2D CAD

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H. Marien

 

Can it create a DXF or DWG file? Can it import a DXF or DWG file to work
with?

 

Doesn't much matter. They claim "the most powerful, user friendly and
maintained 2D CAD" but, apparently, it only runs on dos based systems. Not
to useful.

 

Does not run under Windows 2000.
Suggest you try elswhere.
Would have suggested choiceCAD, but this is now called AllyCAD and the price
is silly.

 

Hi,

What is wrong with you people, don't believe everything: DOS programs are
running fine and very fast under Windows 2000 and XP, but they have to be
placed on FAT16/32 disks and they can only access data that is stored on FAT
disks, that's the only limitation. They can profit from DOS implementations
in Windows 2000 and XP (yes, these systems are supporting a virtual DOS
system !)

DESI-III does not support DXF or DWG. Is it of importance ? Only for some
people.

Hugo

 

Well, then, I guess it can't to DXF or DWG, then. Guess it needs some work.

 

Why?

 

In a 'sharing' world you need something in common and in CAD for good or ill
it's DXF

 

The vast majority of "sharing" done does not have to be. In any case, in 15
years in the industry, I have neve worked for or with anyone that uses
Autocad. DXF was never used. As someone else put it on here, you have a
rather narrow view.

 

But - the message was posted to the AutoCAD newsgroups in addition to
alt.cad - where it is likely that most people reading it would want to be
able to use it on AutoCAD drawings.

Matthew

 

At the expense of continuing a dull subject, in my general engineering area
there seems to be 95% AutoCAD, 5% 'others'.
I look at component suppliers web sites and they offer me drawings of their
components as DWG or DXF.
It may be loathed, but AutoCAD has bums on seats.
Why else was the OpenDWG Alliance formed to give access to the DWG file
format.

 

I think I am glad I don't know what this is: "OpenDWG Alliance"

 

No, you should be informed. Go here: http://www.opendwg.org/

 

Just remember, if you use dwg/dxf "you have a narrow view"!


Michael (LS)

 

....you've got friends
.....all over the world
...thousands and thousands of them ....

 

No necessarily. There are other qualifications needed.

 

Yes, it must be a pretty dull subject. Glad I don't have your job.

 

for what?

 

extract from upfront eZine

"...............
One way some CAD vendors boast of their software's popularity is through the
number of jobs available. One CEO goes as far as to have an assistant
prepare regular reports of the number of jobs available for his CAD package
versus competitors.

It's easy to do: just enter the name of a software package into
Monster.com's search engine, and then check the number of found items.
(Monster.com is the largest job search Web site.) We did a survey last week,
entering the names of several CAD software product, and then recording the
result. These are the raw numbers:

3126 AutoCAD
319 Pro/E
315 SolidWorks
237 MicroStation
199 CATIA
135 UGS
37 Mechanical Desktop
29 Solid Edge
22 Inventor
19 Architectural Desktop
8 Revit
1 ArchiCAD
0 think3

.............."

 

Hmmm..... 3126 for AutoCAD versus 1321 (for all others combined). Yep,
seems dwg/dxf usage is really damn rare.....

That's 70% of the job postings for AutoCAD (~72% if you also add in ADT &
MDT which are Acad based).


Michael (LS)