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Autodesk AutoSketch R9
OVERVIEW
A Complete Set of CAD Tools from the Maker of AutoCAD Software
AutoSketch software provides a complete set of CAD tools for creating professional-quality precision
drawings. A series of tutorials get you up and running fast. A Microsoft Windows XP-like interface
provides a familiar environment for straightforward drafting. Content libraries give you the
simplicity of ready-made, drag-and-drop content. And DWG format compatibility means you can create
and share industry-standard drawings from the get-go.
AutoSketch Gets the Job Done
Architects, engineers, contractors, illustrators, designers, and hobbyists use AutoSketch to create
- Conceptual sketches
- Architectural drawings
- Technical illustrations
- Electrical drawings
- Product specifications
- Informative graphics
- And much more
Drafting Productivity
Straightforward drafting tools get and keep you productive. For starters, a wizard automatically
steps you through the process of choosing the most appropriate symbols libraries, drawing scales,
and toolsets for your drawing type. No matter what your drawing background or your need, you can
create accurate, professional-looking drawings fast with a feature-rich toolset that includes
- Customizable grids and construction guidelines
- Associative dimensioning
- 3D special effects, including extrusion and transformation options
- In-place text editing
- Automatic snaps and locks that align objects precisely and hold them in position
- Powerful pan and zoom capabilities for moving in, out, and around your drawing
Drag, Drop, Draw
Save time by using predrawn content from the Content Librarian. Content includes
- Kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom symbols
- Decks and landscaping icons
- Architectural graphics
- Mechanical parts
- Plumbing and electrical symbols
- Hatch and fill patterns
FEATURES
Fast Startup
- Application Wizard: The Application wizard provides a variety of drawing types to help
you get started quickly. Whether you are drawing a building, an office layout, or a mechanical part,
the Application wizard configures the drawing environment by setting drawing scale, units, and
toolbars. In some cases it even starts the drawing.
- Getting Started Guide: Create professional drawings in no time. A series of tutorials
show you everything from starting a new drawing to moving and rotating entities and adding
dimensions.
Customizable Work Environment
- Flexible File Management: Open as many drawings as you want at one time, with multiple
windows open for each drawing document. Combined with a variety of ways to open files and AutoSave,
this capability helps you easily find the files you want and know that your work is safe.
- Customizable Toolbars: Customize your workspace by turning on additional toolbars and
creating your own toolbars. Add any command to custom toolbars. Toolbars can be docked or floated.
When floating in the drawing area, toolbars can also be resized.
- Customizable Grids: Use customizable rectangular, circular, and isometric grids to easily
configure the drawing space to the drawing task. Create isometric views with special drawing tools
optimized for the isometric drawing grid.
- Guidelines: Create geometry by snapping to user-defined construction guides. Turn the
guides off and on to build on previous work.
Powerful Drawing Tools
- Drawing and Editing: Selecting, moving, and copying are fundamental to any type of
drawing. The variety of AutoSketch selection tools gives you several ways to select anything,
anywhere in the drawing. The familiar Microsoft Windows interface of these and other tools
increases usability.
- AutoArray: Dynamically populate any area with symbols or symbol groupings. As you move
the cursor, the display shows a dynamically changing number of equally spaced symbols or objects in
a selection set.
- 3D Effects: Access tools for dressing up 2D drawings for presentations from the 3D
Effects toolbar. These tools automatically take a top, front, or side view and skew it, turning
it into an isometric view. Add 3D text as a final touch. An automatic extrusion tool not only
extrudes at a changeable distance and angle but also automatically removes hidden lines.
Instant Precision Drawing
- Content Librarian: Drag a symbol, hatch pattern, or solid fill from the Content
Librarian window wherever you want it in a drawing; the area automatically fills in with the
pattern or color. Drag a symbol from the Content Librarian and place in a prescribed location,
using the symbol's basepoint. AutoSketch software comes with 256-color customizable color palettes
and more than 50 new symbol libraries.
- Picture Support: Add photographs, scanned images, logos, or any other raster file to
your drawings. You have complete control over the size and placement of images, including bitmapped
images and annotations. Further enhance your drawings with textures or photorealistic images by
adding bitmaps to enclosed areas. AutoSketch 9 supports BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, ICO, EMF, and
WMF formats.
- Rich Text: Rich text capabilities support different kinds of formatting in a single
block of text. Change the color, font, and formatting for individual sentences, words, or letters
for visual consistency between CAD drawings and other documents. Spell Check verifies spelling for
text, database information, and even dimensions.
Compatibility
- DWG Support: Because AutoSketch drawings are DWG format compatible, you can create and
view AutoCAD drawings for enhanced collaboration with colleagues and clients.
- Designed for Windows XP Logo Certification: This logo ensures compatibility with the
latest Microsoft operating systems.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum System Requirements
- Intel Pentium III processor or later, 300 MHz
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows 2000 Professional
- 128 MB RAM
- 180 MB free disk space for installation
- 800x600 VGA display with true color
- Mouse, trackball, or compatible pointing device
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)
- CD-ROM drive
The preceding requirements are recommended for effective use of AutoSketch 9 software.
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