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Drawing Tricks

Our goal is to make architecture, interior designer, landscape design, industrial design, and any creative drawing as easy as possible. To do that, we've added several drawing tricks to make sketching in Trace intuitive and fun.

Architecture plan drawing by WORKac.


How to Get Started with Drawing Tricks

Part 1. Show Line Length

To view the length of any line as you draw, tap the wrench icon, select "Preferences" and then toggle on "Show Line Length".

Pro Tip
To turn this setting on or off as the default for new projects, adjust the "Show Line Length" toggle the Settings tab in the project area.




Part 2. Hold to Straighten Line

To turn any sketch line into a perfect straight line by holding your Pencil, tap the wrench icon, select "Preferences" and then toggle on "Hold to Straighten Line".

Pro Tip
To turn this setting on or off as the default for new projects, adjust the "Hold to Straighten Line" toggle the Settings tab in the project area.


How To Video

Enjoy this how to video highlighting how to show your line length and straighten sketch lines into straight lines.


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About Morpholio Trace - Sketch Cad

Why Morpholio Trace for Architects, Landscape Architecture and Interior Designers?

Awarded Best Apps for architects, landscape architects, and interior designers, Trace is the dream sketch cad and architecture drawing software. Featured as both, the best app for iPad Pro and the best app for Apple Pencil, Trace combines the beauty and speed of sketching with the intelligence and precision of CAD. Whether you’re drawing project concepts, sketching through schematic design and designing architectural details, or just drawing on-site visits through construction administration and making high-res PDF drawing set markups, Morpholio Trace is everything you need for your new favorite architect app, landscape design app, or interior design app all in one. Welcome to the new best drawing app for iPad Pro.


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Morpholio drawing apps are not only named as the best app for architects, best app for architecture, best app for interior design, best design app, best app for landscape architects, and best app for iPad Pro, but they also now work as a perfect complement to, and seamlessly with your favorite architectural software, architecture apps, cad software, cad app, and interior design software. This includes Autodesk AutoCad, TinkerCad, Revit, SketchUp, SketchUp Viewer, Rhino, Pinterest, Adobe Photoshop, Shapr3D, UMake, and many more. In addition, your Apple iPad Pro, iPhone, and Apple Pencil will never be more exciting to use as Morpholio’s suite of drawing, design, and sketching apps become even more essential in your design process.