Opening and Saving a Drawing Exercise

This quick exercise will walk you through creating your first DynaScape Design drawing:

1.   Click on the New Drawing button and select the v6.0: Imp (Landscape): A-8.5.x11 - SCALE 1"=04' prototype.

2.   Select the Accessories layer from the Layers List on the DynaScape Design tab: the layer will be highlighted in blue.

3.   If the Draw [Creation] toolbox (Draw toolbox) is not open, click on the DRW toggle located under the New Drawing button. From the Draw toolbox, right-click on the Rectangle tool.

4.   Enter a width of 10’ and a height of 5’ and be sure to press the [spacebar] after entering the final value.

5.   On the Drawing Window, click where you want the top-left corner of the rectangle to be, and note that the prompt line is directing you to “Select the first corner of the rectangle”.

6.   Once the first corner is located you will need to set the direction of the rectangle. Move your mouse until the rectangle is in the position you want and click.

7.   Press [Esc] to exit the command.

Congratulations! You have just created your first DynaScape Design drawing. The next section will walk you through saving a drawing.