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GardenCAD Tips & Tricks

GardenCAD Shortcuts
A = Arc DI = Distance
B = Block T = Text
C = Circle U = Undo
E = Erase P = Pan
I = Insert TR = Trim
J = Join SC = Scale 
L= Line ZR = Real Time Zoom 

M = Move

X = Explode
WTEXT  Write Windows text
 TEXT  Standard single line text
 MTEXT  Standard multi line text
   
   

 

The list under provides some brief notes on various GardenCAD tips and tricks.

[Most of these tips are illustrated in short movies in the course 'Using GardenCAD - CAD software for landscape designers' at GardenCAD's companion web site - http://www.landscapetutor.net.]

 
Selecting entities:
To unselect an object, press the <Shift> key and pick the object again.
 
Display lineweights:
Press <Ctrl>+T to switch display of lineweights mode.
 
Display Raster/Vector:
<Ctrl>+R switches visibility of raster and vector objects.
 
Polyline edit:
When drawing a polyline, right click mouse button and select options from a new pop up menu.
 
Scroll bars:
It is possible via Options to turn the scroll bars on. We do not recommend this as too much reduction in screen area occurs. It is much better to learn to pan by holding the wheeel of the mouse down (and keeping it down) while you drag. This provides a very good way of panning the drawing without the need to use scroll bars.

Tracking:

One of the most powerful features of GardenCAD is its tracking option. This tool allows you to draw horizontal or vertical lines with ease and precision. Not only can GardenCAD draw lines orthogonal to one another (and at 45 degrees and other standard angluar increments) but it is also possible to create your own drawing angle and draw othogonal to it. Tracking in GardenCAD Pro is turned on by default. To control the activity of tracking, double click on the tacking button and the distance button on the bottom status line. Don't forget that you can set a special tracking angle as a supplementary value. This is especially useful if (say) the house is twisted on the block and you want to work at right angles to the house.

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