[net.micro.pc] Autocad and CAD/CAE packages - w

james@inmet.UUCP (05/03/85)

REcent experiences with CAD packages:

	el cheapo:  "ProDesign"  from American Small Business Computers of
	Tulsa.  Costs $295 list.  Does a creditable job.  Compiled basic,
	requires 512 and is a little slow.  Handles plotter well, dot matrix
	not so well.

	CadPlan:  real fancy, with special bells and whistles for architecture
	"You want a window here? How big? Done!"
	Well done manual; requires hardware copy protect device that must be
	on COM1.  Cost $1500 plus options. Fastest screen writing I have ever
	seen on a 8088 machine.

	AutoCad:  the old reliable.  Costs $1000, with 2 $500 extensions avail.
	large book full of 3rd party add-ons, the one which provides a hook
	from into dBase III caught my eye.  Not copy protected.  No dot matrix
	support.  This is the one I chose.

James Triplett