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Modify Toolbar

The Modify toolbar edits holes and KAD drawings — moving, re-aiming, setting heights, and reshaping, combining and cleaning up lines and polygons. Open it from its tab on the right edge of the window.

Modify toolbar

Hole tools

Button What it does Other ways to use it Guide
Assign Surface Moves the collars of selected holes onto a surface Typed elevation when no surface shows Assign Surface and Assign Grade
Assign Grade Sets grade or toe from a surface, four ways Typed elevation when no surface shows Assign Surface and Assign Grade
Hole Bearing Re-aims holes by dragging Right-click the button for the pivot; hold F for focus mode Hole Bearing
Move Drags holes, drawings or vertices H / K / V decides what; Shift, hold S, Alt in 3D Move

Shape tools

Button What it does Other ways to use it Guide
Transform KAD Moves, rotates and scales drawings by exact amounts Escape restores; live preview Transform KAD
Reorder KAD Points Sets a drawing’s start point and direction Right-click clears; twice exits Reorder KAD Points
Offset KAD Offsets lines and polygons in or out, with a slope Stays on; right-click exits; up to 10 copies Offset KAD
Radii Holes/KADs Circles or stars around holes and points Toe location; union; starburst Radii
Router-Chamfer Rounds or bevels corners Right-click clears; twice exits Router-Chamfer

Cutting and combining

Button What it does Other ways to use it Guide
Clip-KAD Cuts drawings with a polygon — keep inside, outside or both Dialog stays open while you select Clip-KAD
KAD Boolean Union, intersect, difference or XOR of polygons All selected polygons mode KAD Boolean
KAD Join Lines Joins two lines end to end Join keeps the tool open Join and Split
KAD Split Lines Splits a line or polygon at vertices Right-click removes the last split point Join and Split

Line editing

Button What it does Other ways to use it Guide
Extend Line to Boundary Moves a line end to where it meets another line Right-click resets; twice exits Extend Line to Boundary
Grade Line (set constant slope) Sets a constant slope along a span Right-click steps back; with nothing picked, exits Grade Line
Simplify RDP Removes unneeded points Create Copy keeps the original Simplify RDP
Snap Objects to Surface Drapes drawings onto a surface Adds points where lines cross the surface Snap Objects to Surface

Undo

Every Modify tool’s change is one Ctrl+Z step.