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CAD drawing - PCE

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Import drawing - PCERibbon menu. DRAWING. Import (Import Drawing). This command allows importing a drawing from a DXF or DWG file. You will have to provide a…
Export drawing - PCERibbon menu. DRAWING. Export (Export Drawing). This command allows exporting the project drawing to a DXF or DWG file. You will have to…
Clear drawing - PCERibbon menu. DRAWING. Clear (Clear Drawing). This command removes all entities and layers in the drawing. Only layer 0 and the point cloud…
Keep drawing visible - PCERibbon menu. DRAWING. Keep (Keep Drawing Visible). This command causes CAD entities to be drawn on top of any other element in the…
Manage layers - PCERibbon menu. LAYERS. Layers (Manage Layers). This command causes the Drawing Layers Manager dialog window to be displayed. The Drawing…
Set layer - PCERibbon menu. LAYERS. Set Layer. This command allows to set as current layer the layer of the entity that is designated in the 3D viewer.
Selection by rectangle - PCERibbon menu. SELECTION. Rectangle (Selection by Rectangle). This command selects several CAD entities by specifying a rectangle in the 3d…
Selection by polygon - PCERibbon menu. SELECTION. Polygon (Selection by Polygon). This command selects sevaral CAD entities by specifying a polygon in the 3d…
Clear CAD selection - PCERibbon menu. SELECTION. Clear (Clear CAD Selection). This command deselects all currently selected entities. You can also clear the…
Draw points - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Points (Draw Points). Use this command to draw several points in the current layer of the drawing. The viewer shall be…
Draw lines - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Lines (Draw Lines). Use this command to draw several lines in the current layer of the drawing. Designate the starting…
Draw polyline 2D - PCERibbon menu. Polyline 2d (Draw Polyline 2d). Use this command to draw a polyline 2d in the current layer of the drawing. Designate the…
Draw polyline 3D - PCERibbon menu. Polyline 3d (Draw Polyline 3d). Use this command to draw a polyline 3d in the current layer of the drawing. Designate the…
Draw arc - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Arc (Draw Arc). Use this command to draw an arc. Designate the starting point of the arc in the 3d viewer. Designate a…
Draw circle center radius - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Circle (Draw Circle Center-Radius). Use this command to draw a circle with 2 points. Designate the center point of the…
Draw circle 3 points - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Circle (Draw Circle 3 Points). Use this command to draw a circle with 3 points. Designate 3 points through which the…
Draw rectangle - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Rectangle (Draw Rectangle). Use this command to draw a rectangle desginating 2 points on the 3d viewer. You will need…
Draw face 3D - PCERibbon menu. DRAW. Face 3d (Draw Face 3d). Use this command to draw a face 3d desginating 4 points on the 3d viewer. You will need to…
Elevate polylines - PCERibbon menu. EDIT 3D. Elevate (Elevate Polyline). This command converts arcs, lines, 2d and 3d polylines into 3d polylines, setting the…
Rectify polylines - PCERibbon menu. EDIT 3D. Rectify (Rectify Polyline). This command sets the value of the Z component of each vertex of the selected polylines…
Flatten entities - PCERibbon menu. EDIT 3D. Flatten (Flatten Entities). This command sets the value of the Z component of all vertices of the selected polylines…
Extrude entities - PCERibbon menu. Extrude (Clear Entities). This command extrudes the selected entities. The result will be a new set of 3d polylines, and 3d…
Smooth polyline - PCERibbon menu. EDIT 3D. Smooth (Smooth Polyline). This command converts 2d and 3d polylines into 3d polylines, interpolating vertices so…
Simplify polyline - PCERibbon menu. EDIT 3D. Simplify (Simplify Polyline). This command simplifies 2d and 3d polylines by removing vertices. The elimination of…
Undo - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Undo. This command undoes the last drawing, edit or modification operation. The affected entities will revert to…
Remove CAD selection - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Remove Sel. (Remove CAD Selection). This command removes all the selected entities in the CAD drawing.
Move CAD selection - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Move Sel. (Move CAD Selection). This command moves all the selected entities in the CAD drawing. Select one or many…
Copy CAD selection - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Copy (Copy CAD Selection). This command copies all the selected entities in the CAD drawing and places them at the…
Parallel offset polylines - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Parallel (Parallel Polyline). This command creates a 3d polyline parallel to a given 3d polyline. Select one 3d…
Set layer - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Layer (Set Layer). This command allows setting the layer to which the currently selected CAD entities belong. Select…
Extend entity - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Extend (Extend Entity). With this command you can extend certain entities, such as arcs, lines and polylines…
Trim entity - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Trim (Trim Entity). With this command you can trim certain entities, such as arcs, lines and polylines. Designate the…
Chamfer - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Chamfer. With this command you can chamfer certain entities, such as lines and 2d polylines. Designate the first…
Add vertex - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Add Ver. (Add Vertex). This command adds a new vertex to a 2d or 3d polyline. In the 3d viewer, designate the segment…
Move vertex - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Move Ver. (Move Vertex). This command moves a vertex of a line, 2d or 3d polyline. For 2d polylines, only vertices…
Remove vertex - PCERibbon menu. MODIFY. Remove Ver. (Remove Vertex). This command removes a vertex from a 2d or 3d polyline. Simply, in the 3d viewer…
Raster editor - PCERibbon menu. TOOLS. Raster Editor. This command starts the Raster Editor, which is a tool for drawing on the floor plan (XY).
Planes intesection - PCERibbon menu. TOOLS. Intersection (Planes Intersection). This command causes the Planes Intersection dialog window to be displayed. By…
Export contour - PCERibbon menu. TOOLS. Export Contour. This command allows you to export a contour to a drawing file, in DWG or DXF format. The command is…
Connect to CAD - PCERibbon menu. EXTERNAL CAD. Connect (Connect to CAD). This command establishes a communication channel between TCP-PointCloud Editor and a…
Synchronise with CAD - PCERibbon menu. EXTERNAL CAD. Synchronise (Synchronise with CAD). This command causes drawing operations on the application to be immediately…
Transfer layers to CAD - PCERibbon menu. EXTERNAL CAD. Transfer (Transfer Layers to CAD). This command allows you to send drawing layers to the CAD application, with…
Point of view - PCERibbon menu. EXTERNAL CAD. View (Point of View). With this command, the CAD application will set the same viewpoint and zoom as the…