Help GettingStarted
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Welcome
Welcome to avoCADo! Whether this is your first time using a 3D CAD program or you are a seasoned professional, we are excited that you are giving it a try. We hope you will find it to be an enjoyable and creative 3D design experience!
Starting avoCADo
You will need Java 1.6 installed to run avoCADo. Java 1.6 is fairly new, but since avoCADo is just getting started, it makes sense to use the latest version. If you need it, please get "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6" or later.
Linux/Linux64
- download avoCADo
- unzip the file
- open the "avoCADo-x.x-preAlpha-Linux" folder which was created
- double click the "avoCADo" file to run the program or from the command line type:
./avoCADo
If you cannot execute the file, you may need to change its permissions... try this.
chmod a+x avoCADo ./avoCADo
If you have multiple versions of java (perhaps an old version of GCJ or something other than 1.6) you may need to call to java 1.6 directly since the startup script simply calls to "java" to run the application. Try something like this (run from the avoCADo directory)...
assuming java1.6 is in: "/usr/java/jdk1.6.0" /usr/java/jdk1.6.0/bin/java -Djava.library.path=libs/SWT/:libs/JOGL/lib/ -jar avoCADo.jar
Mac
You will need Java 1.6 installed to run avoCADo. Java 1.6 is fairly new, but since avoCADo is just getting started, it makes sense to use the latest version. Apple releases their own binaries for Java. If you need it, please go to Apple's official java page for more information.
- download avoCADo
- unzip the file
- open the "avoCADo-x.x-preAlpha-Mac" folder which was created
Windows
- download avoCADo
- unzip the file
- open the "avoCADo-x.x-preAlpha-Windows" folder which was created
- double-click on "avoCADo.bat"
What you need to know
Controls
(everything is easier with a 3-button mouse...)
- 3D Rotation:
- Mouse middle button drag, and CTRL + Mouse middle button drag
- UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, CTRL+LEFT, and CTRL+RIGHT
- Pan:
- SHIFT + Mouse middle button drag
- SHIFT+UP, SHIFT+DOWN, SHIFT+LEFT, and SHIFT+RIGHT
- Zoom:
- Mouse scroll wheel
- CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN
Tutorials
One of the best ways to learn about something is to follow simple examples. Visit the Tutorials page for step-by-step guides demonstrating how to use avoCADo to build various parts.
