iDesign Features

• A universal app for both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch which adapts to the native screen size of the device.
• Full feature compatible with XDesign for Mac when you need the traditional keyboard, mouse and large screen of the Mac.
• An unobtrusive icon based visual and context driven user interface with a full screen board view
• Designs list with preview thumbnails to save and manage design files
• Toolbars and panels with easy access to frequently used functions for a fast work flow
• Unlimited fast and smooth multitouch zoom with sharp and clear images

Standard Tools & Functions

• Line, polyline, square, rectangle, circle, arc, ellipse, polygons, stars & path tools
• Copy and paste selected shapes and groups
• Group and ungroup shapes hierarchically to create complex designs
• Edit points, convert shapes to path, close shapes, add and remove points, break, weld, explode and join
• Keyboard input options for setting the shape attributes and dimension values
• Precise rotation with ability to rotate at user defined center
• Object alignment tools
• Fill color and pen color swatches with opacity controls, custom RGB mixer
• Stroke width, line style, line caps and corner join styles, arrow ends and dash patters
• Text insertion with fonts, styles, sizes, paragraph alignments, multilingual, rotate/resize
• Set a background image for tracing/marking over it
• Insert images, copy, paste, move, resize and position them accordingly
• Multilevel Undo/Redo for all edit operations
• Undo/Redo individual points
• Autosave for all operations to ensure work is saved at all times
• Create multiple layers to organize & separate design components

Unique Features for Touch Based Editing

• Offset handles for moving and positioning without your finger blocking the view
• Nudge controls, allows precise movement of selected shapes or selected points
• Delta transformations to apply incremental values by keyboard

Advanced Tools for Graphics Design

• Advanced path editing options for corner, smooth and symmetric control points, straighten and curve segments
• Text to path conversion
• Boolean operations on shapes, unite, intersect, subtract, exclude
• Freehand drawing, auto smoothened paths
• Gradients / color blends

Advanced Tools for Technical Drawing

• Circle and Arc tool based on center, start/end point, radius and angle of arc
• Dimensioning tools, length as well as angular with customisable settings
• Support for Feet+Inches+Fractions (U.S & older unit system)
- Architectural formatting option for Dimensions
• Dynamic grid supporting feet, inches and inch fractions at different zoom levels

Units & Board Setup

• Support for standard board sizes (A1 to A5, B4, B5, etc.) and custom board sizes.
• Set a drawing scale
• Full set of standard unit systems, Points, Inches, Feet, MM, CM and Meters
• Unit aware Grid with customisable settings
• Snap to grid, snap to object and points
• Unit aware rulers

Export/Import & Print

• Export designs to JPEG, PNG, PDF & SVG formats
• Import SVG files (from email attachments and also via Dropbox)
• Full iCloud support and automatic sync of designs between devices
• Share your designs with other iDesign users via Email
• Dropbox support for Export, Import
• AirPrint Support for iOS supported wireless printers

Sample designs included with the app.