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QxCAD, every dimension numbered.

QxCAD balloons dimensions, notes and finish symbols, works out each balloon's zone and turns the drawing into an inspection report, all from one ribbon tab.

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QxCAD is a trademark of MYT4 Systems Pvt. Ltd. REY Technologies designed and developed it for them.

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The tools

One ribbon tab, from balloons to reports.

Ballooning puts a numbered circle beside each dimension or note, so an inspection report can point straight to it. Client drawings stay private, so every picture here is our own drawing with sample data.

Ribbon panels 7

on one QxCAD tab

Finish symbols 6

triangles, a tilde and a tick

Samples 10

for each item, judged as you type

ERP columns 33

one row per item, in Excel

Balloon

Numbered balloons

Places numbered circles, called balloons, beside dimensions, notes, tolerance frames and finish symbols, area by area. Each one stays linked to its item.

  • Window an area, or type ALL
  • Numbering carries on from the highest balloon
  • Links survive save and reopen
  • Moves overlapping balloons to a clear spot
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  • Skips ballooned, excluded, locked and hidden items
  • A hole note gets one balloon per detail
  • Reorder closes gaps in the numbering
  • Balloons of deleted items are removed
12060Ø12Ø121234AREA 1AREA 2WINDOW AN AREA, OR TYPE ALLNUMBERING CARRIES ON ACROSS AREASBALLOONED, EXCLUDED AND HIDDEN ITEMS ARE SKIPPED
1Numbering carries on across areas
M4X10 deep tapped holes 4 nos on each face (total 8 nos.)5678910ONE NOTE, SIX BALLOONSTHE NOTE STAYS ONE NOTETHE BALLOONS SIT IN A ROW ABOVE IT
2One note, six balloons
Reorder4 balloon(s), numbered 1-7Missing: 3, 5-6.BEFORE1247AFTER1234GAPS CLOSEBALLOONS OF DELETEDITEMS ARE REMOVEDORDER IS KEPT
3Gaps close, and the order is kept
Select and search

Find any balloon

Finds a balloon by number, jumps between a balloon and its item, and selects balloons or leaders together.

  • Select balloons, leaders or both
  • Find zooms to a balloon number
  • Show Feature goes from balloon to item
  • Show Balloon goes from item to balloon
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  • Copies are left out of the selection
  • Works for grouped items too
257FindBALLOON NUMBER 7THE VIEW ZOOMS TO IT AND SELECTS ITSELECT BALLOONS, LEADERS OR BOTHCOPIES ARE LEFT OUT
1Type a number and land there
3Ø12SHOW FEATURESHOW BALLOONJUMP FROM A BALLOON TO ITS ITEM, AND BACKWORKS FOR GROUPED ITEMS TOOLINKS SURVIVE SAVE AND REOPEN
2From balloon to item, and back
Modify

Tidy the balloons

Tidies placed balloons: arrows to their items, called leaders, plus size, colour, shape and one balloon for related text. The numbers never change.

  • Leader arrows sized from the balloon's text height
  • Resize by text height or radius
  • Circle or hexagon, with numbers kept
  • Several texts can share one balloon
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  • No arrow where there's no room
  • Sub-item text joins the main item's value
PROPERTYText heightRadiusShapeCURRENT23CircleNEW34.5Hexagon4BEFORE4AFTERTHE NUMBER NEVER CHANGESRESIZE BY TEXT HEIGHT OR RADIUSCIRCLE OR HEXAGONLEADER ARROWS SIZED FROM THE TEXTNO ARROW WHERE THERE'S NO ROOM
1The size changes, the number stays
BOSSØ10TYP9BOSS Ø10 TYPONE BALLOON, ONE VALUETHE SUB-ITEM TEXT JOINS THE MAIN ITEM
2Three texts, one balloon
Tools

Surface finish symbols

Places surface finish symbols, which state how smooth a face must be. Ballooning then picks them up like any other item.

  • Six symbols: 1 to 4 triangles, tilde and tick
  • The tick asks for its value when placed
  • Cancel leaves the drawing unchanged
  • Each symbol becomes a row in the report
1 TRIANGLE2 TRIANGLES3 TRIANGLES3.24 TRIANGLESTILDETICK + VALUETHE TICK ASKS FOR ITS VALUE WHEN PLACEDCANCEL LEAVES THE DRAWING UNCHANGEDSURFACE FINISH STATES HOW SMOOTH A FACE MUST BE
1The six symbols
3.26BALLOON6VALUESurface Finish 3.2THE SYMBOL BECOMES TEXT IN THE REPORT
2A symbol becomes text in the report
Options

Title blocks, zones and tolerances

Names your title block's attributes, builds zone references such as C4 from its border, sets general tolerances and writes a title block report.

