New to iCad & AutoCad user for 22yrs
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:29 pm
I decided to try iCad after my old desktop with AutoCAD LT 2006 died. I'm retired but do occasional projects and like having something I can use to draw on.
I have a project that I'm trying iCad on. I have probably spent 12 hours using it so far. I read a bit of the user manual. I have the following problems or need assistance.
1. The biggest thing is the snap to an entity doesn't' work very well. For example if I hover at the end of a line a red box appears for a fraction of a second and then it turns into a diagonal X by the time I click the mouse. Same thing on the other entity if I'm doing a 'move'. It's close but if I zoom in there is a gap and it didn't move completely to the other point. Sometimes it's taken 3, 4 or 5 tries. It's very frustrating. In AutoCAD if you hover anywhere near the entity it locks right on it.
2. I would like to clean up the command icons and just have the ones I use most on one side on toolbars (I think). Right now I've managed to get most of them on a pallet but I don't like having to use a tab to go from draw to modify. I'd like to get rid of a lot of the stuff at the top as well. I just want the basics, the ones I use.
3. I have saved my drawing to AutoCAD 2004 (using a borrowed desktop with 2005 version) and tried to look at it in AutoCAD and is says 'invalid drawing file' or maybe it says type.
4. Even though I'm using the old ctb table that I use in AutoCAD the print results don't look crisp and clear. The lines are somewhat fuzzy and the line-weights off a bit.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have a project that I'm trying iCad on. I have probably spent 12 hours using it so far. I read a bit of the user manual. I have the following problems or need assistance.
1. The biggest thing is the snap to an entity doesn't' work very well. For example if I hover at the end of a line a red box appears for a fraction of a second and then it turns into a diagonal X by the time I click the mouse. Same thing on the other entity if I'm doing a 'move'. It's close but if I zoom in there is a gap and it didn't move completely to the other point. Sometimes it's taken 3, 4 or 5 tries. It's very frustrating. In AutoCAD if you hover anywhere near the entity it locks right on it.
2. I would like to clean up the command icons and just have the ones I use most on one side on toolbars (I think). Right now I've managed to get most of them on a pallet but I don't like having to use a tab to go from draw to modify. I'd like to get rid of a lot of the stuff at the top as well. I just want the basics, the ones I use.
3. I have saved my drawing to AutoCAD 2004 (using a borrowed desktop with 2005 version) and tried to look at it in AutoCAD and is says 'invalid drawing file' or maybe it says type.
4. Even though I'm using the old ctb table that I use in AutoCAD the print results don't look crisp and clear. The lines are somewhat fuzzy and the line-weights off a bit.
Any help would be appreciated.