I have pretty much become a believer in the value of CAD, even at our scale of development. After getting a little more proficient at designing in it, and after accumulating a couple dozen drawings, I think we are getting real value from it.
I am going to make an offer to ERPS that I think would benefit all of us. If ERPS is willing to sanction the attachment of CAD files on the mailing list, and endorse TurboCAD as the "official" CAD program, I would be willing to buy a half dozen or so copies for the primary contributors. I think we would all benefit by having more discussions with precise drawings instead of hand-waving text descriptions, and email attachments really are the most convenient way to do that. Most of the simple drawings I have been making are under 30k, so it isn't like sending huge mpg files around. There is a benefit to sharing common tools, especially among amateurs who aren't dedicating their lives to maximum proficiency with a tool set. I can't say I have done any comparison shopping, because I picked TC only because Russ and Phil were already using it, but it seems to do the job OK. CAD programs are probably like programming environments as far as preferences go, but if almost nobody at ERPS is using one at the moment, you might as well adopt a common one. John Carmack _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
