Hot Door CADtools merges graphic and technical power with a complete set of 56 drawing and dimensioning tools for Adobe Illustrator 9 or 10. With CADtools you will be able to draw in any scale, dimension artwork with a mouse click, and numerically control objects like never before.

Draw in any scale, dimension artwork with a mouse click, and numerically control size and location of objects or points. Just click-drag with CADtools 5 to make design work easy and elegant - right inside Adobe Illustrator.

Illustrator CS3 has increased performance and DXF/DWG compatibility to make CADtools 5 a perfect solution for design professionals. By popular demand, version 5 emphasizes a variety of workflow solutions.

CADtools incorporates dozens of user requests like: Scaled rulers and gridsLinked dimensions which respond to artwork changesScaled move, transform and repeat.

Here are some key features of "CADtools":

· Draw Illustrator art in any scale.
· Click-drag dimensions with your own style.
· Fully editable dimensions as text or numeric measurement.
· Snap to handy 2D or isometric grids.
· Numerically control objects with CADtracker.
· Create customized labels with text, numbers, alphabet or object geometry.
· Draw, project or dimension in isometric view.
· Precision editing with fillet, chamfer, trim and extend tools.
· Divide or cut paths into equal parts.
· Save or load CADtools settings as Presets.
· Scaled offset tool and more.

Requirements:

· Adobe Illustrator CS, CS2 and CS3.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· CS4 compatibility.
· Scale calculator in the CADdocument panel - use a selected object's dimensions to create a custom or 'best fit' scale and resize artwork.
· Proportion tool - resize an object to another object's dimensions.
· Measure distance tool - automatically determine distance by clicking and dragging between any two points.