CAD Packages
Posted by
John Stevenson
on 2000-06-29 14:58:00 UTC
There have been a few references to the free version of Turbocad on their
web site. Can I point out that for anybody wanting to generate a drawing in
Turbocad V2 or V3 and outputting this as a DXF file to other programs,
beware.
V2 and V3 had serious faults with the DXF export, the most common one being
all the lines arcs etc being displayed on the new program as a 'list' all
down the right hand side of the drawing.
Just check for compatibility with Tcad and the program you need to import
into before you spent a lot of time and effort.
I'm probably going to upset Fred here but never mind <g>
I have yet to see a CAD/CAM package where the CAD side is on a par with
genuine CAD packages. If you had to earn a living drawing with the CAD side
of most CAD /CAM packages you would either commit suicide or go bankrupt.
Dragging down menu's, tabbing between dialog boxes and copy / pasting tales
ages.
A lot of these program don't have 'sticky ' keys that allow you to select
the last used command again. Others don't have the zoom or view all command
transparent so if you zoom in you loose what you were doing.
I 'own' three CAD/CAM packages and I still draw in a CAD program and import
in as a DXF. It's far quicker.
--
Regards,
John Stevenson
Special Purpose Machines
Nottingham, England
web site. Can I point out that for anybody wanting to generate a drawing in
Turbocad V2 or V3 and outputting this as a DXF file to other programs,
beware.
V2 and V3 had serious faults with the DXF export, the most common one being
all the lines arcs etc being displayed on the new program as a 'list' all
down the right hand side of the drawing.
Just check for compatibility with Tcad and the program you need to import
into before you spent a lot of time and effort.
I'm probably going to upset Fred here but never mind <g>
I have yet to see a CAD/CAM package where the CAD side is on a par with
genuine CAD packages. If you had to earn a living drawing with the CAD side
of most CAD /CAM packages you would either commit suicide or go bankrupt.
Dragging down menu's, tabbing between dialog boxes and copy / pasting tales
ages.
A lot of these program don't have 'sticky ' keys that allow you to select
the last used command again. Others don't have the zoom or view all command
transparent so if you zoom in you loose what you were doing.
I 'own' three CAD/CAM packages and I still draw in a CAD program and import
in as a DXF. It's far quicker.
--
Regards,
John Stevenson
Special Purpose Machines
Nottingham, England