nanoCAD Platform Help

General Information
- Introduction
- Modular Program Configuration
- System Requirements
- Program Installation
- Program Registration
- Launch of nanoCAD
- Help
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nanoCAD User Interface
- Working with Commands
- nanoCAD User Interface
- Interface. The nanoCAD Button
- Quick Access Toolbar
- Interface. Ribbon
- Main Menu
- Interface. Toolbars
- Interface. Drawing Window
- Interface. Context Menu
- Interface. Properties Bar
- Command Line
- Status Bar
- Restore UI State
- Managing Interface Elements
- Application Look
Working With Documents
- Opening a document
  - Opening a Document
  - Float Document Window
- Creation of New Document
- Saving a Document
- Export
  - Export
  - Integration with CAE Fidesys
- Import
- CAD Standards
- Utilities
- Working with Documents
- Drawing Properties
- Closing a Document
- Create Transmittal Package
- File Explorer
- Drawing Comparison
Tuning nanoCAD
- Transferring user interface settings
- Tuning program parameters
- Graphic subsystem settings
- Customize User Interface
- Design settings
- Migration of Settings from Previous Versions
- Drawing Units
- Scale List
- Symbol Scale and Measurement Scale
- System Variable Monitor
Coordinate Systems
- User Coordinate System
- Coordinate Systems
Precision tools
- Precision modes
- Precision Tools
- 2D Constraints
Graphic Display Management
- 3D Navigation
- Order of objects
- Control the Display of Objects (Isolation)
- Viewports of Model Space
  - Viewports of Model Space
  - Managing Viewports from the Command Line
- Visual Styles Editor
- Display Modes
- Setting of the Orthographic and Isometric Views
- Managing the Display of Annottaive Objects
- Visual Styles
- Managing display of line weight on the screen
- Managing Named Views
- Isodraft
- Drawing Regeneration
Objects’ Properties
- “Properties” bar
- Layers
- Layers Functional Bar
  - VP Freeze Layer in All Viewports Except Current
  - Layers Functional Bar
- Line Types
  - Line Types
  - Linetype Editor
- Distributing Objects by Layers
- Objects’ Properties
- Drawing Explorer
- Select Color Dialog Box
- Managing the Transparency of Objects
Geometric objects
- Construction and reference geometry
- Linear Objects
- Curved Objects
- Geometric Objects
Editing Objects
- Selection of objects
- Ways to edit objects
- Commands to edit geometric objects
- Commands to edit objects
  - Path Array
  - Associative Arrays
  - Explode Geometry
  - Rectangular Array
  - Polar Array
  - Edit Array
  - Array
  - Commands to Edit and Replicate Objects
  - Copy
  - Mirror
  - Offset
  - 2D Arrays
  - 3D Array
  - Delete Duplicates
  - Move
  - Rotate
  - Scale
  - Stretch
  - Align
  - Distributing Copies
  - Divide
  - Measure
  - Chamfer
  - Fillet
  - Explode
  - Explode All nanoCAD Objects
- Editing Objects
Creating and editing complex objects
- Blocks
  - Block Attributes
  - Reset Block
  - 3D Block Editor
  - Blocks
  - Creating a Block
  - Block Insertion
  - Editing Block Definition (Block Redefinition)
  - Block Editor
  - Exploding a Block Reference
  - Managing Blocks in the Current Drawing
  - Saving a Block in a Separate File
- Proxy Objects
  - Proxy Objects
  - Removing Proxy Objects
  - Exploding Proxy Objects
- External references control
  - External References Manager
  - Bind External References
  - Bind Named Objects of External References
  - External References Notification
  - Renaming Named Objects
- Underlays
  - Underlays
  - Insert Underlay
- Show boundary
  - Setting Clip
  - Setting of the Show Boundary for a Raster Image
  - Show Boundary
  - Setting of the Show Boundary for the Block or External Reference
  - Boundary
  - Setting Viewport Border for Underlay
- External References Control (Classic Version)
