the Text menu The selection shows the new characteristic Modifying text margins 1 Choose the Text Margins command from the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu The following dialog box is displayed Bitext Margins EJ Left 0 000 Right 0 000 Top 0 000 Bottom 0 000 Cancer oK 2 Enter values for the Left Right Top and Bottom text margins This val
218. nly should specify a path for the Preferences file in case you don t want to use the Preferences file in the DraftBoard folder Creating a individual Preference files for a Network version When you want to create an individual Preference file for each user of a DraftBoard network version you proceed as follows 1 Create on the Network Server a folder for example named Preference for all Preference files 2 Create folders for each user in this folder 3 Copy the files DraftBoard ini and Prefs vlm in each folder 4 Specify in each DraftBoard ini file in the Default section the Path for the Preference file for the specific user PrefFile d Preferences Smith prefs vlm where Preferences in this example is the name of the general Preferences folder and Smith the folder name of one user 5 Select the DraftBoard Program Icon on the Windows Desktop 6 Press the right mouse button and select Properties in the displayed menu 7 Enter in the Target entry box behind DraftBoard exe the path for the DraftBoard ini file for the respective user as follows C Programs DraftBoard DraftBoard exe i d Preferences Smith DraftBoard ini FILE LOCKING FileLock ON When File Locking is activated on all users can access a file in a network but only the user who opened the file first has the right to save this file For a single user license File Locking should be deactivated off File Locking works only if there exists a file named p
219. nt Grouped OK Cancel The Options dialog box contains the following settings Tolerance For Spline and Ellipse objects the offset distance is approximated by a spline By setting a Tolerance for this type of object you can determine how accurate the offset is relative to its theoretical position Max Iteration DraftBoard will iterate when calculating the offset of Spline and Ellipse objects to improve the approximation the number of times indicated in the Max Iteration field The default value is 3 Setting a high value will decrease performance Mitered Joint If you mark this option the offset object will have square external corners instead of filleted corners This option is by default not selected The radius of the filleted corners is automatically set to the offset distance For instance a box that is offset by 25 will have a fillet at each corner with a radius of 25 Grouped If this option is marked the new offset geometry will be grouped when created This option is by default not selected to produce ungrouped geometry Creating an Offset 1 Select the object you want to offset Select the Offset command in the Edit menu 2 3 Click into the Offset Distance field 4 Input an offset distance by dragging between any two points on the drawing atea uu Click into one of the Ref entry fields 6 Input an offset direction by dragging between any two
220. nt is placed exactly on the construction line even though the pointer wasn t exactly on that line when you clicked The dynamic construction line disappears Displaying dynamic construction lines with existing geometry 1 Without pressing the mouse button move the pointer over an existing point The point notation endpoint or midpoint for example shows that the point is active 2 Move the pointer away from the point horizontally vertically or at a 45 angle A construction line through the point is visible 3 While the construction line is visible and the Drawing Assistant displays on click the desired point in the construction The point is placed exactly on the construction line even though the pointer wasn t exactly on that line when you clicked The dynamic construction line disappears The figure below illustrates intersecting construction lines drawn through two existing active points perpendicular Once you are familiar with the Drawing Assistant yow ll see how much DraftBoard streamlines design and drafting tasks Setting new Drawing Assistant construction angles You can add to or change the angles that the Drawing Assistant uses for dynamic construction lines by choosing Snap from the Preferences command in the Layout menu Enter the construction line angles separated by semicolons into the appropriate box Permanent Construction Lines In addition to the Drawing Assistant s dynamic constru
221. nterior walls on Layers 2 and 3 overlay the exterior walls of Associative Views Views allow you to enlarge or reduce all or part of the geometry for both viewing and printing This visual change of the view does not af fect the actual measurement of the geometry the model There exist two types of views in DraftBoard the Sheet View and Detail Views Sheet View The Sheet View shows the object geometry on the sheet at the scale you set with the Drawing Size command in the Layout menu The Sheet View is the default view when you launch DraftBoard The Sheet View is picked up by the Sheet camera and projected on the current sheet The Sheet View is infinite It has no boundaties Detail Views A detail view is created with either the Detail View tool on the tool palette Detail Views are always displayed in a view window These two different views are easily to identify on the screen Each item displayed inside a view window is a Detail View The area outside and underneath all detail view windows is the Sheet View 139 Structuring Drawings Regardless of the method you use to create a View Window they all behave the same way How to create a non associative detail view is described at the end of this chapter You may also create the rectangle by clicking to place the diagonally opposite corners When a view window displays a title bar the view window is active When the view window has no title bar the u
222. ntire part on the screen In this way you can draw a part full scale whether it is 100 meters long or 1 millimeter wide 214 Click Fit The screw is scaled to fit the paper size Enter a scale of 6 1 and click OK The size of the geometry is now more appropriate for the size of the page boundary e Click OK Dimension the screw e Choose Zoom All from the Arrange menu to display the screw at a larger size Choose the Horizontal dimension tool Click the opposite ends of the screw The dimension displays jee 2 _ 0 5 ge Dimension the diameter of the thread a 25 pe U Place the scaled drawing into a standard A size drawing format e Choose Zoom Out from the Arrange menu e Choose Import from the File menu Open the Layouts directory e Click the aFormatA file in Layouts directory Click Unscale and OK to import the unscaled drawing format et s Be Y O 4 ji Eg DraftBoard The format is imported to the sheet and is selected Drag the format until the screw is properly positioned on it Eg DraftBoard 6 Plot the drawing If your plotter or printer is set up and
223. o fit to the selected paper size when printing or plotting Scaling too changes the visual size of the drawing never the physical size of the objects This chapter describes the following techniques e Zooming e Full scale drawing e How scaling affects text dimensions line patterns and hatch pat terns e Scaling commands Printing or plotting drawings on standard paper sizes Most drafters begin a project by deciding how to scale the part first Using DraftBoard you create all parts at full scale 1 1 You never physically scale the part instead you set the visual scale of the geometry the visual size of the drawing to fit to the selected paper size when printing or plotting the drawing Zooming DraftBoard gives you several ways to x00m in ot zoom out on yout drawing Zoom Commands You find four Zoom commands in the Arrange menu Zoom In Zoom Important Each Zooming Out Zoom All and Zoom Previous Choosing the Zoom Previous is followed by a screen redraw You can press p BE the Pause or Esc key to particular area use the Stroke feature or the Magnifying tool for stop redrawing the screen command takes you to the last magnification 1f you want to zoom a zooming Strokes are described later in this chapter S p Zoom All Ctrl F This command in the Arrange menu zooms in or out to make all parts of the drawing visible on the screen Zoom In Ctrl This command in the Arrange menu zooms in on the center of the sc
224. o specify for each of the pen weighs displayed in that menu a specific weight Weight This command in the Pen menu sets the pen width of the current pen and selected lines without changing any other pen characteristics Pen Style Color Weight Edit Weight Edit Weight Pattern Haa lr 0 13mm 005 0 18 007 v 0 25 010 0 35 014 0 50 020 0 70 028 1 00 039 1 50 059 Specifying a new weight for the current pen 1 Drag to Weight in the Pen menu The submenu appears 2 Drag to the weight you want The pen takes on the new weight and the weight is selected in the submenu Line Patterns DraftBoard Unlimited allows to specify 19 line patterns in addition to 11 predefined line patterns Pattern This command in the Pen menu sets the Pattern of the cutrent pen and any selected lines without changing any other pen characteristics Pen Style gt Color Weight gt Pattern B Define Pattern Edit Pattern v Solid Dotted Center Dashed Hidden Phantom Dashdot Border divide Cutting Stitch More The Pattern submenu in the Pen menu contains all defined line patterns 11 different line patterns can be selected directly for all oth ers you have to display a dialog box using the More command Specifying line patterns in the Pattern submenu 1 Drag to Pattern in the Pen menu The submenu appears 2 Drag to the pattern you want All selected objects take the new pattern a
225. oard prints and plots on most printers and plotters supported by your computer After you have followed the manufacturer s instruc tions for installing and setting up the printer or plotter you can size your drawing for the paper you will be using Print Ctrl P This command in the File menu prints or plots the current document as specified in Print Setup The atea printed or plotted is the portion that fits on the page size when the origin 0 0 is placed in the center of the page Use the Drawing Size command from the Layout menu to reposition the print plot region By repositioning the printing plotting region it is possible to print only part of a drawing since the only part that is printed is the part that lies within the printing region Basic Drafting The Cancel Button on the Drawing Size dialog box doesn t abort changes if a Fit or Apply are applied first If you want to change the Page orientation of the displayed page boundary you have to use the Print Setup Command The Print Setup command allows to change the cur rent plotter or printer and to set options such as Paper Size and Paper Orientation 133 Basic Drafting If you want to use Draft Board drawings in a Text Editor or Layout program the EPS file format is rec ommended since it offers the best quality and allows to scale the graphic after placing without any quality loss How to create an EPS file is described in Chapter 11 DraftBoard
226. of equal parts 1 Select the object to be divided 2 Choose Divide from the Arrange menu The following dialog box appears Divide of pieces 2 Show Points Cancel OK 3 Enter the number of equal parts you want to divide the selection into 4 Click OK You can see the divisions when you display the points by clicking Show Points in this dialog box or choosing Show Points from the Layout menu Group Ctrl Y This command in the Arrange menu combines selected objects to If you move the group all components move together If you change the size of a Grouping objects group the individual objects change proportionally function as a single object 1 Select the objects to be grouped 2 Select Group from the Arrange menu Once you group geometry you can t edit the individual objects within the group unless you ungroup them 87 Editing objects To create temporary groups you can drag a selection marquee around several objects to treatthem as a single unit while they are selected You can also combine groups For hierarchical groupings DraftBoard ungroups each group in the order in which they were combined Changing the members of a group without adding a hierarchical level When you want to add new geometry to an existing group and you select the group and the new geometry and choose the Group command you end up with a group within a group If you
227. om the Symbols submenu in the File menu Libraries This command allows to configure symbol libraries containing simple and parametric symbols The Libraries command displays the following dialog box ES Libraries x Litrares la a Son men AMBABBABADA The Libraries dialog box allows the following settings Libraries Symbols New Add Remove Rename Save This list field contains all available symbol libraries This list field shows all symbols of the selected library This button creates a new library When you click the New button the Set Library file dialog box is displayed where you can select a folder for the new Library reference file and overwrite the default library name Library vlb When you click the Save button the dialog box is closed and the library list shows the new library with the default name Library 1 that you can modify in the Rename field Library This button allows to add an existing library When you click the Add button the Add Library dialog box is displayed where you can select a Library reference file with the file extension vlb When you click the Open button the dialog box is closed and the selected library is added to the existing libraries Symbol This button allows to add a symbol to the selected library When you click the Add button the Add Symbol dialog box is displayed where you can selec
228. on the dimension and extension lines are redrawn Horizontal Base Line Dimension Tool El This tool dimensions objects or spaces horizontally from a base point 2 470 1 818 802 u Horizontal Chain Dimension Tool m This tool dimensions objects or spaces from end to end horizontally eee ET Horizontal Ordinate Dimension Tool au This tool dimensions objects or spaces horizontally from a base point Remember to display the dimension number of the base point you have to click it twice at the first and the last dimension points 228 581 856 1 319 107 Dimensions 108 If you want to display the dimension number for the base point you have to click the base point again after you have clicked all other dimension points Horizontal Base Chain Dimension Tool m This tool creates a borizontal base chain dimension displaying the rising distance between objects and spaces to a base point 20 8 49 7 71 4 When the dimension text appeats you can drag it to a new location when you release the mouse button the dimension and extension lines are redrawn Vertical Dimension Tools gaze These tools measure vertical space or the distance between vertical objects Vertical Dimension Tool mi This tool dimensions an object or space vertically Click the top point
229. on the new color and the color is selected in the submenu Changing the pen color of an object without changing the color of the current pen 1 Select the object 2 Choose Edit Objects from the Edit menu The Edit Objects dialog is displayed 3 Change the pen color in the Edit Objects dialog box 4 Click the Apply button The selected objects reflects the new pen color The color of the current pen is not modified Define Colors You can define 170 colors in addition to the 64 predefined colors New colors are defined with the Define command from the Color submenu in the Pen menu Pen Style LA aaa Color E Define Weight gt Palette Pe atten ak Red Yellow Green Cyan Blue Magenta More Specifying a new color name 1 Choose the Define command from the Color submenu The Define Color dialog box is displayed BE Edit Colors White 2 Define Yellow Green Yellow Orange Current Wild Strawberry Vivid Tangerine Use Olive Green User lt 65 gt User lt 66 gt User lt 67 gt Y 444444 D E 3 3 3 a Color Name User lt 65 gt 55 Setting the Environment 56 The Define Color dialog box displays a list containing all color names that can be defined in DraftBoard The list starts with the 64 predefined colors followed by the 170 user definable colors named Color lt 65 gt to Color lt 236 gt 2 Scro
