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MacDraft(r) MiniGuide
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Introduction:

MacDraft, from Innovative Data Design (IDD), is a basic collection of
precision drawing tools.  Since the release of its original Macintosh(r)
version in 1985, MacDraft has gained a following of over 85,000 users.
Its main advantage is its easy-to-use, fully scaled drawing environment.

MacDraft now also runs under Windows(tm), Microsoft(r) Corporation's
graphical user interface.  Conversion software for moving MacDraft
documents between Windows and Macintosh systems is available from IDD.

This Demo Disk contains a version of MacDraft For Windows that has some
features removed.  For example, it will print drawings, but it will not
save drawings to disk.  Feel free to pass the demo version along to
anyone you know who might be interested in precision scaled drawing
under Windows.

About this MiniGuide:

This MiniGuide is intended to help you get a feel for MacDraft's user
interface and will give you enough information to discover some of the
program's capabilities on your own.

We suggest that you print the Guide out for easy reference; it's about
16 pages long, depending on which model of printer you use.

This Guide uses terms like point, click, drag, and double click to
describe how to use MacDraft's powerful features. If you are unfamiliar
with these terms, refer to your Windows user guide.

NOTE:  You can also use the Help menu in the demo software to learn
about MacDraft's tools and commands in more detail.

Hardware & Software Requirements:

MacDraft runs under Windows version 3.0 or later. Windows 3.0 itself
requires Microsoft's MS-DOS(r) operating system software, version 3.1 or
later.

Both the regular MacDraft program and this demo version will run on an
MS-DOS compatible computer with a hard disk; a Windows-compatible
display monitor; a processor chip from the 80286, 80386, or 80486
families; and at least two megabytes (2 MB) of protected-mode (extended)
random access memory (RAM).

Installing the Demo Version:

A setup utility on this Demo Disk will automatically install the
MacDraft demo to a hard-disk directory of your choosing.

You must have Windows installed on your hard disk before you install the
demo. (See your Windows documentation for instructions on installing
Windows.)

The directory containing Windows should be in the active DOS command-


search path and the filename of the main Windows software should be
WIN.COM.  However, you should not have Windows running or active when
you run the demo setup utility; that will produce a DOS error message.

To install the MacDraft demo onto your hard disk, make sure Windows is
installed (and exit Windows, if necessary).  Insert the Demo Disk in a
floppy drive. At the DOS line prompt, type the letter of the drive
holding the diskette, followed by a colon ("A:" or "B:"), then press the
Enter or Return key.

The floppy drive will become the active (default) DOS drive, with its
letter named in the command prompt (for example, "A:\>" or "B:\>").  At
the new DOS prompt, type "Setup" and press the Enter or Return key.

NOTE: If the Windows directory is not in the active DOS command-search
path, or the name of the Windows-launching file is not WIN.COM, then the
setup program will not run and an error message (such as "Bad Command")
will appear.  In that case, start Windows, then start the File Manager.
Using the File Manager, find INSTALL.EXE on the demo diskette, then
double-click on that file to launch the installation program.

When the installation starts, a dialog box will appear.  Text fields
will list the disk drive and directory where the MacDraft demo is to be
installed, and the Windows program group in which the demo's icon will
appear.  (If the directory and program group don╒t already exist on your
hard disk, the installer will set them up.)  If you want to install the
demo on a different drive, in a different directory, or in a different
program group, you can change the text in the fields.

To proceed with the installation, click the OK button.

The MacDraft demo will be copied onto your hard disk.  A graphic
indicator will appear to show you the progress of the installation.
When the installation is complete, the installer will launch Windows and
display a dialog box, letting you exit the installer program.

Starting the MacDraft Demo:

Find the icon labelled "MacDraft Demo" and double-click on it.  The demo
program will start; after a moment, you will see the MacDraft tool
palette and drawing area on the screen.

