DRAFT CHOICE v1.4  TRIUS                 REGISTRATION $ 40.00
GRAP MAY90 DRAFT CHOICE TRIUS CAD DRAW
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Draft Choice is a versitile drawing, drafting and CAD program
from the same people who make the AS-EASY-AS spreadsheet.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

The  Ver  1.3,  manual just returned from the printer and its
already out of date.  Sorry but we got a little carried  away
adding improvements and new features.

The  following  Commands are new or enhanced from those found
in version 1.3 and are based largely on the feedback from our
registered users.

 o  IMPORTANT  NOTE:  To select any menu command you can type
   just the first letter of the command.  For example to draw
   a line just type the letters  DL  which  stands  for  Draw
   Line.


o  F3-KEY.   A built in formula calculator can be accessed by
   pressing the F3 function key.  A dialog window will appear
   which requests a formula.  Simply  type  the  formula  and
   then  press  the  enter  key.  The result will replace the
   formula in the dialog window.   To  exit  from  this  mode
   press  the  ESCAPE key twice.  Note that a complete set of
   math functions is supported  and  includes  the  following
   (plus all the standard math operators ):

      SIN, COS, TAN , ASIN, ACOS, SQRT, IF, EXP, LN, LOG

   Example: Press F3,   Type:    SIN(45)*2  [enter]
            The displayed result will be 1.414....
            Press ESC twice to exit from the CALC mode.

o  F4-KEY.   This  function key is used to toggle between two
   modes  of  object  selection   (used   for   the   EDITING
   commands).  The two modes are WINDOW and PICK.  The window
   mode  requires that a window be placed around the group of
   objects.  Multiple  objects  may  be  selected  using  the
   WINDOW mode.  The PICK mode uses a small (8 x 8 pixel) box
   which  must  be  placed  directly on top of the object and
   then the enter key is pressed.  Only a single object at  a
   time may be selected using this mode.

   NOTE:  To  exit  from  the  selection  mode you MUST PRESS
   ESCAPE (or the RT button on the mouse).   You  can  toggle
   between  either  the  WINDOW  or PICK modes at any time by
   pressing the F4-Key.

   The cursor has four separate forms to distinguish  between
   selection   modes.    It  can  be  either  a  full  screen
   cross-hair (used for drawing), a small  cross  hair  (used
   for window selection), a pick box (used to select a single
   object)  and  a mouse pointer used to select dialog window
   choices (only with mouse driver).


o F10-KEY.  The ability to  attach  to  existing  objects  is
   activated  by pressing the F10 function key which presents
   a dialog window.  You have a choice of  attaching  to  the
   start, end or midpoint to the object.

o  The  number of displayed files has been increased to 9 per
   window.   Files  are  sorted   with   subdirectory   names
   appearing on the bottom of the list.


o  You  can  turn off the Confirmation Verify Dialog box when
   erasing objects.  (An erased object  may  be  restored  by
   selecting the EDIT UNDO command).

o  The  EDIT UNDO command will now allow up to 200 objects to
   be restored to their original condition.

o Printer Support has been  expanded  to  include  the  EPSON
   LQ2500   or  compatible  24  pin  printers  and  the  high
   resolution printing mode of the regular EPSON printers has
   been enhanced with a multiple pass method.

o A new PLOT BAUD command  allows  you  to  modify  the  baud
   rate,stop bits,data bits of the com port.

o  In  the  OPTION  DEFAULT  menu three new choices have been
added.

   - PICK allows you to set  the  size  of  the  pick  window
   displayed during editing/selection modes.

   - BASESCALE allows you to adjust the internal scale factor
   so that it is displayed as 1.0 .

   -  DOTSPACE  allows  you  to  globally  change the spacing
   factor used for line styles (dotted,dashed etc).

o The command OSHELL allows  you  to  exit  temporarily  from
   draft  choice to the operating system.  To return to DRAFT
   CHOICE type EXIT and return.


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