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27 May 2003

 

MacCAD: Engineered Software Announces PowerCADD siX for Mac OS X now shipping

PowerCADD siX (or version 6) by Engineered Software is the major update to the Mac-only CAD package that users have been waiting for. Version 6 is now Mac OS X ready and features a number of improvements and new features.

PowerCADD siX

PowerCADD 6 is the most important upgrade ever offered for PoweCADD and many users have been calling the update "PowerCADD X" in anticipation of its OS X native capabilities. PowerCADD 6 now includes the elegant Aqua interface and other native OS X interface and graphics improvements. Such features include deep zoom, live drawing, live selection, zoom on demand, larger drawing area (200 inches by 200 inches), live panning and zooming, and enhanced dynamic snap indication.

Additionally, there is a new WildTools 7 add-on program which is also written for OS X (more on that here). Some other new improvements in PowerCADD 6 include:

• click-click, click-drag and hybrid drawing methods
• highlight colors and full PDF import/export support
• tabbed preferences dialog
• tool tips and contextual menus used throughout the program
• a drawing preview in the drawing setup dialog
• dynamic hatching with any PowerCADD object
• circular gradients and enhanced bitmap effects and filters
• on-the-fly duplication

Tuned for Ten, Built for the Future

With this latest version both PowerCADD 6 and WildTools 7 are boosting their CAD capabilities while becoming even more productive for the illustration market with new and improved tools. Pen sizes and colors are no longer "indexed", which means that in any given drawing you could only have colors and pen sizes that show in the menus. That's no longer a limitation and each object can have any pen size, pen color or fill color -- including the ability to create blends of pen color and size. You can now move drawing elements between drawings without a change in pen size or color.

Upgrade Policy for PowerCADD 6

This major milestone of software engineering prepares PowerCADD for the future and the company has put out a new upgrade policy as stated below:

• The company will issue upgrades to PowerCADD and WildTools on a timely basis every 12 to 18 months
• As of October 31, 2003, upgrades will only be available for the most recent version of the software (ie: PowerCADD 2000 and WildTools 2000)
• Up until October 31, 2003, there will be an upgrade path for PowerDraw/PowerCADD and WildTools
• Free support will be available only for the current and the most recent previous versions of the software (ie: PowerCADD 6 and PowerCADD 2000, WildTools 2000 and WildTools 7)

For more information on PowerCADD 6 please see the Engineered Software Web site here: www.engsw.com/

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