SteelRules™

General Features

• 16 Place Floating Point Accuracy
• Hybrid Mac/Windows Office/Home Licensing
• Infinite Pan and Zoom
• 256 Layers with Grouping Control
• 234 Colors, 170 User-definable from a Palette of 16.7 Million
• Unlimited Drawing Size
• Unlimited Number of Objects

User Interface

• Updated, Intuitive Ashlar-Vellum Interface
• Drafting Assistant for Automatic Snaps and Alignments
• Smart Cursor Changes Shape Indicating Active Tool and Operations
• Tear-off Tool Palettes
• Strokes and Short Cut Keys Provide Instant Access to Commands and Macros
• Status Line to Specify Object Parameters
• Message Line Provides Tool Feedback, Instructions, and Options
• Edit Objects Dialog Box
• World and User-defined Coordinate Systems
• All Data Entry Fields can Perform Numeric Calculations
• Object Grouping and Locking
• Scroll Wheel Zoom and Spacebar Panning
• Axis Locking
• Orbit Tool
• Nudge Tool Moves Selected Items a User-definable Distance
• Selection Mask for Easier Selection of Specific Entity Types
• Grid (User-definable)
• Layer Manager

Drawing Tools

• Wireframe Creation Tools:
  • Point Line
  • Connected Line
  • Mid-point Line
  • Arc
  • Circle
  • Ellipse
  • Rectangle
  • Polygon
  • Through-point Spline
  • Vector Spline
  • Extrude
  • Revolve
  • Smart Walls
• Wireframe Editing Tools:
  • Fillet
  • Chamfer
  • Trim
  • Relimit
  • Break
  • Offset
  • Add Spline Points
  • Modify Spline Slope
  • Intersect Two Curves
  • Construction Lines
  • Offset, Divide

Sample Table/Laser Outputs

• Outputs:
  • HPGL
  • DXF 2000
  • DXF R14
  • DMP HI
• Sample Matrix

Views

• Multiple
• Detail
• Dynamically Linked

Batch File Conversions

• Via Convert Command
• Per Directory

2D Analysis

• Perimeter
• Area
• Weight
• Centroid
• Moments of Inertia

Selection Tools

• Fence
• Crossing/Intersecting Line
• Enclosed Polygon
• Automatic Boundary Detection
• Eye Dropper

General Transform Tool

• Move
• Linear Duplicate
• Rotate
• Polar Duplicate
• Scale (Uniform)
• Mirror

Text Tools

• Multi Line or Paragraphs
• Autotext Forms
• Normal, Bold, Italics
• At an Angle
• Set Font, Size, Color

2D Drawing Creation

• Customizable Layouts
• Smart Dimension Tool
• Automatically Creates the Appropriate Dimensions
• Dimensions:
  • Linear
  • Angular
  • Diametric
  • Radial
  • Baseline Method
  • Chain Method
  • Ordinate (Datum Method)
  • Circle Center Marking
• Standard and User Definable Tolerances and Settings (ANSI, DIN, ISO,JIS, Dual, Architecture, and Stacked Fraction)
• Hatch and Fill Patterns
• Line Weights, Colors, Styles, and Rule Types
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Dynamic or Static Dimensioning
• Rule Types
• Auto Dimensioning
• Recon Tool
• Perf Tool
• Zipper Rule Tool
• Identical Line Removal
• Zero Length Line Removal

Data Manager

• Default Database Fields:
  • Customer Name
  • Job Number
  • Die #
  • Identification
  • Sales Rep
  • Drawn By
  • Spec No
  • File ID
  • File Path
  • Customer ID
  • Design #
  • Date
  • Number Out
  • Length
  • Width
  • Depth
  • Die Size X
  • Die Size Y
  • Total Inches
  • Knife Inches
  • Score Inches
  • Perf Inches
  • Cut-Score Inches
  • Cut-Crease Inches
  • Breaker Knife Inches
  • Balance Knife Inches
  • Wood Size X
  • Wood Size Y
  • Wood Sq Ft
  • Jigs - used (Yes or No)
  • Mylar (Yes or No)
  • Laser Cut (Yes or No)
  • Die Factor
  • # of Cut Outs
  • # of Slots
  • # of Punches
  • # of Embossing
  • Notes
  • Blank Sq Ft
  • Grain/Corrugation Direction
  • Inside/Outside View
  • Flute Size
  • Finish Type
  • Joint Size
• Sub Assemblies Tracking
• Revision History Tracking
• Export Data Manager info to tab delimited text file

Parametric Constraints

• 2D/3D
• Equation-driven
• Creates Smart Formula-driven Symbols

Flat Die Tools

• Flat Die Board Style Sheet:
  • Bobst CLI
  • Bobst CLII
  • Marumatsu
  • Meihle
  • Thompson
  • Custom Die Board Size
• Kill Bolts
• Gap Detection
• Chop Knife
• Male & Female Stripping Jigs Tool
• Counter Palette:
  • Score
  • Knife
  • Between
  • Center Stand Punch
• Notch Tool
  • Auto Notch
  • Simple Notch
  • Insert Simple Notch

Die Layout Menus

• Breaker Knife
• Notch
• Punch
• Hand Hole
• Rotary Directional Arrows
• Corrugation Direction
• Die Rack
• Guide Hole
• Logo Insert
• Jig Tool

Rotary Die Tools

• Rotary Die Board Style Sheet
• Chop Knife
• Bolt Hole Patterns
• Bolt Mapping Tool
• Rotary Teeth Notching
• Shrink
• Adjust Circles
• Punch C/L

Symbol Libraries

• Reference of Instances Offers Updates upon Reentry
• Thousands Included
• Panel Provides Click-through Viewing of All Directories Prior to Loading
• Hundreds of Display & Packaging Designs
• Parametric Driven Designs
• Industry Standards ECMA & FEFCO
• Resizable Stylesheets
• Mechanical & Architectural CAD Libraries in ANSI & DIN

Additional Drafting Tools

• Automated Bill of Materials
• Symbols Panel
• Multiple Sheets per Document
• Spell Check Includes User Dictionary and Many Foreign Languages
• Navigator Palette
• Plotter Fonts (True Vector Style)
• Pen Style Palette
• Rules Type Palette
• Linearize Splines

Import/Export

• DWG/DXF (Up to 2008)
• PDF (Export Only)
• EPS
• Graphite (Import Only)
• Vellum (Import Only)
• Score! (Import Only)
• JPEG
• PNG
• DDES2
• CFF2 (Export Only)
• Spline (Import Only)
• ASCII Text
• Claris CAD (Import Only)
• BMP
• MetaFiles (Windows only)
• Bill of Materials
• PICT (Mac Only)
• GCode (Import Only)
• Attributes (Export Only)
• HPGL
• Sample Table (Outputs)
  • HPGL
  • DXF 2000
  • DXF R14
  • DMP HI

PDF Integration

• Direct (Generates Non-tessellated Arcs)
• Multi-sheet
• Optional Embedded Exports

Localized User Interface

• English (US)
• Coming Soon:
  • English (UK)
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Russian (Windows only)