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nanoCAD Construction is an excellent for preparation of construction drawings in accordance with norms and regulations. nanoCAD is intuitively simple and doesn’t require additional time for training. You can start working once you’ve installed the software. An engineer using nanoCAD Construction is fully focused on design tasks rather than control of different primitives and enforcement of standard conformity.
nanoCAD Construction is highly customizable and can meet needs of every standard. Things that can be customized in the software:
MechWizard technology allows to create parametric standard parts like steel profiles, reinforced concrete structures and may other. In fact MechWizard can be used to create highly efficient behavior-driven parametric objects that can be used in vertical applications. If that is not enough, nanoCAD Construction includes .Net, C++, Lisp API and can be extended with user-defined applications.
Library of parametric objects is preinstalled with nanoCAD Construction. It includes standard parts and templates:
Every parametric object have its table of type-sizes, graphics and behavior on the drawing. The database is open and can be edited with an internal tool called MechWizard. This tool is used to create or modify parametric objects.
Any organization can install an MS SQL Server database engine to provide access for all users to a central-managed database.
Standard-defined table forms are included in nanoCAD Construction database, but internal table editor is a very powerful tool to create tables of any complexity. Table design features include:
Cell style (text style and alignment, lineweight, number value rounding);
nanoCAD Construction can convert other CAD platforms tables or even recognize table made from primitives.
Table reports are used to create lists and specifications from the drawing objects’ data. For example, an explication can directly be created using rooms placed on the drawing. Table report can use data obtained from primitives, architectural objects, drawing design elements, nanoCAD Construction’ library objects, or blocks with attributes.
The main advantage of reports is that it is automatically updated if object’s attributes are changed, so you don’t have to worry about updating your reports. Furthermore, you can save your table report as a template and use it on different drawing later to obtain automatically-generated list or explication. These functions are fully available to user without any programming.
nanoCAD Construction have instruments of placement of drawing borders and title blocks in accordance with ISO, DIN, IS standards. Drawing borders and title blocks’ templates are stored in database and can be easily edited or re-drawn using primitives.
Construction drawings often have many views of a different scale. nanoCAD Construction uses symbol scale property to change the scale of particular fragment in just two clicks. It also allows you to avoid creating a set of text and dimension styles. nanoCAD Construction symbol scale also can change platform primitives such as texts, linetype scale or dimensions.
The scaling strategy can be set up for drafting entirely in model space or on layouts using viewports.
nanoCAD Construction objects use their intellectual features that can be seen in interaction between objects on the drawing while editing. Objects include a number of graphical primitives that work as a whole. Special grips allow you to stretch, rotate, move and rotate object or alter its geometry and start object-related commands. The commands can as well be executed using context menu. For example, you can add extension lines, align text, mirror object or change arrow form using special grips.
Using of grips in nanoCAD SPDSnanoCAD Construction objects use strict rules based on drafting requirements for the design element of a particular type. These rules are called object’s behavior and it automates routine operations of object editing and drawing correction, as well as enhances entire drawing completeness.
Every nanoCAD Construction object is fully parametric. That means that all primitives (like notches, lines, text) that make up drawing design object have their parameters influencing their view and geometric configuration. These parameters could influence all design elements or specific instances.
nanoCAD Construction is a perfect tool to ensure accordance of drawing for organization’s internal drafting standard. For example it can enforce using of preferred layer names, text styles, dimension styles.
Drawing design utilities help architect or engineer:
Architecture module of nanoCAD Construction software allows you to draw plans using special instruments and objects, including:
The main purpose of nanoCAD Construction is preparation of construction documentation in accordance with local drafting standards. The software includes vast number of features based on the technology of intellectual drawing elements. These features automate most routine operations of creation of façade, plan, sections and detail views. Main groups of functions include:
