ADVANTAGES OF USING NANOCAD CONSTRUCTION

nanoCAD Construction is an excellent for preparation of construction drawings in accordance with norms and regulations. nanoCAD is intuitively simple and doesn't require additional time for training. You can start working once you've installed the software. An engineer using nanoCAD Construction is fully focused on design tasks rather than control of different primitives and enforcement of standard conformity.

LOCALIZATION OF NANOCAD CONSTRUCTION

nanoCAD Construction is highly customizable and can meet needs of every standard. Things that can be customized in the software:

Dimension style;

Text style and fonts;

Drawing borders and title block templates;

Colors and parameters of drawing design elements;

Table and report templates;

Templates for architectural objects (multilayer constructions, window templates, door templates, interior objects);

MechWizard technology allows to create parametric standard parts like steel profiles, reinforced concrete structures and may other. In fact MechWizard can be used to create highly efficient behavior-driven parametric objects that can be used in vertical applications. If that is not enough, nanoCAD Construction includes .Net, C++, Lisp API and can be extended with user-defined applications.

LIBRARY OF PARAMETRIC OBJECTS

Library of parametric objects is preinstalled with nanoCAD Construction. It includes standard parts and templates:

Concrete foundations, beams and columns;

Steel profiles (ISO, IS, DIN, GOST);

Fasteners (ISO, DIN, IS, CSN, PN/M, GOST);

Wall, windows, doors templates;

Drawing borders and title blocks.

Every parametric object have its table of type-sizes, graphics and behavior on the drawing. The database is open and can be edited with an internal tool called MechWizard. This tool is used to create or modify parametric objects.
Any organization can install an MS SQL Server database engine to provide access for all users to a central-managed database.

TABLES AND REPORTS

Standard-defined table forms are included in nanoCAD Construction database, but internal table editor is a very powerful tool to create tables of any complexity. Table design features include:

Cell style (text style and alignment, lineweight, number value rounding);

Table headers and footers;

Using of table calculations;

Clipboard and direct interaction with MS Excel or Open Office tables;

Pencil drawing of cells;

In-place table edit on the drawing.

nanoCAD Construction can convert other CAD platforms tables or even recognize table made from primitives.

Table reports are used to create lists and specifications from the drawing objects' data. For example, an explication can directly be created using rooms placed on the drawing. Table report can use data obtained from primitives, architectural objects, drawing design elements, nanoCAD Construction' library objects, or blocks with attributes.

The main advantage of reports is that it is automatically updated if object's attributes are changed, so you don't have to worry about updating your reports. Furthermore, you can save your table report as a template and use it on different drawing later to obtain automatically-generated list or explication. These functions are fully available to user without any programming.

DRAWING BORDERS AND TITLE BLOCKS

nanoCAD Construction have instruments of placement of drawing borders and title blocks in accordance with ISO, DIN, IS standards. Drawing borders and title blocks' templates are stored in database and can be easily edited or re-drawn using primitives.

SCALING OF OBJECTS

Construction drawings often have many views of a different scale. nanoCAD Construction uses symbol scale property to change the scale of particular fragment in just two clicks. It also allows you to avoid creating a set of text and dimension styles. nanoCAD Construction symbol scale also can change platform primitives such as texts, linetype scale or dimensions.

The scaling strategy can be set up for drafting entirely in model space or on layouts using viewports.

PARAMETRIC IN DRAWING DESIGN ELEMENTS

nanoCAD Construction objects use their intellectual features that can be seen in interaction between objects on the drawing while editing. Objects include a number of graphical primitives that work as a whole. Special grips allow you to stretch, rotate, move and rotate object or alter its geometry and start object-related commands. The commands can as well be executed using context menu. For example, you can add extension lines, align text, mirror object or change arrow form using special grips.

Using of grips in nanoCAD SPDS
nanoCAD Construction objects use strict rules based on drafting requirements for the design element of a particular type. These rules are called object's behavior and it automates routine operations of object editing and drawing correction, as well as enhances entire drawing completeness.

Every nanoCAD Construction object is fully parametric. That means that all primitives (like notches, lines, text) that make up drawing design object have their parameters influencing their view and geometric configuration. These parameters could influence all design elements or specific instances.

nanoCAD Construction is a perfect tool to ensure accordance of drawing for organization's internal drafting standard. For example it can enforce using of preferred layer names, text styles, dimension styles.

DRAWING DESIGN UTILITIES

Drawing design utilities help architect or engineer:

To create user-defined hatch pattern in *.pat file;

To create and calculate plate array;

To make a fully-customized array of objects;

To design a hole chart;

To make static beam calculation;

To calculate numbers using internal calculator;

To calculate geometrical characteristics of user-defined section.

