Re:Bobcad 17

>This I don't feel is fair as Bobcad and Vector
> are CAD - CAM programs after all. I know that vector has spun the

CAD side

> off to be a stand alone but it's roots are still with CAD - CAM.

Vector started as a Windows Cad-Only in 1993.

> I would type in SL [ shortcut for Slot ], 10 [ Width ], 30 [

Length ] and

> then place it on the drawing using one of the F keys as a snap

point - job

> done.

left-click on drawing tool bar [Draw-Rectangle ]
enter 10 [Length value] tab 30 [width value] enter
Job done in Windows, without having to learn or memorize codes.(Old
Man with poor memory here)

defaults to the bottom left corner at the origin, the origin can be
placed anywhere in the drawing that is a snap point BEFORE defining
the rectangle.

Complex options available on the dialog if you want, corner radius, Z
depth, Cylindrical-Polar coordinates for location, and whether or not
to set the bottom left corner or the center of the rectangle at a
specified X-Y-Z location

> There is no way using any of the CAD - CAM programs I have tried

that I

> could do drawings as fast as the way I do now.

Old dog new tricks? ;-)

> Going back to the earlier posts about selecting multiple entities a

decent

> CAD package can select by each, window, layer, colour, line style,

fill

> style, prior, all, certain entities like all the circles OR any

combination

> of these like window but not the green lines on layer 7.

Vector CAN select any combination of these AND using the OR logic.
You can select all circles on layer "contour" with a line width
of .03 and blue color excluding any thing else. You can also pick
and match select, reverse select to in effect NOT select the named
attributes, and you can also use a pippette to draw attributes from
one entity and "pour" them into another.

You can Box select anything that falls fully within a rubberband box,
or Box select anything that touches a rubberband box.

Vector can also select circles by range of degrees of arc and/or by a
range of radii sizes.

All 10 MM - 20 MM circles, All Fillets < 5 MM, etc.