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- Product: TommySoftware CAD/Draw
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- Description:
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- TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 2.0 for Windows is a low-cost but full-featured
- CAD drafting package that is suitable for anyone who needs to draw with
- precision but who doesn't need a high-end CAD package. This easy-to-use,
- cost-effective professional-quality shareware product combines 2-D
- drafting functionality with a fast redraw speed, pop-up menus, support
- for 256 layers, and the ability to import or export graphic data. Users
- can customize the pop-up menus and the keyboard to adapt the software to
- their personal work style.
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- Easy To Learn and Use
- TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 2.0 has an easy-to-use graphical interface
- with familiar pull-down menus and an extensive, context-sensitive help
- function that lets you get up to speed quickly. You can choose commands
- from the menu, the keyboard, or from icons on a customizable pop-up menu
- that lets you quickly and easily choose commands without wasting precious
- space on the drawing area. You can also configure the keyboard to your
- personal needs by assigning every letter key or numeric key with up to 3
- commands. An undo/redo function helps prevent unintentional changes and
- deletions.
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- A choice of various sheet formats comply with DIN/ISO standard and
- several US formats. In addition, you can enter a value for the sheet
- size in millimeters or inches. You can set unit lengths as micrometer,
- millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer, inch, foot, yard, mile,
- dezipoint, point, didot, and cicero. The three possible angle units
- include degree, gon, and radian. The current unit determines the scale
- and all other settings and commands that are based on length or angle
- units such as the measure command.
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- The program supports up to 256 drawing layers. You can individually
- fade out, freeze, or display every layer in a different color. In
- addition, you can select a pen for each layer, defining the line width,
- line color, and line pattern of all objects that will be drawn in this
- layer.
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- The current drawing detail can be moved with the arrow keys and the
- scroll bars. Several zoom commands allow you to zoom and pan, and you can
- save certain zooms to choose them later if necessary.
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- Extensive Drawing Functions
- Status windows display important information such as the current
- coordinates, and a choice of grid settings (cartesian, isometric, and
- dimetric) allow the exact positioning of points. You can arbitrarily
- choose the distance between grid lines. Measure lines and associative
- measure functions comply with DIN 406.
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- Regardless of the task, extensive drawing functions let you work
- efficiently. You can easily create the following: line, polyline,
- triangle, quadrangle, rectangle, trapezium, parallelogram, polyeder,
- circle, circle arc, circle ring, ellipse, ellipse arc, ellipse ring,
- parabola, zigzag line, circle arc chain, Bzier chain, spline, and
- outline. The software also includes a variety of manipulation functions
- such as copy, move, scale, rotate, reflect, sheer, center, lock, release,
- foreground, and background.
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- TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 2.0 provides several construction functions
- including: construction line (perpendicular on line, perpendicular on
- circle, parallel variable, and parallel fixed); construction tangent
- (circle point, circle circle outside, and circle circle inside);
- construction circle (circumcircle, incircle, perpendicular on line, and
- perpendicular on circle); division (distance, circle, and array);
- multiple copy (rotation, distance, circle, and array).
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- To manipulate an object, you just select it. You can select or
- deselect individual objects or whole areas of your drawing. In addition,
- you can select an object according to its attributes (e.g. line width,
- color, or layer membership), and you can manipulate several objects after
- you select them. You can hatch objects and can edit the hatching
- function, specifying line width, line color, line pattern, distance, and
- slope. You can also use a symbol as a hatch pattern that is
- automatically resolved into lines. Using outlines that consist of a
- sequence of lines and Bzier curves, you can create any form of area and
- can change it at any time.
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- The library functions can handle up to 900 symbols in one library,
- and you can create your own libraries. Sixteen additional libraries are
- available for $19.95. Four b vector points are included with the
- software and you can change these fonts or create completely new ones.
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- Import and Export Capabilities
- You can import or export graphic data using the Windows clipboard.
- This means that you can insert a drawing created with TommySoftware
- CAD/DRAW 2.0 into another document such as a report or letter. Special
- import/export converters are available for foreign formats such as DXF
- files. These converters are independent from TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 2.0
- and can either be started by a program function or as an independent
- Windows application.
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- Author: TommySoftware
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- Version: 1.10b (04-16-93)
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- Needs:
- System requirements for TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 2.0 include an IBM
- personal computer or compatible (80386 or higher), Microsoft Windows 3.1
- or Microsoft Windows NT, 4 Megabytes RAM, 8 Megabytes available hard disk
- space, VGA graphics adapter with 16 colors (or better), a math
- coprocessor (recommended), and a mouse.
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- Registration fee: $59.95 (add $4.00 for shipping to U.S.
- addresses) (add $8.00 for shipping to Canadian addresses) (add
- $8.00 for shipping outside U.S. or Canada)
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- Registration benefits: printed manual; choice of 31/2" or 51/4"
- master disk(s); 3 months of phone, fax, CompuServe, mail
- support; bonus utilities; all ASP-wide offers (see page 6).
- Lifetime free upgrading allowed.
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- Look for: TSCD_?.EXE on CompuServe in CIS:GRAPHICS forum LIBrary 0
- (multiple files) (or contact userID 100020,3647 for assistance).
- Also America Online and Internet. It is also available through
- bookstores (ISBN 3-9803647-4-7) or directly from TommySoftware, North
- America, Inc. (1-800-TOREGIST).
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- Download size: 900k (about 67 minutes with a 2400 baud modem)
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