w0033@desire.wright.edu (01/20/90)
Top Draw (Beagle Draw) is a different kind of program from the usual Paint type programs such as Paintworks or Deluxepaint. In Topdraw (I keep saying this because it's easier to type) everything done is store by the methods used to draw it. Instead of storing the screen pixels when a ciracle is drawn, the program keeps track of the circle radius, line with, and other attributes. What's nice about this is that even at 500% enlargement a shape will be well defined with no jaggies (like Fat Bits in a paint program). Another feature is all things drawn are treated as objects. If you think of the objects as cards on a table it gives a better idea. You can then shuffle up and down what layer the objects should be on so certain objects can be on top while others underneath will only show through when not covered. This allows great flexibility in manipulating drawings since anything drawn can be reshaped, resized, enlarged, shrunk, and otherwize mutilated without a loss in clarity. Another interesting point of the program is that it supports drawings 8 pages x 8 pages. Without the mathematical shape definitions, zooming in to any amount of detail on a drawing this large would render large blobs of color with no shape to them. Plus zoomed all the way out, you could draw a circle 4 pages high with no more effort than drawing one 4 inches high.