230. onstruction lines are treated like any other line by the Drawing Assistant except that they are placed on the Construction layer 179 Basics The status boxes accept mathematical operators so that you can add subtract multiply divide and group values within parentheses See Appendix A for a com plete list of mathematical operators The message line tells you how you can modify the be haviour of DraftBoard s drawing tools For example if you hold down the Ctrl key while using the Con nected Lines tool you draw an arc instead of a straight line The pointer changes into the shape of an arc to signify this option al drawing mode It is important to save often Power failures and mistakes can destroy hours of work if you don t save frequently It is also important to save before you try any new multistep operation so that you can revert to the original if you don t like the results 180 The line is constructed at a 55 angle Construct a 6 cm horizontal line Move the pointer to the tight to display the horizontal construction line through the endpoint of the last line Click Type 5 7 2 in the length status box and press Enter The 6 cm line appears 8 Construct an arc from the right endpoint of the last line to a point horizontally aligned with the first point of this exercise If part of the construction is now off screen choose Zoom Out from the Arrange menu to display the enti
231. or Dimension Appearance are done in the Appearance dialog box When you click the Appearance button the following dialog box is displayed Dimensions Appearance Unit mm 2 A a H Affects only newly created dimensions Cancel Ok The Appearance dialog box allows the following settings Units In this pop up menu you select the units mm or inch for all settings in the Appearance dialog box These units are only valid for the setting in the Appearance dialog 117 Dimensions When you click the Apply button in the Dimension Ed itor the new settings are assigned to the selected dimensions except the two values you entered in the fields which will affect only future dimensions If you want to modify the Appearance for another Dimension Standard you must first change the Standard in the Dimension Editor and then modify the Appearance in the Appearance dialog box Click the Standard button in the Dimension Editor if you want to reset all parameters to its original values If you want to make these changes permanent you must choose Save Prefer ences in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu 118 box and do not affect the units set for the drawing in the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu Entry fields In these entry boxes you enter the desired offset values for the different elements
232. orm to the following columnar format Even DraftBoard is only a 1 1 0 2D Program the Z Coordi nate has to be indicated us 2 2 0 ing the value 0 You ate allowed to specify decimal coordinates as well 1 33 1 1 0 2 4 2 5 3 5678 Be sure that you do a Return after the last coordinate if not DraftBoard will not import the coordinates specified in the last line 3 Save the file as Text only and import into DraftBoard to create the spline Projection of 3D Data When you import a three dimensional model into DraftBoard the third dimension is invisible since the model is displayed in the Top view onto the X Y P ane even there exists geometty in direction of the Z axis These unnecessary invisible elements can be projected onto the work plane x y using the Remove Z Coordinates command This is always recommended when you export a file to prevent the transfer of disturbing three dimensional data Remove Z Coordinates This command in the Arrange menu projects all elements of a 2D drawing onto the current workplane that have besides the usual X Y Coordinates additional Z Coordinates The Flatten all Views command in the Views menu works similar but is valid only for Detail views while the Remove Z Coordinates command does the same for the drawing sheet See as well under Flattening all Views in the Structuring Drawings chapter in this manual Remove Z Coordinates 1 Import a three dimensional model into DraftBoard The bod
233. ou may want to change e Move the pointer to the dimension text to display the Move symbol e Drag the text to the left horizontally until it is about 1 cm from the left leg of the dimension ve The dimension text is repositioned 2 Dimension the vertical line on the left e Select the Vertical dimension tool e Click the lowest point of the chamfered corner 1 endpoint e Click the upper endpoint of the vertical line Basics Dimensions automatically go on the Dimension layer rather than on the work layer except there exists no dimension layer or you have selected a different layer in the Dimension Editor Only dimensions and construction lines go automatically on their respective layer If you have removed the dimension layer you will have to create a new one to complete this exercise Since the layers are transparent you see the geometry and dimensions on both layers at the same time Take a moment to examine the pointer that appears The dot on one leg of the pointer marks the hot spot for the action you perform DS The location of the dot indi cates which side of the ob ject to select The dot changes positions as you use the dimensioning tool This type of pointer is a smart pointer because it gives you important information in a multistep process Many of Draft Board s tools use the smart pointer The order of the selection determines the placement of the dimen
234. ould specify The dot changes position on the pointer during each step of the construction Hot Spot A The smart Roe you where to click next For example the Opposite Point Circle pointer illustrated above shows that the first click of the mouse places a point on one edge of the circle you re creating After you click a location the hot spot moves to the other side of the pointer showing that the next click places a point on the opposite edge of the circle lt Your first click The hot spot moves to the other side of the smart pointer to indicate the next step 27 Creating Geometry You can set the number of decimal places or fractional round off with the precision entry in the Units dialog box from Preferences in the Layout menu You can enter up to 10 characters in each Entry field of the Status line Notice how each method affects the selection of the contents of the status box Clicking once inside the box places the cursor where you clicked If you double click inside the box the entire entry is selected so you can change it 28 After you click the second location the circle appears The hot spot moves back to its original position on the pointer so that you can create another circle O Q The Status Line Whenever you select a tool from the Tool palette the Status Line appears along the bottom of the drawing area It contains boxes giving information about the current construction Fo
235. p of the arrowhead DIN Dot Size This value describes the diameter of circular and slash arrowheads Setting the Arrow Size 1 Select all dimensions you want to modify If no dimensions are selected all changes ate valid for future dimensions Choose Preferences in the Dimension menu to display the D imension Editor Drag in the Standard pop up menu to the standard you want to m odify Click the Arrow Size button in the Dimension Editor T he Arrow Size dialog box is displayed Select all the options you want to set for the size of the arrowheads C T C a A ick OK he Arrow Size dialog box is closed ick the Apply button if you want to assign the new settings to selected dimension l selected dimensions are redrawn and reflect the new appearance set in the dimension editor 121 Basic Drafting Zooming Screen Redraws The Drafting Process Drawing At Full Scale Paper Size and Drawing Scale Scaling Drawings Scaling Commands Printing or Plotting a Drawing Basic Drafting Basic Drafting This chapter describes techniques for Printing and Scaling There are two different ways to change the drawing size Zooming You can change the magnification of your drawing by zooming in and out using commands zoom tools and strokes Zooming changes the visual size of the drawing never the physical size of the objects e Scaling Scaling means to set the visual size of the drawing t
236. p up of the dimension editor a layer that all dimensions should be placed on 3 Close the dimension editor with a double click on the Control menu 4 Dimension as usual Subsequent dimensions automatically go on the dimension layer rather than the work layer Adding tolerance and limits 1 Choose the desired style in the dimension editor ander Preferences in the Dimension menu Dimensions 2 Dimension as usual 3 Enter values for the upper and ower tolerance limits in the status line and press Enter It is also allowed to delete the default values and keep these fields empty or replace the values by text entries The dimension will display always the content of the status line Using fixed dimensions If you delete the symbol in the text box on the status line for a newly created dimension or in the Edit Objects dialog box and replace it with othet text the entry in the text box is fixed it does not update if you change the units or the size of the geometty Horizontal Dimension Tools These tools measure horizontal spaces or the distance between linear objects Horizontal Dimension Tool A This tool dimensions an object or space horizontally Click the left point first then click the right point Click the points in the opposite order if you want the dimension to display below the objects a E When the dimension text appeats you can drag it to a new location when you telease the mouse butt
237. points on the drawing area 7 Click the Options button Specify in the Options dialog box a Tolerance if needed and whether or not the object will be offset with mitered corners The new geometry will be created as a group and will leave the original geometry selected Changing the Characteristics of Objects You can edit selected objects by either changing individual characteristics such as layer or line style or by changing the specifications in the Edit Objects dialog box The Edit Objects dialog box also provides information about the selected object in addition to allowing you to make changes Edit Objects Ctrl l This command in the Edit menu allows you to edit selected objects by changing individual characteristics such as ength layer or pen style ot other specifications Changes made through this dialog box can be reversed with the Undo and Redo commands Editing objects 1 Select the object to be edited 2 Choose Edit Objects from the Edit menu The dialog box appears BB Edit Objects X 1 circle locked unlocked layer Layer color Red pattem Solid weight 0 70 control pts hidden ctrpt x 200 819 ctipt y 111 919 cit 000 startpt x 177 083 startpt y 135 655 sum diameter 57 136 length 210 913 arrowhead none lv 3 Change the information in the entry boxes Double click the entry box and type a new entry do not pr
238. port 153 new 150 open 150 open by drag amp drop 93 preview 148 print into file 134 properties 148 recent file list 150 save 150 fillet tools 73 fillets 182 filling geometry 98 fonts 93 formats dimensions 115 full scale 128 function plotters 39 G grid 17 61 group command 87 H hidden line style 58 hit radius 45 horizontal dimensions 107 hpgl 134 I les 153 import 153 dxf configuration 231 text file 91 inches 60 indentation text 96 inertia 172 inscribed polygon tool 36 installation 10 intersection drawing assistant 43 invert preferences 61 isometric drawing 45 K keyboard snap points 44 L layer indicator 17 layers and color 138 and smart walls 139 construction 137 counting objects 138 dimensions 106 117 137 example 139 hidden 138 leading 0 dimensions 120 leading 0 units 60 line characteristics 54 color 54 dimension lines 118 editing styles 58 pattern 57 styles 53 tools 29 weight 57 linear duplicate command 82 list entry boxes 20 location indicator 16 lock command 88 lock spline control point tool 38 M menu bar 18 Menus Help 18 menus 18 message line 16 27 MetaFile 156 meters 60 midpoint drawing assistant 43 millimeters 60 mirror tool 76 mirroring objects 209 more text command 93 mouse 13 clicking 26 dragging 26 smart pointer 27 move tool 76 N new command 150 NURB Splines 210 O objects 65 counting 138 erasing 81 oblique
239. positive value to the right or up Ifthe mirror axis should be aligned in a precise angle you have to create a con struction line before 76 You can copy at the same time you transform objects by holding down the Ctrl key while you specify the transformation When you press the Shift key you can select additional objects after you have selected a Transformation tool As soon as you release the Shift key the transformation tool is active again Move Tool This tool moves the selected objects to a new location You can copy the selection by holding down the Ctrl key while you select the objects If you select more than one object they remain in the same position relative to each other Moving objects 1 Select the object s to be moved 2 Select the Move tool If necessary use Shift Click to select more objects 3 Drag the selected object to a new location pressing to set a reference point and releasing to indicate the new location You can also click a reference point then click a destination point to move the selected object to the new location It is not necessaty for the reference and destination points to be on the object you ate moving The move is performed relative to the specified points Ao y o The status line allows you to specify the X Y distance that the selection is to be moved Rotate Tool e This tool rotates one or more objects around a specified point You can
240. press and release the mouse button once Double click Click the mouse button twice quickly in succession Drag Press and hold down the mouse button move the mouse then release the mouse button Quick Introduction If you need more informa tion about standard Windows elements such as menus scroll bars File menu commands and dialog boxes refer to your Microsoft Windows User s Guide If you are left handed and if your mouse has more than one button you may want to change the functionality to the right mouse button You can make this change in the Control Panel of Windows 13 Quick Introduction 14 Parts of the DraftBoard Window When you start DraftBoard the following window appears File Edit Layout Arrange Pen Text Dimension Views Window Select Select Shift Extend Cul Copy Title Bar Menu Bar Message Line Drawing Area Tool Palette k Mouse Pointer a Location Indicator Status Line Scroll Bars Line Indicator Layer Indicator Pe a 3 Title Bar Menu Bar Message Line Tool Palette Drawing Area Pointer Layer Indicator Line Indicator Location Indicator Status Line Scroll Bars Tool Palette Includes the title of the active document and two buttons the Zoom box and the Close box for controlling the window Contains the DraftBoard menus of commands and settings You can make choic
241. printed in a size of 3 5 mm Flange plotted with a standard drawing format including block and title Flange plotted without a standard drawing format The above described procedure recommends to scale the drawing to adjust the visual scale to the specified paper size before you add tex7 and dimensions Of course you can scale drawings in DraftBoard after you have added text and dimensions But that requires that you understand the different techniques DraftBoard uses for scaling These procedures are described in the following sections of this chapter Drawing at Full Scale In DraftBoard you create all parts at its actual size It doesn t matter whether you design a large industry building or a small detailed blueprint When printing you adjust the visual scale the view of the drawing to fit the paper you will use The true size of all objects saved in the DraftBoard Database is never affected by scaling DraftBoard saves all objects at their true measurements regardless of which drawing scale you specify with the Drawing Size command and to what extend you magnified the drawing with the Zoom commands With these commands you only change the visual size of the objects on the screen or on the paper but never its true size saved in the DraftBoard database In this way the part dimensions to its true to life measurements regardless how they are displayed on the screen or printed on the paper Drawing at ful
