Name: Complete Graphite Se Subscription - Research, Charitable & Retired License Best Choice [BswmatG8]
Brand: mappa-mercia.org
SKU: HBS9808397001
Price: 49.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.9 (490 reviews)

Overview

When you want 2D and 3D CAD software that’s easy to use, yet absolutely precise, that’s Graphite. Formerly known as Vellum®, Graphite offers extremely powerful, precision wire-frame drafting with the elegant ease-of-use that makes it productive even when only used occasionally. Running on Mac and Windows, Graphite provides an interface that lets creative people get the job done without worrying about how to run their software.

Enjoy precision drafting at its best:

Revolutionary Vellum® Drafting Assistant™ facilitates intelligent snaps and automatic alignments in X, Y and Z.
Advanced 2D and 3D equation-driven parametrics promote design variations.
Preview symbol panel lets you intelligently place symbols in space.
Multiple dynamic views keep your design changes up to date.
Smart wall tool intuitively interacts with architectural symbols to speed sketching.

Easy User Interface with Drafting Assistant

The Vellum® magic is addictive—ask any Ashlar-Vellum customer why they use Ashlar products and you’ll hear about “Vellumness.” Across our product line, the uniting element is the magical feel of creative simplicity and efficient power. It anticipates your needs and quietly offers help without distraction or intrusion.
Create drawings of unlimited complexity—get down to the details. There’s no limit to your creativity so why should there be a limit to your CAD software? Graphite lets you create 2D and 3D wire-frame drawings of unlimited complexity and precision detail.
Conceptualize then create—Graphite is great for those who want to explore initial design ideas with 2D sketches then create 3D wire-frame designs themselves, without the support or interference of a CAD operator “interpreting” their work.

Design and invent—don’t be a CAD jockey. We can always tell when someone is not a candidate for Ashlar-Vellum products. They tell us that they “run such-and-such a CAD program,” taking great pride in their software’s difficulty. If operating an unwieldy CAD system is your highest calling, don’t buy Graphite. If changing the world through collaborating on new and innovative designs is more your style, then you’ve found the perfect tool.
Build or manufacture with confidence—Graphite’s precise data guarantees accurate drawings, speeding the manufacturing process.
Rise above the competition—leading design innovators share a common tool: Ashlar-Vellum products. From renowned jewelry designers in New York and Paris to athletic equipment companies in the Pacific Northwest, from Apple Computer to Scaled Composites, Graphite’s flexibility frees creative people to focus on design.

Features and benefits

Power, precision and ease of use…the combination in Graphite is unbeatable for a 2D/3D CAD system, especially since it supports both Mac and Windows. Ashlar-Vellum’s unique Organic Workflow™, featuring the patented Drafting Assistant™, makes computer-aided design fast, easy and a pure pleasure to use. This is software that works the way you think.

Unique Working Environment featuring Organic Workflow™
Effortless and Fast Precision Drafting
Easier to Learn and Faster to Use
Accurate 2D and 3D Drafting to 16 Digits
Intuitive Vellum® Interface
Revolutionary Vellum® Drafting Assistant for Intelligent Snaps and Automatic Alignments in X, Y, and Z
Unique Hybrid Mac/Windows, Office/Home Licensing
Draw Order Control by Arrange Menu or Layer Dialog
Advanced 2D and 3D Equation-driven Parametrics
Intelligent, Parametric Symbols from any Geometry
Multiple Sheet/Model Drawings
Over 10,000 Architectural and Mechanical Symbols with Preview Panel
GD&T Standards
Multiple Dynamic Scaled, Oriented & Detail Views
Vector Import/Export Translators Including PDF, Precision DXF/DWG and IGES
Bill of Materials
2D Analysis: Area, CG, Moments
Spellcheck
Enlarged Text and Icons for Easy Viewing
Unicode Core Base

General Features

Direct Multi-sheet PDF Creation
16 Place Floating Point Accuracy
Hybrid Mac/Windows Office/Home Licensing
Infinite Pan and Zoom
More than 256 Layers with Grouping Control
234 Colors, 170 User-definable from a Palette of 16.7 Million
Unlimited Drawing Size
Unlimited Number of Objects
Multiple Sheet Views
Draw Order Control by Arrange Menu or Layer Dialog

2D Analysis

Perimeter
Area
Weight
Standard and User Definable Tolerances and Settings (ANSI, DIN, ISO, JIS, Dual, Architecture, and Stacked Fraction)
Centroid
Moments of Inertia

User Interface

Updated, Intuitive Vellum Interface
Enlarged Text & Icons
Drafting Assistant™ for Automatic Snaps and Alignments
Smart Cursor Changes Shape Indicating Active Tool and Operations
Tear-off Tool Palettes
Strokes and Short Cuts Provide Instant Access to Commands
Status Line to Specify Object Parameters
Message Line Provides Tool Feedback, Instructions, and Options
Edit Objects Dialog Box
World and User-defined Coordinate Systems
All Data Entry Fields can Perform Numeric Calculations
Object Grouping and Locking
TrackBall for View Selection and Dynamic or Cube Rotation
Scroll Wheel Zoom and Spacebar Panning
Axis Locking
Orbit Tool
Nudge Tool Moves Selected Items a User-definable Distance
Selection Mask for Easier Selection of Specific Entity Types
Grid (User-definable, Infinite)
Layer Manager
Macros to Assign Keys or Strokes to Repetitive Tasks
Eleven Localized Languages
Tool Tips
Help Tool Hyperlink
Visual Assistance:
Cursor Options
Scaled Line Weights
Menu Fonts
Visual Color Selection Palettes
Drag and Drop Re-ordering in Layers, Sheets, and Models Dialogs

