FAQ – Need help? - Consult Frequently Asked Questions
Apple® Mac® Pro MacBook® Pro; iMac®; Mac® mini; MacBook Air®; MacBook®
- MacOS X v10.15 (Catalina), v11 (Big Sur), v12 (Monterey) or v13 (Ventura)
- x64 Intel® or Apple M1 processors (Apple processors with Rosetta Emulation)
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
- 4 GB free disk space for download and installation (6 GB recommended)
- Mac OS X-compliant printer
- Pointer system: a traditional mouse with physical wheel is recommended (MacigMouse and MagicTrackpad are not fully supported)
Under some circumstances, on iMac and MacBook, iCADMac shows the mouse lag at the crosshair and we also noticed that the mouse movement could be very slow. It's possible to correct this behavior by switching to the Mac-style mode. To perform it, click on the "Window" menu, select "Switch to UI mode" and answer Yes in the command bar. Restarting the software, the new configuration will be applied. Note that with the Mac style toolbar mode the toolbars are placed inside the Tool Matrix palette, yet the user can easily move them where he prefers on the screen area
From the "Format" menu select "Drafting Options", choose "System Options" in the left panel, expand "Display" menu and then expand "Element Colors". In this section you can customize all the elements of the interface. Choosing "Model Background" from the list you can customize the background color of the drawing area.
At startup the software doesn't run showing the following message:
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/iCADMac.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libDDKERNEL.1.dylib
Reason: image not found
SOLUTION: Check if you are working with the latest version of iCADMac. The last version guarantees full compatibility with all the versions of Mac OSX (see also System requirements).
In order to get the latest version of iCADMac, visit the download section of our website www.icadmac.com or contact our technical support at support@icadmac.com
Check if you are working with the latest version of iCADMac. The last version guarantees full compatibility with all the versions of Mac OSX (see also System requirements). In order to get the last available version of iCADMac, visit the download section of our website www.icadmac.com or contact our technical support at support@icadmac.com
With iCADMac it is possible to work in the Fixed-style toolbar mode (like the classic AutoCAD® stile) or in the Mac style toolbar mode. To switch between these modes, click on the "Window" menu, select "Switch UI mode" and digit "Yes" in the command bar. Then restart the software in order to apply the new configuration. In the Mac style toolbar mode the toolbars are placed inside the Tool Matrix palette.
By registering your trial version of iCADMac, you will enable the iCADMac full functionalities for 30-days. In order to register your trial version of iCADMac, follow these steps:
- Run iCADMac
- Press the ACTIVATE button
- Select the QUICK ACTIVATION option in the second dialog
- Select activation via INTERNET
- Please complete the form and press the NEXT button
- Select TIME-LIMITED TRIAL VERSION (non-restrictive)
The non-registered trial version is not time limited but misses some functionalities.
By registering your trial version of iCADMac, you will enable the iCADMac full functionalities for 30-days. In order to register your trial version of iCADMac, follow these steps:
- Run iCADMac
- Press the ACTIVATE button
- Select the QUICK ACTIVATION option in the second dialog
- Select activation via INTERNET
- Please complete the form and press the NEXT button
- Select TIME-LIMITED TRIAL VERSION (non-restrictive)
The non-registered trial version is not time limited but misses some functionalities.
By registering your trial version of iCADMac, you will enable the iCADMac full functionalities for 30-days. In order to register your trial version of iCADMac, follow these steps:
- Run iCADMac
- Press the ACTIVATE button
- Select the QUICK ACTIVATION option in the second dialog
- Select activation via INTERNET
- Please complete the form and press the NEXT button
- Select TIME-LIMITED TRIAL VERSION (non-restrictive)
The non-registered trial version is not time limited but misses some functionalities.
By default you can find the main toolbars (Layer, Property, Styles, Drawing and Edit) directly anchored to the top or left side of the software interface. On the right side, instead, you can find the property and Tool Matrix palettes which contains all the other command toolbars. In order to show them you simply need to click on the Tool Matrix button placed at the bottom of the property palette.
You can customize all the interfaces as you need. All the toolbars can be easily dragged inside the drawing area and then anchored where you want. In the "Format" menu you can also find the command "Toolbar" that allows you to show the toolbars you most frequently work with or hide those you don't need. NOTE: Have a look at the online Help (F1) for more information about the User Interface customization.
From the "Window" menu select "Switch UI Mode" and digit "Yes" in the command bar. Restart iCAMac in order to apply the new configuration. In the floating mode all toolbars can be placed inside the Tool Matrix palette.
All the iCADMac configurations are stored in the "iCADMac" folder inside the User Library/Preferences folder. By moving this folder to trash, iCADMac will reset all the menus and toolbars. NOTE! This operation will delete all your customization on toolbars and menus.
As for most Applications, in order to remove iCAMac you simply need to move it to trash and delete the user's preferences folder. You can find it inside the user's Library/Preferences folder.
Yes, you can do that. Select all the entities you want to modify, press and hold the SHIFT button and with the left mouse click select the grips you want to edit.
For the correct management of prints, we suggest that you use the function "Page Layout Manager" from the File menu. Using this function, it is possible to pre-configure different printing setups for the active drawing and also to import new setups from other drawings.