Ribbon

The ribbon is the area at the top of the CADFusion workspace. The ribbon includes tabs that organize the application features. Each tab has labeled sets of related commands, which are called groups. The ribbon also includes the File button, Common Operations, and the Help button. The image that follows shows the different parts of the ribbon.

Table: CADFusion Ribbon Names and Descriptions

Figure Label	Name	Description
	File Menu	The File menu contains application-level commands that let you to create, open, close, and save projects. You can also import drawing files, export to AeroScript or AeroBasic, change preferences, and exit CADFusion with commands on the File menu.
	Common Operations	This area shows icons for common actions and features in CADFusion. The icons include New Project, Open Project, Save Project, Undo, Redo, and Pan.
	Tabs	Tabs are context-specific parts of the ribbon that include groups of tools and buttons. The tabs are Home, View, Project, and Catalog.
	Groups	Groups contain sets of related tools and commands.
	Help	The Help button contains a link to the CADFusion help documentation and a button to the About screen. The About screen includes the product key and current version of the software.

Figure Label

Name

Description

File Menu

The File menu contains application-level commands that let you to create, open, close, and save projects. You can also import drawing files, export to AeroScript or AeroBasic, change preferences, and exit CADFusion with commands on the File menu.

Common Operations

This area shows icons for common actions and features in CADFusion. The icons include New Project, Open Project, Save Project, Undo, Redo, and Pan.

Tabs

Tabs are context-specific parts of the ribbon that include groups of tools and buttons. The tabs are Home, View, Project, and Catalog.

Groups

Groups contain sets of related tools and commands.

Help

The Help button contains a link to the CADFusion help documentation and a button to the About screen. The About screen includes the product key and current version of the software.

Home Tab

When you launch CADFusion, the Home tab is active on the ribbon. It is the most commonly-used tab and includes all of the canvas commands. The sections that follow describe the groups that are in the Home tab.

Transformation	Description
Move	Changes the location of a shape to new coordinates on the canvas.
Rotate	Rotates a shape around a specified point in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
Scale	Enlarges or shrinks a shape by a specified scale factor in all directions.
Reflect	Flips a shape around a specified point, which results in a mirrored shaped. All points of the reflected shape will have the same distance to the specified point as the original image.
Grid Array	Creates a specified number of copies of a selected shape in a rectangular grid of rows and columns.
Polar Array	Creates a specified number of copies of a selected shape in a circular pattern around a point.

Transformation

Description

Move

Changes the location of a shape to new coordinates on the canvas.

Rotate

Rotates a shape around a specified point in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

Scale

Enlarges or shrinks a shape by a specified scale factor in all directions.

Reflect

Flips a shape around a specified point, which results in a mirrored shaped. All points of the reflected shape will have the same distance to the specified point as the original image.

Grid Array

Creates a specified number of copies of a selected shape in a rectangular grid of rows and columns.

Polar Array

Creates a specified number of copies of a selected shape in a circular pattern around a point.

Modification	Description
Trim	Removes a segment of a shape at points where it intersects with other shapes.
Round	Rounds all corners by smoothing edges into arcs of specified radii along a continuous path.
Round Single	Makes one corner of two shapes by smoothing their edge into arcs of a specified radii.
Chamfer	Cuts away all corners along a continuous path to make a symmetrical sloping edge.
Chamfer Single	Cuts away one corner of two shapes to make a symmetrical sloping edge.
Split	Splits a shape into multiple shapes at points where it intersects with other shapes.
Connect	Eliminates all distance between two shapes by extending their entities.
Channel	Creates an arc between two shapes and eliminates the trailing entities.
Extend	Extends the entity of one shape until it touches the entity of another shape.
Offset	Clones the selected shape with an equidistant offset distance on all points with optional rounding angle for inner and outer corners. Refer to Create an Offset of a Shape.
Hatch	Fills an enclosed shape with a uniform pattern of the selected hatch style, line, offset, perpendicular line, or spiral. Refer to Hatches.

Modification

Description

Trim

Removes a segment of a shape at points where it intersects with other shapes.

Round

Rounds all corners by smoothing edges into arcs of specified radii along a continuous path.

Round Single

Makes one corner of two shapes by smoothing their edge into arcs of a specified radii.

Chamfer

Cuts away all corners along a continuous path to make a symmetrical sloping edge.

Chamfer Single

Cuts away one corner of two shapes to make a symmetrical sloping edge.

Split

Splits a shape into multiple shapes at points where it intersects with other shapes.

Connect

Eliminates all distance between two shapes by extending their entities.

Channel

Creates an arc between two shapes and eliminates the trailing entities.

Extend

Extends the entity of one shape until it touches the entity of another shape.

