Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 1046

I like Rhino for its 3D CAD features. For 2D CAD I wouldn't touch it! I
use Quick CAD for 2D. It's has features that make CAD drawing much easier
and faster (than Rhino). It is a smaller version of AutoCAD and comes from
the same people but is MUCH cheaper.

For really big design jobs though I really prefer the old 8 foot drawing
board with an 8 foot straight edge. I can draw faster with one of those
than on a computer simply because I can see the entire job at once and it's
much easier to "scroll" (with the eyes) along a straight edge than it is
across a screen.

Smoke

>Fred Smith wrote:
>
>I am concerned that those getting advice don't always understand the
>background of the advisor & maybe
>it would help in some cases if people would describe a little about the
>kinds of parts that given kinds of
>approaches are suggested for.
>
>As an example sometimes Rhino is suggested as a great Cad system. It is ,
>provided
>that you want to make swoopy, nurbs surfaces. It is however not that great
>if you want
>to make simple 2 axis CAD drawings of parts with edges. The free
>Intellicad may do a
> better job in this case.
>
>[Intellicad better than Rhino? Say what? What were you trying to do that
>Rhino couldn't handle? I've been working on this very thing, trying to see
>what Vector can (and can't) do, and Rhino seems to do just fine at making
>simple 2d, square-edged forms, although this is admittedly not an ability
>that sets it apart from the crowd. Maybe if you told us what your specific
>problem was, there would be an equally simple solution. In the meantime, if
>you promise not to badmouth Rhino around here any more, I will forbear from
>venting about Vector in this forum- although I've been cursing it plenty
>under my breath lately...]
>
>Andrew Werby