Hot Door CADtools 8 for Adobe Illustrator CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6. CADtools 8 is required for Illustrator CS6 compatibility. 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! Draw in any scale, dimension artwork with a mouse click, and numerically control size and location of objects or points. Hot Door CADtools makes working with Adobe Illustrator easy and elegant. Illustrator CS3 has increased performance and DXF/DWG compatibility to make CADtools 5 a perfect solution for design professionals.
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 customized 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
