Re: 3D CAD Piping Software

> I've been a fad and doing 3d for over 10 years. I cant stand going
back to
> autocad and never got good at it anyway.
> I love SW (but Routing is weak for piping , great for add on strings
eg
> hydraulics, pnematics etc), Cadworx is great but has a learning curve
and
> needs specs set up. Ive used rebis lots and prefer cadworx by far. PDs
and
> Microstation suck in my opinion. far from intuitive. The formats are a
> disaster in an integrated file transfer world. (only export to _xt
> (parasolid) or IGEs (crude.)and even then under great duress with
Bentley.
> They dont want you doing transfers (talk about head in the sand).
Turbocat
> and datacad are just cons. Claims that just arent lived up to.
> Ive tried many (all I could find) ducting layout/drafting programs and
dont
> like any of them.
>
> Does anyone have any comments/opinions on what is currently on the
> market? And relative cost of use?
>
> I am currently bashing my head against a wall doing 2D piping in
> AutoCAD. Might as well draw by hand, as far as I'm concerned.

The day they come up with a 30" x 40" touchpad monitor that I can safely spill my coffee on is when I'll truly convert.

It would also have to interpret the weight I place on the digitizing device, so that lighter pressure would result in lighter lines on the screen. And less colours, I'm colour blind.

The thing I have against 2D is that I have to draw everything at least twice. I'm familiar with modeling, it's just that Heidi Klum sometimes gets in my way while I'm trying to do piping.

Paul Received on Sat Feb 21 04:52:00 2004