The contour line defines a polygonal area. Border lines delimit the axis edge. When the contour line is changed, the program ideCAD recreates the drawn axes according to the new contour.
Setting New Contour Lines
Location of the Contour Line Command
You can access it under the ribbon menu, Home tab, Axis title in the architectural program.
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You can access it under the ribbon menu, Concrete tab, Axis title in the structural program.
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Usage Steps
Click the Contour Lines icon.
Determine the corner points in the drawing area by clicking with the left mouse button.
Close the polygon (Click the first point again, the polygon will be closed).
The contour line will be defined.
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Usage step
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Available contour lines
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Creating the first point of new contour lines
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Creating the second point of new contour lines
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Creating the third point of new contour lines
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Creating the fourth point of new contour lines
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Show/Hide Contour Lines
Whether contour lines appear on the screen is optional. For this;
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Click the Grid and Limits icon.
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The dialog is exited by clicking the OK button. Contour lines will be turned off and not visible in the drawing area.
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Likewise, if the option is selected by clicking the left mouse button, grid lines will appear in the drawing area.
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If the entered grid system settings are to be applied to all windows in the project, the Apply settings to all drawing windows line in the Preferences dialog is highlighted.
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With contour lines marked
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When contour lines are not marked
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Calculate Contour
The Calculate Contour command allows you to automatically edit all contour lines in your project.
Location of the Calculate Contour Command
You can access it under the ribbon menu, Home tab, Axis title in the architectural program.
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You can access it under the ribbon menu, Concrete tab, Axis title in the structural program.
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Usage Steps
Click the Calculate Contour icon.
The program will automatically edit the contour lines taking into account the boundaries of the three-dimensional drawings.
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Available contour lines
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Contour lines after the calculate contour command
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Functions of Contour Lines
In the programideCAD, the axis border is defined according to the contour line. Axis bordersare determined automatically depending on the defined axle border.
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If the user wants to make the axis lengths independent of the contour lines and determine the lengths itself, this is also possible. To do this, the "Extend to axis border" option must be unchecked from the General tab in the Axis Settingsdialog.
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