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System Requirements:
Make sure you have the following minimum requirements to install and run DataCAD 12.
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD™ Athlon processor
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP, or Vista™ operating system
  • 512MB for use Windows 2000 or XP, 1GB for use on Vista
  • 500MB free disk space recommended for a complete installation
  • CD-ROM drive for software installation
  • SVGA (800x600) monitor and display adapter capable of 16-bit color
  • Microsoft-compatible mouse (3-button mouse recommended)
"Heads-Up" Interface incorporates on-screen menus, customizable toolbars and programmable keyboard shortcuts; does not require additional overlay or digitizer.

Multiple Document Interface (MDI) allows you to open an unlimited number of drawings and cut-and-paste between them.

Digital Terrain Modeler (DTM) creates complex 3D site models using contours or point data provided by your surveyor.

Multi-Line Walls creates custom 2-, 3-, or 4-line wall types with automatic cleanup. Custom wall styles can be saved and loaded for future use.

Hidden Line Removal hides background geometry in wire frame models to display accurate, 3D, vector line drawings.

OpenGL Shader with 7 definable light sources, instantly shades models on screen.

Object Viewer provides dynamic 3D viewing and shading of your model.

Bitmap Import allows you to insert images within your drawing for tracing.

Associative Dimensioning dynamically recalculates as you make changes. Switch between architectural, engineering, and metric scales on the fly.

Associative Hatching updates pattern, scale, and size; over 40 patterns are included, with many others available.

Solid Color Fills for shading of walls and facility use diagrams.

TrueType Fonts support provides access to thousands of available Windows-based fonts.

DXF/DWG Translator supports AutoCAD® R12 through R2005 DXF®/DWG files.

XREF (External Reference Files) allows you to insert one drawing into another and work simultaneously with other designers.

XClipping (XREF Clipping) allows you to create custom viewports for masking out portions of reference files.

Symbol Library with over 3,000 2D and 3D architectural symbols.

Layer Manager makes it easy to arrange, sort, and manage your drawing layers.

Multi-Scale Plotting allows you to plot several differently scaled details of a drawing on the same sheet of paper. Supports an unlimited number of details and up to 256 sheets per drawing.

Batch Plotting prints multiple drawings you select in an unattended mode.

DCAL© (DataCAD Applications Language) is used to develop custom add-on programs for DataCAD.
 
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