242. ps such as metals fluids etc in the Hatch dialog box A graphical compilation of all crosshatch patterns you find in the Appendix of this manual Adding Hatch Patterns All hatch patterns that are compatible with the hatch format pat of AutoCAD can be used in DraftBoard You only must copy hatch files with the pat file extension into the DraftBoard folder DraftBoard Scripts VSG Hatches The file name is then automatically displayed in the DraftBoard Crosshatch dialog box If the file contains more than one hatch pattern a folder with this file name is created that contains all hatchpatterns stored in the pat file Specifying Crosshatch Patterns You specify your own hatch patterns by creating and binding in hatch description files into DraftBoard Hatch patterns are defined by hatch pattern lines that are running through a defined origin and are endless repeated at a defined offset distance Hatch pattern lines are infinitely long Each Hatch pattern line may contain single pattern elements to create dashed or dotted pattern lines A Crosshatch pattern has as well an infinite size and a hatched geometry shows only part of this pattern like a detail window The best way to select a fill boundary is with the Tracer tool A solid filled object will only cover permanently its background if it is brought to front with the Bring to front command in the Arrange menu To change the tolerance of an existing fill first selec
243. r In addition DraftBoard offers own Plotter Fonts that are listed below Plotter BERETGITIKTMNO KLMNC rr 710 Appendix DraftBoard contains in the Fonts subdirectory in the DraftBoard folder sample files that show for each character the related ANSI Code In addition to the plotter fonts shipping with Draft Board you can use all plotter fonts with the shx Format You just must copy these shx files into the Fonts subdirectory of the DraftBoard folder See as well in the Text chapter of this manual 233 Appendix Crosshatch Patterns DraftBoard offers a multitude of associative DIN and ANSI hatch pat terns of which you can modify the spacing and angle You will find these hatches organized in groups such as metals fluids etc in the Hatch dialog box All hatch patterns contained in this library are listed below Mineral Materials Rock Sand Clay Sandstone Peat Humus soil Coal Salt Other natural Materials Masonry Concrete Masonry brickwork increased strength Masonry light brick Pumice stone waterproof L Glass Masonry pumice Plaster
244. r Indicator The Work Layer in the lower left corner of the screen shows the cut rent layer New geometry goes on the work layer If you want your con struction to go on a different layer you must change the current work layer To select a new work layer position the pointer over the Layer indica tor then press and hold down the mouse button All available layers will be displayed in a pop up menu Construction v Layerl Layer2 Pump You move the mouse pointer with the left mouse button still pressed over the layer which should become the work layer and release the mouse button The selected layer becomes the new work layer 17 Quick Introduction 18 Pen Indicator The Pen Indicator in the lower left corner of the screen shows the cur rent pen If you want to use a different line style you must change the current pen To sel ect a new pen position the pointer over the pen indicator then press and hold down the mouse button All available pens will be displayed in a pop up menu v Outline Visible Hidden Dash Center Phantom Dimension Balloon m Construction Layer w Outline a 107 553 0 000 lt You move the mouse pointer with the left mouse button still pressed over t he pen which should become the current pen and release the mouse button The selected pen becomes the new
245. r example when the Single or Connected Line tool is the current tool the Status Line contains boxes for the x and y coordinates of the beginning point and the x and y values for the endpoint of the line It also contains the value of the length and angle of the line EI y 6 000 dx 8 000 dy 0 000 L 0 000 we You can use the Status Line in three ways To create an object with keyboard entries only To edit an object that was just created and is still selected To create an additional object using the current tool Whenever you construct an object the status box containing the specification that you are most likely to change is selected the box is highlighted For example when you draw a line with the Single Line tool the Length box is highlighted so you can enter a value for the length Just type a value When you press Enter the line is redrawn at the new length Using the Status Line If you want to make an entry in a different status box you can use one of four selection methods Press the Tab key to cycle the selection highlight through the status boxes from left to right Click inside the status box and the pointer becomes an I beam text cursor e Click the box label to select the entire contents of the box Double click inside the status box to select the entire contents of the box Using the Status Line with Drawing Tools
246. r example you can place specifications you ve written with a word processor on your drawing without retyping it The entire file is imported so if you want to use only part of the document cre ate a new file that contains only the information you want entered on the drawing 1 Select the Text tool from the tool palette 2 Create a text box by dragging or clicking twice to place the opposite corners of the text area 3 Choose Import from the File menu A dialog box appears 4 Select the text file you want to import The Import dialog box appears and the Text file type is specified 5 Click OK The text file appears in the text box you created Editing text 1 Select the Text tool from the tool palette 2 Move the pointer directly over the text to be edited The pointer turns into an I beam text cursor when it is over text This only occurs when the Text tool is active 3 Use the text cursor to select text You can drag either direction to select characters and double click on an individual word to select the word You may also simply click to place the text cursor within the existing text if you want to add more to it 4 Modify the selected text by choosing the appropriate commands from the Text menu An ASCII text file is usually created by word processing software and saved as plain text It usually con tains only standard key board characters letters numbers punctuation and spaces without the format ti
247. r walls Select by clicking with the Selection tool all visible wall segments of the exterior walls Choose Hatch from the Pen menu The exterior walls are crosshatched i Ungroup the interior walls Se ect the lower vertical and the horizontal interior wall Choose Ungroup from the Arrange menu Both wall segments are ungrouped and loose their smart features Fillet the corner of the two interior wall segments Click the 2 Entity Fillet tool Enter in the status line 0 4 for the radius of the fillet Click with the 2 Entity Fillet tool the two ungrouped interior walls to fillet the inside and outside corners Enter in the status line 0 6 for the radius of the fillet and press Enter The interior walls are filleted N 15 Crosshatch the interior walls 224 Se ect the upper vertical interior wall segment and all lines building the filleted interior walls Choose Crosshatch from the Pen menu The Crosshatch dialog box appears Enter 45 for the hatch angle Click OK The interior walls are crosshatched Architectural Drawings 16 Dimension the sides of the building ZZA 10 00 N 7 17 Save or discard the file as you wish Accomplishments Using the Smart Wall tool Using smart window and door symbols Filleting wa
248. rarely required since the Drawing Assistant offers in most cases a better support than the Grid 0 0 Origin Coordinate Symbol Saving Preferences All files are saved with the settings as they are established when you save and close the file The characteristics used for new files the default settings are contained in the prefs v m The file must be stored in the same directory as the DraftBoard application Preferences This command in the Layout menu displays a submenu for setting various specifications Descriptions of the items in the submenu appear individually in this reference section You can change the default setting by saving changes in the preferences file prefs vlm Snap Use this dialog box to set the alignment angles hit radius and other settings for the Drawing Assistant Grid This dialog box allows you to specify the spacing of the grid lines Use the Show Hide Grid command in the Layout menu to turn the display of the grid on and off Units This dialog box specifies the units and precision for the current DraftBoard document Selection Use this dialog box to set the color or blinking which shows that an object is selected Invert This commands changes the Background color the color of the drawing area from white to black Text Margins In this dialog box you can specify values for the Left Right Top and Bottom text margins AutoSave This dialog box allows the user to set a time interval for the program
249. re part on the screen Hold down the Ctrl key then move the pointer straight down until intersect appears Note The pointer changes to an arc perpendicular align x Click the mouse button Release the Ctrl key The arc appears 9 Close the figure Move the pointer horizontally to the left to display the endpoint notation for the first line you created Double click to set this point and signal that the connected line figure is complete The outline of the part is now complete 10 Save the drawing Choose Save from the File menu A dialog box appears so that you can name the drawing Type partl and press the Enter key Accomplishments Selecting a tool from the tool palette Constructing a part with the Connected Lines tool Using the Drawing Assistant Choosing from a menu e Creating a construction line Saving a document Stroke Commands Before proceeding with the drawing examine the use of DraftBoard s stroke commands for creating construction lines zooming and displaying points For stroke commands hold down the Ctrl and Shift key and drag the pointer across the screen or click as needed se Drag the pointer horizontally or vertically Drag Construction Lines Vertically A vertical construction line through the first point of the stroke Horizontally A horizontal construction line through the first point of the stroke Drag the pointer diagonal
250. rea of your laser printer 8 Delete all cutting lines since they are not required for print outs on a laser printer 9 Select the complete drawing format using the Select all command in the Edit menu and group the format using the Group com mand in the Arrange menu 10 Save your work DraftBoard Documents Handling Documents Data Exchange DraftBoard Documents DraftBoard Documents This chapter describes the handling and administration of Files in DraftBoard called drawings and the data exchange with other programs Using Documents A document is a DraftBoard file Whenever you open DraftBoard or choose New from the File menu a new document appears in its window Working with multiple Documents In DraftBoard you can open and edit several drawings simultaneously Each Drawing is displayed in its own window that can be reduced to an icon near the lower left corner of the DraftBoard work space To close move or resize a drawing you use the control buttons in the title bar of each window File Edit Layout Arrange Pen Text Dimension Views Window Help Select Select Shift Extend Cul Copy Bi Eloy Bu lay Windows The Windows submenu in the Views menu shows the names of all the open DraftBoard documents To bring a document to the front that is covered by another document select its name from the Windows submenu Components of a Document A drawing can be a simple par
251. reen by a factor of two You cannot specify a particular area for enlargement Zoom Out Ctrl This command in the Arrange menu zooms out from the center of the screen by a factor of two You cannot specify the area of reduction Zoom Previous This command in the Arrange menu zooms to the previous magnification as many as five times Zoom Tools Select the appropriate zoom tool from the View Control tool palette Important Each Zooming is followed by a screen redraw You can press the Pause or Esc key to stop redrawing the screen 125 Basic Drafting To zoom into or out ofa drawing you can use as well the mouse wheel if your mouse is supporting this function Note For Zoom In and Zoom Out the size and location of the stroke rec tangle is important for de termining the result of the Zoom operation For Zoom Previous the size and lo cation of the stroke rectan gle is irrelevant All cases Just give the previous magnification 126 Using the magnifying glass tool With the Zoom tools you drag a box around an area on the screen so only that area is magnified on the screen 1 Select a Zoom Tool from the tool palette 2 With the left mouse button pressed drag a box around an area on the screen you want to magnify or reduce 3 Release the mouse button The content of the dragged box is made visible on the screen Zoom In Tool This tool zooms in by the specified factor The default factor is 2
252. reference point for the Upright Objects option The Ref X and Ref Y Ref X and Ref Y determine an imaginary point dupli cated around the center as specified The selected objects are reproduced in the same position relative to each imaginary point that is duplicated With the option Rotated Objects the reference point has a constant distance to the center of the circular array coordinates can be speci fied by entering the values in the respective fields or clicking a point on the drawing area 83 Editing objects If you begin a duplication and discover that it is not what you want you can stop the process by pressing the Escape key and then choosing Undo to remove the copies from your document The asterisk indicates that you may use the cursor to input an offset distance by dragging between any two points on the drawing area The cursor must be in the Offset Distance field while dragging The offset Direction is also filled in the respective entry fields when you drag the offset distance since the vector you drag determines the Offset Direction automatically 84 Using Polar Duplicate 1 Select the object to be duplicated Choose Polar Duplicate from the Edit menu 2 3 Enter the number of objects in the circular array 4 Click the Center X box 5 Move the pointer to the drawing area and click to indicate the center for the array of copies The values for Center X and Center Y appear in the ent
253. ressing the Escape key Redo Shift Ctrl Z This command in the Edit menu reinstates the last action reversed by Undo You can Undo and Redo any of the last eight editing actions You can undo actions that create and edit geometry and text but not actions that do not change the contents of the drawing such as resiz 81 Editing objects An asterisk appearing beside an entry field indicates that you can fill in the box by dragging the mouse in the drawing area to indicate the length If you begin a duplication and discover that it is not what you want you can stop the process by pressing the Escape key and then choosing Undo to remove the copies from your document Dragging to indicate the offset is particularly useful if you want the offset to equal the distance between two objects 82 Duplicating Objects DraftBoard allows you to create multiple copies of an object and arrange them in an array along a straight line or in a circular pattern Linear Duplicate This command in the Edit menu allows you to create an array of copies along a straight line Linear Duplicate Number Per Row 2 X Length 11 211 Total Lengths Y Length 0 000 O Step Lengths Number Of Rows 3 Offset 0 000 Total Offset O Step Offset Cancel OK The Linear Duplicate dialog box contains the following settings Number Per Row The total number o
