                        bCAD 2.0H Prerelease

 bCAD 2.0 is fully functional 2D draufting, 3D modelling and rendering
middle/low price package. For present time 386/DOS version is released,
version for Windows95 ( WindowsNT too ) is in ALPHA stage, and will be
released right after launch of Windows95 itself.

Note that complete version of bCAD v2.0 is not shareware or freeware or any 
other kind of public domain software but being distributed on commercial basis,
however current DEMO release of bCAD ( which is limited by size of the
drawing which is possible to save) may be used free of charge and copied
for your friends or anybody else on non-commercial basis with some mention
of ProProGroup.


Cooordinates for contacts are shown below of the followed text.

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Most ipmortant bCAD features:

32-bit native code, including Pentium optimised..

Standard multiwindow icon-driven GUI ( even withind DOS version )

Videosystem type autodetection/VESA support, HighColour and TrueColour
videomodes support, resolution up to 1024x1280

Built-in universal printer/plotter drivers, families of the
devices which are supported:

 HP LaserJet ( I, II, III, IV),
 HP DeskJet ( including colour ones),
 HP PaintJet,
 HPGL compatible plotters
 Houston Instruments  plotters
 Epson, Epson Esc/P2 series
All together over 180 devices are supported.

Virtual memory manager

Mouse/track-ball/pen/digitizer pointing devices support

Unlimited number of the drawings loaded simultainesly.

Unlimited number of the viewports opened for individual
drawing.

Unlimited UNDO levels for each loaded drawing.

Unlimited number of the layers

Compressed 3D data format

Built-in Font editor ( BCAD's own format and AutoCAD SHP are supported)

Compatibility with AutoCAD line styles, hatch patterns and SHP fonts
libraries.

Import of ready-to-render models from 3D Studio native format files
including smoothing groups, material settings, textures, bumps and
reflection mapping.

Export/Import 3D meshes to/from Autodesk 3D Studio ASC, Sense 8 NFF

Export raster images to BMP,TIFF,GIF,PCX,JPEG

Export vector drawings to HPGL,EPS

Import Textures from BMP/GIF/JPEG/TGA/CEL/PIC files.

AutoCAD R10,11,12 DXF Export/Import

Built-in Refernce Guide, context-sensitive help system,
instant ToolTips, BalloonHelp facility

Simplicity in use and maintaining, all stuff is built into the
single executable file ( 900K size )

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bCAD provides following set of functions:


2D Draughting:
   lines (by six methods)
   circles (five methods)
   arcs (three methods)
   ellipses( three methods)
   rectangles ( four methods)
   polylines
   text ( different scaleable typefaces, definable italic and line slope )
   right polygons ( customisable number of edges)
   hatching
      hatching existing objects,
      customisable scaleable patterns ( AutoCAD patterns compatible)

   Customisable line width in range 0..128mm (0..5"),
   Customisable lines pattern (AutoCAD patterns compatible)
   Customisable accuracy of arcs, circles and smooth curves creation.

3D Modelling:
   boxes
   spheres ( dishes, domes )
   torus
   cylinders,
   cones ( truncated cones )
   four corner mesh
   single 3D faces
   surfaces of revolution
   surface of extrusion,
   fractal surfaces
   surface created by set of slices,

   Customisable mesh complexity, usage of 2D shapes as basic curves
for rotation, lofting, extrusion trough the path

Material definition:
    colour
    shininess level
    transparency level
    roughness level
    selfillumination level
    tens of built-in solid textures
    rotation of texture images.
    textures mapping ( planar/spherical/cylinfrical/entire mesh )
    reflection level and map
    bump map and level

Select/Unselect filters:
    by node position
OR
    by rectangle area
OR
    by crossed line
AND  additionaly
    by colour
    by line width range
    by layer
    by line style

Amendment:
    erase
    move
    copy
    copy from another drawing/window
    rotate
    mirror
    stretch
    group/ungroup
    change:
        line width
        line style
        layer
        colour
        material definition,
    polylines editor:
        move verex
        delete vertex
        add vertex
        cut polyline
        chamfer
        fillet
        smooth (spline)
        decurve (opposite to smooth)
    text:
	layout 
	typeface
	symbols size
	symbols slope
    hatch: 
	pattern, 
	scale 
	slope 	
	

Dimensioning:
    horizontal
    vertical
    slope
    radius ( two methods )
    diameter
    angular( two methods)
    five arrow styles,
    separate customisation of dimension text and arrows size and colour,
    tolerances setting

Coordinate systems:
    Cartesian/polar coordinates,
    millimetres/inches,
    degrees/radians,
    customisable origin.
    customisable grid
        dot/lines
        step by x, y separately
        cursors step,
        ortho drawing mode.

Entering coordinates by pointing devise or keyboard. Keyboard input
compatible with AutoCAD style.

Objects snap to:
    line segment endpoint
    line segment midpoint,
    circle tangentpoints
    circle centre
    arc centre
    arc endpoints
    3D surface vertices,
    centre of gravity.

Rendering:
    Flat/Gouraud/Phong z- bufferd methods
    Ray-tracing	( customizable depth of tracing )
    "render selected only" option  
    lights halo effect 
    switch textures on/off
    antialiasing
    spot studio lights
    ambient light
    customisable background (Soloud colour, built-in textures,
        BMP, GIF, JPEG, TGA images),
    quick draft mode,
    auto camera adjustment,
    Palette optimisation within 256 colours resolution.
    Atmosphere haze effect

Hardware requirements:
    Absolutely minimal:
        386SX/2Mb RAM, 1MB disk space, VGA, mouse

    Recommended for 2D draughting:
        486DX/4MB RAM, SVGA (1024x768 monitor) VESA videocard,
        mouse, 4..6 MB of hard disk (for standard elements libraries)
        free disk space at least larger than RAM.

    Recommended for 3D modelling and rendering:
        486DX/8MB RAM, 1Mb TrueColour VLB SVGA, mouse,
        free disk space at least larger than RAM.

NOTE: minimal installation of bCAD requires 1MB of free disk space ONLY
for file bcad.exe, which does include embedded into all necessary elements
such a manual text, help references, icons, system fonts, at least one
draughting font, libraries of hatch patterns and line styles, set of material 
textures. Just make sure before running bCAD that DOS mouse driver is
loaded, because bCAD is very mouse-oriented program. 

NOTE that current copy is demo and some features could be disbled.

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Here are addresses of FTP and WWW sites where bCAD materials and demos are 
also available:

international 3D Web WWW page:

http://www.lightside.com/~dani/cgi/bcad/

OR contact ProPro Group ftp site:

ftp@scnet.nsk.su

directorey pub/bcad

OR contact directly ProProGroup

preferably by e-mail    ppg@iis.nsk.su
        
by surface mail

    ProProGroup, Inc.
    PO box 350, 630117
    Novosibirsk 117
    Russia

y phone +7 383 2 329 658 (speak english, or russian :)

Note that there is +6 hours time differnce form GMT to Novosibirsk.

(c) ProProGroup 1995 All rights resrved


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