slager@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (08/01/89)
/* Written 6:13 pm Jul 31, 1989 by abstine@image.soe.clarkson.edu in osiris.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.graphics */ /* ---------- "Re: Wanted: decent CAD program for" ---------- */ From article <227@loligo.cc.fsu.edu>, by prem@geomag.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam): > > A friend of mine wants to know if there are any CAD programs available for > the Sun that have features akin to AutoCad...including the ability to read > AutoCad files...IGES, etc. Pointers to a reasonably priced version or even > PD stuff would be great. Respond e-mail, net, or whichever way you wish. > ---Prem S. (sys admin for geomag.gly.fsu.edu) This reply may ignore the part about "reasonably priced" but AutoCad does run on the Sun (the guy who buys the stuff for our lab says the UNIX version is priced the same as the PC-DOS version). The big plus to AutoCad on a Sun is that the stack space in AutoLisp is no longer limited. Now, if Autodesk can introduce lexical scoping... chuck@cerl.cecer.army.mil