PencilCADPress kit
Everything you need to write about PencilCAD. For review copies or questions, email support@chockstonelabs.com.
Fact sheet
| App | PencilCAD |
|---|---|
| Developer | Chockstone Labs LLC |
| Platform | iPad (iPadOS 17 or later), with a viewer for iPhone |
| Price | $6.99, paid up front. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no account. |
| Website | pencilcad.app |
| App Store | apps.apple.com/app/id6446301662 |
Short description
PencilCAD is 2D CAD sketching for iPad and Apple Pencil: sketch on isometric or grid paper, then snap, dimension and constrain the drawing, and export it to scale as PDF, SVG or DXF.
Long description
Most parts, projects and plans start as a sketch on graph paper. PencilCAD is that sketch, made exact. It opens to a page of isometric, grid or dot paper, and the pen works like a pen. When the sizes matter, the CAD tools take over: lines snap to the grid and weld at the corners, dimensions label themselves with real lengths, and writing a number beside a line with Apple Pencil makes the line that size.
Constraints follow the marks people already know from geometry class. Ticks make lines equal, arrows make them parallel, and a corner box makes them square. Finish fills in whatever a sketch is missing, and a fully defined sketch turns green. Photos, scans, PDF plans, DXF and SVG files come in to trace or edit, and drawings go out as PDF on Letter or A4, SVG in millimetres or inches, or DXF with layers, at the size they were drawn.
PencilCAD is built for makers: 3D printing, woodworking, laser cutting and CAD prep. It costs $6.99 once, with no subscription and no account. Pages sync through the user’s own iCloud, and the iPhone app is a viewer for the shop floor or the lumber yard.
Key features
- Sketch and CAD toolbars on the same pad of paper
- Snapping lines, shapes, arcs and curves that stay editable
- Dimensions in mm, cm, m, inches or feet and inches, with page scale
- Constraints written and drawn with Apple Pencil, read on the device
- Trim, extend, fillet, chamfer, offset, arrays and layers
- Photo, PDF, DXF and SVG import; PDF, SVG and DXF export to scale
- iCloud sync and an iPhone viewer; no account, no subscription
App icon
Please use the icon as it is, without changing its colours or shape.
Naming
Write it as PencilCAD, one word, with CAD in capitals. PencilCAD is a trade name of Chockstone Labs LLC. Apple, iPad, iPhone and Apple Pencil are trademarks of Apple Inc.