![]() ![]() These developers seem quite enthusiastic about these new touch-based interfaces and hardware innovations. Steve Johnson, vice president of product development at Vectorworks commented: “Apple’s Touch Bar and Microsoft’s Surface Dial provide very appealing interactions, and we are actively exploring ways to make these available to our customers.” MORE: Product Review: Vectorworks Architect 2017 “The introduction of Apple’s new Touch Bar and Microsoft’s Surface Dial is extremely exciting for the software development team,” says Bryan Geiger, software engineer at Vectorworks, “…these cutting-edge devices will allow designers to customize their workflows even further as we strive to offer every possible shortcut in our software.” Global BIM and design leader Vectorworks, Inc., had much to say about Apple’s new Touch Bar. Not All About Touch Bar-There’s Surface and Dial Too “I still do all my development, testing, videos and books, et cetera, on Mac,” he adds. “I think anytime you allow a designer to customize is a potential productivity opportunity.” Olson didn’t say if any of this company’s CAD products would utilize the Touch Bar anytime soon, but Olson is a hardcore supporter of Apple’s platforms so it wouldn’t be surprising. ViaCAD and Shark developer, Tim Olson, one of the CAD industry’s most respected veterans, was also enthusiastic. They see it as clearly a Pro feature that gives users workflow advantages. “…having an extra, context-sensitive toolbar could prove very useful and would fit well in HighDesign’s UI,” added Suraci.Ġ1 – Apple’s new Touch Bar in the new MacBook Pro has many CAD developers excited. You can literally have hundreds of buttons and controls in the app. CAD applications are the Boeing 747 cockpits of software interfaces. ![]() Suraci told Architosh that in a CAD application every inch of screen space is valuable. “The new Touch Bar is an interesting innovation,” says Suraci, whose Mac-only CAD software is now headed to Windows as well, “and we are already exploring ways in which it could be supported in HighDesign.” Is Touch Bar Useful for Pro CAD Apps?Īndrea Suraci, co-founder of ILEXSOFT, the makers of the award-winning HighDesign CAD program, was enthusiastic. So we decided we’d ask some of them, including Autodesk. The customizable workspace supports themes, floating palettes, sidebar, pop-up panels, gestures, and features a radial menu for quick access to the most common functions.The new AutoCAD 2017 for Mac doesn’t feature support for Apple’s new Touch Bar, in the new MacBook Pro. With their releases being so close together-but not too close-the absence of Touch Bar support in the new AutoCAD may cause one to wonder how CAD developers really feel about Apple’s latest hardware innovation. Ability to open, insert and export images as JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PDF and PNG with alpha channel. ![]() Import and export of DXF/DWG drawings from version R12 to 2018/2020. ![]() Advanced printing functions with color filters HighDesign Pro also includes special tools such as 2D photogrammetry to produce scaled and perspective-correct elevations from a single picture image editing functions a drawing presentation tool to generate high-impact views of your project. Add named views, styles and building element types, custom shortcuts and templates for an efficient and time-saving workflow. Multiple layers and sheets with own drawing scale, units and page size allow you to manage an entire project in one document. Developed specifically for the needs of architects, engineers, and design professionals, HighDesign combines advanced drafting, project documentation and design tools with an elegant, easy and efficiency-oriented user interface designed to assist the user in all the phases of the creative process.ĭraw precise plans and views with accurate snaps, a wide range of vector tools and editing functions, and extensive libraries of symbols, line-types, hatches, patterns and textures.ĭocument your project with styled texts, annotations, leaders, tags, dimensions and other textual information.ĭesign your model with parametric design tools for basic and compound walls, columns and pillars, doors and windows with variable level of detail. HighDesign is the full-featured, fast CAD and architectural design solution to create precise drawings, projects, layouts, and work with DWG drawings. ![]()
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