The following is a list of the new features in
version 3 of FlexiCAD. There are also several minor improvements to the
appearance and flexibility of the program.
| One screen |
All of the tools for creating and
editing your drawing now use just one screen. This makes it much easier to use
the more powerful tools such as rotate and reflect, as well as more fully
integrating the use of objects into the program. |
| Fill |
There is now a new tool to fill any
enclosed shape with a solid colour. |
| Hatching |
The fill tool is also used for
hatching - instead of a solid colour you can choose to fill any enclosed shape
with a hatch pattern. There is now a choice of twenty five different patterns,
each of which can be scaled are/or rotated. |
| Curves |
If you need a curve which is not just
a simple arc, there is now a new tool to add Bezier curves to your
drawing. |
| Shapes |
FlexiCAD 3 enables you to add any
regular polygon to your drawing - just choose the number of sides and you can
then fix the position and angle of the shape. These shapes are protected so
that they move as one item, and they cannot be accidentally corrupted or
damaged. |
| Text |
You can now use any of the fonts that
are installed on your computer when you are adding text to your drawing.
Selecting a font now uses the normal system for choosing font family, size,
bold and italic. You can also stretch or shrink fonts horizontally. |
| Colour |
FlexiCAD is no longer limited to 16
colours - version 3 enables you to use any of the 16 million colours which are
possible within the RGB colour space. |
| Fit and centre |
There is now a single command (and a
button on the toolbar) to automatically zoom in or out to fit your whole
drawing on the screen and to then centre it within the screen. |
| Long filenames |
FlexiCAD now supports the use of long
filenames and you can also see long folder names in full - no more
MyDocu~1. The program uses the Windows Explorer style of dialog to load
and save files. |
| Check spelling |
The program now includes a spell
checker, which is used to check any text item as you add it to your
drawing. |
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