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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:25 pm    Post subject: TurboCad Reply with quote

Lectric Bob, did you get your new TurboCad from eBay? If yes, how do you
like it?
Danny


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:29 pm    Post subject: TurboCad Reply with quote

At 06:22 PM 1/21/2006 -0600, you wrote:

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Lectric Bob, did you get your new TurboCad from eBay? If yes, how do you
like it?
Danny

It's quite a bargain. Very capable for the money and quite able
to open, edit, print and save the drawings from my website.

Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:06 pm    Post subject: Turbocad Reply with quote

Has anyone found a CAD program that works with Linux? I still have a
Windows boot on which I can use Intellicad quite effectively, but I dual
boot Linux and would like a Linux CAD program capable of reading dwg files.
There is one that does dxf files (it's called QCad), but I don't know of a
reasonably priced Linux variant that handles dwg files. Anyone know of one?


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:34 pm    Post subject: Turbocad Reply with quote

Hi Dan,

I don't know if you would consider it reasonably priced, but for $499
VariCAD is a very capable product. It will open dxf, AutoCAD dwg and
igs files as well as it's own format. There is a version for Linux and
Windows. There is also a free VariCAD viewer that will open all of
those formats, but best I can tell it's only available for Windows.

Bob W.
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:04:42 -0500
"Dan O'Brien" <limadelta(at)gmail.com> wrote:

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Has anyone found a CAD program that works with Linux? I still have a
Windows boot on which I can use Intellicad quite effectively, but I dual
boot Linux and would like a Linux CAD program capable of reading dwg files.
There is one that does dxf files (it's called QCad), but I don't know of a
reasonably priced Linux variant that handles dwg files. Anyone know of one?

















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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:28 am    Post subject: TurboCad Reply with quote

Hi Danny
I also bought version 10 for $16. from "Computer's Worth" and upgraded
it to 10.2 from the IMSI website. As a new CAD user I am very pleased
with it compared to the freeware/shareware CAD
programs that I've dabbled with a bit. The printed manual is pretty good
and worth more than the $16. The manual is also available on the
website. I haven't mastered how to move a component and keep both ends
of the wires attached like I could do with Excel. However after several
hours with it I am able to do most everything else including modifying
Bob's symbols. It is going to take me quite sometime to actually do a
wirebook however so I'd still have to give the nod to paper and pencil
unless you want professional diagrams or have a desire to learn a CAD
program. I haven't tried printing anything yet. Excel was easier to
learn but of course had no symbol library.
Ken

Danny L. Smith wrote:

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<dsmit132(at)bellsouth.net>
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>Lectric Bob, did you get your new TurboCad from eBay? If yes, how do you
>like it?
>Danny
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:35 am    Post subject: TurboCad Reply with quote

At 10:07 AM 1/22/2006 -0500, you wrote:

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Hi Danny
I also bought version 10 for $16. from "Computer's Worth" and upgraded
it to 10.2 from the IMSI website. As a new CAD user I am very pleased
with it compared to the freeware/shareware CAD
programs that I've dabbled with a bit. The printed manual is pretty good
and worth more than the $16. The manual is also available on the
website. I haven't mastered how to move a component and keep both ends
of the wires attached like I could do with Excel. However after several
hours with it I am able to do most everything else including modifying
Bob's symbols. It is going to take me quite sometime to actually do a
wirebook however so I'd still have to give the nod to paper and pencil
unless you want professional diagrams or have a desire to learn a CAD
program. I haven't tried printing anything yet. Excel was easier to
learn but of course had no symbol library.
Ken


Ken brings up a good point. All of you need to concentrate on
one thing . . . the date that first light appears under the
wheels. While an accurate and well crafted wire book will enhance
the future repairs and sales efforts of your project, it does
not help you get the project done.

In my weekend seminars, I suggest that the #2 pencil, pink eraser
and spiral bound notebook are the documentation tools of choice.
Break the task down into page per system drawings. Get the DATA
recorded accurately.

Taking time to pretty up the data is best done after the project
is completed. But even if you don't convert the drawings to computer
images, the all important Lab Notebook is the root repository of all
that is knowable. Make copies of the pages and put them away in a
safe place.

The easiest way to go from pencil to pixels is to take one of hte
wirebooks in progress from my website and push thing around,
add and delete as needed to match what you're doing. The wirebooks
on the website are for a rather complex airplane . . . you're
more likely to need to delete things than to add things. As time
permits, I'm going to break down existing wirebook drawings and
post them in the page per system ( http://aeroelectric.com/PPS )
folder on the website in both .pdf and .dwg form. You can print
and insert the .pdf pages into a manually generated document or
take the .dwg form and integrate it into a more professional
set of CAD drawings.

Aside from the entertainment and/or personal satisfaction of
learning a new piece of software, I'll suggest that getting
up to speed on a CAD system is not moving you toward The Goal
any faster.

Bob . . .


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