Scales:

MacDraft offers a number of commonly used English or Metric scales in
which to work. To specify the scale you want to work in, pull down the
Layout menu and choose Set Scale/Units. When the Document Scale & Units
dialog box appears, click the button beside English or Metric,  then
select the type of units (in decimal or fractional) you want to use in
the document. Next, open the pop-up menu where the current scale appears
and choose the scale you want.  Click OK.  The scale will be applied to
the drawing, and listed in the title bar of the drawing window.

Menus and Tools:

MacDraft presents functions in pull-down and hierarchical (cascading)
menus. A hierarchical menu is one that contains submenus, which are
marked by black triangles appearing next to certain menu items.  Many
functions, including MacDraft's drawing tools, are represented by icons
on the tool palette.  Most tools always remain active so you can make
choices quickly and easily.

You can control whether the palette is visible or not by using the View
menu's "Show Tools" command.

The palette holds the tools you use to draw geometric shapes (objects)
and enter text.  Most of the tools have a number of different options
associated with them.

To choose a new option, point to the tool icon and hold down the mouse
button. Several icons showing the options associated with that
particular tool will pop up. You then drag to highlight the option you
want, and release the mouse button. Once you make the pop-up
selection, the tool will reflect those attributes until you change the
selection.

Text:

You can enter text in either the paragraph or the regular "caption text"
mode. The paragraph text mode allows you to define a rectangle of a
specific size, then enter text.  The text will "wrap" at the rectangle's
borders.  To enter text in the paragraph mode, activate the Text tool
(the letter "A") on the palette by clicking on it.  Position the Text
cursor (shaped like an I-beam) where you want the paragraph to begin,
press the mouse button, and drag in a diagonal direction until you have
defined a paragraph object of the size and shape you want. With the new
text box still selected, enter some text.  Notice that the text wraps to
the next line when it reaches the border.

To enter caption text, activate the Text tool and simply click on the
drawing where you want to begin inserting text.  Note the blinking text
cursor.  Type in the text.

MacDraft lets you edit the font, style, size, and case of words or of
individual characters.  To alter text attributes, activate the Text
tool, highlight the text you want to change with the "I-beam" cursor,
then choose the attributes you want from the Style or Font menu.

You can also alter the appearance of text by rotating it.  (See the
section below titled "Rotation of Objects" for instructions on how to
rotate a selected block of text.)

Lines:

MacDraft lets you draw lines that are vertical or horizontal,
constrained to a particular diagonal, or unconstrained (drawn at any
angle).

Horizontal/Vertical Lines:

To draw a vertical or horizontal line, choose the Vertical/Horizontal
line icon (shaped like a cross), then position the center of the cursor
where you want the line to begin in the drawing area. Hold down the
mouse button, and drag in a horizontal or vertical direction until the
line is the length you want. Release the mouse button.

Unconstrained Diagonal Lines:

To draw an unconstrained line, choose the unconstrained icon (the one
with no angle value) from the Diagonal Line pop-up menu on the palette.
Position the center of the cursor where you want the line to begin, then
hold down the mouse button and drag until the line is the length you
want.  Release the mouse button.

Constrained Diagonal Lines:

To draw a line constrained to a certain angle, choose the angle of
constraint you want from the Diagonal Line pop-up menu.  You can draw
lines constrained to 45, 30, 15, and 5 degrees.  When you drag on the
drawing area to project the line, the line snaps to the chosen angle of
constraint.  It also keeps that angle if you edit it later.

Line Styles:

MacDraft lets you apply line styles (patterns of gaps and dashes) to
lines, curves, polylines, and open freehand objects.  You have three
line styles to choose from, and you can edit them to appear the way you
want.

To apply a line style, select the line (or other object) and open the
Line menu's Line Styles submenu.  Choose one of the styles.

To draw a line (or other object) with a line style, make sure nothing is
selected on the drawing, then open the Line menu's Line Styles submenu.
Choose one of the styles, then draw the line.

