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by PeterKona
Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:40 am
Forum: Techniques
Topic: Well Duh moments
Replies: 17
Views: 61535

Re: Well Duh moments

For people who have never used foot and inch measurements, it seems totally incomprehensible, illogical, unreadable but very exotic. For me as a CAD program developer, it is hell to manage these units... Why do some people still use these units? Because this is what the trades use and what they are...
by PeterKona
Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:32 am
Forum: Techniques
Topic: Well Duh moments
Replies: 17
Views: 61535

Re: Well Duh moments

I actually use decimal inches when doing remodel plans, since I don't do metric except for counter tops.... I set my range finder to decimal inches. Since house plans from field measurements are only going to be so accurate due to finishes and squaring up an existing non-square house, I only interpo...
by PeterKona
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: Other CADD and Applications
Topic: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?
Replies: 11
Views: 759

Re: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?

I've had to deal with imported interior elevations from a 3d based program (not sure which). What a mess. The thing is I can knock out a section of a building pretty quickly in PowerCADD. I don't need to try to make a section from a model --which is necessarily encumbered with non-essential and misl...
by PeterKona
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 217719

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

Which collaboration is that, Steve?
by PeterKona
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Other CADD and Applications
Topic: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?
Replies: 11
Views: 759

Re: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?

I am very very very relieved to know PowerCADD is coming back and when its 100% available, I will jettison Vectorworks and never look back. There is just no better CAD for small projects, in my opinion. That's discouraging! Did you try some other software, going for a more basic 2d approach? Yeah, ...
by PeterKona
Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:06 pm
Forum: Other CADD and Applications
Topic: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?
Replies: 11
Views: 759

Re: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?

I haven't tried it but I know of people who have used it successfully for design on one hand and builders who like as well to develop their construction approach.
by PeterKona
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:32 am
Forum: Other CADD and Applications
Topic: Autocad
Replies: 7
Views: 24636

Re: Autocad

johncruet48 wrote:
Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:08 pm
I tried MacDraft, RealCADD, and, lately, Morpholio Trace, which runs only on my iPad.
Hi John, What was your result with RealCADD? The interface looks a lot like PowerCADD. The website looks suspiciously out of date (so I would be concerned it's not being developed any longer).
by PeterKona
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:10 am
Forum: Other CADD and Applications
Topic: Archicad
Replies: 2
Views: 14684

Re: Archicad

Which ArchiCAD version do you get? Is there a version for multiple seats? It seems not. So every seat (computer?) is $2700 a year? Would there be any need for the "collaborate" version if there are only two people using it? I thought there was a built in Renderer. I also read that it use Redshift re...
by PeterKona
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: Other CADD and Applications
Topic: Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?
Replies: 11
Views: 759

Best Post PowerCADD Residential Drafting Application?

I hope I'm not messing up this thread by introducing this subject. I think it's good that there are threads for each contender program. I just want to bump the conversation and see if there are some other options out there. We would rather stay with PowerCADD but like the old water heater in my gara...