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS

Architecture module of nanoCAD Construction software allows you to draw plans using special instruments and objects, including:

Linear and arc shaped walls that automatically join;

Customized templates of walls (geometry, attributes, multi-layer construction properties);

Wall edit tools (trim, break, join) using platform commands or grips;

Insertion of windows and doors using database of templates;

Drawing of rooms and spaces on the plan, customization of space attributes and decoration;

Automatic calculation and creation of Explication of rooms and List of decorations;

Insertion of interior elements using database of templates.

DRAWING DESIGN ELEMENTS

The main purpose of nanoCAD Construction is preparation of construction documentation in accordance with local drafting standards. The software includes vast number of features based on the technology of intellectual drawing elements. These features automate most routine operations of creation of facade, plan, sections and detail views. Main groups of functions include:

Drawing borders and title blocks;

Coordinate axes, orthogonal and polar arrays of coordinate axes;

Drawing and editing walls on the plan;

Drawing and creation of windows, doors and database with templates;

Working with spaces, preparation of explication, calculation of decorations;

Level marks;

Notes;

Views and section designations;

Technical requirements editor;

Designation of breaks that hides underlying geometry;

Ground border;

Designation of permanent joints;

Database of parametric elements.

NEW LEVEL OF DESIGN

Equipped with Dynamic input, Tool palettes and refined user interface nanoCAD Plus provides new opportunities for comfortable professional work.

DYNAMIC INPUT

We added new Dynamic input features to the new nanoCAD Plus. Dynamic Input provides a command line interface at your crosshair. It also provides for user entry to input like the length of a line or the radius of a circle.
Dynamic input works while creating new or editing existing drawing objects, thus greatly simplifying the overall design process.

TOOL PALETTES

Tool palettes offer great opportunities for quick and easy access to your favorite commands and blocks.
Your favorite sets of blocks, hatches, and scripts are now just a click away.

CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERFACE

nanoCAD Plus version 10 became more user-friendly. It is more comfortable to work with thanks to its ability to customize all components. You can create your own look and feel of the program. We also added two more color settings which affect your eyes less over the long run.

SHEET SETS

Create your own sheet sets in a way any designer prefers. This is the usual representation of engineering documentation.
You can control hundreds of drawings and views from different drawing files from the single source. And even more, nanoCAD Plus 8 frees you from conducting boring routine tasks with the auto numeration feature.

IFC FILES SUPPORT

Due to the IFC files underlay feature, nanoCAD Plus can load BIM models from any other software capable of creating IFC files. Thus, you can review model geometry and attributes. The special IFC explorer displays a model tree and a list of attributes of selected objects. You can dive deep into a loaded BIM model to search for the data you need. The advanced nanoCAD Plus 3D navigation feature allows you to walk thru the entire model.
Even more, it is possible to load IFC files generated by different software, e.g. architectural model from Revit, construction from Tekla, MEP data from MagiCAD and also check how a complex project looks.

PART LIST

Automatic part list;

Creation of custom part list.

CALCULATIONS

Calculation manager;

Calculation of Cylindrical and Conic Gears parameters, Shafts, Bearing assemblies, Fasteners;

Tension and compression Spring calculation;

Results of calculations are presented by Reports. These automatically generated Reports include all calculation formulas and ISO references;

Beam calculation.

IMPORT OF INFORMATION ABOUT PLATED CIRCUIT FROM ORCAD AND P-CAD IN IDF FORMAT

Import of plated circuit's geometry;

Settings of imported details.

PREPARATIONS OF DRAWINGS

Auto-sorting of denotations; cross-reference parts of the text in the technical conditions with its graphic representation in the drawing; sheet auto numbering for formats; automatic update of tables directly connected with the objects from the drawing;

Universal tables; fast creation and editing of tables in Excel style; insertion of graphic objects into the cell; attaching object's attributes to the table cell; usage of arithmetic expressions for the selected cell; automatic update of the table cells; import/export to the Excel; support of special symbols, indexes and fractions;

Technical conditions and technical requirements;

Drawing title and borders;

Dimensions;

Tolerances of forms and plane positions;

Marking and gradient symbols;

Surface textures;

Welding;

Views, cuts and sections;

Hole groups, centerlines and breaks. Special arrays;

Leader notes and markers;

Comb leader notes;

Positions and part lists.

PNEUMATICS AND HYDRAULICS PIPING DESIGN TOOLS

Automatic connection of fittings with pipeline element;

Automatic detection of element size and placement coordinates;

Associated links of elements according to their description in the database;

Automatic placement of fittings in the selected position on the pipeline.