- Binding and Embedding OLE-Objects
- Open OLE-Object
- Update All OLE-Links
- Using Drawing Explorer to Work with Groups
- Clip Map Underlay
- Unload Map Underlay
- Load map underlay
- Insert Map Underlay
- Insert OLE-Object
- Updating Links of OLE-Objects
- Groups of Objects
- Object Grouping Dialog
- Insert External Reference
- Edit References
- Hyperlinks
Working with raster images
- Create new image and rasterize objects
- Displaying quality of raster images
- Correcting raster image geometry
- Color correction
- Filtering color raster images
- Color reducing
- Monochrome filtering
- Raster drawing
- Digitizing raster data (vectorization)
- Working with Raster Images
- Insert Raster Image
- Separate Raster Image
- Embed Raster Image
- Image Settings
- Selecting Data in Raster Images
- Separation by Type and Size
- Rasterization
Execution of Drawings commands
- The Filling and Hatch Commands
  - Overriding Layer for New Hatches and Fills (HPLAYER)
  - Creating Hatch
  - Hatch Dialog Box
  - The Filling and Hatch Commands
  - Gradient Fill
  - Fast Hatch
  - Fast Gradient
  - Modify Hatched Areas
- Work with Text
  - Arc Text
  - Work with Text
  - Text
  - Multiline Text
  - Background Mask for Multiline Text
  - Editing Text
  - Justification of the Text Objects
  - Editing the Content of the Text Objects
  - Creating a Text Style
  - Spellchecker
  - Find and Replace Text
  - Convert Text to Multiline Text
  - Justify Text
  - Text Fit
  - Explode Text
  - Change Text Case
  - Quick Text Mode
  - Field
  - Update Field
  - Edit Field
  - Convert Field to Text
- Dimensioning
  - Dimensioning
  - Dimensioning with a Single Command
  - Ordinate Dimensioning
  - Group Dimensioning
  - Base Dimensioning
  - Chain Dimensioning
  - Radial Dimensioning
  - Big Radius Dimensioning
  - Horizontal, Vertical and Aligned Dimensioning
  - Diameter Dimensioning
  - Angular Dimensions
  - Arc length dimensioning
- Dimensions editing
  - Dimensions Editing
  - Oblique Dimension
  - Break and Restore Dimensions
- Dimension styles
  - Offset Dimension
  - Modify a Dimension Style
  - Dimension styles
- Multileader
  - Multileader
  - Removing Leader Lines from the Multileader
  - Adding Leader Lines to the Multileader
  - Aligning Multileaders
  - Collecting Multileaders
  - Multileader Style Manager
- Notes
  - Mechanical Note
  - Construction Note
  - Comb Leader Note
  - Section Note
  - Note for Multilayered Constructions
  - Node Note
  - Linear Aligned Note
  - Chain Note
  - Editing the Leaders
  - Advanced Grips for Design Elements
- Tables
  - Tables
  - Editing Tables on the Drawing
  - Interface of the Table Editor Dialog
  - Cell Properties dialog
  - Editing the Size of Rows and Columns
  - Work with MS Excel
  - Page Division
  - Convert Tables
  - Expression Builder
  - Report Creation
  - Grouping and Merging Cells
- .dwg Tables
  - Insert .dwg Table
  - Table Styles .dwg
- Getting Inquiry
  - Distance
  - Point Coordinates
  - Cumulative Length
  - Area
  - Cumulative Area
  - List
  - Inquiry
  - Mass Properties
  - Set Variable
- Features of the design elements
  - The Edit Command
  - The DDEdit Command
  - The FEdit Command
  - The In Place Edit Command
  - Parameters Redefinition
  - Regenerate
- Shape
- Topographic Hatches
- Boundary
- Region
- Solid
- Wipeout
- Revision Cloud
- Calculator
- Notepad
3D Modeling and Visualisation
- Surfaces
  - Box
  - Wedge
  - Cone
  - Sphere
  - Torus
  - Pyramid
  - Dish
  - Dome
  - Mesh
  - 3D Mesh
  - 3D Face
- Light Sources
- Materials
- Surfaces
- 3D Module
- Texture Editor
Tool Palettes
- Tool Palettes
Point Clouds
- Point Clouds Display Settings
- Information
- Point Clouds
- Import of Point Clouds
- Export of Point Clouds
- Extract from View
