Properties and Presets Video Lecture - TurboCAD A Complete Course - Design

in this video we'll be going over
properties if you would like to follow
along please download the file found in
this video's description properties can
be changed in the properties toolbar
properties dialog and selection and fill
palette change is made in the properties
toolbar or selection info palette happen
instantly while properties changed in
the properties dialog happen when you
click OK let's bring up the selection
info palette by hitting ctrl shift I on
your keyboard we will also want to use
the design director so go ahead and hit
f3 to bring that up now go to the views
section and check circles at first
glance the circles appear to be the same
but there is actually a difference
between them let's see if we can find it
try selecting the two circles their
properties will come up in the property
toolbar above the drawing area hmm both
circles seem to have the same properties
we will need to take a deeper look to
find the difference
let's open up pen properties in the
selection info palette
there it is the circle on the left has
it's a blind weight scale set to device
while the circle on the right is set to
world but what does that even mean well
let's zoom in and out so you can see
notice that the line weight on the Left
circle remains the same regardless of
zoom level while the circle on the right
line weight gets larger as we zoom in
and smaller as we zoom out you can also
change properties in the selection info
palette let's select the circle on the
left and open up brush properties now
change the hatch background color to
yellow
let's do the same with the right circle
but change the background color to blue
instead properties can also be changed
before entities are created let's try it
out with the text tool after selecting
the text tool we can change common
properties in the property toolbar let's
change the layer to text the font to
Tahoma and the size to one inch
now click below the left circle and type
the word yellow
if we open up general pen and text
properties in the selection info palette
we will seep the properties we just
changed spread out over the three along
with a couple others for style checkbox
for format choose middle center and for
text background color choose white
now click below the right circle and
type in the word blue now let's switch
to the sphere view so we can take a look
at some properties of a 3d entity and
switch to a hidden line render so we can
see what's going on as you can see our
sphere well it's not exactly spherical
this is because we are looking at a
tessellated surface model let's open up
sphere properties and see what we can do
about it
well we can check smooth rendering but
that does not seem to do much so let's
switch to a draft rendering so we can
really see the difference well that's
much more noticeable but the edges of
the entity still look funky and so does
the hidden line view we can improve this
by upping the parallel and Meridian
densities to 50 notice that when we
render the sphere that it is partially
transparent this is because of the
material that's been applied we can
change the material under 3d properties
let's switch from the rose tinted glass
material to a copper metal material next
we are going to go over property value
presets while presets can be used with
any drawing tool we will be using an
architectural example for this video
let's start a new drawing from the
architectural template
now right-click the wall tool to bring
up its properties under general let's
create a property value preset by typing
in 6-inch wall then clicking new
now under wall properties let's change
the reference to right than hit okay
go ahead and draw four walls
now let's go back to wall properties and
create a preset for 4 inch thick walls
start by naming the preset
then change the wall properties and hit
okay
go ahead and add some interior and
exterior walls using the different wall
presets
notice in the standard toolbar we can
now switch between 4-inch and 6-inch
walls
now let's take a look at doors
first let's create a preset for single
doors
all of the settings are correct for a
single door so we won't need to change
anything
go ahead and hit okay then play some
single doors inside the building
remember you can flip the door using the
flip command in the local menu or
inspector bar
now let's create a double door with the
door tool selected open up door
properties in general properties name
the new preset double door
then select double as the door style
then indoor Maine change the width to
five feet then hit okay
go ahead and insert a double-door into
one of your exterior walls now let's add
some windows
let's name our preset 2020 picture
window then choose picture as the window
style
under window main set the height and
width to 24 inches
then change the head height to 80 inches
under window materials choose glass for
the part and mostly clear glass as the
material check use object materials and
render than hit okay
insert some windows into the walls then
switch to an isometric view now switch
to a draft render and examine the
drawing
notice that the windows are not
transparent this is because of the
render mode we can switch to a quality
render to see the glass but
unfortunately when we examine the
drawing it reverts back to having no
material let's see what we can do about
this right click the render icon to
bring up camera properties change the
draft render type from OpenGL to read
SDK then hit OK there we go one of the
benefits of the read rendering engine is
that we can view transparent materials
and draft render mode now what if I
wanted to save all the properties and
settings I have created for a new
drawing I can do this by saving my file
as a template first I will delete all
the windows walls and doors then I will
choose save as from the file menu in the
save as dialog choose templates from the
top left drop-down this should bring us
into the templates folder I will name my
template arc temp new the drawing should
save as a template which will then be
accessible using the new from template
option we started with however you may
receive a permissions error if this
occurs save the file as a TCW in your
drawings folder then close turbo cad and
restart by running as administrator you
will then be able to save the drawing as
a template using the method I described
before while I think that's it for this
video there are many more properties and
settings still left to explore I
recommend playing with all of the
different settings then creating a
custom template that saves them all the
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