Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!akm From: akm@cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: A MACdraw-like drawing package for Windows. Summary: Draw Plus, XVTDraw Keywords: Macdraw, object oriented, draw plus Message-ID: <1991Mar7.054226.4485@cs.uoregon.edu> Date: 7 Mar 91 05:42:26 GMT References: <1991Mar5.155145.29000@ottsun1.uucp> Sender: news@cs.uoregon.edu (Netnews Owner) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon Lines: 27 In article andrew@b11.ingr.com (Poor Mr. Potter) writes: >pickles@mpr.ca (Clive Pickles) writes: > >>Does anyone out there know if there exists a MACdraw-like drawing package >>for Windows 3.0. I am trying to migrate some users off the MACs in our > >I find the new release of Micrographx DrawPlus useful, and although I >have not used MacDraw in several years, as best as I remember it, the >Micrographx product is organized and behaves similarly. When I first >transitioned (around '87) from MacDraw to Draw-not-yet-Plus, the only >problems I had were due to a lack of features in Draw. It has improved >a lot in the last few releases. But there must be something wrong it, >I know of hardly anyone else who uses it. I used Draw Plus a while back, and heartily recommend it. I'm also curiour about where one can buy a Win 3.0 version. I'd heard that Micrografx was not going to support it because of a move to Designer. Another simple drawing program to look at is XVT Draw, which is also object oriented, but real simple. Its on cica.cica.indiana.edu kartik -- Anant Kartik Mithal akm@cs.uoregon.edu Research Assistant, (503)346-4408 (msgs) Department of Computer Science, (503)346-3989 (direct) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1202