To edit a line style, open the Line menu and choose Edit Line Styles.
Holding down the mouse button, drag through the submenu until the line
style you want to edit is highlighted.  Release the mouse button.  Point
above the line, then drag to the right to add gaps.  Point below the
line and drag to the right to add dashes.  Click the OK button to save
the line style and make it appear in the Line Style submenu.

Rectangles:

You can draw a variety of square-corner and rounded-corner rectangles.
Square-corner rectangles can be drawn in two ways: from a corner or from
the center. To draw a rectangle, select the rectangle tool, position the
center of the cursor on the drawing area where you want the rectangle to
begin, then press and hold down the mouse button, dragging until the
rectangle is the size you want.

To draw a square, select a rectangle tool, then hold down the Shift key
as you draw.

Rounded-Corner Rectangles:

The rounded-corner rectangle tool pop-up has options for rectangles with
proportional ("P"), constant ("C"), or elliptical ("E") corners. When
you draw proportional-corner rectangles, the radius of the corners
increases or decreases in proportion to the rectangle's overall size.
The radius of a constant-corner rectangle's corners remains the same
regardless of the rectangle's overall size. Elliptical cornered
rectangles have elliptical-arc corners that you can reshape with the
corner-edit handle to give the desired appearance.

Circles:

You have the same flexibility in drawing circles as you do with square-
corner rectangles. You can choose to draw a circle from its border (by
diameter, "D") or from its center (by radius, "R") or by defining three
tangent points ("3") on your drawing.  To create a circle by three
points, select the "3" option from the Circle pop-up menu. Position the
center of the cursor on the first point you want the circle to pass
through. Click and drag in any direction to the second point. Release
the mouse button and drag to the third point you want the circle to pass
through.  Click on that point.. Release the mouse button and the circle
by three points will appear.

Arcs:

You can draw circular arcs by radius ("R") or three points ("3"), and
elliptical arcs ("E") of any size and length. With each type of arc, you
can change the shape and size of the arc after you have drawn it by
dragging the edit handles that appear on it.

To draw an arc by radius, position the center of the cursor where you
want to begin the radius of the arc. Click in the drawing area and drag
in any direction until the line representing the radius of the arc is
the length you want. Release the mouse button. Without pressing the
mouse button, move the cursor away from the end of the radius line to
create the sweep of the arc. Click the mouse button when you have
projected the arc the desired number of degrees. The Show Size palette
will display the radius length ( to scale) and the number of degrees in
the arc.

To create an elliptical arc, choose "E" from the Arc tool pop-up. Point
where you want the center of the ellipse that will be used to define the
arc to appear. Drag until you have created an ellipse that is the size
you want. Release the mouse button. Without pressing down the mouse
button, move the cursor until you have projected an arc that is the
length you want. Click the mouse button. The elliptical arc will appear
on the screen.

To create an arc by three points, choose the 3 Points tool from the Arc
pop-up menu. You can follow the above directions for creating circles by
three points to create an arc by three points.

Ovals:

MacDraft lets you draw two types of ovals: diagonal ("D") and centered
("C").

Use the Oval pop-up menu to choose the method you want to use to create
ovals. Choose diagonal or centered from the Oval pop-up menu. For a
diagonal oval, point to where you want the starting point of the oval to
appear. Press and drag the mouse diagonally until the oval is the size
you want. For a centered oval, point where you want the center point to
appear, and press and drag the mouse until you have the desired size.
Change the size of any oval by selecting and dragging one of the eight
edit handles.

To make an oval circular, hold down the Shift key as you draw it.

Polygons and Polylines:

With the Polygon tool you can draw an object that automatically closes
itself (a polygon) or an object that remains open on one side (a
polyline). To create either one, choose the proper tool icon from the
Polygon pop-up menu on the palette, press down on the drawing area, drag
until you create a line segment that is the length you want, then
release the mouse button. Without pressing down the mouse button, move
the cursor to the end point for the next line segment,  then click the
mouse button. You can continue moving and clicking to define a shape
with as many sides as you want. Double-click to complete the object. If
you chose to draw a polygon, MacDraft automatically draws a line between
the starting and ending points of the object.

