Re: BobCAD/CAM v.s. Dolphin CAD/CAM

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Steve Smith <sos@a...> wrote:

> I'm also curious about Vector upgrade policy. I was pretty

surprised to buy

> software last fall and have to pay for an upgrade just a few months

later.

> Most software packages allow a period of gratis upgrades. Does

Vector require

> payment for every update?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Smith
>

I can't answer this question, that's up to Fred or Centriforce.
What I have found though with low end programs where there is no
annual maintaince fee is that once you get onto a version all
upgrades are free until the version changes. From then on you pay
usually a small fee to upgrade.
Recently I have moved from V 6 to 7 with Fastcad, upgrade fee $60.
Page plus from V7 to V8, upgrade fee $10
Dolphin V5 to V6, full version, upgrade fee $100.
In Fastcad's case during the development of V 6.00 there were 38
upgrades, All free and web downloadable with full documention on
changes.
Dolphin so far is up tp 6.0.0.4f [ whatever that means ] Again all
free. This also includes a decent rewrite to include the import of
DXF straight into the CAM side.

John S.