NanoCAD 5.0 Tutorial - PART 1 - Must See Tips & Tricks

[@teranosimons3134]

Straight to the point man thx I was searching for this grid thing 😂

[@DrawingTechnical]

Trust me, it drove me mad when I first used it, I almost gave up on it. 😊

[@trendstyledesign6446]

Pan of doom solution. Go to view, select views, select Set Top. Also Nanocadv5 has basic 3d functionality, you can import 3d dwg/dxf files.

[@trendstyledesign6446]

Or activate your view toolbar and do it from there

[@DrawingTechnical]

Thanks for the tip.

[@jameswdef318]

People are still watching. And I SHIFT pan all the time for BLENDER. Punched the screen until I read the posts.

[@hqhq4611]

At about 12:43 you mention that you you have to specify your linetype before you draw your line -- that you can't change it later. What's happening is something called "Linetype Scale" which is probably set too high to show your line type. In your example you were wanting to change a line to "BATTING". Just select the line that you want to change, make sure you have changed it's linetype to "BATTING" up at the top of your screen, then go to "Inspector" and go down a few lines to "Linetype Scale". It's probably set to "1" so try typing in a lower value like ".25" or ".1" and see if your line doesn't show up as BATTING. Hope that helps.

[@DrawingTechnical]

Ah, thank you for your tip. The problem I had was when you select the line tool, you can't change how it looks until you've drawn it because all the line settings go blank when the line tool is active. I think I might have been unclear on that part.

[@triplandd]

Thank you for sharing this video👍👍

[@DrawingTechnical]

You're welcome, thanks for your comment. I enjoy using this software. Part 2 coming soon.

[@trondaustad8617]

Cool video. It makes me crazzzy. But sooner or later i will fix it. 😊

[@Darksunbird]

i do most of my line work then i select all of the lines whose styles i want to change then change them over on the left. very handy if you just want to get it all out of your head first.

[@DrawingTechnical]

That sounds like a smarter way of working, good tip 👍

[@ForrestdWill]

So funny, thanks man!

[@DrawingTechnical]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@JohnHuntPhotography]

Great video. Just downloaded NanoCAD. Do you know how I can import my own PlotStyles into the program?

[@DrawingTechnical]

Thanks, copy the file *.ctb in your folder : C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Nanosoft anoCAD Int 5.0\PlotStyles Then reload NanoCAD. Hope that helps.

[@brutisthunderhand1490]

view, tool bars, nanocad tools, snaps Turns on the 'snaps' tool bar.

[@szaga5519]

Thank you Sir for the footage! Do you know that is possible to detect/check duplicate lines in NanoCAD 5.0?

[@DrawingTechnical]

You're welcome, I need to do a part 2 some time. I didn't know the 'detect duplicate line' feature specifically, but I noticed something in NanoCAD that AutoCAD doesn't have, when I draw white lines and then draw green lines for example over them, and when I try to click the, it gives me a choice if I want to click the green or the white line. I guess that's what you're talking about.

[@JanKowalski-fx2cd]

​@@DrawingTechnical A/C has it and it's called 'overkill' command, it's very useful for CNC programming, I'm not an architecture eng. just mechanical one and that's why I'm asking, but I've also dived deeper and it seems that such a command exists but not in 5.0 (free) version ;(

[@DrawingTechnical]

Ah okay, I've been using AutoCAD at the office for a year now, so not too experienced with it. I don't even know how to present views on a sheet yet, when I finish AutoCAD drawings I just import them into Revit and sheet them up there. Someone experienced in Cad in my comments recommended to use ACTcad, I think it's free and he said it's better than nanocad, you might find what you're looking for in there.

[@williamwallace9826]

@@DrawingTechnical ACTCad isn't free. They offer a 30-day trial period, but you have to buy the software. I's much less expensive than AutoCAD, but it's not free.

[@jenishpatel7322]

Go.8n view and select the view

[@lucindadangles9696]

can you write macros in Nano Cad V5? Can you set macros to the F keys?

[@DrawingTechnical]

Sorry, I have no idea what macros are, I'll have to look into that.

[@MrBrams95]

I have tried nanocad for a commercial project and it was fine .. my only issue is the quality display is glichy .. any tips please

[@DrawingTechnical]

I'm not totally sure what you mean. Do you mean that the lines or your mouse cursor doesn't move smoothly on the screen? As in it looks like it snaps to some points on a grid and not allowing you free movement?

[@MrBrams95]

Yes, when the cursor come above the line it looks like there is nothing there .. and when I draw diagonal lines it has a jagy display (not smooth by any mean)

[@DrawingTechnical]

Hi Ibrahim, I believe this video I made should solve your problem, if your problem is what I think it is, I had the same problem and found the way to make it draw smoothly. Link to video solution here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZDXeoBvjr-GbMk

[@karlasaliba4677]

Pan of doom is actually called orbit. Drives most ppl crazy. My only consolation is that it's closer to autocad than librecad. 😌

[@DrawingTechnical]

Thanks for the info. Do you know how to get out of it and get the drawing back to normal without shutting it down? Nanocad is Russian, and it says somewhere on their website that they made nanocad to topple autocad. Let's see if they can do it.

