I've been using Draftsight on the Mac for a little over a year, and had no problems with registration. Of course I now receive the regular emails telling me about the wonders of training courses and add-ons, to entice me to upgrade to SolidWorks (where the real money is to be made). Pity I use Inventor instead... I use AutoCAD on the PC, and Illustrator for things which are just too difficult to draw in Draftsight or AutoCAD. I also tried the early TurboCAD on the Mac, which was given as a free trail version (time-limited). That had a major problem with text following a curve (the numerals on a clock face, for example). TurboCAD acknowledged that, but didn't offer a fix, so I don't use that software any more. I have the full TurboCAD for the PC, but I don't use that either, because if they can't fix a known bug on the Mac version, why would they bother supporting the PC version either. Strange way to promote their software to users. It's a pity, because the interface was nice and simple. Of course I continue to get the emails offering upgrades to the latest version of TurboCAD at what seem like weekly intervals, so that's clearly where they make their money. I would be interested to know if there are any really good free 3D packages for Mac, PC or Linux. Something as capable as Inventor or SolidWorks.
Regards, Marcus On 21 Aug 2012, at 23:49, Greg Bernard wrote: I've been successfully running Draftsight for about 9 months but I don't recall any registration problems. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. -Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931) > ________________________________ > From: Gene Heskett <[email protected]> > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:28 PM > Subject: [Emc-users] Curiosity, is gonna run this cat plumb out of lives yet. > > Hi All; > > I'm curious. How many of the members of this list has downloaded the > Dassault Systemes cad program and have successfully registered the freebie > copy? > > I am 0 for 2 here. I am getting the impression they have no intention of > registering the freebie version, its beginning to feel like a bait & > switch. > > Comments? > > Cheers, Gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! > Whatever you want to do, you have to do something else first. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
