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What is the difference between technical illustration and graphic design software?

April 26, 2017difference graphic design illustration Software Technical

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What is the difference between technical illustration and graphic design software?

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Graphics, page layout and flowcharting applications provide powerful tools for graphic designers, creative professionals and general business users. However, these applications do not offer the features required for accurate technical illustrations used in product documentation. For example, technical illustrations rely on callouts to provide additional information on specific objects, such as parts numbers, magnifying effects or text descriptions. A key requirement for technical illustrations is that halos surround callouts (and other explanatory lines in the drawing) so that they are easily readable in complex graphics. Creating halos with creative graphics applications requires 10 to 15 steps. However, with the specialized features provided by Corel DESIGNER X4, halos are created automatically with callouts and now also with other types of lines and curves.