pcb@basin04.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) (02/27/91)
I have used desinger since version 1something. I have 3.01 now. I got Corel Draw about 3 months ago. What is all of the houpla. What exactly does corel do that I can't do with designer? I also find the interface and popup layouts to be more professional than corel's. And finally, corel has very annoying and prominent bugs! Anyway, why do you like corel? or designer?
strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) (03/01/91)
pcb@basin04.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) writes: >I have used desinger since version 1something. I have 3.01 now. Ditto here, i.e. we started using Designer with version 1 and use version 3 (3.02, to be precise) now. >I got Corel Draw about 3 months ago. What is all of the houpla. >What exactly does corel do that I can't do with designer? I also find >the interface and popup layouts to be more professional than corel's. >And finally, corel has very annoying and prominent bugs! That's not much different from designer. Try to get a metafile (== picture) out of designer, via the clipboard, for example. This results in an UAE. This bug is fixed in 3.02. >Anyway, why do you like corel? or designer? We use designer mainly as a general purpose tool for technical documentation of all sorts, from floor plans to documentation of TP networks. Its just the right mixture of CAD like features and graphics design features. Personally, I would like more CAD features (construction methods, programmability) and less graphical sugar. Micrografx should concentrate on the strengths of its product, and not try to imitate Corel Draw. The main flaw of designer is that it has no documented symbolic import/export format. What about Corel Draw? Does it have such a thing? Wolfgang Strobl #include <std.disclaimer.hpp>