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Overview When you want 2D and 3D CAD software that’s easy to use, yet absolutely precise, that’s Graphite. Formerly known as Vellum®, Graphite offers extremely powerful, precision wire-frame drafting with the elegant ease-of-use that makes it productive even when only used occasionally. Running on Mac and Windows, Graphite provides an interface that lets creative people get the job done without worrying about how to run their software. Enjoy precision drafting at its best: Revolutionary Vellum® Drafting Assistant™ facilitates intelligent snaps and automatic alignments in X, Y and Z. Advanced 2D and 3D equation-driven parametrics promote design variations. Preview symbol panel lets you intelligently place symbols in space. Multiple dynamic views keep your design changes up to date. Smart wall tool intuitively interacts with architectural symbols to speed sketching. Easy User Interface with Drafting Assistant The Vellum® magic is addictive—ask any Ashlar-Vellum customer why they use Ashlar products and you’ll hear about “Vellumness.” Across our product line, the uniting element is the magical feel of creative simplicity and efficient power. It anticipates your needs and quietly offers help without distraction or intrusion. Create drawings of unlimited complexity—get down to the details. There’s no limit to your creativity so why should there be a limit to your CAD software? Graphite lets you create 2D and 3D wire-frame drawings of unlimited complexity and precision detail. Conceptualize then create—Graphite is great for those who want to explore initial design ideas with 2D sketches then create 3D wire-frame designs themselves, without the support or interference of a CAD operator “interpreting” their work. Design and invent—don’t be a CAD jockey. We can always tell when someone is not a candidate for Ashlar-Vellum products. They tell us that they “run such-and-such a CAD program,” taking great pride in their software’s difficulty. If operating an unwieldy CAD system is your highest calling, don’t buy Graphite. If changing the world through collaborating on new and innovative designs is more your style, then you’ve found the perfect tool. Build or manufacture with confidence—Graphite’s precise data guarantees accurate drawings, speeding the manufacturing process. Rise above the competition—leading design innovators share a common tool: Ashlar-Vellum products. From renowned jewelry designers in New York and Paris to athletic equipment companies in the Pacific Northwest, from Apple Computer to Scaled Composites, Graphite’s flexibility frees creative people to focus on design. Features and benefits Power, precision and ease of use…the combination in Graphite is unbeatable for a 2D/3D CAD system, especially since it supports both Mac and Windows. Ashlar-Vellum’s unique Organic Workflow™, featuring the patented Drafting Assistant™, makes computer-aided design fast, easy and a pure pleasure to use. This is software that works the way you think. Unique Working Environment featuring Organic Workflow™ Effortless and Fast Precision Drafting Easier to Learn and Faster to Use Accurate 2D and 3D Drafting to 16 Digits Intuitive Vellum® Interface Revolutionary Vellum® Drafting Assistant for Intelligent Snaps and Automatic Alignments in X, Y, and Z Unique Hybrid Mac/Windows, Office/Home Licensing Draw Order Control by Arrange Menu or Layer Dialog Advanced 2D and 3D Equation-driven Parametrics Intelligent, Parametric Symbols from any Geometry Multiple Sheet/Model Drawings Over 10,000 Architectural and Mechanical Symbols with Preview Panel GD&T Standards Multiple Dynamic Scaled, Oriented & Detail Views Vector Import/Export Translators Including PDF, Precision DXF/DWG and IGES Bill of Materials 2D Analysis: Area, CG, Moments Spellcheck Enlarged Text and Icons for Easy Viewing Unicode Core Base General Features Direct Multi-sheet PDF Creation 16 Place Floating Point Accuracy Hybrid Mac/Windows Office/Home Licensing Infinite Pan and Zoom More than 256 Layers with Grouping Control 234 Colors, 170 User-definable from a Palette of 16.7 Million Unlimited Drawing Size Unlimited Number of Objects