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Re: Anyone using the CAD packages?



At 06:54 PM 5/20/2003 +0300, Aryan Ameri wrote:
On Tuesday 20 May 2003 18:25, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am wondering if there is anyone on the list here
> using QCAD or CYCAS for architectural drafitng
> purposes.
> If so could you reply with your preferences, pointers
> etc. please.

Now that we are here, let me ask this question. All of my friends in the
faculty of mechanical engineering, only work with Autodesk AutoCAD
2000. I have been told that more sophisticated CAD packages also exist,
which may also run on non Wintel platforms, like Sun workstations. But
I haven't found any. I would really love to know "Is AutoCAD the
optimum CAD software, or are there more advanced ones available?"

AutoCAD is the most "common" or "popular". That does not make it the best... Are there better, or more advanced, ones out there ?? Probably, but I don't know. AutoCAD does the job quite well for our needs.

PTC does have a version of Pro/Engineer available for Linux now. Pro/E and AutoCAD are two different animals, by the way.

Hall



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