Tools for graphically rich technical designs

Powerful tools developed specifically for illustration and design ensure the highest precision and speed when creating axonometric drawings, detailed annotations and advanced dimensioning. You can increase the level of detail in your technical illustrations using projected shape tools - such as thread, hole, cylinder, and prism tools.

Reuse critical resources

With the integrated add-on module XVL Studio Corel Edition you can reuse 3D models. The optionally available add-on module XVL Studio 3D CAD Corel Edition also supports extended 3D CAD assembly formats. Using 3D visualization options, 3D models can be inserted as linked or embedded objects in Corel DESIGNER files.

Tools for high-impact visual communication

From manufacturing and development to architecture and high-tech, time-saving new illustration features and innovative tools enable a new level of productivity.

The new features

Precise

Productive

Innovative

Compatible

The new features

New intelligent tools simplify collaboration on technical designs with customers and colleagues.

• Share your concepts with everyone involved and invite them to add their comments and remarks directly to the CorelDRAW file via CorelDRAW.app.
• It's never been easier to make the design customizations you want.

Improved style workflow

Working with lines, atriums and styles is much more productive.

• Automatically adjust the line widths of curves, rectangles, ellipses, and more with the time-saving Draw mode for different line widths.
  
• And when adding halos to lines, you can now lock the ratio of outline width to halo width, allowing seamless scaling.

Improved label handling

Numerous optimizations simplify the communication of information on specific areas of a technical drawing or illustration.

• The new tool for labels without a label line allows you to add labels that do not require a guide line to create a distance from the part.
• Automatically apply hotspots and object information when creating labels to save time and apply labels to nested groups.
• Take advantage of a new way to attach object information to symbols.

Time-saving new features and faster performance

With the suite's noticeably faster applications and versatile tools, you'll work much more efficiently.

• With the new wrapping feature in Corel DESIGNER 2020, you can quickly and easily wrap an object around a cylinder, such as a label around a bottle.
• You can process images at top speed using AI-supported image enlargement and JPEG artifact removal.
• Intelligent, machine-learning algorithms ensure the best results when vectorizing bitmaps.

Improved 3D conversion and reuse with XVL Studio Corel Edition

Technical illustrators who use 3D designs from existing sources will benefit from a number of enhancements in XVL Studio Corel Edition

• These include simplified object structure for imported 3D views in Corel DESIGNER.
• Or searching metadata of assemblies, parts, dimensions and annotations corresponding to Corel DESIGNER illustrations in the Corel DESIGNER Object Data window.
• An improved snapshot workflow allows you to link parts and annotations to specific snapshots and send multiple snapshots at once instead of repeating the process.

Features that use artificial intelligence

The new image enlargement function and removal of JPEG artifacts rely on artificial intelligence, as does the optimized PowerTRACE for vectorizing bitmaps.

Powerful tools for visual communication

Precise

• Tools for axonometric drawings

  Isometric or other parallel projected illustrations for assembly and maintenance instructions can be created on projected surfaces. Project existing flat objects onto the desired surface instead of calculating everything manually.
  

• Advanced dimensioning tools

  With the dimensioning tools, dimensions no longer need to be drawn and projected in several steps. Display accurate measurements in blueprints, etc. Add context to dimensions and note lines with projected arrows.

• Tools for axonometric drawings

  Isometric or other parallel projected illustrations for assembly and maintenance instructions can be created on projected surfaces. Project existing flat objects onto the desired surface instead of calculating everything manually.
  

• Advanced dimensioning tools

  With the dimensioning tools, dimensions no longer need to be drawn and projected in several steps. Display accurate measurements in blueprints, etc. Add context to dimensions and note lines with projected arrows.

• Streamline caption creation

  Labels based on object metadata are dynamically updated and changed. You always have an overview of all important design details. Fixed labels remain linked to the source objects when they are changed. New labels without a reference line are ideal when a label does not require a leader line.

• Drawing scale control

  Use the drawing scale controls to create illustrations and diagrams to scale. View the current drawing scale, switch to another preset, or set a custom scale. Corel DESIGNER maintains the drawing scale when importing a vector illustration from a 3D model view. This allows you to place imported views to scale.

 

Productive

• OPTIONAL: Functions for further use of 3D CAD data

  The optional XVL Studio 3D CAD add-on also provides animation tools and allows you to work with 3D CAD design files. XVL Studio 3D CAD Corel Edition supports native 3D CAD file formats, ensuring support for assemblies and parts from 3D CAD systems.

• OPTIONAL: Automatic illustration update using 3D CAD source data and 3D publishing

  The enhanced add-on XVL Studio 3D CAD allows you to update illustrations based on 3D CAD sources using the 'auto-detect and update' tool when changes are made to the underlying design data. You can also publish your document as a 3D PDF or XVL file format for sharing on the web or mobile devices.

• Hotspot functions

  The labeling tool in Corel DESIGNER allows you to add interactive features to the labeling forms in technical publications. Save time by automatically applying hotspots and object information when creating labels. Labels can also be applied to nested groups.

• Object styles and presets

  Use object styles, color styles and color harmonies to unify the look, style and layout of your design projects. Use pre-installed style groups that conform to the S1000D specification for technical illustration. In addition, shortcut keys can be used to speed up the workflow.

• Formula Editor

  You can insert mathematical and scientific formulas into drawings, display them and change them if necessary. You can open or import existing formulas from older CorelDRAW documents for later use in Corel DESIGNER formulas.

• Interactively straighten and adjust photos.

  Rotate crooked photos by aligning an alignment line with an element in the photo or by specifying an appropriate rotation angle. Adjust the perspective of buildings, landmarks, or objects in your photos using the interactive Perspective Corrector tool.

