AVSnap

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• AV System Design – Allows the user to create library symbols, assign snap points property, connect symbols with cable object and generate list of materials and cables.
• AV System Layout – Allows the user to create symbols for front or back panels, position them in a rack and connect them with cable. Provide wiring diagram to a technician for rack wiring.
• Flow Chart Mode – Allows the user to develop a variety of flow charts.
• Presentation mode – Allows the user to present multiple pages. All keys work in a similar way to PowerPoint.
• Communication mode – Test all protocols for communicating with equipment using communication mode. Press the telephone icon to transform AVSnap into a Hyperterminal with a twist. You have two windows: Terminal window and Notepad. Jot down commands and then send them through a COM port or over the network.
• Language editor – If you want to use your native language with AVSnap, select language editor and type in all the text displayed. Once done, switch to your own language for simplicity.
• GUI design — Set page format to pixels to reveal the GUI design environment. Design buttons, sliders, and video objects. Import PNG files to create the GUI background and press F11 for full development language. Execute created program on a PC or a standalone touch pane.
• Web server (License required) – Anything you design in AVSnap can be served on the web. Graphics, pages, GUI, or anything else. GUI can be used to control equipment over the web.

AVSnap can combine groups of objects into libraries that users can select from to create their diagrams. Users can create their libraries or choose from ones included from other companies, including Simtrol,{{cite news |date=2005-03-10 |title=Altinex and Simtrol launch MultiTasker Friendly control software |url=http://digitalcontentproducer.com/enewsletters/Altinex-Simtrol-Multitasker-03102005/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217091621/http://digitalcontentproducer.com/enewsletters/Altinex-Simtrol-Multitasker-03102005/ |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |accessdate=2009-07-05 |work=Millimeter |publisher=Penton Media}} Calypso Systems,{{cite news |date=2005-10-04 |title=Calypso Control Systems Creates Product Libraries for Altinex's AVSnap |url=http://digitalcontentproducer.com/enewsletters/Calypso_Altinex_AVSnap_10042005/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217091631/http://digitalcontentproducer.com/enewsletters/Calypso_Altinex_AVSnap_10042005/ |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |accessdate=2009-07-05 |work=Millimeter |publisher=Penton Media}} and partner Analog Way.{{cite news|url=http://www.mywire.com/a/SystemsContractorNews/Altinex-Partners-Analog-Way/1588677?extID=10051|title=Altinex Partners With Analog Way|date=2005-02-01|work=My Wire|accessdate=2009-07-05}}

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The origins of AVSnap started in 1993, a time where very few vendors provided software for designing AV systems. As such, many AV professionals desired a development tool that could be used in-house and offer an easy information exchange.

• List of CAD companies
• Stardraw
• AutoCAD

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• [http://www.avsnap.com/ AVSnap homepage]
• [http://www.altinex.com/ Altinex homepage]

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