Concepts

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hsCADCreator employs specific concepts to facilitate drawing creation, editing and viewing:

 

Entities

: Various types of entities that can be drawn.

 

 

Objects

: Objects store data for repeated use.

 

 

Snap Point Settings

: Ability to have the cursor snap to various points on an entity.

 

 

Entity Grip Points

: 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.

 

 

Grid

:  Display of points patterned along X and Y axis for ease of drafting.

 

 

Drawing Settings

: The settings for active drawing. These include: background color, units, etc.

 

 

Data Types and Properties

: Various types of information commonly used in drawings.

 

 

Property Trees

: 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.

 

 

Tools

: hsCADCreator provides a number of ways to create/edit/delete/manage all entities, objects, and their properties.

 

 

Toolbars

: Where the collection of tools are found.

 

 

Dialogs

: Collection of various user interfaces to get complex tasks done.

 

 

Undo/Redo

: Process to remove or reinstate last change made in drawing.