Re: IMSI Instant Engineer: Ok for simple dwgs?

Richard Kanarek wrote:

Greetings again!

Regarding:


On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:56:49 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

JeffM wrote:


Joerg wrote:


My old DOS mechanical package won't work well anymore.
Need a simple CAD, just for sketches.
IMSI's "Instant Engineer" comes to mind


Why that app?


Because my old Turbocad is from the same vendor and it's been good to me. But AFAIK this new package was bought in.


Yes, DesignCAD was produced by (relying on memory) American Small
Business Computers, who sold it to UpperSpace, sold it to IMSI, which
has now bifurcated into two separate companies.

While you might be happy with your elderly IMSI product -- and,
indeed, I have no bad memories about the DOS error IMSI TurboCAD
version I once tried hundreds of years ago -- I'm not sure that the
modern IMSI is as worthy of praise or loyalty. I have heard rumblings
of dissatisfaction in the TurboCAD world (of which I have almost no
contact), and their management of DesignCAD thus far has been
disheartening.


Thanks for the hint, Richard. Then it might be better to look for something else. The question is, what? I know the electronic CAD world pretty well but not the mechanical one. Oh well, maybe I just put some more WD40 on my old DOS-TurboCad and keep using it. If I figure out how to do import and export I'd be humming. Other than that, there is still that vellum pad from Clearprint. It has never crashed on me ;-)

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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