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Requirements Specification

Documentation that might help someone somewhere someday. Also have a look at:

• Functional Design Specification
• Internal Design Specifications (not written yet - placeholder)

Requirements Specification

This is a basic explanation of the tasks the software should be able to achieve

Opening, closing and saving of files

1. Opening of DWG files. AutoCAD version 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002 DWG files should be openable
2. Saving of DWG files. AutoCAD version 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002 DWG files should be saveable
3. Opening of DXF files, AutoCAD version 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002 DXF files should be openable
4. Saving of DXF files. AutoCAD version 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002 DWG files should be saveable
5. Saving of SVG files. SVG version 1.0 files should be savable and conform to the relevent DTD
6. Saving of PNG files should be possible and produce valid PNG files
7. The user should be able to start the system and load a file using the external command line
8. The user should be able to activate the open file dialog from a graphical icon option
9. The user should be able to activate the open file dialog from the system menu
10. The user should be able to activate the open file dialog from the internal command line
11. The user should be able to close the current drawing without exiting the system
12. The user should be able to close the current drawing from the internal command line
13. The user should be able to close the current drawing from the system menu
14. The user should be able to close the current drawing from a graphical icon option

Viewing options

1. The user should be able to pan across the drawing
2. The user should be able to zoom into and out of the drawing
3. Zoom extents and zoom window options should be present
4. The user should be able to access the pan and zoom options from the internal command line
5. The user should be able to access the pan and zoom options from the menu options
6. The user should be able to access the pan and zoom options from graphical icons

Command aliases

1. The user should be able to access the command alias dialog from the menu options
2. The user should be able to navigate the dialog box without a mouse
3. The system should allow a standard AutoCAD PGP file to be substituted for its own and still work

Layers

1. All layers used in the drawing should show up in the dialog box
2. The user should be able to change the layers name, colour, linetype, on/off, freeze/thaw, viewport and locked/unlocked status.
3. The user should be able to navigate the dialog box without a mouse

Printing

1. The user should be able to print
2. The user should be able to navigate the dialog box without a mouse