254. ring each step of the construction For example the opposite point circle pointer illustrated above shows that the first click of the mouse places a point on one edge of the circle you re creating After you click a location the hot spot moves to the other side of the pointer showing that the next click places a point on the opposite edge of the circle lt Point of first click Hot spot moved to other side of the pointer After you click the second location the circle appears The hot spot moves back to its original position on the pointer so that you can create another circle Location Indicator The location indicator is two numbers to the left of the horizontal scroll buttons at the bottom of the drawing area Layer ww Outline w 76 994 115 094 lt This indicator continuously tracks the pointer location when the pointer is in the drawing area displaying the X Y coordinates of the current location relative to the origin The origin 0 0 is in the center of the screen when you open a new document A symbol appears at the origin 0 0 when you make the grid visible by choosing Show Grid from the Layout menu Message Line The message line across the top of the drawing area provides concise instructions for the use of the curtent tool For example after selecting the Center Point Circle tool the message line appears as illustrated below Center Point Circle Pick center Ctrl Copy previous The
255. rom the list Click Apply A to Arranging Geometry The Arrange menu contains some commands that enable you to subdivide geometty group geometry so it behaves like a unit and lock geometry to prevent changes In addition this menu contains a command to refresh the screen after you have changed geometty This menu contains also commands to sort objects on the screen When using these commands objects in the foreground will cover ob jects in the background This feature allows to manipulate the default drawing order of DraftBoard that puts always that object into the foreground that was drawn last Bring to Front This command brings a selected object into the foreground and will cover all underlying objects When this command is selected for another object the object brought into the foreground before will go one position backwards This allows to sort objects specifically on the screen If several sorted objects are grouped the sorting order will be kept even if the grouped object is send to front again Send to Back This command sends a selected object into the background and will be covered by all objects lying in the foreground When this command is selected for another object the object brought into the background before will go one position forwards This allows to sort objects specifically on the screen If several sorted objects are grouped the sorting order will be kept even if the grouped object is send to
256. rsions of DraftBoard The document appears in the drawing area maintaining the same settings as the last time you saved it If you made any changes to the default settings such as edit ing pen styles or hiding layers those changes remain in effect The Open dialog box allows you to specify the document you want and lets you change directories or folders if necessary Opening a document 1 Choose Open from the File menu The Open dialog box appears 2 Display in the Look in pop up menu the appropriate Folder containing the document you want to open 3 Select in the file type you want to open from the File Type pop up menu The list box displays all files of the selected type available in that folder 4 Click the File name you want to open in the list box If you double click on the file name the document is opened without clicking the Open button 3 Click the Open button Recent File List Another way to access files that have been opened recently is through the Recent File List that appears in the File menu after the Exit command This list contains the names and paths of the most recent files that have been opened by DraftBoard To open a file from the Recent File List simply select the file from the File menu If the file has been moved since it was last used and the path is no longer accurate DraftBoard will ask you to locate the file by providing the standard Open dialog box Saving a Drawing You can save a drawing
257. ruction redraws according to the new specifications in the status line Drawing Area You use the drawing area for all construction editing and annotation of geometry You can think of the drawing area as a sheet of paper of unlimited size that you can use to construct full size unscaled drawings You can use the scroll bars to move the sheet so the portion you want to work on is visible in the window Displaying the grid If you wish to work with a grid in the drawing area choose Show Grid from the Layout menu 0 0 Origin Coordinate Symbol When the grid is visible constructions svap to the grid meaning that any geometty point that you click snaps onto the closest grid point The coordinate symbol appears at the origin when the grid is visible Scroll Bars The scroll bars allow you to move the sheet up and down or right and left You can display different parts of the drawing sheet by dragging the slider of a scroll bar to the approximate location For ex ample the right center or left position in the horizontal scroll bar dis plays the right side middle or left side of the drawing a Normally you will not need to display the Grid since the Drawing Assistant offers a more elegant support than the grid sa mi fal You can also click the arrows at the end of the scroll bars to move the sheet one line at a time If you click in the scroll bar the sheet moves one window at a time Work Laye
258. ry boxes 6 Specify Upright or Rotated objects by clicking a button 7 Ifyou specified Upright click a location for the reference point in the drawing area 8 If you do not want the copies in a complete circle click the Total or Step Angle button 9 Enter a value for the specified angle type 10 Click OK Offset This command in the Edit menu allows you to create offsets from lines arcs circles ellipses and splines Original Spline _ Offset Spline When you select the Offset command in the Edit menu the following dialog box is displayed Offset Offset Distance 0 5 Ref point to define offset direction Ref X 172 488 Y 47 778 z o OK Options Cancel The Offset dialog box contains the following settings Offset Distance The offset distance is the distance away from the original geometry that the new geometry will be created For multiple offsets additional values may be entered manually into the Offset Distance field separated by semicolons Ref The X and Y values can be filled in manually or indicated by a mouse click on the drawing area offset from the object the Z value must be 0 The point clicked determines which side of the object the offset should be performed Clicking the Options button displays the following dialog box Options Tolerance 1 270 Max Iteration 3 Mitered Joi
259. ry hatch pattern Dash1 You can use one or mote dash1 parameters to define dash es in the hatch pattern line The dash1 parameter is op tional and not required for solid lines A positive number such as 25 defines the length of a dash A dot drawn by Text Fills and Crosshatches the hatch pattern is defined by the value 0 But to be sure that dots will be printed by any type of printer it is recom mended to define for dots a very short dash1 parameters close to 0 Tips on creating Pattern Codes Each line of code applies to a single pattern segment The two lines of data in our example represent a hatch pattern with two lines There is no limit to the number of data lines for hatch pattern definitions But complex patterns can take a long time to draw on the screen You cannot specify a weight or width for hatch pattern lines The work around is to define two or more very closely spaced lines A pattern line consists of straight lines and dots You cannot specify arcs circles and other round elements in a hatch pattern file To simulate circular elements use a series of very short dashes To make it easier to read your hatch pattern code use tabs and spaces to format the code into nice columns like this Angle x y origin x y offset dash codes 37 5 0 0 1 123 1 567 1 0 5 2 0 5 The hatch description file Extended pat shipping can be modified for the creation of your own patterns You find this file in the DraftBoard fold
260. s 20 circle tools 33 clicking 26 clipboard 81 close command 152 color 54 color palette 56 fills 96 line 54 pen 54 with layers 138 connected lines tool 30 constants 107 construction command 47 construction line style 58 construction lines 46 179 construction command 47 creating construction geometry 48 dynamic 46 parallel 48 permanent 47 removing 49 strokes 47 copy copy command 81 objects with tools 78 Corner Trim 198 corner trim tool 75 crosshatch 96 boundaries 97 crosshatch command 97 hatch command 98 origin 97 specifying patterns 234 crosshatching 189 208 Customer Services 237 cut command 80 D dash line style 58 DAssistant command 44 data exchange 152 data interfaces 231 decimal indicators 229 default settings 62 delete command 81 delete constructions command 49 detail views 139 211 dialog boxes 19 Dimensions Saving Palette 105 dimensions 187 symbol 106 and status boxes 106 angular 112 appearance 114 117 arc length dimension 113 atrow size 120 atrows 117 associative dimensions 105 balloon symbols 113 center mark 113 decimal indicators 229 diametral 112 dimension editor 114 dot size 121 dual dimensions 116 241 Index 242 extended radial arrow in 111 fixed 107 formats 115 horizontal 107 instantaneous modification 117 keep dimension text size 131 layer 106 117 137 leading0 120 line style 58 lines 118 oblique 109 perpendicular
261. s and hold down the mouse button an BEE Show Grid Strg G Preferences gt 2D Analysis Show Points Construction Strg K Delete Constructions EEE soon Drawing Size Quick Introduction 3 With the mouse button still pressed drag the pointer down the menu Each command highlights as the pointer moves over it 4 When the command you want highlights release the mouse button The command executes or the setting such as Selectable Points toggles on ot off Mouse versus Keyboard DraftBoard s menu items can be chosen with the mouse or with a combination of keys on the keyboard For example you can use with Windows any of three methods fot displaying the Edit menu e Click on Edit in the menu bar Press the Alt key and then type E for Edit e Press the Alt key and then press the right Arrow key until Edit is highlighted in the menu bat then press Enter You have three methods for choosing commands with the keyboard For example you could use any of the following methods to choose the Show Grid command from the Layout menu e Press Alt and L for Layout and then type G for Show Grid e Press Alt then use the right Arrow key to highlight Layout and press Enter Hold down the Ctrl key and type G for Show Grid The first method is the mnemonic method You press the Alt key with the appropriate letters for the menu and command as indicated by the underlined character in the names The third method
262. scribed in a rectangle the Drawing Assistant s horizontal and vertical temporary con struction lines will cross at the center point once you have touched two vertex points 34 3 Point Circle O This tool draws a circle through the points you select Using the 3 Point Circle tool 1 Click the first point on the circle 2 Drag or click the second and third points Dragging displays the rubberband circle If you place any of the three points on an existing object the circle is drawn through that point If you click an object while holding down the Ctrl key the circle is drawn tangent to the object rather than through the indicated point You may combine the placement of these points to create a circle through a specific point of one object and tangent to another object or a circle tangent to three objects or any other combination If you drag the first two points a rubberband image guides your construction Yi x2 Y2 x3 Y3 The status line indicates the X Y coordinates for each of the three points Tangent Point Circle Tool al This tool draws a circle tangent to the two objects you indicate Using the Tangent Point Circle tool 1 Click the objects to which the circle is to be tangent 2 You can enter a diameter for the circle in the status box 95 Ellipse Tools alolela These tools on the tool palette construct ell
263. second line extends off the screen Architectural Drawings Choose Zoom All from the Arrange menu Complete the rectangle using the Shift key while dragging the third wall Change the current work layer with the pop up layer box at the lower left of the drawing area Click anywhere in the drawing area to deselect all walls Press the mouse button on the box and the menu displays Drag to Interior walls and release the mouse button Interior walls is now the current work layer Create a drawing like the one below with two interior walls 10 cm thick which don t merge with the exterior walls Move the pointer along the inner edge of the upper horizontal wall until the notation midpoint displays Drag a wall segment about 6 m long Enter 10 cm for the thickness of the wall in the status line and press the Tab key Enter 6 in the L status box and press Return The horizontal wall is not merged with the vertical wall segment since they are not on the same layer Drag a horizontal wall to connect the vertical wall segment with the right vertical exterior wall 7 Construct al m hole through the vertical interior wall 1 m distant from the upper horizontal wall Move the mouse pointer to the inner left corner of the upper horizontal exterior wall When the endpoint notation displays drag horizontally toward the center releasing the mouse
264. shatches Specifying the Fill or Crosshatch Area The selected objects must completely enclose the area you want to crosshatch or fill For example to crosshatch the object below you would select all of the lines making up the part including the holes The exterior lines define the boundary for the crosshatching or solid fill The two holes tell DraftBoard that those enclosed areas within the original area should not be crosshatched ot filled N To crosshatch a rectangle Select only the boundaries Hatching and Filling Once you have selected the lines and holes you can choose the Hatch Fill Crosshatch or the Fill command from the Pen menu and specify the pattern you want to use Crosshatch Using this command you can select a hatch pattern You can change the default hatch pattern by saving the changes with the Save Preferences command in the Layout menu under Preferences Choosing the Crosshatch command the following dialog box is displayed ES Crosshatch Spacing 30 000 in O DIN Angle 0 Olso Apply origin x 0 000 origin y 0 000 The Crosshatch dialog box allows the following settings Patterns In the Crosshatch list you select a pattern Depending which option is checked DIN or ISO the Crosshatch list may contain subdirectories with additional hatch patterns that you can open with
265. shows the revised pattern exactly as it will be when the specified object is crosshatched If you have scaled a drawing double click in the pattern box to adjust the displayed pattern Apply When you click Apply all selected and all future ob jects will be hatched with the settings you specified Adding crosshatching 1 Select the objects which represent a closed boundary The closed boundary may include cutout ateas such as a hole Select both the outside boundaty and the hole 2 Choose Crosshatch from the Pen menu 3 Select the pattern you want from the crosshatch list The pattern you select appears in the Pattern display area as it will appear on the drawing 4 Change the spacing and angle if you want As you make changes to the angle or spacing the pattern box shows the revised pattern exactly as it will be when the specified object is crosshatched 5 Click Apply Specifying a Hatch Origin 1 Select the objects which represent a closed boundary The closed boundary may include cutout areas such as a hole Select both the outside boundary and the hole 2 Choose Crosshatch from the Pen menu 3 Select the pattern you want from the crosshatch list for example Bricks 8 in the folder Extended 4 Change the spacing and angle if you want As you make changes to the angle or spacing the pattern box shows the revised pattern exactly as it will be when the specified object is crosshatched 4 Specify in the two en
