Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Bobcad 17 Review

Mike:

>You make a good point. I guess I made Quickcad seem worse than it
>is. But, at least with my version, you cannot, for example, move an entity
>say 5 thousandths in the X direction without manually recalculating the
>start/end points and essentially redefining the entity. Bobcad has a
>"translate" function that allows you to easily do such things to one entity
>at a time or, more important, with a whole collection of them.

Guess they fixed that in version 7.

>
>With my version of Quickcad (6.0), the minute you select more than one
>line, arc, etc., the coordinate boxes disappear and you're stuck moving
>things around with the mouse only (with sloppy accuracy). Doing all the
>calculations to move each entity that makes up a complex portion of a part
>a precise distance is a nightmare in Quickcad. It takes 5 seconds in

Bobcad.

It still has that "problem". But I get around it by drawing a "box" with
fixed, known corners COMPLETELY around the items I want to move. Then I
select the box and the specific entities I want to move, group them
together, make the move, expolde the group and remove the box.

>At least for the kind of work I'm doing, there's no comparison. Bobcad
>makes it easier to do precise coordinate work from scratch. Bobcad is
>optimized to work in thousandths (or finer precision).

Is there a trial version available? I'm looking at as many programs as I
can before I select one.

>In other ways (particularly for non-CAM work), Quickcad is the superior
>product. It has far more features and options for more elaborate drawings
>than Bobcad does. I have encountered a few bugs in Quickcad, however.

Yeah...it's superior to RHINO in some areas too.


Smoke