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KAD Toolbar

The KAD (Kirra App Drawing) toolbar draws vector entities — points, lines, polygons, circles, text and ramps — and sets how new drawings look. KAD drawings are Kirra’s vector layer: design boundaries, annotations and outlines, and the input to surface tools such as extrude and boolean. Open it from its tab on the right edge of the window.

Labelled KAD toolbar

The controls

Control What it does Other ways to use it Guide
Elevation Z Height of new points when nothing is snapped Remembered in this browser Drawing Basics
KAD Color Colour of new drawings Change it mid-drawing Drawing Basics
Point and Line Size Line width and point size   Drawing Basics
Add KAD Points Places a set of points Right-click for placement modes Points, Lines, Polygons and Circles
Add KAD Line Draws an open line Right-click for placement modes Points, Lines, Polygons and Circles
Add KAD Polygon Draws a closed polygon Right-click for placement modes Points, Lines, Polygons and Circles
Add KAD Text Places text, including fx: formulas Formula Builder; Format tab KAD Text
Add KAD Circle Places circles Change radius between clicks Points, Lines, Polygons and Circles
Circle Radius (m) Radius of the next circle    
Roads and Ramps Digitises a graded road or ramp and builds its strings Space snaps to a whole metre Roads and Ramps

Keys while drawing

Key or click Does
Right-click Finishes the drawing; a second right-click ends the tool
Escape The same as right-click; twice returns to the Select Pointer
Backspace / Delete Removes the last point
Ctrl+Z Undoes the last point placed

Full detail: Drawing Basics.