hsCADCreator employs specific concepts to facilitate drawing creation, editing and viewing:
Entities
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: Various types of entities that can be drawn.
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Objects
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: Objects store data for repeated use.
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Snap Point Settings
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: Ability to have the cursor snap to various points on an entity.
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Entity Grip Points
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: Each entity has one or more points to facilitate entity manipulation, what we call grip points, associated with it. These allow the user to change visual properties of the entity.
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Grid
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: Display of points patterned along X and Y axis for ease of drafting.
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Drawing Settings
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: The settings for active drawing. These include: background color, units, etc.
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Data Types and Properties
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: Various types of information commonly used in drawings.
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Property Trees
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: Collection of properties displayed in tree structure. The property tree contains the tab that displays the active tools settings as well as selected entities properties.
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Tools
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hsCADCreator provides a number of ways to create/edit/delete/manage all entities, objects, and their properties.
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Toolbars
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: Where the collection of tools are found.
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Dialogs
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: Collection of various user interfaces to get complex tasks done.
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Undo/Redo
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: Process to remove or reinstate last change made in drawing.
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