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'''''Draw Utility''''' is a type-in art program from the 5 January 1985 issue of [[Personal Computer News]] (UK). The program is part drawing tool, part graphic loading tool; with the latter being re-useable in other software. The application is therefore able to be used to produce graphics in BASIC games and other software; at the user's discretion.

== Controls ==

The cursor, which defines where lines, etc both start and end, is controlled with the arrow keys. The program has a number of features, each accessed via a single keypress.

* '''P''' - Select a Picture (from 0 to 9)
* '''D''' - Draw the selected picture on screen
* '''F''' - Finish the selected picture and move on to the next
* '''L''' - Set the starting point for drawing a line or arc
* '''E''' - Set the end point for the line or arc and draw it
* '''R''' - Set the first corner for drawing a rectangle
* '''M''' - Set the opposite corner for drawing a rectangle, then draw it as a filled rectangle
* '''I''' - Partial infill (see below)
* '''T1''' - Mark the first point of a triangle
* '''T2''' - Mark the second point of a triangle
* '''T3''' - Mark the third point of a triangle, then draw it
* '''Z''' - Clear the screen
* '''K''' - Re-draw the previous picture number, starting at the current cursor position
* '''X''' - Delete the last command (clear the screen and re-draw using '''D''' to see the effect)
* '''B''' - Set the border colour
* '''C''' - Change the ink colour
* '''G''' - Display the cursor co-ordinates
* '''U''' - Display the length of the picture buffer space that has been used so far
* '''K''' - Save/Load picture buffer

== The Partial Infill Function ==

Infilling does not work the same way as a modern art package's 'bucket fill' tool would. Instead this function will draw a curve from the current cursor position back to the last position set as the starting position using the line tool. This allows very accurate in-filling, but can be confusing on first use.

== Download ==
* [[Media:PCNDrawUtility.zip|Download the program (DSK format)]]

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