  • Field names suggested from the block's labels
  • Highest balloon number written to an attribute
  • The grid follows a moved, scaled or rotated block
  • Report lists fields, balloons and their zones
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  • Picked zones may be uneven
  • Zone labels can run up or down
  • Named tolerance standards share as one file
Title BlockFIELD NAMEDrawing numberTitleMaterialRevisionTAGDWG_NOTITLEMATREVVALUESAMPLE-100Sample plateEN8ASUMMARYYesYesNoYesFIELD NAMES SUGGESTED FROM THE BLOCK'S LABELSTHE HIGHEST BALLOON NUMBER CAN BE WRITTEN TO AN ATTRIBUTEA SETUP CAN BE SAVED AND SHARED AS ONE FILE
1Attributes get names
12345678ABCDEFC4THE BORDER BECOMES ZONE REFERENCESIT FOLLOWS A BLOCK MOVED, SCALED OR ROTATED
2The border becomes references
GENERAL TOLERANCESRANGE0-66-3030-120TOLERANCE0.10.20.350TAKES 0.31. THE TOLERANCE THE DIMENSION STATES2. A TOLERANCE WRITTEN IN ITS TEXT3. YOUR GENERAL TABLESAMPLE VALUES ONLY
3Limits when a dimension states none
Title Block ReportPROJECT SUMMARYFIELD NAMEDrawing numberRevisionVALUESAMPLE-100ABALLOON123ZONEB4B5C4VALUE25Ø1260ONE SHEET:SUMMARY,FIELDS ANDBALLOONSWITH ZONES
4One Excel sheet
Output

Inspection reports and ERP sheets

The inspector types measured samples, and QxCAD judges each one OK or NG (not good) against its limits. It then writes an Excel inspection report, or a sheet in a customer's ERP layout.

  • 1 to 10 samples, judged as you type
  • Your own report template, found by its captions
  • The inspection column stays a live Excel formula
  • Frames, notes, multileaders and symbols as ERP rows
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  • Stated tolerance, else written, else your table
  • Load an existing report to carry on
  • Method and Critical recorded on each row
Extract#123ZONEB4B5C4VALUE25Ø1260MAX25.212.160.2MIN24.811.9559.8SAMPLE 125.0512.0060.05SAMPLE 224.9512.1560.10RESULTOKNGOKMETHODVernierBore gaugeVernierCRITICAL-Yes-UP TO 10 SAMPLES FOR EACH ITEMOK OR NG UPDATES AS YOU TYPEMETHOD AND CRITICAL RECORDED ON EACH ROWFRAMES AND NOTES TAKE OK OR NG BY HANDSAMPLE VALUES ONLY
1Samples judged as you type
Inspection ReportINSPECTION REPORTTITLE | INSPECTION DATABALLOON NO123ZONEB4B5C4VALUE25Ø1260VALUE MAX25.212.160.2VALUE MIN24.811.9559.8SAMPLE 125.0512.0060.05SAMPLE 224.9512.1560.10INSPECTIONOKNGOKCRITICAL-Yes-YOUR OWN TEMPLATE, FOUND BY ITS CAPTIONSTHE INSPECTION COLUMN STAYS A LIVE FORMULALOAD AN EXISTING REPORT TO CARRY ON
2Your template, filled in
ERP SheetBALLOON1234KINDDimensionDimensionNoteFinishNOMINAL2512-3.2TOL +0.20.1--TOL -0.20.05--ZONEB4B5C4C5ONE ROW PER ITEM, 33 COLUMNSFRAMES, NOTES, MULTILEADERS AND SYMBOLS INCLUDEDAN EXCEL FILE, NOT A LIVE CONNECTIONA FEW COLUMNS SHOWN, SAMPLE VALUES ONLY
3One row per item
What the engineer gets

A ballooned, traceable drawing.

  • A QxCAD tab on the ribbon
  • Numbered balloons linked to each item
  • An Excel inspection report
  • A sheet in a customer's ERP layout
  • A title block report
  • An offline manual, and a signed installer
What the engineer provides

Your drawings and your standards.

  • AutoCAD 2027 or ARES Commander 2027
  • Real dimensions in model space
  • A title block with attributes
  • Zone picks and tolerance tables
  • Project details and measured samples
Platforms and languages

Built on the CAD you already use.

  • AutoCAD 2027
  • ARES Commander 2027
  • C# .NET
  • Excel

Who owns QxCAD

QxCAD is a trademark of MYT4 Systems Pvt. Ltd. REY Technologies designed and developed it for them.

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FAQ

Questions drawing engineers often ask.

Anything else, just ask in your enquiry.

Who owns QxCAD?

QxCAD is a trademark of MYT4 Systems Pvt. Ltd., and it's their product. REY Technologies designed and developed it for them, and makes no claim to the trademark.

Can we get a tool like this?

Yes. QxCAD itself belongs to MYT4 Systems, so we'd build yours around your own standards, title blocks and report formats. We start from your own drawings.

Do we have to pick every dimension?

No. Window an area or type ALL, and each area numbers on from the last.

The drawing changed. What now?

Run it again on that area, and only new items get balloons. Reorder closes any gaps.

Where do the limits come from?

The tolerance the dimension states, then a tolerance written in its text, then your general table. Frames and notes take OK or NG by hand.

Can we use our own report?

Yes. Any Excel file with the same captions and a BALLOON NO header will work.

Does our title block need anything special?

It must be a block, and its values need attributes. Zones work on a block.

Does it change our hole notes?

No. The text stays one note, and the balloons sit in a row above it.

Does it connect directly to an ERP?

No. It writes an Excel sheet in one customer's ERP layout. There's no live connection.

Which CAD versions does it run on?

AutoCAD 2027 and ARES Commander 2027, on 64-bit Windows.

Will you keep our drawings private?

Yes. We keep client drawings and project details private, and we're happy to sign an NDA before you share drawings.

Have inspection drawings to balloon?

Send us a sample drawing and your report format. We'll reply with an approach and a fixed quote.

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