DesignCAD 3000 is a comprehensive computer-aided design package
that incorporates a full range of 2-D and 3-D drawing functions. DesignCAD 3000 applications include most design needs like
Animation, Solid Modeling, Integrated 2D/3D modes, and other features and it also allows
the user to create complex and detailed presentations.
DesignCAD 3000 is used primarily in professional engineering, drafting,
and architectural applications, but with its low cost and ease of use, it is
also used by many individuals as a personal CAD system for casual and household
drawings.
DesignCAD 3000 can be customized to fit a particular application and also can have a custom toolbax
Objects: polygonal, patch, spline curve, lines, circles, planes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and so on.
Transformation: scaling, rotation, align, array, cloning, mirror, and slice.
Features: Insert Door and Window, Double Line Mode, Snap Locator, Tangent Snap, Chamfer Command, Section Copy Command, Ortho Mode Toggle, Trim Multiple Lines, Slice by Curved Surface, Expanded Solid Operations, Enhanced Spiraling, Hide/Shade all Views, Cut Corner Command, Cut Edge Command, Walk Through Mode.
Editing and manipulations (solid objects and surfaces): stacking, booleans, snap, grid, point selection, slice, solid subtraction, union, intersection, interference checking, curved surface, linear extrusion, extrusion along a curve, circular sweep, patches, trim, scale, fillet, and the "hammer" command.
Rendering
Cameras: movable, adjustable.
Lights: ambient lighting, multiple independent light sources, volumetric lighting, three levels of shading including flat, Gouraud, and Phong.
Additional materials: 3D walk-through animation with recorded AVI files, textures, realistic 3D texture mapping, anti-aliasing, hidden line removal.
Animation
Controllers: model and viewpoint, key frames, procedureal, system.
Advanced animation: animation fluid movement can be observed, rotate a crankshaft, show pistons pumping up and down, detailed construction process.
Basic animation with smooth transition
Customization
Write, develop, and execute programs with BasicCAD.
Record and execute timesaving macros.
New OLE interface is improved and twice as fast as DesignCAD 97.
Customize keyboard shortcuts for any menu command or executable file.
Customize DesignCAD 3000 with Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C++.
DesignCAD Developer's Kit available for creating special features and functions.
Direct Scanner Support:
Enables users to scan documents and place them into drawings as bitmaps. DesignCAD's Auto Trace command can be used to convert the bitmaps into vectors for direct incorporation into a drawing.