GEARING DESIGN

Unique technology for cylindrical and conic gears design with optimization of their parameters in-place during the drawing process. Included is a full report with calculation formulas and standard references used in the design.

2D CONSTRAINTS

Set constraints and relations on objects in the drawing and control your drawings via parameters

It is possible to set relations between objects in the drawings and constraints on their parameters: co-axis, fixed dimension, parallel, tangent, etc. Thus, you can create a 'living' drawing, which is possible to change according to the rules you previously set.

Parameter Manager allows you to link dimensions and constraints by means of mathematic equations. Just change the numeric values, and the drawing will be dynamically changed in accordance with predetermined rules.

3D SOLID MODELLING

nanoCAD Pro provides you the Autodesk Inventor-style tool for 3D solid modelling.

When you work in a 3D design environment there is a special 3d History window containing a Construction tree representing a history of model creation.
Construction tree is a sequence of features (actions) that create the model. 3d History is a nanoCAD Inspector window with a specific set of tools.

FLOOR PLAN CREATION

The module "Architecture" supplies special tools and library objects to create floor plans.

Main tools and features of the module are:

Walls with line and arc segments

Settings of wall patterns – geometry of construction, thickness and material composition, shading, and the priority order of construction layers, etc.

Wall editing tools

Windows, doors and openings elements library

Premises definition tools, premises attributes and finishes

Explication and reports of the premises

Interior objects placement

Floor Plan Construction with Annotation

SITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Manager Tool is used to define structure and schedule of the jobs. For each job are assigned attributes such as scope of work, start and end dates, etc. Jobs are arranged in a hierarchical structure.

For each job it is possible to allocate cost, equipment, personnel and materials. Project Manager Tool supplies the following documents:

List of jobs

List of machinery

Schedule of jobs

Schedule of requirements in machines and mechanisms

Schedule of requirements for personnel

Explication of buildings

Explication of the temporary buildings

Project Manager also performs calculations of temporary power and water supply. The purpose of the calculation – to determine the total electric power required to supply the construction site. The purpose of the calculation of the temporary water supply is to define a flow rate required to meet the needs of a construction site.

SAFETY ON SITE

Site layout and organization are important management functions which influence all aspects of work on a construction site-from construction methods and sequence to health, safety, and productivity. The design of site layouts is often arbitrarily carried out without a full evaluation of all the relevant factors. The organizational framework within which many projects are carried out also leaves much to be desired with lack of adequate structures and facilities for managing safety. In many cases, site and project managers tend to focus on considerations such as optimizing productivity without adequately taking into account the health and safety implications. This is despite the fact that there is major scope for preventing, or minimizing, the effects of many construction site accidents through appropriate site layout design and organization.

HDD (HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING) WITH REPORTS

Horizontal directional drilling or HDD is a steerable trench-less method of installing underground pipe, conduit, or cable in a shallow arc along a prescribed bore path by using a surface-launched drilling rig, with minimal impact on the surrounding area. HDD is used when trenching or excavating is not practical. It is suitable for a variety of soil conditions and jobs including road, landscape and river crossings.

Pipe can be made of materials such as PVC, polyethylene, polypropylene, ductile iron, and steel as long as it can be pulled through the drilled hole. HDD is not practical if there are voids in the rock or incomplete layers of rock. The best material is solid rock or sedimentary material. Soils with cobblestone are not recommended. There are different types of heads used in the pilot-hole process, and they depend on the geological material.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION, DETAILING AND CALCULATION

You need to have different types of roads on your construction site and the nanoCAD Construction Site provides tools to design various types of roads, railways and footpaths. Road settings are configured in a special dialog. User can select the desired type of a road, its geometry, given pavement structure and settings of the drawing style. The program provides all necessary base road data and various layouts. It automatically calculates consumption of road plates and bulk materials required for temporary roads. It supports the ability to update associative layouts of road plates when editing the road scheme.

It performs the following functions:

parametrical construction of roads and footpaths;

pavement design;

creation of the layout of road plates;

road section creation;

road signs placement:

definition of various types of railroads.

CONSTRUCTION SITE LAYOUT DESIGN

Site layout design is an important phase of any construction activity from the beginning to the end. The impact of good layout practices in terms of time, money, and construction efficiency increases with the size of the project. Construction site layout involves identifying, sizing, and placing temporary facilities within the boundaries of a construction site. These temporary facilities range from simple lay-down areas to warehouses, fabrication shops, maintenance shops, batch plant, and residence facilities. Required types of temporary facilities and their areas are depending on many factors including project type and size, design, location, and organisation of a construction work.

Site planning in particular, has been the most neglected aspect in the construction industry. But according to research reports temporary facilities are important elements that can either enhance or adversely affect construction productivity.