[@karlasaliba4677]

@@DrawingTechnical i started yesterday on Nanocad but i found the solution for the 3d orbit. u type 'View' in the command line. there u have a bunch of options. press on 'orthographic'. then choose 'top' from the next options. done. i tried it and it worked

[@DrawingTechnical]

Oh wow, it worked! Thank you! I guess you solved your hatch boundary problem as well? I can't find the comment anymore.

[@karlasaliba4677]

@@DrawingTechnical hi. I'm glad it worked. Yes my hatch worked. I choose the lower option of pick object.

[@DrawingTechnical]

Awesome 😎👍

[@absurdusdelirium]

First of all thank you for the video but I have just one question: are you Davie504? Should there be any slapping in this video? Cheers, man 😜🤙

[@DrawingTechnical]

Hah, someone else called me Davie504 as well 😄. Thanks for the comment. I’m gonna slap Autodesk one.

[@mauriceshapero7200]

Thanks for you really helpful videos. Have you tried any other free Autocad clones? I'm looking to transition to free software. I've successfully changed to Blender which is great. The other one I've been looking at is Librecad? I'm specifically looking at for architecture so I think Freecad is more engineering based?

[@DrawingTechnical]

Thanks for your comment :) I should really make apart 2 on this. I haven't tried any other ones, I've seen mentions of Librecad, recommendations to try blender, and one experienced CAD user recommended I try ActCAD I think it's called or AC CAd. I have tried FreeCAD and I've ended up hating it. I'll give it another chance someday but at the moment I'm using NanoCAD at home and the ol' drawing board and pencils.

[@mauriceshapero7200]

@@DrawingTechnical yes, I used ink and tracing paper for the first ten years! I must say that I loved drawing way more than the computer. I downloaded Nanocad and it feels very familiar and easy to use. There’s no dynamic input though which might put me off. I’ll check ActCad out and let you know what it’s like!

[@mauriceshapero7200]

@@DrawingTechnical yes, I used ink and tracing paper for the first ten years! I must say that I loved drawing way more than the computer. I downloaded Nanocad and it feels very familiar and easy to use. There’s no dynamic input though which might put me off. I’ll check ActCad out and let you know what it’s like!

[@DrawingTechnical]

Great, I look forward to it. Do you know any good books for architeectural drawing on paper? I have collected some old vitage architectural and engineering drawing books, they should be enough to keep me going for a good while.

[@williamwallace9826]

Another free CAD program that works a lot like AutoCAD is DoubleCAD XT. I think the version you still see available for download is DoubleCAD XT 5.0, but if you contact the company they may send you a link and a serial number for DoubleCAD XT 6.0. Try both, but so far I think NanoCAD is a bit easier to use than DoubleCAD. DoubleCAD has some weird kinks, which the company seems to think are "features," so they won't do anything about fixing them.

[@dennissibley727]

I have to draw templates and I get templates in DWG files from my customers How do I print actual size on my 36" roll printer. My templates go from 12" x12" to 48" x 78"

[@David-uz4ge]

Is there a part 2?

[@DrawingTechnical]

Yes there's a part 2 now if you're still interested. Part 3 coming soon.

[@DormantIdeasNIQ]

Can someone point me to a video that exemplifies how to create various type gears in nanoCAD 5 and simple mechanical parts that can be realized on a CNC vi GRBL?

[@DrawingTechnical]

I can’t but I can tell you this. It’s very similar to Autocad, so if you find a tutorial in autocad that shows you what you’re looking for, you might be able to transfer the information over to Nanocad.

[@DormantIdeasNIQ]

@@DrawingTechnical ...transferring the information is not the point... the features level is the point. thank you for trying. FYI: Alibre Expert is my idea of a standalone permanent license software, without criminal cloud, or subscription, or convoluted UI, like horrendous FreeCAD, and so many others. Thank you again.

[@DrawingTechnical]

Freecad is awful, I once made a video disparaging it and I had many people disagree with me. I haven't deleted it from my PC yet because these people made me think that maybe I'm using it wrong. Good luck with your search.

[@DormantIdeasNIQ]

@@DrawingTechnical thank you for your help... alas, autocad and nanocad are now both on my crap list, I have settled for Alibre Expert, and will use python to create my own.

[@DormantIdeasNIQ]

@@DrawingTechnical You are entirely correct about FreeCAD, it IS utter sht! What other software does in 3 clicks, FreeCAD does in 15 to 20 clicks! HORRENDOUS piece of garbage, structured to plow thru mud... UI nightmare.

[@bikramsaha6029]

How to apply dynamic input

[@williamwallace9826]

Why does turning on the grip male you feel like you are using AutoCAD? I have been using AutoCAD to create architectural construction documents for more than 25 years and I have never turned on the grid, and I don't know any architect who works with the grid turned on. It's INCREDIBLY distracting.

[@DrawingTechnical]

I've used AutoCAD in the office for over a year now, I use it with the grid. I like it because it gives me a sense of drawing on graph paper. When I saw that it was available in NanoCAD, it made me feel at home with the software as if I'm back to an AutoCAD interface. All this time I've been using AutoCAD to draw precise detail drawings, and then import the dwg into Revit because I know how to use Revit better.

[@javierjavier1662]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stranger22448]

Music is horrible man.

[@CadManic]

OMG get to the point!

[@DrawingTechnical]

Sorry. Point noted for future videos.