Video Tutorials for devFoam Pro

Video Tutorials for the devFoam Pro application:

  How to cut foam texts

Cut a simple text Cut text letters in a nested way, to save material Cut an elaborated text

  How to cut untapered free shaped objects from foam

Draw and cut free shaped untapered objects Import from DXF and cut nested foam parts

  How to cut tapered texts

Create a tapered 'A' char and find it in the Part library Create a tapered 'A' char and cut it immediately Cutting more tapered chars of a text at the same time

  How to cut foam wings

How to create a rib region How to cut an untapered wing panel using a rib region How to cut a tapered wing panel using a rib region How to cut a tapered wing panel using two different ribs and automatic Synchro point generation How to cut a tapered wing panel using two different ribs and manual Synchro point generation How to modify a wing part and save as a new wing How to cut left and right halfwing with a single cutting job How to add lightening holes to the ribs How to create a wing with lightening holes

  How to create new 3D (tapered) parts

Creating a 3D Part using the same face and automatic region generation Creating a 3D Part using 2 faces and automatic region generation Creating a 3D Part using 2 faces from 2 different files Automatic Synchro point generation example Manual Synchro point generation example

  How to Add new special elements to a drawing

Draw a double line Draw a Circle tangent to 3 other elements Creating a Mathematical poliline Create a Region Add a Polar Array of elements Creating Polylines autotracing raster images Insert a curved Text Insert a curved Text

  Some special ways to modify elements

Mirror elements Scale elements in a Not Uniform way Offset elements Shear elements Stretch elements Clean dirty geometries creating a Region Approximate the Arcs of a Polyline to multiple segments, specifying the Tolerance Approximate a Polyline to multiple segments, specifying the number of segments Approximate multiple little segments of a Polyline to Arcs, specifying the Tolerance Converting a Polyline to a Spline Chamfer a Polyline Fillet a Polyline Connect Lines and Arcs to create an unique Polyline Break polylines where intersecting other elements/polylines Trim elements where intersecting other elements/polylines

  Polyline conversion and modification

Stretch elements Approximate the Arcs of a Polyline to multiple segments, specifying the Tolerance Approximate a Polyline to multiple segments, specifying the number of segments Approximate multiple little segments of a Polyline to Arcs, specifying the Tolerance Converting a Polyline to a Spline Chamfer a Polyline Fillet a Polyline Connect Lines and Arcs to create an unique Polyline Break polylines where intersecting other elements/polylines Trim elements where intersecting other elements/polylines

  Regions

Create a Region Create a Region by dirty geometries Create Regions by Exploding a Text Offset Regions Advanced Hatching styles for Regions Region Boolean Intersection Region Boolean Multiple Intersection Region Boolean Union Region Boolean Subtraction Split/cut a Region in more parts Add smart lightening holes to a Region

  Raster file as background image

Tracing manually a raster background image Creating Polylines autotracing raster images

  Special Text features

Text style settings Insert a curved Text Explode a Text to Regions

  Smart Polar Snap

Smart Polar Snap is an innovative snapping technology developed by the devCad Team. You are probably aware of the usual Ortho and Polar Snaps offered by most standard CAD applications. A CAD user normally draws using these snaps, plus object snaps, temporary track points, construction lines and other features; all this can become rather boring and slow..... Smart Polar Snap was developed to offer an easy and automatic support for the most used drawing procedures. It reacts to 450 different drawing contexts in the most useful way, displaying one or more dynamic snaps. When the cursor is captured by a Smart Polar Snap line, the tooltip shows the Snap type and the referring polar center is highlighted (default color is cyan). Smart Polar Snap is activated either when you draw a new object or when you edit an existing one. It reacts also to other objects, for example displaying a Tangent and a Perpendicular Snap when clicking on an existing object. It can be even used when Radial Snap and one or more Object Snaps are enabled. Use the bottom toolbar to toggle Smart Polar Snap. After using Smart Polar Snap, you will be happy to work with it! Draw a segment tangent (or perpendicular) to an object at a specified point Rectification of a polygon Move a door along a wall

  Cam/Cnc special features

Create a Region by dirty geometries Create Regions by Exploding a Text Split/cut a Region in more parts Add smart lightening holes to a Region

  Other special features

Create an alias for a command name Select by Polygon - type 1 Select by Polygon - type 2