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PowerDraw 2.0 speeds up the CAD process. (computer-aided design) (evaluation)

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PowerDraw 2.0 speeds up the CAD process As the Macintosh continues to make inroads into engineering companies, more CAD programs are being developed to take advantage of this growing market. Very few of these applications strictly follow the Macintosh user interface conventions, yet they do provide the user with a wealth of CAD features.

PowerDraw 2.0 from Computer Shoppe in Greensboro, N.C., is a program that offers virtually all of the CAD features that engineers, designers and drafters need, while preserving the Mac graphic interface standards.

PowerDraw is well-though out in its design. All the drawing primitives and tools needed to handle detailed ...

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