Start with survey points
Wheel to zoom, drag to pan. No file at hand? Open the sample site
Only have it on paper? Start from a scan
The same plan linework either way. DWG in the format of the year picked (an older one for older CAD software); DXF as R12 text.
What this schema leaves out:
Reference elements stay while the project is open; they are not saved in the project file.
These settings are only for CivilCraft, and you can change them only here, in the app.
Which build of CivilCraft this is. Give these lines when you report a problem.
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Point, northing, easting, elevation, description — or easting before northing. Used for points you copy (the rows a spreadsheet gets), point rows you paste, and the import's guess when a file has no header row.
Keep free numbers: a pasted point keeps its number when no point has it, and only clashing points are renumbered. Two points never share a number. Leave the start empty to count on from the highest number in use; with a start, new numbers count up from it, skipping any already taken.
What a point label shows when Point labels is on under Display. DXF, DWG and PDF exports show the same.
The view cube sits at the top right of the plan and the 3D view. On the plan it shows the top; click any other side, edge or corner, or drag it, to see the site in 3D from there. In 3D, click to look from a side, drag it to orbit, drag the compass ring to turn. The axis icon is a small X, Y (and Z in 3D) marker at the bottom left.
How much the 3D view stretches elevations. The list on the 3D view's bar is the same setting. Volumes, profiles and 3D exports stay at true scale.
How the status bar shows the pointer’s latitude and longitude: degrees, minutes and seconds, or decimal degrees. It shows them only when the project has a coordinate system (GIS › Coordinates).
When on, CivilCraft asks the map servers you add for pictures of the area on screen. Your drawing stays on this computer; the server sees the area and your internet address. Off, no map server is asked for anything; a georeferenced image file works either way.
An assistant on this computer reaches CivilCraft through CadCraft Studio, only while this is on. Off by default; turning it off disconnects at once.
Select Workspace Theme
From add-ons and files
Ticked: the layout you pick above is kept for this app alone, and the other apps keep theirs. Unticked: it follows the choice for every app. In SuperCad Studio the layout follows the app you are working in.
Every app that has the workspace you pick opens in it; the others keep their toolbar and panels. Your toolbar style, menus and keys stay as they are.
A layout is a .ccworkspace.json file: data only, read as untrusted. It arranges the same building blocks in every app; each app fills them with its own tools. Drop a .ccworkspace.json file here to import it.
Work environments. Save your whole setup under a name (the layout, menu style and keys, toolbar, panels and My tools, for every app) and switch between setups. The theme and the language stay as they are.
Lost a toolbar, a menu or a panel?
Puts the toolbar (order, lock and buttons), the panels, the screen mode and the menu style back to how CivilCraft starts. Your theme, language, sizes and CivilCraft's own settings stay as they are.
How the tool icons look in layouts that use the CadCraft icon set, like Duncan.
The icons are vector drawings: they stay sharp at any size and follow Interface size.
The theme applies to every CadCraft app and the site.
The language applies to every CadCraft app. The app reloads to change it.
Global settings: each app can have its own measurement settings and defaults too.
Switch a unit on to see it in the unit lists. The star marks the default for new drawings, measures and items. These choices are the same in every app in this browser.
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A file keeps its own unit (a drawing's units, a project's feet or meters), and that unit stays in its list even when it is turned off here.
Sharing your hardware specs allows us to build more efficient engines. The information is aggregated and not associated with your account: the graphics card, processor cores, memory and screen size, the browser and system family, and the app — no files, no name, no address.
Off: no app starts its tour by itself. Each app's own settings can still turn its tour off, or take it again.
Browsers allow full screen only after a click or key press, so it starts on your first click in the drawing.
Toolbar rows
Wrap shows every group. 2 rows and 1 row keep the drawing taller; scroll the toolbar sideways for the rest.
On a touch screen (swipe the toolbar for more, or let it wrap)
Arrange: drag tools within their group, and drag a group by its name.
Right-click the toolbar (or long-press it) for Arrange, Lock and Reset.
Fingers on the drawing, once you use a pen here
The pen's side button, its eraser end and the finger taps are set in Input devices, where they can run any command.
With Only move the view, one finger on the drawing does nothing and two fingers move and zoom it. These choices are for this device, in every app. A pen is noticed the first time you use one here.
The bars, toolbars, panels and dialogs of CivilCraft, bigger or smaller; the drawing keeps its own zoom. Panel text size works on top of it.
Compact tightens the row heights, panel padding, toolbar buttons and panel text of CivilCraft, so more fits on the screen. A touch screen keeps its large targets either way.
You can also drag a panel's inner edge. Double-click the edge to put it back.
Panel widths apply when the panels sit beside the drawing (wider windows).
Drag a panel by its name to dock it left, right or at the bottom, or drop it over the drawing to float it. A new window can go on your other screen. Reset layout puts every panel back where it started.
In a panel with several sections, opening one (by clicking its heading or by choosing a tool in the menu) closes the others so the panel stays on what you are doing. The lock beside a heading keeps that section open. Turn this off to open and close sections yourself.
Add-ons add features to CivilCraft. Switching one off takes effect at once; some need a reload to go completely.
Developer mode is on: add-ons that are not signed can load. Only use add-ons you trust.