Features

Interface

User friendliness - User friendliness is one of the main features of ReflectCAD: the program can be considered as very user-friendly for a CAD system. Although the system is a full-featured CAD application, after getting familiar with the interface, the program is also very workable for those who have no natural aptitude for working with technical drafting software.

Dynamic screen layout - The layout of the screen can be adjusted at your convenience. For example, if you have two monitors, one monitor can be used for drawing and the other for the menus.

Context menu - Under the right mouse button there are a number of useful drawing tools included. Also information items are available. For example the area and perimeter information of an object can be calculated and included directly as text in the drawing.

Zooming - The zooming and scrolling in a drawing is possible through the <scroll-wheel> of the mouse. This allows you to move easily through the drawing. By pressing the scroll wheel or using the scroll bars you can move the drawing.

Powerfull editing

Groups - ReflectCAD supports different types of groups, which allow for easily contructing complex drawings. Hole-Groups and Shape-Groups are unified constuction elements: it allows for grouping simple primitives into a complex shape. Normal groups allow for grouping all sorts of objects, and thus allow structurizing your drawing. Symbols are blocks which can be inserted multiple times inside a drawing. They can also be shared between drawings and are easily accessable through the customizable symbol library.

Boolean - Boolean is a command within ReflectCAD that lets you merge two objects object. Objects also can 'cut out' an object from a second, or result in the overlap of two objects. This works in both 2D and 3D.

Presentation

Airbrush - For the layout of a drawing use can be made of "spray" or airbrush. Through these tools a “brush effect” can be obtained.

Sketch style - Every object in a drawing can get a sketch effect, making the presentation less sterile. How coarse or fine the outline effect has to be can be set by the user.

Colorize - By attractive beautiful colouring, a drawing is coming to live. Within RefectCAD it is possible to fill objects with gradient colours.

Texture - A texture is a photo of, for instance, paving patterns. These textures can also be used for filling drawn objects.

Transparency - For each object in a drawing, transparency can be set. This allows for elements behind objects shine through, and thus still can be represented. Moreover, it gives a beautiful effect and depth to your drawing.

3D Rendering - While for other CAD programs you need to purchase an external application for rendering, ReflectCAD is standard equipped with high quality rendering capabilities.

Interoperability

DXF - DWG import / export - As a standard features ReflectCAD has the ability to import and export DXF files as well as DWG files.

PDF export - You want to distibute your drawings to customers who don't have access to a CAD application? Standard feature of ReflectCAD is a high (press) quality PDF export.