Freehand Objects:

Sometimes, you may want to create a free-form shape similar to a figure
drawn using a pencil. In such instances, you can use one of the
palette's Freehand tools (the loop icon or the kidney-shaped icon).  By
choosing the proper tool from the Freehand pop-up, you can either have
the shape automatically close (the kidney) or remain open (the loop).
To get a smoother sketching stroke, hold down the Control key ("Ctrl")
as you draw, or go into the Layout menu, choose "Set Grid," then choose
"None."

Curves:

MacDraft's Freehand pop-up menu includes two other options: Bezier
curves and spline curves.

Bezier Curves:

Using the Bezier Curve tool (the icon shaped like a sine wave), you can
create smooth S-curves and flowing designs. You can use this tool to
trace over paint-type objects, or devise your own original designs. To
create a Bezier curve, choose the Bezier tool from the Freehand pop-up
menu. Point where you want the curve to begin. Press and hold down the
mouse button. Drag in the direction you want to project the curve.
Release the mouse button. Without pressing down the mouse button, move
the pointer to where you want the other end point of the curve to
appear. Press down the mouse button. Holding down the mouse button, drag
to define the rest of the curve's shape, as well as the slope of the
next curve. Release the mouse button. When you have finished defining
Bezier curves, double click the mouse button. You can move the handles
to reshape and change the size of the Bezier curves you have drawn.

Spline Curves:

Using the Spline tool (the curve icon with spots on it), you define a
series of points for the curve to pass through, and MacDraft fits the
curve to the specified points. Choose the Spline tool from the Freehand
pop-up menu. Position the cursor where you want the spline to start on
your drawing. Press down the mouse button. Holding down the mouse
button, drag until you reach the next point you want the curve to pass
through. Release the mouse button. A straight line will appear between
the starting point and the cursor to show you the slope of the curve
segment. Without pressing down the mouse button, move the cursor to the
next point you want the curve to pass through and click the mouse
button. A curve will be fitted to the three points defined so far.

Continue moving the cursor and clicking the mouse button until you have
defined all the points to be fitted. When you reach the last point,
double-click the mouse button. The completed spline curve will appear.
It will contain the current fill, and edit handles will appear on the
control points you used to define it.

Reshaping Objects:

MacDraft lets you smooth freehand objects, polygons, and polylines, then
unsmooth them if you choose to.

To reshape a polygon, polyline, or freehand, first select the object.
Open the Edit menu and choose Reshape.  The Reshape submenu will appear.
Choose Smooth.

After you make your choice, the object will be reshaped.  You can edit
the reshaped object by using the edit handles.  To reverse the effect,
you can open the Reshape submenu and choose Unsmooth.

You can use Smooth repeatedly on freehand objects, until you get the
effect you want.

Zoom:

The Zoom commands magnify or reduce a portion of your drawing. To zoom
in, choose Zoom In 2X or 4X from the View menu, then position the
Viewfinder box over the area you want enlarged.   Click the mouse
button.

To zoom out, choose Zoom Out 2X or 4X from the View menu.

Home View:

The view that appears on the screen when you first open a MacDraft
document is called the Home View. Once you have zoomed in or out of a
drawing, choosing Home view from the View menu is an easy way to return
to its original magnification.

Saving Views:

MacDraft allows you to save different views of a drawing.  Each view can
have a different location and level of magnification.  This can be
useful if, for example, you know you'll need to revise a particular
detail of a drawing at high magnification.

To save the current view of the drawing, choose Save View from the View
menu, then type a name for the view into the dialog box and click the OK
button.  The view's name will be added to the bottom of the View menu.

To display a view that has been saved using the Save View command, open
the View menu and drag down beyond Save View until the view's name is
highlighted.  Release the mouse button.

