Creating a Cordon | ideCAD Help Center

The cordon command creates objects on wall edges by default, with a selected profile.

You can access it under the 3D Geometric Objects title of the ribbon menu, Facade tab.

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Sweep Draws a continuous form object according to the selected section.
Ceiling cornice Draws a ceiling cornice object.
Baseboard Draws a baseboard object.
Border on wall Draws a border on the wall object.
Cordon Draws a cordon object.
Roof gutter Draws a gutter around the roof object.
Dome gutter Draws a gutter around the dome object.
Free drawn Draws the sweep freely by giving a point without being attached to any object.
Path based Draws a sweep based on the path object.
Wall based Draws the sweep attached to the wall.
Story top aligned It automatically adjusts the level of the sweep to be the same as the story ceiling level and draws the object at that level.
Story bottom aligned It automatically adjusts the level of the sweep to be the same as the story floor level and draws the object at that level.
Story alignment free It takes the elevation of the sweep as much as the given level and draws the object at that level.
Sweep operations Opens an auxiliary toolbar with commands for changing sweep.
Section list It is the list that allows the section of the sweep to be determined. A profile is selected from the list while drawing the object.
Profiles Displays the folder of profiles saved in the project or to disk and allows sweep.
Settings Displays the settings of the sweep.

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Sweep

Draws a continuous form object according to the selected section.

Ceiling cornice

Draws a ceiling cornice object.

Baseboard

Draws a baseboard object.

Border on wall

Draws a border on the wall object.

Cordon

Draws a cordon object.

Roof gutter

Draws a gutter around the roof object.

Dome gutter

Draws a gutter around the dome object.

Free drawn

Draws the sweep freely by giving a point without being attached to any object.

Path based

Draws a sweep based on the path object.

Wall based

Draws the sweep attached to the wall.

Story top aligned

It automatically adjusts the level of the sweep to be the same as the story ceiling level and draws the object at that level.

Story bottom aligned

It automatically adjusts the level of the sweep to be the same as the story floor level and draws the object at that level.

Story alignment free

It takes the elevation of the sweep as much as the given level and draws the object at that level.

Sweep operations

Opens an auxiliary toolbar with commands for changing sweep.

Section list

It is the list that allows the section of the sweep to be determined. A profile is selected from the list while drawing the object.

Profiles

Displays the folder of profiles saved in the project or to disk and allows sweep.

Settings

Displays the settings of the sweep.

Click the Cordon icon under the Facade tab, 3D Geometric Object title.
Wall Based and Story Alignment Free modes in the toolbar are automatically active.
If desired, one of the free drawing and path based drawing modes can be selected.
For story alignment free selected, elevation determines the height from the base of story in Sweep Settings dialogue.
In the Section box on the Sweep toolbar, the profiles to be used in the cordon object are listed.
If wanted, a different profile can be selected from the Section box.
Click on the walls where the cordon will pass.
Meanwhile, if you press the Spacebar on the keyboard, the location of the cordon changes based on the inside or outside of the wall.
Press the left mouse button. Cordon will occur on the specified walls at the specified elevation.

Usage step
Selecting walls
Completing the selection process by clicking the left mouse button and creating a cordon preview
Changing the location of the cordon based on the inside or outside of the wall by pressing the Space key on the keyboard
Creating a cordon by clicking the left mouse button

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