Smart Draw Tool
The Smart Draw tool makes drawing parts very easy.
Actions
Draw Rectangle
Draw a volume based on a rectangular shape.

Using this tool is performed in several steps:
Click to define the first corner ↳ Hit ←, ↑ or → to lock perpendicular along the Green, Blue or Red axis. The rectangle will then be perpendicular to the locked axis. ↳ Hit
CTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Measure relative to the nearest vertexClick to define the opposite corner or enter measure ↳ Hit
CTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Rectangle CenteredClick to set the elevation or enter measure
↳ Press
SHIFT
to lock the elevation to the last used value ↳ HitCTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Elevation CenteredThe drawing is now complete and the tool is ready to start again. But first, you can still change the elevation value by entering a new measure.
Options
Offset: Apply an offset to the shape line
Construction Lines: Draw as construction lines
Rectangle Centered: Center rectangle on the first point
Elevation Centered: Center elevation on the first point
Parts naming: Enter part names manually
Draw Circle
Draw a volume based on a circular shape.

Using this tool is performed in several steps:
Click to define the center ↳ Hit ←, ↑ or → to lock perpendicular along the Green, Blue or Red axis ↳ Hit
CTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Measure relative to the nearest vertexClick to define the radius or diameter or enter measure ↳ Press
SHIFT
to lock the radius to the previously used value ↳ HitCTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Measure from radius or diameterClick to set the elevation or enter measure ↳ Press
SHIFT
to lock the elevation to the previously used value ↳ HitCTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Elevation CenteredThe drawing is now complete and the tool is ready to start again. But first, you can still change the elevation value by entering a new measure.
Options
Offset: Apply an offset to the shape line
Number of Segments: Define the number of segments in the circle
Construction Lines: Draw as construction lines
Smoothing: Smooth curves
Measure: Measure circle by its diameter
Elevation Centered: Center elevation on the first point
Parts naming: Enter part names manually
Draw Polygon
Draw a volume on a polygonal shape.

Using this tool is performed in several steps:
Click to define the first point ↳ Hit ←, ↑ or → to lock perpendicular along the Green, Blue or Red axis ↳ Hit
CTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Measure relative to the nearest vertexClick to set more points, as many as you want or enter measure from previous point ↳ Hit ←, ↑ or → to lock along Green, Blue or Red axis from previous point ↳ Hit
CTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Inverted MeasureClick on a point already added to validate the 2D shape
Click to set the elevation or enter measure ↳ Press
SHIFT
to lock the elevation to the previously used value ↳ HitCTRL
(on Windows) orOPTION
(on Mac) to toggle Elevation CenteredThe drawing is now complete and the tool is ready to start again. But first, you can still change the elevation value by entering a new measure.
Options
Offset: Apply an offset to the shape line
Construction Lines: Draw as construction lines
Inverted Measure: Reverse the measurement
Elevation Centered: Center elevation on the first point
Parts naming: Enter part names manually
Shortcuts
Use
TAB
orSHIFT
+TAB
to navigate forward or backward through actions, respectively.Use
CTRL
+TAB
(Windows) orOPTION
+TAB
(Mac) to navigate through the first action's modifier.
Entering Measurement
Entering measurements in OpenCutList follows the basic principles of SketchUp's native tools via the VCB field. However, a few useful features have been added.
@
allows you to compute a simple operation using the value pointed to by the mouse+
-
*
/
allows you to compute right value with@
value=
allows you to duplicate previous value
Note that list delimiter is ; (semicolon) instead of , (comma) if your system decimal separator is , (comma).
Examples
@+10
adds 10 of current model length unit to the mouse value@-12mm
subtracts 12 mm to the mouse value-12mm
is converted to 12 mm but by reversing the direction@*3
multiplies the mouse value by 3@/2
divides the mouse value by 210,20
defines a pair of value v1 = 10, v2 = 20100mm=
is equivalent to100mm, 100mm
50==
is equivalent to50, 50, 50
10=,@-30
is equivalent to10, 10, @-30
,-10
is equivalent to@, -10
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