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Microspot MacDraft Pro

Microspot MacDraft Pro - 5.6.5

2D design, drafting, technical illustration

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Current Version: 5.6.5
Release Date: 2008-06-12
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 1,134
Downloads (all versions): 14,754
Price: $349.00

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Product Description:

Microspot MacDraft 5.5 - Quartz Edition for OS X provides powerful 2D design, drafting and technical illustration in one easy-to-use, affordable package. Our latest version has features to enhance performance as well as image and text quality. Features include Quartz Graphics - providing superb line and fill quality, Import Picture, transparency of 0-100% for all objects as well as the ability to export MacDraft drawings as PDF's or various other picture formats. MacDraft offers a full complement of drawing tools as well as both ANSI and international standard dimensioning capabilities as well as linked dimensioning to automatically update dimensions as you modify components. Its multi-layered, scaled drawing environment supports both Imperial (feet/inches) and metric dimensions. In addition, MacDraft offers full compatibility with AutoCAD and other programs supporting DWG/DXF. Perfect for producing simple sketches or complex drawings, Microspot MacDraft 5.5 - Quartz Edition is ideal for mechanical, architectural and engineering design as well as technical illustration.

What's new in this version:

  • Various bug fixes to improve comaptibility between files saved on older systems and leopard.
  • Objects corrupted after dragging and dropping from Media Assistant Lite.
  • Objects changing color after dragging and dropping from Media Assistant Lite.
  • Not possible to paste from clipboard to MD document object which was copied from Media Assistant Lite.
  • End marks in the dimension palette are not refreshed in new document.
  • After pasting to MD document, object’s info is not updated.
  • Angle snap default that was 5 degrees.
  • Hide page break was set to default which should not have been.
  • Object become invisible after creating new document with saved Scale/Units and Layer SetUp settings
  • Documents created in 5.5.x does not show pict/tiff objects when opened in 5.6.x
  • Layer state not preserved.
  • Unneccessary “00? appear when trying to changes number of dwg units per metre after opening dxf/dwg file.
  • It is not possible to resize objects with calculated area.
  • Lagacy files do not open after re-save.
  • 5.5.11 files resaved in 5.6 lose custom color.
  • Picture objects not displayed after loading layer.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS Classic

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Microspot MacDraft Pro ReviewGetting much better... - Version: 5.6, 8/28/2007 10:17PM PST

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SPI...master...
Although this program is showing its age in terms of features and interface it is much, much faster than it used to be. I use the program primarily for quick layouts and for helping visualize ideas. The dimensioning features are great (once you get the layer scales figured out and correctly configured). I was having a problem with v5.61 running on my MacPro, so I went to their tech support page and put in a tech support request. They responded in less than 8 hours with a link to a new version v563 which they are about to release officially...problem solved.
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Microspot MacDraft Pro ReviewAre they not even trying to improve it?????? - Version: 5.5.11, 1/8/2007 01:28PM PST

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cadslave
This has been going on for years. Same old verse, same as the first.... Microspot uses the users to troubleshoot and then makes a half-a** effort to fix things. They come back with a lame attempt calling it an upgrade with a whole new set of buggy problems. What's really amazing is that they still actively market and apparently SELL this defective product which used to have so much potential. If only the company would devote some time to really get MacDraft back on track...a potentially simple, easy-to-use, reasonably priced architectural drafting program with true associative dimensioning. With every "up-grade", I've had high hopes only to lose hours of work because of some weird buggy sh*t. I've been at this for some time (since MD4), so I know what I'm talking about. I've spent countless hours E-mailing some poor guy on another continent since local "support" is useless, even right after my purchase of 5.5 a couple of years ago.

I gave up on MD some time ago, but have to access old files from time to time. A crash almost always occurs while revisions are being made. I've since moved on to reputable software company who offer forums, phone and email support and keep their product current. Granted the price was more, but at least I'm productive.

Just so everyone knows who is contemplating a purchase: At least on a Power Mac G5 with the OSX forget about doing architectural drafting....you will crash, you will lose data that you'll never get back, and you will spend countless hours trying to either recover, redo, or communicate with a company that just doesn't give a rat's a**.


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Microspot MacDraft Pro CommentaryWebsite down? - Version: 5.5.11, 8/16/2006 08:23AM PST

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starion
"Safari can’t open the page “http://www.microspot.co.uk/products/macdraft.htm” because it can’t find the server “www.microspot.co.uk”."
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