Image Draw 4.0 [CAD/Graphics Design Application]

[swagler]

Image Draw 4.0 [CAD/Graphics Design Application]
I spent 4 years writing Image Draw, it's 98% complete. I'd planned to create my own Internet Page to sport it, maybe make a few dollars via advertising to maintain page, but never did. This is only public release if posted. 2004-2005 I began learning to collect, tweak and paint CFS2 aircraft, forgotten everything. Just recently re-installed on Win7 x64, slowly getting acquainted again.

Thought I'd post Image Draw 4.0.8.6, where peoples are enthusiast in custom graphics. Image Draw's native format is PNG, maybe I could incorporate DXT format...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nyv...ew?usp=sharing

[swagler]

I need to note Image Draw 4.0 is only released in x64 SSE2 Release Build.

[Shessi]

Hi S,
Welcome back to the sim-world.

ID sounds interesting, always looking for better/different ways to do something.

The only thing I would say is that you must provide DXT/DDS support and output. In the sims CFS2, CFS3, Fs9, FSX, IL-2 etc all need DXT/DDS format texs, sorry to say but just png would be of little use for re-paints.

Cheers

Shessi

[swagler]

Image Draw is basically a Photoshop app that draws like a 2D CAD app. Being a Mech/Arch Designer that loves C programming, I wrote my own program.
Yes, I'm going to look into C libraries that can add DXT/DDS support. I use Image Draw for all C programming image strips, transparent 32bit bitmaps, everything... Darn near replaces Photoshop. DXT/DDS support sparks my interest to work on the project.

To Do:
1. Fix asking to save on some file types, even if nothing was changed.
2. Fix undo after merging visible layers...
3. Create dialog choosing which icon to load, when loading icon file containing multiple icons.

[Shessi]

A C programmer, unfortunately a dying breed, but still very usable!

There is a 3D display prog called Aircraft Container Manager, a stand alone prog, which (when it works!!) will display an ac which you are painting. So if you are developing a real time tex displayer, then great stuff.

Look forward to it.

Shessi

[swagler]

I have a lot of Simulator stuff archived. I see I bought Aircraft Container Manager 2.5 in Jan 2004 for US$18.53. I haven't tried to install it yet, seen the other day I need VCL40.bpl, VCLJPG40.bpl, VCBX40.bpl placed in exe folder to work. I think there Boland DLL's, need to find and download. From 2002-2005 is when I was heavy into Simulator, I'm sure I was registered here and several other similar sites as well.

I used to program in MASM also, even lower level. I won't fool with new high level programming dependent on mass foreign libraries. That's why most of the new applications released are sooooo huge and sooooo slow. ImgDraw.exe is over 70,000 lines of code and only 1.08 MB, lighting fast, not dependent on anything but Windows native runtime libraries which are compiled into it.

I should note: anyone wanting to try it out, Image Draw does not add any DLL's to system directories. Does not add entries to registry (uses local INI). Does not change any file associations (must be done manually). I dread apps that install DLL's, make registry changes... in a system with no intent of reversing if uninstalled.

By the way, I changed a few SOH settings to allow email from users along with moderators... but, I'm still not receiving email notifications when new comments are posted to threads I'm participant in. Any suggestions?

[bub]

Swagler,
I had to go to Windows 10 when my XP rig died. The old version of ACM didn't work and I had to download the latest version. I installed it into C: and it works fine for me. Also, CFS2 was installed in C: and no problems. The black screen is something you may have to live with, unless someone can figure out how to "fix" it. Hope this helps.
Bob

[swagler]

Download InstallShield 3: www.ryankempt.com/downloads/Is3Engine.zip
Decompress Is3Engine.zip
Copy setup32.exe into ACM Setup directory (needs to be writable drive).

Execute setup32.exe, which starts ACM Setup.
Installs ACM on Win7 x64 perfectly.

Reference : http://blog.ryankempt.com/2013/12/64...ed-16-bit.html

[UncleTgt]

Easier way to install ACM2.5

Go to Simviation & download, it contains a 64 bit exe

https://simviation.com/1/browse-Util...rk=52915#52915

Easier way to view repaints without loading the sim

Get Arno's ModelConverterX v.140 (beta release)

https://www.scenerydesign.org/modelconverterx/

[swagler]

UncleTgt, Wow, Thanks. ACM 2.5 is now freeware, recompiled in x64 needing no serial number?

[swagler]

Image Draw v4.0.8.7
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Vj...ew?usp=sharing

Fixed prompted to save changes at closing when nothings changed.

[No Dice]

Got it, can't wait to take a look !!

[swagler]

No Dice, I've been researching C DXT/DDS Libraries. 2D GDI+ ARGB and 3D DirectX platforms are two completely different birds. Importing a DXT texture to ARGB would provide capability to edit texture flat pattern, then export back to DXT format. Viewing a wireframe rendered with texture would require full blown DirectX coding, I'd need capability of choosing between platforms. Incorporating DirectX viewer capable of rotation, zoom..., even without editing would be a huge undertaking. In any case, this would take quite a while to do.

[swagler]

Photo of Image Draw. First post isn't editable for some reason.

[swagler]

Image Draw 4.0 screenshot:

[swagler]

Added enhanced export/import features, sports Wu Color Quantizer to produce excellent 4-bit and 8-bit images. Added 16-bit RGB 555 & 565 support.

