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                              PC-KEY-DRAW


                A KEYBOARD TO SCREEN GRAPHICS PROGRAM
                    FOR THE IBM PC and COMPATIBLES


                            Version 3.31+















                         Edward H. Kidera IV
                               OEDWARE
                             P.O. Box 595
                       Columbia, MD 21045-0595
                            [phone]




               (C)Copyright OED, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

          Portions copyright International Business Machines
                  Portions copyright Microsoft, Inc.
























                               COPYRIGHT
          (C)  Copyright  1984,  1985, 1986, 1987 by OED. All
          rights reserved.  Copying of PC-KEY-DRAW is allowed
          for  the  purpose  of backup and to allow others to
          try out and evaluate the program.  Unregistered USE
          past the trial stage is prohibited. This manual may
          not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored
          in  a  retrieval system or translated into any lan-
          guage or computer language, in any form or  by  any
          means,  electronic,  mechanical, magnetic, optical,
          chemical, manual, or otherwise, without  the  prior
          written consent of OEDWARE, P.O. Box 595, Columbia,
          MD 21045-0595 except that the partial  manual  sup-
          plied  on  the  disk may be dumped to a printer for
          the purpose of creating a single copy to aid in the
          evaluation of the program before registering.

                        DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
          This software and manual are sold "AS IS" and with-
          out warranties as to performance of merchantability
          or   any  other  warranties  whether  expressed  of
          implied. Because of the various hardware and  soft-
          ware  environments  into  which this program may be
          put, no warranty of fitness for a  particular  pur-
          pose is offered.

          Good  data  processing  procedure dictates that any
          program be thoroughly tested with non-critical data
          before  relying  on  it.   The user must assume the
          entire risk of using the program.  Any liability of
          the  seller  will be limited exclusively to product
          replacement.

                              TRADEMARKS
          IBM PC, XT are trademarks of International Business
          Machines,  EPSON  is  a trademark of Epson America,
          Inc., Plug'N Play and Okidata are the trademarks of
          Okidata.  JRAM  is  the trademark of Tall Tree Sys-
          tems. LaserJet is the trademark of Hewlett-Packard.



























                           TABLE OF CONTENTS


          INTRODUCTION..................................1-1


          HISTORY.......................................2-1

              What's in a Name?.........................2-4
              Other OEDWARE Programs....................2-6


          OPERATION THEORY..............................3-1

              Keyboard Operation........................3-1
                  Basics................................3-2
              Help......................................3-3
              Mouse Operation...........................3-4
              General Operation.........................3-5
              CAD vs. Paint.............................3-6
              Summary of Operation......................3-7


          COMMAND SUMMARY...............................4-1

              SHORT FORM................................4-1
                Cursor Mode.............................4-1
                F1  Drawing Modifications...............4-4
                F2  Boxes and Figures...................4-5
                F3  Curve Drawing.......................4-6
                F4  Spray painting & Shading & Fading...4-7
                F5  Paint & Pattern.....................4-8
                F6  Draw & Text.........................4-9
                F7  Copy, Erase, & Move.................4-10
                F8  Files & Exit........................4-11

              LONG FORM.................................4-12
                Cursor Mode.............................4-12
                F1  Drawing Modifications...............4-20
                F2  Boxes and Figures...................4-30
                F3  Curve Drawing.......................4-33
                F4  Spray painting & Shading & Fading...4-38
























                F5  Paint & Pattern.....................4-41
                F6  Draw & Text.........................4-46
                F7  Copy, Erase, & Move.................4-53
                F8  Files & Exit........................4-58
                    Zoom printing.......................4-64
                F9  Speed...............................4-65
                F10 Color...............................4-65


          DRAWING TECHNIQUES............................5-1

              Examples..................................5-1
                Draw box................................5-1
                Draw circle.............................5-2
                Draw line...............................5-2
                Erase area..............................5-2
                Creating 3-D spheres....................5-3
                Creating patterns.......................5-3
                3-D oblique drawings....................5-3
                Schematics..............................5-3
                Special Effects.........................5-4
                16 colors...............................5-4
                Macros..................................5-5

          KEY MACRO.....................................6-1

              Saving Entire Drawings....................6-1
              Slide Shows...............................6-2
              Saving Commonly Used Routines/Figures.....6-3
              Repetitive Operations.....................6-3
              Configuration.............................6-4
              Editing Macros............................6-4
              DOS and Macros............................6-6
              Run Time Mode.............................6-6
              Supplied Macros...........................6-7
              Sample Demo...............................6-8
              Slide Show Demo...........................6-8
              Drawing Demo..............................6-8
              Routines..................................6-8



























          PAGES AND LAYERS..............................7-1

              Screens...................................7-1
              Pages.....................................7-2
              Layers....................................7-3
              Saving Pages/Layers.......................7-4
              Compressed Saves..........................7-5


          LIBRARIES.....................................8-1

              Vector Saves..............................8-1
              Picture Saves.............................8-1
              Font Saves................................8-2
              Screen Saves..............................8-2
              Patterns Saves............................8-2
              Macro Saves...............................8-3
              BASICA Saves..............................8-3
              Creating Libraries........................8-3
              Library Disks.............................8-4


