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cadlabsreview accuracy using DrawingCenter’s raster snap feature. Mark ups can be saved as CAD vector files, and you have the ability to scan directly from TWAIN-compliant scanners. You can convert several raster file formats to other raster formats as well. The full version of Trix DrawingCenter includes both ActiveX and Web Browser versions of the application, in addition to the desktop version. A multiuser floating network license enables license sharing, and mark ups or annotations can be shared with other DrawingCenter users. You can use ActiveX to build the viewer into your own applications and use DDE commands to automatically open or print files. With Trix DrawingCenter, you can print the entire drawing, specific layouts, or details of the drawing at the sizes and scales that work for you. You also can quickly highlight the difference between two versions of the same drawing. Mark-up functions in Trix DrawingCenter let you annotate with text, lines, boxes, or clouds, and you can save the mark ups to a PDF file. You can convert AutoCAD drawings and plot files to a PDF file that includes your mark ups. Use DrawingCenter to view entire folders of files as slide shows to help you find the specific drawing you need. The application interface is simple and easy to both understand and use. Trix DrawingCenter v6 runs under Windows Vista, 2003, XP, or Windows 2000, and you have a choice of regular standalone or shared floating network licenses. Pricing for the single-user standalone version is $196. At the Trix Systems Web site, you can download a demo version of Trix DrawingCenter and get information about other products. Particularly noteworthy is the Trix DrawingCenter Server, which serves drawings to browsers anywhere. c Ron LaFon, a contributing editor for Cadalyst, is a writer, editor, and a computer graphics and electronic publishing specialist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is a principal at 3Bear Productions in Atlanta. Hot Tip Harry is back in print! Enter your AutoCAD tips in Hot Tip Harry’s 2008 Hot Code Contest for a chance to win a trip to Autodesk University 2008! Brought to you by Submit your original AutoLISP and VBA routines and custom hatch patterns to Cadalyst’s “Hot Tip Harry” for a chance to win a trip to Autodesk University 2008 in Las Vegas! Plus, each month, Hot Tip Harry awards an ofﬁcial Cadalyst T-shirt to every published tip author and sends a $100 cash prize for that month’s “Top Tip.” Got code? Hot code? Email it to: harry@cadalyst.com For more information about Hot Tip Harry’s Hot Code Contest, visit www.cadalyst.com/harry2008 Visit Harry online at www.cadalyst.com/harry2008 28 February 2008 | cadalyst | www.cadalyst.com http://www.cadalyst.com/harry2008 http://www.cadalyst.com/harry2008 http://www.cadalyst.com

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Cadalyst - February 2008 Contents Editor's Window CAD Central Tech Trends More than Meets the Eye — A Look at Today's CAD Viewers IronCAD v10 — 3D Modeling Software AcceliArch with AcceliCAD — Add-In Architectural Drawing and Modeling Software CAD Manager MCAD Modeling AEC Insight CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes Hot Tip Harry

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