SpryCAD

Support

Your first part, the mouse and keyboard, what SpryCAD runs on, and how to report a problem.

Report a problem

Problems and requests go to the issue tracker on GitHub.

  1. In SpryCAD, open Help > About SpryCAD and click Copy. This copies the version and your system details.
  2. Open a new issue on the issue tracker and paste them in.
  3. Describe what you did, what you expected and what happened instead.
  4. Attach the part or assembly file if you can. Problems that can be reproduced are fixed fastest.

Your first part

Sketch, dimension, feature.

  1. Select Front Plane in the design tree and click Sketch.
  2. Draw a profile: L line, R rectangle, C circle, A arc.
  3. Press D for Smart Dimension and type values, or expressions such as =W/2 + 5mm.
  4. Exit the sketch and click Extruded Boss/Base. It uses the sketch just closed. Press Enter to accept.
  5. Select a face and click Sketch to sketch on it, select an edge for Fillet, or select a face for Hole Wizard.
  6. To change anything later, edit its feature in the tree. Only the features after it rebuild.

Mouse and keyboard

The same defaults as SolidWorks.

ActionInput
RotateMiddle mouse drag, or Alt + left drag
PanCtrl + middle drag, or right drag
ZoomMouse wheel at the cursor, or Shift + middle drag
RollAlt + middle drag
Zoom to fitF, or middle double-click
View orientationSpace, Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+7 for Front, Back, Left, Right, Top, Bottom, Isometric, N or Ctrl+8 Normal To
Rotate viewArrow keys by 15°, Shift + arrows by 90°
Sketch toolsL Line, R Rectangle, C Circle, A Arc, P Point, D Smart Dimension, T Trim
Accept, cancelEnter accepts a command from any field, Esc cancels
EditCtrl+Z undo, Ctrl+Y redo, Delete, F2 rename
RebuildCtrl+B rebuild, Ctrl+Q force rebuild

System requirements

Windows
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Installs for your user account without administrator rights, or for all users.
Linux
x86-64 with glibc 2.27 or newer, X11 or XWayland. Packages for Debian 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 28 and RHEL 8 or newer, and a tarball for any distribution.
Graphics
OpenGL.
Dependencies
None. All runtime libraries are included.