CAD software cuts editing times

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 23, 2008

ZwCAD 2008i users can open, edit and save DWG/DXF files created in AutoCAD (2.5-2008), without the need for manual import or export operations.

Zwsoft has released ZwCAD 2008i, the latest update of its 2D/3D CAD package.

The update is available to current ZwCAD 2008 licensees and new ZwCAD customers through the ZwCAD website, or through resellers worldwide.

ZwCAD 2008 is a comprehensive and low-cost CAD system which is compatible with AutoCAD.

Users can open, edit and save DWG/DXF files created in AutoCAD (2.5-2008) without the need for manual import or export operations.

ZwCAD2008i offers better overall performance, a gradient hatch, an image function with TIFF/TIF files and more DRX.

Editing actions such as copy, move, rotate, scale, array, wblock, copyclip and mirror, have dramatically increased speed in 2008i.

Many of functions are twice as fast in the new update.

Programming of the Text function has been reconstructed using Unicode.

Now text displays more accurately, especially when it loads from a different DWG code page.

Along with many improvements to hatch boundary search in the 2008 version of ZwCAD, 2008i goes further by allowing users to make one or two-colour gradient hatch.

Users can align TIFF/TIF images according to a .tfw co-ordinate file, lining up reference images accurately with the co-ordinate units of the project.

An addition to the DRX programming interface in ZwCAD2008, the new custom object function makes developing custom applications easier.

Designers, engineers and architects can download a free trial of the application from the ZwCAD website.

Current users of ZwCAD 2008 can update to the new update for free.

ZwCAD 2008i runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

ZwCAD costs only a fraction of the price of AutoCAD, while offering similar functionality and full DWG compatibility.