Chapter 5 Support Commands

Upright Method
When drawing objects, the vertical mode is used to ensure that objects are drawn in the X or Y
direction (perpendicular). When the Vertical mode is active, objects can only be drawn at angles of
0 or 90 degrees.
 In the classic menu, click the Settings / General Settings line, and the General Settings
icon in the upper right corner of the ribbon menu is clicked.
 In the General Settings dialog that opens, the "Drawing" tab is clicked.
 The box in front of the ortho line is marked by clicking with the left mouse button.
 When the OK button is clicked and the dialog is exited, the upright mode is activated.
 In the classic menu, the Vertical mode can be turned on or off by clicking the Vertical icon or
the Tools/Capture/Vertical line in the toolbar, and the Drawings/Capture/Vertical icon in the
ribbon menu.
Another way to use Vertical mode is to press the shift key from the keyboard. If object drawings are
made by holding down the Shift key, the objects will be drawn vertically, that is, horizontally or
vertically. When the key is released, the upright mode will also be inactive.
Another feature of the Shift key is that it acts as a miter in drawings. If a drawn object (wall, beam,
line, etc.) will end at the level of any point, the shift key is held down while the object is drawn and
the mouse cursor is shifted to the relevant point. When the cursor shape changes, the left mouse button
is clicked. The drawn object ends at the level of this point.
To draw objects perpendicular to the drawing area or place them perpendicular to the drawing area, the

vertical mode
Start drawing objects Press and hold the cursor The object will be drawn
Bring it closer to the up to the level of the
node of the current node
object. ARROW Click
when you see the sign

A coordinate box can also be used instead.

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 During object drawing, the A key is pressed on the keyboard. The cursor enters the digit A in the
coordinate box.
 Here, 0 or 90 is written according to the purpose. The values entered are angle values in
degrees. Pressing Enter will turn the tile red.
 By sliding the mouse over the drawing area, the direction of the drawn object is determined and the left
button is clicked. Object upright

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is drawn as.

Upright Reference
A perpendicular reference is used to ensure that the object to be drawn is drawn perpendicular to an
existing object or to the direction described by giving two points. To determine the reference;
 In the classic menu, click on the Tools/Capture/Reference/Vertical line or the
Perpendicular Reference icon from the toolbar, and click on the
Drawings/Capture/Perpendicular Reference icon in the ribbon menu. The shape of the mouse
cursor changes.
 The cursor is shifted to the object to be referenced and the left button is clicked. The clicked object
will be selected and assigned as the reference object. After this stage, the objects to be drawn are
drawn perpendicular to the direction of the determined reference object.

Objects to be drawn can

only be drawn in the
Perpendicular as a direction perpendicular to
reference the reference object (in
Select Object the direction of the arrow).

Instead of selecting an object as a reference, the reference direction can also be determined.
 The Upright Reference icon is clicked.
 The first point of the direction to be determined as a reference on the drawing area is clicked
with the left mouse button .

Objects to be
drawn can only be
drawn in the
By direction
clicking perpendicular to
on two
reference the reference
Determine the direction (in the
direction
direction of the
arrow)

 If you want to angle at this stage, press the A key on the keyboard. The cursor enters the digit
A in the coordinate box. Here, the desired angle value (degrees) is entered and enter is
pressed. The tile changes to red and locks to the entered angle value.
 The second point is determined by clicking the left mouse button in the drawing area. After
that, the objects to be drawn are drawn perpendicular to the determined reference direction.

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 To cancel the upright reference, click the Perpendicular Reference icon a second time. Commands

Parallel Reference
A parallel reference is used to ensure that the object to be drawn is drawn parallel to an existing
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 In the classic menu, click on the Tools/Capture/Reference/Parallel line or the Parallel
Reference icon from the toolbar, and click on the Drawings/Capture/Parallel Reference icon in
the ribbon menu. The shape of the mouse cursor changes.
 The cursor is shifted to the object to be referenced and the left button is clicked. The clicked object
will be selected and assigned as the reference object. After this stage, the objects to be drawn are
drawn parallel to the direction of the determined reference object.

Objects to be drawn can

Paralle Ref rans only be drawn in the
lSelect an e direction parallel to the
object as reference object (in the
direction of the arrow)

Instead of selecting an object as a reference, the reference direction can also be determined.
 Click on the Parallel Reference icon from the toolbar. The shape of the mouse cursor changes.
 The first point of the direction to be determined as a reference on the drawing area is clicked
with the left mouse button .

