Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cad Programs - some notes

John Stevenson wrote:

>
> Also free is the old Ashlar Vellum drawing board. Small and simple program
> that also handles parametrics.
> Down load from ftp://ftp.mcesoft.com/pub/dblt/
>

Hello, John,

A belated thank you for the files on the small Velum program. It took a while to get them to load, and I finally got it with the
help of Matt Shaver on the Cad Cam list. I've been using Vellum 3D for years, and wouldn't do without it, but I wanted my
apprentice to have a computer with CAD of her own to use and didn't want to spring for another platform (it's dongle protected) I
just loaded Drawing Board on her PC today, and it looks really usable. It doesen't have a few really useful commands, like
parallel lines, and polygons, and the super useful polar duplicate, and oddly, although it supports layers (they are in the info
box) it doesn't have a way to create and name new layers. But the things it does have are legion, and I much appreciate your help
in getting it.

The drawing assistant feature is almost indespensible, I can't imagine how anyone does CAD without it. Trying to draw even the
simplest thing using Vector is like trying to get a camel through the eye of the needle.

Again, Thanks.

David M. Munro