Parametric Drawing. What is available?

Dear all.

Apologies first just in case this post is not suitable for the AutoCAD
newsgroup.

As you might well pick up i am not a CAD User, more of a Systems
Developer / Administrator for a manufacturing company.

I am looking for a solution that can create a drawing (modify
template) from a SQL Server manufacturing database table which
contains all the dimensions, parameters & texts. Our product only
requires 2D representation see: http://www.autobag.co.uk/Materials/
because we have over 10,000 product variants creating individual
drawings is quite a labour overhead.


Requirements.
Must be able to display text.
Display features (on/off) if a values present in table
Draw to scale if required
Costs less than a small country


Many Thanks
Ian

 

I am guessing that you don't need 3d, only 2d. I know there are a
number of parametric CAD programs out there, which cost less than the
3D higher-end versions. I've even seen one or two 3d ones under
$1,000, but they seem to be pretty new on the market, and I wouldn't
want for my company to depend on a start-up.

Try a search on the web for "2d Parametric" or just "Parametric
CAD". Here are some web sites of CAD magazines, which may be even
more useful.

http://www.cadonline.com
http://www.cadenceweb.com
http://www.caduser.com

 

If the manual Dexterpen is what you are looking for....

http://www.ransen.com/Dexterpen/Default.htm

contact me for discussions about a custom "computer driven"
version...

email:

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