blevins@hpccc.UUCP (01/31/87)
A good package to find out what you can do on a PC wrt CAD is Generic CAD, which costs <$100. It has optional add-ons which do auto-dimensioning, etc. I believe it can xfer files to Autocad, which is sort of a standard right now. Autocad's 3 dimensional capabilities in their last release were less than impressive, but I think those capabilities have been improved in the current release. The full-blown package is $2500 or so (ridiculous). I wish I were a shareholder; they're doing very well. I received a catalog yesterday from Inmac's new "Perx" affiliate, who sells all sorts of CAD/CAE stuff. Their number is 800-722-PERX (7379). Many of the currently available packages are in here, but they make no mention of the packages' real names. E.g., they're selling Generic CAD as the "MC- 7210 Drafting System." All prices are full retail, but it's a great refer- ence for this sort of thing. (I've seen Generic CAD for $69 elsewhere.) Enjoy... Dave Blevins hplabs!hpccc!blevins
rotheroe@convexs.UUCP (02/02/87)
> Autocad's 3 dimensional capabilities in their last release were less than > impressive, but I think those capabilities have been improved in the current > release. The full-blown package is $2500 or so (ridiculous). I wish I > were a shareholder; they're doing very well. It depends on how you look a it. If you want the *full* capabilities (sp?) of a $10,000 to $20,000 (or more) `mainframe' cad package, your $2750 may be very well spend (If you buy two or more - you get a discount). Also, there is no yearly fee, like the kind often found in `mainframe' packages. It depends on what you want, and what you'll be doing, as to how much you need to spend. I do agree that several of the $100 (abouts) packages are good, for simple things. Dave Rotheroe {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs, ctvax}!convex!rotheroe CONVEX Computer Corporation Richardson, TX "Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the Hal plant in Urbana, Illinois, on the twelfth of January, 1992." 2001 & 2010 (book only for 2010)