Dan,
You should get a presentation and then an evalution - trying it out
is the only way to:
- see if it works
- see how hard it is to learn
And most importantly...
3. find out if the saleperson has been gulty of terminological
inexactitude. :-)
Vornel
- In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Rosenberger"
<drosenberger@f...> wrote:
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [PipingDesign] Digest Number 1328
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> From our perspective as a mechanical contractor, accurate
fabrication and
> installation is the most important feature in piping software. It
also
> needs to be compatible with plain Autocad, ie to be able to view
our
> drawings without use of a viewer or object enabler. In space
coordination,
> we need to be able to do overlays with other drawings.
>
> The tie-in to engineering capabilities, stress analysis is a plus,
but not
> critical, since the engineering is normally done by others.
Learning curve
> is important, and I really don't know how to sort that out. Every
salesman
> will say that their product is intuitive and easy to learn. An
accurate,
> flexible and reasonably thorough parts database is also important.
>
> As for a pretty picture, that might be nice for a presentation,
but is not
> the main prioirty. It would be a plus if a software could be
drawn as
> symbols (the gate valve being two triangles) and then toggle over
to a
> pictorial (where the gate valve is a scaled representation
complete with
> stem and handwheel.)
>
> Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Dan Rosenberger
Received on Mon Nov 08 08:57:00 2004