I agree with Chita, 100 hours of my time is very well worth much much more than nothing. At the discounted rate of $10 per hour it costs $1000 of my time. Oh, wait! I forgot electricity, rent, insurance, etc. Sorry, but this is nothing but a cute concept of no real value to me. When I look at a drawing that supposedly has set dimensions I expect to see those dimensions. Not have to spend in excess of $1000 or 100 hours of my time. My evaluation of this design is that now it is worth less to me than what I can do with a physical scale model. Therefore, it is useless, bordering on spam to sell me a product I don't want or need. J
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Chita Jing <chita.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well now, the topic (which you introduced) was the idea that one had to > spend a hundred hours sit-down time with Sketchup because powerful software > demands that kind of time. ANY Ashlar product is an argument in favor of > not accepting that idea as gospel. The 1998 version of Drafting Assistant > would compete favorably with many attributes of the "free" - limited - > Sketchup currently available. If you buy full Sketchup, the price is $495 > plus whatever training costs in time and money. AutoCAD has often been > called the Full Employment Program for Trainers. It has a more expensive > accessories package than Project Runway ever dreamed about. > > Speaking of expense, it wouldn't hurt to read some of the details about > Ashlar pricing. If you aren't developing for the military-industrial > complex or to peddle some sort of commerce, or if you're fully retired or > [insert other exceptions], prices become remarkably flexible. Ashlar is a > high-touch outfit and they have quite a following amongst elite designers > worldwide. They don't really have to compete for that last penny from a > poor but talented starving artist. There really is no better choice for the > types of people who turn into Burt Rutan (who wasn't always rich and > famous). Ashlar would probably get quite a kick out of helping form the > next Burt Rutan. > > The "free" version of Sketchup isn't really free, is it? A hundred > hours of sit-down time counts as zero? Maybe that doesn't apply to > everybody. Some folks work at more than one job and a hundred hours of > sit-down time takes away from other income-earning. Especially students, > who often are eating a lot of ramen to make ends meet, but these days, > time/money can affect decisions in a lot of demographic segments. > > I already had Sketchup. I understood the drawing without downloading > anything - it's simple framing. The underlying assumptions caught my eye, > not the drawing itself. > > > > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:30 PM, KK <koffeekomma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sketchup is free. Worldwide. >> Download Sketchup...and my model...get to work. 5 minutes from NOW. >> >> What Ashlar product are you talking about? >> >> http://www.ashlar.com/shop/ >> >> They are very expensive to purchase a permanent license. >> Rutan can afford to use Ashlar. >> Monthly rental? No way. >> Nice try. >> >> Bzzzt. NEXT >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
