Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd

Hi Tom,

Autocad is the industry standard and would probably give your lad more
options for future employment but I wouldn't go to the expense of buying a
full professional package straight away. You can download a free copy of
Intellicad from Cadopia.com and have a fully functional Autocad 14 clone
free.

This has virtually all the functionality of the latest Autocad and is a very
good way to learn it. You will also find that all cad systems are aimed at
particular markets, mostly for architects and so, if your son is intending
to use his cad for engineering specifically, you may eventually have to go
for Autocad Mechanical Desktop or one of the more specialised packages like
Catia etc. which will do things like 3D screw threads etc.

HTH.

Ian
--
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Eldredge" <harmonyt@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 26 July 2001 22:04
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd


> 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
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> Addresses:
> FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html
> FILES: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/
>
> Post messages: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subscribe: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
> Unsubscribe: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> List owner: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-owner@yahoogroups.com, wanliker@...
> Moderator: jmelson@... timg@... [Moderator]
> URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO
> bill,
> List Manager
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>