What's new in Hot Door CADtools 12.2.0
Oct 21, 2020
- Compatibility with Illustrator 2021
New in Hot Door CADtools 12.1.4 (Jul 12, 2020)
- Large canvas support for Illustrator 24.2
New in Hot Door CADtools 12.1.1 (Jan 21, 2020)
- Fixed rare crash at launch
- Fixed copy and paste of dimensions into new documents
- Fixed CADlabels Detach button
- New hidden preference "FocusFieldPostTransform" added to allow CADtracker and CADaxo transform fields to stay focused after a transform
- Fixed random panel stretching when using non-100% UI scaling
- Fixed Bezier Length dimensions from disappearing after rotation
- Fixed dimension locking and hiding when using the Layers panel
- Fixed various small UI drawing issues
New in Hot Door CADtools 11.2.3 (Feb 8, 2019)
- Fixed a bug that caused CADtracker constrain to get out of sync when clicking too fast
- Fixed a crashing bug when editing color swatches in the control bar
New in Hot Door CADtools 11.2.1 (Nov 14, 2018)
- Fixes some memory issues under macOS Mojave (10.14)
New in Hot Door CADtools 11.2.0 (Oct 15, 2018)
- Illustrator CC 2019 (23.0) compatibility including fully scalable UI
New in Hot Door CADtools 11.1.6 (Jul 11, 2018)
- Added new Preference overrides for sysadmins
- Added Unicode fraction support
New in Hot Door CADtools 11.0.0 (Jul 11, 2018)
- CADtools 11 celebrates design in the details with smart new features that fine-tune dimension styles, labels, and point location. A new Detail tool automatically generates a close-up view of artwork. The details of billable time are now trackable with the automated CADtimesheet, while workspace details are quickly accomplished with the new CAD Document dialog. Questions about CAD details can be quickly resolved with our free and friendly technical support using the new integrated Live Chat option inside CADhelp.
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.1.0 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Compatibility with Illustrator CC 2015
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.0.5 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Full screen cursor improvements
- Improved cursors over dark artwork
- Improved dimensions on clipped artwork
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.0.4 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Fixes for modifier keys with some dimensioning tools
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.0.3 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Panel sizes fixed in Illustrator CC 2014.1
- Label text improvements, especially with axonometric art
- CADtracker and compound path improvements
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.0.2 (Jul 21, 2014)
- Speed increases for large files
- Networking and proxy server improvements
- Better Windows experience when not running as administrator
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.0.1 (Jul 21, 2014)
- Compatibility with Illustrator CC 2014
- Universal Dimension Tool now supports alt/option key
- CADcontrol layout improvements
- Improved warnings when opening pre-CADtools 8 documents
New in Hot Door CADtools 9.0.0 (Jul 21, 2014)
- Core features:
- 2D drawing and walls
- Standard or custom scale defined per document or per Illustrator layer
- Precision drawing tools for 2D and isometric or axonometric objects
- Scaled snapping CADgrids and CADrulers
- On-screen info while dragging objects in scale
- Full screen cursor that automatically snaps to all anchor points in its path
- CAD line tool offers superior control for connecting lines and constraining angles
- Offset tool uses visual feedback or numeric input
- Wall tool includes sliding adjustment and visual feedback
- Door and window insertion tools include styles and visual feedback
- Hot Door CORE™ technology improves speed, performance and prompt release of updates for Ai Creative Cloud compatibility
- Tables and titles:
- Table tool for making labels and charts
- Title block tool for professional drawings with revision notes
- Axonometric drawing:
- Easy axonometric tools for creating shapes and objects with front, side, and top views
- Project or dimension flat art in axonometric view
- Axonometric dimensions complement axonometric objects
- Dimensioning:
- Live dimensions link to objects and respond to artwork changes (optional)
- Dimension appearances can be fine-tuned for creative, professional identity
- Dimensions can be edited as custom text
- Dimension text slides freely or constrains
- Dual dimensions and tolerances
- Chain and datum dimension tools
- Support for international number format and multiple languages
- Shortcuts:
- CADshortcuts panel that makes it easy to change units and precision globally
- CADpresets make it easy to load and define settings for every CADtools panel
- Auto dimensions apply to document or selected artwork
- Labeling:
- Label tools feature auto-incrementing numbers, letters, geometry or custom text
- Label tools can be adjusted in style and appearance
- Revision bubble marks text or objects quickly
- Editing:
- Path divider tool cuts or marks any path, including radial objects
- Smart trim and extend tools save time in editing multiple paths
- Corner profile tool for shaping corners
- Fillet and chamfer tools for quick editing of object corners
- Proportion tool for resizing objects based on others
- Scaled move, transform, area transform, and repeat functions
- Instant calculation of area, perimeter, length of any path or set of paths
- Measure distance tool - click-drag to calculate distance in scale
- Measure scale tool - click-drag to create a custom scale like a map legend
- Measuring, transforming, and moving:
- CADtracker panel displays object data in scale
- Move and transform object x, y, width, height, and area in scale
New in Hot Door CADtools 7.0.2 (Sep 23, 2010)
- CS5 compatibility
- Table tool for making labels and charts
- Title block tool for identifying professional drawings
- Door and window symbol insertion tools
- 3-point circle
- CAD line tool now constrains to any angle numerically or while dragging
- Offset now supports lines and closed objects
- Auto-expand option disables live behavior in CADisometric drawing
- Area transform allows objects to resize to specified area (CADtracker)
- Proportion tool now supports key object control
- Unit options added for mil and simplified feet
- Option for reference dimensions (in parentheses)
- CADrulers are now updated individually for multiple artboards
New in Hot Door CADtools 6.0.1 (Jan 30, 2009)
- New Illustrator CS4 compatibility
- Scale calculator in the CADdocument panel - use a selected object's dimensions to create a custom or 'best fit' scale and resize artwork
- Proportion tool - resize an object to another object's dimensions
- Measure distance tool - automatically determine distance by clicking and dragging between any two points