POWERFUL PARAMETRIC AND VERSATILE ANNOTATING TOOLS

Objects in nanoCAD Construction Site possess sort of "intellect" that appear when objects are interacting with each other during the design and editing process. Objects are represented by a single set of primitives that make them, and work as a unit. Special "handle" allow to stretch, move, rotate or to modify the object but the object does not lose the correct display, modification occurs without geometric distortion. Along with "handles" developed special screen of the brand, which provide users with enhanced tools for editing the object. This tool allows you to call a context menu with options for a particular operation, adding the object element, to produce the text alignment, mirror the part of the object, etc.

LIBRARY OF PARAMETRICAL OBJECTS

nanoCAD Construction Site object library contains more than five thousands parametrical objects. The database contains ready to use templates, tables and forms, format sheets, fasteners and standard parts, foundations and piles. These elements can be inserted directly into a drawing, assign desired parameters values thus save time for creation of standard components. Object Manager tool palette provide convenient management of library elements.

Each parametric library object has set of standard dimensional values, determining the actual representation of it in the drawing and the rules of interaction with other elements. If necessary, users can create their own library items and store them in a database. Master of Objects is used for this procedure. It helps to define a graphical representation of the object and its parameters.

GENERAL CAD PLATFORM (I.E NANOCAD PLUS)

nanoCAD Plus is a compact, robust and comprehensive CAD, perfect for 2D design and drafting.

A traditional user-friendly interface and the capability to use common working methods makes this software a universal tool, almost every designer can work with it.

nanoCAD is used for the creation and editing of vector primitives (graphic elements) and more complex objects (blocks, dimensions and etc.). It is possible to insert and use a raster image as a background file also. Besides 2D drawings nanoCAD Plus supplies tools to load and view 3D geometry from *.dwg files and to create 3D and Polyface Mesh models. Also it is possible to produce working documentation from 3D models created in different 3D CAD software.

3DSCAN DATA SOURCES

The sources of primary data for nanoCAD 3DScan are:

three-dimensional laser scanning (LIDAR) data;

various photogrammetric software and hardware systems for obtaining three-dimensional data;

bathymetric surveying and other remote or contact methods providing three-dimensional point clouds as a result of the operation.

3DSCAN APPLICATION AREAS

nanoCAD 3DScan is focused on solving engineering and information tasks using 3D scanning data in the following application areas:

construction and operation of buildings engineering structures and networks, including search for collisions and author's supervision;

creation of 2.5D drawings and plans, including topographic;

machines and apparatus design;

creation of three-dimensional simulation models;

data entry into the GIS system database;

emergency situations and ecological monitoring;

transportation tasks modeling;

execution of operational calculations, measurements, including tools for virtual surveying.

3DSCAN FILE FORMATS

LAS;

BIN;

PTX;

PTS;

PCD;

XYZ.

3DSCAN ADVANTAGES

In addition, nanoCAD 3DScan provides an advanced software API for creating custom applications based on nanoCAD 3DScan.
The main advantages of nanoCAD 3Dscan are:

unique powerful software kernel;

effective point clouds data processing up to 2.5 billion points;

special methods for navigating through point clouds;

dedicated tools for working with raw source data;

full integration with the nanoCAD environment with ability of integration with 3rd party vertical applications.

3DSCAN FUNCTIONALITY

nanoCAD 3DScan provides the following functionality:

import of cloud points from popular exchange formats (LAS, BIN, PTS, PTX, PCD, XYZ);

preprocessing: filtration based on different criteria;

registration marks import from external sources;

registration by marks and manual binding;

quality control of point cloud registration;

optimized data storage with meta-information (points classification , measurement parameters, scanned color), implemented with stochastic spatial trees technology;

a wide range of visualization methods and the possibility of photorealistic mapping, variety display with multiple viewports support;

construction of cross-sections, assigning of view areas, support for dynamic sections;

integration of point clouds into the nanoCAD drawing environment;

semi-automatic and manual data filtering;

manual and semi-automatic classification tools;

automatic identification of ground surface data;

creation of triangulation models, including digital elevation model (DEM);

semi-automatic and manual vectorization;

measurements of lengths and areas;

direct volumes calculation on point clouds data and project surfaces.

3DSCAN FEATURES

nanoCAD 3DScan is a specialized software application designed to work with 3D scanning data, primarily 3D laser scanning data (LIDAR), based on the nanoCAD CAD platform.

Using nanoCAD 3DScan, you can analyze and process large amounts of 3D scanning data (point clouds), such as:

data visualization;

registration;

filtration;

segmentation;

classification;

vectorization;

calculations using raw data.