You can use these tools to draw the floor plan of your project, 3D objects, cladding areas, LED strips, and many other elements by leveraging the snap features and other options of the CAD tools for optimal precision. It is important to know that these tools can be used at any time within the project, both in the Standard Plan environment and in the Advanced Editing environment. These elements are associated, except for Text and Dimension, with the dedicated CAD layer (for more information see the article Layer Management).
Within the project, from the floor plan view or one of the 2D views (2D floor or 2D wall), open the CAD tab on the ribbon. See the image below
Here you will find several useful commands:
- Line: select the Line command and set the first point with the left mouse button or by typing the coordinates, then press Enter on the keyboard. Set the second point using the mouse or by entering the length of the line and the angle relative to the X-axis. If you need to draw horizontal or vertical lines, you can activate Ortho mode which constrains the cursor to move only along the X and Y axes. To exit drawing mode, press the ESC key on the keyboard or right-click and select the Finish command from the context menu. You can modify a line by selecting it and dragging the blue node to a new position.
- Polyline: this command allows you to draw open or closed polylines. To facilitate drawing, when the mouse hovers over a polyline or rectangle, green squares appear at the vertices. You can stop or close the command at any time. After closing the command and tracing a closed shape, the application will ask if you want to use it to create a room, an object, or a cladding area. Various modification commands are available (both in the Standard Plan and Advanced Editing environments).
- Rectangle: draw a rectangle with the left mouse button or by entering the coordinates of the first point, the length, and the width. Confirm the values by pressing Enter on the keyboard. You can modify the rectangle like a line, by dragging its nodes or edges.
NOTE: while using the commands:
- line;
- polyline;
- rectangle;
projections from snap points are shown.
This allows you to align more easily with rooms or elements already present.
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Circle: you can use various options to draw this entity depending on your needs.
- Centre, Radius: this is the simplest and most commonly used method. Specify the centre and then enter the radius length.
- 2 Points (2P): The circle is defined by specifying two points that determine its diameter.
- 3 Points (3P): The circle is drawn passing exactly through three specified points on the screen.
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Arc: methods to draw an arc are:
- Point-point-radius: specify the start and end points and the radius of the arc.
- 3 points: Set three consecutive points to define the arc.
- Tangent-point-radius: Select an existing line as tangent, then set the start point, radius, and arc extension.
Curves (Spline): using this command you can draw splines, whose shape is determined by consecutive points. Right-click to finish, close, continue, or cancel the spline drawing. You can modify the spline by snapping and dragging its nodes.
- Text: you can insert text anywhere in the project. After selecting the starting point, a form appears where you can specify the necessary information (from text height to font and style, etc.). Unlike other entities, the text is automatically associated with the Text layer (you can still modify the association within the form).
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Dimension: after completing the room floor plan, you can automatically create dimension lines for the walls. Clicking the command in the ribbon opens a form where you can specify the type of alignment choosing between horizontal, vertical, or aligned to reference (suitable for measuring inclined elements). You can specify other style-related information (for example, the type of terminator to use and whether or not to include reference lines). Dimension entities are inserted into a dedicated Dimensions layer.
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This article is valid for version 2026 and later