Objects to be
drawn can only be
drawn in the
Set the direction parallel
reference to the reference
direction by line ( in the
clicking on two direction of the
dots arrow)
 If you want to angle at this stage, press the A key on the keyboard. The cursor enters the digit
A in the coordinate box. Here, the desired angle value (degrees) is entered and enter is
pressed. The tile changes to red and locks to the entered angle value.
 The second point is determined by clicking the left mouse button in the drawing area. After
that, the objects to be drawn are drawn parallel to the determined reference line.
 The Parallel Reference icon is clicked a second time to cancel the parallel reference.
 Advanced Capture
 Node points, corner points, intersections used when drawing with object commands or
performing operations on existing drawings gain importance. With the Advanced Capture
option, it is possible to capture both grid intersections and perform operations at other points.
This feature captures the grid as if it were a node, as well as the nodes and vertices of entities
other than the nodes. It can be activated by pressing the Ctrl key from the
Tools/Capture/Advanced Capture line or toolbar in the classic menu, from the
Drawings/Capture/Advanced Capture icon in the ribbon menu or from the keyboard.
 For example, when it is desired to attach objects such as walls, beams, curtains, etc. to the columns
from different corners, it is necessary to capture the corners other than the node of the arm.
This is where the Advanced Capture feature comes into play. Along with the Advanced Capture
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icon, the Lock to Nodes icon should also be printed. Advanced Capture works inCommands
conjunction with
Lock to Nodes. When Advanced Capture is active, the object captures the column corners by
changing marks when the cursor is moved closer to the column corners in drawing mode. Thus,
it is possible to connect objects to any corner of the column.

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 As can be seen in Figure 1, two non-continuous beams join the S2 column in the X direction. This
Let's examine how to describe the system in practice.
S2 K2 25/50
25/200 S3
50/25

S1
50/25
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 Enter the columns. The nodes of the S1 and S2 columns are located in the lower left corner,
and the nodes of the S3 column are located in the upper left corner. To enter beam K1, click
the beam button. Scroll the mouse over the node of column S1 - the cursor will change - and
click the left button. Hover over the node of column S2 and press the space bar to define the
beam from the bottom, click the left button again. Press the Esc key on the keyboard to exit
the mode.
 To enter beam K2, click the right mouse button. In the right-click menu, select command repeat.
Move the mouse to the upper-right corner of the S2 column and hold down the ctrl key on the
keyboard. The cursor will change. We activated the advanced capture by pressing the Ctrl key.
Click the left button. Release the Ctrl key. Slide the mouse over the node of column S3, click the left
button again when the cursor picks up the OK mark.
 The beam-column junction can be from any point of the column (Figure 2).

S3
25/50
K2 25/50

S2
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 Enter the columns. The node S1 is in the lower left corner, and the node of the S2 and S3
columns is in the upper left corner .
 To enter beam K1, click the beam button. Scroll over the node of column S1 and click the left
button. Hover over the node of column S2 and press the space bar to define the beam from the
top, click the left button again. Press the Esc key on the keyboard to exit the mode .
 To enter beam K2, click the right mouse button. Slide the mouse over the node of the S3 column ,
click the left button. Swipe the mouse down and hold down the shift key on the keyboard -the
vertical mode will be activated so you can draw vertically- when S2 hovers over the column, click
the left button again.
 Press the Esc key to exit the mode.
 There may be beam-column joints at many corners of the polygonal column (Figure 3).

K1 S2
S3
S2
Figure K2 50/30
50/30
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 For the system shown in the figure above, you can capture the desired corner of the columns
with advanced capture, connecting the beams to the columns. It is possible to reproduce these
examples for different combinations of objects .
 Nodal points do not occur at the points where primitive objects such as lines, circles and arcs
intersect with each other. For this reason, it is possible to capture such intersections with
the "Advanced Capture" mode .

Circle Line Line

Line

Primitive
 object
intersectio


Nearest Point
 Nearest point mode allows objects to be captured from any point in the drawing area.
 Nearest Point mode is activated or inactive by clicking the Tools/Capture/Nearest Point line in
the classic menu, by clicking the Drawings/Capture/Nearest Point icon in the ribbon menu, or
by pressing the F6 key on the keyboard .
 If the Nearest Point mode is activated when creating primitive object combinations, the objects
Connections to each other from any point are made easily.

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Midpoint
 Midpoint mode allows the cursor to capture the object in the center when objects are clicked.
The Tools/Capture/Midpoint line in the classic menu, the Drawings/Capture/Midpoint icon
is clicked in the ribbon menu, or the midpoint feature is activated or inactive by pressing the
F5 key on the keyboard.
When clicking on objects while the midpoint is active, the mouse cursor automatically finds the center point of the object
and when the left button is clicked, the cursor jumps to the center of the object.

