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ideCAD® STRUCTURAL IDS
? The fonts in the details are very small. How can I make them larger?
Click the “Detail settings” command from the “drawing” menu. Increase the font enlargement factor.
   
? I entered the data in a story. Can I copy the same data to the other stories?
Use “Story copy” or paste from story to story. By these commands you can copy all, only the selected, the architectural and/or the static objects optionally.
   
? I want to enlarge the dimensions of the columns with the same dimensions 10 cm in x and 5 cm in y directions. What should I do?
The columns are selected. “Column dimensions” from the “Edit” menu is clicked. +10 in the X line, and +5 in the Y line is written. The OK button is left-clicked.
   
? I want to make the dimensions of some columns e.g. 60/25 instantaneously. What should I do?
The columns are selected. “Column dimensions  from the “Edit” menu is clicked. 60 to the X line, and 25 to the  Y line is written. The OK button is left-clicked.
   
? How can I make wind analysis?
Calculate the lateral wind forces . Click “Story parameters” from the “Analysis” menu. The story parameters dialog will be displayed. Click the Wind-Soil tab, and enter the  X direction lateral forces in the Wind X  and the Y direction lateral forces to the Wind Y line in terms of ton. When you make analysis, wind analysis will also be performed.
   
? Will my requests about the program be taken into consideration?
Send your requests to the technical service by facsimile. They will be considered in a plan basis in the future versions together with the requests coming from the other users.
   
? There is an object (beam, column, axis etc.) I formerly defined. The existing settings are different and I want to use the settings of an object I defined previously. What should I do?
You should use the  “Pick settings from the object” command. “Pick settings from the object”, updates the settings of the object to be drawn with the settings of the existing object.
   
? When entering data, I have difficulties in giving names. Is there a shortcut for this operation?
Don’t deal with giving names during the object definition. You can enter the objects completely random. After you finish the object drawings, you can put the object names into order as you want, with the “name objects” command.
 
? Can I use the right button of the mouse as context menu or command repeat without entering “General settings”?
Yes, you can. If you click the right button by holding down the Ctrl key, you provide the operation of the inverse command. i.e. if the right button is menu you work as command repeat, if it is command repeat you work as context menu.
 
? I am not a plotter owner. How can I take plot-out.
  1. Load the program to the computer that the plotter is connected. If you use IDS you can open your project in idePLOT program and send it to the plotter. 
  2. Set-up the software of the plotter you want to take plot-out to your computer. Make the pen settings as described in the handbook. When you send the project to the plotter by the “plot” command, the plotter settings will appear on the screen. Using the “Print to file” choice here, print the drawing in file. Copy this file to a diskette and bring it to the computer which the plotter is connected. Go to the DOS command system, write “copy filename lpt1” on the command line and press enter. Your drawing will be plotted.
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  3. The last alternative is sending data as DXF or DWG file. In this case you will take printout by using the properties of the program the program that you opened the DXF or DWG file. Clue: If you use the first nine colors in idecad programs your work will be simplified. In the program you opened the DXF or DWG file you will be able to make the pen settings according to these nine colors.
 
? Can I add icons to the toolbars?
Yes. With the toolbar and menu customization command you can add and remove toolbars and menus, and you can create your own order.
 
? How will I enter stepped structures?

In stepped structures, every step is entered as a story. See the below plan.

There are 3 meters of height difference between every step. The height of the common columns in the middle is 1.5 meters. In the ground floor ceiling plan no beam and slab are connected to the C1 and C2 columns. In first floor ceiling plan no beam and slab are connected to the C3 and C4 columns. The C1 and C2 columns are not present in the second floor ceiling.

1. Enter “Story general settings” and define three stories. Enter the height of every story as 1.5 meters, click OK  and exit the dialog.

2. Enter the first story plan including the C1 and C2 columns.

3. Copy to the first and the second stories using the “quick copy” command.

4.Organise the first story as shown in the figure.

5. Delete the C1 and C2 columns in the second floor.

6. Select the C1 and C2 columns in the ground floor. Click “upper-end free column” from the column submenu under the edit menu. Click OK.. Enter “Column Info”. JF (joint free)s of the C1 and C2 columns have been selected.

7. Select the C3 and C4 columns in the first floor. Click “upper-end free column” from the column submenu under the edit menu. Click OK. Enter “Column Info”. JF (joint free)s of the C3 and C4 columns have been selected.

8. Click  “3D bearing system” from the 3D menu. The 3D wire-frame will be displayed.
? What should I do for making the static of a project that I made its architecture?
Run the ideCAD Structural IDS program. Open the project you saved in ideCAD Architectural IDS here and enter its static data.
 
? Does every axis have to be present in every story?
No. The Idecad programs are not dependent to axes. As many axes as desired can be added to or removed from every story.
 

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