What do you use DoubleCAD for?

[SteveMS]

What do you use DoubleCAD for? Please select form the options given or if any thing not indicated by an option, please post what you use DoubleCAD for.

I am planning more tutorials and would like to know where to head - what direction is needed most.

Presently, I am working on an architectual tutorial.

[SteveMS]

What is happening here? 3 votes and 40 views.......Come now, if your going to view, you could vote.

[ct]

SteveMS - what do you use Doublecad for?

Clive

[SteveMS]

Clive, I take DXF of PCB's and design PCB test fixtures taking my files back into 3D TurboCAD Pro. I als write training material for DoubleCAD and TurboCAD LTE and LTE Pro.

What do you use it for?

[ct]

Steve

Well I haven`t used Doublecad for anything productive yet as I only downloaded and installed it yesterday but I hope to be able to use it to draw out facades,details and other more "skeletal" frameworks for Architectural model making and then send them to a Laser Cutter to cut out the work from thin timber stock and various thicknesses of card stock.

I also hope to use it for designing various scale models of vintage commercial vans and castles/ancient monuments.

Traditionally I was trained in AutoCAD and have used other CAD software along the way!

I work for the Depatment of Architecture at Cambridge University here in the UK and manage the departments workshop and modelshop. I supervise, train and instruct students in Architectural model-making and CAD, but they mostly use Microstation and AutoCAD.

So far I really like the look and feel of DoubleCAD and to be honest again so far I`m liking it better than both the above mentioned!

Regards

Clive

[SteveMS]

Clive, thats good work you do. There is another chap, I am not too sure if he is here, his name is Paul, also in the UK, who uses CAD for lithograph work for model trains. I will send you a PM with his contact details as I am sure you two could have a good ol' chin wag.

As for CAD, I too am formally trained in AutoCAD and SoildWorks and like both, but I have BETA tested DesignCAD since the early/mid 90's, BETA test DoubleCAD and have been involved with DoubleCAD since it was first started and even had a name. I am also involved with TurboCAD Pro and like it and with TurboCAD LTE - vanilla and Pro versions. DoubleCAD and TurboCAD LTE and damn near identical except for a name - I think it is a marketing tool for IMSISoft and a very well market exercise that seems to work for them.

The reason I started this post was to gauge who was doing what with this program so I could get a direction or two or three as to where to go with creating more tutorials. I have created one already for TurboCAD LTE a modified verison of the DoubleCAD one - a basic lets learn CAD thing and now working on an architectual tutorial. The first tutorial is now for sale on the IMSI website, as will all tutorials I do. I have a number in mind all updated from my work with DesignCAD.

In all, I find DoubleCAD/TurboCAD LTE and LTE Pro very good little (not so really) programs and give AutoCAD a good shack round the neck! For many users, these programs would be MORE than ample for the end product and I do not know why people go to AutoCAD when there is this stuff out there. Marketing, as they DO NOT know it is there.

[ct]

Thanks Steve

Good luck with the tutorials and have a good Christmas.

Regards

Clive

[Jerry]

I use it for drawing house plans. Also some furnature drawings.

[hitechengineering]

I am new this forum and hope I enjoy being here and resolve issues as and when they occur.

Hoping your humble support!

Regards
James.