Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:04:02 -0500, "Tom Eldredge"
<harmonyt@...> wrote:

>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?

Might also look at MicroStation. If he is a student anyplace, he can
get it at the student discount.

IntelliCAD as mentioned above in this thread is a good legal free way
to learn about AutoCAD like SW. The comment about what it will be
used for is important. In Mechanical design, at least at Boeing and
several other large companies I am familiar with, ProE is the package
that is used. I've heard it is also available to students - but I
haven't seen it in any college book stores yet.

Fitch
In So. Cal.

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