You can delete saved views using the View menu's Delete View submenu or
Delete All Views command.

Rotation:

Using the Rotate command from the Arrange menu, you can rotate objects
in either degrees, minutes, and seconds, or in degrees and decimal
fractions of degrees.  (You can set the rotation units using the Layout
menu's "Set Scale/Units" command.)

To rotate objects using the mouse, select the objects you want to
rotate, then choose the Rotate command in the Arrange menu.  Position
the rotation cursor in the center of the drawing area.  Press and hold
the mouse button.  Drag in any direction to rotate the selected objects.
By default, the objects will be rotated in five-degree increments.
Release the mouse button when you have rotated the objects the desired
number of degrees.

To rotate objects in one-degree increments, press and hold down the
Control (Ctrl) key while rotating the objects.

To rotate objects in minutes, press the Shift key while rotating the
objects.  The number of degrees will remain fixed.  To rotate objects in
seconds, press the Shift key a second time.  The number of degrees and
minutes will remain fixed.

To return to the previous rotation units, press the Control key.

To input rotation values for selected objects directly from the
keyboard, choose Rotate Options from the Arrange menu. Enter rotation
values by double-clicking in the appropriate text boxes, type in the
desired values, then click the Rotate button.

MacDraft lets you rotate objects around their own centers, their datum
points, or any point on the drawing.

To rotate a selected object around a point on the drawing, choose Rotate
Options from the Arrange menu.  Enter rotation values by double-clicking
in the appropriate text boxes and typing in the desired values.  Click
the button next to "A reference point," then click the Rotate button.

A rotation cursor will appear on the drawing.  Move the cursor to the
point around which you want the selection to rotate, then click the
mouse button.

Adding and Deleting Handles:

You can add handles to lines, rectangles, polygons, freehand objects,
Bezier and spline curves, and polylines by choosing "Add/Delete Handle"
in the Edit menu. Position the tip of the pointer on the object where
you want the handle to appear, then click the mouse button.

You can delete handles by holding down the F2 key and positioning the
tip of the pointer on the handle you want to delete and clicking the
mouse button.

Customizing Objects:

MacDraft gives you full control over the appearance of objects. You can
change the thickness of lines, add a different end mark to each end of a
line or curve, and create custom line styles. MacDraft also takes full
advantage of the color capabilities of Windows.

To fill an object with a color, select the object you want. Open the
Fill menu and choose Fill Color, then click the color you want.

You can also edit existing colors, using the Edit Color command in the
Fill menu.

The color pattern feature allows you to create a pattern composed of any
of the colors in the Fill Color submenu.  Of course, if you have a
monochrome system, you can only create black and white patterns.

The Pattern Editor:

To edit a pattern, open the Fill menu and choose Edit Pattern. In the
pop-up menu, click the pattern you want to edit. The Pattern Editor
dialog box will then appear.

You use the Pattern Editor dialog box to edit the pixels that make up a
particular pattern.  The large editing box in the center displays a
magnified view of the pixels that make up the pattern. The small box on
the left displays a sample of how the pattern will appear on a drawing.

The pattern editor operates in two modes: black and white (B&W) and
color. By using the tools for black and white (B&W) and color editing
located on the right side, you can add bits to a pattern one at a time
or in a series, invert bits (available only in black and white mode),
flood a pattern with a color, create a background color, or blend
colors. To choose the color you want to apply to the pattern, point on
the button in the lower right corner that displays a color sample. Press
down the mouse button. The colors available in the document will appear.
Holding down the mouse button, drag until the color you want to use is
highlighted. Release the mouse button. The color you chose will appear
on the color button. This color will be used for pattern editing until
you choose another color.

Layers:

MacDraft allows you to use multiple layers in a document.  The number of
layers you use is only restricted by the system resources available.
Layers give you the ability to stack parts of a drawing on top of one
another.

