on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 "Zane H. Healy" wrote: > Actually I'm still hoping one of these suggestions will hit the mark. I've > been giving this a lot of thought this last week, and I think what I really > need to do is take a look at CAD software. Does anyone know of any CAD > software that they would consider to be close to ClarisDraw in terms of > usability and features? Our office uses PowerCADD, which I think is a pretty good drawing program, and will do gradient fills, opacities, etc. The font handling isn't as good as Illustrator, but otherwise I find it much easier to draw with. http://engsw.com/products/ demo: http://engsw.com/downloads/ It's a little pricey for a drawing app, though. (We use it for architecture, but it's great for presentation drawings also.) -Barbara