[X4U] ClarisDraw>Inkscape?

[Jim Colgate]

Zane,

Another excellent, though pricey, CAD product on the MAC is Sketchup now
owned by Google <http://www.sketchup.com>.

I was also in the local Apple store recently and found that Punch!
Software's Home Design Studio <http://www.punchsoftware.com > is now
available for the MAC. I purchased it, but have not loaded it yet. It may be
too architectural oriented, but you can take a look. It was only $150.

My 2 cents worth,

   Jim


> From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:59:00 -0800 (PST)
> To: <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [X4U] ClarisDraw>Inkscape?
> 
>> Our office uses PowerCADD, which I think is a pretty good drawing program,
>> and will do gradient fills, opacities, etc.  The font handling isn't as good
>> as Illustrator, but otherwise I find it much easier to draw with.
>> 
>> http://engsw.com/products/   demo: http://engsw.com/downloads/
>> 
>> It's a little pricey for a drawing app, though.
>> 
>> (We use it for architecture, but it's great for presentation drawings also.)
>> 
>> -Barbara
> 
> I'm reading with a text-based email client in a terminal window at the
> moment, so I didn't see the "little pricey" line till after I'd looked at
> the webpage, you gave me quite the scare when I saw the price! :^) Maybe I
> should add a caveat, I'm looking for something in the $100 range, but will
> go a bit higher if it does everything I want the way I want, but I think
> about $300 is the max I can spend.  ClarisDraw cost me about $300 in '95.
> For that matter I think that's about what the antique DOS-based CAD software
> I bought nearly 20 years ago cost :^)
> 
> Much to my frustration, unlike TurboCAD, PowerCADD would run on my current
> system without an upgrade. :^( I realized after I downloaded the TurboCAD
> demo it requires 10.4.  Well, I removed the Mac data off of the server that
> I still use Classic Appletalk to speak to a couple days ago, so just maybe I
> can find time to duplicate my system disk and upgrade to 10.4 this weekend
> (I'm getting ready to do this anyway).  Guess it's a good thing I'm not in a
> big hurry to find a replacement for ClarisDraw, or get off my G5. :^)  Still
> I do want to find a nice Universal binary so I don't have to have Classic
> anymore.
> 
> Zane
> 
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