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- From: kaliher@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com
- Subject: Re: Drafting software for the shop
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.093151.1@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com>
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- References: <1993Jan27.191125.1767@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <daniel.37@osefs1.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:31:51 GMT
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- > In article <1993Jan27.191125.1767@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
- > fszeman@typhoon.lerc.nasa.gov (Pat Zeman) writes:
- >>Hi,
- >> I'm looking for a general purpose drafting program for a 486 machine.
- >>I wish to use it mainly for my woodworking projects. Therefore, I
- >>believe that drawing programs are to simple (no drafting tools) and
- >>CAD programs are too big and expensive for simple shop use. Some
- >>software companies also misname their programs, using the title
- >>CAD, a buzz word.
- responses included:
- >
- > TurboCad - Good basic program, priced right, but it's from England, and is
- > designed for metric measurements, and uses a lot of English terms, i.e.
- > draughting, etc.. Not to degrade the English, but in my shop everything is
- > still measured in inches and feet.
- >
- I have TurboCad. The original and the update to V3.0 total under $100 (got
- a good deal on the original). It is much better with the upgrade - several
- windows at once, much friendlier to use. It has several options as to
- dimension units, including feet/inches. It has good scaling capabilities to
- facilitate putting drawings on standard paper sizes, if necessary. It seems
- to me to be a great tool for home workshop support. It also has good file
- export capabilities, if you need to move the files to another system to get
- plotter access. It is usually available at Egghead, among other sources.
- It is a product of a California firm, IMSI.
-