#CAD Programs
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I started with X-CAD in the early days when it was published by Taurus. It had
one of the worst manuals I have ever seen. I understand that it is better now
that it is published by another company, but once bitten.. After that, I used
UltraDesign, which was my favorite for 2D work. Very intuitive and easy to use.
Unfortunately, the color controls do not work on an A4000 and the program is no
longer supported. I have DynaCADD and while I have not used it much, so far I
have not had any problems. The manual for the first version was basically for
the PC, but the revised version is better. DynaCADD is a solid program similar
to AutoCAD & should work OK for you. With all the programs, I have usually had
some problems converting files back and forth, usually because the conversion
program wanted an earlier version of AutoCAD. I have always been able to
convert most of the file after some mucking about. Hope this helps.
n
Adrian
Thanks for your response.
Could you let me know a little more about UltraDesign. I never heard of
it.
Just Curious
Ken Iversen
UltraDesign was written by Scott Halbert for some artistic, non tech
friends, to design things like jewelry. It is not like any other CAD
program and is much easier to use, intuitive for an AMiga user. It
worked fine on my A2500, but on an A4000 any change in pen color
tends to white on white, which is a bit hard to read. One would have
thought a simple fix, but Mr. Halbert is out of time and money and I
can't persuade him to try. He said he was writing a PC version. The
program was marketed by Progressive Peripherals but they dropped it
because they could not get S.H. to support it. I think its a real
shame. It would be an ideal program for many purposes. Still worth
getting if you are not using an A4000? But not as an alternative to
AutoCADD.
I should have added that I would guess that it would take one tenth the time to
learn UltraDesign than one of the more traditional CAD programs. The package
includes a several neat file conversions and a most convenient way of printing
the output. This has reminded me to give Scott a tickle to see if he has done
anything.
Hi, there was also Tim Mooneys IntroCad 2.0 …. I vaguely recall that
it was marketed by Progressive Peripherals but then put out on pd or
something. Can't give you a rundown I'm sorry. I just remember it
was popular with a couple of friends of mine.
regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder
Lu
Thanks for your reply.
I already have IntroCad. It is a good program but it's not advanced enough
for my needs.
Ken