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CAD becomes beautifully simple with CADtools - a complete CAD plug-in solution for Adobe Illustrator. Draw in any scale, edit and dimension vector artwork with a mouse click, and numerically control objects or points. Click and drag with 76 tools to make design work both easy and elegant! New features added in CADtools 8:
· CS6 compatibility
· Hot Door CORE™ technology dramatically improves speed and performance and ensures prompt release of new updates and upgrades for Ai Creative Cloud compatibility
· Instant updates of attached dimensions (optional) replaces need to update links
· CADunits panel to simplify control
· CADdimension panel combines former CADtext and CADstyle panels
· Unlimited custom scales with CADscale panel
· Corner Profile tool for shaping corners
· Chain Datum Dimension tools
· Rounded Rectangle tools
· Improved isometric/axonometric drawing and new CADaxonometric panel replacing former CADisometric panel
· Improved fillet/trim/extend tools
· Integrated scaled CADrulers and CADgrids
· CADcontrol bar (under construction)
· CADtools Preferences under the Window > CADtools menu defines general document settings Summary of major features:
· Draw Illustrator art in any scale and use scale calculator for ease and efficiency
· Create/adjust walls, insert doors and windows
· Click-drag dimensions with custom style
· Edit dimensions with custom text
· Numerically move, transform, repeat objects
· Measure area, perimeter and length of paths
· Create customised labels with text, numbers, alphabet or object geometry
· Create offsets for vector paths
· Axonometric/isometric tools including cubes
· Project or dimension flat art in axonometric view
· Precision fillet, chamfer, trim and extend tools
· Precision resizing with proportion tool
· Divide or cut paths into equal parts
· Save or load CADtools settings as Presets
· Instant titles/tables with easy numeric input CADtools installs 76 drawing, editing, labeling and dimensioning tools organised in 8 groups right below Illustrator tools: 2D Drawing
2D Dimensioning
Axonometric Drawing
Axonometric Dimensioning
CAD Walls
2D Editing
Labelling
Construction All of the tools show red dots which indicate the number and placement of mouse-clicks to edit or create an object, label or dimension. Easy! Ten CADtools panels are accessible from the Window > CADtools menu. Online registration, software updates, and tutorials are also easy to access from the Window > CADtools menu. |
