Re: RE:Cad programs

Fred,

Are you familiar with a program called 3D-Studio (or was it 3D-
Designer?) I have a customer who is a well known artist specializing
in large scale outdoor public art. He uses 3D-"whatever" in his
design and presentations. His computer guy gave me a demonstration
which I thought was impressive. Probably fairly expensive?

Also, have you ever looked at VisualCad which now owned by IMSI?
I've found it easy to use.

thanks,

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, "Fred Smith" <imserv@i...> wrote:
> Dan,
>
> I'm going to go out on a limb here and offer Vector Cad to
you and any others that are interested for $100.00. It will have all
the 3D wire frame drawing capabilities as the Full version of Vector
Cad-Cam, and can be upgraded to the full version Cam for the
difference in price between the two. I don't think that you will get
the 3D surfacing (Skin) capabilities, pocketing, nor wrap cylinder.
Unfortunately I'm not quite sure what the exact mix of the CAM
drawing functions is included. I think that offset curves are
included as well as I'm sure that all the entity drawing and
dimensioning. Sometimes I can sneak a few extras in that would not
normally get included. ;-)
>
> Note this is a special price & only available to listserve
members. I will try to hold it as long as possible, probably at
least through October. If you feel comfortable with the free ones,
you won't hurt my feelings. I have Intellicad here & use it for a
few things. I don't use Turbo cad because I bought their version 3.0
or so & it was very poorly designed. (I don't like Autocad either) I
tend to do most of my drawing in Vector because it is very
productive. I think like windows after 10 years of so of using it &
that is exactly the way Vector works. Select objects, perform many
functions on them, keep going without having to reselect, copy-paste,
wysiwyg in 3D wireframe Cad.
>
> As far as the 3D modelers go, I would like to point out a couple
that are not discussed too much. I may be stupid, but I would rather
let as many become adept at 3D than just those that can afford Amapi
(even though it is so cheap!)
>
> 2 that I have looked at & played with a bit are :
>
> Minos 2.2 Freeware at : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rleboite/minos.htm
>
> and Ray Henry or Dave Anderson, (I forget which sorry) told me
about
>
> Blender which is still free at: http://www.blender.nl
>
> It's a Python application, which apparently makes it a good
candidate for Linux systems too.
>
>
> The only reason that I didn't go with either of these as a
companion to StlWork is that they have very little support in the US,
whereas Amapi has people that will answer my phone calls and keep me
on the phone much longer than I should for help understanding their
product. Somewhat like I have been with a few of you ;-) I'm being
a little bit generous about the capabilities of these two, because
they don't really come close to ALL the features in Amapi, but they
are GOOD tools to get an understanding of what 3D modeling is all
about.
>
> I almost forgot Solid Edge Origin at: http://www.solid-
edge.com/Origin/
>
> It is a free solid modeler, but will only save in it's native file
format. The Plus version that gives you a chance to save your work
in other usable formats is about $495 as I recall.
>
>
>
> Best Regards, Fred Smith- IMService
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