Pro/DESKTOP (commonly referred to as Pro/D and formerly known as DesignWave) is a discontinued computer-aided design (CAD) program from Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), that allowed users to design and model in 3D and create 2D drawings. It can transfer a 3D design into a 2D engineering drawing format and also create photo-realistic views using Album Views. It is part-compatible with Pro/ENGINEER, and uses the Granite kernel, but otherwise is a freestanding CAD system. Initially written by David Taylor in Cambridge, England, the original software is registered to Cyril Slug of the fictitious company Bimorcad Ltd. Dialog box 356 shows a picture of the author, wearing a red and black checked jacket sat on a wall, drinking a cup of tea outside his house. The software was built using Microsoft Visual C++ (Microsoft Foundation Class 4.X) and also software modules from D-Cubed to implement geometric constraint solution as well as parametric sketching and other part features required for file support with Pro/Engineer. The Pro/DESKTOP interface was available in English, French, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Japanese. Areas Drawing View This area allows the user to generate technical drawings from their design. The drawing view supports a number of industry standards including: AFNOR ANSI (Inch) ANSI (mm) BS308 DIN ISO JIS This view allows full linear, radial and angular dimensioning of designs and also supports part lists for assemblies of 2 or more components. Album Views This area allows the user to create photo-realistic view of their design. There is an array of different options available to alter this view. Options available are: A large library of different materials (sometimes called textures, with the option to add more, which can be applied to whole components or individual faces). A Choice of five different lighting options (Default, Room Lighting, Day Lighting, Flood Lighting and Spot Lighting) A Choice of eight different camera lenses, these digitally alter the view to give the illusions of the chosen camera lens. These are: Fisheye, 16 mm Ultra Wideangle, 20mm Wideangle, 28 mm Moderate Wideangle, 35 mm Standard, 50mm Moderate Telephoto, 70mm Telephoto, 110mm Reflex, 1000000mm System Requirements Computer Intel x86 or compatible (e.g. Pentium 166Mhz) microprocessor 64Mb of Random access memory Display 16 bit colour graphics capability (65535 colours) Recommended but not required: Size 1024 x 768 pixels 70 Hz refresh rate non interlaced 17" monitor for optimal use OpenGL hardware support recommended for optimal performance