Offset

Clones the selected shape with an equidistant offset distance on all points with optional rounding angle for inner and outer corners. Refer to Create an Offset of a Shape.

Hatch

Fills an enclosed shape with a uniform pattern of the selected hatch style, line, offset, perpendicular line, or spiral. Refer to Hatches.

Arrangement	Description
Align Left	Aligns all selected shapes with the left-most edge of the shape that you selected last.
Align Horizontal Center	Aligns all selected shapes with the horizontal center of the shape that you selected last.
Align Right	Aligns all selected shapes with the right-most edge of the shape that you selected last.
Align Top	Aligns all selected shapes with the top-most edge of the shape that you selected last.
Align Vertical Center	Aligns all selected shapes with the vertical center of the shape that you selected last.
Align Bottom	Aligns all selected shapes with the bottom-most edge of the shape that you selected last.
Align Center	Aligns all selected shapes with the absolute center of the shape that was selected last.
Space Across	Spaces all selected shapes horizontally so that they are all the same distance apart.
Space Down	Spaces all selected shapes vertically so that they are all the same distance apart.
Same Width	Scales all selected shapes so that they are the same width as the shape that was selected last.
Same Height	Scales all selected shapes so that they are the same height as the shape that was selected last

Arrangement

Description

Align Left

Aligns all selected shapes with the left-most edge of the shape that you selected last.

Align Horizontal Center

Aligns all selected shapes with the horizontal center of the shape that you selected last.

Align Right

Aligns all selected shapes with the right-most edge of the shape that you selected last.

Align Top

Aligns all selected shapes with the top-most edge of the shape that you selected last.

Align Vertical Center

Aligns all selected shapes with the vertical center of the shape that you selected last.

Align Bottom

Aligns all selected shapes with the bottom-most edge of the shape that you selected last.

Align Center

Aligns all selected shapes with the absolute center of the shape that was selected last.

Space Across

Spaces all selected shapes horizontally so that they are all the same distance apart.

Space Down

Spaces all selected shapes vertically so that they are all the same distance apart.

Same Width

Scales all selected shapes so that they are the same width as the shape that was selected last.

Same Height

Scales all selected shapes so that they are the same height as the shape that was selected last

Snap	Description
Snap to Grid	Snaps to points of regular intervals of every ten units in either the X or Y direction.
Snap to Primary Points	Snaps to the primary points of an entity or shape. Primary points can be important points of a shape. Examples include the center of a circle, end points, or two points equidistant from each other and the ends.
Snap Tangentially	Snaps to points that are tangential to a shape.
Snap Orthogonally	Snaps to points that create a right angle with the entity of a shape.
Snap to Center	Snaps to points that are the horizontal and/or vertical center of a shape or entity.
Snap to Intersections	Snaps to points where two shapes have crossing entities.
Snap to Shapes	Snaps to any of the points that exist on a shape.
Snap Perpendicularly	Snaps to a point that creates a right angle with a base point on a shape.

Snap

Description

Snap to Grid

Snaps to points of regular intervals of every ten units in either the X or Y direction.

Snap to Primary Points

Snaps to the primary points of an entity or shape. Primary points can be important points of a shape. Examples include the center of a circle, end points, or two points equidistant from each other and the ends.

Snap Tangentially

Snaps to points that are tangential to a shape.

Snap Orthogonally

Snaps to points that create a right angle with the entity of a shape.

Snap to Center

Snaps to points that are the horizontal and/or vertical center of a shape or entity.

Snap to Intersections

Snaps to points where two shapes have crossing entities.

Snap to Shapes

Snaps to any of the points that exist on a shape.

Snap Perpendicularly

Snaps to a point that creates a right angle with a base point on a shape.

View Tab

The View tab includes tools to change the view of the canvas. It contains the Navigation group.

Navigation Tool	Description
Pan	Lets you move the view of the canvas by clicking and dragging.
Zoom In	Increases the level of zoom at the center of the screen.
Zoom Out	Decreases the level of zoom at the center of the screen.
Zoom Fit	Sets the zoom level of the canvas to fit all entities on the canvas.
Zoom Region	Sets the zoom level of the canvas to fit the user-selected region of the canvas.
Zoom Selected	Sets the zoom level of the canvas to fit the current selection of shapes on the canvas.

Navigation Tool

Description

Pan

Lets you move the view of the canvas by clicking and dragging.

Zoom In

Increases the level of zoom at the center of the screen.

Zoom Out

Decreases the level of zoom at the center of the screen.

Zoom Fit

Sets the zoom level of the canvas to fit all entities on the canvas.

Zoom Region

Sets the zoom level of the canvas to fit the user-selected region of the canvas.

Zoom Selected

Sets the zoom level of the canvas to fit the current selection of shapes on the canvas.

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