Re:Bobcad 17

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, "Fred Smith" <imserv@i...> wrote:

> Vector started as a Windows Cad-Only in 1993.

Sorry Fred I stand corrected

>
> > 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)
>

Sorry Fred, I didn't make it clear enough. The slot is a rounded end
slot like in a link or for a keyway.
To do a normal slot or rectangle I would have to type in B @10,30
The B being for Box, [ R is reseved for redraw ]
This is also in Windows and there's nothing wrong with your memory
<bg>

> 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? ;-)

WUF WUF ?

>
> > 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.

Again Fred I stand corrected.
As you can probably remember, if your memory is that good <g>
I had a demo of Vector around about version 5 or 6.
To be honest I couldn't get on with it. The way you had to draw in
the way you wanted to cut wasn't they way I worked. Perhaps things
have changed, I don't know. I'm certainly not calling Vector. After
many, many problems with Bobcad and getting nowhere with any help and
seeing how they glossed over known faults it's nice to see a company
like Vector who listen to what people want.
If I were still in the market for a CAM program and need to do 3D
them I would have looked at Vector again in more detail.
As it is I only do 2 1/2D work and the package I have is very good
for this.