John Carmack wrote:
> 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 have a copy of TurboCAD (likely a rev or two old) and bought one for
Gene when he was doing ERPS stuff. TC is affordable and powerful
enough for our needs without being TOO terrible a learning curve. My
problem was that I didn't use it often enough to keep proficient. 8-(
> 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.
An alternative would be to create a CAD directory with upload/download
options. CAD drawing could be posted there with msgs sent to the list
that include descriptions and the link.
> 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.
Agreed. I think the major issue would be that Dan (who does most of
our machining) is a Mac person, not a PC user. And Dave M (our other
machinist) has drafting background and uses SolidWorks I think. I will
recommend TC, though, and encourage people to adopt it as Standard.
Michael
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