Author: Geoffrey Harrod

Ashlar-Vellum is quite an old name in CAD. Their 2D CAD system was available only on the Macintosh back before Microsoft Windows existed, when almost all CAD systems were on Unix workstations, plus a few 2D ones on DOS. They all had their own individualistic user interfaces, often depending heavily, as with the early AutoCAD of the time, on laborious typing of cryptic commands. In contrast, Ashlar-Vellum on the Mac at that time looked and worked rather similarly to the very latest and most innovative of today’s Windows CAD products. Their slogan is “Software that works the way you think”, and that is very appropriate.