Table of Contents
- Welcome to PiQ
- ParametriQ CAD
- Installation and Activation
- Reporting a Problem
- Simple Mode and the Start Page
- Guided Tour
- Sample Projects
- Command Palette and Help Where You Are
- Preferences
- Saving, Backups and Reverting
- Linked Files and Web Addresses
- Drawing Index
- Emailing Exports
- Make It: One-Click Output
- Check Design and Fixing Problems
- Drawing Properties
- Classification Reference List
- Run Parametric
- New from Product
- Ask Claude
- Points
- Cleaning Up a Drawing
- Variables
- Layers
- Parts
- Accessories and Fitments
- Packaging Symbols
- Materials
- K-Factor Tables
- Appearances
- Making a Die
- Checking a Dieline
- Comparing Drawings
- Working with Illustrator and CorelDRAW
- Bleed, Safe Zones and Spot Colours
- Grading Sizes
- True-Shape Layout
- Machining Tool Options
- Constraints and Driving Dimensions
- Pages
- Making Drawings 3D
- Assembling Parts in 3D
- Hardware, Banding and Fixtures in 3D
- Wrapping and Sweeping in 3D
- Sheet Metal and Living Hinges in 3D
- Press-Brake Simulation
- Materials, Measuring and Sections in 3D
- Live Editing in 3D
- Products in the Pack
- Pack Designer
- Free Apps
- Steel Structures
- Dimensions in 3D
- Scenes: Shelf, Pallet and Wall
- Unfolding 3D Models
- Drawing Sheets and Borders
- Properties
- Tool Options
- Entering Values and Units
- Interactive
- Element settings
- Dimension settings
- Assignment (=)
- Expressions
- RENAME
- LABEL
- DESCRIBE
- DEPENDS
- LINE
- PARALLEL
- ARC
- ARC3
- BULGE
- CIRCLE
- ELLIPSE
- ELLIPTICALARC
- ELLIPTICALARC3
- BEZIER
- QUADRATICBEZIER
- POLYLINE
- SPLINE
- CUBICSPLINE
- CATMULLROM
- HERMITE
- BSPLINE
- NURBS
- PIECE
- OFFSET
- POINT
- TEXT
- RASTERIMAGE
- VECTORIMAGE
- BARCODE
- BRAILLE
- PART
- PARTDEF
- SWITCHPART
- NEST
- IMPORT
- MERGE
- CALLOUT
- DIM3D
- MATE
- GROUND
- CURVEDBEND
- MAGNIFIER
- FILL
- BOOLEAN
- DIMHORIZONTAL
- DIMVERTICAL
- DIMALIGNED
- DIMPERPENDICULAR
- DIMRADIUS
- DIMDIAMETER
- DIMORDINATE
- DIMANGULAR
- TRANSFORM
- JOIN
- EXPLODE
- INTERSECT
- SPLIT
- SPLITALONG
- FILLET
- CHAMFER
- CHAMFEREQUAL
- CHAMFERDISTANCEANGLE
- LAYERTABLE
- LAYER
- LAYER3D
- PRODUCT
- SCENE
- NOTE
- CLASSIFY
- ZOOM
- PAGE
- SHEET
- VIEWPORT
- CLEAR
- Blocks and control flow
- FOR
- FOREACH
- WHILE
- IF
- FUNCTION
- JavaScript functions
- CALL
- SELECT
- Expressions
- Numbers
- Strings
- TRUE and FALSE
- Names: variables and points
- Properties (.NAME)
- Brackets ( )
- Negate and not (- and !)
