BimQuickDraw – Bricsys Support and Help Center

Use QuickDraw to quickly create and edit rectangular and L-shaped rooms and buildings.

Tutorial: How to use Quickdraw

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Accessing the Command

Commandline: BIMQUICKDRAW

Quad: Model | Quickdraw

Ribbon: Home | Create | Quickdraw

Toolbar: BIM Toolbar | BIM

: BimQuickdraw

The layout of the QuickDraw cursor represents the room being created:
Left to right: placed freely, aligned with one existing walls, aligned with two existing walls.

Prompts you:

Current settings: Floor to Floor distance: 3250, Wall Width: 250, Slab Thickness: 250, Auto Adopt Sizes: On

Select first point or [quickdraw Settings]: (Select a point to define the first corner of the room or choose an option*.)

Select second point: (Select the a point to define the opposite corner of the room.)

* floorHeight, wallWidth, slabTickness, autoAdoptsizes: these QuickDraw command options are hidden in the command prompt, and can be chosen only by typing the capitalized letter in the command line or by clicking the option in the Prompt Menu if the Show Hidden Options flag of the PromptMenuFlags user preference is set.

Command Options

Option	Description
Floor to Floor Distance (Floor Height)	Sets the floor to floor distance. The value is saved to the FLOORTOFLOORDISTANCE system variable and will be used until set differently. Default value = 3250 mm The height of the exterior walls = Floor to Floor Distance. The height of interior walls = Floor to Floor Distance - Slab Thickness
Wall Width	Sets the width of the walls being created. The width is saved to the WALLWIDTH system variable and will be used until set differently. Default value = 250 mm
Slab Thickness	Sets the slab thickness of the room. The thickness is saved to the SLABTHICKNESS system variable and will be used until set differently. Default value = 250 mm.
Select first point	Defines the first corner of a room. The layout of the QuickDraw cursor indicates the alignment with existing walls and distances from existing solids. Depending on the layout of the QuickDraw cursor: Default cursor: Click a point. Aligned with one exiting wall; distance from one existing solid: Type a value in the dynamic distance field. Click a point to accept the alignment Aligned with two existing walls; distances from two existing solids. Type a value in the distance field, then press the TAB key and type a value in the second dynamic distance field. Optionally press the TAB key to adjust the value in the first distance field. Press Enter to accept the distances. Click to accept the alignment. Note: The dynamic distance dimensions are independent of the snapping in the BimQuickDraw. It is possible to have the cursor snapping in one or two directions, while there are no dynamic dimensions visible.
Select second point	Defines the opposite corner of a room. When creating the exterior walls of a building, do one of the following: Click a point. Type a value in the distance field, then press the TAB key and type value in the second distance field. Optionally press the TAB key to adjust the value in the first distance field. Press Enter to accept the distances. When creating rooms: Click a point. Type a value in the distance field, then press the TAB key and type value in the next distance field. Optionally press the TAB key again to type a value in the next distance field, thus overriding the value in the first distance field. If necessary, keep pressing the TAB key to adjust the distances, then press Enter to accept. Snap to existing walls: You can snap to (the extents of) existing walls to set the second point. It is also possible to snap to gridlines.
Auto adopt sizes	Allows to copy the wall width and height from an existing wall, thus overriding the current value of the WALLWIDTH system variable. Prompts you: Auto adopt sizes On/OFF <On> - (choose an option.) ON: The width and height are copied from the highlighted wall when you place the QuickDraw cursor against a wall to specify the first corner of a new room. When two walls of different height or width highlight (corner), the dimensions of the wall that highlights first are copied. OFF: The values of the FLOORTOFLOORDISTANCE and WALLWIDTH system variables are used. Default value = ON
Add Story	Hover the cursor over the icon () to see the options: Full copy of the top floor. Copies the slab and the outer walls of the top floor. Finish the building with flat roof. Click an icon to add a new story or to finish the building with a flat roof.