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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: Mark Doucet <mark@dtl.tamu.edu> Subject: PRESS RELEASE: 2D CAD for NEXSTEP! Organization: Next Announcements Approved: sanguish@digifix.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Dominion Technologies, Ltd. Mark Doucet Phone: 409-696-1578 Fax: 409-862-2496 email: academy@dtl.tamu.edu June 24, 1993 - Dominion Technologies, Ltd. announced today that it will handle the North American distribution and support for the Premier 2D CAD software for NEXTSTEP, ACADEMY by Cube Software. ACADEMY is a 2D CAD program which through its open and flexible structure, extends across many business fields, from mechanical and electrical engineering to architecture. The graphics engine, already in use on other hardware platforms, was combined with NEXTSTEP to make ACADEMY powerful, yet easy and logical to use. You won't find cryptic commands, endless parameter lists and time wasting dialogs or complex menu structures. However, the well designed usage concept still allows for precise numerical inputs, calculation of geometry and construction data as well as exact placement. ACADEMY offers features which are rarely found in the world of CAD - FAST movement within the drawing, enlargement and reduction with a simple mouse click, plus several views per drawing. In addition, isometry and elaborate control of layers frees users from difficult and time consuming tasks. The integrated symbol palette allows quick and easy access to the many pre-defined objects. With ACADEMY you don't have to worry about mistakes because its Undo/Redo function can manage up to 100 operations. ACADEMY uses all of NEXTSTEP's features which have made this operating environment the most user friendly in the world: Inspector panels, tool panels, drag and drop, cut and paste between programs, a powerful color management feature, and special features that makes use of the integrated Postscript technology. And don't worry about being stuck with just standard fonts! ACADEMY offers access to the huge family of PostScript fonts for use in text and labeling. Daily work is made easier because there are no problems with font combinations, or continuous scaling and rotation of text. ACADEMY gives you access to all of the drawing functions right from the tool panel! Browsing in sub-menus is no longer necessary. ACADEMY has basic geometric shapes like lines, rectangles, circles, ellipses, etc. with many different styles. There are functions to calculate intersection points, tangent points and perpendicular drop points, which help exact placement of objects at characteristic points. ACADEMY also offers many transformation tools for individual objects or entire drawings. ACADEMY is able to import and export the .DXF format which is the interface to the PC world and the output of the postscript format, builds the bridge to the DTP world, making technical documentation and the creation of catalogs quick and easy. The unified Postscript imaging model allows true WYSIWYG while still allowing output to Non-Postscript devices such as those using HPGL. Feature List Object Inspector: Full numeric control over all objects Layer Inspector: All layers of a drawing are available at a glance. Grid Inspector: Includes the ability to set the grid on any angle. Hatching Inspector: Lines, walls, parquet, grey cast iron... Axes Inspector: More help for Isometric drawings. Symbol Inspector: Efficient working through reuse of symbols. Standard NeXT Panels: Color and Font Panels etc. Other functions include: Double line drawing for wall construction. Trimming, smoothing, rotating, scaling, mirroring, etc. Postscript fonts with rotation, compression and extension. Varied types of dimensioning. Measuring for distances, angles, and surfaces. Import DXF, (IGES in 1.1 release) Export DXF, (IGES, and Adobe Illustrator format in 1.1 release) Output to Postscript and HPGL. Much more... PRICE and AVAILABILITY ACADEMY will be available in August, 1993 directly from Dominion Technologies, Ltd. A single user license will have a suggested retail price of $1395.00 with an introductory price of $1195.00 through March 1994. Reseller, volume and educational discounts will be available. If you have a direct internet connection we can give you a live demonstration of ACADEMY on your computer using ScreenCast or you can pick up a demo version of ACADEMY from the archives. SUPPORT and TRAINING ACADEMY is so easy to use you will probably never need help, but Dominion Technologies, Ltd. will provide free technical support by phone, email, and ScreenCast for 90 days from date of purchase. On-site training for ACADEMY will also be available anywhere in North America. Call for pricing. ACADEMY is a trademark of Cube Software. ScreenCast is a trademark of OtherWise Software. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT, Inc. "Solutions for the NeXT Generation" is a trademark of Dominion Technologies, Ltd.
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