CAD KITS
CAD KITS dedicates to invent and develop fantastic add-ons used in AutoCAD to make hard drafting works simple and easy. We donate our time and work for the orphans in the world and encourage our friends to be aware of the poor orphans. If you feel our routines are useful, please do not hesitate to introduce them to your colleagues and friends, many thanks!
We have 10 thousands of users and most of them like our routines, see Testimonies from CAD KITS friends and Users all over the world.
This website was established on 14th September 2009. We will update and add more fantastic CAD kits frequently.
All routines are unique, you are not able to find them anywhere else.
And the most important is, they are all FREE to download and use.
To get free registration and news letter, just email to: 3wood.CADKITS@gmail.com
Comments welcome.
Clicking the routine name below leads you to related page. Then click "Download" button to download the vlx file.
All routines are compatible with AutoCAD 2008 and later / Window Vista and later, and most of previous versions.
It is also compatible with GStarCAD.
For ZWCAD users, please use vls converter to convert vlx into vls format. Refer to: ZWCAD_Lisp_FAQ_enu_2023.pdf (zwsoft.com) Some add-ons may lose undo function after converting to vls format. Please do a fully test before use it in ZWCAD.
How to find us? Just Google "CAD KITS".
[Updated 03 August 2023]
AutoCAD routines
TOP 5 POPULAR DOWNLOADS
Change Z coordinates, thickness to 0 or randomly, change colour and linetype to bylayer or matching rules, change block definition, and more...
[03 Aug 2023]
Explode blocks and all embeded blocks, Convert attibutes to texts/Mtexts, and change exploded objects' layer and color as displayed. Trim off entities outside block clipping boundary or inside wipeout. Delete entities on turned-off or freezed layers.
[16 Sep 2021]
Convert selected table contains of texts / lines to a csv file.
[18 Jan 2020]
Add up total length of selected linear objects, provide count of same lengths, and add distance and bearing notations.
[19 Aug 2020]
Copy Block with attribute(s)/Mleader/Mtext/Text and increase the text value in a number or alphabetic sequence.
[03 Oct 2014]
AutoCAD routines
28 Files
Add up total length of selected dimensions.
[01 Feb 2020]
Add prefix/suffix, insert text in certain positions, change numbers in sequence, change precision, change units of numbers, get sum of figures in selected Texts, Mtexts, Block Attributes, and MLeaders. Sort texts as left-right/up-down or along paths.
[08 May 2022]
Sum up the area of multiple rectangle shapes by picking two points diagonally. Also can provide dimension, area, and perimeter information for individual rectangles.
[12 Jan 2012]
Synchronise/update attribute in all blocks.
[07 Oct 2012]
Wblock out all blocks in the drawing to a selected folder.
[18 Dec 2015]
Update block definitions from a selected block library directory.
[08 Jul 2014]
Clean up all lines inside wall profile.
[19 Jul 2023]
Export selected polyline and text inside as a dxf file named after the text content, for CNC machine. Text object is exported as polyline outlines.
[16 Jul 2018]
Combine selected texts to a single text.
[20 Jan 2010]
Divide selected dimension neatly by picking up points.
[08 Aug 2020]
Put selected objects on new layers named after their elevations.
[20 Aug 2020]
Print multiple drawings with the same background but different titles reading from an excel file.
[21 Jun 2014]
Automatic dimensioning on closed polylines.
[26 Jul 2022]
Summarize the angle of selected line in 3 formats: fraction, percentage, and degree.
[16 May 2013]
Insert standard steel section as a block.
[13 Aug 2022]
Draw a circle for the last part of a travel path to ensure the total length is fixed.
[30 Sep 2010]
10 very handy layer control utilities.
[27 Feb 2023]
Calculate line density as per a given grid and save the result to a csv file.
[09 Jul 2011]
Connect points, circles and blocks with polylines automatically.
[31 Mar 2023]
Create block list sheets or print as a pdf file with file / block names under each block image from a selected folder or a dwg file.
[11 May 2019]
Replace blocks either by wildcard searching criteria or by selection.
[12 Jul 2021]
Create, restore and shift between named views very qiuckly, while keep the same zoom magnification factor.
[22 Oct 2010]
Browse drawings in the same folder of current drawing to open it.
[13 Aug 2016]
Quickly change Text/Mtext/Attribute/Mleader/Dimension content by typing in the command line or copy from a source Text.
[16 Nov 2022]
Quickly Rename Block including annonimous block by click it.
[26 Jun 2023]
Use all circles or plines on a certain layer as selecting boundaries and select object with WP or CP option.
[20 Jul 2023]
Sort block attribute tag names in ascending order.
[14 Feb 2014]
Verify linear scale and unit of dimensions, chech if they match related viewport zoom scale and automatically fix mismatches.
[14 Apr 2011]
Create random tile patterns.
[05 Jul 2018]
Turn off xref by clicking it, then switch it on/off by enter twice.
[02 Nov 2012]
Converts 2D AutoCAD entities into isometric entities.
[04 Aug 2011]
AutoCAD LSP routines
We also provide some original lsp routines which were published in AutoCAD forums.
Click here for details.
AutoCAD Architecture routine
Convert block to Multi-view block (MvBlock) simply by right click it!
[10 Feb 2011]
AutoCAD FAQ
Tips and skills to help you resolve headache problems in drafting.
HOW TO USE
Download the routine file, extract it if it is a zip file.
Use command "APPLOAD" in AutoCAD to load the vlx file.
Enter respective command in the command line to use it. In most cases the command name is the same as the vlx file name. But sometimes there are more than one commands in a vlx file. You can find the detail of all available commands in the individual introduction webpage of the routine on the left browsing column.
Add the vlx file to your "Startup Suite" can load it automatically when you open a new drawing.
All add-ons are also compatible with GstarCAD.
Before you get the free registration code, you can try it as a trail version. Most trail versions have the same function as registered version, but there are some pop-up dialogue boxes as the registration process and "Cards for orphans" project introduction.
Some trail versions have limited functions. Simply email us your Serial Number shown in the Registration dialogue box and we will send you FREE Registration Code as soon as possible. Once registered, there will be no more registration reminding dialogue boxes.
CARDS FOR ORPHANS PROJECT
The purpose of registration is to encourage users to support our "Cards for orphans" project.
You will get a free registration code valid to the end of this year. If you like the routine and want to get the free code for the next year, the only thing you need to do is to post a greeting card to us for an orphan.
We will forward cards received from all over the world and forward them to an orphanange on special days such as Christmas as a gift from "CAD KITS and FRIENDS".
We have sent greeting cards to orphans in "Care for African Kids" since 2010.
CONTACT US
Should you have any inquiry, want to receive newsletter, want to register the trial version for FREE, or want to join our "Cards for orphans" project, please simply send an email to: liugesen@126.com. We will reply as soon as possible.
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