iDesign 4+

TouchAware Limited

    • 2.5 • 29 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Precision 2D vector drawing and design on the iPad & iPhone.

Make professional quality designs, illustrations and technical drawings on the move using your fingers at last! iDesign has unique features and offset controls which allows you to draw accurately with your finger not getting in the way or blocking your view.

Full feature compatibility and automatic sync of designs via iCloud with XDesign (Mac version).

User Guide (PDF) available at www.touchaware.com/apps/idesign/userguide

FEATURES

- A universal app for both iPad and iPhone which adapts to the native screen size of the device.
- An unobtrusive icon based visual and context driven user interface with a full screen board view
- Toolbars and panels with easy access to frequently used functions for a fast work flow

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
- 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
- Create multiple layers to organize & separate design components
- Connector tools for drawing charts and flow diagrams

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 and custom board sizes.
- Set a drawing scale
- Full set of standard unit systems.
- Unit aware Grid with customisable settings
- Snap to grid, snap to object and points
- Unit aware rulers

Shape libraries to organise and reuse shapes
- Add, remove and organise shapes in your own libraries
- A set of standard shapes for creating floor plans included

Export/Import & Print
- Export designs to JPEG, PNG, PDF & SVG formats
- Import SVG files
- Share your designs with other iDesign users via Email
- Dropbox support for Export, Import
- AirPrint Support

iDesign is available as a monthly or yearly subscription and includes a free trial period that begins once your purchase has been confirmed with your Apple ID account. At the end of the trial your subscription will start and renew automatically. Your Apple ID account will be charged for the upcoming period unless you disable auto-renew or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.

Terms of Use: http://www.touchaware.com/apps/termsofuse
Privacy policy: http://www.touchaware.com/apps/privacy

What’s New

Version 4.1

This update includes user experience improvements in 5 areas of frequently used functionality.

Keyboard shortcuts for tools, common functions and editing:
- Shortcuts for all the drawing tools.
- Standard editing shortcuts for Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Undo, Redo, Select/Unselect All, Shift Select etc.
- Shortcuts for File operations, Save, Close, Export, Library.
- Shortcuts for Board settings, Grid, Snap, Rulers, Zoom options.
- Shortcuts for Toolbox menu panels, Tools, Properties, Board, Layers and Settings.
- Arrow keys for moving selected objects.
Press and hold the Command button to see all the available keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements to export and sharing:
- New share option to export and share straightaway.
- Save exported files to a folder location locally or on iCloud.

Midpoint offset handles for resizing sides:
- Just like in the Mac version, you now have midpoint resize handles along with the corner handles.

Measurements display next to shape during editing:
- Displays context measurements for location, size, length and angle and rotation.
- The messages can be enabled or disabled in Toolbox -> Settings -> Context Measurements setting.

Tool action notifications:
- Tool actions messages displayed briefly on the top of the screen.
- The notifications can be enabled or disabled in Design Options -> Info -> Help -> Context Help Messages setting.

Zoom presets and percentage display:
- Zoom percentage display visible during pinch zooming.
- Zoom +/- buttons to be based on standard set of zoom presets.

Fixes:
Fixed design lock functionality, now accessible via Design Options -> Info -> Settings -> Design Lock setting.

Thanks to all the users who have subscribed and supported the continued development of iDesign. Hope you enjoy these new UX improvements, many more enhancements/features are planned and will follow.

Please use the support page at www.touchaware.com for any feedback/query or email: support@touchaware.com

NOTE: From v4.0 onwards, the app is on a subscription model, refer to the version history for details.

Ratings and Reviews

2.5 out of 5
29 Ratings

29 Ratings

Sheriffr ,

IDesign

I started using this when it was first launched. It was way ahead of its game and I found it most useful but clumsy. I haven’t used it in over 2 years and wished to return to a project I was working on only to find I now have to pay for it. I have lost all my work and I don’t even get the opportunity to try the new version and see if it’s worth the money.
To say I am not happy is an understatement and furious that I have to now pay to hopefully get MY work back that I produced.
What happens next year when they want more money and lock your work. Not a good way to gain confidence from customers.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review. iDesign was updated and supported for the past 13 years for a low one time purchase price, many users have enjoyed free updates and support for over a decade. This is no longer sustainable and to keep the app developed and supported, moving to a subscription model was needed (A hard decision for a small developer to continue serving the app and its users for the years ahead). All your design files are accessible even without a subscription with full export options included for when you are not subscribed. There is also a free two week trial available for this new version.

The version update information clearly mentions the changes and users have always had the choice to update, free updates and new versions have a significant cost to the developer and cannot be provided free forever.

The yearly subscription option is well discounted (works out to be less than the price of a cup of coffee a month) and is priced much less than apps of similar capability. Hope you can see value in what the app can provide and subscribe to look forward to the app being developed and supported for the future.

Geordie1974 ,

Most fully featured vector app on iOS

There are simpler apps that take less getting to know, but if you’re after the fullest vector feature set on iOS then this is it. And the UI has consistent logic alongside some good accessibility features, so once you get in the swing if things what you need comes to hand easily.

P.S, found the one star review because ‘it’s too complicated and the buttons don’t seem to do anything’ hilarious. If you’ve any experience with vector apps you’ll find this one easy; you can thoroughly explore the UI in half an hour and you’ll know at a glance what the buttons do as you find them. If you have no experience but want to learn then this app is a great way to explore, but that is a learning process of course!

Hillcroft ,

Best CAD app for iPad

Tried a few CAD apps and this is the best. Clean interface and lots of features. Manual is reasonable, so not hard to learn how to use. A fair price too. Have knocked one star off, as don’t seem to be able to import SVG files, which manual and description says is possible. Tried a few different files, and all seem to import, but when open are blank.

App Privacy

The developer, TouchAware Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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