General Information
===================

This is version 0.9.4 of SagCAD. SagCAD is a CAD/CAM of 2D. 
Designed for the X Window System, it uses the GTK+ 1.2 libraries. 

Although new features are always under development, currently SagCAD has these
features:

    * 2D CAD
    * Opening/Saving/Creating of files;
    * Undo/Redo.
    * Font use Qcad cxf Font
    * Cut/Copy/Paste 
    * SGY/DXF/IGES/NC output
    * SGY/DXF/NC input
    * ps(PostScript) file output
    * CAM 
    * Ellipse and polyline


SagCAD is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, see
the file 'COPYING' for more information.


Information
===========

You can check the newest version and information about SagCAD at:

    http://sourceforge.jp/projects/sagcad/

Information about SagCAD mailing lists can be found at

    http://sourceforge.jp/projects/sagcad/lists/


Installation
============

SagCAD requires GTK+ libraries.

Simple install procedure:

  $ tar -zxvf sagcad-x.x.x.src.tar.gz   # unpack the sources
  $ cd sagcad-x.x.x            # change to the toplevel directory
  $ ./configure
  $ make                       # build SagCAD
  [ Become root if necessary ]
  # make install               # install SagCAD
  # exit

See the file 'INSTALL' for more detailed information.


Feedback
========

Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
very welcome.


How to report bugs
==================

Bugs should be reported to the Sourceforge bug tracking system.
(http://sourceforge.jp/tracker/?atid=1875&group_id=482&func=browse)
You will need to create an account for yourself.

In the bug report please include:
  
* Information about your system. For instance:

   - What operating system and version
   - What version of X
   - What version of the gtk+ and glib libraries
   - For Linux, what version of the C library

See the file 'BUGS' for the list of known bugs.


If you are interested in helping us to develop SagCAD, please see the 
file 'AUTHOR' for contact information and/or send a message to the SagCAD
mailing list. 


The SagCAD team.