- Create a new Cloud Based on Clipping
- Exporting Cloud Data to a Database
- Transformation to Default Coordinates
- Point Clouds Data Formats
- Configuring Connections to Database
- Recalculation of point cloud coordinates
- Import Cloud Data from DBMS
- Managing Point Cloud Revisions in the Database
- Recalculation of point cloud coordicates
- Work with DBMS-Based Point Cloud Storage
Topoplan module
- Creating Geopoints
  - Description Key Sets and Description Keys
    - Description Key Sets
    - Description Keys
  - Create Geopoints Group Manually
  - Geopoint Object
  - Create Geopoints Manually
  - Create Geopoints by Interpolation
  - Create Geopoints by Points and Texts
  - Convert Points
  - Creating Geopoints by Surface
- Creating surfaces
  - Create TIN by Points
  - Exploding a Cloud into Points
  - Import Elevation Grid
  - Converting Model to 3D Faces
  - Converting Model to SubMesh
  - Converting Model to Polyface Mesh
- Tools to work with surfaces
  - Add a Group of Points
  - Flip Edge
  - Delete Edge
  - Add Vertex
  - Delete Vertex
  - Change Elevation
  - Moving a Vertex
  - Add Structure Line
  - Mesh Boundary
  - Cut Mesh
  - Classification Mesh
- Tools to work with relief elements
  - Manage Block Marker Attributes
  - Offset of a 3D-Polyline
  - Project Objects onto a Surface
  - Create Contour Lines
  - Delete Contour Lines
  - Creating Bergstriches
  - Contour Lines Labels
  - Building a Profile Line
  - Projecting a Line onto a Mesh
  - Correction of Zero Elevation
- Texturing and Calculation
  - Formation of a Legend
  - Flat Texture Overlay
  - Raster Texture Mapping
  - Mesh Coloring by Height
  - Calculating Volumes between Models
  - Calculting Surface Area
  - Calculating Surface Volume
- Import and export
  - Import of KML/KMZ files
  - Import Geopoints
  - Import from LandXML
  - Export to LandXML
  - Import from GIS
  - Export to GIS
- Importing Geo-linked Rasters
- Add Measurement File
- Mesh Seal Holes
- Creating Marker Styles of Geopoints
- Hide Frames
- 2D Slope
- Create Layouts by Frames
- Save to Measurement Archive
- Edit Marker Style of Geopoints
- Converting to Meshes or 3D Faces
- 3D Slope
- Delete frames
- Save as Geounderlay
- Adding Edge
- Conventional Signs
- Editing Properties of Geopoint Groups
- Recalculation of Coordinates by EPSG Codes
- Search for Key Lines on the Surface
- Create View Frames
- Creating Geopoint Groups by Original Description
- Surface Difference
- Edit Label Styles of Geopoints
- Measurement Archive
- Export Geopoints
- Creating Customized Library of Conventional Signs
- Attach GeoUnderlay
- Import measurements
- Mesh Simplification
- New Topoplan
- Topoplan Module
- Creating Label Styles of Geo points
The Component Layout and Plot Drawing
- Work with Layouts
- Viewports
- Document Plot
- Model space and paper space
EDS
- EDS
Sheet Set
- Sheet Set Manager Functional Bar
- Sheet Set Properties
  - Sheet Set Properties
  - Sheet Set Custom Properties
- Blocks in the Sheet Sets
- Sheet Set
- Create Sheet Set
- Open Sheet Set
- Actions on sheet set and its elements
Command Scripts and Extensions
- Software Extensions
- Creating Commands from Downloadable Applications and Command Scripts
- Command Scripts
- Script Editor (JS, VBS, LSP, DCL, SCR)
- Run nanoCAD from Command Line with Program Module
Mechanica Module
- INTRO
- Basic knowledge
- SETTINGS
- WORKING WITH STANDARD ELEMENTS
- DESIGNING
- ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
- DRAWING SPECIFICATIONS
- DRAWING DESIGN
- EDITING
- MECHWIZARD
- DEVELOPER'S GUIDE DATABASE
- UTILITIES
Construction Module
- MechWizard
- INTRO
- BASIC KNOWLEDGE
- SETTINGS
- DRAWING DESIGN
- EDITING
- UTILITIES
Messages
- Save changes?
- Saving in demo mode
- Switch it to 3D render mode

