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Inside BricsCAD Copyright Information Copyright © 2018 by upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. All rights reserved worldwide. This 10th edition is based on BricsCAD V19 28 December 2018 This book is covered by copyright. As the owner of the copyright, upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. gives you permission to make one print copy. You may not make any electronic copies, and you may not claim authorship or ownership of the text or figures herein. Technical Writer Ralph Grabowski Technical Editing Bricsys Staff All brand names and product names mentioned in this book are trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. Any omission or misuse (of any kind) of service marks or trademarks should not be regarded as intent to infringe on the property of others. The publisher recognizes and respects all marks used by companies, manufacturers, and developers as a means to distinguish their products. 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Brief Contents Introduction 1 A Quick Tour Through BricsCAD .................................................................................................. 1 2 Navigating the BricsCAD Interface ...........................................................................................21 2D Tutorials 3 Setting Up A New Drawing ..........................................................................................................53 4 Creating Your First Drawing ........................................................................................................81 5 Adding Details to Drawings .......................................................................................................109 6 Making Changes to Drawings ....................................................................................................143 7 Adding Notes and Dimensions .................................................................................................163 8 Bills of Material .............................................................................................................................199 Advanced Topics 9 Working with 2D Regions & Booleans ....................................................................................235 10 Direct 3D Modeling & Editing .................................................................................................255 11 Dimensional & Geometric Constraints ................................................................................295 Appendices A Concise Summary of Command Names ................................................................................311 B Concise Summary of Variables & Settings ...........................................................................337 C What’s New in BricsCAD V19 ..................................................................................................361 Table of Contents 1 A Quick Tour Through BricsCAD .......................................1 How to Start BricsCAD ..........................................................................3 Starting BricsCAD on Windows ......................................................................................................... 3 Windows 7 ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Windows 8 ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Windows 10......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Starting BricsCAD on Linux ................................................................................................................ 5 Starting BricsCAD on Mac MacOS .................................................................................................... 5 BricsCAD V19 User Interface ............................................................................................................ 6 Getting Started .....................................................................................8 The BricsCAD Window......................................................................................................................... 9 A Basic Tour of the User Interface .................................................................................................10 Crosshair and Arrow Cursors .......................................................................................................................10 Command Bar ......................................................................................................................................11 All About Command Prompts......................................................................................................................12 Undoing What You’ve Done: U ....................................................................................................................14 Seeing What You Did Before: Command History ...................................................................................15 Typing Less: Aliases and AutoComplete ....................................................................................................16 UCS Icon ................................................................................................................................................18 Online Help ..........................................................................................................................................19 SUPPORTED GRAPHICS BOARDS ................................................................................................................20 Exiting BricsCAD .................................................................................20 2 Navigating the BricsCAD Interface ................................ 21 IN THIS CHAPTER ............................................................................................................................................21 Above the Drawing Area .....................................................................22 Title Bar .................................................................................................................................................23 Menu Bar ...............................................................................................................................................24 Toolbars .................................................................................................................................................25 Toolbar Buttons and Macros ........................................................................................................................27 The Standard Toolbar .....................................................................................................................................27 Flyouts ................................................................................................................................................................28 Droplists .............................................................................................................................................................29 Changing Properties ............................................................................30 Other Panels .....................................................................................................................................................32 USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS OF PANELS ..................................................................................................33 Ribbon Tabs and Panels ....................................................................................................................35 Drawing Tabs ........................................................................................................................................36 In the Drawing Area ............................................................................37 Shortcut Menus ...................................................................................................................................37 quad cursor .........................................................................................................................................37 Quick Properties .............................................................................................................................................39 Scroll Bars .............................................................................................................................................40 Prompt Menu .......................................................................................................................................40 Look-From Control .............................................................................................................................40