266. sics line isn t straight e Release the mouse button A horizontal construction line appears Now you have two construction lines which remain until you delete them 2 Add a vertical construction line Hold down the Shift and Ctrl key Position the pointer at the midpoint of the uppermost horizontal line midpoint Drag down vertically A vertical construction line appears You ll use these two construction lines later in the tutorial 3 Use the stroke command to zoom in on a corner of the drawing so that you can fillet it in the next exercise Hold down the Shift and Ctrl key e Drag as illustrated from above and to the left of the upper right corner of the drawing across the corner Since all tools work at any magnification you can repeat this action for further magnification Accomplishments Creating a construction line by using a stroke command Zooming in with a stroke command Fillet and Chamfer In this exercise you will fillet one corner of the part and add a chamfer to another 1 Fillet the corner you zoomed in on in the last exercise 182 Click the 2 Entity Fillet on the tool palette x Click the horizontal and vertical lines that intersect to form the Po these lines corner The fillet is drawn with a radius of 0 8 cm and the corner is automatically trimmed away 2 Return the drawing to its original size
267. side an entry field Center Y 0 000 Ref x 25 400 indicates that you can fill in Total Angle 360 Hea 0 000 the box by dragging the O Step Angle 90 mouse in the drawing area PT OK to indicate the length The Polar Duplicate dialog box contains the following settings Number The total number of objects you want Be sure to include the selected object itself in this total count Center X The Center X and Y values determine the center of he X Y values can be also Center Y the circular array dragged on the drawing area Total Angle The total number of degrees between the center of the selected object and the center of the last copy the copies should be ar ranged semicircular the To tal Angle must be 180 Step Angle The number of degrees between the center you want to place an ob of the selected object and the center of the first ect iras times in asemi circle the Number must be copy 3 and the Step Angle 90 Rotated Copies are rotated relative to the angle between the the option Rotated Objects copies Each single arbitrary point of all copies have Objects is selected in the same distance to the center of the circular array principle any point on the object becomes a That means that any point of the object can be the Reference Point reference point Upright Copies are upright with respect to the selected object Objects This option requires a reference point RefX RefY The
268. sing at the beginning point of the arc and releasing at the endpoint You can simply click all three points but the rubberband arc doesn t appear when you use this method To construct an arc greater than 180 you must drag rather than click the endpoint x Y a A dA The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the center of the arc the ength of the radius the starting angle from horizontal and the delta angle from the start Radius is the selected status box 3 Point Arc Tool O This tool draws an arc through the points you select Using the 3 Point Arc tool 1 Click the first position on the arc 2 Drag or click the second and third positions Dragging displays the rubberband arc The arc is drawn from the first position that you indicate in the direction of the next point If you click on an object while holding down the Ctrl key the arc is drawn tangent to the specified object rather than through the point You may combine the placement of points to create an arc through a specific point of one object and tangent to another object or an arc tangent to three objects or any other combination Y1 x2 v2 x3 Y3 The status line indicates the X Y coordinates for each of the three points Tangent Point Arc Tool lr This tool draws an arc beginning at the first point you specify The second point you specify is
269. sion text If you select in the order shown on the smart pointer the text appears above horizon tally dimensioned geo metry or to the right of vertically dimensioned geom etry If you select in the oppo site order the text appears below or to the left of the se lected geometry 187 Basics The dimension appears however you should add a tolerance e Select Limits from the Preferences of the Dimension menu A new group of status boxes appears at the bottom of the screen Text Upper 003 Lower 001 Click the Upper status box Type 003 and press Enter 200 r The dimension now reflects a 003 upper tolerance and 001 lower tolerance 3 Dimension the angle of the cutout Select the Angular dimension tool Click the arms of the cutout near the lower ends of the lines Click here on the lines not the endpoints The angle is measured from the endpoint nearest the location you click 2 800 4 Add a radial dimension to the fillet Select the Radial Arrow dimension tool e Choose No Tolerances from Preferences of the Dimension menu to return to dimensions without tolerance Radial dimensions are Click outside but near the filleted corner Make sure the on created with a single click notation appears on the arc of the mouse The text on appears on the side of the ORE arc that you click gt The radial dimension appears on the side
270. specify a plotter font for text and dimensions on your drawing since all other fonts are proportional and may differ in their appearance slightly from the assigned size You can also specify different text styles such as ta ic or bold for plot ter fonts in the Text menu and generate special characters and accents as described in the Appendix of this manual Scaling Rules While scaling the different elements of a drawing behave as follows object geometry is always scaled e line and hatch patterns are never scaled e text and dimensions are not scaled if the options keep text size and keep dimension text size ate active text and dimensions are always scaled if the options keep text size and keep dimension text size are not checked Basic Drafting In case the dashed or dotted line patterns are not dis played correctly because the scale factor is too large or too small you can adjust the line pattern using Edit Pat tern the command in the Pen menu Remember Lines with dashed or dotted line patterns and Hatch patterns are never scalded in DraftBoard but always displayed at their true size It is advisable to use the Selection mask to select all text and dimensions in case you have to assign the accurate text size after scaling All Plotter Fonts available with DraftBoard are listed in Appendix A of this Reference Guide 131 Basic Drafting It is advisable to use the Selection mask to select all text
271. sshatching Mirror Images and Bolt Circles NURB Splines Creating a Detail View Drawing to Scale Advanced Features In this section you use some of the more advanced DraftBoard features While many features are demonstrated you should look through the User Guide chapters for other features which might be useful to you In some cases the exercises do not create a useful part but only show you how to use a feature such as how to trim two lines to make a corner or how to construct a line tangent to a circle In other cases you create real parts such as the front and side view of a flange The features covered in this section include e Corner trim e Trim Relimit e Text e Tangent lines e Perpendicular lines Origin 0 0 e Circle fillets Polar duplicate e Polygon e Parallel lines e Mirror transformation Bolt circle e Splines Advanced Features 197 Advanced Features Trimming and Relimiting In this exercise you will investigate some advanced construction techniques DraftBoard allows you to create corners and trim or re limit lines When you trim a line it is shortened to its intersection with the selected boundary Relimiting allows you to extend or shorten a line to the limiting boundary 1 Open a new DraftBoard document e Choose New from the File menu 2 Explore the Trim tool e Create an approximation of the lines below The exact figure is not important You are only l
272. st line of each paragraph i This is an example Of a paragraph with the first line indented Left Indent Sets the number of units for the indentation of the left margin of each paragraph 2 Dieser Absatz f wurde links i eingezogen Right Indent Sets the number of units for the indentation of the right margin of each paragraph This is an example i of a paragraph with i a right indentation i Crosshatching and Solid fills DraftBoard can crosshatch and fill any enclosed area in your drawing and then automatically update the crosshatching when you change the dimensions of the enclosed area You can specify a closed area that has a hole or other cutout in it and DraftBoard accurately excludes the hole area from the crosshatching and filling In the Pen menu you will find two fill commands Fill and Solid Fill and two crosshatch commands Crosshatch and Hatch Fill creates a solid fill for a selection with the current pen color and Hatch cross hatches the selection with the current pattern If you want to change the patterns choose Crosshatch and specify the pattern you want to use If you want to change the default hatch pattern make changes to the preferences file as described in The Basics chapter Hatch and Fill boundaries Before you can hatch or fill an area you must select the hatch or fill boundaries You can select the boundaries with the Selection tool or the Tracer Text Fills and Cros
273. st material vendors particularly for sheet steel and aluminium Enter the weight for the thickness of the proposed material and click the Calculate button Perimeter The length of all segments which define the selected For circles arcs and boundary This is the only value that is calculated if other curves the accuracy is dependent upon the the boundary of an object such as a Sp ine or an Arc tolerance setting is not closed Area The surface area enclosed by the selected boundary For circles arc and other curves the accuracy is dependent upon the tolerance setting Weight The product of the Area multiplied by the Weight Per Area 171 Geometric Analysis The closed figure is an area that could be cross hatched If you are in doubt about the area sim ply crosshatch the geome try to see if it represents the area you want to ana lyse Once you crosshatch the area and you see that your selection is correct you can choose Undo to re move the crosshatching and still maintain the selec tion The 2D Analysis dialog box remains open 172 X Centroid Xc Yc E i Area DR Xc Yc 0 0 Centroid X The X coordinate of the center of mass defined by the selected boundary Centroid Y The Y coordinate of the center of mass defined by the selected boundary Inertia IXX The moment of inertia about a central X X axis which s parallel to the X axis IXX f y Yc 2dA Inertia IYY The moment of inerti
274. struction O Pattern Dotted Weight 0 25 mm Color Magenta Modifying Pen Styles You can change the characteristics of a pen the Edit Style command in the Pen menu Edit Style This command in the Pen menu sets the characteristics for the pen styles Redefining the specification of a pen style 1 Choose Edit Style in the Pen menu The Edit Style dialog box appears BE Edit Style Style Outline y New Color Black y Apply Weight 0 25 Pattern Solid 2 Select the pen style you want to change by pressing the Style entry box When the list of pen styles appears drag to the style you want to change 3 Specify the characteristics color weight and pattern you want for that style 4 Click the Apply button The selected pen style has now the new specifications until you quit DraftBoard When you click the Apply button all selected objects in the drawing area obtain the new specifications The dia log box stays open so you can make changes to other pen styles When you edit a style you set new specifications for future uses of that pen The specifications remain in effect for the document in Setting the Environment which they are set until you change it again with the Edit Style command Redefining the specification of a single pen style When you only want to modify the characteristics of a pen as long as you use this pen you must proceed as follows 1
275. struction lines 47 zooming 126 style text 94 submenus 19 Support 237 symbolmanager 222 symbols 161 symbol 106 balloons 113 insertion point 161 libraries 164 placing 162 placing libriary symbols 166 symbol manager 165 wall symbols 31 system requirements 10 T tangent lines 201 tangent point arc tool 32 tangent point circle tool 34 tangents 44 text 91 199 alignment 95 dimensions 119 drag amp drop 92 extended font selection 93 font 93 importing 91 indentation 96 keep text size option 131 margins 61 92 move 9 non standard size 94 plotter fonts 131 233 scaling 94 size 94 spacing 95 style 94 thickness line 57 through points spline tool 37 tiled printing 134 toggling commands 21 tol text size 120 tolerance dimensions 106 tolerances dimensions 115 tools arcs 32 chamfer tools 73 circles 33 copying objects 78 detail view tool 140 dimension tools 105 drawing tools 29 editing tools 73 ellipses 34 expand shrink Tool 77 fillet tools 73 function plotters 39 lines 29 mirror tool 76 move tool 76 p lygons 35 rectangle 36 rotate tool 76 segment tool 75 selection 66 sizing objects 79 splines 37 text 91 text tool 91 transformation 75 trim tools 74 zooming 125 trailing O s dimensions 120 trailing O s units 60 transformation tools 75 trim tools 74 trimming objects 198 truetype 233 txt 152 U undo command 81 ungroup command 88 units combining 229 decimal indicators 229 inches
276. t a symbol file with the file extension vlm When you click the Open button the dialog box is closed and the selected symbol is added to the existing libraty symbols This button removes a selected symbol or library from related list field This button allows to modify the name of a selected symbol or library This button saves all changes made in the Libraries dialog box When you close the dialog box using the Close field in the title bar a message reminds you that all changes will be lost without saving Creating a new Symbol library 1 Choose the Library command from the Symbols submenu The Libraries dialog box is displayed 2 Click the New button The Set Libraries File dialog box is displayed 3 Overwrite the default name Library vlb with an appropriate name 4 Select a folder where you want to save the Library reference file 5 Click OK The dialog box is closed and the new library is added to the existing symbol libraries with the default name Library 1 6 Select Library 1 Library 1 is displayed in the Rename field 7 Overwrite Library 1 with an appropriate name 8 Click the Rename button The new library name is displayed in the Library list field Adding Symbols 1 Choose the Library command from the Symbols submenu The Libraries dialog box is displayed 2 Select the library you want add symbols to ick the Add button in the Symbo s section The Add Symbols dialog box is displayed C
277. t the fill by clicking on it Choose Solid Fill from the Pen menu Change the Tolerance and press Ap ply You can also change the Tolerance in the Edit Objects dialog box 99 Text Fills and Crosshatches 100 Creating Hatch description files To bind in your own hatch pattern into DraftBoard you must save the Hatch description files as ASCII files into the DraftBoard folder Scripts VSG Hatches A Hatch description file can contain the description of one or several crosshatch patterns The file name of a Hatch description file is displayed in the Crosshatch dialog box of DraftBoard if it is copied in the folder mentioned above The file extension of this ASCII file must be always pat Without this file extension DraftBoard is not able to identify this file and cannot display the crosshatch patterns described in this file To create a Hatch description files you can use any Tex Editor such as NotePad for Windows Pattern Definitions A Hatch description file contains several sections The following example explains the file structure describing a simple pattern at a specific angle 77 DraftBoard FR Definition Angle Hatch Pattern ANGLE Angle steel 0 0705 0552755 225 2075 90 0 0 OF 275 5 224 2207 Each file starts with a Comment line that is indicated by a semicolon 5 before each comment All lines starting with a semicolon are ignored by DraftBoard when Le nterpreting the pattern description T