Define Local Point

The coordinate values typed in the Coordinate box are relative to the global point of origin, unless
otherwise specified. The user can work according to local coordinates at any stage of the project at
any time. Working according to local coordinates means moving the point of origin to the desired point in
the drawing area. Thanks to this process, large coordinate values are not dealt with. In other words,
the origin can be a desired point and the X and Y coordinates written in the coordinate box can be
entered according to this point.
 The Define Local Point command is used to define the local origin. Before entering the
coordinate information, the Tools/Capture/Define Local Point command is run in the
classic menu, Drawings/Capture/Define Local Point is run in the ribbon menu and a
suitable point is clicked. Then, coordinate values are entered according to the determined local
origin point.
When the local point is defined, the program marks the boxes in front of X and Y in the coordinate
box. This sign is a sign that indicates that you are working in local coordinates. As long as the sign exists,
the coordinate values entered are local values. If there is no marker, it means that we are working
according to global coordinates. The user can remove and mark these marks at any time. The G key can
be used from the keyboard to remove marks or mark them again. The abscissa and ordinates of the
local coordinates defined by the Define Local Point command are 0 and 90 degrees.

Define Local Coordinate System

The coordinate values typed in the Coordinate box are relative to the global point of origin, unless
otherwise specified. The user can work according to local coordinates at any stage of the project at
any time. Working according to local coordinates means moving the point of origin to the desired point in
the drawing area. Thanks to this process, large coordinate values are not dealt with. In other words,
the origin can be a desired point and the X and Y coordinates written in the coordinate box can be
entered according to this point.
The system of local coordinates can also be defined at any angle. In other words, the abscissa and
ordinates of local coordinates can be defined at any angle. For this identification, the Define Local
Coordinate System and Enable Local Coordinate System commands are used.
 In the classic menu, click on the Tools/Capture/Define Local Coordinate System line or
the Define Local Coordinate System icon from the toolbar, and click on
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Drawings/Capture/Define Local Coordinate System in the ribbon menu. Commands

 The program waits for the abscissa of the local coordinate system to be defined.
 The abscissa is defined by clicking on the colon. If the abscissa of the local coordinate system is to be
defined at a certain angle, the 1st point is clicked and the angle value is entered in the A line in
the coordinate box and the Enter key is pressed on the keyboard. Point 2 is clicked so that the
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It is perpendicular to the apse.
 When the process is finished, the local coordinate system automatically becomes active.
 If the Tools/Capture/Enable Local Coordinate System line or the Enable Local Coordinate
System icon is clicked in the classic menu, and the Drawings/Capture/Enable Local
Coordinate System is clicked in the ribbon menu, the local coordinate is canceled and
the global coordinates are returned again. If the Enable Local Coordinate System
command is clicked again at any stage, it will use the last defined local coordinate system.

Find Objects
The Find Object command is used to find and select any object while making a project.

 In the classic menu, click the Layout/Find Object row, in the ribbon menu, click the
Tools/Tools/Find Object icon
Click.
 In the Name of the object line, type the name of the object as it appears on the plan. (S10, K104 etc.)
 Click the Find button.
 The program will zoom in on the object. Click the Select button. The object will be selected.
 Exit the dialog by pressing the Esc key.

Find in Plan
The Find in Plan command locates an object in the plan that exists in 3D perspective and zooms the
screen to that object . When working in a perspective image, it shows where the object is in the plan.
 Select an object in a 3D perspective image.
 Press the right mouse button.
 From the drop-down menu, click the Find in Plan row.

Find in Perspective
The Find in Perspective command locates an object in perspective that exists in the plan view and zooms the
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screen to that object. When working in the plan, it shows where the object is in theCommands
3D perspective image.
 Select an object in the plan.

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 Press the right mouse button.
 From the drop-down menu, click the Find Perspective row.

Draw Similar Object

Draws the same as a selected object. This command helps to draw a referenced object in the plan
without clicking any command or icon in the program.
 Select a previously drawn object that is the same as the object you will draw in the plan or
perspective image. (For example, if you're going to draw beams, choose beams.)
 Press the right mouse button.
 Click the row of similar objects from the drop-down menu.
 The command will enter the mode of the corresponding object and wait for it to be drawn.

Create Capture Points on the Line

2 Snap points can be created on elements in the dimensional perspective window or on a selected line.
Therefore;
 Click the right mouse button in the 3D perspective window
 In the menu that opens, click Create Capture Points On Line.
 Draw the line where the capture points will be created.
 The Split Options dialog will open in front of you.
 Make the relevant adjustments in the dialog and press the OK button.
 Capture notes will occur on the line you have drawn.

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Number of sections: The number of parts that you want the

object to be divided into. Linear: This part is active when
linear elements are divided. Distance from start (bd):
The length of the first segment is entered.
Distance from end (ed): The length of the last track is entered.
Minimum object length: The smallest object size within the selected objects.
To delete captured points that have been created;
 In the 3D perspective window, click the right mouse button.
 In the menu that opens, click Delete Custom Capture Points.
 Capture points will be deleted.

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