Actions on sheet set and its elements

This topic deals with the actions committed in the Sheet Set Manager over sheet sets, sheets, sheet sunsets, sheet selections, views, view categories and invoked from the context menus or from the supplementary dialogs.

Activate opened sheet set

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 0 The Sheet List tab, root node context menu: Active Sheet Set – click on sheet set name

Close active sheet set

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 1 The Sheet List tab, root node context menu: Close Sheet Set

Refresh active sheet set

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 2 The Sheet List tab, root node context menu: Refresh

Resave all sheets of active sheet set

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 3 The Sheet List tab, root node context menu: Resave All Sheets

The resave operation is necessary to update all links between sheets and DST file with the sheet set data. Properties of elements are updated in accordance with the current state. At the same time, the fields referring to the set and its elements are updated in the current drawing. Required after importing sheets.

Batch plot active sheet set

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 4 The Sheet List tab, root node context menu: Publish

Create new sheet in the sheet set

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 5 The Sheet List tab, root (subset, sheet) node context menu: New Sheet…

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 6 Context menu of the sheet set node on the Sheet list: New sheet… tab

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 7 Context menu of the sheet node on the Sheet list: New sheet… tab

Import layout as a sheet

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 8 The Sheet List tab, root (subset, sheet) node context menu: Import Layout as Sheet…

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 9 Context menu of the sheet set node on the Sheet list: Import Layout as Sheet… tab

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 10 Context menu of the sheet node on the Sheet list: Import Layout as Sheet … tab

Remove sheet from the sheet set

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 11 The Sheet List tab, sheet node context menu: Remove sheet

Move sheet in the sheet set tree

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 12 Context menu of the sheet node on the Sheet list: Move Up tab

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 13 Context menu of the sheet node on the Sheet list: Move Down tab

Change sheet name and number

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 14 The Sheet List tab, sheet node context menu: Rename Renumber…

Create new sheet subset

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 15 The Sheet List tab, root (subset) node context menu: New Subset…

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 16 Context menu of the sheet set node on the Sheet list: New Subset… tab

Rename selected subset

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 17 The Sheet List tab, subset node context menu: Rename Subset

Remove selected subset

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 18 The Sheet List tab, subset node context menu: Remove Subset

Create a sheet list for a sheet set

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 19 Context menu of the root node on the Sheet list: Insert Sheet List Table tab

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 20 Context menu of the sheet set node on the Sheet list: Insert Sheet List Table tab

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 21 Context menu of the sheet node on the Sheet list: Insert Sheet List Table tab

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 22 Context menu of the sheet selection on the Sheet list: Insert Sheet List Table tab

The Insert Sheet List Table command inserts a table according to the standard dimension requirement of GOST R 21.1101-2013.

Requests for the table insertion point. It can be called from the context menu of an individual sheet, a sheet selection, a subset, root node. The command is available if a sheet from the set is opened and is active.

The provided sheet set templates DefaultSheetSetTemplateGOST.dwt and DefaultSheetSetTemplateSPDS.dwt contain already all necessary settings.

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 23

If you need to use other style for a sheet set, it is necessary to prelimiary specify the desired table style in the table style dialogie box or using the CTABLESTYLE variable.

Create new sheet selection (option 1)

Select sheets and subsets in the sheet set tree.

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 24 The Sheet List tab: CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 25 – Create…

Create new sheet selection (option 2)

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 26 The Sheet Selection Set Manager dialog: New

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 27

Check sheets to be included into selection.

Rename sheet selection

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 28 The Sheet Selections Manager dialog: Rename

Delete sheet selection

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 29 The Sheet Selections Manager dialog: Delete

Set View by categories mode

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 30 The Sheet Views tab: CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 31 – View by Category

Set View by sheets mode

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 32 The Sheet Views tab: CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 33 – View by Sheet

Create new view category

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 34 The Sheet Views tab: the View by Category mode – root node context menu – New View Category…

Rename view category

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 35 The Sheet Views tab: the View by Category mode – view category node context menu – Rename…

Delete view category

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 36 The Sheet Views tab: the View by Category mode – view category node context menu – Remove

Edit view category properties

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 37 The Sheet Views tab: the View by Category mode – view category node context menu – Properties

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 38

Set existing category to a view

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 39 The Sheet Views tab: the View by Sheet mode – view node context menu– Set category

Insert view to sheet

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 40 The Model Views tab: view node context menu – Place on Sheet

Change view name and number

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 41 The Sheet Views tab: view node context menu – Rename Renumber

Import named views

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 42 The Sheet List tab, root node context menu: Import Named View as Sheet…

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 43 The Sheet List tab, subset node context menu: Import Named View as Sheet …

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 44

Use Browse for Drawings… and Use current drawing buttons to select files for import named views to the active sheet.

Insert view callout block

CAD drafting Actions on sheet set and its elements 45 The Sheet Views tab: view node context menu – Place Callout Block

Insert view label block

CAD software Actions on sheet set and its elements 46 The Sheet Views tab: view node context menu – Place ViewLabel block

Add new model views location

CAD drawing Actions on sheet set and its elements 47 The Model Views tab: root node context menu – Add New Location…