Corel Designer is a vector-based

Vector graphics

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics...

 graphics program. It was originally developed by Micrografx

Micrografx

Micrografx was a US-based software-house most notable for its graphics products. It was founded in 1982 by Paul and George Grayson and was the first company to release sophisticated graphics product for the Windows platform....

, which was bought by Corel

Corel

Corel Corporation from the abbreviation is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, that specializes in graphics processing, similar to Adobe Systems...

 in 2001.

The last version developed by Micrografx was 9.0 in 2001. This program was later sold as Corel Designer 9. The current version is X5. There are still a number of users who continue working with version 9.0, because newer versions of the product are based on a modified CorelDraw rather than the original product.

Corel Designer is effective for the creation of engineering drawing

Engineering drawing

An engineering drawing, a type of technical drawing, is used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items.Engineering drawing produces engineering drawings . More than just the drawing of pictures, it is also a language—a graphical language that communicates ideas and information...

s, but also offers many functions for graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

.

Release history

Name/Version	Latest Build Number	Original Release Date
Corel DESIGNER	10	2000
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite	12	2006
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite	X4	2009
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite	X5	2010