Mid-Priced Windows CAD: Cadvance 6.0 Available in various guises since 1987, Cadvance 6.0 is now being marketed by FastCAD Europe Ltd. FastCAD has competed aggressively against AutoCAD for ages, but its main products have traditionally been DOS-based. Crudely designed and unattractive interfaces have limited these technically interesting and extremely fast programs’ appeal, and FastCAD has […]
Mid-Priced Windows CAD: Caddie for Windows 4.1 Caddie for Windows version 4.1, from Vector Graphic Systems Ltd, is well-established in its native South Africa, but not particularly well-known in the UK. It aims to provide versatile 2D drawing tools at a modest price – an upgrade to Caddie’s parent DOS product is available for those […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 95 Date: August 1994 Feature Review: Mid-Priced Windows CAD AutoCAD LT has been an immediate success, but it’s not the only mid-priced Windows CAD program available. Tim Baty looks at some of the alternatives Caddie for Windows 4.1 Cadvance 6.0 DesignView 3.0 At a Glance These three mid-priced […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 92 Date: May 1994 Product Information: AutoCAD Release 13 Price at time of publication: £3,100 Supplier: Autodesk Limited Phone: 01483-300077 Fact Panel: Minimum Requirements – Windows: 486DX or Pentium; 16Mb RAM; 37Mb hard-disk space + 64Mb permanent swap-file; Mouse; Parallel port for hardware lock; DOS 5.0 or later; […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 92 Date: May 1994 Product Information: AutoCAD LT for Windows Price at time of publication: £495 Supplier: Autodesk Limited Phone: 01483 303322 Fact Panel: Display Types: Windows Minimum Requirements: 386; 387 Maths Co-processor; HD (8Mb free + 8Mb min. Permanent Swapfile); 4Mb RAM; Mouse Available on: Dual-Media (3 […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 92 Date: May 1994 Product Information: Title: AutoSketch Release 2 for Windows Author: Autodesk Limited Supplier: Autodesk Limited Phone: (0483) 303322 Price at time of publication: £199 Fact Panel: Display Types: Windows Issue Disks: Dual Media (High-density) Minimum Hardware: 386SX or 486SX CPU; 4Mb RAM; Hard Disk with […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 87 Date: December 1993 ‘PC Plus’ Buyer’s Guide Price Watch: Digitising Tablets Digitising Tablets have been overlooked by the mass computer market for many years, although they’ve always been popular with professional designers. The new generation of Pen-driven portable computers has re-kindled interest in this well-established technology. TIM […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 85 Date: October 1993 Buyer’s Guides: Plotters Not long ago, buying a hard-copy device for Computer Aided Design (CAD) was easy. The only choice most people had to make was paper size – the use of pen plotting as the core technology was seldom in question. However, the […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 84 Date: September 1993 Product Information: Title: Virtus Walkthrough 1.1 Price: £410 Supplier: Gomark Limited Phone: 071-731-7930 Fact Panel: Minimum Requirements: Windows; 386 CPU; Hard Disk; 4Mb RAM; Mouse Available on: 3.5″ 720k Options: Printer; Plotter Brief Encounters: Virtus Walkthrough 1.1 Virtus Walkthrough 1.1 is a 3D Visualisation […]
Publication Details: Publication: “PC Plus”, UK Issue: 84 Date: September 1993 Product Information: Title: Smartdraw for Windows Version 1.0 Author: The Other Operation Supplier: The Other Operation Phone: 010-353-1-903366 Price at time of publication: £25.95 Fact Panel: Display Types: Windows Issue Disks: 3.5″ 720k Minimum Hardware: 386 CPU; Hard Disk; 1Mb RAM; Mouse Other Hardware: […]