C U R V E D I G I T I Z E R V E R S I O N 4.0

UPGRADES TO CURVE DIGITIZER SINCE VERSION 3.0

PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS


* THE DIGITIZER CALIBRATION PHASE HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED.

* A FASTER COMPILER AND PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS NOW YIELD A 55%
INCREASE IN REFRESH SPEED.

* SEVERAL COSMETIC ERRORS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.

* ADVANCED FEATURES, E.G., SCALING & ROTATION ADDED TO THE SYMBOL
COMMAND.

* A USER-DEFINED PLOTTER DRIVER ROUTINE IS AVAILABLE.

* HERCULES VIDEO (DMA) RESPONSE TIME IMPROVED. PREVENTS CERTAIN
SCREEN ANOMALIES EVIDENT WITH CERTAIN HERCULES CLONE CARDS.

* EXTENDED THE [ESC] KEY USAGE TO INTERRUPT SCREEN REFRESHING AND
PRINTER OR PLOTTER OUTPUT EVEN DURING `LAYERS' MODE.

* ARC COMMAND FEATURES READOUT OF START & END ANGLES AND RADIUS.

* LAYER COMMAND FEATURES SINGLE-KEY SELECTION OF UP TO 10 PATH
DIRECTORIES.

* A BYPASS OPTION WHICH PRECLUDES RESAVING THE INITIAL LAYER FILE.

* FORMATTED DISKETTES NO LONGER NEED A FILE ON DISK TO BE USED AS A
DATA DISK.

* FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS WITHOUT HARD DRIVES AND HAVING, AT LEAST, 2
FLOPPY DRIVES, A DRIVESPEC CAN BE ENTERED FOR THE AUTODIMENSIONING
DISK. THIS SAVES CONSIDERABLE DISKETTE SWAPPING.

* THE LAYERS MODE SAVES FILE(S) ONLY IF CHANGES ARE MADE.

* DIRECT HI-RESOLUTION PRINTER OUTPUT WITH CONTROLLABLE WIDTH,
LENGTH, RESOLUTION AND AN OPTION FOR REVERSE FIELD-PRINTING.

* A WIDE-PRINTER OUTPUT OPTION FOR PRINTERS WITH CARRIAGES UP TO 16".

* AUDIO EFFECTS NOW HAVE 3 LEVEL SETTINGS: OFF/MIN/MAX WHICH ARE
TOGGLED WITH A NEW [!] KEY.

* THE [ESC] KEY ALLOWS INSTANT EXITING FROM HELP MENUS. THE HELP
PACKAGE NOW INCLUDES BI-DIRECTIONAL PAGING THROUGH ALL SCREENS.




* A VERSATILE LINE THICKNESS CONTROLLER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SELECT
COMMAND. THIS ALLOWS FOR DOUBLE LINES, POLY LINES OR FILLED LINES
WITH A SELECTABLE DENSITY.

* READOUTS FOR DISTANCE AND ANGLE OR DELTA X & Y READOUTS AVAILABLE
USING THE [^] KEY.


INCREASED HARDWARE PERIPHERAL SUPPORT


PLOTTERS ADDED:

SWEET P-100
APPLE COLOR PLOTTER

DIGITIZERS ADDED:

SUMMAGRAPHICS
BIT PAD
SUMMASKETCH
NUMONICS
GTCO
CALCOMP
HITACHI
CALCOMP

GRAPHICS MODES ADDED:

EGA MONOCHROME 640 X 350



NEW UTILITIES AVAILABLE:


A). [PDRIVER] - HI-RES PRINTER DRIVER.

B). [APPEND] - COMBINE SEVERAL "PLOTFILES" TOGETHER.

C). [DXFCON] - COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CAD/CAM PROGRAMS
WHICH SUPPORT DXF FILE FORMATS.

D). [LASERPLT] - LASER PRINTER OUTPUT UTILITY.

NOTE: UTILITIES (C) AND (D) ARE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL
VERSION ($149). EACH UTILITY MAY BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY, IF DESIRED,
AT THE PRICES SHOWN BELOW:


DXFCON ----- $25.00

LASERPLT --- $35.00
























































LT --- $35