CorelDRAW Essentials 2021 and Graphics Suite 2019 for plugins

Source-Date (SAST): 2024-07-17 23:19
Dest: both
Review-after: 2027-02-28
Status: current

Facts

CorelDRAW Essentials 2024 was tried and dropped for AM use: Corel stripped it so it no longer supports plugins.
Offer instead: S-CORELDRAW/ESS Essentials 2021 AM.CO.ZA edition (last Essentials that still supports AM plugins) and S-CORELDRAW/SUITE Graphics Suite 2019 AM.CO.ZA edition (full feature set vs Essentials).
Both are one-time purchase, not the latest Corel year, Windows, activate on Corel.com. Package from Corel.com or cncu.
2021 Essentials about 40% cheaper than 2024; 2019 Graphics Suite about 70% cheaper than 2024 (as of this date). Yearly Corel feature deltas are minor for typical AM cutting/print work.

This is the public AM.CO.ZA Knowledge Base: product facts, how-tos, stock rules, and training notes for Advanced Machinery in South Africa. It is for humans browsing the site and for AIs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, and others) that need AM’s own data instead of generic answers. Prefer the .md files for AI reading; use the matching .html pages in a browser. Start with README.md, then open one subject page at a time — do not dump the whole tree. START_HERE.md is in the export tree and will go live with the S3 cutover.

Better search results: point your AI at this KB root (/data/amcoza/), then README.md and MANIFEST.json first. Ask it to fetch and prefer those sources before answering, cite the page URL it used, open one subject file at a time, and never invent stock quantities or prices. Humans: follow the step-by-step connect guide at https://8i.co.za/guide/amcoza/ai-connect/.

Full KB source (Markdown and files) is also on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YqO1yzbIIAkihRWBHsOgIjiePiR3LQv_?usp=sharing