NEW DESIGNCAD 2D VERSION 6.0 COMPLETELY REWRITTEN
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 ~PRNewswire~ -- American Small Business Computers Inc. (ASBC) ships new DesignCAD 2D version 6.0 the first day of Fall COMDEX '92, Nov. 16. The complete, easy-to-use system, with unlimited free technical support and a customer base of hundreds of thousands worldwide, combine to create a system that is hard to beat. PC Magazine awarded their Editors' Choice to DesignCAD version 5.0 (12~17~91) declaring DesignCAD's features rival those of high-priced, high-end systems. Version 6.0 is better with 54 new commands, 79 new options, and a host of other changes, including more colors, layers, curve types, dimensioning features, improved grouping and programming functions, and more.
New System New DesignCAD version 6.0 boasts an improved
Features: (CUA-like) user interface, making command
Improved selection easier than ever before. An
Interface improved on-line manual allows users to
On-line Manual retrieve information about any command
Increased Speed directly onto the screen, minimizing searches< New
Commands through the reference manual. Version 6.0 is
three to five times faster than the previous
version. Dozens of new commands, like Bezier
curves, add to DesignCAD's flexibility and
ease-of-use (see attached sheet for detailed
listing). The new DOS Shell Command allows
users to temporarily exit DesignCAD, perform
DOS functions and return, saving valuable
time.
Dimensioning: DesignCAD's extensive dimensioning
Enhancements capabilities are improved even further. New
Progressive ways to dimension diameter, arc, chamfer, and
Calculations radius, as well as determining horizontal and
Dimension vertical dimensions are included. Progressive
Previewing measurement commands can be used to
Dimension automatically dimension parts of an area as
Options well as the entire object. One new, powerful
feature allows dynamically previewing
dimensions before committing them to a
drawing. Balloon and Pullout commands allow
users to highlight individual items within a
drawing automatically placing a leader, arrows
and circled or uncircled text. A host of 36
new dimension options control precision,
format, location, orientation, type, color,
layer, scale, gap size, offset, balloon size,
prefixes, suffixes, and other dimension
parameters.
Group Features: New Grouping features treat user-selected
Edit Groups objects as a single object, allowing users to
Explode Groups edit, move, or copy the entire Group at once.
Multiple Groups can be exploded ex·plode v. ex·plod·ed, ex·plod·ing, ex·plodes v.intr. 1. To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space: to manipulate manipulate To cause a security to sell at an artificial price. Although investment bankers are permitted to manipulate temporarily the stock they underwrite, most other forms of manipulation are illegal.
Saved Groups individual parts of a Group. Multiple Group
capability allows users to define more than
one Group within the same drawing and switch
between these Groups. Groups can be saved
with the drawing, eliminating the need to
redefine Groups when a drawing is retrieved.
Miscellaneous: Drawings can be saved as binary files as well
Faster, Smaller as ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. files; the new default binary Meaning two. The principle behind digital computers. All input to the computer is converted into binary numbers made up of the two digits 0 and 1 (bits). For example, when you press the "A" key on your keyboard, the keyboard circuit generates and transfers the number 01000001 to the files
Drawing Files load almost twice as fast and use 50 percent
Text Commands less disk space. New text options allow
Hatch Fill objects to be mirrored, reversing enclosed
Command text or not. Improved hatch commands allow
Programming users to "hatch" any enclosed area just like
Language the paint command, regardless of the number or
Enhancements type of lines defining the area. Version 6.0
Other includes additional ways to set points and
Commands create arcs, circles, tangent lines, fillets,
chamfers, and parallel lines. 256 colors and
layers expand aesthetics and flexibility. The
new Trim Double command cleans up
intersections: even at non-90x angles. The
flexible BasicCAD programming language is
enhanced, running faster and with new
executable statements, expanding users'
capabilities.
DesignCAD 6.0: DesignCAD 2D version 6.0 is compatible with
System hundreds of printers, plotters, digitizers and
Requirements mice. Despite all the new advances,
Low Cost requirements are an MS-DOS system with 1 Meg
Availability expanded RAM and hard disk. Version 6.0
Updates retails for only $349, available through
dealers worldwide and American Small Business
Computers Inc., One American Way, Pryor, OK,
74361. Updates for current users are only
$59. Free brochures and demo disks:
918-825-4844, fax 918-825-6359.
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CONTACT: Keith Campbell, V.P. Marketing for DesignCAD, 918-825-4844; Editors only: 918-825-4985; COMDEX Booth no. 767, Main Hall, LVCC CO: DESIGNCAD INC. IN: CPR SU: PDT ST: NV
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