Welcome
Initial steps
First steps into TAD
Creating classes
Managing classes
Create a new object
Hiding objects
Editing objects
Merging objects
Breaking an object
Deleting Objects
Selecting objects
Snapping objects
Measuring dimensions
Viewing objects in 3D
Copying objects
Pasting objects
Moving objects
Rotating objects
Pinning objects
Undo objects
Moving the architect
Exporting objects to 2D
Exporting objects to 3D
Shifting a corner
Adding a corner
Stretching an edge
Extruding an edge
Deleting a corner
Moving a set of objects
Zooming objects
Panning objects
Keyboard Shortcuts
Acknowledgements
SFA Taxonomy
Well-formed Objects
Tutorials using AutoIT
Legal Terms and Conditions
About TAD Probes
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In order to use TAD Designer/Lite, it is mandatory to signup at the TAD community chat system [[ Registration is free. We plan to keep it that way This article explains why this is needed both for you as well as for us. TAD Designer Lite and future versions such as the fully loaded TAD Designer, are and will remain free of charge for you to use. We are committed to creating an alternative to current BIM software. We believe our software is the only one to emerge out of architectural research. This is not an extension of mechanical engineering software hurriedly dovetailed for architecture. We want to support TAD users as quickly as possible. We also want only serious users who have some inclination to use this software to be downloading and using it. We are then sure the entire community would make this commercially viable too. //There are many free software which gets downloaded but never really gets used at all. It gives a wrong feedback to the developers when all the developer has is the statistics of the downloads.// This kind commitment drags on our purse. We have to make this commercially viable. At the same time, we don't want to tax our users. So we thought that it is best that we all chat together, and hopefully we'll discover a way to finance this. **The main reason is of course; //to become a rock solid team together//** By putting all of us together into a chat system, every TAD user immediately gets connected to every other TAD users //**Details**// * You need ONLY one registration to use TAD. * You are really very close to the main developer (Sabu Francis) as well as others involved in TAD -- therefore support is literally a few keystrokes away. * The chat system works on the excellent open source //Mattermost// software -- It works even as a discussion board. So all users will be able to read all the messages there. Including those that were posted before a person joined * The chat system also has channels for other popular software. This will therefore be a central place for all architects to discuss all their tech stuff * The chat system would also have private channels, for commercial services that would be announced from time to time (None of the commercial services are mandatory, though) * The dependence on emails become very low. You won't get spammed. We will only send an occasional newsletter via emails. * TAD also has separate dashboard for collecting issues, bugs, suggestions at http://tiny.cc/taddash You can even put up RFQ for your projects and even job listings at your office Thank you for your attention and support. Please also read [[Money Matters|this appeal
Sabu Francis and others involved in TAD