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Posted by Steve on March 24, 2008, 7:15 am
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> jackary wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> I am just trying to pick your collective brains. I would like to know
>> what you think is the best 3d design package for the home computer. I
>> worked before retiring with industry 3d systems like PDS and PDMS but
>> they cost a fortune and require massive back up. I use 2d microstation
>> at present but would like a useable 3d/2d package if I can afford it?
>> I only design my own home ideas etc no busy business etc.
>> Regards
>> Alan
> I've been using TurboCAD (TC) for years now. It has very good 3D modelling
> and photorealistic rendering. The following link from the IMSI (makers of
> TurboCAD) User-forum shows a helicopter modelled entirely in TC V14 Delux.
> http://forums.imsisoft.com/forums/Attachment.cfm?CFApp=200&Attachment_ID=63012
> They do two basic versions: Pro and Delux, the Pro has all the bells and
> whistles you could want, and the Delux is simply their name for the
> standard version.
> V15 has just been released and is rather expensive. The best value is V11
> Pro - a friend got one for about £20 on eBay about a month ago. Avoid V12
> like the plague, it was a real dog. There wasn't a V13 and V14 is still
> expensive. I still use V11 Pro.
> According to the TC User-forum, TC's 3D facilities exceed those of
> Autocad. Since I have no personal experience of Autocad I can't comment.
>
> --
> Regards, Gary Wooding
> (To reply by email, change feet to foot in my address)
>
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I have a copy of TC V14 - not really that impressed by it. It is a 2D
drawing package with some 3D capability. There are too many things it
won't do in 3D for me, such has shelling solids, drilled holes etc, which
should be standard. The helicopter is really neat, but I don't need
rendered images for engineering drawings.
Regards
Steve
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Posted by lemel_man on March 24, 2008, 1:15 pm
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Steve wrote:
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> ...snip...
>
> I have a copy of TC V14 - not really that impressed by it. It is a 2D
> drawing package with some 3D capability. There are too many things it
> won't do in 3D for me, such has shelling solids, drilled holes etc,
> which should be standard. The helicopter is really neat, but I don't
> need rendered images for engineering drawings.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
Steve,
Since the V11 Pro that I use can shell solids, I suspect you are using
V14 Delux rather than V14 Pro. As I mentioned, the Delux version is
really the standard version.
Its not necessary to render the 3D models; they can be printed and
displayed in a variety of ways: wire frame, hidden lines removed,
standard render and photorealistic render - in ascending order of m/c
time requirements. Wire frame and hidden line removed modes are very
fast and can be rotated and zoomed in real time. Photorealistic renders
require a fast m/c and lots of patience.
--
Regards, Gary Wooding
(To reply by email, change feet to foot in my address)
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Posted by Steve on March 28, 2008, 4:22 pm
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> Steve wrote:
>>
>> ...snip...
>>
>> I have a copy of TC V14 - not really that impressed by it. It is a 2D
>> drawing package with some 3D capability. There are too many things it
>> won't do in 3D for me, such has shelling solids, drilled holes etc,
>> which should be standard. The helicopter is really neat, but I don't
>> need rendered images for engineering drawings.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Steve
>
> Steve,
> Since the V11 Pro that I use can shell solids, I suspect you are using V14
> Delux rather than V14 Pro. As I mentioned, the Delux version is really the
> standard version.
> Its not necessary to render the 3D models; they can be printed and
> displayed in a variety of ways: wire frame, hidden lines removed, standard
> render and photorealistic render - in ascending order of m/c time
> requirements. Wire frame and hidden line removed modes are very fast and
> can be rotated and zoomed in real time. Photorealistic renders require a
> fast m/c and lots of patience.
>
> --
> Regards, Gary Wooding
> (To reply by email, change feet to foot in my address)
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>
Yes it is V14 Deluxe - it would better if they called it 2D Standard!
Steve
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Posted by Peter Neill on March 29, 2008, 8:14 am
Please log in for more thread options On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:00:14 +0000, Charles Lamont
>
>> I've managed up until now without CAD. I've never felt that I've
>> needed it. However there are some projects that would be better with a
>> drawing to help with planning and it seems that I can't put it off any
>> longer.
>> Any suggestions as to an easy to learn and cheap 2D CAD package?
>
>Autosketch, Charles
>
>I use this for my own stuff, bits of full size steam locos (like reverse
>engineering an injector body), and have used it for full size
>beaver-tail plant truck bodies, including a hydraulic folding tail ramp.
>I started with Turbocad, but ditched it in favour of Autosketch about 10
>years ago.
>
>Even with a simple 2D package, the initial learning curve can be a bit
>steep, but this does not take long. Some of the concepts are rather
>alien until the pennies start dropping.
>
>I also have Turbocad 9 pro, but have used it very little.
Talking about 3D CAD, I have an original boxed copy of Autodesk
Mechanical Desktop release 5 (forerunner to Inventor) sitting on my
shelf which I have never used.
This was given to me when a friends business closed down (should have
been binned by the liquidators really), but I never used it as I had
just got into Solidworks which was much more versatile and user
friendly.
Anyway, if anyone who is not a lurker (i.e regular poster on the NG)
wants this FOC, and is happy to struggle with it <G>, then it's yours
for the cost of postage. Of course you will probably need to obtain a
license key, but I stress that this is a genuine item and not a dodgy
illegal copy.
Peter
Peter
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Posted by Charles Lamont on March 29, 2008, 8:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options Peter Neill wrote:
> Talking about 3D CAD, I have an original boxed copy of Autodesk
> Mechanical Desktop release 5 (forerunner to Inventor) sitting on my
> shelf which I have never used.
> This was given to me when a friends business closed down (should have
> been binned by the liquidators really), but I never used it as I had
> just got into Solidworks which was much more versatile and user
> friendly.
>
> Anyway, if anyone who is not a lurker (i.e regular poster on the NG)
> wants this FOC, and is happy to struggle with it <G>, then it's yours
> for the cost of postage. Of course you will probably need to obtain a
> license key, but I stress that this is a genuine item and not a dodgy
> illegal copy.
>
> Peter
>
> Peter
If not too late already, I would like to take you up on that please Peter.
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Charles Lamont
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