Re: Quick Question

From: <Mike>
Date: Fri Oct 08 1999 - 23:02:00 EDT

I have been using the Rebis packages since the days of EDA (Otto will know what I'm talking about). Some people might think otherwise but I personally think that these are the best packages for versatility.

• Original Message ----- From: Paul Bowers <pbowers@PipingDesign.com> To: <PipingDesign@onelist.com> Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] Quick Question

> From: Paul Bowers <pbowers@PipingDesign.com>
>
> Thank you for posting that, Otto.
>
> One question I haven't yet asked on this list is, "Which piping
> software are you using, and how well does it work?". Some of you are
> involved in mega-dollar marine and petroleum/chemical engineering
> projects and likely use the more expensive hardware-specific software.
>
> The vast majority of subscribers to this list have at least 15 years
> of experience in piping design (based on those that have indicated
> their age on the inquiry form at Onelist) and from that I presume they
> also have "board experience", IE, familiarity with how piping design
> work progressed before CAD.
>
> Let's look at the CAD piping software available today...there's the
> "total-experience-but-expensive-and-centralized" one gets with PDS or
> PDMS and there's the "affordable-sometimes-buggy-but-customizable"
> option of Rebis, Cadpipe and others. Which is the best approach? Does
> "largest installed base" really count?
>
> Based on the AutoCAD business model,"largest installed base" *does*
> work in the long run, since it results in more user interaction and as
> a result, more user-originated solutions to software problems. On the
> other hand, some designers prefer the "total package" as offered by
> the big-buck vendors.
>
> The intent of starting this email list and website has always been to
> get back to the basics of piping design and to apply that same
> critical thinking to the concept of piping software development (I
> don't think we're going back to the board, eh?).
>
> Paul
>
> Otto Weiberth wrote:
>
> > Delain,
> >
> > Check out rebis.com <rebis.com> for a totally integrated I&E design
tool
> > that's used worldwide and is the largest installed base out there.
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