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Subject:    Re: [SLE] Re: VariCAD, was [SLE] Epson Stylus Photo 2200
From:       Stanley Long <slong () customcpu ! com>
Date:       2004-04-26 9:31:16
Message-ID: 1082971876.5778.200.camel () s6 ! local
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On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 19:36, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> On Sunday 25 April 2004 03:11 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> > At 09:26 PM 4/24/2004 -0800, Stanley Long wrote:
> > >On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 19:56, Fred Miller wrote:
> >
> > /cut/
> >
> > >The "D" and "E" size construction project documents from my VariCAD
> > > go to an Oce' machine at http://www.digital-blueprint.com
> > >
> > >There are serious things being produced on Linux desktop machines.
> >
> > Please tell us what VariCAD is, what it costs, how it compares to
> > AutoCad. 
> 
> 
> VariCAD is
http://www.varicad.com  from some guys in the Czech Republic
> a) about 400 bucks US
> b) a true solid modeler, sorta like Autodesk Inventor
They rather look down on those who still do 2D architectural stuff :-)

> c) will generate dxf 2-D files, and 3-D iges and dwg files that are 
> readable by autocad but not "importable" into autocad.  So autocad 
> cannot edit the files.
My 2D power/lighting building floor plans.dwg do OK at most architects
offices, but they were generated as 2D, not 3D. 

VariCAD doesn't really handle AutoCad viewport features well. 
It uses a different system for text, so one needs to pay attention and
sometimes manually reset the text widths.

> d) rpms are available for SuSE and (I think) red hat.  
> e) I use it about 4 hrs a day currently.  It has it's good and bad 
> points but I consider its best points to be
> 
> 1.  Price
> 2.  Runs on linux  
> 3.  Relatively easy learning curve
> 4.  Solids editing is fairly fast
> 5.  Generates good files/drawings that can be easily used by a machine 
> shop.
> 
> Contact me off-list if you wish and I'll send you a .png picture of the 
> kind of stuff I do with it so you can see if it may be of use.
> 
 ... me, too :-)
> 
> -- 
> Tony Alfrey
> tonyalfrey@earthlink.net
> "I'd rather be sailing"
> 


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