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- This file provides information for shareware disk vendors (anyone who sells
- shareware disks for a profit) on the disribution of PC-Draft-CAD.
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- ******** Not for profit user groups and BBS's may distribute PC-Draft-CAD
- * NOTE * without explicit permission. If you wish to have updates sent to
- ******** you automatically, please send your address.
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- PC-Draft-CAD is copyright 1991 by Natural Software, 19 South Fifth Street,
- St. Charles, IL 60174, (708) 377-7320, Compuserve ID: 70047,744.
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- PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE:
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- Our sending this disk to you and the letter that accompanies it constitues
- the approval of Natural Software for your distribution of PC-Draft-CAD as
- part of your shareware libarary. If you have obtained this from another
- source, (not directly from Natural Software), please write or call for
- our explicit permission.
-
- We further ask that you send us a copy of your standard written
- materials (catalogs or flyers) which clearly explain the shareware
- concept, the need for users to register products they use, and the
- fact that the price of your disks is a copying fee only and does not
- constitute payment for the product. The material must also differentiate
- between shareware and public domain software.
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- You may distribute the disk as is. That is, with the three self-extracting
- LHARC files together. Or, if you wish, you may extract the files and
- distribute them on two disks, or use another compression format such as ZIP
- format. You MUST distribute all the files together.
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- ASP:
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- If you are not already a member, we strongly recommend that you consider
- becoming an Approved Vendor of the Association of Shareware Professionals
- (ASP). For more information on the ASP vendor program, contact the ASP at:
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- Association of Shareware Professionals
- Vendor Certification Committee
- P.O. Box 5786
- Bellevue, WA 98006
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- The ASP vendor program reduces the workload for both authors and vendors,
- and helps give customers confidence that reasonable standards are met in
- the distribution of shareware products.
-
-
- PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
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- You may use the following description of PC-Draft-CAD in your catalog.
- (You may edit and use some, all, or none... )
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- **Short BBS description: (32 chars)
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- Commercial quality 2-D CAD (ASP)
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- **Long description:
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- PC-Draft-CAD provides features found only in more expensive CAD
- systems including automatic dimensions, unlimited layers, multiple
- fonts, object libraries, and dot-matrix printer support. It uses the
- high resolution modes of EGA, VGA, Super VGA and Hercules displays.
- "Virtual Memory" automatically uses extended or expanded memory or
- disk space as necessary for drawing sizes up to 32 megabytes.
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- PC-Draft-CAD's intuitive user interface gives users a choice of pop up
- menus or single keystroke commands. This along with complete mouse
- support and context sensitive help, make learning easy while being
- unobtrusive to expert users.
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- PC-Draft-CAD is most useful for producing exact scale drawings with
- HPGL compatible plotters and dot-matrix or laser printers. PC-Draft-
- CAD's vector based drawings may be directly incorporated into
- WordPerfect version 5.x or other Desk Top Publishing applications that
- read WPG, HPGL, or GEM Draw format.
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- The registered version comes with utilities to convert WordPerfect WPG
- and AutoCAD DXF files for editing with PC-Draft-CAD.
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- PC-draft's functions include circles, ellipses, lines, boxes
- and arcs with varying line widths and line styles. You can create named
- objects stored in libraries for use in multiple drawings. You can use
- Named objects as fill patterns.
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- PC-Draft supports unlimited layers, multiple font styles. Text can be
- rotated at any angle. Objects can be rotated, stretched, shrunk, mirrored,
- cloned and scaled.
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- Other drawing aids let you: save and restore multiple views of the
- drawing; pan and zoom; complete "undo" and "redo" delete or restore
- drawing elements; display drawing grids at any spacing, with optional
- "grid-lock" (Snap). You can record graphic keyboard macros for later
- playback. Also, drawing elements (such as lines and boxes) may be
- joined or split.
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- PC-Draft-CAD's object libraries containing architectural or electrical
- symbols can be cut and pasted into your drawings, modified and saved.
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- Registered user price (full libraries, illustrated manual) $65.00
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- System Requirements for PC-Draft-CAD
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- IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 and "true compatible" microcomputers with 256k,
- MS-DOS versions 3.0 or later (LHA requires DOS 3). CGA, EGA, VGA or
- Hercules Graphics Display adapter is required. Supported printers:
- IBM and Epson dot-matrix, 24pin dot-matrix, HP LaserJet+, IIP, III,
- and HP DeskJet and plotters compatible with the HPGL plotter language.
- Mouse is supported but not required.
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- New for this version (3.06):
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- Better support for 24 pin dot-matrix printers and large size plotters.
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- New configuration files for plotters -- sets any page size and pen width.
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- Area calculation - simply move the cursor to mark off areas to add to
- a running total in square feet or square meters.
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- New units choices for Decimal Feet or Decimal Inches -- used in
- auto-dimensions.
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- New "search for object" command -- more easily establish "current" object.
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- New "set extents" command.
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- Extended macro language now supports interactive macros that can open
- windows and display messages and pause for user input. Perfect for creating
- tutorials and application specific add-ins.
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- See the READ.ME1 file for further details.