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Sketch studio

Sketch with a mouse, finger or stylus and watch it become a proper engineering drawing: strokes straighten into members and lines, snap to the grid, to joints and to standard angles, rectangles and circles are recognised, and the result is dimensioned and framed with a title block. In Structure mode add supports and loads and the frame is analysed as you draw; open it in the Frame studio for the full analysis. Export to SVG, PNG, PDF or DXF for CAD.

✎ SketchOne steady stroke per line. Join strokes at a node or onto a member to make a joint. A closed four-sided stroke becomes a rectangle, a round one a circle.

▲ SupportsSketch a small triangle under a node for a pin, a small circle for a roller, or click nodes with the Support tool to cycle pin, roller and fixed.

↓ LoadsWith the Load tool, a stroke ending at a node is a point load in that direction; a stroke alongside a member is a UDL. Click a load to change its value.

⇪ ExportSVG and PNG for reports, an A3 PDF, a DXF in millimetres for AutoCAD or BricsCAD, or open the frame in the Frame & beam studio.