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RESIDENTIAL COMMANDS

• MISC RESIDENTIAL COMMANDS
• BLOCK LIBRARY SYSTEM
• CABINETRY ELEVATIONS
• FRAMING COMMANDS

MISC RESIDENTIAL COMMANDS

Very often the simple commands are the ones that save you the most time. Examples of this for residential floor plans are likely to include the following:

• CLOSET    Draws the plan view of a rod & shelf in a closet w/ text note and adjusts the text for those instances when the closet is not wide enough.
     
• MEDCAB    Draws a medicine cabinet in a wall offset from a corner
• ONESINK    Centers a single sink w/ text note in a vanity
• PANTRY    Draws a shelf in plan view with text note
• TOILET    Inserts a residential type toilet centered or offset from a point w/ text note
• TUB    Draws a tub either centered on a wall or offset from a point w/ text note
• TWOSINK    Inserts two bathroom sinks w/ text notes spaced equally in a vanity
   

BLOCK LIBRARY

We are very proud of our block library system. It allows you quick access to both blocks and commands. The block library system is divided into two sections: PLANBLKS and ELEVBLKS.

 
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Plan Block Library - Main Menu                        Elevation Block Library - Main Menu

These fully customizable block libraries come stocked with the basics to get you started (approx. 350 blocks) and also use commands that create thousands of door, window and cabinet elevations. These expandable libraries can easily grow to accommodate adding your existing block library but are not limited to just inserting blocks. Each menu consists of 40 cells that can each be configured to do one of the following actions:

• Insert a block (with many options for how it should be inserted)
• Insert a "Wall" block (a block that is inserted attached to a "wall" or other object)
• Insert an architectural symbol (from the array of architectural symbol commands included)
• Insert a cabinet elevation (upper or base, any size you might need)
• Go to the next sub-menu (the library system can create sub-menus on the fly)
• Run an AutoLisp command (this really opens up the possibilities)
• Do nothing (just in case you don't have enough "stuff" to fill the menu completely)

Each of these actions (except "do nothing") can be customized to fit your needs. Select an action above to see more on set-up and configuration.

CABINETRY ELEVATION COMMANDS

Tired of drawing cabinetry elevations from scratch? We have some tools that can help. Each of the cabinetry elevation commands creates cabinetry blocks on the fly so you can create cabinets of any size and are not limited to “what's in the block library”. The blocks can be inserted manually or by projecting the cabinetry location from your floor plan. Don’t like the way our cabinets look? Change them, the appearance and common dimensions of the cabinetry are customizable. The three cabinetry command dialogs are shown here:

BASECABS is a command to draw base cabinetry in elevation

BASEDRAWERS is a command to draw base cabinetry consisting of just drawers.

UPPERCABS draws upper cabinets and can draw range hoods and microwaves if desired.

Inserting the Cabinetry

Take a quick look at the preview window to make sure it shows the type of cabinet you want. When all of the values in the dialog are to your liking press . You will be prompted to:

Select insert point (on baseline) or <Enter> to pick on plan and project to baseline:

You may enter a point on the baseline (floor line) where you want to place the cabinet or you can press <Enter> or <Space> and select a point on the left side of the cabinet in plan and project that point to your baseline.

[Select insert point (on baseline)]

Select the point that is to be the bottom left corner of the cabinet.

--The cabinet is inserted--

[Press <Enter> to pick on plan and project to baseline]

The theory behind this is simple, you have a plan that you are using to project into the elevation so that everything lines up. 

In this example we want to start with the base cabinet in plan and project it perpendicular to our baseline (the floor) in elevation as shown above. 

Select point at left side of cabinet in plan:

Select the point. For this example we have used an endpoint object snap to help locate the point.

 

Select baseline (ground line) of elevation:

Select the line. Don't worry about selecting near where the cabinetry will go, you may select anywhere on the line.

 

--The cabinet is inserted--

Customizing the Cabinetry:

Our cabinetry commands are designed for speed not glamour. The options for cabinetry appearance are shown below.

Note: The door and drawer fronts are a 1x1 unevenly scaled block that if redefined can change the look of the cabinetry doors and drawers.

FRAMING COMMANDS

Framing commands were created to help in drawing and noting of floor and roof framing plans.

HDRBEAM draws header beams over APS door and window blocks.

Select a door or window block and then select from one of 20 customizable beam notes (or type a custom one if you prefer) and a beam is drawn complete with note selected.

HIPSET draws a hipped truss set in a roof framing plan.

Select the outside wall lines and roof plan hip lines as shown above-left and the hip set will be drawn. It can be configured to do single or double line trusses and many other options.

The command adjusts for uneven pitches and small roofs.

JHANG is a command to draw metal "Joist" hanger symbols at the ends of framing members by drawing a line crossing near the ends of the framing member’s lines.

It can handle both single and double-line framing and can be configured to only draw hangers on lines that are on specific layers so it will only draw hangers on the lines that represent your framing

JSTCALL draws a leader across joists or trusses etc. to call out the type and spacing. The text inserted can be selected by using customizable preset buttons or by typing it in. The command can trim around the text after it is inserted to insure readability.

The ROOFPLAN command draws the roof plan lines for sloped roofs (including roofs with uneven pitches) and can draw any one of four roof styles to make laying out your roof plan simple and quick.

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