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Classes
A class is an important concept in TAD. Those familiar with object oriented languages will understand it immediately. But an architect often may not know this
A class is simply an abstract container. Why abstract? Because there is no Physical container It is only in our mind. Like a grouping. A class is used to gather together (not physically, but in your mind) a set of objects that logically all share the same or similar properties.
In the real world; the class of humans would be you, your spouse, children etc. Of course the term human is a name given to an abstract collection. For e.g. you will not see one special area in the world or a space where all humans would be cornered together! Similarly, a class is just a name you give to the collection
A class can have sub-classes too. For example; under the class called humans we have broadly two other sub-classes called males and females Now we know that both of them do belong to the class called humans but there are indeed some properties of males that are not seen in females and vice-versa
The background theories behind TAD
The principle architect running an architectural firm has many things to do. In between meetings, site visits etc there is very little time left for actual design. He or she may sketch something on a tracing and pass it on to the juniors to refine on a drafting software. Many times due to some missing information on the sketch, the design intent is lost during refinement.
The Architect's Desktop (TAD) is an early stage design tool designed to assist architects during the hazy stages of design.
Designing in TAD Designer Lite would consist of creating objects on the site, manipulating and reshaping them and enriching their properties as the project progresses. No information needs to be repeated. Any information given will be used in multiple ways.
In TAD Designer Lite main designing is carried out at site. The screen indicates a part of the project site and not a drawing board.
TAD Designer Lite is a 3D solid modeller but it does not have a complex set of commands to do 3D modelling.
Press F1 inside the application to read context-sensitive help directly in the application itself
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