MacDraw was a vector graphic drawing application released along with the first Apple Macintosh systems in 1984.
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11 Facts About MacDraw
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MacDraw was one of the first WYSIWYG drawing programs that could be used in collaboration with MacWrite.
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MacDraw was based on Apple's earlier program, LisaDraw, which was developed for the Apple Lisa computer which was released in 1983.
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However MacDraw was vector-based, meaning that an object's properties and placement can be changed at any time.
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MacDraw included features for printing and integrated into MacWrite via cut-and-paste.
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MacDraw was more advanced than MacPaint, featuring a grid and the ability to change the drawing dimensions.
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However MacDraw lacked support for using more than one document at a time, and lacked zooming capabilities.
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MacDraw was especially useful in drawing flowcharts, diagrams and technical drawings.
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MacDraw II was a complete rewrite of the original MacDraw.
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MacDraw II introduced color and many other missing features and was enhanced for the Macintosh II.
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MacDraw eventually evolved into MacDraw Pro and ultimately ClarisDraw.
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