It is natural when people trying to make their lives easier. It seems that all our life aims at an eternal peace. In our information technology age some people create tools and devices to spare common users from difficulties and others make those tools and devices better to help, in the final analysis, the same users. So that spinning of improving and perfection of the world is never tired.
What Smart Tools X for AutoCAD is.
Any developing program has some routine operations which are repeated frequently during everyday using. And there are many of them that could be optimized and automated. Developers from the GrSoft work on the same principle as mentioned above. Kindly trying to make users’ lives easier they designed a curious tool which allows making some AutoCAD commands extremely easy to perform. The name of the program is Smart Tools X for AutoCAD.
How does Smart Tools X for AutoCAD work?
Smart Tools X is designed to simplify some standard everyday practice precisely in the AutoCAD application.
By the way let’s remind what AutoCAD is. AutoCAD is an abbreviation for Automated Computer Aided Drafting and Design. It is the great selection of tools to 2D and 3D design with feature of Frame and Solid modelling of spatial objects. Also it is a range of tools for creating and editing of engineering and design drawing documentation as well as tools for 2D and 3D visualization of objects with possibility of perspective imaging and so on.
As you see AutoCAD is a powerful and rather complicated professional application. And there much of knowledge and skills are required to master it. The Smart Tools X helps professionals to do their job with AutoCAD faster, more effectively and easily.
The matter is that Smart Tools X uses AutoCAD VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros. The only thing you have to do is to enable smarttools.dvb project at AutoCAD start-up and then in Smart Tools X working area define what exact element you want to create. It could be a line or ellipse or other geometrical figure. Using the Smart Tools X for AutoCAD you needn’t to replicate the same type routine actions in the AutoCAD environment over and over again. The Smart Tools X simply makes a part of your job instead of you.
Thus, the main purpose of the program is to reduce the time and efforts needed to design basic elements in the AutoCAD interface to the minimal level.
Using of Smart Tools X for AutoCAD
In spite of serious help produced by Smart Tools X its graphical user interface is extremely easy and comprehensive.
The structure of actions is designed in the way to let a user have a quick and easy access to desirable action.
In the main window there is a toolbar which contains nine functional buttons and represents seven types of geometrical elements available for immediate creation. By pressing any of that buttons it is possible to select a type of entry figure and define or change its attributes and options such as extents, angles, radius, direction etc. Then it is enough to define a start point in the AutoCAD environment to build the element you have just designed. For the convenience there is a come-at-able embedded calculator. It is the core of how the program works.
Available types of elements
There are such basic elements as:
A Line and a Multiline that could be modified in the Easy, Advanced and Smart modes;
A Rectangle which has the same with Line and Multiline editing modes;
A Circle, an Ellipse and an Arc draw dialogs;
And finally a Frame drawing box which allows creating of complex frames (that are frequently used in plan-design) using Fixed and Extended modes.
That selection is enough for real improving of your performance when working with AutoCAD.
Conclusion
The advantages of using GrSoft Smart Tools X for AutoCAD are obvious. The program compatible with Windows platform and requires a few system recourses. Commonly the main job may really be performed by a couple of clicks. At last both amateurs and experts can make good use of the application.
In general, feel free to click a Help button which stands out any Smart Tools X’s window or just ask the Help file, because you can find there any explanation of any function and way to act.
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Author: Zmiter Kovov
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