Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Introduction
 1.1 jDraft Application
 1.2 About This Manual
 1.3 Mac OS X Notes
 1.4 Go on, Take Her for a Spin!
 1.5 Contacting SpareTimeLabs
2 Installation
 2.1 Hardware/Software/User requirements
 2.2 Software installation
 2.3 Launching the application
 2.4 Product Registration
3 Before You Draw
 3.1 Paper/drawing size
 3.2 Grids
 3.3 Line Styles
 3.4 Layers
 3.5 Colors
4 Working with Documents
 4.1 Opening an existing drawing
 4.2 Creating a new drawing
 4.3 Shuffling Windows
 4.4 Saving Documents
5 User Interface Overview
 5.1 User Interface Organization
 5.2 Palettes and Parameters
 5.3 eGuide
6 Moving Around
 6.1 Moving,Zooming and Grooving with the Mouse Wheel
 6.2 Scrollbars
 6.3 View Undo/Redo
 6.4 Zoom Document
 6.5 Zoom In/Out
 6.6 Zoom Command
 6.7 View Controls -menu
 6.8 Advanced view options
7 Anatomy of a Drawing
 7.1 Shapes and Drawing Primitives
 7.2 Line Styles
 7.3 Layers
 7.4 Groups
 7.5 Text Blocks
 7.6 Filled Areas
 7.7 Fill Patterns
8 Drawing Aids
 8.1 Snap Cursor
 8.2 Shape Hilite
 8.3 Snapping
 8.4 Grids
 8.5 Guide Lines
 8.6 Reference Points
 8.7 Snap Points
 8.8 Picking Shapes
 8.9 Coordinate Systems
 8.10 Last Point
 8.11 Numeric Entry
 8.12 Coordinate/Info Display
 8.13 Background Images
 8.14 Options
 8.15 Shift Click
9 Editing
 9.1 Selecting Shapes
 9.2 Handles, Dragging and Stretching
 9.3 Drag ’n Drop
 9.4 Copy / Paste
 9.5 Delete
 9.6 Move
 9.7 Rotate
 9.8 Grouping / Ungrouping
 9.9 Edit Logs
10 Drawing
 10.1 Setup Coordinate System
 10.2 Select Layer
 10.3 Select Grid
 10.4 Select Line Style
 10.5 Drawing Shapes
 10.6 Auto Snap
 10.7 Click or Drag
 10.8 Adding Text Blocks
 10.9 Working With Groups
11 Advanced Editing
 11.1 Explode
 11.2 Move To Current Layer
 11.3 Polyline / Spline editing
 11.4 Spliting/Trimming
 11.5 Chamfering / Filleting
 11.6 Resizing and Mirroring
12 Dimensioning
13 Printing
 13.1 Paper Setup Revealed
 13.2 Print Selection
14 Import / Export
 14.1 DXF Import
 14.2 DXF Export
15 Shortcuts
 15.1 Configuring Shortcuts
 15.2 Shortcuts
16 Appendix A
17 License Agreement Version 1.0 for the jDraft Shareware Application
 17.1 License Agreement Version 1.0 for the jDraft Shareware Application