Viacad purchase problem

[John S]

So is there a demo for V8 yet ?

[Swarfing]

It's a bargain at that price, shame it don't run on linux :cry:

[John S]

Bugger all useful runs on linux.:whistling:

[HankMcSpank]

I had all the same troubles as everyone else on here (emailing for a demo - never heard back), someone sent me this link...

http://www.csi-concepts.com/Demo/via...V8BETA1000.exe I think it's a beta...but you'll get the general vibe.

[Swarfing]

Bugger all useful runs on linux.:whistling:

See there we go again technical user sucked in by that religion called Microsoft:nope:. It will always end in tears :naughty:

Has anybody commented on medusa4 yet? interested in any others views on it?

[John S]

been playing with it.
A bit clunky doing 2D drawing in that you have to use the protractor. I was expecting to belt a sketch out and then edit it by dimensions like a true para metric program. Unless I'm missing something, not hard only just stared with it, I can't see a quick way to draw horizontal or vertical lines.

Not bothered about it being free, don't mind paying if it saves me time.

[motoxy]

Gave medusa a go. Seems to require alot of differant tool selections to achive much. Bit quirky for me.

Bruce

[Swarfing]

I think there are certain ways these developers approach their applications and i think that medusa is very good at what it does. I do though think it is a bit clunky in places too. I down loaded way last year and did not look at it much until this thread appeared. Still not bad though for us linux fans.

Saying that i do have a windows machine (just one) used for CamBam. And after doing a bit of poking about on viacad am hooked and will be purchasing a copy :-).

[motoxy]

is there not some sort of shell on linux to allow the running of ms products?

or maybe even put an ms partition on just for the cad.

Bruce

[John S]

Yes downloaded that demo copy of Viacad and having a play, problem I have is lack of time to evaluate these things.
Bought the upgrade to Alibre and the training videos so a bit committed but if Viacad is easier to lern I'll make the move over.

As I say it's not all about cost but the learning curve. Couple of quick questions as I haven't got that far in and that demo times out on the 12th of Feb but does Viacad generate 2D drawings automatically from the model ? secondly I know there are some demo's but is there a downlaodable and printable manual, can't seem to find one ?