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Update. Am a registered user of Tcad LE. Just got an e-mail from them saying I can get Tcad 11.2 deluxe for $49 US. Can get Tcad 9 standard for $19 US plus $6 US for shipping. ANy comments between the two?
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No doubt about it spend the extra $30!!
I've used them both and I'm currently using 11 Pro.
V11 has additional tools and refinements. But the BEST are the "Constraints" tools which allow you to more or less to quickly sketch something without any great precision and comback (or even along the drawing process), make things the size and true shape that you want. An example might be that you have 2 line crossing each other in space but you need them parallel. You can use the parallel constraint tool make them parallel without erasing.
Another simple example would be to constrain the middle of a line to the center of a circle. Then if you translate the circle the line will move with it automatically.
Another example would be the ability to fix an angle between 2 lines. Grab one of the lines rotate or drag it and the other maintains the angle.
Your basicly creating relationships between geometries which maintain those constraint relationships regardless of what happens to them. This saves work later down the road such as retrimming and redrawing elements.
Also V11 has includes some parametic modelling enhancments as well.
The bottom line is that TurboCAD versions 10.5 and above are really improving their products to working towards products like ProE, CATIA V5 (I use this at Boeing), etc.
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I looked them over and near as I can tell there is really no way I would EVER need the options added in pro for the cost and what I am doing. I have never had any training in drafting, CAD, or any mechanical design. I do play with three views etc in Tcad LE because it is fun for me. It does halp draw acurately and to measure drawings compared to what I can scratch out with pen and paper. But mainly it is, as I said, fun for me. Others can turn these suites inside out and really create amazing stuff. I am continually in awe of others work.
Just my opinion.
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Say if you have all the ribs on the wings or formers on the fuse setup, how can you cover it up so its like covered with monokote or something like that???
I have maybee found a trick for Autocad LT.users that might allready be known or not . Anyway it is possible to load Images directly in to Autocad by typing Image on the command Line, next enter Alt-A. Now go to where the Image is kept on your computer by using the top line on the Window in Autocad follow the commands. Once this is all done start on the bottom left part of the sheet going to the top rigt. Once you got the image there you can now triat it like other sheets in Autocacd that is rotate, move alter the size etc. Now the job of tracingt the lines becomes somuch easer. I found this described in CAd Digest on the Internet. This sounds al lot more complecated then it is. Hope this helps
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Software used: Solidworks, SolidEdge, Autocad for modeling (nice to have access to a design office with all the licenses) Profili MotoCalc
Trying to find a good program for cnc now (mesh3d seems nice, don't have money for MasterCam or VirtualMill)
Select the DOWNLOAD button and then select the "eDrawings Publisher for AutoCAD®" option and continue.
When you run it it'll open with a "register me" screen but just say "later" and it's good to go. The scroll wheel works for a position sensitive zoom in and out function that's very nice to use. It won't tile print in the free version but it does print at 100% for smaller stuff and reduces to fit for larger stuff. I printed off a couple of my one page CAD files and it produced them as nicely as the orginal CAD program does.
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Some of the posts on the threads have been very anti-AutoCAD in the 3-D aspect. Please keep in mind that most of the aircraft you see flying today and most of the aircraft that will fly tomorrw will be designed in autoCAD. Most of the people who learn AutoCAD learn the basics of modeling, and never get the chance to actually dig deeper into the 3-D systems of AutoCAD. It took me about 3 years of reasearch to get to the point im at in AutoCAD, and i still dont know everything, however i do know that theres nothing i cant model accurately in AutoCAD. Below ill post a pic of the latest design of a full scale aircraft i hope to build with a friend. Please note that it is in the first stages of design, and will probably change in various ways during design. As you can see i have yet to add a cockpit, landing gear (retracts), and some other minor objects. The design is based off of a Bede BD-5B, however our uncertainty in the design of the wings on the origional led us to the conclusion that we should make our own, thus this design. Ill also post what most people consider to be the maximum modeling performance of AutoCAD, so that you may see the difference.
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If you run AutoCAD (like I do), then you must buy the AutoCad Raster Design! Maybe that's been covered here? It allows you to seemlessly integrate raster images, in other words, it is great for tracing in three-views!!!
The only bad part - it is version specific. That is to say, I'll be buying autocad 2007 soon & when I do I won't be able to use Raster Design 2006 with it. Anybody running AutoCad 2006? Want a very reasonable price on Raster Design?
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Has anyone used coreldraw to vectorize images? I wanted to know the accuracy. I downloaded the FREE trial, and it seems to work quite well exporting as .dxf or .dwg. this is a link to the tutorial page that covers vectorizing.
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