get avax-cad's vb6 source code and make your own stand alone cad program based on avax vector activex control. with avax-cad you can view, create, edit, print, and manage 2d vector drawings. you can export drawings to virtually any file type, including dxf, svg, swf, plt, pic, pdf, xml, rtf and wmf. you can import files like bmp, jpeg, ico, wmf, pcx, shp, rtf and dxf. some other features: - standard geometric drawing items (line, point, polyline, arc, circle, ellipse, polygon, bezier, etc). - text with windows based fonts. - polygon shapes filled with any kind of patterns (autocad .pat files, api solid or pattern, bitmaps etc). shapes have z order . - blocks creation and insertion. - color palette, layers, width, font table, line and point types. - zoom window, extends, dynamic, pan, all and previous. - select (window, in window, all, select add-sub) . - grid and snap. - copy, array, move, scale, rotate, mirror etc. - snap to end line, nearest, middle, intersection, perpendicular etc. - trim, fillet, extend, offset and hatch with lines. - dimensions and angles. - copy, cut and paste. - measure distance and area. - print to multiple pages. - print preview. - undo/redo command. line types, font table etc. important note: the license for avax-cad source code does not represent a license for avax vector activex control too.