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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 00:00

Using ShortCAD you can create and edit 2D vector-graphic drawings just as you do it in well known CAD applications on your PC.

ShortCAD saves your drawings as .ShortDWG files. You can export ShorCAD drawings in .dxf format to other vector-graphic editors and CAD systems.

ShortCAD supports the following basic drawing objects:

line

polyline

circle by radius

circle by diameter

circle by three points

arc by three points

arc by radius

Lines

Polylines

Circles

Arcs

       
trace object
solid object
text object
insert block
ellipse by radius
ellipse by diameter

point object

Traces

Solids

Texts

Inserted
symbols

Ellipses

Points


ShortCAD provides tools to create:

freeline objectrectangle tooldonut toolCopying toolCopying tool 
Sketch
lines
RectanglesDonuts Copies
of
object(s)

Rectangular
Arrays of copies of objects

 


To modify created drawings, ShortCAD provides the following commands:

moverotatescaleerasebring to frontsend to back
MoveRotateScaleErase

Send
Back

Bring
to Front

      
basepoint setupmatch propertieschamfer toolchamfer tool
Setting
Drawing
Base

Undo

Redo

Match
properties

ChamferTrim
    
chamfer toolchamfer toolchamfer toollayer managertext styleobject style
BreakExplode

Edit
Polylines

Managing
layers

Editing
text
styles

Changing
line
types

 
Supported platforms
Saturday, 12 September 2009 20:03
You can use ShortCAD if Your device runs under one of the following Operating Systems:
  • Microsoft Pocket PC 4.20 or higher
  • Windows Mobile 5.x
  • Windows Mobile 6.x and higher

ShortCAD does not depend on screen resolution since it does not operate with hardware directly, so only few little OEM factors may explain greater or less efficiency of it. In particular, the following screen resolutions are successfully tried to be explored by ShortCAD

  • QVGA (240x320),
  • 320x320,
  • 240x240
  • VGA (640x480),
  • 480x480
  • WVGA (800x600).

ShortCAD is all the time being improved, so new UI trick are all the time invented an implemented to be provide more and more comfortable user interface.

Installing ShortCAD on Your device, please, prefer to locate it on the file systems like Storage Card, MMS Card, SD Card and so on. It would give you an opportunity safe the main memory of the device for more critical purposes (e.g. the embedded E-Mail storage). As well You always will have a safe condition reserved for further installing/copying additions for ShortCAD (e.g. the True Type based Fonts).

 
Saturday, 12 September 2009 16:15

ShortCAD supports documents of any sizes via Drawing Settings Dialog:

drawing settings
Drawing Settings

Excellent accuracy is guaranteed when using object and grid snaps available in ShortCAD:

gridgrid snapobject snapintersection snaportho snap
GridGrid snapObject snapIntersection
snap
Ortho snap

In idle state ShortCAD displays a fragment of opened drawing and waits for a command from you. You can launch commands by the following means:

Selecting appropriate items in the Menu.
Tapping appropriate icons in the Command Toolbar.
Tapping appropriate icons in the Command Palette.

Each command of ShortCAD is represented by separate icon on the Command Palette:

command palette

 
Detailed Feature list
Thursday, 10 September 2009 12:33

If you are confused about missing feature or just would like to overview the current state of the software, please, refer this section. Here you will find the detailed list of ShortCAD Lite 1.0 features. The feature list also shows options that are not yet implemented by highly required by our users.

Common user interface features of ShortCAD listed like following:

Main Application Window   OK
Menu   OK
Command Toolbar   OK
Command Palette   OK
Layer List and Block List   OK
Status Bar   OK
Developer API OK
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