CadCraft Browser edition 0.4

CadCraft — 2D drafting

Start drawing

  • Type L and press Enter for a line. Click points, or type @100,0; press Enter to finish.
  • C circle, REC rectangle, TR trim, O offset. Type HELP for every command.
  • Wheel to zoom; drag with the wheel or the right button to pan. A right click is Enter.
  • DLI dimensions, B makes a block. The + under the drawing makes a sheet with a title block; Ctrl+P plots to PDF.
  • Or drop a DWG or DXF here. It opens on this computer; nothing is uploaded.

    Plot to PDF

    CadCraft settings

    These settings are only for CadCraft, and you can change them only here, in the app.

    Cursor

    The crosshair and pick box in the drawing. A bigger pick box also picks objects from a little farther away.

    Paste point

    Where a pasted copy hangs from the cursor (Ctrl+V) until you click: the lower-left corner of the copy's extents, or its center. Copy with a base point (COPYBASE) and that point is used instead.

    Clicking objects

    With no command running. Adds: each click or window adds to what is selected, and Shift takes objects out. Replaces: a click or window selects only what it picks, and Shift adds to the selection (Shift+click a selected object to take it out).

    Dragging to select

    Press and drag on an empty spot. Lasso draws a freehand outline: drag to the right to select what lies wholly inside it, to the left for what it touches, and press Space while dragging to switch between window, crossing and fence. Rectangle draws a box instead. A click, then a second click, always draws a box. Same as LASSOMODE 1 or 0.

    Corner indicator

    Automatic shows the axis icon on the Model tab and the view cube on the 3D tab; the other choices apply to both. The axis icon is the X and Y marker at the bottom left of the Model tab (X, Y and Z on the 3D tab). The view cube sits at the top right: on the Model tab it shows the drawing from the top, and clicking another face, edge or corner opens the 3D tab looking from there; on the 3D tab it turns with the view. Sheets show neither.

    Theme

    The theme applies to every CadCraft app and the site.

    Language

    The language applies to every CadCraft app. The app reloads to change it.

    Screen

    Browsers allow full screen only after a click or key press, so it starts on your first click in the drawing.

    Toolbar

    Arrange: drag tools within their group, and drag a group by its name.

    Panels

    You can also drag a panel's inner edge. Double-click the edge to put it back.

    Panels

    Drag a panel by its name to dock it left, right or at the bottom, or drop it over the drawing to float it. A new window can go on your other screen. Reset layout puts every panel back where it started.