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From: dbowdish@isis.cs.du.edu (David J. Bowdish)
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Message-ID: <1991Jan22.214410.8175@isis.cs.du.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 91 21:44:10 GMT
Organization: Nyx -- Public access Unix, U. of Denver, dept. of Math/CS
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>>I'm looking at TopDraw
>>for the NeXT, and yesterday an ad for Diagram landed
>>in this space.  I'd be interested to hear impressions
>>from anyone who has used these programs as to how they
>>compare.
>
>According to Media Logic, Top Draw should arrive on my doorstep this
>Wednesday. Hopefully, if all goes well, I'll post a brief rundown
>of what it can (and cannot) do, and my first impressions of it.

One of my few unpleasant experiences with the NeXT, is Topdraw. My version
was purchased a year ago and was extremely buggy. I understand that many
of the bugs have since been fixed. I consider myself lucky to create and
print while in Top Draw without it dumping out. Topdraw files that I have
saved come back up with text lines or arc lines reversed.

All that aside, by far the best drawing program currently available for
the
NeXT is "Create" from Stone Design. It is simpler and faster to use and it
has more features. It runs circles around Top Draw.

For those unfamiliar with "Create", it is the sequel to TextArt, but now
encorporates powerful drawing capabilities.

Dave Bowdish

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