Ashlar-Vellum Releases Graphite v8 Service Pack 1

By DE Editors

Ashlar-Vellum (Austin, TX) released Service Pack 1 for Graphite version 8, its software for 2D/3D wireframe computer aided drafting.

The highlights of Graphite v8 SP1 include improved DWG/DXF translation including import of AutoCAD layouts with their views into Graphite sheets; improved PDF smart-data export including support for more fonts and line weights; support for AutoCAD DWG/DXF 2008; improved printing of diagonal lines; optimizations for the Intel Mac with a performance increase of 3X on zoom, pan and selection functions, and 2X for file loading under Leopard.

This free update is available to all those on Graphite v8 including Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt and Xenon users with courtesy licenses to Graphite v8.

For details, contact Ashlar-Vellum.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.