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nanoCAD 23 Platform

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3D Solid Modeling

Mechanica

Construction

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nanoCAD 23

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nanoCAD 23 Platform

nanoCAD 23 Platform is a professional-grade CAD platform fully compatible with the industry’s DWG standard. It offers the standard user interface with a wide set of tools for 2D/3D drafting that can be extended with modules specific to the needs of professionals in engineering, architecture, and construction.

3D Solid Modeling module

3D Solid Modeling module extends the nanoCAD platform with direct editing and parametric modeling. The module also offers 3D constraints for mating parts into 3D assemblies and provides tools for sheet metal modeling.

Mechanica module

Mechanica module extends the nanoCAD platform with 2D and 3D mechanical design. Its parametric engine works with the included library of standard parts, and the many built-in calculators generate drawings quickly.

Construction module

Construction module extends the nanoCAD platform with drafting utilities suitable for parametric designs in architecture, engineering, and construction. Its IFC support and parametric libraries of standard parts help automate construction drawings.

Raster module

Raster module extends the nanoCAD platform with tools designed specifically for handling raster images, including very large ones. These tools import, correct, skew, convert, colorize, vectorize, and smart select raster images.

Topoplan module

Topoplan module extends the nanoCAD platform with digital terrain modeling. Surveyors can take advantage of tools that create and modify TINs, texture them with raster overlays, generate reliefs, and calculate volumes and areas.

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nanoCAD Free is the free version of nanoCAD that comes with a set of design tools for creating 2D engineering drawings and has no time limitations.

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Insert Underlay

CAD drafting Insert Underlay 0 Ribbon: Insert – Reference > CAD software Insert Underlay 1 Underlay…

CAD drawing Insert Underlay 2 Menu: Insert > CAD drafting Insert Underlay 3 Underlay…

CAD software Insert Underlay 4 Command line: UATTACH

Insert DWF, DWFX or PDF underlays to the drawing. In case of using C3D graphics core, the following 3D formats can be inserted:

Format	Version
Parasolid (.x_t; .x_b)	25.0
IGES (.igs; .iges)	5.3
STEP (.step; .stp)	203, 214
ACIS (*.sat)	22.0
VRML (*.wrl)	2.0
STL (*.stl)	-

note: Date from inserted PDF underlays can be further converted into a document by the Convert PDF command.

CAD drawing Insert Underlay 5

Options:

Name:	List of inserted underlays’ names.
	Opens Select Underlay file dialog to select and insert new underlay.
Found in	Displays information about the path by which the underlay file was found.
Saved path:	Displays information about the saved path to the underlay file.
Path type:	Information about path of underlay file. Variants: · Full path · Relative path · No path

Insertion point

Specify on-screen	Selects the insertion point after the dialog box is closed.
X: Y: Z:	Specifies the point coordinates for the underlay insertion.

Scale

Specify on-screen	Specifies the scale of underlay after the dialog box is closed.
W:	Width scale factor.
H:	Height scale factor.
Uniform scale	Specifies the scale factor for the Width or Height values. A value specified for Width is also reflected in the Height value.

Rotation

Specify on-screen	Specifies the rotation angle for the inserted underlay, using the pointing device.
Angle:	Sets the rotation angle for the inserted underlay.

Insert image relative to

UCS	Sets the insert underlay mode relative to the User Coordinate System (UCS).
View	Sets the insert underlay mode relative to the World Coordinate System (WCS).
Auto zoom	Switches on/off the full screen mode of the inserted underlay.

Pages

	Shows/hides underlay page information (type, size, layer).
	Zoom and pan buttons in preview dialog.
Selected	Numbers of selected pages to insert.
	Buttons for transition between pages in underlay.

Info: NanoCAD is an easy-to-use, inexpensive, and yet powerful, CAD freeware tool for Windows, that provides a great user experience by providing top-level performance, full capability, a classic interface and native.dwg format support. nanoCAD has been built to deliver design and project documentation for all industries. nanoCAD includes a full suite of basic and advanced CAD tools for 2D/3D drafting and creating industry-standard DWG-compatible CAD files. Our program provides progressive, collaborative and customizable features to enhance your efficiency, and includes several API's, allowing anything from routine task automation to complex CAD app development. You may try nanoCad for free, using the links below, and buy later, in case you like it.

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