Articles, tagged with "zwcad", page 1
The Amazing Align Feature in ZWCAD
Pretty much everyone knows about the basic drawing functions in ZWCAD, as well as its editing functions, such as copy, rotate, and array. I learned all these just as you have. Today, though, I want to tell you about an amazing function that I just discove...
A Better Way to Make Text Masks
Text masking is a tiny but very useful function in ZWCAD. Sometimes, however, it can become a bit too complicated to use. (A text mask is in fact a wipeout, which is used to visually isolate text from the underlying drawing.) When it is first applied, ZWC...
Layers That Affect Block Definitions in ZWCAD
You may have noticed layers named 0, ByLayer, and ByBlock in the Layer Properties dialog box without realizing that they have special uses. At the same time, you may not be aware of the layers that should be used to define blocks. If you are like me, then...
Using the UCS to More Easily Work with Angled 2D Areas
We are all familiar with the user coordinate system (UCS), but we rarely use it for 2D drafting, because most designers consider it to be a tool strictly for 3D design. After my experience with this kind of work, however, I find that it also works well as...
PDF Plotting with Layers in ZWCAD
I am excited that PDF plotting has finally come true in ZWCAD 2011, something which I have expecting for many years. It helps me a lot when I need to share designs with customers and bosses.
During the design cycle, I usually need to send several draft...
Enhance Your Design Efficiency with Dimbreak
In complicated drawings with many objects, objects sometimes overlap each other. After adding dimensions to them, it can become difficult to distinguish boundaries, objects, and dimensions. As an example, notice the overlapping objects in the drawing bel...
ZWCAD 2011 Creates More Flexible Leaders with Multileader
Qleader (short for "quick leader") is a useful tool in ZWCAD for creating leaders or "callouts" notes with arrowheads. Ever since AutoCAD 2008 added the Multileader command for creating more flexible callouts, I liked the feature so much that from then on...
Tables Are Now Available in ZWCAD 2011
Today I got the news that the ZWCAD 2011 became available. There are many interesting features in this new version, including tables - one for which I have been waiting for years. I immediately contacted my local sales rep to ask for a copy so that I coul...
Using QSelect in ZWCAD to Filter Selection Sets
Have you ever find worked with a big group of entities in complex drawings that contain text and a bunch of text styles that are scaled in metric units? As a result, the text appears tiny compared with the rest of the drawing.
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Whitepaper: ZWCAD 2010 Supports for DWG 2010 and Windows 7
ZWCAD is an IntelliCAD-based computer-aided design program developed since 2002 by ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd in Guangzhou, China. The company now claims over 180,000 users in 80 countries.
ZWCAD emphasizes such features as faster speed, support for Wind...
How to Create Named Views
As we create and modify drawings, we need to see detail views, especially complicated ones, such as detailed house drawings that contain many bedrooms, living areas, garages, and so on. Typically, we need to switch from one specific area (such as the bedr...
Create 3D Solids Easily with Sweeps and Lofts
Three-dimensional modeling has gradually become a significant trend in CAD field over the last many years. The ability to model in 3D is now an important standard in judging whether a CAD program is feature-complete. Furthermore, the modern CAD program mu...
Changing Multiple Layer Settings in Just a Few Steps
In ZWCAD 2010 I rediscovered a familiar friend, the Layer States Manager. I have found that it helps out a lot when I need to deal with many different layer settings.
Normally, we use layers in our drawings to control the properties and visibility of ...
My First Contact with ZWCAD - Convenient In-place MTEXT Editor
Nowadays, touch screen technology is widely applied to all kinds of devices, such as handheld Internet tablets, mobile phones, and car navigation systems. But have you ever drafted on computer using your fingertips? Recently, I discovered a video on YouTu...
My Experiences With the New ZWCAD 2010, Part I
A friend recently entrusted me to test ZWCADTM 2010 for his company. His firm is looking to buy CAD software, and so is considering ZWCAD. From his partners and from other people in the know, he had heard about ZWCAD, and so had acquainted himself with th...