Documentation

Everything you need to draft with Cadelo — from your first line to printing a drawing. Pick a guide below, or open the app and start drawing.

Start here

Open the app, draw your first line, save and export — in about five minutes.

Ribbon tabs, command line, canvas, tabs, and status bar — what everything is and where.

The complete shortcut reference: function keys, Ctrl/Cmd combos, and quick access.

Lines, polylines, circles, arcs, rectangles and the drafting aids that make them precise.

Organize your drawing with layers, control color and linetype per object.

Linear, aligned, angular, radius and diameter dimensions — plus dimension styles.

Reusable geometry, attribute definitions, and editing block references.

Single-line text, multiline text, text styles, and editing tools.

DWG, DXF, STL, STEP, OBJ, PDF — what each format is for and which to pick.

Save, Save As, and export your drawing to every supported format.

Plot to paper or PDF, page setup, paper sizes, and print styles.

Model in 3D right in the browser: solids, views, and the 3D toolset.

Slow first load, files that won't open, GPU fallback, and other fixes.

Privacy, offline use, formats, ads, the GPL license — quick answers.