Bill: I have both AutoCad & TurboCad and hve a couple of other cheapies(less than $20) and find autocad the best. of all that I have used. I find TurboCad cumbersome but then I had 2 semesters of AutoCad training but found that employers did not want their engineering types using it much so I never really got skilled & efficient in its use. I have heard of "VersaCad" but have never tried to use it. I have used an old version for Apple's called "MacAuto" avoid that one.
TurboCad is probably a good system for the home user for the money but as with all of them you have to use it a lot to maintain proficiency. The biggest factor in any of them is understanding the use of subtle things embedded in the software and using those effectively to set-up drawing prototypes that are versitile in their use of layers, colors, blocks and other features. One that has good 3-D capability would also be useful but "Pro-E" is far better than that so I am told. Micro-Station is also good but very expensive If you can get a "Boot-leg" copy of AutoCad great for they cost upwars of $3k to $4k and Pro-E is even more. Failing that "TurboCad" is good enough but plan on taking a lot of time to learn it as nowhere is it taught that I have ever heard of. If someone ever sends you an "AutCad" dwg you can download the software pkg "VoloView" from "AutoDesk" to view "AutoCad" Drawings. Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Johnson wrote: > KR Netters (especially you CAD guys): > > This question is a two-parter: 1) What CAD software do you use and, 2) What > would you recommend for a new CAD user / KR builder? > > I've searched the archives and fould only two references to specific CAD > software - PowerPoint (?) and VectorEngineer. I'm interested if anyone has > any opinions on packages such as TurboCAD, IntelliCAD, Alibre, or any other > I may have overlooked. > > Thanks and I look forward to your responses. > > Bill Johnson > Digital Printing & Imaging, Inc. > 3240 Town Point Drive, Suite 130 > Kennesaw, GA 30144 > Ph: 404-228-8333 > Fx: 404-228-8331 > http://www.dpiweb.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
