Though Claris CAD is sufficient for creating floor plans and manual orthographic projections, many users require three-dimensional capability. The physical software package provides a reference, tutorial, and a videotape tutorial. A utility called MacPlot Configure also lets the user specify a plotter model and assign pen colors to carousel positions. Predefined ANSI Y14.5, ISO, DIN, JIS, and BS-308 drawing standards templates are also included with the software.Ī special Claris version of Microspot Ltd.'s MacPlot plotter driver was also part of the package, allowing Claris CAD to plot to Hewlett-Packard and Houston Instruments plotters. Dimensioning tools can create point-to-point, chain, datum, angle, radius, diameter, and circle-center dimensions. Some notable tool functions include: walls, arcs, chamfers, fillets, spline curves, perpendiculars, and tangents. Tools draw objects, methods allow different ways of drawing with the tools, and modifiers help to position objects. Currently, Claris CAD can be run on older Macintoshes using the 'Classic' emulator included by Apple in Mac OS X 10.4.11 or older, or on current machines using the SheepShaver open-source 'Classic' emulator (tested through Mac OS X 10.7).Ĭlaris CAD uses a drawing system defined by Tools, Methods, and Modifiers. Development halted in June 1991 with the release of version 2.0.3. The initial releases were plagued with bugs, especially with the bundled plotter driver. Version 1 was released in 1989 for Macintosh computers running System Software 6 or later. It was based on MacDraw II and Young's earlier CAD application, EZ-Draft. Young of Computer Aided Systems for Engineering (CASE). Claris CAD was developed in 1988 by Claris Corporation in a joint effort with Craig S.

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