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DoubleCAD XT and XT PRO
Introducing DoubleCAD
DoubleCAD is a new line of 2D CAD products that IMSI have created for the professional market. DoubleCAD XT and XT Pro are designed as drafting and detailing solutions for developing construction documentation.DoubleCAD XT has been designed to compete favorably with AutoCAD LT, an AutoCAD LT work-alike. It is free for both personal and commercial use – like SketchUp.
DoubleCAD XT PRO goes well beyond XT and AutoCAD LT in providing parametric design tools, advanced drafting and detailing features, and a lot more.
DoubleCAD XT an AutoCAD LT work-alike
If you are an AutoCAD LT user, DoubleCAD XT will immediately feel familiar. Familiar menu, menu items, tools, icons, command line, keystrokes... even a familiar intelligent cursor.But — maybe more importantly — you will feel welcomed improvements as well.
DoubleCAD XT is more than a free .DWG viewer...
DoubleCAD XT is a full-powered CAD application that lets you open a variety of file formats and, most importantly, edit those files. DoubleCAD XT employs a large selection of line, arc, curve, and spline tools and other powerful tools such as custom brush styles, transparencies, and smart dimensions. When used with DoubleCAD XT snaps, modification tools, and drawing aids, you will be able to quickly draft and document your designs with outstanding flexibility.Download your free copy of DoubleCAD XT
DoubleCAD XT Features
DoubleCAD XT has the features include things like:- transparent fills,
- draw order by layer,
- explodable viewports,
- bezier curves,
- flatten 3D to 2D views,
- hatch pattern editor,
- advanced polyline editing,
- automatically scale units between drawings,
- parametric variable palette,
- embed/bind image files in a drawing,
- input multiple unit types on-the-fly, and more.
Architectural Tools in DoubleCAD XT
Architectural users will like intelligent self-healing walls that are ADT compatible. Any block can be used as a custom architectural element that will automatically align to self-healing walls when inserted. Advanced handle-based editing of selected objects gives you instant access to sizing, scaling, moving, rotating, and positioning without selecting multiple tools.Brush styles, including hatch patterns, can be created using bitmaps, transparency, and full color. Hatch patterns can even be used in layered combination for a better expression of your design concept.
Productivity tools not found in AutoCAD LT
Productivity tools in DoubleCAD XT that can accelerate the drawing experience:
Special line, arc, and circle tools automatically create tangent, parallel, and perpendicular entities without snaps, allowing the user to proceed without resetting their snap modes.
Tools such as multiline, bezier curves, and fixed ratio ellipses extend the types of entities you can create, expediting drawing production.
And modify tools, such as meet-two-lines and convert-to-curve, eliminate the use of cumbersome tools found in other CAD applications.Workflow Compatible
DoubleCAD XT is .DWG compatible and containing ADT-compatible walls and self-aligning blocks that can be brought into AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT and designs retain their self-healing properties.DoubleCAD XT also enhance workflow with Google SketchUp. For example:
- DoubleCAD XT Imports all visible geometry, layers, and components
- DoubleCAD Converts all SketchUp components to DoubleCAD blocks to optimize drawing performance
- DoubleCAD Creates a paper space from each SketchUp scene, thereby saving time by automatically creating viewports with the correct layer visibility and 2D or perspective view propoerties. These paperspace views are also immediately ready for dimensioning and annotation
- DoubleCAD lets you develop construction documents quickly from SketchUp models.
Download your free copy of DoubleCAD XT