What’s New in MacDraft Professional 8?

MacDraft Pro runs natively on Macs powered by the Apple M1 chip, for powerful and unrivalled performance. This means that MacDraft Pro is now future-proof and ready for any new machines and operating systems that Apple will release in the future.

With the release and update that came with macOS Ventura, MacDraft Pro has had a welcome interface update. Utilising the intuitive design of the previous version, with some welcome tweaks and improvements around its visuals and performance.

We have now increased the drawing size to a massive 1780 by 1780 inches. This means that you can create those huge and complex drawings without worrying about the document size. Plus, DWG compatibility will have improved with the document size.

Manage your workspace by choosing either palettes or a single screen. You’ll also be able to change from Dark and Light mode seamlessly. In addition you’ll find a refreshed and updated preferences with more options for customizing your MacDraft experience.

Page layout and text control has never been easier with the new Text Flow features. Seamlessy flow text from one text box to another, allowing you to create columns of text quickly. You can also control text preference options for new documents.

The all new Export PDF panel allows you to choose how the content in your drawings are exported. You can export the content only, the whole page (including the empty space) or even a multi page document for page layouts, making it quick and easy to control.

We know the powerful symbol library system is integral to the speed and efficiency of your designs. With this in mind we have redesigned the look and functionality of the Library, allowing you to have it separate to the rest of the interface and navigate faster.

You’ve been requesting it and now it’s here. You can trim between arcs and arcs, arcs and curves, lines and arcs, lines and curves and much, much more. This makes the Trim tool far more superior and gives you all the power you need to quickly generate your drawings.

Again, another hugely requested feature is the improvement of the Extend tool. The improvements will now allow you to extend lines to arcs, arcs to other arcs and even more importantly you’ll be able to extend lines and arcs to complex Bezier curves.

At the heart of the drafting and design is the ability to communicate each part of a drawing. Now with MacDraft 8 you’ll have options to set a custom line thickness. You can set decimals as well as whole numbers between 0 and 13.

Get help starting your MacDraft projects with the new Blank Document Wizard. When you choose to open a new blank document from the Welcome window, you will be given a choice of document options, giving you complete control over how you start drawing with MacDraft.

The Swatches is the perfect place to manage and control your colors, patterns and gradients. We have now added the ability to apply your colors, patterns and gradients via the Swatches panel, making it the most intuitive place to control you design attributes.