CadTools, free3Dand surfaceutility for AutoCad(and ZWCAD 2018-2021)
Design your civil work in real 3D with this handy tool!
Latest update: 2020-12-11Build 744
| CadTools (ToolBox) is developed for Civil Engineers using AutoCAD. There are a number of great software on the market supporting the design process of roads, rails etc. For minor design work CadTools can be very useful, it contains more than50 commandsmostly in real 3D to support your work. By combining separate commands through the work process you can achieve almost anything you want.When I developed the commands I certainly had some situations in mind but every command can be used in a variety of situations not onlyin civil work design. With CadTools you can create your own surface models based on objects in the drawing or import triangles from DWG (other civil software). You can create profiles and cross-sections of multiple surfaces, calculate volumes and plot contours. It's easy and fun creating real 3D models with CadTools commands, some of these commands can only be found in software that you have to pay money for. I work as a civil designer at one of Sweden's leading consulting companies.My main tool for civil design is Bentley InRoads/RailTrack, one of the best software I've seen. Sometimes you need something less complicated so I started developing CadTools while traveling to work by train. After more than five years and thousands of hours of developing this software now is a powerful tool way beyond my first intentions.Honestly I can't be without it,hope you will feel the same. CadTools is an out of process software and supports AutoCAD versions: 2001-2021. (vanilla and verticals i.e. Civil 3D). It also supports ZWCAD+ (2014-2015 and 2018-2021) |
MyCADtools is a Gold Partner product that offers approximately 70 utilities for SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM. All these tools have the same objectives: Adapt the CAD tool to your organisation and your work methods, Reduce time lost due to managing CAD data in favour of design and innovation. CADTools is a set of tools used to optimize 3D files for display and manipulation. Polygon reduction tools can significantly reduce the density of 3D models with minimal loss in visual definition resulting in a more interactive performance, and faster download speeds for Web-based 3D applications. CadTools (ToolBox) is a software developed for Civil Engineers using AutoCAD or ZWCAD. With CadTools you can create your own surface models based on objects in the drawing or import triangles from DWG (other civil software). You can create profiles and cross-sections of multiple surfaces, calculate volumes and plot contours. Hot Door CADtools 12.1.3 - Dimension plugin for illustrator CC 2020:- https://bit.ly/32n46bI.
Major C
ommands in CadTools are listed below. CadTools has a complete helpfile with images of command results.Text | Surface Drafting |
Vehicle Turning Simulation (Swept path analysis). Configure vehicles of your own and do analysis in the drawing. Much faster design than using turning templates.
| Create surface cross-sections as 2D or 3D. Display crossing reference lines |
Surface Contours |
View Surface slope and direction. Easily detect flat areas. Perimeter of areas with userdefined slopes. | Create real 3D cut and fill by applying end-conditions to 3Dpolylines. Very simple and powerful step by step process. |
Create Give Way | Create Chevrons |
Limitations:
CadTools does not work with AutoCadLT.Some features are limited for unregistered users.
Windows Vista users!Problems running CadTools? Probably it's Vista's UAC dabbling, try to launch CadTools as an Administrator. Simply find the shortcut for CadTools, right click on it then in the Compatibility tab select the option that say: Run this program as an Administrator.
If you are using Bricscad you will find the Vehicle Turning in BricsTurn
Downloads
Cadtools 11
Download (MSI-file,ca 7,2 Mb), Last updated 2020-12-11Build 744Alternative download (ca 13,5 Mb Zip-file containing complete installation and update plus reference manual)
Update for CadTools (ca 3,8 Mb), Last updated 2020-12-11 Build 744
Download update only. If you already installed CadTools and only need the update, use this link.
Additional downloads
Reference Manual English (ca 2,6 Mb) (PDF document, printed documentation 112 pages, updated 2014-06-20)
Reference Manual Italian (Translated by Gennaro Bellaiuto)
Video Samples (Collection of video demonstrations)
Default Vehicle library (metric) Vehicle samples in metric units
Default Vehicle library (imperial, 2013-05-13) Vehicle samples in imperial units
Portable version of Build 736
CadToolsPortable (ca 33 Mb) Run CadTools from a USB stick (Virtualized)
CadTools Forum
Online discussion site for CadTools.How much should I donate? There is no right answer to that, the result is always the same no matter how much or little you donate.
Received donations are used for paying
Please note that donation notifications are sent to me from PayPal by email and I manually send you a registration email as soon as possible.
Generally I respond same day.If you haven't received a responding email in a couple of days, check your spam filter or post a message to me in CadTools forum.
lars.karlsson@glamsen.se
Latest update (2020-12-11Build 744)
CadTools internal SpreadSheet had problems with copying. Copy All worked but not Copy Selected. This is now fixed.
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Latest update (2020-12-03Build 743)
The preview window in 'Create Longitudinal Features' didn't show up.
Latest update (2020-11-24Build 742)
Exporting to spreadsheet with setting 'Excel is not installed on this computer' did not showed CadTools internal SpreadSheet.
Latest update (2020-11-06Build 741)
Added support for ZWCAD 2021
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Latest update (2020-10-27Build 740)
Fixed a delivery bug in previous update, I missed to exclude test code.
Latest update (2020-10-26Build 739)
Extended 'Draw from Coordinates' with 'Multiple Block insert' type and Layer overrides for type 'Text at Point'
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