          DEFINITIONS & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION..........9-1

              Active Layer..............................9-1
              ASCII.....................................9-1
              Animate...................................9-1
              Area......................................9-1
              Arc.......................................9-1
              Arrows....................................9-2
              Background................................9-2
              BAS.......................................9-2
              Box.......................................9-2
              B-Spline Curve............................9-
              Center Animated Area......................9-3
              Center of Area............................9-3
              Center of Circle..........................9-3
              Circle....................................9-3
              Circle Center line........................9-3
              Color.....................................9-3
              Configure.................................9-4
              Copy......................................9-4
























              Cursor....................................9-4
              Cursor Mode...............................9-5
              Cursor Types..............................9-5
              DAT.......................................9-5
              Date......................................9-5
              Delete File...............................9-5
              Delete Line...............................9-5
              Direct Coordinate Entry...................9-5
              Directory.................................9-5
              Disable Workspace.........................9-6
              Display...................................9-6
              Dot.......................................9-6
              Down......................................9-6
              Ellipse...................................9-6
              End.......................................9-6
              Erase.....................................9-6
              Exit......................................9-7
              Extensions................................9-7
              Fade......................................9-7
              Fatbits...................................9-7
              FIG.......................................9-7
              Fill......................................9-9
              Fillet....................................9-9
              Flip......................................9-9
              FNT.......................................9-9
              Fonts.....................................9-9
              Freehand Drawing..........................9-10
              Grid......................................9-10
              Help......................................9-10
              Hot Key...................................9-10
              Insert Line...............................9-11
              Isometric Drawing.........................9-11
              Jump......................................9-11
              Keep......................................9-11
              Key Macro.................................9-11
              Kill......................................9-12
              Layers....................................9-12
              Lines.....................................9-12
              Mass......................................9-13
              MCR.......................................9-13
              Measure...................................9-13
              Merge.....................................9-13
























              Mirror....................................9-13
              Mode......................................9-15
              Modify....................................9-15
              Mouse Mode................................9-15
              Move......................................9-16
              Music.....................................9-16
              Old.......................................9-16
              Page......................................9-17
              Paint.....................................9-17
              Paintbrush................................9-18
              Parallel Lines............................9-18
              PATH......................................9-18
              Patterns..................................9-18
              Pause.....................................9-20
              PIC.......................................9-20
              Play......................................9-20
              Playback..................................9-21
              Polygon...................................9-21
              Print.....................................9-21
              Printer Support...........................9-21
              Quality...................................9-21
              RAM Disk..................................9-22
              Recording.................................9-22
              Registration..............................9-22
              Rename File...............................9-22
              Replicate.................................9-22
              Resolution Set............................9-22
              Retrieve File.............................9-22
              Revolve...................................9-24
              Reverse Video.............................9-24
              Rose Curves...............................9-24
              Rotate....................................9-24
              Save......................................9-24
              Scale.....................................9-25
              Scale Factor..............................9-25
              SCN.......................................9-25
              Screen....................................9-26
              Screen Aspect Ratio.......................9-26
              Shade.....................................9-27
              Shareware.................................9-27
              Shift.....................................9-28
              Shift Cursor..............................9-28
























              Show......................................9-28
              Sine Curve................................9-28
              Slide.....................................9-28
              Slide Show................................9-29
              Smear.....................................9-29
              Speed.....................................9-29
              Spiral....................................9-29
              Spoke lines...............................9-29
              Spray paint...............................9-29
              Status....................................9-31
              Strip.....................................9-31
              Suspend...................................9-31
              Template..................................9-31
              Text......................................9-31
              Text Scrolling............................9-32
              Time......................................9-32
              Translation...............................9-32
              Up........................................9-32
              Update....................................9-32
              Update Frequency..........................9-33
              VCT.......................................9-33
              Video.....................................9-33
              Visual Horizon............................9-33
              Visual Layer..............................9-33
              Width.....................................9-33
              Workspace.................................9-34
              XOR.......................................9-34
              Zoom......................................9-34
              Zoom Factor...............................9-35
              Zoom Print................................9-35




































          APPENDIX
           A: User Supported Software...................A-1
                Invoice.................................A-3

           B: Start Up..................................B-1
                Demo Program............................B-2

           C: Program Files.............................C-1

           D: Improvements & Additions..................D-1

           E: Hardware..................................E-1
                Compatible Computers....................E-1
                Memory Allocation.......................E-1
                Graphics Boards.........................E-2
                Monitors................................E-2
                Keyboard................................E-2
                Printers................................E-3
                  HP-LaserJet...........................E-3
                Mice....................................E-4
                Plotters................................E-5
                Digitizers..............................E-5
                Joysticks...............................E-5
                Lightpens...............................E-5

           F: Creating 35mm Slides From Your Graphics...F-1
                Viewgraphs..............................F-8

           G: DATEIT....................................G-1

           H: Libraries.................................H-1
                File Extensions.........................H-1
                Library Disk #1.........................H-3
                Library Disk #2.........................H-5
                Library Disk #3.........................H-7
                Library Disk #4.........................H-8