Good place to buy ICAD or LT?

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by fre, Aug 26, 2004.

  1. fre

    fre Guest

    I basically want to learn how to use CAD at home.
    Where can I get a decent buy on buying one of these two items?

    It sounds like ICAD is a better (cheaper) choice. I hope it is
    similiar enough to ACAD.

    What are some great first books, step by step tutorials, etc.

    I don't even know what LISP is.
     
    fre, Aug 26, 2004
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  2. fre

    Martin Shoemaker Guest

    For LT, watch the sales in the Sunday paper. The major retailers
    (CompUSA, etc.) run sales on LT frequently.

    For Intellicad, I like www.bricscad.com. They seem to be leading the
    field in capability at this point. Hard to say whether Intellicad is
    "close enough" to AutoCad. AutoDesk keeps changing things, so there's
    no one standard. Most things either are very similar or can be made
    similar.


    Martin
     
    Martin Shoemaker, Aug 26, 2004
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  3. fre

    Michael Bulatovich Guest

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "fre" <>
    Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
    Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:07 PM
    Subject: Good place to buy ICAD or LT?
    For starters:

    http://www.intellicad.org/
    http://www.cadopia.com/
    http://www.bricscad.com/


    The free trial offers are great if you are prepared to spend a lot of time
    in a single month on learning it, since that will cost you nothing.
    It is a clone, and as close as they could make it without getting busted.
    You can easily go from one to the other.
    Can't help there. A long time ago I studied from George Omura's "Mastering
    AutoCAD", and an AutoCAD manual. It seemed to do the job for me.
    It is a programming language that can be used to make custom tailored
    "commands" or "routines" that can make Acad/Icad more productive by
    harnessing the power of the computer to more of the work instead of your
    fingers and brain. I have a bunch on my site with descriptions of what they
    do.

    MichaelB
    www.michaelbulatovich.com
     
    Michael Bulatovich, Aug 26, 2004
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  4. fre

    Paul Turvill Guest

    Do a Google search. You should find lots of price comparisons, along with
    answers to most of your other questions. You won't need LISP if you opt for
    LT, however; LT doesn't support much in the way of customization unless you
    spring for some third-party add-ons.
    ___
     
    Paul Turvill, Aug 26, 2004
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    CW Guest

    CMS has the best price. $51.95 for the standard edition. That's the one I
    use. It is quite AutoCAD like. Going between the two is easy. In any case,
    what does it matter if it is like AutoCAD or not? Do yourself a favor
    though. If Intellicad/AutoCAD is what you want to use, learn to use the
    command line. If you become icon bound, the transition from one to the other
    will be a lot more difficult.
     
    CW, Aug 27, 2004
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    Michael Bulatovich Guest


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    Michael Bulatovich, Aug 27, 2004
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