Control Box
The Relative Construction Methods help geometric input by constraining the cursor’s movement to a constant angle or distance as you draft or edit elements.
Click the pop-up arrow in the Control Box to access the seven different Relative Construction Method icons.
The Parallel, Perpendicular and Angle Bisector methods constrain the cursor’s movement to a constant angle.
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See Parallel and Perpendicular Constraints for more information.
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See Angle Bisector Constraint for more information.
Use the Offset and the Multiple Offset methods to create a polygonal element that is offset from a reference line.
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Select an existing surface by clicking on it. Place the element on the section line of the input plane, and the surface you defined.
For more information, see Aligning Elements to a Surface in 3D.
This set of icons controls the way the current position of the cursor is projected on the rubber band line constrained to a predefined direction. Cursor Snap becomes active when you start drawing a vector.
For more information, see Projection of Cursor with Mouse Constraints.
These two icons act as a toggle and have the same effect as the Suspend Groups toggle command. If Suspend Groups is active, grouped elements can be selected and edited one by one.
For more information, see Group Elements.
With the Magic Wand feature, ARCHICAD allows you to trace the outline of shapes for creating elements. Effect of Magic Wand depends on Tool and construction method selections.
For more information, see Magic Wand.