To manipulate layers, choose Layer Setup from the Layout menu to open
the Layer Setup dialog box. You use the Layer Setup dialog box to define
the attributes for layers, to choose the active layer, and to hide,
merge, and delete layers. You can only edit one layer at a time. An
asterisk (*) appears beside the active layer. You can also control which
layer is active by using the Layer Control button located above the
vertical scroll bar of the document window.

To add a layer, click the Add button. The default layer name,
"Layer - #," will appear at the bottom of the list. To rename a layer,
click the name you want to change in the Layer Setup list box. Type in
the name you want. Click the Rename button. The new name will appear in
the list box and the text box. To change the stacking order of layers,
select the layers you want, press down on the Arrange button, and choose
the Arrange command you want.

Position:

MacDraft's Position command lets you move all objects on all layers of a
drawing at the same time.  You specify how far the image will be from
the top and left edges of the drawing window.  (The edge of the drawing
window represents the edge of the printable area on the page, which is
usually a little smaller than the whole page.)

To change the drawing's position on the page, choose Position from the
Layout menu.  In the Position Document dialog box, select the Left (X)
field and enter the distance you want the image to be from the left edge
of the drawing window (and of the print area on the finished page).
Then select the Top (Y) field and enter the distance you want the image
to be from the top edge.  Click the OK button.

If you accidentally move part of your drawing beyond the drawing window,
you can bring it back by using the Edit menu's Undo command immediately.
Or you can use the Position command again, entering different values in
the X and Y fields as needed.  Sometimes, increasing the drawing area
with the Drawing Size command (Layout menu) will also make all of a
large drawing visible.

Symbol Libraries:

MacDraft lets you store and catalog commonly used images in symbol
libraries, then easily insert the images into different drawings.  To
create a new library, open the File menu and choose New. In the submenu,
choose Symbol Library.  A new, untitled symbol library will appear.

To insert an object into a library, select the object on the drawing you
want to save as a symbol, then choose Copy from the Edit menu.  (If you
want to save several objects as a single symbol, select the objects,
choose Group from the Arrange menu,  then choose Copy.)  Click on the
symbol library window to activate it.  Choose Paste from the Edit menu
to insert the object into the library.  When you insert a new object
into a library, it gets the default name "New Symbol - #" (where "#" is
a number that increases as you add new symbols).

To insert a symbol into your drawing, use the scroll controls to display
the name of the symbol you want in the list box. Click the symbol name.
The chosen symbol will appear in the viewing area at the bottom of the
symbol library window. Open the Edit menu and choose Copy. Click on the
document window to make it active. Click on the drawing where you want
the symbol to appear. Open the Edit menu and choose Paste. The chosen
symbol will appear where you clicked on the drawing. The Repeated Paste
function can also be used to paste the chosen symbol anywhere on the
drawing automatically with each click of the mouse.

Show Size:

You can use MacDraft's Show Size window to display the sizes of objects
as you draw or edit them, according to scale in the units you choose. To
display the Show Size window, open the View menu and choose Show Size.

End Marks:

End marks are symbols that appear on the end points of lines, polylines,
open freehands, or curves.  You can put different end marks on each end.

To draw a line with end marks, open the Line menu, and choose End Marks
menu.  In the submenu, choose the end marks you want.

Choose a left-pointing item to make the end mark appear on the beginning
of lines; choose a right-pointing end mark to make the end mark appear
on the end of lines; choose the middle of the line to make the end marks
appear on both ends of lines.  Release the mouse button when you have
made your choice.  Activate one of the Line tools on the palette.  Draw
a line.

NOTE:  If you want end marks to appear on a curve, polyline, or open
freehand, the object must be drawn or filled with No Fill (the "N"
choice from the Fill Pattern or Fill Color submenu).

To add end marks to existing lines, select the lines, then choose the
end marks you want from the End Marks submenu.

Dimension Lines:

MacDraft's dimension lines show the distance between two points on the
drawing. If you change the length of a dimension line, the value
associated with it will be automatically updated to reflect the new
length, according to scale.

