consp13@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Marcus Cannava) (10/02/90)
To the Net community.. Lots of discussion has been made about advanced CAD programs for the Amiga.. I was wondering if there is a program that is simply capable of line drawings and Ami font support (i.e. for technical diagrams with nice text) similar to Mac's MacDraw series of programs. CAD programs are close, but I haven't seen one yet that uses fonts other than those suitable for 'plotting' (i.e. "line fonts"). Plus, none that I've seen have the gridding (i.e. align to each other, to grid, etc.) capabilities MacDraw has, either. Any suggestions greatly appreciated, \marc 'I do not fear computers.. I fear the lack of them' -- I. Asimov RNM
birjt@cc.nu.oz.au (10/15/90)
In article <4137@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, consp13@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Marcus Cannava) writes: > To the Net community.. > > Lots of discussion has been made about advanced CAD programs for the > Amiga.. I was wondering if there is a program that is simply capable of > line drawings and Ami font support (i.e. for technical diagrams with > nice text) similar to Mac's MacDraw series of programs. > > CAD programs are close, but I haven't seen one yet that uses fonts > other than those suitable for 'plotting' (i.e. "line fonts"). Plus, none > that I've seen have the gridding (i.e. align to each other, to grid, > etc.) capabilities MacDraw has, either. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated, > > \marc > > > > 'I do not fear computers.. I fear the lack of them' -- I. Asimov > RNM Hello, I will have a go at this one. I used to HAVE to use MacDr*w here to prepare the displays for conferences, teaching, etc. But now I use PageStream, I have found that it will do everthing that MacDr*w will do and then some. It will align objects vertically, horizontally, using the centre or either edge, it has grid snap, fonts may be resized on the fly to any point size, font attributes may be varied within a block of text, the text can be imported from most of the popular word processors without loosing the formatting. Objects can be positioned by co-ordinates, on and on........ It also will clone small objects, something that always gave MacDr*w indigestion, and it has user vaiable zoom. The only feature that it lacked was the ability to print large areas onto A4 pages which could them be assembled as a mosaic (?) but this is fixed in v2. Anyway, enough rambling, to put a point on this thing, they bought a IIcx, here for, amoung other things, me to do their displays, but I still prefer to do them on my Amiga at home. Have fun, Russell
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (10/15/90)
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(oops...new BITNET user here)
I completely agree about PageStream. Its structured drawing tools are by far the
easiest-to-use I've seen (and that includes ProDraw, XCad, and Adobe Illus-
trator). Its circle and oval arc tools in particular are extremely easy to
figure out and operate. The 2.0 version of PageStream also has Compugraphic
font support (just like ProPage), and, on my machine, crashes a LOT less
often than ProPage 1.3 does.
I realize that the earlier versions of PageStream got a lot of
well-deserved flaming over the many bugs and poorly-designed features, but
Soft-Logik has done a terrific job over the last year of fixing things.
PageStream 2.0 can hold its head up quite well next to PageMaker and
Quark Express, and (I think) it beats ProPage 1.3 hands down. (ProPage 2.0
is about 6 weeks from shipping, BTW, but it still uses those ^%$%$#@ Bezier
curves...)
--rw
fhwri@conncoll.bitnetamiga@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Paul) (10/16/90)
I have heard that New Horizons will be putting out a very nice structured Drawing program like Macintrash Draw.
jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson) (10/17/90)
I have been using PageStream 1.8 since it first came out and I love it! I never tried the earlier versions, so I wasn't scared off. I read the specs for 1.8 and some pre-release reports and thought if it worked at all I had to have it. I have not been disappointed. I have done freelance layout and graphics work using Illustrator, PageMaker 2.0/3.0 (Mac and PC), MacDraw and MacDraw II, Canvas 2.0, and Professional Page. I found PageStream 1.8 to be the best. I have NOT used Quark, CorelDraw, or Professional Draw, so I can't compare those and they are supposedly excellent packages. Of course, I haven't tried PageStream 2.0 yet either... -- Jerry Thompson | // checks ___________ | "I'm into S&M, "What I want to know is, have | \\ // and | | | | Sarcasm and you ever seen Claude Rains?" | \X/ balances /_\ | /_\ | Mass Sarcasm."
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (10/18/90)
I agree; Pagestream is a winner. 2.0 is even better than 1.8, although
the Compugraphic fonts are a LOT slower printing to the screen. The dotmatrix ou
though, is MUCH faster than ProPage. If you're interested in DTP on the
Amiga, by all means give Pagestream a look.
--rw
fhwri@conncoll.bitnetJKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) (10/22/90)
In article <33798@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu says: > >I agree; Pagestream is a winner. 2.0 is even better than 1.8, although >the Compugraphic fonts are a LOT slower printing to the screen. The >dotmatrix output is MUCH faster than ProPage. If you're interested in >DTP on the Amiga, by all means give Pagestream a look. Please address the problem with Compugraphic font incompatibility. I am of the understanding that, even though I own ProPage 1.31 and have a lot of Compugraphic fonts for it, they cannot be used with PageStream 2.0? I have to buy the same fonts all over again, only in Pagestream format?? Kurt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- || Kurt Tappe (215) 363-9485 || Amigas, Macs, IBM's, C-64's, NeXTs, || || 184 W. Valley Hill Rd. || Apple ]['s.... I use 'em all. || || Malvern, PA 19355-2214 || (and in that order too! ;-) || || jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu --------------------------------------|| || jkt100@psuvm.bitnet jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || -----------------------------------------------------------------------
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (10/22/90)
In article <90294.202528JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes: > >Please address the problem with Compugraphic font incompatibility. I >am of the understanding that, even though I own ProPage 1.31 and have >a lot of Compugraphic fonts for it, they cannot be used with PageStream >2.0? I have to buy the same fonts all over again, only in Pagestream >format?? > The person who told you that was wrong. The same compugraphic files can be used by Pagestream. PgS can also use Adobe Type 1 fonts. > Kurt >-- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >|| Kurt Tappe (215) 363-9485 || Amigas, Macs, IBM's, C-64's, NeXTs, || >|| 184 W. Valley Hill Rd. || Apple ]['s.... I use 'em all. || >|| Malvern, PA 19355-2214 || (and in that order too! ;-) || >|| jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu --------------------------------------|| >|| jkt100@psuvm.bitnet jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu GorbachevAwards++; free (SovietUnion); IndependentRepublics += 15;