Drawing Tools

Wireframe Creation Tools:
Point
Line
Connected Line
Mid-point Line
Arc
Circle
Ellipse
Rectangle
Polygon
Through-point Spline
Vector Spline
Extrude
Revolve
Smart Walls
Wireframe Editing Tools:
Fillet
Chamfer
Trim
Relimit
Break
Offset
Add Spline Points
Modify Spline Slope
Intersect Two Curves
Infinite Construction Lines
Offset, Divide
Insertion of Architectural Symbols in Smart Walls with Auto Healing
Auto Healing of Intersections in Smart Walls

Selection Tools

Fence
Crossing/Intersecting Line
Enclosed Polygon
Automatic Boundary Detection

Views

Multiple
3D
Detail
Dynamically Linked
Layer Visibility by Viewport

Additional Drafting Tools

Automated Bill of Materials
Symbols Panel
Multiple Sheets per Document
Spell Check Includes User Dictionary and Many Foreign Languages
Navigator Palette
Plotter Font
Models
Movie (Mac only)
Pen Style Palette

Text Tools

Text: Multi Line or Paragraphs
Autotext Forms
Normal
At an Angle
Set Font, Size, Color
Font Report

Identify Missing
Designate Substitute

General Transform Tools

Move
Linear Duplicate
Rotate
Polar Duplicate
Scale (Uniform)
Mirror
Stretch
Copy Along Path

2D Drawing Creation

Customizable Layouts
Smart Dimension Tool Automatically Creates the Appropriate Dimensions
Dimensions:
Linear
Angular
Diametric
Radial
Baseline Method
Chain Method
Ordinate (Datum Method)
Circle Center Marking
Standard and User Definable Tolerances and Settings (ANSI, DIN, ISO, JIS, Dual, Architecture, and Stacked Fraction)
Hatch and Fill Patterns
Line Weights, Colors, and Styles
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Unlimited Number of Objects
Dynamic or Static Dimensioning

Parametric Power

2D/3D
Equation-driven
Creates Smart Formula-driven Symbols

Symbol Libraries

Mechanical
CAD
ANSI
DIN
Reference of Instances Offers Updates Upon Reentry
Thousands Included
Panel Provides Click-through Viewing of All Directories Prior to Loading

Import/Export

DWG/DXF (Up to 2016)
PDF 2D Import and Export
EPS
Spline (Import Only)
ASCII Text
Claris CAD (Import Only)
Bitmaps

BMP
JPEG (JPG)
TIFF
GIF
ICON
PBM
PGM
PPM
XPM
TGA
PNG

WMF (Windows only)
PICT (Mac Only)
Attributes

PDF Integration

Export

Direct (Generates Non-tessellated Arcs)
Multi-sheet
Imbedded Exports Optional
PDF Large Size Export up to 200in × 200in (508cm × 508cm, including margins)
Page Size Independent of Print Size

Import

Vector
Raster
Text

Localized User Interface

English (US)
English (UK)
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Russian
Ukrainian

Available Accessories

Graphite Share™ for Viewing, Printing and Exporting at Client or Manufacturing Site (Free)
Apple Mac OS X Tiger Spotlight Plug-in (Free)
Graphite Tips & Tricks Book
Tutorials (Free)

Batch File Conversions

Via Convert Command
Per Directory

System Requirements

Windows x64 10 / 11 (Intel and AMD silicon)
Unsupported (no issues reported as of Nov 2021): Windows x64 7 / 8.1 (Intel and AMD silicon)
macOS 10.13 - 10.15 (Intel silicon),
macOS 11 / 12.x (Both Apple and Intel silicon)
Apple silicon is supported via Rosetta2 which is included free by Apple in macOS 11 and 12 for Apple silicon based Macs.

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Main Features	Argon	Graphite	Zenon	Cobalt
Wires, Surfaces & Solids	✔		✔	✔
2D & 3D Production Drafting		✔	✔	✔
Associative Parametrics			✔	✔
Geometric & Equation-driven Parametrics		✔		✔
Detail and Auxiliary Views		✔	✔	✔
Section Views			✔	✔
Associativity & Work Flow History			✔	✔
3D Rendering, Visualization & Animation	✔		✔	✔
Associative Assembly Tools			✔	✔
Bill of Materials		✔	✔	✔
2D CAM/RPT Output	✔	✔	✔	✔
3D CAM/RPT Output	✔		✔	✔
2D Mechanical Parts Library		✔
3D Mechanical Parts Library				✔
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GDT)		✔		✔