• Affordable, general 2D drafting software with easy-to-follow printable tutorials to take you step-by-step though all the basics.
• Has the finest array of smart tools of any 2D CAD software in its class. RealCAD Draft is the industry leader in this price range without compromising features and usability.
• 100% .CAD file compatible. (Can be upgraded to RealCAD LT to include .DWG and .DXF file exchange. Choose RealCAD LT if you need to open and save drawings with people who are using other CAD software programs)
• Smartest choice for the casual designer on a low budget wanting the best in 2D CAD software.
• Supports PDF file creation (with any PDF creator including the free PDF995 software)

• A clean, friendly and logical interface that doesn't clutter the drawing area provides clarity when working.
• Requires only half the number of commands to achieve the same result as other CAD software.

• Both mouse and keyboard shortcuts are available allowing fast access to favourite commands.
• Create your own custom tool pallets of commonly used commands too.

• Supplied with a printable tutorial, electronic manual and a complete video instructor for each command presented in an easy to understand manner. It's like having your own personal tutor at your finger tips..

• Hatching can be inserted in a single click or inside a pre-defined boundary or carefully placed point to point. It can be as simple as a few parallel lines and colour fill, or as complex as any design you create. It can even be a scanned image,photo or graduated fill. Anything you draw can become an instant hatch pattern. Simply save your drawing with two defining points and it is yours to use as a scalable repeatable hatch pattern.

• Intuitive 'snaps' such as end points, tangency, perpendicularity, mid-points, distances along lines, centres, intersections are located automatically...making your work fast and accurate.
• Basic Edit, Cut, Copy and Paste commands are also used for faster drawing manipulation.
  

• Drawings can be used with any Windows application including Word, Excel and Photoshop etc, Paste your drawings into your letters, quotations, brochures or web site....You can even cut and paste between two or more drawing files at the same time.

• Work with multiple views at different scales on one or more 'virtual' drawing sheets. As one view is updated, all the related views automatically update and each view has its own layers that you can switch on or off to display the desired information.

• Work with multiple 'sheets' at the same time in a single file and even have multiple sessions of the software open at allowing you to work between different jobs at the same time.

• Line styles can be edited and new ones created with ease. Just draw the style you want and click 'save'.

• Just like desktop publishing software items can be "sent to the back" or "brought to the front" to make selected objects obscure (overlap) others as desired. This can also make hatching complex areas very easy.

• Any dimension style you need is available including tolerance settings, arrow types and textural attributes. All elements of the dimensions can be altered and text can be moved whilst remaining associated to the dimension lines.
• Parametric dimensioning. Alter the object size and the dimension updates...alter the dimension value and the object updates!
• With RealCAD mixed scale and units are also possible.

• Layers can be named, switched on or off, be used to select desired objects, and can even be used to display different items in each separate view on your sheet and a convenient layer window gives the user quick access to layer controls. In essence, RealCAD layer tools give you full control over what you see, locate and edit in your drawing.

• Colours are infinitely variable and can be used both for artistic effect and to differentiate parts of the drawing or line styles etc. You can even search for all items of the same colour when making sweeping changes to your drawings.
  

• The 'sketch and stretch' technology allows items to be 'roughed-in' and later stretched to the desired size.
• Basic library objects can even be parametrically modified by simply adjusting the dimension itself.
• Items such as hatch patterns & dimensions update automatically as objects are stretched into new positions.
• The unlimited undo and redo allows users to be quite carefree as they work, secure in the knowledge that they can go back to any stage in the drawing, not just to the last function. 

• Changes to any library object are instantly reflected in every drawing that contains them. Update the library and all drawings containing that part are updated... or they can be separated (exploded) from the library for independent editing if desired.
• RealCAD's 'Groups' allow any set of selected objects to be 'glued together' as one allowing easy selection and editing inside complex drawings.
• Items can be ungrouped at any time or have individual elements added, edited or removed. Very handy when working on complex assemblies or even a group of related items such as a table and chairs that need to stay together.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• PC
• 256MB RAM or greater.
• Windows, 2000, XP, Vista
• Mouse with Scroll Wheel
• 50MB Hard Disk Drive space available

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• INTEL BASED MAC
• 1024MB RAM or greater.
• 'Windows Emulation Software'
• Mouse with Scroll Wheel
• 50MB Hard Disk Drive space available