Quick Reference¶

The one page to keep open while you work — commands, entry formats, and print routes at a glance.

New to ConstructiVision? Start with Getting Started. This page assumes you know the basics and just need to look something up fast.

Start a drawing¶

The shortest path from nothing to a dimensioned, printable panel:

New Project → fill in Project Details (name, Imperial / Metric, concrete spec, contractor info), then confirm the folder location in the New Project dialog — creates the project folder and its .cvp file.
When asked, choose Panel (vs Site). See Getting Started.
In Main Panel Details, set width, height, thickness, the mark (prefix / number / suffix), and any gridline marks; confirm to draw the outline. See Set panel marks and gridline marks.
Add a feature — e.g. click Standard Opening, set the values, confirm. The panel redraws. See Add a standard opening.
Print All Layers (or Print Setup) → pick the device (or a PDF device) and paper size. See Plot and print drawings.

Every feature follows the same loop: open dialog → set values → confirm → panel redraws.

Commands by task¶

Toolbar and CV menu commands. Feature and site buttons are toolbar-only; the menu’s panel items are Edit Current Drawing and Edit Main Panel. Full descriptions — every button (with its icon), menu item, and typed command — are on Command & Toolbar Reference.

Project & drawings¶

Command	What it does	Guide
New Project	Create a project — opens Project Details, then makes the folder + first drawing.	Getting Started
Project Details	Edit units, concrete spec, contractor / job info for the current project.
Change Project Folder Location	Rename the project or move its folder on disk.	Move or rename a project
Open Drawing	Browse and open an existing project drawing.
New Drawing	Add a new panel or site drawing to the current project.

Panel features¶

Command	What it does	Guide
Edit Main Panel	Panel width / height / thickness, mark, gridlines, feature checklist.	Set panel marks and gridline marks
Standard Opening	Window / generic rectangular openings.	Add a standard opening
Man Door	Man doors with size, position, and swing.	Add a man door
Dock Leveler	Overhead / dock-leveler openings.	Add an overhead / dock door
Recess / Blockout	Rectangular, circular, arched, triangular recesses / blockouts.	Add a recess or blockout
Reveals	Reveal / rustication strips.	Add chamfers and reveals
Chamfer	Edge chamfers and profiles.	Add chamfers and reveals
Pilaster / Lintel	Pilasters and lintels over openings.	Add a pilaster or lintel
Ledger / Top Plate	Ledger bars and top plates with anchor hardware.	Add a ledger and top plate
Roof Line	Sloped / stepped roof lines.
Weld Connections	Weld-plate connections — single, edge, or array.	Add weld connections
Slab Dowels	Slab dowels along the panel base.
Pick Points	Lifting inserts — automatic grid or manual placement.	Add pick points and brace points
Brace Points	Brace points — automatic or manual placement.	Add pick points and brace points
Linked Panels	Link panels so one drives its clones / mirrors.	Work with linked panels
Up-Convert Panel	Convert an older panel to the current storage format (reversible).	Up-convert a legacy panel

Site¶

Command	What it does
Site Plan	Site-plan setup dialog.
Site Grid	Site gridlines.
Site Drawings	Create / manage the project’s site drawings.
Walls	Site wall layout.
Slabs	Site slab layout.

Full site workflow: Lay out the site — or follow the guided lessons Tutorial 10: Site Drawing, Tutorial 11: Attach Panels, and Tutorial 12: Construction Layout.

Output¶

Command	What it does	Guide
Materials List	Quantity take-off for the current panel.	Generate a materials list
Batch Utilities	Run one operation across many panels — panel book, revisions, updates.	Print a panel book
Print Setup	Save, then plot the drawing as displayed.	Plot and print drawings
Print All Layers	Turn on every layer, save, then plot.	Plot and print drawings
Print Select Layouts	Preset a site layer set (solid / footing / slab), regen, then plot.	Plot and print drawings
CV → Print → Panel → …	Print a panel with a discipline layer preset (see below).	Plot and print drawings
Revision History	View and print the drawing’s revision history.	Track revisions

