The *.pat extension is used for different purposes by different applications.
In this thread I think it's referring to the vector hatch pattern files that AutoCAD uses.
In Corel DESIGNER the hatch patterns are stored in XML files. You will find…
tony dolcemascolo said: I just downloaded the new CorelCAD trial and I'm evaluating it.I didn't registered it yet, but I can do in the next few days.
You should definitely register the trial (using the registration link on the Trial download…
Brute-Fish said: I would love to continue designing in DRAW and then bring that into CAD for 3D rendering. I'm just not proficient enough in CAD that I would feel comfortable designing in CAD first then using DRAW to add textures and fills.
CorelCAD…
Here is a video on my first impression of CorelCAD export feature to CorelDRAW.
http://corelcadtips.com/content/export-drawing-coreldraw-part-1
CorelCAD is .DWG file format based. As such it opens .DWG files from Microvellum Designer (which is an AutoCAD based solution as far as I understand) and you can open the .DWG files saved from CorelCAD in that solution.
With its plug-in capabilities…
Hello Tom,
while the development team is investigating this issue (we may need further info or a sample file from you for further analysis) you should set CorelCAD 2013.5 to save to R2010 DWG by default.
Go to the CorelCAD menu > Preferences... (cmd…
Hello Frank,
we're looking into this issue now. It's not a limitation of the trial version (as you have already noticed by trying it out successfully on a Windows 7 PC installation).
CorelCAD is using parts of the CorelDRAW/Corel DESIGNER engine…
Here's a screenshot of the Options dialog where you can specify the model background (and other application elements') color:
Options > System Options > Display > Element Colors...select "Model Background" and pick desired color …
mopipari said: I'm used to the dialog box in AutoCAD that allows me to assign a specific lineweight to a color; color 30 might have a lineweight of .25, color 61 might have a lineweight of .30, for example.
Additional note on the original post...
With the "May 2012 Update" there are a number of improvements included for print output from CorelCAD. 2 issues that Henry had raised in this forum are addressed with that update:
Here is a video on how to use the Constrained Orbit tool.
CorelCAD comes with a LISP API and also supports standard commands and command aliases. So you should be able to adopt an existing LISP programming to CorelCAD.
In addition the Windows version also supports Microsoft VSTA so you can connect CorelCAD…
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