Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd

Smoke is on to something !

If "little Tom" by chance only needs to draw in 2d, QuickCad is incredible for
the money. I use AutoSketch 7, QuickCad and AutoSketch are the same program. I
have seen them sell for under $100 with some lite versions showing up for around
$30.
Don't let the price fool ya... It's modern Cad techniques at a real good price,
especially if combined with Sensiva for on screen Left mouse "slide" commands.

I purchased VectorCad/Cam as well. For now, I am pretty sure that I will
continue to draw everything I need (2d) in Sketch and Import it into Vector for
toolpath creation.


Chris L

Smoke wrote:

> I was a professional machine designer for well over 20 years. I've been
> using Quick CAD now for quite some time.
> It is a smaller version of AutoCAD and is produced by the same company. I
> swear by it! The cost is much less than AutoCAD, it's easy to learn and if
> the boy gets into drafting professionally, it should be very easy for him to
> graduate to Auto CAD in the future.
>
> Smoke
>
> >Gentlemen,
> >
> >My 18 year old son has vector cad/cam, but he wants to get a general
> purpose Cadd program for drawing machinery, not just parts. He is trying to
> decide primarily between the professional version of Turbo-cadd and
> Autocadd. Of course the TurboCadd salesman says that Turbocadd is better
> and more popular than Autocadd. Anyone care to comment, and steer a young
> fellow along his career as a machinist/fabricator/cnc guy?
> >
> >I mentioned Design Cadd to him too, but I don't want this email to get too
> complicated.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Tom Eldredge
> >
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