Ensuring Compatibility with Mainstream CAD & OS
DWG support
ZWCAD offers DWG file format support, so it can open, edit, and save any existing DWG file generated by AutoCAD® from version 2.5 to 2011 without conversion or data lose.
Commands and Aliases
ZWCAD’s commands and aliases are also compatible with AutoCAD. ZWCAD can export and import the MNU, MNS, and PGP files that define menus, toolbars, and aliases customized in AutoCAD.
Friendly User Interface
ZWCAD has seamless Microsoft Windows integration. It arranges menus, toolbars, the command line, the drawing area, the properties palette, and dialog boxes in a style that conforms to the expectations of users. This lets AutoCAD- trained users begin working with ZWCAD immediately.
Friendly User Interface
Compatible Resource Files
All resource files used by mainstream CAD platforms can be used with ZWCAD. This includes Windows TTF and AutoCAD SHX font files, linetype (.lin) files, hatch pattern (.pat) files, slide (.sld) files, and unit (.unt) files.
Support for Windows Operating Systems
In general, ZWCAD works well with Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, etc.
Visualizing Ideas Through Drafting and Detailing
Fundamental Drawing Tools
Create precise 2D and 3D geometry entities, such as lines, polygons, ellipses, cylinders, and spheres.
Fundamental Drawing Tools
Flexible Text Placement Options
For the annotation of drawings, ZWCAD provides both multi-line text and single-line text capabilities, with the option of setting an unlimited number of text styles. With ZWCAD 2010’s new in-place text editor, what you see is what you get.
Support for External References
Insert entire DWG files as external references. This lets everyone on your team collaborate on big designs, yet won’t increase the drawing file size by much.
Support for External References
Efficient Blocks and Attributes
Define multiple objects as wholes to create blocks (symbols). With these you can standardize drawing components, and efficiently reuse them in other drawings. Attributes allow you to attach data to blocks, such as inventory numbers, pricing, and detailed descriptions.
Raster Image
Insert raster images in drawings to better show off your designs, or to trace over old paper drawings. Various kinds of images can be attached, including those in BMP, TIF, GIF, JPG, PNG, PCX, or TGA format. Once attached, the images can be varied in their brightness, contrast, and fading. In addition, drawings can be exported to a variety of raster formats for use in desktop publishing and Web sites.
Raster Image
Hatches, Fills, and Gradients
Hatch areas to define specific meanings. You can use solid fills, gradient fills, or predefined fill patterns. ZWCAD supports .pat pattern files from mainstream CAD programs.
Gradient Hatch
OLE
Insert linked or embedded objects into the current drawing to take full advantage of information from other applications. You can insert movies, spreadsheets, formatted documents, and more.
Multiple Grips Editing
Multiple grips editing enables you to work with more than one grip at a time. This lets you stretch and move objects through multiple grips, keeping the geometry properly constrained between objects.
Multiple Grips Editing
Modify References and Attributes
In-place reference editing allows you to modify externally referenced drawings and to redefine block definitions, without needing to open external DWG files.
Modify References and Attributes
Boosting Productivity with Management Features
Design Center
Design Center allows you to access any CAD resource stored on your computer or on the local network. You can apply content to the current drawing copied from dimension styles, blocks, text styles, line types and layers found in other drawings.
Design Center & Tool Palettes
Tool Palettes
Palettes provide an efficient method for organizing, sharing, and storing blocks, hatches, and other tools, including those provided by third-party developers.
Dynamic Prompt
Dynamic prompts display tooltips that report useful information near the cursor. The data is dynamically updated as the cursor moves, which helps you keep your focus in the drafting area.
Dynamic Prompt
AutoTrack
AutoTrack combines polar tracking and object snap tracking so that you can easily draw objects at specific angles or in exact relationship to other objects. ZWCAD automatically generates alignment paths to let you see geometric relationships. This makes tasks easier to accomplish, and designs more precise.
AutoTrack
Realtime Pan and Zoom
Simply use the mouse to dynamically change the magnification (zoom) of the drawing, and to reposition the view (pan) of the drawing area.
Aerial View
Pan and zoom large drawings quickly with the miniature aerial view window that displays the entire drawing at all times.
Aerial View
Multiple Document and Tab Environments
You work more efficiently with ZWCAD’s Multiple Document Environment (MDE), which allows you to open up to 255 files in a single session. In addition, ZWCAD provides a Multiple Document Tab (MDT) mode, which lets you quickly select tabs to access multiple open documents.
Multiple Document and Tab Environments
Layers and Properties
Create layers and manage layer properties easily and efficiently. Control how objects are displayed and plotted. Use layers to reduce the visual complexity of drawings, and improve display performance.
Layers and Properties
Multiple Redo and Undo Facility
Backtrack your recent actions more conveniently and efficiently. The undo/redo list allows you undo/redo several actions at once or just a single action at once.
Multiple Redo and Undo Facility
Quick Dimension
Create and edit a series of dimensions quickly, including baselines and continued dimensions, radius and diameter dimensions, and ordinate dimensions. ZWCAD’s quick dimension mode handles a variety of object types.
Quick Dimension
Quick Calculator
The built-in calculator features functions specific to CAD, such as geometric calculations, a units conversion area, and user-defined variables, in addition to standard mathematical functions.
Quick Calculator
Quick Select
You can create selection sets that include and exclude objects based on criteria you specify, such as their color, layer names, and locations.
Powering Communication with Collaboration Features
Publishing and Plotting
Publish drawing sheets as DWF files or to plotting devices with different plot styles. Alternatively, you can plot drawings to a variety of file formats, including EPS.
Plotting
Export Options
With Export command you can save drawings in a variety of file formats. This is useful for placing drawings in other application programs.
Improved Layouts
In paper space, the white layout is now provided as the default. You can, however, specify any background color you like.
Improved Layouts
Realistic Renderings
3D models can be rendered using a variety of materials and multiple light source to generate high-quality, photorealistic images.
Realistic Renderings
Convenient JPEG and PNG Output
Optimized JPEG plotter and PNG plotter configurations can be found in the plot dialog box. This allows you to easily plot drawings as high quality JPEG or PNG images.
eTransmit
eTransmit improves collaboration between clients by collecting all related drawings and support files in a single package. The package can include drawings, images, external references, and fonts.
eTransmit
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