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These settings are only for ModelCraft, and you can change them only here, in the app.
Which build of ModelCraft this is. Give these lines when you report a problem.
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Trackpad: swipe with two fingers to orbit, hold Shift and swipe to pan, pinch to zoom — no camera buttons needed. Mouse wheel: the wheel zooms. "Work it out" treats sideways or fine-grained scrolling as a trackpad.
Two fingers also pinch to zoom; three fingers do the other one. Hold one finger still on empty space, then drag, to orbit with one finger. While you draw, a loupe above your finger shows the points it snaps to.
Both are also buttons at the bottom right of the view, so you can turn them off for one move and back on.
The view cube sits at the top right of the view: click a face, edge or corner to look from there, drag it to orbit, drag the compass ring to turn the model. The axis icon is a small X, Y, Z marker at the bottom left.
On: orbit turns about the point of the model under the cursor, and pan keeps that point under the cursor; over empty space both use the middle of the view. Off: always the middle of the view. Hold Shift while you orbit to pan, and let it go to orbit again. The speeds apply to the mouse, trackpad, touch and arrow keys.
Check for 3D printing says when a model is larger than this. Pick the size closest to your printer's build volume.
Start new models like this one Forget it
New models (New, and the page when it opens) then start with the units, display style and location of the model open now. Kept in this browser only; a file keeps its own.
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Four short steps: a rectangle, a box, a group, and a check for 3D printing. It starts by itself only the first time.
Settings › Global › First-time tours turns this off for every app.
Your machineWhat this browser lets CadCraft use for rendering. Sharing these specs helps us build more efficient engines; what is shared is aggregated and not associated with your account.
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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 ModelCraft starts. Your theme, language, sizes and ModelCraft'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 ModelCraft, 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 ModelCraft, 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 ModelCraft. 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.