On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Jacob G Podipara <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi; > > > Would anyone be able to give some inputs regarding drawing software to > > > generate architectural and > > > structural drawings like AutoCAd and comparison thereof. > > > > > > > I've tried using some of the free alternatives and found them difficult > to > > use after having used Autocad. It had more to do with lack of features as > > one is accustomed to think in terms of features that Autocad offers. I > wish > > some where good enough for simple drafting. QCAD is supposed to be good > but > > I still had difficulty using it.> Would like to hear experiences others > have ahd with CAD packages. > > If I was running a business needing drafting, I would have made sure I learnt one of the free packages. It is just a hobby for me and I'm trying to keep in touch with what I did more than 23 years ago. I found Draftsight reasonably easy to use. Like I said before, it is free but not open source. My father's company had no choice but to stick to Autocad. There were a few > alternatives like Turbocad which was much cheaper and was good. The reason > why we had to stick to Autocad was because of employees. The existing > draftsmen (who call themselves design engineers) were not willing to learn > any new software. When we started to interview new people, some of them > thought that we were weird to use anything other than Autocad and a > majority thought that it would be a career disaster for them to work on a > non Autocad using company. > Normal issue with FOSS w.r.t career enhancement > > [rant] > That's the state of our nation. Draftsmen who think they are engineers and > engineers who forget that any software is a tool. At least this shallowness > is currently limited to the college educated lot in our country :) Wonder > when car drivers are going to demand a BMW to get employed. > It is pretty much a vicious cycle that needs to be broken. Businesses must first adopt it, get their employees to learn it by investing in training and insist no piracy will be entertained. - Mohan Sundaram. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
