Introduction (Using the Engine) New in Version 2025.1

Using the CAD6engine, you can easily include the power of CAD6 and DirectPDF into your own Windows applications. Create precise technical drawings and documents, visualize and print, export as PDF, SVG, EMF, WMF, DXF, DWG, HP-GL/2, as well as various bitmap files, and much more. You can even offer a complete graphical CAD interface to your users to view and alter the data you created.

The CAD6engine is basically addressed to C++ developers with some experience in Windows programming, i.e. it assumes knowledge of the programming language C++ and of basic Win32/x64 topics. The CAD6engine may also be used with other compilers that are able to use the supplied C++ compatible dynamic link library MKCAD6engine.dll and the corresponding MKCAD6engine.lib file. The application using the CAD6engine must be compiled in x64 (64-bit) mode for Window 8 and higher.

Anyway, we recommend the use of the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Studio (at least Version 2019) with a C++ tool set – the compiler that we use. It creates fast and robust code, and it has a powerful user interface that allows fast and easy development of complex projects.

CAD6engine and CAD6 are independent, i.e. they use different licenses, different locations for INI files, etc. All CAD6engine-based applications share the same set of INI files, all CAD6studio and CAD6industrie share a different set of INI files, and CAD6starter instances share another set of INI files. They may, however, share common libraries, databases, fonts, collections, and alike. A user can use any number of CAD6engine-based applications while concurrently running multiple CAD6studio, CAD6industrie, or CAD6starter instances.