Drawing program CAD

Uhm, ok. But why? That's a native function in DC.

The deal is two - AT A TIME.

Return them and they send the next ones immediately.

I've had very few problems with their disks.

One was actually shattered - probably in the mail, because they would never have shipped it that way.

Maybe a couple of others that had minor drops. Not bad at all.

Better selection than the public library - for not much more money.

Try it!

Richard

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 22:59:05 -0400, the infamous "Ed Huntress" scrawled the following:

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Walking very, very fast didn't cut it, huh? ;)

Longer than I would. You're a better debater. As a matter of fact, you're a master debater.

Still... (see above)

Yuppers! ;)

-- Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. -- Rodin

It sounds like a lot more than it really is. If you break it down into the steps, they just logically followed one after the other. And it wasn't hard to do at all.

Ever since then I've tried to think of other ways to use that table/scripting capability, but I've never come up with anything significant. I did plot all the elevations in my back yard on a six-foot grid, and I made a contour map of it in Rhino to calculate how much dirt I needed to re-grade it, but that was hardly a sensible use of the capability.

-- Ed Huntress

Something tells me there's a punch line coming, but I'm not going to bite. You have yourself a nice day now, y'hear?

d8-)

-- Ed Huntress

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:16:26 -0400, the infamous "Ed Huntress" scrawled the following:

Hmm, is that a sticky grin?

-- Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. -- Rodin

(Parabola utility)

I don't think DC had been invented yet, 1n '88 or '89.

I vaguely recall buying a Generic CADD upgrade from IMSI in San Rafael in that general time frame.

--Winston

Cool! Thanks Richard.

--Winston

Larry Jaques o'furred without opining:

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Intriguing. Thanks, Larry!

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Well, heck. Another damn brick wall to walk around!

? Rhino is material independent. (You were just yanking my chain?) :)

Whoa! What an opportunity for some young smart fella! Offer tele-classes in Rhino over the net!

Oh, doubtlessly. As Have We All.

--Winston

Ed Huntress wrote: (...)

Yes! I find most of the work is parsing the problem into 'doable chunks'. The 'chunks' do themselves after that, almost.

Cool!

I replaced 30' of fence in the back yard by following my Rhino 3D sketch.

It was neat having to visit the lumber yard only once, after I got over the queasy feeling of having to do work instead of just drive around. :)

--Winston

I should send you the plan for my corner computer desk, if I can find it. Rhino helped me lay out all the little pieces on sheets of melamine-covered particle board for cutting. Of course that's a common function today.

One thing that would interest people here, particularly Richard, I would think, is Rhino's ability to "unroll" curved shapes into their flat equivalent for cutting from sheet materials. It's handy for ductwork, I suppose, but I want to try it with chine-type plywood boat designs.

-- Ed Huntress

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:00:57 -0700, the infamous Winston scrawled the following:

Do they operate up there in Canuckistan? I don't know.

Ayup.

No, I wasn't yanking your chain, Winnie. SoftPLAN generates BOMs, does estimating, lays out wall framing for you, had mfgr libraries for actual texture files, etc.

It's really a super set of programs. (It had damned well better be at close to three thousand dollars...)

See for yourself at

-- Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. -- Rodin

Actially, yes it was.

American Small Business computers was the original developer.

Most of the early cad systems were little more than glorified paint programs. But DC was way ahead of it's time.

It ran on an XT quite well when Autocad could barely run on an AT at all.

Marketing.

Back then the mind set was that if you have a better mouse trap the world will come to you.

It's a shame it didn't really work that way.

That's one thing I can't do )automatically).

I have to do it the same way one would do it on paper.

But it's not all that hard.

Don't sell yourself short. You're as slimy as Obama, & Biden put together. Add hawkie or cliffie to your ticket, and tens of millions of decent people would slit thir thorts, rather than vote for you.

I sent you my email address for when that file shows up.

Thanks Ed!

--Winston

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Wow, that's kewl!

Less than a grand for the 'lite' version.

Tastes great, less filling.

--Winston

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TurboCAD came out in "the very early nineties". -- Bob Mayer, CEO of IMSI Design

I think DesignCAD was released after TurboCAD, yes? Check at 1:29 of 6:20 in

--Winston

Heh! I tried running Generic CADD 1 on a Compaq luggable. It was S L O W.

--Len

Uh, sorry. That's not my real e-mail address. Remove the 3 from the following:

snipped-for-privacy@optonline.net

I found the file, with crown molding, window and door placement, and other junk that you won't care about. But you'll see the desk, shelves, etc.

It's been a great desk, and it was cheap to make.

-- Ed Huntress