Autotrax was a software application that ran on the DOS operating system on an IBM or compatible personal computer (PC).

[4] The program is mainly keystroke driven but to aid memorization a menu appears in the upper left corner of the screen whenever a command is issued.

These apparent limits mean that users quickly became good at driving the program and disinclined to change to anything newer and, in practice, slower.

The native file format for Autotrax and Easytrax is based on 1 mil (0.001 inch) increments, although the package shows measurements in millimetres if metric is selected.

The native file format allows for most of the information needed to manufacture basic PCBs except that it does not allow for non-plated-through holes.