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What you get
Comprehensive Tool Set of nanoCAD platform
nanoCAD platform provides you with a full set of basic and advanced design tools for creating and editing 2D/3D objects. It offers multiple drawing and editing methods for most geometric elements. nanoCAD platform is the base on which you build a more powerful CAD system to your specifications.
Construction tool set
nanoCAD’s Construction Module adds AEC drafting utilities to the nanoCAD platform, along with a library of standard parametric elements. It is designed to automate the preparation of construction drawings and documentation in the architecture, engineering, construction sector. With the Construction Module you get:
AEC design elements
Library of parametric objects
Powerful table editor
Architectural layouts
Objects scaling
Smart editing
Object grips
And
Technical support
Customizable user interface
Open API
Annual updates
Construction Features
Smart drawing elements
The Construction module includes a massive number of smart drawing elements to automate routine operations like layout generation, sectioning, and detailing of buildings.
• Database of parametric elements
• Technical specifications editor
• Breaks for hiding underlying geometry
• Designation of permanent joints
• Ground borders
• Level marks
• View and section designations
• Notes
Smart drawing and editing utilities
- Define custom hatch patterns in *.pat files
- Draw fully customized arrays of objects
- Create and calculate plate arrays
- Design hole charts
- Perform advanced calculations using the built-in calculator
- Carry out static beam calculations
- Calculate geometric properties of user-defined sections
Powerful table editor
The Construction module features a very powerful built-in table editor that generates tables of any complexity. Users can convert tables imported from other CAD programs to nanoCAD’s own format. As well, it recognizes tables made from primitives. Tables offer the following functions:
- In-place editing of tables
- Pencil sketching in cells
- Cell styles that specify text styles, alignments, line weights, value rounding
- Table headers and footers
- Calculations between cells
- Direct interaction with Clipboard, Excel, and Open Office
Automatic reports
The Construction module creates reports from lists, specifications, and object data in drawings. Reports access data extracted from objects, architectural components, design elements, blocks with attributes, and the Construction module’s library of parts. There is no need to worry that reports might be not up to date.
- Generate analyses directly from rooms in drawings
- Automatically update reports as properties of objects change
- Save reports as templates for use in other drawings to generate the same kinds of reports and analyses
- Functions are available to all users, with no programming needed
Architectural layouts
The Construction module lays out building plans using discipline-specific tools and objects:
- Straight and arc-shaped walls that join automatically
- Custom templates for walls that define geometry, attributes, and multi-layer (ply) construction properties
- Walls edited with trim, break, and join commands, or by using grips
- Insertion of windows and doors using the built-in database of components
- Lay out rooms and spaces on plans, with customized space attributes and composition
- Automatic calculation and creation of room analyses and lists of compositions
- Insertion of interior elements using a database of templates
- Generating 3D models and IFC-format documentation with the Project Manager
Engineering networks
Parametric borders and title blocks
The Construction module provides drawing borders and title blocks that are parametric. This save you time when completing drawings:
- Multi-view drawing borders use dedicated grips and switches to change their size, format, and orientation
- Special grips change aspects of title blocks
- Stamps dialog box fills in reusable text in title blocks
In addition to the collection of pre-made drawing borders and title blocks, you can create your own parametric borders and stamps using the Format and Stamp Wizard.
Parametric parts library
The Construction Module comes with a built-in library that contains a vast number of parametric parts and templates. Each parametric object has its own set of size tables, display modes, and behaviors. As it is an open database, parametric objects can be edited with the MechWizard tool.
The parametric parts library contains the following components:
- Wall, window, door templates
- Concrete foundations, beams, columns
- Steel profiles in ISO, IS, DIN, GOST standards
- Fasteners in ISO, DIN, IS, CSN, PN/M, GOST standards
- Drawing borders, title blocks
Customized settings
Objects scaling
The Construction module supports drawings with many views at different scales. With just two clicks, you can adjust the scale of drawings, both for specific objects and for entire drawings. The symbol scale adjusts the sizes of text, dimensions, and linetypes automatically in model space and in layouts using viewports.
Create custom parametric objects
Create custom dialog boxes
Parametric design elements
The Construction module employs objects that follow preset rules based on design requirements of building projects. All drawing elements that make up AEC objects (such as notches, lines, and text) contain parameters that control their display and geometric configurations.