Introduction

The purpose of this presentation is to familiarize new users with the basic tools of Isodraw. We will start with orienting ourselves with the workspace environment. Please press

ENTER

when the following symbol appears during the presentation: Also, you can use the cursor arrows to go back and replay a particular portion of the presentation at any time. To advance to the next slide, either press

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or click on the action arrow that will appear in the lower right-hand corner. It is highly recommended to apply what you’ve learned right away in Isodraw.

Stop the presentation at any time and resume it whenever you’re ready to continue.

Let’s begin!

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Attribute Windows Grids

The Grid window shows the background grids available for the current file (the default grids are

isometric and plane view

).

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Drawing Functions in Isodraw

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Delete (Auto)

When "Auto" has been selected, IsoDraw automatically deletes a part of the selected element provided that the element has common

intersection points

with other elements.

The part you click on will be deleted up to the two nearest intersection points.

The graphic shown will demonstrate this: First, select the ellipse where you want to delete The area that is highlighted in red will be deleted

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Delete (Auto) Intersection point

The finished result!

F6 Then press

F6 Intersection point 5

Delete Part

If you choose "Select points", the arrow cursor changes to a delete cursor and you will see a number of points marked in various ways. These consist in part of

deletion points

which you can subsequently select from. The deletion points include all

intersection points

where the element intersects with other elements and the

element points

themselves. The point where you clicked the element - the

selection point

- is also still selected. This next graphic will demonstrate this:

Intersection point

First, select

once

on the line where you want to delete F5 Then press

F5

The red square identifies the selection point. The circles indicate all the intersection points that are available to you for this function.

The part you click on will be deleted up to the two intersection points that you now choose.

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If you choose "Select points", the arrow cursor changes to a delete cursor and you will see a number of points marked in various ways. These consist in part of

deletion points

which you can subsequently select from. The deletion points include all

intersection points

where the element intersects with other elements and the

element points

themselves. The point where you clicked the element - the

selection point

- is also still selected. This next graphic shown will demonstrate this:

Delete Part 7

Delete Part

The lines between the two chosen

selection points

have been deleted.

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The

Rotate to line

function automatically

rotates

the major axis of an ellipse or polygon

perpendicular

to a line.

First select both the line and the ellipse… Holding down the

Shift

key produces another variant of this function. The center of an ellipse or polygon will

align

itself

perpendicular

to a line.

Select both the line and the ellipse as before…

Rotate to Line

F9 Then press

F9

The ellipse is now rotated with the line.

The ellipse is now aligned with the line.

Shift Press

Shift

+

F9

F9

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This presentation was designed by Carleton Cumberbatch of TECHNICAL IMAGE INC.

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