278. t notation Quadrant Enter 0 75 in the status line and press Enter A 0 75 cm circle is drawn centered on the top of the 9 cm circle Draw a 1 5 cm circle with the same center as the 0 75 cm circle Enter 1 5 and press Enter Another circle is drawn centered at the same place and with a diameter of 7 5 cm Create fillets with the default 0 5 cm radius where the lug joins the flange e Click the Fillet tool F e Hold down the Shift key and click between the two curves as shown by the x in the illustration below e Repeat the process on the other side of the lug The fillets are complete Trim the lug Click the Selection tool The last fillet you created is still selected e Hold down the Shift key and click the other unselected fillet Both fillets are selected to be used as the boundaries for trimming Click the Simple Trim tool X Click the bottom of the 1 5 cm circle and the top of the 9 cm circle Click here The circles are trimmed between the fillets 8 Construct a total of four lugs for the flange e Click the Selection tool e Draga marquee around all entities that make up the lug A The lug is selected e Choose Polar Duplicate from the Edit menu The dialog box should be set to rotate 4 objects with the x y coordinates set at 0 0 Number O Rotated Objects Center X 0 000 Upright Objects Ref x 25 400 Center
279. t of a symbol you proceed as follows 1 Create the object 2 Place one control point at the origin 0 0 0 to specify the Insertion Point of the symbol 161 Symbols A new document has its origin 0 0 0 in the center of the screen To see the origin on the screen you must display the Grid If you don t place a Control Point into the origin the most left Construction Point is automatically used as Insertion point Important It can take a while when you open a symbol with an underlying value table for the first time since DraftBoard has to convert the ASCII table in an own format with the file extension var 162 2 m i Coordinate Symbol PESE E E Fr for Origin 0 0 In the Preview window of all symbol dialog boxes the Insertion point of a symbol is shown as a small black triangle je J gt The Insertion Point is indicated in the Symbol preview by a black Triangle Y Parametric Symbols Parts dimensioned with parametric variables are called Parametric Symbols Parametric symbols always are the first choice whenever parts equal shaped but with varying dimensions are required You cannot create but use Parametric Symbols in DraftBoard Most symbols available in the symbol libraries shipping with DraftBoard are parametric symbols Whenever you place a parametric symbol in a drawing the symbol is placed without all dimensions containing a parametric variable Parametric dimensions
280. t or a complex assembly Each Drawing has one or more Sheets like the sheets of paper in a set of blueprints and each Sheet is made up of Layers which can be hidden or displayed as needed What you see on the screen is the current sheet that can contain up to 256 Layers The first part of this chapter discusses using the File commands fot opening importing exporting and saving files Printing and plotting docu ments is described in the Basic Drafting chapter 147 DraftBoard Documents To display Document Properties and the Drawing Previews in the Windows Explorer you must select the folder containing the DraftBoard Documents whose Attributes and Previews are saved with the drawings and change the display options for the Windows Explorer accordingly In order to display docu ment preview and attributes in the Windows Explorer you must select the direc tory containing Draft Board drawings which are saved with preview and attributes Depending on the Windows version the Explorer must be configured accordingly These setting are only valid for the current DraftBoard session When you want to save these settings perma nently you have to select the Save Preferences command in the Preferenc es submenu in the Layout menu 148 Document Properties and Preview For each drawing you can save specific document properties and a preview of the drawing that can be optionally displayed in the Windows Open di
281. tated on the drawing area You can imagine this drawing area as an infinite large sheet of paper on which you can create any type of geometry object at its original size Using the Scroll bars on the left and lower side of the drawing window you can move the sheet up and down or right and left You can display different parts of the drawing sheet by dragging the slider of a scroll bar to the approximate location Message Line The Message Line across the top of the drawing area provides concise instructions for the use of the current tool For example after selecting the Center Point Circle tool the Message Line appears as illustrated below Center Point Circle Pick center Ctrl Copy previous Ned 3 The instructions in the Message Line for some tools also indicate optional activities For example if you hold down the Control Ctrl key while using the Center Point Circle tool the next mouse click creates a copy of the last circle with the center placed where you clicked Smart Pointer When you select a tool and move the pointer into the drawing area the pointer shape is representative of the tool Some of the pointers like the single line pointer are simple cross hairs Others such as the Opposite Point Circle pointer resemble the tool itself The pointer called a smart pointer displays indicators for multi step procedures Each smart pointer has a dot the ho spot showing the next point you sh
282. ted in the Font submenu of the Text menu The text box appears only when the text is selected The box you are drawing now will always be visible 199 Advanced Features When you want several entities to act as one group them In that way you won t accidentally select one when you meant to select the components of the group 6 Use the Delete key to make corrections as you type Also notice word wrap the text automatically wraps to the next line when a word extends past the right margin 200 e Double click the Selection tool e Choose Group from the Arrange menu e Drag the box around to see that the text and the box act as a single entity Type a list of notes e Create another text box 5 cm wide e Change the text characteristics to accommodate a plotter Font Plotter Size 3 5 mm Style Normal Type the following without pressing Enter 1 The materials list is included on a separate sheet 1 The materials list is i included on a separate sheet e Press Enter to begin a new line Type the following 2 Tolerances are specified as needed 1 The materials list is included on a separate sheet 2 Tolerances are specified as needed Change the indentation so that the text aligns under itself rather than under the number Use the Selection tool to select the note text Choose Indentation from the Text menu Click the entry box Left Indent to highli
283. ter Setting the Environment Note You should save fre quently Even though your drawing appears on the screen it is not stored on the disk until you save it Hours of work can be lost because of a power failure It is also important to save before performing any intri cate multistep manoeuvre In that way if the result is not what you had hoped you can abandon the file by closing it without saving 150 Displaying Document Properties in the Windows Explorer To display document properties and document previews in the Windows Explorer you must go to the directory that contains DraftBoard drawings that were saved with Previews and Attributes and activate it the option As Web Page in the Views menu of the Explorers Tool Tips don t work with all Operating systems Opening drawings The File menu contains the Open and New command to open a drawing With New you create a new drawing while the Open command opens an existing drawing New Ctrl N This command in the File menu creates a new DraftBoard document The new document has no name the title bar shows Untitled 1 and is set with the default options such as pen style or grid display If you open more than one new document the subsequent documents are numbered sequentially until you name them by saving Open Ctrl 0 The Open command in the File menu opens an existing document that was created with DraftBoard This document can be created by current or earlier ve
284. tern Center Point Circle Tool This tool draws a circle specified by the center point and diameter Using the Center Point Circle tool Click two locations the first click places the center and the sec ond determines the radius or E Drag pressing at the center and releasing at a position indicating the radius If you drag the points a rubberband image guides your construction You can create a copy of the last circle by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where you want the center for the new circle x i YE Da The status line shows the X Y coordinates of the center and the diameter of the circle Diameter is the selected status box Opposite Point Circle Tool This tool draws a circle specified by the diameter Using the Opposite Point Circle tool s Click two locations to indicate the diameter Or Drag pressing the mouse button at the beginning and releasing it at a position that indicates the diameter If you drag the points a rubberband image guides your construction io y 0 aX 1 aY The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates representing the endpoints of the diameter 33 Creating Geometry Ellipses do not have center points by design If you draw lines between opposite vertex points on the ellipse then the inter section of the two lines will be the center of the ellipse For a 2 point Center Ellipse in
285. ters cm and meters m You can also mix the units in the mathematical expression as long as you label the units properly for example 10 25 4 cm Decimal Indicators DraftBoard can handle both American and Enropean decimal entries in the status line 24 5 or 24 5 229 Appendix The ANSI Code you enter must have 4 digits If the code exists only of 3 digits you must place a leading 0 since the four digit code 0216 doesn t have the same result as 216 230 Special Characters You can use special characters and accents which are available with your computer Usually these characters are described in the user manual of your Operating System Special Characters for Microsoft Windows You can enter many special characters from the keyboard If necessary unlock the keypad with the Num Lock key and then hold down the Alt key and enter the numeric code for the character you want The character appears in the current font including DraftBoard s Plot ter font The codes are listed in the Microsoft Windows User s Guide You can as well use the Windows Charset in the Accessories submenu of the Start menu to insert special characters into DraftBoard Examples e Alt 0176 Alt 0216 o Alt 0248 Alt 0177 Alt 0169 Alt 64 Alt 0128 Appendix Data Interfaces This appendix contains additional information on the data interfaces already described in the manual DWG DXF Interfaces
286. the left or upwards Automatic trimming of smart walls occurs only when the walls are on the same layer If you want to fillet or chamfer smart walls you have to ungroup them with the Ungroup command in the Arrange menu It is recommended that you place all symbols before you ungroup and fillet chamfer the walls since ungrouped walls loose their smart features such as automatic trimming Select only the wall segments not any placed symbols if you want to ungroup a wall 31 Creating Geometry If DraftBoard can t create the arc tangent to an object it will define an alternate construction 32 If you want to use the Smart Wall feature for single lines you have to create the lines with the Smart Wall tool and enter 0 for the thickness of the wall Arc Tools You can use the Arc tools on the tool palette to create an arc by any of three methods Center Po nt Arc e 3 Point Arc Tangent Point Arc As you create each arc the status line displays entries such as coordinate locations radius angle from horizontal and delta angle The arc is drawn with the current pen specifications for color weight and pattern Center Point Arc Tool B This tool draws an arc from three points the center point arc beginning point and arc endpoint Using the Center Point Arc tool 1 Click the center point of the arc 2 Click the radius and beginning of the arc 3 Drag the extent of the arc pres
287. til you choose another tool 2 Draw the first vertical line 8 cm long e Position the pointer in the lower left of the drawing area approximately as shown by the x below 177 Basics Untitled 1 m E Select Select Shift Extend Ctl Copy a isi A x am en y Duine lt la El e Click to set the first point The Drawing Assistant s Move the pointer up until the Drawing Assistant s vertical construction lines aid in construction line appears precise placement The predefined construction on ines are vertical hori zontal and at a 45 angle o existing geometry points elign y When the pointer is near such a location the con Move the pointer a couple of inches from your last point struction line appears and he word on appears next P 2 o the pointer The Drawing struction line click to set the new point on the construction you don t need to be exact and when on appears on the con Assistant doesn t require line you to be exact only close enough to display the feed At the bottom of the DraftBoard window the status line back Once you click the displays these boxes Drawing Assistant locks x Y dX jay lA onto the exact location Whatever you type will The numbers on your screen may not match the numbers in automatically go into the this illustration Length status box
288. tion lines Advanced Features align y 5 intersect The first vertical line for the side view is drawn O O O Construct the remaining vertical lines of the side view Click the Parallel Line tool 22 Drag a line to the right of the vertical line in the side view Enter 2 5 The parallel line is drawn 2 5 cm to the right of the original line Click the original vertical line Enter 3 O The vertical lines are complete Construct the horizontal lines for the side view Select the Single Line tool Draw a horizontal line across the top of the right arm of the side view Continue drawing the horizontal lines aligned with these locations as shown in the illustration below Top of bolt hole Bottom of bolt hole Top of hub Top of hexagon Center of flange O O NS O The lines are drawn and the centerline is selected If it is not use the Selection tool to select the line from the center of the flange to the side view Choose Center from the Pen menu Select the Selection tool Click outside the flange to deselect everything Choose Visible from the Pen menu 207 Advanced Features You can use the Shift and Ctrl keyfor Stroke zoom dragging from the upper left to the lower right across the side view You can also select the Zoom In tool and drag a marquee around the side view If zooming t
289. to select more than one object you can drag with the mouse button pressed a selection marquee around the objects 1 Click the Selection tool in the tool palette 2 Drag a selection marquee around the objects you want to select Selected control point selected Object 2 Selection marquee hk All objects that lie completely inside the selection marquee are selected If a portion of an object is outside the region you dragged that geometry is not selected but the contro points of that geometry which lie inside the selection marquee are selected If you want to select most of the objects within an area you can drag a selection marquee to select all the objects and then deselect the objects you do not want selected by holding down the Shift key and clicking them Select all Objects Double clicking the Selection tool selects all objects on the drawing area Tracer This tool on the Selection tool subpalette selects automatically bound The Tracer tool is most ary lines The tool uses coincident endpoints and line intersections to useful for selecting bound aries for crosshatching for trace the perimeter of the geometry solid fills and for 2D Analy Selecting boundary lines sis because it eliminates i the need to segment 1 Select the Tracer tool from the Selection Tool subpalette geometry 2 Click on a boundary line The tracer moves from one line to another making its selection Important You can press