- Arithmetic (+ - * / %)
- Comparing (< <= > >=)
- Equal (== != ~=)
- And, or, either (&& || ^)
- If … then … else (? :)
- SWITCH
- Lists and dictionaries ()
- ABS
- SIGN
- SQR
- SQRT
- CBRT
- EXP
- LOG
- LOG10
- TRUNC
- ROUND
- NEARESTFRAC
- FLOOR
- CEIL
- DOUBLE
- INT
- TOMM
- TOIN
- MIN
- MAX
- POW
- DTOR
- RTOD
- SIN
- COS
- TAN
- ASIN
- ACOS
- ATAN
- SINH
- COSH
- TANH
- ASINH
- ACOSH
- ATANH
- ATAN2
- ANGLE
- Points ([x,y])
- .X and .Y
- NORMALIZE
- DISTANCE
- DOT
- CROSS
- LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN
- POLAR
- POLARDISTANCEX
- POLARDISTANCEY
- ALONG
- ALONGFROMEND
- TRIANGULATE
- RAYCROSSING
- LINECIRCLE
- BENDALLOWANCE
- BENDDEDUCTION
- KFACTOR
- LERP
- LERPFROMEND
- INVERSELERP
- REMAP
- CLAMP
- SMOOTHSTEP
- SMOOTHERSTEP
- TRANSLATE
- ROTATE
- SCALE
- SKEW
- MATRIX
- IDENTITY
- MIRROR
- INVERSE
- HOMOGRAPHY
- Elements (@n)
- ONELEMENT
- ALONGELEMENT
- FROMEND
- CROSSING
- CENTEROF
- LENGTHOF
- AREAOF
- PERIMETEROF
- QUADRANT
- FOOT
- TANGENT
- FILLET
- CHAMFERDISTANCES
- CHAMFEREQUAL
- CHAMFERDISTANCEANGLE
- Sheet fields
- CLIPTO
- CONTOUR
- EXTENTMAX
- EXTENTMIN
- FLOORAREA
- ROLLDROPS
- ROLLLENGTH
- ROLLPLAN
- ROLLSEAMS
- WEEDLINES
- Snap Modes
- File Formats
- DXF and DWG
- CF2
- DDES3
- G-code
- HP-GL
- EPS and PostScript
- Adobe Illustrator
- SVG
- Pictures
- glTF, OBJ and STL
- COLLADA
- PRC
- U3D
- 3D PDF
- HTML Proofs
- AR Proofs (USDZ)
- Proof Images and Video
- Cape Pack and TOPS Pro
- Export by Industry and Machine Profiles
- Machine Emulator
- DSTV NC (Steel)
- AAMA/ASTM Pattern DXF
- Tiled Print (PDF)
- Projector PDF
- Print-and-Cut PDF and EPS
- GP-GL (Graphtec)
- SVG for Cricut and Silhouette
- LightBurn Projects
- SVG for Glowforge and xTool
- Dieline PDF (Print-Ready)
- Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Rule Benders
- Mat Cutter DXF
- Mat Cutter HP-GL
- DXF with Bend Data (Press Brakes)
- IFC Steel Model
- STEP Folded Part
- Wrap-around Templates (PDF)
- ArtiosCAD, EngView and Impact
- Stone Templates from Digitisers
- Extensions
- Industries and Tool Sets
- Tools
- Select
- Point
- Line
- Bulge
- Circle
- Rectangle
- Panel
- Mate
- Identify Base
- Ellipse
- Polygon
- Bezier
- Spline
- Offset
- Split
- Intersect
- Join
- Boolean
- Explode
- Fillet
- Chamfer
- Transform
- Array
- Parallel Dimension
- Ortho Dimension
- Angular Dimension
- Radius Dimension
- Diameter Dimension
- Ordinate Dimension
- Callout
- Magnifier
- Text
- Text to Outlines
- Fill
- Raster Image
- Trace
- Vector Import
- Barcode
- Braille
- Part Import
- Viewport
- Nest
- Measure
- Area
- Identify
- Allowance
- Base Plate
- Beam Cope
- Bend Line
- Bridge or Tab
- Bridge
- Buttonhole
- Carpet Inlay
- Colour Separation
- Contour Cut
- Corner Relief
- Corners
- Crease Offset
- Curved Bend
- Cut-Out
- Dart
- Doorway
- Dovetail
- Drainer Grooves
- Drill Hole
- Dust Flap
- Edge Allowance
- Edge Notch
- Edge Profile
- Elbow Gores
- Finger Joint
- Fitting Notch
- Fixing Holes
- Flap or Seam
- Flat Pattern
- Foam Layers
- Fold Line
- Gasket Ring
- Glue Flap
- Grain Line
- Gusset Plate
- Hinge Bore
- Hole Pattern
- Holes
- Housing
- HTV Mirror
- Label Layout
- Lead
- Liner Slit
- Living Hinge
- Lock Tab and Slot
- Louver
- Mitre Frame
- Mitre Segment
- Mortise and Tenon
- Mount Aperture
- Multi-Aperture Mount
- Notch
- Notch
- Outline Text
- Part Mark
- Piece Label
- Pile Arrow
- Pipe Saddle
- Pleat
- Rectangle to Round
- Reducer
- Registration Mark
- Roll Layout
- Room Outline
- Routing Inset
- Rug Border
- Seam Allowance
- Seam and Hem
- Segmented Bend
- Shadow Pocket
- Skive
- Slab Photo
- Slot
- Stair Template
- Stencil Bridges
- Stitch Line
- Tab
- Tear Strip
- Tile Setting-Out
- Tiling
- Tuck Flap
- V-Groove
- Water-Jet Inlay
- Weed Border
- Weeding
- Weed Lines
- Weld Number
- Weld Preparation
- Window with Patch
- PiQ SaaS
- PiQ Lang