Add more drawings to your selection by tapping on them. To back up a drawing from the Gallery, tap+hold+drag the drawing to your Files or cloud. Note that files opened in other vector editors may not look the same - they don’t support the textured strokes Concepts specializes in, so stick with Fixed Width and Wire brushes and the Slice tool as your eraser if you’re going to edit elsewhere. To export an editable file to CAD, Adobe (Creative Cloud account required) or other software, choose the appropriate file type and export. Tap Export, select your file type, and choose Custom Size. Be sure Scale, not Stretch, is active in the Selection menu it also helps to set Rotate to Off. To export a plan to a specific size for printing, create an artboard of that size under Settings -> Artboard Size, then select and scale your plan to fit the artboard. Hint: Rename a new layer with your client’s name and set the active tool to a red pen before exporting. This allows a client or teammate to open the file straight inside Concepts and add mark-ups. To share an editable drawing, export the plan as a native CPT file. You’ll probably want to share your plan with interested parties for conversations and edits, and later on, hand the plan over to an engineering team.įor quick comments, select part of your drawing, then tap+hold+drag it to your email or text where it will paste as a PNG.
Keep your ideas and edits separate between layers so you can easily toggle among them (think client mark-ups vs electrical notes vs kitchen layouts vs flow diagrams).
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Set your layers to Manual mode so you can draw in as many layers as you need regardless of tool. Then pick which option you both like better. If you think it's right and someone else thinks it's wrong, try duplicating the layer and adjusting it there. Tap+hold the Angle value in the status bar to rotate a selected line an exact number of degrees.ĭid you draw your line in the wrong place? Pick it up with the Lasso or Item Picker and move it to the right place. If you already have a line in place with the measurement you want, select and duplicate it. Set Rotate to Off when setting angles.ĭuplicate, Mirror and Flip can make linework faster. Tip: Set Scale to Off in the selection menu so you don’t resize your line when moving it. Keep rotate off while you adjust your line on the canvas. Tap+hold the angle value on the status bar. These handles reflect the outer bounds of your measurement, and if you’re going to the work of setting an exact distance, you don’t want to draw beyond it. Then double-tap the crosshairs at the center of the guide to contain your line within the handles.
The Line guide paired with Measure lets you draw to scale similar to drawing with smoothing, and also lets you create measurement tags typical to what you might see on a plan.Īctivate the Line guide in the Precision menu (if you have something selected, the Guide option won’t show up, so deselect to find it). You can learn more about the various guides in the manual.
Not only are they mouldable via the guide handles, you can define perimeter, angle and radius, then trace the exact shape. The shape guides have some special properties that can help when creating designs. If you need to rotate a line an exact number of degrees (for example, 90 degrees to form a corner), select the line, then tap+hold the angle value up in the status bar and choose from the shortcuts or enter your own. Group lines into objects by selecting and linking them together, then drag them to an object library for later use.
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