CADaddy 0.7.3

CADaddy 0.7.3: now on Linux, plus a round of fixes from real-drawing testing.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11: CADaddy-Windows.msi
• Mac (macOS 11+, Apple chip and Intel): CADaddy-Mac.dmg
• Linux (new): CADaddy-Linux.AppImage for any 64-bit distro from 2022 on (make it executable and run it), or CADaddy-Linux.deb for Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+ and Mint
• Claude Desktop extension: CADaddy.mcpb

Opening other people's DWGs

• Layouts that came up blank or off the sheet now show their sheet where AutoCAD puts it, including layouts set to millimetres in an inch drawing.
• Viewports that had been panned in AutoCAD now show the right part of the model.
• Saving no longer resets the drawing's dimension settings (architectural units, text and arrow sizes, alternate units and more).
• Attributes on layer 0 stay on layer 0 when you save.
• A tab in multiline text no longer turns into "^I" after a DWG save.

Drafting the way AutoCAD users expect

• COPY: the Array option (with Fit) and Undo now work.
• FILLET and CHAMFER: a radius or distance too large for the lines is refused instead of producing odd geometry.
• TRIM: after choosing cutting edges, an object that doesn't cross them is kept, not erased.
• DIMCONTINUE / DIMBASELINE: Enter lets you pick another dimension to continue from; a second Enter ends.
• OFFSET keeps polyline widths.
• HATCH: boundaries follow door swings inside blocks, and text gets a clear margin. -HATCH Pattern asks for the scale and angle.
• ATTDEF asks for text height and rotation.
• ORTHO typed at the command line asks ON/OFF (F8 still toggles).
• ERASE tells you when objects were skipped because they're on a locked layer.
• New commands: CHPROP, CHANGE, classic -ARRAY, LEADER at the command line, and QLEADER (LE).

Sturdier

• Opening something that isn't a regular file (or is huge) gives an error instead of eating memory.
• The AI connector (MCP) answers a garbled message with an error instead of shutting down.