FastCAD Architectural 32 is  the  architectural environment for FastCAD 32.
It includes cavity wall, window, door and opening commands and other tools essential for the efficient production of architectural and construction drawings. In addition there are drawing setup and layer management utilities, and a library of useful building parts and BS 1192 and other symbols.
 

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Selected features:

Cavity Walls Cavity walls can be drawn to preset parameters which are adjustable while drawing. The walls can be closed automatically if required.
 
Windows Doors Windows, doors and external openings are drawn parametrically and inserted into walls by picking the outer and inner wall faces and by selecting an insertion point or displacement from a chosen reference point.
Internal Doors Internal doors are drawn parametrically and inserted into double line partition walls either centrally or to one side. The door sizes and swings can be adjusted during insertion.
 
Tee-ing Tee-ing walls into each other is acheived with just a few clicks of the walls.
 
Trimming Trimming lines to inside or outside boundaries is automated.
 
Patch Patch editing combines joining and erasing operations and allows openings to be removed and walls repaired automatically, so alterations can be made to plans or elevations quickly and seamlessly without laborious editing.
Align Part Align Part is a new way of inserting parts. During insertion a reference line such as a wall face or floor line is selected and the part is effectively locked on to the line. This allowsg the part to be manipulated easily after insertion and mirrored, scaled or moved as often as required until it is correctly placed.
Align Align is used to manipulate objects within the drawing.
 
Bill Of Materials Bill of Materials commands can be used to label components and parts which can then be tabulated and exported to a database.
 
Draw Table Draw Table and generate schedules and sorted lists from the Bill of Materials labels.
 
Partition Partition simplifies drawing partitions and hatching walls with scaleable hatching or the other available fill styles.
 
Stairs Stairs generates flights of timber or concrete stairs to preset parameters.
 
Project
Vertical Projection
Project and Vertical Projection are used for transferring plan co-ordinates to elevations.
 
Roof Truss Roof Truss draws attic and fink roof truss profiles to preset parameters.
 
Cut In Cut In trims lines to a selection box which can optionally be outlined.
 
Cut Out Cut Out erases entities and trims lines outside a selection box which can optionally be outlined.
 
Subdivide Subdivide marks out repetitive elements within a pair of boundary lines.
 
Distance / Direction Distance / Direction is a method of drawing lines using separately entered length and bearing values.
 
Direction / Distance Direction / Distance is a method of drawing lines using separately entered bearing and length values.
 
Triangulation Triangulation is used for drawing measured survey lines.
 
Isoline Isoline provides a means of drawing lines with the aid of a cursor which snaps to 0/30/60/90/120 or 150 degrees.
 
Isocircle Isocircle draws a left, top or right isometric projection of a circle.
 
Freehand Freehand draws a series of points or lines following the movement of the cursor.
 
Linear Array Linear Array makes multiple copies arranged in a straight line.
 
Portal Frame Portal Frame draws a steel portal frame profile using the parameters in the dialog box which is displayed.
 
  Measure Areas calculates the areas of selected entities, labels them, then draws a table listing their areas and the total area.
 
  As an alternative to using numerous individual templates for scales and sheet sizes the menu has a Page Setup utility which allows the user to start by selecting a drawing scale then when prompted, a sheet size and drawing name. When the chosen title box is inserted it then automatically scaled to match.
  A number of Layer Sets of current and visible layers are included on the menu to allow for quick switching between building and drawing elements.
 
  The Parts Library and user-definable Menus include electrical fittings, heating, services, fire precautions equipment, landscaping, external works, furniture, stairs plans, and commonly used domestic symbols.