• Wrap objects around cylinders

  With the new wrapping function, an object can be wrapped quickly and easily around a cylinder or ellipse, such as a label around a bottle.

Innovative

• Team-based coordination and approval

  Use CorelDRAW.app to share .DES and .CDR files and get real-time feedback from all project participants. Streamline the review process and invite clients or colleagues to add their feedback directly to your work file.

• Add comments and annotations

  The new 'Comments' docking window, which can be used to display, answer and clarify feedback, ensures that all participants are always at the same level of knowledge. Easily add detailed comments, markups and annotations to a document.

• Draw mode for different stroke widths

  Quickly add depth to an isometric drawing with the time-saving Draw mode for different line widths. Apply two different line widths simultaneously and invert them with a single click.

• Scaling of halos and outlines

  When adding atriums, you can now lock the ratio between outline width and atrium width so that they can be scaled seamlessly.

• Adding a perspective effect

  Quickly create the illusion of distance and depth by assigning perspective to bitmaps and vector objects directly in the drawing window. This tool is ideal for presenting technical illustrations and graphics in real-world scenarios.

• Apply envelopes to bitmaps

  Deform bitmaps interactively. Place the bitmaps in a shell and then move the nodes of the shell. Quickly and seamlessly incorporate bitmaps into illustrations using envelope presets or custom envelopes.

• GPU-accelerated vector previews

  Complex vector shapes can be repositioned and edited without straining system resources. Using the graphics processing unit (GPU) can help speed up the display and editing of graphics in Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, and Corel PHOTO-PAINT on certain computers.

• Symmetry drawing mode

  Create various symmetrical designs in real time: from simple objects to complex effects. Automating this otherwise time-consuming process allows you to work much faster.

Compatible

• Publication of 3D PDF files

  Publication as a 3D PDF file allows 3D content to be displayed interactively together with other visual and text elements. With Corel DESIGNER, files can be exported as 3D PDFs to create documents that contain text, graphics and embedded 3D elements for cross-media publishing. 3D PDF files can be viewed with free PDF readers.

• Advanced automation functions

  Create macros and add-on modules with Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Developers can use the advanced automation interface to create utilities and macros that interact with the drawing page and extend the product applications.

• Integration with SharePoint CMS

  Customers with a CorelDRAW Technical Suite 2020 Enterprise license will enjoy additional benefits for collaboration and file sharing through the enhanced connectivity of Corel DESIGNER and CorelDRAW with Microsoft SharePoint sites. You get the ability to access your organization's document management system (DMS) directly from these applications.

• Translation Management System (TMS) workflow

  Create illustrations that contain descriptive text, output the text directly to a translation management system (TMS), and then process the translations in Corel DESIGNER to create global technical publications.

 

Extensive file compatibility

Compatibility with over 100 data file formats allows you to publish, share and output technical documents that meet technical publishing standards. Use cross-media publishing and distribution capabilities - including CGM, WebCGM (including S1000D 5.0), SVG, and PDF - to deliver files in a readable format.

 

 

Built from the ground up for Windows

Stylus

In addition to Wacom tablets and devices, pen-compatible Windows "Real-Time Stylus" tablets such as the Microsoft Surface are also supported to enable fast and efficient work.

Touch

Make adjustments quickly with a fingertip or stylus. The Touch Workspace maximizes the size of your drawing window by displaying only the most frequently used tools and commands. You can also pan and zoom with a single gesture.

Dial

Take advantage of support for dial input devices such as the Microsoft Surface Dial. Corel DESIGNER and CorelDRAW offer an alternative and intuitive way to work: work exclusively with a touch screen and the Dial. Set the keyboard aside and try out the context-sensitive on-screen user interface.

Content

Applications

• Corel DESIGNER™ 2020- Accurate technical illustration
• CorelDRAW® 2020 - vector illustration and page layout
• Corel PHOTO-PAINT™ 2020 - Professional image editing
• XVL Studio Corel Edition - 3D visualization and authoring software
• Corel Font Manager™ - Font search and management
• PowerTRACE™ - AI-supported vectorization of bitmaps (integrated into the Corel DESIGNER and CorelDRAW applications)
• CorelDRAW.app™ - Online vector illustration and graphic design via a web browser
• CAPTURE™ - Screen recording program
• AfterShot™ 3 HDR - RAW image processing program

Content

• 4,000 symbols commonly used in the industry: architecture, electronics, general, mechanics and tools
• 7,000 cliparts, digital images and templates for vehicle films
• 1,000 high-resolution digital photos
• More than 1,000 TrueType or OpenType fonts
• More than 150 professional templates, including more than 40 technical ANSI, DIN and ISO standard templates
• More than 600 gradients and vector and bitmap fills

Documentation

• Online help files
• User Manuals (PDF)

 

Technical data

• Windows 10*, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 in 64 Bit with the latest updates and service packs
• Intel Core i3/5/7/9 or AMD Ryzen 3/5/7/9/Threadripper, EPYC
• OpenCL 1.2 capable video card (recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
• 7.4 GB free hard disk space
• Multitouch screen, mouse or tablet
• Screen resolution of 1280 x 720 at 100 % (96 dpi)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or higher
• Microsoft.NET Framework 4.7.2
• Optional: DVD drive (to install the boxed version);
• Installation from DVD requires a download of up to 2 GB
• An Internet connection is required to install and authenticate CorelDRAW Technical Suite and to access some of the included software components, online features and content.

*CorelDRAW Technical Suite 2020 supports Windows 10, version 1903, 1909 and later versions that may be released during the CorelDRAW Technical Suite 2020 lifecycle.