Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1
Introduction
1.1
jDraft Application
1.2
About This Manual
1.3
Mac OS X Notes
1.4
Go on, Take Her for a Spin!
1.5
Contacting SpareTimeLabs
2
Installation
2.1
Hardware/Software/User requirements
2.2
Software installation
2.3
Launching the application
2.4
Product Registration
3
Before You Draw
3.1
Paper/drawing size
3.2
Grids
3.3
Line Styles
3.4
Layers
3.5
Colors
4
Working with Documents
4.1
Opening an existing drawing
4.2
Creating a new drawing
4.3
Shuffling Windows
4.4
Saving Documents
5
User Interface Overview
5.1
User Interface Organization
5.2
Palettes and Parameters
5.3
eGuide
6
Moving Around
6.1
Moving,Zooming and Grooving with the Mouse Wheel
6.2
Scrollbars
6.3
View Undo/Redo
6.4
Zoom Document
6.5
Zoom In/Out
6.6
Zoom Command
6.7
View Controls -menu
6.8
Advanced view options
7
Anatomy of a Drawing
7.1
Shapes and Drawing Primitives
7.2
Line Styles
7.3
Layers
7.4
Groups
7.5
Text Blocks
7.6
Filled Areas
7.7
Fill Patterns
8
Drawing Aids
8.1
Snap Cursor
8.2
Shape Hilite
8.3
Snapping
8.4
Grids
8.5
Guide Lines
8.6
Reference Points
8.7
Snap Points
8.8
Picking Shapes
8.9
Coordinate Systems
8.10
Last Point
8.11
Numeric Entry
8.12
Coordinate/Info Display
8.13
Background Images
8.14
Options
8.15
Shift Click
9
Editing
9.1
Selecting Shapes
9.2
Handles, Dragging and Stretching
9.3
Drag ’n Drop
9.4
Copy / Paste
9.5
Delete
9.6
Move
9.7
Rotate
9.8
Grouping / Ungrouping
9.9
Edit Logs
10
Drawing
10.1
Setup Coordinate System
10.2
Select Layer
10.3
Select Grid
10.4
Select Line Style
10.5
Drawing Shapes
10.6
Auto Snap
10.7
Click or Drag
10.8
Adding Text Blocks
10.9
Working With Groups
11
Advanced Editing
11.1
Explode
11.2
Move To Current Layer
11.3
Polyline / Spline editing
11.4
Spliting/Trimming
11.5
Chamfering / Filleting
11.6
Resizing and Mirroring
12
Dimensioning
13
Printing
13.1
Paper Setup Revealed
13.2
Print Selection
14
Import / Export
14.1
DXF Import
14.2
DXF Export
15
Shortcuts
15.1
Configuring Shortcuts
15.2
Shortcuts
16
Appendix A
17
License Agreement Version 1.0 for the jDraft Shareware Application
17.1
License Agreement Version 1.0 for the jDraft Shareware Application