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FlatDraw user manual

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Interface

In the screenshot below, the main interface elements are highlighted and signed in red.

  1. The workspace where you are drawing
  2. Modification panel. The tools in this panel allow you to move, copy, Ungroup, rotate, and delete figures
  3. Drawbar. The tools in this panel allow you to draw points, lines, rectangles, and circles.
  4. Common tool.
  5. The information panel here you can see the tooltip and the cursor position.

Interaction with the workspace

  1. To create \ start, left-click on the desired area
  2. If you want to abort the action, click the right mouse button

Drawing

Points

To put a point, click on the "Point" button and then click in the appropriate places in the workspace. Points will appear after each click.

point button

point button

Lines

FD supports 2 ways to create lines: free and parametric.

button line

line button

Free mode

First, make sure that the "Line" button is set to free mode. Otherwise, switch it. Click on the "Line" button Then you can start drawing. Click to start the line, and click again to finish it, after moving the cursor to the desired location. When creating a drawing, you don't need to hold down the left mouse button.

Parametric mode

First, make sure that the "Line" button is set to parametric mode. Otherwise, switch it. Click on the "Line" button You will see a dialog box where you can set the angle and length of the line, as well as the position relative to the cursor, in the corresponding fields.

Rectangles

FD supports 2 ways to create rectangles: free and parametric.

rect button

rect button

Free mode

First, make sure that the "Rect" button is set to free mode. Otherwise, switch it. Click on the "Rect" button Then you can start drawing. Click to start the rect, and click again to finish it, after moving the cursor to the desired location. When creating a drawing, you don't need to hold down the left mouse button.

Parametric mode

First, make sure that the "Rect" button is set to parametric mode. Otherwise, switch it. Click on the "Rect" button You will see a dialog box where you can set the angle and length of the rect, as well as the position relative to the cursor, in the corresponding fields.

Circles

At the moment, we only support 1 way to draw circles: free. Click on the "Circle" button.

circle button

circle button

Free mode

Click to start the circle, and click again to finish it, after moving the cursor to the desired location. When creating a drawing, you don't need to hold down the left mouse button.

Parametric mode

Since version 0.16, parameterized arcs have been added. To start drawing, switch to parametric mode. After that, click on the "Circle" button. In the window that opens, fill in the fields, click "OK" and then click on the area where the center of the circle should be located.

Arcs

Please use parametric mode only!

arc button

arc button

Parametric mode

Since version 0.16, parameterized arcs have been added. To start drawing, switch to parametric mode. After that, click on the "Arc" button. In the window that opens, fill in the fields, click "OK" and then click on the area where the center of the arc should be located.

Text

Text in FlatDraw supports the following features: different color, font, size. To create a text, click on the "Text" button. Then enter the required parameters in the input fields (or make a selection using the appropriate buttons). After that, close the dialog, and click to add the text in the desired place

text button

text button

Modification

To use the modification tools, switch to cursor mode (the "Cursor" button on the drawing panel). Then select the shape or group of shapes to apply the modification to.

cursor button

cursor button

Delete

To delete the selected shapes, click the button.

delete button

delete button

Copy/Paste

To copy the selected shapes, click the button. Then, select the base point relative to which you want to move. Then click on the point where the copied image should be inserted.

copy/paste button

copy-paste button

Move

This tool works similarly to Copy/Paste. But unlike it, "Move" deletes the original.

move button

move button

Rotate

By clicking on the button, a dialog will open in which you can select the rotation angle using the corresponding field. once the angle is specified, click "Apply". After that, you must specify the point relative to which the shape should rotate. The rotate option is not available for text.

rotate button

rotate button

Decouple

This tool is only available for rectangles. It turns the rectangle into four adjacent lines. Click the button and the rectangle will be ungrouped. The rotate option is not available for text.

decouple bttn

decouple button

Common tool

common tool panel

common tool panel

Layer field

The only field located on the General toolbar indicates the current working level, or the level that will be made current.

Save

To save the current drawing, click on the "Save" button. after that, a dialog will open, enter the path where the file should be located, then click "OK".

Open

To open a drawing, click on the "Open" button and a dialog will open. In the text field, enter the path to the file and click "OK".

Drawing mode

This button changes the drawing mode. The label on it indicates the current mode. "Free" is free mode, "Prmt" is parametric mode.

Options

Don't use this feature!

+ / -

This button is used to add or remove the current layer from the projection list. Projection layers are the layers that will be displayed along with the current working layer.

All

This button displays all drawing layers in the workspace.

Set

This button selects the level set in the field as current.

Information panel

In this panel, you can see the cursor position in parentheses on the left, and short hints on the right.


FlatDraw v0.17 14.02.2021 by Centrix14