- Architosh Staff ([email protected])
- 10 Oct 2001
Hot Door inc.
offers cool CAD/3D tools for Illustrator users
Occasionally it is good to point out some products that don't get
a whole lot of attention in the general Mac press but are worthy
products of attention, especially in the Macintosh CAD and 3D space.
Cool Tools for Illustrator Users
Hot Door specializes in add-on products for Adobe Illustrator which
turn the venerable illustration software into powerful CAD software.
The flagship CAD product, CADtools
2.1 is available for Adobe Illustrator 7, 8 and 9. We published
a review of this product in the past which you can
read here.
A new product is Perspective
for Adobe Illustrator, versions 8 or 9. This plugin application
brings vector-based perspective, isometric and oblique drawing capabilities
to the industry standard illustration application.
Another product which can be very useful to 3D artist is Virtual
Mirror Vector Studio for Adobe Illustrator. In particular, the
Envelope Mesh offers 3D artist and renderers interesting possibilities.
Lastly, Hot Door offers AppliCraft's CADgate product for DXF and
DWG import and export features for Illustrator, version 8 -9, through
its online store.
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