KDE aided design
| KDE aided design | |
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| Current version | 0.8.2 |
| operating system | Linux / Unix / BSD |
| category | CAD program |
| License | GPLv 2 ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | No |
| kad.tuxfamily.org | |
KDE aided design , or KAD for short , is a CAD program for two-dimensional drawings . It is based on the community edition of QCad and has a customized interface for KDE . The current version 0.8.2 is available for Linux , Unix and BSD . It uses the KDE libraries in version 3. A port to KDE4 is currently being worked on.
Range of functions
KAD offers over 40 construction and more than 20 modification tools for points , lines , arcs , circles , ellipses , splines , polylines, texts, dimensions and hatching . The program can also handle layers and blocks (groupings). True-to-scale printing , object snap, symbol library and measuring tools are also part of the range of functions.
KAD uses DXF as the file format . The unit of measurement to be used can be switched between the metric and the imperial system of units.