To draw a dimension line, open the Line menu and choose the dimension
line choice (<--XX-->).  From the submenu, choose a position for the
dimension text:  "Along line" superimposes the text along the line,
"Next to line" puts the text above or next to the line (and parallel to
it), and "Horizontal" makes the text horizontal, no matter what angle
the line itself has.  If you want arrows or slashes at  the ends of the
lines, choose them from the  Line menu's End Marks submenu.

Point where you want the beginning of the dimension line.  Press down
the mouse button.  Drag the length of the object to where you want the
ending point of the dimension line to appear.  Release the mouse button.

You can also draw a dimension line using the Tab key.  Select a line
tool and begin drawing a line.  As you draw, hold down the Tab key.
When the line has the length and angle you want, release the mouse
button, then the Tab key.  The line will be instantly converted to a
dimension line, with either the current end mark and text position
settings, or (if no settings were made) horizontal text and large filled
arrows for end marks.

Bitmaps:

MacDraft can import bitmaps.  These images sometimes come from paint
programs or scanning devices, and may be imported from TIFF files (see
the TIFF section below).

You can resize a bitmap by dragging any of its edit handles.  Unlike
bitmaps, some bitmaps do not resize proportionally.  However, you can
get around this by selecting a bitmap and choosing Group from the
Arrange menu.  That will group the object to itself (put it in a "group
of one").  It can then be resized proportionally like other MacDraft
objects and groups.

NOTE:  MacDraft stores each bitmap only once in each document file.
This means that you can copy a bitmap within a MacDraft drawing as often
as you wish without increasing the drawing's size on disk.

Loading TIFF Images:

TIFF stands for "Tag Image File Format."  It's a standard format for
high-resolution images, and is often used to save images stored with
scanning devices.

MacDraft will load certain TIFF images (from files compatible with the
TIFF 5.0 format) into drawings via the Load Layer command.  To be
compatible with MacDraft, the file must have a file extension of "TIF."

To load a TIFF file into MacDraft, choose Load Layer from the File menu.
Use the directories list to display the TIFF file you want to open, then
double-click on the title of the file.  The image or images will be
loaded into a new layer with the same name as the original TIFF file.

Each TIFF file's contents will be placed in a separate layer (with the
same name as the original file), at the same onscreen scale as in the
original file.  The images will appear as bitmap objects.  You can move
such objects to other layers using the Cut or Copy and Paste commands,
or you can (for larger images) use the Layer Setup command's Merge
Layers option to combine them into layers with other parts of the
drawing.  They can also be resized and cropped (see the Cropping section
below).

Cropping:

MacDraft allows cropping of bitmaps:  moving edit handles to "cut away"
part of a bitmap image, just as you might trim the edges of a
photograph.  Cropping involves holding down the F2 and Shift keys, then
dragging an edit handle of a bitmap object.

To crop a bitmap, first click the object to select it.  Choose Ungroup
from the Arrange menu to make sure the object is not part of a group.
Press and hold down the F2 and Shift keys, then move the pointer to one
of the object's edit handles.  Press and hold down the mouse button,
then drag the edit handle to define the new edges for the bitmap.  When
you release the mouse button, the image will be cropped to fit the
outline you defined.

To resize a cropped bitmap proportionally, you must select it, then
choose the Arrange menu's Group command.  The bitmap will then resize
proportionally when you drag any of its corner edit handles.

Conclusion:

Thank you for trying out the MacDraft Demo.  As you can see, MacDraft
combines drawing precision with ease of use.  Tools like those covered
in this MiniGuide, along with functions like onscreen help and the
overall drawing environment, have made MacDraft an excellent value for
basic drawing needs.

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NOTE: You can open and read this text file using any MS-DOS or Windows
word processing software.  We suggest that you print out a copy for use
as easy reference while you explore the MacDraft Demo software.