Chapter 2: Basic Sketching and Modify Tools

 Sketch linear elements such as walls, beams, and pipes.

 Ease the placement of elements by incorporating drawing aids, such as
alignment lines, temporary dimensions, and snaps.
 Place Reference Planes as temporary guide lines.
 Use techniques to select and filter groups of elements.
 Modify elements using the contextual ribbon tab, Properties pane, temporary
dimensions, and controls.
 Move, copy, rotate, and mirror elements and create array copies in linear and
radial patterns.
 Align, trim, and extend elements with the edges of other elements.
 Split linear elements anywhere along their length.
 Offset elements to create duplicates a specific distance away from the original.
Using General Sketching Tools

Contextual Ribbon

Options Bar

Properties
Palette

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Using General Sketching Tools
Draw Tools and Drawing Aids

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Using General Sketching Tools
Reference Planes

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Editing Elements

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Editing Elements
Selecting Elements
• Press <Ctrl> to Add.
• Press <Shift> to Remove.
• Press <Tab> to Cycle.

Window Crossing

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Editing Elements
Filtering a Selection Set

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Practices
Practice 2a: Select and Edit Elements

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Working with Basic Modify Tools

Move

Copy

Rotate

Mirror – Pick Axis

Mirror – Draw Axis

Array

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Practices
Practice 2b: Work with Basic Modify Tools

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Working with Additional Modify Tools
Aligning Elements

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Working with Additional Modify Tools
Splitting Walls and Lines

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Working with Additional Modify Tools
Trim/Extend to Corner Trim/Extend a Single Element

Trim/Extend Multiple Elements

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Working with Additional Modify Tools
Offsetting Elements

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Practices
Practice 2c: Work with Additional Modify Tools

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