CAD for Collaborative Design

New Optics is a leading lighting and backlight products manufacturer and supplier in Korea. Aiming to provide the most efficient light source for the next generation of lighting products, they have been providing high quality products and services to users since their foundation in 2005. Being high-brightness, energy-efficient, and long-lifespan, their main product, BLU, has become one of the authorized suppliers of LG Display. 

The Need

New Optics has very strict requirements on collaboration since the majority of their designers work in teams on extensive and sophisticated projects. Besides, in order to further boost profitability, they are increasingly seeking out CAD software that incurs less financial and time investment. They think light weighted CAD software may be a good choice to meet both requirements.

The Solution

Recommended by the design team in their Chinese branch, New Optics decided to introduce ZWCAD+ into their Korean headquarters. The compatibility of ZWCAD+ is highly appreciated among those who have already used it. Designers and customers can open and edit most drawings saved by mainstream CAD software, enabling better collaboration and more accurate outputs. “We are enjoying tighter interoperability with ZWCAD+,” said Mr. Lee, CEO of New Optics. “When it is time to convert the file formats, the forms retain much greater integrity.”

In addition, ZWCAD+ looks into exactly what their customers use and want, and focuses their features on these needs. This removes redundant features that are not used, to make the whole workflow and interface simple and friendly, as well as to improve the speed of the software.

The Price

The price offered by Nitrosoft, the authorized distributor of ZWCAD+ in Korea, also helped New Optics to reduce expenses and drive up profits. “Using ZWCAD+, we no longer need to worry about expensive purchasing prices or upgrade fees, and I hope more and more companies can have such an enjoyable experience with ZWCAD+,” Mr. Lee added.

See also:

• How to convert plt file to dwg file in autocad?
• How Autocad expert reviews ZWCAD+?
• How to print a multi-page PDF from dwg drawings?

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By Cora Maureen, an architecture designer and CAD software user

I am excited that PDF plotting has finally come true in ZWCAD, convert AutoCAD to PDF is an important function that I have expecting for many years since I switch from AutoCAD to ZWCAD. It helps me a lot when I need to share designs with customers and bosses.

During the design, I usually need to send several drafts of my drawings to project leaders and customers, so that they can check and confirm whether the design meets their needs. It is not possible to install CAD software on each of their computers just to check my work. 

Older versions of ZWCAD provide some file formats that I could use for drawing reviews, such as JPEG. But now I can PDF Plotting with Layers. It has these advantages over the other formats:

a) PDF (portable document format) is a commonly used file format, and there are many free readers for viewing it. 

b) With PDF plotting, I can choose the plot area I want, which is not supported by “Export” command. Easily convert AutoCAD DWG to PDF. 

c) With PDF plotting, I can set many properties, such as DPI (dot per inch), which makes the PDF image clearer with higher resolution. In addition, PDF plotting includes layer support, which is also not supported by “Export” command.
The PDF printer is automated installed after the installation of ZWCAD 2011, it can be found in the drop-down list in plot dialog box like below:

When convert dwg to pdf, to enhance the quality and readability of PDF file, make the settings as shown in the following figure. To get to the Custom Options dialog box, follow these steps:

1) Select PDF plotter.

2) Click Properties.

3) Click the Custom Properties button in the dialog box.

In the settings, you can find that the maximum resolution can reach up to 4800. This is enough for ordinary images and displaying hatches. I often use the default settings, which have met my needs so far.

One more thing I want to share is that all user-defined layers in drawing files can be transferred to PDF files. Plot dwg to pdf with layers is the most important feature that caught my eye.
Here is an example of the result by PDF plotting. Notice that it supports all entities in drawings.  

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