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- KwikDraw - An Object Oriented Drawing Program
- Freeware Version 1.35f
- Copyright 1991-1993 Paul Schimpf
-
- This drawing program, unlike a paint program, is object oriented. This
- means that after drawing objects (such as rectangles, ellipses, lines,
- text, curves, or polygons), you have the ability to select and modify them
- as independent entities. In a paint program an object, once it is drawn,
- loses it's identity as an independent entity. Any editing capability in a
- paint program must thus treat all the objects as mere patterns of bits on
- the drawing surface.
-
- KwikDraw has extensive on-line help that describes its use. If you choose
- to purchase an unrestricted version then you will also receive a manual.
-
- This is a Freeware version of KwikDraw. IT IS FREE. This Freeware version
- will limit the number of objects that you may create to 32. This limit is
- high enough to make the program useful for simple drawings (for example,
- see the file flow.kwk). You are also allowed to load, print, and transfer
- the more complex example drawings (such as train.kwk). If 32 objects is
- sufficient for your purposes, then you are free to use and distribute this
- version, on the condition that none of the files included in the distribution
- is modified in any way. You may also purchase a commercial version of
- KwikDraw by writing (use the handy order form in order.txt, which may be
- opened and printed from the File menu above), calling, or sending a request
- via electronic mail (see below). The current price is $37.95 plus $3.00
- Shipping in the U.S. and Canada ($6.00 overseas), and $3.00 for C.O.D. or
- $2.00 for credit card orders (prices subject to change). REGISTERED USERS
- WILL BE UPGRADED WITH BUG FIXES FREE OF CHARGE. Please note that the
- unrestricted version of KwikDraw is NOT Freeware, and may NOT be distributed
- to others - it uses the executable filename "kwikdraw.exe", whereas the
- Freeware version uses the filename "kdraw_fw.exe".
-
- The Human Interface
- attn: Paul Schimpf
- 902 94th St. S.E.
- Everett, WA 98208
- (206) 348-9043
-
- CompuServe Address: 71052,225
- Internet Address: 71052.225@COMPUSERVE.COM
-
- You may make checks payable to "Paul Schimpf" or to "The Human Interface."
-
- The following files are included in this distribution:
-
- KDRAW_FW.EXE - Freeware version of KwikDraw.
- KWIKHELP.HLP - On-line Microsoft Windows Help file.
- READ.ME - Installation instructions for KwikDraw.
- TRAIN.KWK - Sample Drawing - a choo choo train.
- CAR.KWK - Sample Drawing - a hot rod.
- FLOW.KWK - Sample Drawing - a process flow diagram.
- FEYNSAMP.KWK - Sample Drawing - some Feynman Diagrams.
- FEYNLIB.KWK - Sample Parts Library used for FEYNSAMP.KWK.
- SCHEMATC.KWK - Sample Drawing - a circuit schematic.
- LOGIC.KWK - Sample Parts Library used for SCHEMATC.KWK
- ORDER.TXT - Handy form for ordering registered version.
- KWIKDRAW.TXT - This file.
-
- Future enhancements to KwikDraw will include:
-
- Multiple Drawing Layers
- User Defineable Fill Patterns
- Rulers and/or Coordinate Readout
- More ... Let me know what is important or desireable to YOU
-
- Revision History:
-
- 1.00 03-09-92 Original Release.
- 1.01 04-07-92 Must now point close to a Line object to select it.
- Added optional Polygon termination on right button.
- Detects drawing changes to avoid annoying questions.
- 1.10 04-14-92 Text Objects now allow multiple lines.
- Comprehensive Undo, Redo added.
- Text objects will now rotate.
- 1.11 04-16-92 Text can now be edited three ways: from Edit Menu,
- by double-clicking it, or by selecting it and pressing
- the right mouse button.
- 1.20 05-08-92 Added Color to Line Styles and Fill Patterns.
- Added Arrowhead Style options.
- Can now add Raster Font text objects in zoom modes
- less than 100%.
- 1.21 05-28-92 Added Constrain mode for drawing and resizing objects.
- Added Printer Selection from File Menu.
- Added Selectable drawing sizes.
- Can View Clipboard from Edit Menu (see Help on General
- Topics for extensive hints on transferring drawings
- to other applications using the Clipboard).
- Significant improvements in selection logic: Transparent
- objects can now be selected only by pointing at their
- boundaries (this helps a lot when trying to select objects
- underneath). Also, Arcs and Open Polygons are now selected
- similar to Lines (i.e. you must point at the line) and
- you must be inside the boundary of a filled object to
- select it (even irregularly shaped objects like Closed
- Polygons). If you were ever irritated by selecting a
- Chord or Polygon when you didn't want to, this will fix it.
- 1.30 09-23-92 Took the summer off, so its been a few months.
- This version substitutes True Type fonts for the old Raster
- fonts for people running Windows 3.1.
- Added the Wingdings font which comes with Windows 3.1.
- All fonts are now rotatable about themselves.
- All fonts can now be scaled by dragging a corner of the
- selection box.
- Added "Open as Library" and "Insert from Library" features,
- which are great for creating your own drawing parts.
- Switches to a crosshair cursor when a Drawing Tool is selected.
- After drawing an object, KwikDraw now reverts to the Pointer
- tool with the Object automatically selected - unless you
- double-click or use the right button when selecting the drawing
- tool, in which case that tool stays selected.
- Added user-defineable drawing sizes and grid spacing.
- 1.31 10-13-92 Fixed bug resizing vertical text in True Type Fonts.
- 1.32 11-11-92 Selecting dashed lines is now much easier.
- A filename may be passed to KwikDraw on the command line. This
- means that you can associated "*.kwk" files with kwikdraw.exe in
- the File Manager and run KwikDraw by double clicking the file.
- 1.33 11-27-92 Sorry, version 1.32 introduced a bug in the selection box, this
- version corrects it.
- Open File could sometimes overwrite an Open Library - this has
- been corrected.
- In edit curve mode, selecting multiple curves could sometimes
- cause variation in the selection dots - this has been corrected.
- A line with an arrowhead may now be safely reduced to 0 length.
- Selection dots no longer cancel each other if you reduce the
- dimension of a selected object to zero.
- 1.34 12-30-92 Solid Lines may now be created with width 0. This means that
- they appear as a hairline width (1 pixel) at any zoom level.
- When selecting with the selection box, the window onto the drawing
- surface will now auto-scroll when your mouse cursor moves outside
- the KwikDraw window. This auto-scroll only occurs during selection.
- Let me know if you would like to see it during drawing and moving
- modes as well!
- Occasional drop-out of grid dots while scrolling has been cured.
- Opening the "File" Menu with <Alt-F> no longer requires an extra
- carriage return.
- The "Exit" option hotkey has been changed from "E" to "X," in order
- to conform with what appears to be the de-facto standard.
- The default filename on the "Save As" dialog has been changed to the
- current filename (so be careful if you intended to change the name
- before saving).
- 1.35 03-06-93 Duplicating rotated text was unrotating the text - this is fixed.