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- MagnifiCAD - a ShareWare drafting package for the Amiga.
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- v1.0 (C)1995 by Anders Granli.
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- Version 1.0 (beta) is restricted to drafting and was released 15.06.95.
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- Introduction
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- Welcome to the first version of MagnifiCAD. MagnifiCAD is a computer-aided
- design (CAD) program, which allows you to produce drawings in 2D with the
- help of a variety of tools.
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- Features:
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- o Full Intuition GUI with online help for all functions.
- o 10 different drawing tools.
- o Line Styles, Hatching, Colors.
- o Unlimited number of Layers.
- o Unlimited number of entities in each layer.
- o Supports .DXF files for easy exchange of data with other programs.
- o Symbols.
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- System Requirements
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- MagnifiCAD requires:
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- o An Amiga with WorkBench 3.0 or above, and a 68020 processor.
- Workbench 2.0 should also work fine except for a few things.
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- o about 500K free memory to run the program.
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- The size of the projects is limited only by how much free memory you have
- in your Amiga.
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- MagnifiCAD has only been tested on an A1200, but should run ok on any
- Amiga with the right WorkBench version and right processor (68020+).
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- It will use a math co-processor if one is available, but it is not
- required.
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- Contact me to get a 68000 version if that is desirable.
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- Installation
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- An Installer script is included in this directory. Just double-click on
- the Install icon from Workbench, and follow the instructions.
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- The Installer script will add assigns to your User-Startup file.
- "MagnifiCAD:" must always be assigned to the MagnifiCAD directory.
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- Copyrights
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- MagnifiCAD is (C)1995 Anders Granli.
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- The MagicWb readme, install and drawer icons are (C)1993 Martin Huttenloher.
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- Registration and Upgrades
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- MagnifiCAD is released as a ShareWare package, and may be distributed
- freely. No charge may be taken other than the cost of distribution.
- To become a registered user of MagnifiCAD and get the latest version,
- please send $15 to:
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- Anders Granli
- Øvre Møllenberg Gate 64
- Trondheim
- Norway
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- or contact me by:
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- phone: +47 73512846
- e-mail: granli@stud.unit.no
- www: http://www.stud.unit.no/~granli/
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- I am grateful for every notice about problems using MagnifiCAD, bug
- reports, wishes for the next version and suggestions. If you use this
- program, please send me a short e-mail message or a postcard, describing
- what you use MagnifiCAD for.
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- A printed version of the finished manual can also be obtained for $10.
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- The archive contents
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- These files should be present in the archive.
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- ReadMe - this readme file.
- Install - the install script.
- MagnifiCAD - the main program.
- Drawings - directory containing the drawings/projects.
- Symbols - directory containing the symbols or parts.
- Prefs - directory containing the preferences files for MagnifiCAD.
- Docs - directory containing the online help and the manual.
- MagnifiCAD_Help.guide - the online help file.
- MagnifiCAD_Manual - the MagnifiCAD manual in WordWorth 3.1 format.
- MagnifiCAD_Manual.txt - the manual in text file format.
- Fonts - directory containing the default font for MagnifiCAD.
- Icons - directory containing standard icons for MagnifiCAD.
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- Limitations and Bugs
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- MagnifiCAD is limited to drawing in 2D (drafting), but shall be extended
- to 3D drawing when the 2D version is stable and works well.
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- Not implemented yet:
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- o The Enclosure Mode
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- o Polycurve.
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- o Scale/Mirror transformations.
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- o Line Weight.
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- Known bugs in 1.0:
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- o The program loses some memory each time it is run (3536 bytes).
- MemLib can't find it!
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- o When creating a new layer in the layer requester, the new layer is not
- highlighted (GadTools problem?).
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- o If the user zooms in many times, the screen update gets distorted.
- (Also happens with hatching).
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- o Rubberbanding not correct when entering coordinates by numbers.
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- o Panning doesn't work correctly in the middle of a drawing operation.
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- Next Version
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- The next version (August 95?) will (hopefully) contain:
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- o Better (more) printing options (landscape printing, print selection).
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- o All tools mentioned in the manual implemented.
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- o Requester for color handling.
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- o Topological levels (edit point,line or object).
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- o Depth settings.
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- History (not much...)
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- v1.0 Released 01.06.95.
- First version, restricted to 2D drawing.
- Too many bugs.
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- 01.06.95, Anders Granli
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- Enjoy!
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- This is a rushed release because of the summer holiday, but I'll (hopefully)
- be back in August with a new version with fewer bugs!
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- During the summer, I can only be contacted on my s-mail address.
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- And remember to report any bugs, problems, inconsistencies, wishes, etc.!
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