CADtools

Welcome to Hot Door CADtools – a complete technical illustration solution for Adobe Illustrator 2020 ONLY on Mac or Windows. CADtools allows users to draw, edit, and dimension objects in scale within Illustrator using 14 panels and 91 drawing, editing, dimensioning, construction, and labeling tools, along with hundreds of live symbols.

The CADtools plug-in mimics Illustrator’s tool behavior for designers seeking a creative, easy-to-use alternative to complex CAD applications.

 

CADtools 12 builds upon decades of experience to bring several new features and user requests. The new CADcalculator panel includes six construction and engineering calculators to help breeze through complex calculations that are nearly impossible by hand. New structured label format brings complex labels to life. Combine custom text, incremental numbers and letters, and full geometry data into a single label design.

What’s new

in CADtools 12

• Compatibility with broad range of versions – Adobe Illustrator CS6 to 2020

• New CADcalculator panel with six built-in construction and engineering calculators

• New structured label format

• Subscription option to ensure compatibility with the latest version of Illustrator

• Completely rewritten and improved revision bubble tool

• CADdimensions and CADlabels Preview section

• Show/Hide every section of CADdimensions, CADlabels and CADtracker individually

• Ability to turn off terminators, dimension lines and witness lines in CADdimensions

• Ability to turn off terminators, leaders and shapes in CADlabels

• Improvements and more options available to auto-dimensions in CADshortcuts

• CADtimesheet now shows elapsed time for every row

• CADruler improvements

• CADtracker area can now use any units

• CADtracker now transforms gradients and patterns

• New Move section added to CADaxo panel

• Object Center tool improvements

 

Core features of CADtools 12

• 2D drawing and walls

• Standard or custom scale defined per document or per Illustrator layer

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