Technical illustration software
The ideal tool for creating technical illustrations and documentation, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite 12 is a comprehensive technical graphics suite offering one of the most competitive price/performance ratios in the industry today.
Also available: Corel DESIGNER Professional 12
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In Detail
The complete technical graphics solution
In one comprehensive package, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 provides professional applications and new features that enhance the technical illustration and design experience. Efficiently create more effective technical documents that clearly communicate complex ideas and instructions.
With new projected drawing modes, customizable workspaces and broad file compatibility, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 dramatically speeds up the design process. The new suite also includes precision drawing, layout and photo-editing tools that are fast, powerful and easy to use.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT® 12 is a complete photo-editing application for retouching and enhancing photos. CorelTRACE® 12, a bitmap-to-vector tracing utility, helps re-purpose legacy drawings by converting scanned or manually created bitmaps into editable vector images. Corel CAPTURE™ 12, an advanced screen capture utility, makes it easy to capture images for use in designs, tutorials, white papers or any other document.
Rounding out the suite is Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications, which provides application customization and extensibility for both Corel DESIGNER and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. With VBA and an array of industry-standard symbols included, you can automate repetitive tasks to work more efficiently.
Precision, flexibility and ease of use
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 was developed specifically to integrate with and simplify the technical illustration workflow. It offers precision design tools, many additional creative features, broad compatibility and exceptional ease of use, making it a comprehensive technical graphics solution.
The new projected drawing modes dramatically increase productivity by letting you actively draw on the projected plane, which eliminates the need to draw the object first and then project it in a second step. Callout tools provide numerous options for easily identifying objects in a drawing. Choose from several text styles and a variety of line segment endings, including arrowheads and other symbols.
No matter what type of project you're working on, precision is paramount in technical illustration. Accurate placement of objects on the drawing page and in relation to other objects is imperative. To that end, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 provides a range of tools that ensure precision. For example, features such as Gravity Snapping and Dynamic Guides help technical illustrators draw and place objects accurately, reducing creation time.
To facilitate collaboration, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 supports more than 75 file formats, including DXF, DWG, SVG, CGM, CDR, PDF, PSD, TIFF, AI, EPS, DOC and XLS. The import and export options ensure that technical illustrators can share their work and re-purpose legacy designs. The suite also provides flexibility in the form of creative tools and extensive text formatting capabilities. Moreover, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 includes content specific to technical illustration, such as hatch fills, vector fills, raster fills, more than 4,000 industry-standard symbols, clipart, linear patterns and more.
New! Projected Drawing Mode
New! Hatch Fills
New! Dynamic Guides and Enhanced Gravity Snapping
Call-outs and Dimensions
Includes Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Enhanced line styles
- Service Packs
- Case Studies
- Events
- Brochure
(.PDF, 1.19 MB) - Reviewer's Guide
(.PDF, 2.54 MB) - Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 vs. CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 12
(.PDF, 591 KB) - White paper
(.PDF, 953 KB) - White paper
(.PDF, 952 KB - A4)

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