The Easy, Intuitive Way to Design and Draw from Autodesk, the World Leader in Computer-Aided Design
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-- 80386 - 80486-based PC
-- MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 3.3 or higher
-- Microsoft(R) Windows 3.1 or higher
-- 4 MB extended memory
-- 10MB available hard drive space
-- 3 1/2" (1.44MB) high-density floppy drive
-- Windows-compatible display (VGA resolution or higher) device
-- Windows-compatible mouse
Recommended:
80387 + math co-processor.
FEATURES
Interface features
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-- The Smart Cursor(TM) instantly identifies tools
-- Quick Help displays on screen information about the current command
-- Aerial View changes the view of the drawing area while keeping an overall view of the entire drawing
-- Toolboxes can be created, customized and floated into any screen location
-- Predesigned and custom templates reduce repetitive tasks and decrease start-up time
-- Thumbnail representation of files eases open and delete functions
-- Print preview and print tiling are interactive
-- Direct access available for property settings
-- Macro facility and Button Editor help you create your own Sketch Tools
-- Comprehensive, context-sensitive on-line Help
-- Help Button on each dialog box immediately displays detailed information
-- MDI lets you open more than one drawing at a time
Illustration features
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-- TrueType font support
-- Ability to change the height, width, oblique angle, rotational position and justification settings
-- Drawing tools, such as arch, box, circle, B-spline and Bezier curve, freehand, ellipse, line, polyline and polygon
-- Line widths defined by the user for all objects, with the choice of blank, solid or pattern fill
-- Simplified pattern fills, so any closed object or area can be filled with one of 50 included patterns
-- Drawing aids include grid, snap, ortho, a line-and-arc toggle and different attachment settings, including "attach nearest"
-- Basic and advanced editing tools, such as move, stretch, copy, mirror, rotate, scale, break, trim, extend, explode, chamfer, fillet, erase, multiple copy, box array, ring array, group, ungroup, and multiple undo and redo
-- Up to 255 colors
-- Ten different line types
CAD features
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-- Double-precision accuracy to retain infomation when importing DXF files, and increase your compatibility with AutoCAD
-- Ability to write DWG files for export to AutoCAD and other Autodesk products
-- Up to 256 named layers
-- Ability to draw in top, left and right isometric planes to represent 3D objects
-- Associative dimensioning -- dimension notations automatically update when an object's distance or angle changes
-- Radius and diameter dimensioning tools
-- Horizontal, vertical, angular, aligned and leader dimensions
-- Ability to quickly find angle, areas, distances, bearings, point locations and properties
-- Custom control over a dimension's look and position
-- Independently edit dimension text without affecting the other dimension components
-- Unlimited polyline segments for special application work on geographic information systems (GIS)
-- Ability to draw, measure and print in architectural units (feet and inches), or decimal units (metric) and to mix unit types in a drawing
-- Six-decimal numeric entry for precision and accuracy
-- Ability to display up to four coordinate types: absolute, polar, relative and last point picked
Viewing aids
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-- Unlimited zooming
-- Scroll bars that appear in each drawing window
-- Redraw readily available
-- Advanced viewing tools: last view, zoom box (redefine the displayed area), zoom percent (aaom in and out using any value), zoom full (show the entire sheet), fill (toggle on/off pattern-filled objects), and text (toggle on/off text blocks)
-- Cursor configurable to pointer, cross hair, selection box and cross hair/selection box
Symbols
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-- Hundreds and hundreds of predrawn symbols
-- A parts facility to import symbols and create your own custom symbols
Compatibility
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-- DWG write for use with AutoCAD software
-- DXF import and export for file transfer to and from Generic CADD, AutoCAD LT and other programs
-- Slide facility to create slides for viewing in AutoSketch and other Autodesk products such as AutoCAD, Autodesk Animator Pro®, Autodesk 3d Studio®, and AutoFlix(TM)
-- OLE 1.0 server support
-- Ability to import bitmap and metafile images into AutoSketch; or copy AutoSketch drawings in bitmap or metafile format
-- ASCII, HPGL, EPS for use with word processing, spreadsheet and other programs
