At 12:22 PM -0800 1/18/07, nk wrote: >what do you mean by "CAD" software? are you doing things that are >related to architecture, or building systems or designing things. > >my understanding of CAD is that it's "computer-aided design" and >that those apps will pump out drawings in the style engineers are >used to and need. > >is that what you mean? Yes, I meant "Computer-Aided Design", I have more experience with CAD software than app's such as Illustrator or Freehand. At 12:24 PM -0800 1/18/07, nk wrote: >also, in my search to find out just what Claris Draw was, I >encountered a program called Easy Draw, which boasts that it will >import CD files. > >so, at least you could get your work into an OS X environment... I've looked at Eazydraw previously, I might consider picking it up as a way to convert ClarisDraw files, since it can read them. The problem I had was it felt unprofessional, and was lacking in some features I use in ClarisDraw. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |