			LCE-CAD Version 1.2
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		(Windows95/98/NT/2000/Me-Intel)
                   Release Date 2nd August 2001

LCE-CAD - a Home Design Software .'LCE-CAD' stands for Learning through
Creativity and Excellence in Computer Aided Design  and has been  
developed by Mayank Malik.

This README.TXT file contains the following sections:

    1) Introduction
    2) Features
    3) Installation

1) INTRODUCTION
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LCE-CAD is a  basic Design Software with multiple uses . It has generic
tools which are useful for the design of virtually anything on a 2D 
surface . It offers many advanced features like full Undo and Redo
capabilities which help to change a particular design step even if u
are working with a previously saved file. This offers unique 
functionality for the user.

2) FEATURES
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Additions in Ver 1.2 :
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* Added Resize Functionality to all the drawing tools
* New Flip/Mirror Tool to Change the orientation of a figure or a
  series of figures
* Better imaging support
* Removed Bug in Zoom Tool
* Added Play Animation Tool to replay all the steps

Other highlights of the software are :
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* Over 40 drawing Patterns
* Option of saving images in JPEG / BMP file format and to import
 bitmap images as background
* A smart animated cursor which brings joy in designing
* A Selection  tool to calculate the Area / Perimeter of the selected 
 region
* Option of drawing any N- sided Polygon
* 5 Line Styles to choose from , including  pattern styles for thick
 lines
* 18 Different Drawing Objects to choose from
* User defined input of coordinates and Drawing Objects
* Option to choose any font for Text

3) INSTALLATION
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LCE-CAD Ver 1.2  supports only the following operating systems
(running on Intel processors):

    * Windows 95
    * Windows 98
    * Windows NT 4.0 
    * Windows 2000 / Me

IMPORTANT: Before installing this version of LCE-CAD , be sure to 
remove any existing versions of the product.  You can remove previous
version of LCE-CAD via 
Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs. 

LCE-CAD is packaged as a self-extracting executable file. To install 
it , launch the Lce-cad.exe file and follow the setup instructions. 

All LCE-CAD files are installed under the LCE-CAD root directory.  By 
default, this gets installed under C:\Program Files\LCE-CAD, 
but you can modify the destination directory during the setup process.  
