Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd

Greetings,

I use Ashlar's Vellum Solids (which also includes a complete 3D CAD
system and is linked to the model). It is the easiest solids modeling
system to learn that I have encountered. Also, they were the first to
do the track ball thingy, and it runs very well on a 600mhz PIII, and I
had no problems with it on a 233mhz PII.

http://www.ashlar.com

It is intended to design in solids and then move the design to the 3D
CAD system.

It is around $4000 and one of the few available for the Mac.

I love it.

FWIW,

Craig Chamberlin

Ian Wright wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Autocad 14 and 2000 does do solid modelling in 3D but not in quite the same
> 'video game' sort of way as other packages. Rhino Cad is another option
> which uses basically Autocad commands and also does 3D solids.
>
> Ian
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield UK
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@...>
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> Sent: 27 July 2001 15:37
> Subject: 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<
> >
> > True, true.
> > But what an awful, counterintuitive, unfriendly program to have to
> learn!!!
> > For my money, the way of the future is solid modelling.
> > That means either Pro E or Solidworks. (There are others, but these two
> have
> > dominant market share and are likely to be the de-facto standards of the
> > future)
> >
> > The advantages of solid modelling for any kind of design are many, and
> most
> > serious designers are going this route in order to tap into those
> benefits.
> >
> > An additional benefit of solid modellers, is that the skill set learned
> with
> > one program is far more transferable to another modelling package than the
> > skills learned with a conventional drafting package.
> >
> > With solids, the model construction strategy is the bulk of the skill, and
> > this is useful to know for any other solid modeller.
> >
> > With a program like Autocad, the commands and how to manipulate them
> > efficiently is a far bigger part of what you learn, so a change of CAD
> > package puts you much farther back (to square one) than it does if you
> know
> > how to model in solids.
> >
> > Not only that; a solid model gives you immediate access to a physical
> model
> > via stereolithography, whereas a CAD drawing gives you nothing in that
> > regard, and stereolith is a godsend for those who need a physical model
> but
> > don't have the skills to make one.
> >
> > Last I checked, Solidworks is not much more expensive than Autocad; and
> you
> > have to consider that you are investing in your son's EDUCATION!!!
> >
> > Why hobble him with a dinosaur, when the cutting edge is available.
> >
> > Comments anyone??
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marcus
> >
> >
> >
> >
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