IsoDraw

With IsoDraw, technical illustrations can be created in a quick and cost efficient way. Whether creation from scratch, photo tracing or reuse of existing data (scans, CAD data etc.), this is the ONE tool for all your tasks. The illustrations can then be reused in all standard DTP/Publishing systems. In addition, a wide range of functions are provided for preparing illustrations for delivery on CD-ROM or via the Internet.

Specialized tools for drawing in perspective
Especially noteworthy drawing functions include Alignment of elements to perspective grids and Perspective rotation and reflection. IsoDraw provides an elegant solution to one of the major drawing challenges - finding and creating ellipses. Simply define your desired perspective and the ellipses are created automatically. The package also includes a number of versatile projection tools for penetration curves or for manipulating perspective views.

Graphical quality
All illustrations are displayed automatically with the thick/thin technique that is standard for technical illustration. This makes the illustration much easier to understand. Line shadowing as well as colors, hatchings and patterns are also included.

Shaft tool
The Shaft tool is used to illustrate complex gears. Illustrations can be generated in a few minutes with customized parameterization. Grooves, gearwheels, shaft ends and many other details can be adapted within seconds.

Macro language
An extensive macro language for automating processes, extending functionality and validating. Record drawing steps and replay them elsewhere. Variables and control structures enhance the macro language to become a powerful working aid.

Callout tool
Enormous capabilities for easily working with callouts. You can automatically renumber when changes are made. Callout styles are freely definable. Callouts can also be generated automatically on objects or object groups as necessary.

Comprehensive standard parts library
The product scope includes over 2,200 views of standard parts. To select a part, press a button in a window in IsoDraw and the part will immediately be incorporated in the illustration in the correct orientation, perspective and size. Especially useful: The most recently used parts are offered as "Favorites".

Working with raster graphics or photos
IsoDraw includes tools for tracing photos and videos. Scanned images can also be processed with the aid of the comprehensive raster editor. This means that you can make effective use of legacy data.

From 2D CAD to perspective illustration
IsoDraw provides special functions for editing 2D CAD data. The Extrusion tool is used to extrapolate a solid body from a 2D flat view, which you can then rotate and reflect in 3D. There is also a tool for creating rotational surfaces from planes. In both of these, the hidden lines are removed automatically and line thicknesses are assigned.

High-quality filters for all major graphic formats
WebCGM, CGM, SVG, PNG, JPEG, DWG, IGES, DXF, HPGL, Adobe Illustrator, WMF, EPS, TIFF, PICT, PCX, BMP, CALS Raster, Text excerpt. Interleaf ASCII and FrameMaker MIF optional. Data can thus be exchanged easily with all major graphics/CAD and Publishing systems. Various formats are also provided for the support of standards (such as ATA, AECMA, CALS.) and electronic delivery.

Link2Source
The Link2Source technology allows you to place files in an illustration. Graphic attributes and position can be changed. A link is maintained to the source file: if that is changed, the illustration is revised automatically. This means if you have placed one component on 40 illustrations and are now modifying it, you can update the entire archive automatically without having to edit each illustration individually by hand.

Preparation for electronic delivery
With IsoDraw, you can convert for example callouts with no manual effort into hotspots, which is significant for the graphic navigation. The user then clicks on an assembly in an illustration and immediately jumps to the page where this group is displayed, or to the relevant entry in the parts list.

References
Through a great number of installations in all industries IsoDraw has become the worldwide market leader in the field of Technical Illustration. Companies like John Deere, BMW, Siemens and a large number of service providers rely on the products from ITEDO.