Tutorials DetailCraft help Reference
DetailCraft settings
Start new members as US or European shapes, set how far Duplicate moves a copy, choose whether copies bring their connections, and show or hide bolts in the 3D view.
Written for DetailCraft 0.3. The same help is inside the app: press F1.
Open Settings with the gear in the app bar or ⌘,Ctrl+,. The first tab, DetailCraft, holds the settings that belong to this app; General holds the ones every CadCraft app shares (theme, toolbar, panels). DetailCraft's settings exist only in the app: you change them here, they take effect at once, and this browser remembers them. They are not saved in your model file.
New members
Which profiles and grades the placing tools start with:
| Tool | US shapes (AISC), A992 | European shapes (EN), S355 |
|---|---|---|
| Beam | W16x26, A992 | IPE300, S355 |
| Column | W12x50, A992 | HEB200, S355 |
| Brace | HSS6x6x1/4, A500 Gr C | HEA160, S355 |
| Plate | A36 | S355 |
US shapes is the start. The European choice uses an HEA160 for braces because DetailCraft's EN catalog has no hollow sections yet (Profile catalog). You can still pick any profile and grade for the next piece in the Properties panel while a placing tool is on. Members already in the model keep their own profile and grade.
Duplicate and paste
- Offset (mm): x, y and z. Duplicate (⌘DCtrl+D) puts the copy this far from the original, and the Paste by offset (mm, from the original) form starts with it. It starts at 6000, 0, 0: one 6 m bay along the numbered grids. Set it to your bay spacing, or to a level height in z to copy a floor up.
- Copy end plates and base plates with their members (on at the start): a connection comes along with a copy only when every member it joins is copied. Clear it to copy members and footings without their connections, for example to try a different connection on the copy.
See Copy, paste and duplicate.
3D view
Show bolts and anchor rods (on at the start). Clear it to hide them in the view and see the holes and plates of a busy joint. Hidden bolts cannot be clicked; click the plate to select the connection. The bill of materials, drawings and every export still include every bolt and rod.
Corner indicator
What shows in the corner of the 3D view: View cube (the start; top right — click a face, edge or corner to look from there, drag it to orbit, drag its compass ring to turn the model), Axis icon (a small X, Y, Z marker at the bottom left that turns with the view: X red, Y green, Z blue) or None. Only in 3D; Plan and Elevation show neither. See The view cube.
Reset
Reset DetailCraft settings at the bottom of the dialog puts these back to the start (US shapes, offset 6000, 0, 0, connections copied, bolts shown), along with the General ones.