| 2. Exceptional
productivity |
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| CADian offers smooth Microsoft Windows integration
plus many unique productivity features, including
the ability to open multiple drawings at once; a
Drawing Explorer?that lets you review and exchange
drawing content with drag-and-drop ease; and visual
customization of menus and toolbars -- no programming
required! And thanks to its ActiveX integration,
you can insert CADian drawings (or just parts of
them) into a Microsoft Office application file or
a Visio 2000 Technical Edition schematic. |
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| 3. Affordability |
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| For the first time ever,
you can buy a heavy-duty CAD program that's compatible
with the .DWG file format and AutoCAD applications
at mass-market pricing. Other feature-rich, low-cost
CAD programs have tried to create their own standard
as opposed to leveraging the existing .DWG standard.
CADian's low price makes it affordable to anyone
who creates and uses .DWG files |
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Support for AutoCAD command line |
| By clicking the right button
of a mouse on the toolbar then selecting [command
bar] from the shortcut menu, or pressing [F3], the
command line appears as in AutoCAD. Furthermore,
users are able to use AutoCAD commands and thousands
of programs coded by AutoLISP, ADS, and VBA. |
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Digitizer Support
Many drafting departments have established routines using digitizers within their CAD workgroup. For CAD departments that utilize digitizers as input devices. CADian supports both tablet mode for tracing and the use of tablet menus for command input
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Native DWG support, dwg files (including R14 to R2004/5)
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| As AutoCAD, CADian uses
native dwg files so that any drawings saved in AutoCAD
from R 14 to R 2004/5 can be opened, modifed, and
saved without data loss. CADian 2004 happens to
open old drawings such as AutoCAD R 11 - R 14 drawings
more easily than AutoCAD |
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AutoCAD menu (.MNU) and script (.SCR) files
CADian supports AutoCAD menus (MNU), dialog boxes
(DCL), fonts (SHX), scripts (SCR), and symbol
libraries, so you can easily transfer custom AutoCAD
environments into CADian and continue working
in your favorite drafting environment.
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Object ARX support (not yet supported)
Currently, CADian does not support the Object
ARX proprietary language created by Autodesk.
CADian provides complete support for AutoLISP,
Autodesk's proprietary macro language, as well
as the Autodesk Development System (ADS), Autodesk's
proprietary programming language. CADian also
supports DLL files and includes a preview version
of VBA.
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Raster image display (optional)
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| Image Enabler of CADian
2004 supports the image composed files shch as scanning
files or photos on drawings. Supported formats are
BMP, CALS(cg4, gp4, cal, g4), GIF, JPG, PCX, TIF,
TIFF, DAT, HRF, TGA, PNG, RAS, RLC, BIL and lots
of images are able to be attached to a drawing using
"detaching", "reloading", and
"unloading" functions. In addition, Combining
a raster image and CADian's vector data generates
a drawing and the order between the vector data
and raster image can be controlled. |
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| 4. Productivity
Features |
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Fly-over snapping
Fly-over snapping is a visual aid, to help you
see and use entity snaps more efficiently
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Photorealistic 3D rendering (optional)
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| CADian lets you easily create 3D designs
using the 3D drawing tools. You can display hidden-line,
shaded, or fully rendered versions of your 3D models
or your existing 3D libraries with a click of a
button. You can choose professional-quality, preset
options for lighting, surface materials, and backgrounds.
With CADian's sophisticated raytracing capabilities,
you can produce photorealistic 3D renderings. Requires
license of rendering technology from Lightwork Design |
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ActiveX support including in-place editing
CADian provides in-place Editing of Microsoft
objects written in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel.
In-place Editing enables you to share data with
the different users and the programs
For instance, CADian drawings can be inserted
in Microsoft Word or Excel documents and can include
Word or Excel documents. Furthermore, double-clicking
enables data editing.
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Drawing Explorer for managing layers, blocks,
line types, and more
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| CADian Explorer of CADian 2004 has
the similar interface to Windows Explorer so that
users can find layers, line types, text styles,
blocks, view, coordinates(UCS) and so forth in a
drawing and manage them very easily. In other words,
necessary elements from opened drawings can be copied
or moved to other drawing or can be removed.s |
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Graphical block preview
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| If an opened drawing has blocks, CADian
Explorer shows blocks' shapes and indicates how
many blocks are inserted in the drawing; and thereby
users can work on drawings very precisely |
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Work with multiple open drawings (MDI)
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CADian 2004 can open an unlimited number
of drawings in an individual session with less memories.