290. tool again The X status box is active showing that you can enter a value for the X coordinate of the beginning point of the line 3 Type 0 Note Do not press Enter until you reach step 10 4 Press the Tab key The Y box is highlighted 5 Type 0 6 Press the Tab key The dX box is highlighted The dX value is the delta X the nu meric difference between the beginning and ending X coordinate 7 Type 2 8 Press the Tab key The dY box is highlighted 9 Type 2 10 Press the Enter key The line is drawn Creating Geometry Offset from a Point If you want to create some geometry that is offset from an existing point you can use the Status Line to specify the offset Creating geometry offset from a point 1 Select the tool you want to use 2 Move the pointer over the control point from which you want the offset 3 Click once to lock onto that point 4 Click in the appropriate X or Y box in the Status Line placing the text cursor at the end of the entry 5 Type the offset such as 3 and press Enter 6 Continue with your construction Drawing Tools The following section describes the drawing tools found on the Tool palette Line Tools IMAZ The Line tools on the Tool palette create ine segments connected lines lines parallel to existing lines and smart walls As you create a line the coordinate locations line length and angle from horizontal appear in the Sta
291. tool creates a chamfer at the specified angle and distance from the corner The specified angle is the angle between the chamfer and the second line of the corner The specified length is the distance be tween the corner and the intersection of the chamfer and the second line of the corner The default distance is 0 5 mm and the default angle is 45 Adding a chamfer 1 Click the Angular Chamfer tool 2 In the status line enter the length you want the intersection of the chamfer and the second line of the corner from the corner The default length is 0 5 mm 3 In the status line enter the angle you want between the chamfer and the second side The default angle is 45 4 Click each line making up the corner you want chamfered You can also hold down the Shift key and click once inside the corner you want to chamfer The lines are automatically trimmed or extended If you hold down the Ctrl key while you select the objects to chamfer the objects are not trimmed Mis A 45 The status line allows you to set the distance Length from the intersection as well as the angle Trim Tools xiki The Trim tools on the tool palette lengthen or shorten lines and curves In general you select the limiting object s before you select the tool However if you don t select everything you need you can hold down the Shift key and click additional objects after the Trim too is selected
292. try fields Origin X and Origin Y a value for the new origin of the hatch pattern Alternatively you can click first in one of the two fields and then in the lower left corner of the hatch boundary on DraftBoard drawing area for the new origin of the selected hatch pattern The values ate automatically filled in into the two Origin fields 5 Click Apply The origin of the hatch pattern is moved accordingly Editing an existing crosshatch pattern 1 Select the existing crosshatching by clicking it with the Selection tool Choose Crosshatch from the Pen menu 3 Make the changes you want in the Crosshatch dialog box 4 Click Apply The crosshatching changes as you specified Hatch Ctrl H This command is located in the Pen menu and crosshatches the select ed objects using the curtent crosshatch pattern If you want to change the crosshatch pattern choose Crosshatch and make your selection from the dialog box Crosshatching with the current pattern 1 Select the object you want to crosshatch 2 Choose Hatch from the Pen menu The selected area is crosshatched with the current pattern Solid Fill This command in the Pen menu fills the selection with the current pen color and the fill tolerances you specified Text Fills and Crosshatches Creating a Solid Fill 1 Select the objects which represent a closed boundary The closed boundary may include cutout areas such as a hole Select both the outside boundary and the hole
293. ts are In case your printer is not listed in the list of available printers you must first install your printer under Windows A detailed description how to install a printer under Windows can be found in the Windows Reference Manual 129 Basic Drafting If the grey boundary representing the page size is not visible after scaling choose Zoom all while the Drawing Size dialog box is displayed The printing plotting region is displayed filling the screen with the Origin 0 0 placed in the center of the page If you cannot see your drawing on the screen you select the Zoom All command in the Arrange menu If the grey boundary representing the page size is not visible after scaling choose Zoom all while the Drawing Size dialog box is displayed 130 The Preview Layout command in the File menu allows you to check the size ratio between the objects and the specified paper size Preview Layout This command in the File menu displays the printing area of the selected paper at its true size and selected orientation If you have not specified a printing plotting size the default size is used LL If the drawing does not fit into the displayed rectangle representing the printing area of the selected paper size you must scale the drawing Printing Plotting region The printing plotting region is displayed when choosing the Preview Layout command and the Drawing size command With both commands a grey rectan
294. ts snap to the grid spacing If you want to place an object between the grid marks you must either turn off the grid change the grid spacing or zoom in so that the spacing is larger than the hit radius The grid spacing automatically reflects the units you set in the Units dialog box When you change the units the ap pearance of the grid spacing remains the same and the values listed in this dialog box change automatically Grid This command in the Preferences submenu on the Layout menu When you make any allows you to set the spacing of the grid lines You can specify the changes in the Grid dialog box the grid is auto matically displayed after closing the Grid dialog box number of ticks subdivisions per unit spacing You can change the default setting by saving changes in the preferences file Show Grid Ctrl G This command on the Layout menu controls the display of the grid The grid is made up of horizontal and vertical lines of dots The spacing of the grid lines and the number of tick marks between the intersections are set in the Grid dialog box which you can choose from the Preferences command on the Layout menu When the grid is visible the Drawing Assistant snaps to the grid spacing In other words if the grid is set to 25 mm spacing you can t construct an object closer than 25 mm to another object The coordinate symbol appears at the origin location X 0 Y 0 when the grid is visible Displaying the Grid is
295. tus Line The line is drawn with the current pen specifications for color weight and pattern Single Line Tool Z This tool draws a line between two points You can click or drag to draw a line Creating Geometry You must remember that when you press the Enter key DraftBoard constructs the object based on the specifications in the status boxes Pressing Enter a second time in the above example would create a second line with the same values Since the lines have the same values the second line overlays the first line and you can t see it The angle and the length of the line are calculated by the values you have specified If you specify values for the angle and the length of the line you don t have to enter values in the dx and dy status fields and vice versa 29 Creating Geometry When creating a point with the Single line tool by clicking twice the same position you have to select a different tool before you continue to draw Other wise you would create a line with a double Starting point This is not required when you use the Circle tool to create a point The radius of a arc created with the Connected line tool can be modified with Edit objects command 30 Using the Single Line tool Click two endpoints of the line Or Drag to indicate the endpoints of the line press at the beginning and release at the end of the line As you drag you see a rubber band line that previews yo
296. type of offset 8 Enter the offset if any You can use a negative number 9 Click OK Example Suppose you want to illustrate six machine screws You could draw geometty then use Linear Duplicate to copy the geometry in an array 1 Create and select the geometry you want to duplicate Editing objects 2 Choose Linear Duplicate from the Edit menu 3 Enter 6 in the Number Per Row box 4 Click the Step Length button 5 Click in the X Length box 6 Move the pointer into the drawing area and drag across the widest point of the step 7 Click at the end of the entry in the X Length box 8 Type 2 to multiply the width of the geometry by two 9 Click OK An om vw AAA The geometry is duplicated in a linear array Polar Duplicate This command in the Edit menu allows you to copy and rotate the selected geometry When you duplicate an object in a circular array you can specify the number of duplications the center of the array and whether the obj orientation Q gt Rotate 0 ects are copied in a rotated orientation or an upright i Upright Objects d Objects When you select the Polar Duplicate command in the Edit menu the following dialog box is displayed Polar Duplicate Number 4 O Rotated Objects An asterisk appearing Center X 0 000 Upright Objects be
297. ublic key on the File Server on the network This Public key file can be created with any text editor The Public key file can be even empty it should be only placed in the main directory of the File Server DISPLAYED FONTS This section let you specify the number of fonts that will be displayed in the Font submenu from the Text menu Fonts that do not show up in this menu can be accessed in the Other dialog box If you specify MaxFonts 30 a maximum number of 30 fonts will be displayed SCREEN 235 Appendix 236 This option let you set the size of the screen that DraftBoard opens to Screen FULL opens to a maximized window Screen Standard opens to the standard size which is almost maximized but with room for icons at the bottom If no value is specified the screens opens to the standard size RecentFiles The maximum number of files that can be displayed in the Recent File List at the end of the File menu is 8 Files 6 Symbol This section contains the path of the Symbol folder relative to the DraftBoard folder VStandard Symbols All further paths specified describe the absolute paths for the symbol palettes in case you added them to the Utility menu using the Add command in the Utility menu VMech C Programs DraftBoard Symbols Engineering VArch C Programs DraftBoard Symbols Architecture SymTab This section contains the position of the Parameter dialog box that you can open in the Symbols dialo
298. ue and press Enter The circle is drawn with a diameter of 4 cm and its center is offset by 0 2 cm Save your work Accomplishments e Constructing circles e Using point offsets Basics Making Changes In this exercise you will modify the part you ve been constructing First you ll add a cutout section to the bottom edge and then you ll change the diameter of one of the holes O 1 Add the cutout beginning at the midpoint of the bottom edge and extending to the 55 construction line e Select the Connected Lines tool Click at the midpoint of the bottom line of the part e Move the pointer to the arc to display the center point of the arc e Move the pointer along the 55 line until the intersection of the center point and the 55 line appears e Click e Move the pointer to the intersection of the 55 construction line and the bottom line of the drawing e Double click The lines are drawn and remain selected An object is automatically selected when its con 2 Remove the unnecessaty portion of the horizontal line ices struction is finished Both Select the Simple Trim tool of these new lines are selected because you are x using the Connected Lines tool and both lines are the e Position the Trim pointer dot over the line segment you want result of a single process Once they are deselected they are considered individual objects to discard
299. ues are valid for all future text placed with the Text tool from the Function palette You can save these margins permanently using the Save Preferences command from the Preferences submenu in the Layout menu Moving Text Each text object has nine snap points for the Drawing Assistant These snap points will help you to move and or align text with the Selection tool vertex midpoint This graphic shows the text window snap points of the Drafting Assistant vertex midpoint vertex 1 Choose the Selection tool from the Tool palette D 2 Select the text object you want to move 3 Move the cursor over one of the nine text snap points The cursor becomes a 4 way Move symbol 4 Place the 4 way Move symbol at the desired snap point using the Drawing Assistant notations as a guide 5 Drag the text object to the new location Changing the size of the text box 1 Click the Selection tool 2 Drag a selection marquee around the right side of the text box Drag the control points to the left or right The area changes size and the text rewraps automatically The right and left margins The right and left margins of the text are of the text are controlled by tb controlled by the size of the text box the size of the t You can drag a control point on the box to make it make it larger or smaller i You can drag a control point on the box to M larger or smaller ut
300. ur construction Notice that after completing a line the Message Line says Ctrl Copy This indicates that if you hold down the Ctrl key and click once in the drawing area a line will appear that is identical to the one just drawn The location of the click designates the location of the first point x Y dx dY A The Status Line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the beginning the relative location of the end delta X and delta Y the line ength and t e angle from horizontal Once a line is drawn the line Length is the selected status box Drawing a line perpendicular to another object 1 Construct the line or spline 2 Move the pointer to the object until a Drawing Assistant on notation appears 3 Drag straight away from the object in a perpendicular direction 4 Drag the extent of the line Drawing a line tangent to or perpendicular to a curve 1 Construct an arc circle or ellipse 2 Choose the Single Line tool 3 Move the pointer to the arc until a Drawing Assistant on notation appears The Drawing Assistant notation must be on rather than endpoint quadrant or midpoint 4 Drag in the appropriate direction straight out for perpendicular or at an angle for tangent until the Drawing Assistant perpendic ular ot tangent notation appears 5 When the Drawing Assistant locks on to perpendicular or tan gent you can then drag the line around the arc to t
301. utline Visible Hidden Dash Center Phantom Dimension Balloon Construction Layerl_w Dutinew Changing the current pen with the Pen Indicator 1 Press the mouse button on the Pen Indicator box The Pens menu displays listing all specified Pen Styles 2 Drag to the Pen Style you want to make the current pen and release the mouse button The selected pen is activated and displayed in the Pen Indicator 53 Setting the Environment If you want to change the characteristic of a pen per manently use the Edit Style command from the Style submenu in the Pen menu This command is described later in this chapter 54 Pen Characteristics The following characteristics are available from the submenus in the Pen menu Pen Pen Pen Style Style Style gt Color Color Color Weight B Edit Weight Weight gt Pattern Pattern sm Pattern Y Define Pattern 7 Edit Pattern 0 18 0 25 y Solid 0 35 Dotted 0 50 Center 0 70 Dashed 1 00 Hidden 1 50 Phantom a Dashdot Border divide Cutting Stitch More Whenever you change the characteristic Color Weight or Pattern of a pen these characteristic are valid until you end the current Draft Board session or select a new pen characteristic Changing one ch
