This is how the drawing program (CAD) works
The central element of teknow is a web-based 2-D drawing program (CAD program). You use it to design your workpiece, and teknow creates a drawing file in the background. The…
How does the drawing program (CAD) work
teknow wizard
For each production method there are production rules that can also depend on the material and the material thickness. With the teknow wizard you can check your drawing and change…
Zoom & other functions
Use the mouse’s scroll wheel to enlarge or reduce the drawing. The zoom function has to be practiced a little as a beginner: the location of the mouse pointer is…
Snap points and trim lines
If parts of the drawing geometry already exist, new elements can be attached to them. The snap functions are used for this. If you call up a drawing function that…
How to work with CAD
When creating the 2D drawing, you basically proceed in the same way as when you work with paper and pen, ruler and compass. You choose what you want to draw,…
The CAD user interface
You draw your workpiece in the teknow CAD editor. You have previously specified the manufacturing method and material in the workpiece form. These data serve as the basis for applying…
teknow Wizard: tools
At the bottom of the wizard window, additional processing steps can be selected in addition to the manufacturing process (e.g. laser cutting), which are combined into modules. The choice depends…