ACD Canvas 15 (englisch)

Canvas 15 - the flexible tool for precise technical illustrations

Canvas 15 features at a glance:

Technical illustrations require utmost care and micrometer precision, from the first draft all the way to the finished product. With Canvas 15 you can produce output of any size, work on technical illustrations in customized units of measurements and use handy grids and rulers. The dimensioning of objects adheres to industry standards (including ANSI, DIN, JIS) and can be flexibly adjusted to your technical illustrations and graphics.

Canvas 15 allows you to save, import and view your project in over 100 file formats. Open technical drawings in DWG, RAW DICOM, Kodak Flash Pix and many more file formats. And of course you can freely change and convert file formats.

Thanks to the Canvas technology, your original technical drawings remain untouched. Use tools such as effects, channels and transparency features to edit your file.You can protect your technical illustrations by creating a password, encrypting your files and customizing access permissions.

Canvas is also a useful tool for geologists who want to use CGM data and analyze seismological data. But regardless of your industry, if you rely on technical illustrations in your job then Canvas 15 will offer you a simple way to illustrate, edit and enhance files without the need for cost-intensive training courses.

Your Complete GIS Data Solution ? Canvas 15 GIS

Canvas 15 with the optional GIS module offers a powerful set of GIS-based features and commands that support a range of GIS formats, define complex map projections, and perform advanced property operations. It's an indispensable tool for GIS professionals in the oil & gas and energy sectors, aerospace and automotive industries, education, and government.

Optimize your Workflow

Canvas 15 + GIS can handle all your GIS data needs.

Import the following GIS specialized file formats:
TIFF (GeoTIFF TIFF/World File image, + pixel scale info. & location, in real world coordinates)
SHP (Shapefile)
E00 (ARC/INFO interchange)
RT1 (Tiger, Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing)
SDTS (USGS Spatial Data Transfer Standard)
MIF (Mapinfo Data Interchange)
S57 (International Hydrographic Organization)
ECW (Enhanced Compressed Wavelet images)
SID (MrSID)
GML (Geography Markup Language)
Geo JPEG
Geo JPEG 2000
Geo BMP (BMP + projection info.)
Geo PNG (PNG + projection info.)
Geo GIF (GIF + projection info.)
GIS Text (TXT file with GIS data)
GPS Garmin (TXT file containing GPS Garmin data)
DOQ/NES/SES/NWS/SWS (USGS Digital Orthoquad Files)
DLG/DO/OPT (DLG-O files)
GPX (GPS exchange)
KML/KMZ

Canvas 15 with GIS also supports export to these GIS specialized formats: ?
TIFF, SHP, KML, KMZ, ECW, Geo JPEG, Geo JPEG 2000, Geo BMP, Geo PNG, Geo GIF, Geospatial PDF, and GIS Text.

System requirements for "Canvas 15"

• Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher
• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home or Professional(with service pack 2)
• 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended)
• 250 MB free disk space
• 16-bit color or higher (true color recommended)
• 1024x768 resolution or higher