RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] TurboCAD - Comments please

Bryan:

You might want to consider IMService's offering of VectorCAD-9. Fred offered
(He may still be offering... Fred?) a $15.00 version of the CAD package with
the hopes that some of us would be impressed enough to upgrade that package
to the "full" version. The particular version also had some extra goodies
enabled, such as the ability to offset the drawing by some distance (Maybe
half the cutter width) and provide lead-in's to the part. In all, it's a
nice package, and if you choose to upgrade to the "full" package, you'll
have a CAD package that can generate G-Codes as well. And, it appears that
you can personalize the G-Codes to the particular G-Code interpreter that
you're using. The CAD package is pretty decent. It's a Windows 3.1 program,
which means the 8.3 file name format. Of course, if you have an earlier
version of the Norton Utilities or get something likd Oren Manzuy's LFNBL10
long file name enabler to allow you to manipulate LFN's within the program
(You can open and save LFN's, but not create or saveas).

Another program you may want to consider is Intellicad. It's an AutoCAD
workalike that is available for free from either Atlas Computing or CMS.
Check earlier messages for the URL's, or search the web using the term
"Intellicad"

-- Carol & Jerry Jankura
Strongsville, Ohio
So many toys, So little time....

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Gail & Bryan Harries [mailto:gab@...]
| Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 1:57 PM
| To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO
| Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] TurboCAD - Comments please
|
|
| I had/used a copy of TurboCAD way back when (V1.?, before the version was
| quoted in the title)... it was a very basic package and like
| today was value
| for the money... I then ended up using AutoSketch and still use
| it today for
| quick 2D and isometric views of small parts... I found at that
| time, Sketch
| had better (more logical to me) menu system and methodology to drawing a
| part...
| My first 3D experience was AutoDesk's 3D Concepts... this didn't get much
| use though, although I remember it being logical to use... Then a
| few years
| back I purchased ProDesktop... I found this pretty good to use but the
| support has not been good for "the little guy"... they misrepresented it's
| Win2K compatibility at the time of sale, so when I went to Win2K,
| ProDesktop
| has not been used much, as I now only have it on a slow machine...
|
| I have been looking to get another package to do 3D work, with view to use
| for not only CAD presentations, but output for a CAM package... The thing
| is, most of the many possible that I have looked at are either
| too expensive
| (I burnt my money on ProDesktop, and can't afford that price
| range on round
| two), or do not have a (once again, for me) logical/easy method
| of creating
| parts...
| TurboCAD is the right price and seems (from the P.R. literature)
| to have the
| right capabilities for what I need/would like...
| So I would like comment from those who have experienced Sketch,
| TurboCAD and
| possibly ProDesktop or Pro-E with regards to the
| logic/methodology and menu
| system similarities/differences, how easy you found it to learn,
| etc... Any
| comparative comments are welcomed...
|
| TIA,
| Bryan
|
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