CAD Functions

• Supports AutoCAD DWG and DXF drawings formats by using OpenDWG technology.
• Native VEC format for drawings. Drawings can also be saved as raster images.
• Save/Read drawing to/from memory.
• Supports Pages, Layers, Linetypes, Blocks, TextStyles, PointStyles, Multi-line Styles (parallel lines), Dimension styles, Selection Sets.
• Graphic Objects include Points, Lines, Sub-classed Polylines, Circles, Arcs, Ellipses, Rectangles, Text, Block Insertions, Dimensions and Raster Images. All objects can use the 3D coordinate system.
• Supports plug-in filters to open raster image in various formats. CadWorks ships with an open-source plug-in that supports the GIF, JPEG, and TIFF formats. 
• A unique identifier for each drawing object facilitates external database referencing.
• Access to all the properties of any object, either programmatically or via dialogs.
• Zoom capabilities allowing you to view the entire drawing or any desired part of it.
• Mouse Wheel supports real-time Zoom and Pan.
• Print Preview.
• Draw in Model space and/or Paper space.
• Edit operations include Copy, Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Explode, Erase, Join, Trim, Extend. Single objects can be edited by moving their control points (grips).
• Various snap modes allow you to draw/edit objects accurately without tedious calculations. Snapping modes use ID markers to enhance operator speed and vision. Superior Polar Tracking capability.
• Event-driven mechanism permits control of an application at the user interface level.
• Interface commands can be assigned directly to an application's menus, buttons and accelerator keys.
• Supports Windows TTF fonts and AutoCAD SHP/SHX fonts.
• Supports AutoCAD hatch patterns (PAT) and linetypes (LIN).
• Clipboard copy and paste.
• Undo-Redo buffer saves 100 commands.

• Load DXF file
• Load DAT file (a corresponding DXF file is also generated when the DAT file is loaded even if you don't have the original DXF file)
• Save DXF
• Save DAT
• Save DAT file as a DXF file
• Select scanning device
• Load image into background (scanned images can be used as guidelines for tracing to create new DXF files)

• Explode all Block entities of the DXF (individual function)
• Replace polylines, splines with lines (individual function)
• Automatic Conversion to DAT with 2 or 4 mouse clicks. 2 mouse click for sequentially drawn dxf files and 4 mouse clicks for randomly drawn files.
• Explode of LINEs and ARCs into specified number of segments

Sequentially drawn dxf file

• Prep DXF (remove block, polylines, etc)
• Specify starting point and cut direction

Randomly drawn dxf file

• Prep DXF (remove block, polylines, etc)
• Specify starting point and cut direction
• Reorganize DXF per step 2 specification

Convert to DAT

If you try CadWorks 3.0  and you do encounter problems please report these to support@foamwork.net .   

Also feel free to suggest additional features that you feel would be an improvement to the program. Your help is appreciated.

CadWorks 3.0 can be downloaded and previewed for 30 days.  This is a fully functional trial version that will time out after the demo period.  For a registration fee of $49.00  you can obtain a registration number that will disable the timeout function.