Tools
LinkCAD includes a comprehensive set of geometry manipulation tools that can be applied during conversion or interactively. Tools are organized into three categories:
Categories
Shape Operations
Modify individual polygon shapes — explode arcs, repair open paths, join fragments, detect circles, force winding order, and remove duplicates.
Boolean Operations
Combine and subtract polygon regions — merge overlapping shapes, de-embed nested polygons, extract holes, and perform layer-to-layer boolean operations.
Drawing Operations
Transform the overall drawing — flatten hierarchy, merge files, crop to bounds, move the origin, and snap to grid.
Using Tools
Tools can be applied in three ways:
- Interactively — select a tool from the Tools menu and configure its options in the dialog
- During conversion — tools run automatically as part of the conversion pipeline
- Via command line — apply tools in batch mode using CLI parameters
- Via Python — create custom tool plugins using the Python API