StarDraw
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Founded in 1993 by ex-Microsoft
development manager David Snipp Stardraw is a company that makes audio/visual system integration
and design
software .
(A/V) market
of and audio/visual system, that is similar to an A/V schematic
or a Computer network diagram.
The software includes preset equipment icons to make it quick to create an illustration of a A/V system network design.
Their software of this type includes
System integration
Stardraw control is their Integrated development environment
for creating Touchscreen remote control
of a wide variety of equipment.
Typical uses include room automation in boardrooms, auditoriums, museums or home theaters, where users use fixed and wireless touch-screens to control devices such as video projectors and displays, PCs, DVD and VCR players and recorders, cameras, teleconferencing systems, audio/video switchers and processing equipment, motorized projection screens, drapes, lighting, HVAC systems, and a wide variety of other types of equipment. Other common uses include entertainment systems, industrial command and control centers, security systems, hotels and restaurants.
What separates their software from rivals AMX and Crestron
is that it does not require any special hardware instead it runs on any machine running Microsoft Windows
, further more the drivers and scripts for it are written in the general programming language C# rather than a propriety language and designed in a graphical environment similar to that used by Microsoft's programming languages.
The software also present a Web service
interface which enables non-windows devices to control the software for example Tablet computer
s such as Apples iPad
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
development manager David Snipp Stardraw is a company that makes audio/visual system integration
System integration
In engineering, system integration is the bringing together of the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system...
and design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
software .
Software
Stardraw has two different but related sets of software both for the Audio-visualAudio-visual
The term Audio-Visual may refer to works with both a sound and a visual component, the production or use of such works, or to equipment used to create and present such works...
(A/V) market
Computer aided design
One group is for creating a visual routing diagramDiagram
A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique. Sometimes, the technique uses a three-dimensional visualization which is then projected onto the two-dimensional surface...
of and audio/visual system, that is similar to an A/V schematic
Schematic
A schematic diagram represents the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. A schematic usually omits all details that are not relevant to the information the schematic is intended to convey, and may add unrealistic elements that aid comprehension...
or a Computer network diagram.
The software includes preset equipment icons to make it quick to create an illustration of a A/V system network design.
Their software of this type includes
- Stardraw Audio
- Stardraw A/V
- Stardraw A/V Lite
- Stardraw Lighting 2D
System integrationSystem integrationIn engineering, system integration is the bringing together of the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system...
Stardraw control is their Integrated development environmentIntegrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
for creating Touchscreen remote control
Touchscreen remote control
A touchscreen remote control is a handheld remote control device which uses a touchscreen user interface to replace most of the hard, built-in physical buttons used in normal remote control devices...
of a wide variety of equipment.
Typical uses include room automation in boardrooms, auditoriums, museums or home theaters, where users use fixed and wireless touch-screens to control devices such as video projectors and displays, PCs, DVD and VCR players and recorders, cameras, teleconferencing systems, audio/video switchers and processing equipment, motorized projection screens, drapes, lighting, HVAC systems, and a wide variety of other types of equipment. Other common uses include entertainment systems, industrial command and control centers, security systems, hotels and restaurants.
What separates their software from rivals AMX and Crestron
Crestron Electronics
Crestron Electronics is a company that manufactures systems for home automation and audio/video control. The hardware developed by Crestron includes programmable controllers including touch panels, keypads, and lighting control systems...
is that it does not require any special hardware instead it runs on any machine running Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, further more the drivers and scripts for it are written in the general programming language C# rather than a propriety language and designed in a graphical environment similar to that used by Microsoft's programming languages.
The software also present a Web service
Web service
A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...
interface which enables non-windows devices to control the software for example Tablet computer
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...
s such as Apples iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
See also
- List of CAD companies
- AMX
- CrestronCrestron ElectronicsCrestron Electronics is a company that manufactures systems for home automation and audio/video control. The hardware developed by Crestron includes programmable controllers including touch panels, keypads, and lighting control systems...
- AutoCADAutoCADAutoCAD is a software application for computer-aided design and drafting in both 2D and 3D. It is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. First released in December 1982, AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs to run on personal computers, notably the IBM PC...
- AVSnapAVSnapAVSnap is a freeware audio/visual system integration and design software that was created by Altinex Inc. in 2004. The software started as a way to create a visual routing diagram of and audio/visual system, that is similar to an A/V schematic or a Computer network diagram...