Selecting a file in a dialog by choosing [Open]
from [File] or dragging a drawing file into CADian,you
can open drawings simultaneously, and increase the
efficiency of work. Furthermore, among the opened
drawings, users can copy, cut, and paste a certain
part from a drawing to other drawings.
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Real Time Pan & Zoom
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| CADian allows users to
work with their drawings using Real Time Pan and
Zoom. This functionality makes viewing and navigating
around your .DWG drawing files easier and more productive.
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Right-mouse click to edit properties of multiple
selected entities
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| With CADian, you can modify the properties
of more than one entity at a time. For example,
you might use CADian's "Entprop" command
to select all entities on a particular layer, then
use the Layer text box to move those entities to
another layer. You could also change all the entities
in one color to another color. |
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Script recorder
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| Like a macro in Word, a
script mimics what you type, including command names,
options and coordinates. CADian fully supports scripting.
In fact, it reads and writes the same script files
(.SCR) that work in AutoCAD. CADian, however, provides
several scripting enhancements that vastly improve
your productivity: |
* An automatic launch feature: Double-click
an SCR script file in Windows Explorer and you'll
open CADian and run the script instantly.
* A script recorder: Use the script recorder
to automatically capture your keystrokes and mouse
actions including menu picks, toolbar button selections,
and screen picks. To review the script, simply play
it back.
* A script append feature: Use this feature
to add new scripts to existing ones.
* Enhanced scripting commands: CADian's commands
include Recscript, which begins the recording, and
Stopscript, which stops any script that's running.
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Unlimited undo/redo
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| Go ahead and try out all
your drawing ideas. CADian lets you "Undo"
and "Redo" an unlimited number of editing
actions. (With AutoCAD, you can "Undo"
an unlimited number of actions, but you can only
"Redo" one.) |
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) (optional,
COM is standard)
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| CADian 2000 includes a full implementation
of Microsoft Visual Basic, Applications Edition
(VBA), a development environment that simplifies
the creation and execution of Visual Basic applications.
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Visual customiztion of menus and toolbars
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| CADian supports AutoCAD menus
(MNU), dialog boxes (DCL), fonts (SHX), scripts
(SCR), and symbol libraries, so you can easily transfer
custom AutoCAD environments into CADian and continue
working in your favorite drafting environment. CADian
menus, function keys, and command aliases are able
to be redefined by using a mouse and toolbars being
changable by drag-and-drop. |
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| 5. Comparing CADian 2004 with AutoCAD R2004/2005, AutoCAD R14
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| AutoCAD Compatibility |
| Features
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CADian 2004 |
AutoCAD
2004/5 |
AutoCAD
R14 |
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Native DWG format (R14 ~ 2004). |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Support for AutoCAD command line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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AutoCAD 3D surface commands |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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AutoLISP support (including .DCL) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Autodesk Development System (ADS) support
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Object ARX support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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AutoCAD menu (.MNU) and script (.SCR) files
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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True Type font support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Digitizer Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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ACIS 3D solid modeling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Raster image display |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Features |
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Features |
CADian 2004 |
AutoCAD 2004/5 |
AutoCAD R14 |
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Multiple open documents |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Drawing Explorer for managing layers, blocks, linetypes ++ |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Graphical block preview |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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ActiveX support for in-place editing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Photorealistic 3-D rendeing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Script recorder |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Real Time Pan & Zoom |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Visual menu customization |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Right-mouse click to edit properties
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Unlimited undo/redo |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/No |
System requirements
(min RAM/HD space for full installation) |
128Mb(256Mb)
100Mb |
128Mb(256Mb)
100Mb |
64Mb
200Mb |
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| 6. System
Requirements |
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Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000 or Windows NT 4.0[Recommend : Win 2000 or XP]
Pentium MMX 200 or greater
64MB memory or higher[Recommend : 256MB]
CD ROM Drive (for installation only)
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