302. when you plot For example you can hide the construction layer so that construction lines and geometry don t plot but they remain in the drawing ready for use when you want to alter it e You can construct different layouts using one layer as the basis For example you can use a floor plan and then construct the electrical and plumbing plans on different layers In that way you can turn off one layer the electrical plan for instance and print the other the plumbing plan with the floor plan DraftBoard allows you to have up to 256 visible or hidden layers in your drawing Layer names are limited to 79 characters Layers Ctrl L This command in the Layout menu allows you to create delete and rename layers as well as set layer specifications The work layer is the active layer the layer on which the current construction is created The visible layers are indicated in the list box by a checkmark and a dot indicates the work layer BB Layers X lt Construction New lt 3 Dimension av wie Delete Hide Set Layer Rename Layer Y Layer2 Rename Construction Lines Construction lines automatically go on the construction layer Dimensions If you create a dimension layer all dimensions added after you create the layer go on the dimension layer You can edit any geometry or text that is visible regardless of which layer it is on If you want to make som
303. with the green color 7 Select the Single line tool 8 Make Layer 1 current 9 Draw a line The line is created in black the default color for the Outline pen style 10 Select the Rectangle tool 11 Make Layer Outline green current and draw a rectangle The rectangle is created in green A Layer Example Layers are like transparent sheets that you can turn on and off This feature is particularly useful for designs with several variations of a component A common use of layers is to draw the different floor plans and plumbing and wiring plans for a building on different layers The following examples show simplified drawings using layers g pescan un m Ben Layer 1 The foundation Layer 2 First Floor sue Master Beso Layer 3 Second Floor In order to print or plot the layers simply use the Layers dialog box to turn on the layers you want to print and turn off all other layers When you can see what you want to print on the screen choose Print from the File menu Using Smart Walls with layers Smart walls merge only on same layers therefore in our example interior walls are not merged with exteri the foundation or walls and walls on Layer 2 not with walls on Layer 3 You can also observe how smart walls function in these examples The i
304. ws an ellipse inscribed in the rectangle specified by the opposite corners you indicate Using the Opposite Corner Ellipse tool 1 Indicate one corner of the rectangle defining the ellipse 2 Indicate the opposite corner of the defining rectangle If the two points are on the vertical or horizontal axis a straight line is drawn You can create a copy of the last ellipse by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where you want the lower left point Y L1 A1 L2 A2 90 The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the lower eft point and the ength and angle of the major and minor axes of the ellipse 3 Point Center Ellipse Tool i This tool constructs an ellipse inscribed within the parallelogram calculated from three specified points the center point the midpoint of a side and a corner of the parallelogram Using the 3 Point Center Ellipse tool 1 Indicate the center of the ellipse 2 Indicate the midpoint of the side of the rectangle defining the ellipse 3 Indicate the corner of the rectangle defining the ellipse If the three points are on the vertical or horizontal axis a straight line is drawn You can create a copy of the last ellipse by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking where you want the center Y L1 A1 L2 A2 90 The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates
305. x can be edited list is included on a with the Text Margin com separate sheet mand from the Preferences 2 Tolerances are menu in the Layout menu specified as needed he text margin can be see attached edited as well using the sheet align x Edit Objects command gt rom the Edit menu The atea is resized and the text is redrawn 1 The specifications list is included on a separate sheet 2 Tolerances are specified as needed see attached sheet 10 Explore the text processing functions until you feel comfortable with the tools then delete all the text you created in this exercise e Choose Select All from the Edit menu e Press the Back Space key to delete all selections Accomplishments Entering text e Changing text characteristics Grouping entities e Specifying a hanging indent Making changes to text e Changing the size of the text area Tangent and Perpendicular Lines 3 In this exercise you will explore drawing tangent and perpendicular lines tangent perpendicular 1 Draw two circles like those shown below 201 Advanced Features 2 Construct a line tangent to the lower edges of both circles Click the Single Line tool Move the pointer to the circle on the left until the on notation appears The Drawing Assistant must display on and not other circle notations such as quadrant Oya e Press and hold the mouse button and move the pointer away from the cir
306. xercise uses a simple part to demon strate the procedure you should use to construct more complex full scale parts Drawing at full scale has several advantages the most im portant of which is that you can start your work without having to specify paper formats or other parameters which only would distract from the design task amp DraftBoard 1 Draw a side view of a Phillips head screw which is 25 mm long and has a thread diameter of 4 mm Open a new drawing using the New command in the File menu Draw the side view of the screw using the drawing tools in the tool palette 2 Set the specifications for the size paper you will be using e Choose Print Setup from the File menu Select the paper size DIN A4 for a laser printer or a size Al for a plotter 3 Set the visual scale of the geometry Choose Drawing Size from the Layout menu The Drawing Size dialog box is displayed Always Display Page Bounds Keep Text Size Keep Dimension Text Size Tiled Printing Pages Across 1 Page Order 213 Advanced Features The scale is approximately 7 1 but the geometry is visually too large for the page so you should reduce the scale to 6 1 Zooming a part does not change its measurements it magnifies or reduces it to display the e
307. xf IGS IGES 4 0 Initial Graphics Exchange Specification format to standardize the exchange of graphics This file format allows as well to import 3D NURB Surfaces Displayed option IGES File name extension igs Import This command in the File menu imports a document from Draft Board or another application into DraftBoard and places it in the current model When you select the Import command the names of documents DraftBoard can read are displayed in a dialog box that works like the Open dialog box When you select a document in this dialog box and click the Open button DraftBoard detects the format of the document and displays the Import dialog box G Import Speaker vim DraftBoard EPS AI Grouped Text IGES C Geometry Only Spline MetaFile Onto Work Layer Bitmap Unscale DWG DXF Cx In the Import dialog you can specify the following Import options Grouped Imports the geometry grouped so it is a single unit in the DraftBoard document Geometry Only Brings in only the geometry leaving any text dimensions and crosshatching behind Onto Work Layer The imported geometry is placed on the work layer rather than the layer on which it was originally created Unscaled The geometry is adjusted to correspond to the scale set by the Drawing Size command If Unscaled is specified the imported geometry is not scaled Importing a document 1 Choose Import from the File menu
308. y direc tion as in the following graphic idpoint ER 2 Y 4 1 Select the square to be moved 2 Select the Move tool 3 With the Move tool click one corner of the square when the endpoint notation is displayed 4 Enter in the X entry box on the status line 2 and in the Y entry box 1 5 Press the Enter key The square is moved similar to the graphic above Copying Objects with Tools You can copy selections with the Copy command as discussed carlier in this section or by holding down the Ctrl key while using the following tools e Selection tool e Single Line tool e Center Point and Opposite Point Circle tools e Ellipse tools e Polygon tools e Text tool Transformation tools Copying with the Selection Tool You can hold down the Ctrl key and drag a copy of the selection to a new location Copying with the Selection Tool 1 Click the Selection tool 2 Select the object or objects you want copied 3 Hold down the Ctrl key 4 Draga copy of the selection to a new location 5 Release the Ctrl key Copying with the Geometry Tools You can make copies with the following drawing tools Single Line tool e Center Point and Opposite Point Circle tools e Ellipse tools e Polygon tools e Text tool Editing objects Copying with the drawing tools 1 Construct the geometry you want to copy 2 Hold down the Ctrl key 3 Click a new location The click determines the locatio
309. y will be displayed in the Top view projected onto the X Y plane A circle that is positioned unparallel to any standard plane in a three dimensional space will be displayed as an ellipse 2 Select the Remove Z Coordinates command in the Arrange menu All objects with a Z Coordinate will be projected onto the current workplane Exporting a Drawing All settings for exporting a drawing are specified either automatically or by option buttons in the respective Export dialog windows displayed when exporting a file Export Data Interfaces Occasionally you may need to save a document in a format other than Additional information the DraftBoard format so you can use it with other application about exporting data you software All settings for the export of drawings are specified either find u Appendix of this manual automatically or by option buttons in the respective Export dialog windows displayed when exporting a file The following file types can be exported DraftBoard 4 5 DraftBoard s native file format compatible to DraftBoard Unlimited 4 0 File extension vIm Vim 3 0 4 0X In DraftBoard Unlimited 4 5 the file format was modified and is therefore incompatible to all pre vious versions With the Vim 3 0 4 0X format files can be exported into previous versions File name extension vim 155 DraftBoard Documents Text Bitmap MetaFile PNG EPS AI For best possible DXF DWG translations see DXF Configuration in the
310. yer and can t be deleted with the Delete Constructions command from the Layout menu To save Pen Styles perma nently you must choose the Save Preferences com mand from the Preferences submenu of the Layout menu See Saving Prefer ences later in this chapter 58 That means that changing for instance the Phantom line pattern in the Edit Pattern dialog box will change the pattern of every line in the existing document that is drawn in the Phantom line pattern All line patterns are edited in the Line Editor that you display using the Define Patterns command in the Pattern submenu of the Pen menu Pen Styles The following styles are the default settings of those pens that are available in the Pen menu Outline Pattern Solid Weight 0 35 mm Color Black This is the default pen setting Visible Pattern Solid Weight 0 5 mm Color Black Hidden Za ge ee et Pattern Hidden Weight 0 35 mm Color Red Hidden lines are actually visible on the screen and in your drawing they represent lines that would be hidden in a solid object Dash A A A aM Pattern Dashed Weight 0 35 mm Color Yellow Center i AAA Pattern Center Weight 0 35 mm Color Green Phantom ae ees ae Pattern Phantom Weight 0 35 mm Color Cyan Dimension Pattern Solid Weight 0 25 mm Color Blue Dimension lines are used for all type of dimension Balloon Pattern Solid Weight 0 25 mm Color Green Con
311. you click inside it appears f You can move a dimension inside arrow to a new location by R 2 741 dragging a selection marquee around the control point at the top of the _ revat dimension arrow and then 5 amp E X drag it to a new location When the dimension appears the leader line is placed at the nearest 15 9 increment from the location you clicked You can drag the text to a new location Radial Arrow In Dimension Tool This tool measures the radius of a circle arc or fillet with the arrow inside the geometry To dimension the radius of a circle arc or fillet click near it If you click outside it the dimension text appears outside and if you click inside it appears inside Hither way the arrow line starts from the arc center R 2 385 R 2 385 When the dimension appears the leader line is placed at the nearest 15 increment from the location you clicked You can drag the text to a new location Extended Radial Arrow In Dimension Tool E This tool measures the radius of a circle arc or fillet with the arrow inside the geometry To dimension the radius of a circle arc ot fillet click near it the Drawing Assistant must show on If you click outside it the dimension text appears outside and if you click inside it ap pears inside Hither way the arrow line starts from the arc center In contrast to the two other radial dimensions the Extended Radial dimension allows to draw the d
312. you want the center x Y ID Sides 6 36 Creating Geometry The status line allows you to specify the X Y coordinates of the center the diameter of the circle defining the polygon and the number of sides The default number of sides is 6 Diameter is the default status line selection Spline Tools SIR The spline tools on the tool palette create NURBs Non Uniform Rational B Splines which are a superset of Bezier curves These splines are curves created by a complex mathematical formula NURB splines provide designers with two interrelated functions First curvature continuity remains intact when the curve is changed Kinks don t develop as the spline is altered Second NURB splines provide localized control of a complex curve You can isolate an area and make changes without affecting the remainder of the spline These properties are essential in aerodynamic designs Air molecules moving over a wing surface must flow smoothly for maximum aerodynamic lift If the surface does not maintain curvature continuity the air molecules sepatate from the wing surface and cause a vacuum Such a vacuum causes an eddy as the molecules try to fill it This disruption of air flow increases the drag which is not a part of an effective design The automotive industry also wants smooth air flow to improve gas mileage Complete curvature continuity also improves styling The appearance of a car
313. yout menu Scaling Object geometry Let s assume that a drawing exists only of object geometry created with solid lines In that case you can see the result of the scaling only by the changed size of the paper format represented by a grey rectangle in the drawing area for the printing plotting region of the page If the grey rectangle for the page size isn t visible you can t see the reduced or increased size of the object geometry caused by the scaling command since the size of the individual objects didn t change in relation to each other but only in relation to the paper size Scaling Line patterns and Crosshatch patterns When you use hatches and dashed lines in a drawing the line dashes and hatch patterns are displayed at their true size When these line dashes are very small in relation to the remaining object geometty size of object geometry in meters and size of ine dashes in mil limeters you can t identify these ine dashes on the screen before scal ing since they are displayed at actual size When you scale the drawing the object geometry is scaled while the dashes of the lines and hatch patterns keep their true size Therefore line and hatch patterns change size in relation to each other When you reduce the view scale of the drawing the size of the object geometty is reduced in relation to the dashed lines with the result that line and hatch patterns are now visible on the screen and on a ptint out Scaling Text a

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