The basic ideas of SDBOX
- Automate often-repeated drawing procedures.
- Manage complicated drawings and perform massive calculations with ease.
- Organize drawings with user-defined defaults. Includes libraries and settings suitable for office networks.
- Edit complements (symbols, texts, numbers, dimensions, etc.) with the right tools. Object sizes are designed to stay readable according to the drawing’s print scale.
- Build & manage libraries for texts, symbols, lines, hatches, dimensions, etc., with automated annotation tables and predefined descriptions.
- Check accuracy of any drawing quickly.
- All SDBOX commands do not affect other plugins and can be used simultaneously.
Contents
- Numbers: Calculations with numbers inside texts or blocks, calculations with objects (e.g. total lines length), slope calculation, area calculation with automated notation and coordinates tables, etc.
- Blocks: Editable symbol libraries (network-friendly), insertion by drawing scale or by fixed dimensions, export block data, legend, etc.
- Texts: Automated alignment, spacing changes, import/export text files, group editing, legend, etc.
- Lines: 200+ linetypes, drawing tools, automated editing, legend, etc.
- Layers: Manage, import from presets, copy between layers, move, rename, modify, etc.
- Hatch: Lineation, ground, concave surface, wood, roof, tiles, wall, glass, section elements, legend, etc.
- Offset: With layer change, repeat in preset direction, repeat with preset distance, offset by picking point inside closed areas, etc.
- Views: Create model views, import from libraries, VPORTS tools in layouts, etc.
- Annotations: 20 indication/annotation types (simple text, with symbols, site indications, aligned, in columns, etc.) with phrase libraries and editing tools.
- Dimensioning: 15 AutoCAD-type dimension commands, 5 automated dimension-by-text commands, etc.
- Various: “To-do” list checking, paper symbol insertion, import lists from files, cut drawing details, manage files, transfer drawing to Google Earth, etc.
- Modify: ~30 tools — scale, move, rotate, LTSCALE, LTWEIGHT, Hatch scale, change, etc.
- Images: Copy, search, isolate, modify, adjust, etc.
- Sections & Elevations: Automate section/elevation drawings, automatic level indications, level checking tools, window/door recess symbols, etc.
- Ground Plan: Doors-windows-openings & columns indications, quick preset door/window, levels/heights indications, architectural symbols library, etc.
- Topography/Land Survey: Import points from any file, survey drawing tools, code-driven draw, create survey points, symbols, grid, area measurement, coordinates lists, automated annotations, etc.
- Photos: Create a photo book with photo indications, title blocks, counting & copying photos, etc.
- Annotations (DB): Automated annotations for symbols/blocks/texts/lines/hatches with preset descriptions, notes & title insertion, project database, etc.
- Settings: Import/export/load SDBOX settings, CTB files, AutoCAD settings, etc.
- Fonts: SDBOX fonts are designed to save space and print well with pen widths.