Multiple Sheet Views Draw Order Control by Arrange Menu or Layer Dialog 2D Analysis Perimeter Area Weight Standard and User Definable Tolerances and Settings (ANSI, DIN, ISO, JIS, Dual, Architecture, and Stacked Fraction) Centroid Moments of Inertia User Interface Updated, Intuitive Vellum Interface Enlarged Text & Icons Drafting Assistant™ for Automatic Snaps and Alignments Smart Cursor Changes Shape Indicating Active Tool and Operations Tear-off Tool Palettes Strokes and Short Cuts Provide Instant Access to Commands 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 TrackBall for View Selection and Dynamic or Cube Rotation 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, Infinite) Layer Manager Macros to Assign Keys or Strokes to Repetitive Tasks Eleven Localized Languages Tool Tips Help Tool Hyperlink Visual Assistance: Cursor Options Scaled Line Weights Menu Fonts Visual Color Selection Palettes Drag and Drop Re-ordering in Layers, Sheets, and Models Dialogs 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 Infinite Construction Lines Offset, Divide Insertion of Architectural Symbols in Smart Walls with Auto Healing Auto Healing of Intersections in Smart Walls Selection Tools Fence Crossing/Intersecting Line Enclosed Polygon Automatic Boundary Detection Views Multiple 3D Detail Dynamically Linked Layer Visibility by Viewport 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 Font Models Movie (Mac only) Pen Style Palette Text Tools Text: Multi Line or Paragraphs Autotext Forms Normal At an Angle Set Font, Size, Color Font Report Identify Missing Designate Substitute General Transform Tools Move Linear Duplicate Rotate Polar Duplicate Scale (Uniform) Mirror Stretch Copy Along Path 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, and Styles Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) Unlimited Number of Objects Dynamic or Static Dimensioning Parametric Power 2D/3D Equation-driven Creates Smart Formula-driven Symbols Symbol Libraries Mechanical CAD ANSI DIN Reference of Instances Offers Updates Upon Reentry Thousands Included Panel Provides Click-through Viewing of All Directories Prior to Loading Import/Export DWG/DXF (Up to 2016) PDF 2D Import and Export EPS Spline (Import Only) ASCII Text Claris CAD (Import Only) Bitmaps BMP JPEG (JPG) TIFF GIF ICON PBM PGM PPM XPM TGA PNG WMF (Windows only) PICT (Mac Only) Attributes PDF Integration Export Direct (Generates Non-tessellated Arcs) Multi-sheet Imbedded Exports Optional PDF Large Size Export up to 200in × 200in (508cm × 508cm, including margins) Page Size Independent of Print Size Import Vector Raster Text Localized User Interface English (US) English (UK) French German Italian Japanese Portuguese Slovak Spanish Swedish Russian Ukrainian Available Accessories Graphite Share™ for Viewing, Printing and Exporting at Client or Manufacturing Site (Free) Apple Mac OS X Tiger Spotlight Plug-in (Free) Graphite Tips & Tricks Book Tutorials (Free) Batch File Conversions Via Convert Command Per Directory System Requirements Windows x64 10 / 11 (Intel and AMD silicon) Unsupported (no issues reported as of Nov 2021): Windows x64 7 / 8.1 (Intel and AMD silicon) macOS 10.13 - 10.15 (Intel silicon), macOS 11 / 12.x (Both Apple and Intel silicon) Apple silicon is supported via Rosetta2 which is included free by Apple in macOS 11 and 12 for Apple silicon based Macs. Compare Graphite with other Ashlar 3D Modeling Products Quick comparison of Ashlar-Vellum different CAD and 3D modeling products. Compare Compare Ashlar-Vellum Versions Which product of Ashlar is right for you? Main Features Argon Graphite Zenon Cobalt Wires, Surfaces & Solids ✔ ✔ ✔ 2D & 3D Production Drafting ✔ ✔ ✔ Associative Parametrics ✔ ✔ Geometric & Equation-driven Parametrics ✔ ✔ Detail and Auxiliary Views ✔ ✔ ✔ Section Views ✔ ✔ Associativity & Work Flow History ✔ ✔ 3D Rendering, Visualization & Animation ✔ ✔ ✔ Associative Assembly Tools ✔ ✔ Bill of Materials ✔ ✔ ✔ 2D CAM/RPT Output ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3D CAM/RPT Output ✔ ✔ ✔ 2D Mechanical Parts Library ✔ 3D Mechanical Parts Library ✔ Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GDT) ✔ ✔ Show more