How to add 1:10 details

I reckon I’ve got most of these completed except for the 1:10 details. How do I go about extracting details of the model so they can be printed at 1:10, this includes; stone strip footing detail; top plate detail; connection of rafters, to beam, to post detail etc  Just draw them in new layers. If necessary,…

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Sets and categories

Maybe you could explain how to use sets and categories , including their differences, and if ther is any functional differnces? Set and Categories allows creating group of elements and handling them easier and faster. Practically there aren’t differences between them. Each element can be part of a set and of a category; this allows creating…

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Arch thickness

When viewed in 3D , the top of arch/vault looks like it is the correct thickness,, but it tapers down to a point at the bottom ends Any suggestion on how to correct this ,so that the arch’s maintain the same thickness from bottom to top? cheers The slab thickness is always considerated in the Z…

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Centre and radius of a circle

When you have drawn a circle, how do you determine where the centre of that circle is? Center determination – Select a circle, arc, rectangle or oval. – The Generate Attach point at center command from the Process menu (or the equivalent icon on the palette #2) generates an Attach point in the centre of the…

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Altering the number of points in a circle

When I draw circles, ones that particular have a tight radius (150- 300mm) the number of points seem to default to about 5 or so creating a pentagon ,rather than a circle. Is there a way of altering the number of points in a circle and if so, how do I do it. It is particularly…

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Parametric selection and the AREF code.

Would you mind explaining a bit more about this parametric selection and the AREF code. AREF means Architectural Exchange Format. It’s a file format that allows the communication between Domus.Cad and other engineering software. AREF code is a name that we can give to any element to identify it in other softwares or in Domus.Cad. We…

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Does new element go over or under?

Each new element I draw goes under, instead of over, existing elements and there is no way to move it up. Please help! In Domus.Cad different elements are ordered as followed: – Pictures – Polygons and curves – Slabs and roofs – Stairs – Walls – Objects So a wall will always be on top…

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Repeating elements with variations

I have a series of elements which are repeated throughout my drawing, but with different dimensions, so I changed the height of each single element, one by one. Was there a quicker way of doing this? There are several possible procedures. A couple follow below. 1) – Select the elements and group them in an…

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Duplicate elements

Can I draw a pillar, duplicate it at a distance of 2 mt, then duplicate these 2 pillars at the same distance apart to make 4 pillars, then 4 pillars to make 8, and so on. In Domus.Cad there are two different duplication modes: offset and parallel. If parallel operations are enabled (Edit menu), the…

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Modifying objects

what modifications can you make to an object – eg if an object is an “I “beam can you lengthen it, make it deeper ? what are the limitations The following modifications are directly applicable to an object: – Rotation, by mouse or by value – Deforming in x,y,z directions. By mouse and value in x…

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