On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 16:11, Carroll Grigsby wrote: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> only promising candidate that I found was Varicad > (http://www.varicad.com/en/main.php). I didn't do much with it beyond playing > around with the crippled demo that was included in the PowerPack and visiting > their website. The demo was not impressive, but I was intrigued by what I saw > on their website, and I would certainly take a longer look at it if the need > arose. Keep in mind that Varicad is for mechanical design only, and won't be > suitable if your customer does something else. IIRC, I did find some other > OSS CAD programs for architects and other species. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Sorry to be so negative, but I'd pick other dragons to slay. My feeling is > that your best hope seems to be Anne Wilson's suggestion about win4lin. I > read somewhere recently that AutoCad R14 does run under win4lin, but I have > no knowledge about win4lin and the newer versions of AutoCAD (2000 and up). > It's certainly worth looking into. > > Disclaimer: No, I do _not_ think that AutoCAD is the World's Greatest > Software. In fact, it goes towards the other end of my list. I've got lots of > war stories best summarized by saying that using AutoCAD is not good for > people with a low tolerance for stress. It crashes in a heartbeat, it loves > to muck up system settings, and support sucks. Bear in mind that a standard > AutoCAD package sells for $3600 a pop! Updates and bugfixes? Sure, but _only_ > if you subscribe to a $600 a year support service; otherwise some clown at > the distributor will read you the FAQ's from the AutoDesk site. The sad thing > is that there once was a unix-based version of ACad, but it was dropped when > they converted ACad from DOS to Windows. (Something involving a deal with the > Devil from Bellevue, IIRC.) ProE did the same when they dropped *nix in favor > of their Windows-based version. How sad! Perhaps they will rethink their > stances as the usage of Linux becomes more common but until that happy day, > the byword will be "compromise". > > -- cmg > So, do you suggest putting Varicad to the sword or do you think that there is some hope for it? I *was* kinda thinking about checking it out, but I'm not so sure anymore... LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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