Added a Resource Manager capable of decoding multi-frame images, displaying bit count, color count.... Plan to have encoding of multi-frame images incorporated into Resource Manager in the near future.

Fixed many bugs, Lord knows there's a few not addressed.

Plan to begin DirectX... support after multi-frame coding is finished.

Download:
Image Draw 4.0.9.8 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KjU...ew?usp=sharing

Simple example projects:
Bath Detail https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_i4...ew?usp=sharing

Calender Dec 2017 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MlJ...ew?usp=sharing

[No Dice]

Can not wait to see what can be done .............

[swagler]

Thanks for interest No Dice.

I got fired up for a few months and wrote a custom class referencing CxImage and FreeImage libraries, burned out before writing export code.
I've never put together a good help file, just the text file. The resource manager auto captures any file with multi frames when loading allowing you to pick frame to open, or if Load Image @ Coord or cursor
is selected, it's then set to be drawn onto selected layer. Resource manager load image loads image and sets image to be drawn per cursor or coordinates.

Image Draw utilizes two clipboards, Windows and it's own internal ARGB. Any image on Windows clipboard can now be auto center pasted by setting Load Image Origin->Centered, Edit->Paste, pressing Draw button.
The same applies to Load Image @ Coordinates.

Resource Manager->Create New Resource is not layer based like Color Mixer. Use a unique name, Create makes ARGB composite of all visible layers. Amend button allows replacing image, or adding frames to resource
after frame '0' is created.

Future Resource Manager->Export button will build multi-resource vista icons, and multi-frame GIF & TIF files.

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Direct Draw example.idf (need to document better)

; whatever project size you want
Project 984,744
; Scale 1"=1" (others defined in menu)
Scale Pixels
RelCoord 1

LayerCount 7
CreateLayer 1,1,Bkgrd
CreateLayer 2,1,Image
CreateLayer 3,1,Black
CreateLayer 4,1,Red
CreateLayer 5,0,Green
CreateLayer 6,1,Blue
CreateLayer 7,1,Text

Font Arial
FontStyle Italic
FontColor 0,64,128

Alpha 255
BrushAlpha 255
Crosshair 0

Layer 1
PenColor 255,255,255
BrushColor 255,255,255
FillBrush SolidBrush
Rectangle 0,0,983,743,0,0

Layer 2
; LoadImage 0,0,0,0,Centered,D:\Projects\Image Draw Projects\Photo\Palm Tree (CMYK).tif
LoadImage 500,100,400,640,BottomLeft,D:\Projects\Image Draw Project\Photo\Palm Tree (CMYK).tif

Crosshair 1

Layer 3
LineWeight 4
PenColor 0,0,0
LineXY 100,150,300,0

LineWeight 2
FillBrush None
AngleArcMode Arc
AngleArc 300,275,175,45,60
LineWeight 1

CurveTension 0
Polygon 100,100,200,200,200,-200,-400,0,End

RelCoord 0
FillBrush SolidBrush
BrushColor 0,64,128
Polygon 500,100,700,300,900,100,500,100,End
RelCoord 1

Dimension 100,150,400,150,48

Layer 4
LineStyle CenterLine
PenColor 255,0,0
LineXY 100,250,400,0
LineStyle SolidLine

Crosshair 0
PenColor 0,0,0
BrushColor 0,64,128
Alpha 128
BrushAlpha 128
Rectangle 400,300,400,300,0,0
Alpha 255
BrushAlpha 255
Crosshair 1

Layer 5
PenColor 0,255,0
LineXY 100,350,500,0

Layer 6
PenColor 0,0,255
LineXY 100,450,600,0

Layer 7
Text 64,640,Hello World\n \nHey whats up\nThis is the third line\nWhat, here's the Forth LINE!\nWhat FIFTH LINE!

; direct set custom colors (note can be added to any project file, I haven't auto incororated like Scale)
CustomColor1 190,200,214
CustomColor2 255,0,0
CustomColor3 0,255,0
CustomColor4 0,0,255
CustomColor5 225,225,240
CustomColor6 64,0,0
CustomColor7 0,0,64
CustomColor8 173,185,205
CustomColor9 182,129,254
CustomColor10 0,64,128
CustomColor11 188,158,117
CustomColor12 212,208,200
CustomColor13 79,105,144
CustomColor14 27,27,54
CustomColor15 77,96,130
CustomColor16 41,57,85

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[Shessi]

Hi S,
Wondered if you'd done anything else with this, good to see it's coming along.

As ND says, will be very interesting to see.....

Cheers


Shessi

[swagler]

Shessi, thank you for your interest.

I started this application in late 2013. My father was a retired CNC programmer. It was a project my father and I were finally able to work on together allowing my father to dabble,
building charts, graphs, images... using Basic and DOS languages, then send commands to my Windows Viewer.exe to display graphics. Simultaneously I was writing Image Draw.
I dedicated Image Draw to my father after his passing in 2015.

Resource Manager in the future will also sport image conversions. Right now you need to export to 8-bit, then load back into Resource Manager.
Vista multi-resource icons are built on say 640x320 project, a layer with guidelines boxing all sizes and bit-depths 1 pixel larger. Resource Manger->Create utilizes Select Tool clipping rect.

The main Image window will always be 32-bit ARGB, but using Resource conversion will allow transferring back and forth to achieve colors...

Periodically Image Draw becomes unresponsive, in the event, copy Temp folder form install directory to desktop before killing app.