was a
Vector based drawing
Application released along with the first
Apple Macintosh systems in
1984 . MacDraw was one of the first
WYSIWYG drawing programs that could be used in collaboration with
MacWrite . MacDraw was useful for drawing technical diagrams and floorplans. It was eventually adapted by
Claris and in the early
1990s a Pro version was released with Color support.
The first version of MacDraw was similar to that of
MacPaint , featuring both the same tools and pattern. However MacDraw was vector based meaning an object's properties and placement can be changed later. MacDraw included features for printing and also integrated into
MacWrite with Cut & Paste. MacDraw was more advanced than MacPaint, featuring a grid and the ability to change the drawing dimensions. However MacDraw lacked support for using more than one document at a time, and also Zooming capabilities. MacDraw was especially useful in drawing
Flowcharts , diagrams and
Technical Drawing s.
MacDraw II released by
Claris introduced the lacked features that were not in the last version and was also enhanced for the
Macintosh II . MacDraw eventually evolved into
MacDraw Pro and ultimately
ClarisDraw .
