Thor A. Tandy P.Eng, C.Eng, Struct.Eng, MIStructE
Victoria, BC
Canada
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Johnson [mailto:markajohn@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:55 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: AutoCAD Clones
I believe Autodesk lets you take one copy of AutoCAD to a second computer (e.g. home) or there is a way to "check out" a license temporarily, but you would have to get your boss(s) to go along with it.
MJ
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Refugio Rochin <refugio.rock.hill@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Refugio Rochin <refugio.rock.hill@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: AutoCAD Clones
> To: seaint@seaint.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 11:45 AM
> ProgeCad looks ok, they also have a LT
> version. Free for individual use.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:40 AM,
> Alexander Bausk <bauskas@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I think BricsCAD (http://www.bricsys.com/en_INTL/)
> is one of the best
>
> Autocad clones so far, partly due to its automation support
> (VBA and
> BRX).
>
> You can also get subscription to BricsCAD developers centre
> and obtain
> all upgrades as soon as they are released. Haven't got
> enough time to
>
> dig into the new BRX API but it is very promising.
>
> Regards,
> Alex.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Richard Calvert<RichardC@lbbe.com>
> wrote:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD_DXF
>
> >
> >
> >
> > has a huge list of drawing softwares. I've tried
> QCad (free) on linux
> > before and it is an alright piece of software if you
> can get over the
> > backward-ness of the commands…
> >
>
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Rich Kipke [mailto:richkip@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:04 PM
> > To: seaint@seaint.org
>
> > Subject: AutoCAD Clones
> >
> >
> >
> > While waiting for the economy to pick up, I've
> been doing a couple of jobs
> > out of my house. Not wanting to make the big
> investment by jumping into
>
> > AutoCAD, I've been trying demo versions of the
> Intellicad based 'clones'.
> > While I'm impressed that I can produce quality
> drawings with these programs
> > that cost 1/10th the price of AutoCAD, I'm still
> looking for one that is
>
> > easier to use (ie closer to autoCad with the user
> interface).
> >
> > So far I've tried
> >
> > AxCAD (www.axcad.com) - has a very
> full featured interface that is basically
>
> > identical to AutoCAD - down to the icons on the
> buttons. It seemed really
> > buggy and crashed a lot - (might be my slightly older
> computer or maybe the
> > files I was using, but I don't think so). Also,
> their website seemed to
>
> > lack any 'company' information that turned me
> off a bit. I finally had to
> > give up on it and went to. .
> >
> > IntelliCAD (http://www.autodsys.com/indexh.html)
> the user interface is not
>
> > as full featured as axCAD and lacks some of the
> tracking, snapping, polar
> > functions that really boost efficiency - it gets the
> job done, but takes a
> > bit longer to get there. Seems very stable though.
>
> >
> > Is anyone using another of the cheaper CAD programs on
> a regular basis. Any
> > recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rich Kipke
> > www.rookrook.com/rk
>
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Alexander Bausk
> Civil/Structural design & inspection engineer
> CAD professional
> ONILAES Lab at PSACEA
> Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
> Tel. +38 068 4079692
> Fax. +38 0562 470263
>
> bauskas@gmail.com
>
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