Q. What is ZwSurf ?

A. ZwSurf is an add-on for ZwCAD and offers tools to model surfaces, create contour and elevation maps, computes volumes, gradings and much more.

 

Q. Is this product stand alone or do I need other software to run your product ?
A. You need ZwCAD standard or professional release r2007 to run ZwSurf.

 

Q. Where can I buy ZwCAD "pro" and "standard" licenses ?
A. If you want to buy ZwCAD "pro" or "standard" licenses please check international dealerlist on www.ZwCAD.org Only Belgian residents can buy ZwCAD licenses on the dutch section of this site.

 

Q. What data is supported in ZwSurf ?
A. You can use 3D point, text, polyline data to create surfaces.

 

Q. What language is used to develop ZwSurf ?
A. All functions are written in C++ and thus ZwSurf easily computes thousands of points in seconds. For dialogs however DCL and LISP is used.

 

Q: What is ZwCAD ?

A: ZwCAD is an IntelliCAD based CAD solution. The ZwCAD company is member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium.

 

Q: Is there any difference between ZwCAD and other IntelliCAD?
A: IntelliCAD is distributed under the names of several different companies. It is a product developed by ITC. Every company, who participates as a commercial member of ITC, can distribute products based on IntelliCAD technology. This kind of co-operation guarantees the basic functionality and compatibility. With the basic functions of IntelliCAD, ZwCAD has added a great many unique features and fixed thousands of bugs in the IntelliCAD. Further more, we have a professional and powerful developing team. We can upgrade ZwCAD more frequently and provide better technical services which make ZwCAD the best version distributed of IntelliCAD currently available on the international market.

 

Q: Is ZwCAD the cheapest IntelliCAD based application on the market ?

A: No, but we believe ZwCAD is the most advanced and the product has an incredible value for money.

 

Q: What are differences between Standard and Professional edition ?
A: ZwCAD Standard edition has almost all the 2D drafting features, including the express tools, customization settings, LISP and ADS (equivalent to ADS).
With all the features that ZwCAD Standard edition has, Professional edition offers a full 3D solid modeling environment (3D ACIS) and the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) development environment.

 

Q: Does ZwCAD support AutoCADŽ DWG file format? Can ZwCAD open, edit and save the files produced by AutoCADŽ ?

A: Yes it does. ZwCAD supports AutoCADŽ DWG format from V2.5-2008. ZwCAD's native file format is *.DWG, you can open and save any existing Autodesk AutoCAD file (V2.5-2008) and there is no file conversion or data loss. ZwCAD also supports DXF file format and can export to eps, wmf, bmp, svg and emf. Raster file formats can be imported too.
 

Q: How do I get the latest Trial version of ZwCAD? How long is the evaluation period ? What are the limits of ZwCAD trial version ?
A: You can download the ZwCAD evaluation version from our website www.zwcadtools.com

ZwCAD trial version has 30 days full functional evaluation period. After the evaluation period, print & save will be limited and most of other functions still work. If you want to continuously use the full functional ZwCAD, you should purchase a permanent license.