Views & utilities¶

Command	What it does
View All Layers / View Select Layers	Show every layer, or pick which layers are visible.
Panel Up / Down Face, Panel Left / Right Edge, Panel Bottom / Top Edge	Jump to a panel face — on a site drawing, the plan and the four elevations.
SW / SE / NE / NW Isometric	Jump to an isometric view.
Slope Calculator	Stand-alone slope / grade calculator — Use the Slope Calculator.
Tutorial	Guided in-product tour — builds a small building step by step.
Color Theme	Pick the drawing color scheme — Customize the color theme.
Program Options	The Program Options hub dialog.
Reload ConstructiVision (menu)	Reload the plugin after an update.
Show CV Toolbar (menu)	Restore the toolbar if it was closed.

Dialog entry formats¶

What you can type into a ConstructiVision dimension field. Under most boxes are three sliders that nudge the value by feet, inches, and sixteenths if you prefer clicking to typing.

You type	Means	Notes
`25'-10"`	25 ft 10 in	Full architectural form.
`25'10`	25 ft 10 in	Foot mark `'` only — the `-` and `"` are optional.
`22'6`, `22'-6"`, `270`	all 22 ft 6 in	The three forms are interchangeable.
`310`	25 ft 10 in	No foot mark → read as inches.
`7 1/4`	7¼ in	Whole inches + fraction, no foot mark.
`4'0`, `4'-0"`, `48`	all 4 ft 0 in
`12'11-3/4`, `12'-11 3/4"`	12 ft 11¾ in	Fraction after the inches — dash form (as typed) or space form (as displayed).

Distance-field shortcuts (position a feature across the panel):

Shortcut	Meaning
`+` gap (`+0`, `+3'`)	Adjacent — copy the previous row’s opening and place it that gap past it (`+0` = touching).
`c`	Center — center the opening on the panel.
Measure From L / R	Read the distance in from the left or right edge.

Snap-to-Edge — instead of chasing an edge with a near-zero distance, use the Snap To boxes to register a feature against an edge: L / R snaps to a side (Distance greys out), T / B snaps to top / bottom (Elev greys out). Works for standard openings, recesses / blockouts, reveal strips, pilasters / lintels, roof lines, weld connections, and ledgers / top plates (the letter set varies by dialog — a ledger, for instance, snaps L / R only).

Auto Scale — leave Drawing Scale on Auto Scale and ConstructiVision fits the panel and its dimensions to the sheet automatically.

Elev From — a display lens (Finished Floor ↔ Bottom of Panel). It only changes how elevations are shown; the stored data does not change, and you can enter values in either datum.

Printing at a glance¶

Each route readies the drawing — saving it, presetting layers, or both — before the plot dialog opens; use them instead of plotting manually. Full workflow: Plot and print drawings.

Route	Use it when
Print Setup	Plot the drawing exactly as currently displayed.
Print All Layers	Plot everything — turns every layer on first.
Print Select Layouts	Site drawings — presets solid / footing / slab layer sets, then plots.
CV → Print → Panel → …	A discipline sheet — one trade’s layers only (below).

Discipline presets (CV → Print → Panel) — one panel, clean per-trade sheets:

Preset	Shows
All Layers	The complete panel.
Edge Form	Edge-form details.
Ledgers / Top Plate	Ledger and top-plate hardware.
Weld Connections	Weld-plate connections.
Reveal	Reveal / rustication layout.
Pick / Brace Points	Lifting inserts and brace points for the construction crew.

To issue a PDF, pick a PDF device (e.g. DWG To PDF.pc3) in the plot dialog — plotting to a PDF device is the PDF export; no separate step. OK stays greyed out until both Plot Device and Plot Style are set to something other than None.

Where things are saved¶

What	Where it lives	Cost
Project data	`<project>.cvp` — ConstructiVision maintains it automatically	Always free
Panel data	Stored inside the panel’s `.dwg` — travels with the drawing	Always free
Deliverables	PDFs, prints, exports	See Membership & Tokens

Drawing and saving panels is always free. For how deliverables relate to your membership and tokens, see Membership & Tokens.