ZWCAD User Guide 1 ZWCAD User Guide Contents 1. The User Interface ............................................................................................... 6 1.1. The Application Menu ...................................................................................... 6 1.2. The Ribbon ..................................................................................................... 8 1.3. Quick Access Toolbar ........................................................................................ 9 1.4. Menus and Shortcut Menus .............................................................................. 9 1.5. Toolbars ....................................................................................................... 12 1.6. The Command Window .................................................................................. 13 1.7. Dynamic Input ............................................................................................... 17 1.8. Customize the Drawing Environment ................................................................ 21 2. Create and Save a Drawing ................................................................................. 24 2.1. Create a New Drawing .................................................................................... 24 2.2. Open an Existing Drawing................................................................................ 27 2.3. Save a Drawing .............................................................................................. 32 2.4. Crash Report ................................................................................................. 34 3. Control the Drawing Views ................................................................................. 36 3.1. Redraw and Regenerate a Drawing ................................................................... 36 3.2. Magnify a View (Zoom) ................................................................................... 36 3.3. Pan a View .................................................................................................... 40 3.4. Display Multiple Views in Model Space ............................................................. 41 3.5. Work with Multiple Drawings .......................................................................... 44 3.6. Specify a 3D View .......................................................................................... 46 4. Precision Tools and the Properties of Drawing .................................................... 53 4.1. Specify Units, Angles, and Scale ....................................................................... 53 4.2. Drawing Limits............................................................................................... 57 4.3. Grid and Grid Snap ......................................................................................... 57 4.4. Use Object Snaps ........................................................................................... 60 4.5. Use Polar Tracking and Object Snap Tracking ...................................................... 62 4.6. Use Orthogonal Locking (Ortho Mode) .............................................................. 66 4.7. Work with Linetypes....................................................................................... 67 4.8. Work with Layers ........................................................................................... 70 2 ZWCAD User Guide 4.9. Work with Colors ........................................................................................... 79 4.10. Control Lineweights .................................................................................... 82 4.11. Control the Display of Overlapped Objects ..................................................... 84 4.12. Extract and Calculate Geometric Information from Objects ............................... 87 4.13. Specify Intervals on Objects ......................................................................... 91 5. Coordinates and Coordinate System ................................................................... 95 5.1. Coordinates .................................................................................................. 95 5.2. Control the User Coordinate System ................................................................102 6. Create Objects ..................................................................................................113 6.1. Draw Linear Objects ......................................................................................113 6.2. Draw Curved Objects .....................................................................................125 6.3. Create 3D Objects .........................................................................................135 6.4. Create Regions .............................................................................................158 6.5. Create Revision Clouds ..................................................................................160 6.6. Create Break Lines ........................................................................................160 6.7. Create Wipeouts...........................................................................................161 7. Modify Objects .................................................................................................163 7.1. Select Objects ..............................................................................................163 7.2. Modify Objects .............................................................................................171 7.3. Modify Compound Objects.............................................................................201 7.4. Use Grips to Edit Objects................................................................................208 7.5. Modify the Properties of Objects.....................................................................217 7.6. Modify 3D Solids...........................................................................................219 7.7. Use Windows Cut, Copy, and Paste ..................................................................231 7.8. Correct Mistakes...........................................................................................233 8. Notes and Labels ..............................................................................................235 8.1. Create Text...................................................................................................235 8.2. Change Text .................................................................................................244 8.3. Work with Text Styles ....................................................................................246 8.4. Check Spelling ..............................................................................................252 8.5. Smart Voice .................................................................................................254 3 ZWCAD User Guide 9. Dimensions and Tolerances ...............................................................................256 9.1. Overview of Dimensioning .............................................................................256 9.2. Use Dimension Styles ....................................................................................257 9.3. Create Dimensions ........................................................................................271 9.4. Modify Existing Dimensions............................................................................282 9.5. Add Geometric Tolerances .............................................................................288 9.6. Table ...........................................................................................................293 10. Blocks, Attribute and Xrefs .............................................................................298 10.1. Create and Insert Blocks .............................................................................298 10.2. Define and Use Block Attributes...................................................................305 10.3. Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs) ...........................................................308 10.4. Dynamic Blocks .........................................................................................322 11. Hatches and Raster Images ............................................................................331 11.1. Hatches....................................................................................................331 11.2. Work with Raster Images ............................................................................340 12. Layout, Plot, and Publish Drawings .................................................................349 12.1. Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts .........................................................349 12.2. Plot Drawings............................................................................................368 12.3. Publish Drawings .......................................................................................388 13. Share Data with Others ..................................................................................390 13.1. Save and View Slides ..................................................................................390 13.2. Link and Embed Data .................................................................................391 13.3. Work with Data in Other Formats.................................................................401