A Big Treat coming for Readers of MEW

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a free trial of some affordable, high-quality parametric 3D CAD software.

Wouldn't it be even better to have a really long free trial of some affordable, high-quality parametric 3D CAD software.

Wouldn't it be even better to have a really long free trial of some affordable, high-quality parametric 3D CAD software backed up by a custom series of tutorials written by a professional trainer in your favourite magazine?

What, you want downloadable examples and support files as well…?

Watch this space

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Alibre Atom3D perchance? If so I look forward to the tutorials, they might help me with Alibre that I have had for years and still a tyro!

John

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 16:03:13:

… What, you want …

.

Mac OS X compatibility please

MichaelG.

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

That's got my attention!

Jim

[Philip RoweParticipant @philiprowe13116]

Now this sounds really interesting, how long do we have to wait?

Phil

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

As somebody who has started trying to learn CAD this offer sounds very interesting, any chance of MAC OS please?

Edited By V8Eng on 19/09/2018 20:50:59

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I'm afraid it will be PC only, not many good CAD packages out there for Mac.

No more clues for a while

Neil

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Well Fusion 360 runs on Mac OS so obviously not that.

Have to use my Windows 8.1 PC then, thanks in advance.🙂

Edited By V8Eng on 19/09/2018 22:27:52

[A G BRENNANParticipant @agbrennan]

This sound really good hope it starts at the very basic for those of us only just starting to go to CAD

[JohnFParticipant @johnf59703]

As V8Eng says I to have tried but struggled to make any headway with Turbocad so lets hope it is for absolute dummy's and tutorials start at very first principals thus assuming the pupil knows NOTHING !

Not even how to draw a straight line !

Shame about the Mac though but can dust off the old Windows 7 PC

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 21:48:02:

No more clues for a while

How about just one more? Will this be for subscribers only or will you still get it if you buy the magazine from the bookstore (in another country at that).

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

Wahay, back to the days when magazines had floppy disks/CDs glued to the covers.

Will there be a CAM package, with guidance on writing POSTs in the future?

I'm ashamed to say that I use Visio for all of my CAD work, since being introduced to it in 1996. I've tried a couple of 'proper' CAD packages, but haven't been clever enough to make them do what I wanted. Maybe some educational articles will help me break out of 2D!

Looking forward to it!

Edited By Mark Rand on 20/09/2018 02:43:57

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 21:48:02:

I'm afraid it will be PC only,

Good, so that will include Linux then??

Russell

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Bandersnatch on 20/09/2018 01:44:30:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 21:48:02:

No more clues for a while

How about just one more? Will this be for subscribers only or will you still get it if you buy the magazine from the bookstore (in another country at that).

This will be for any reader, worldwide. A full trial long enough to make decent use of it and decide whether it suits you, and the price if you decide to carry on is sensible (and an outright purchase, no annual licensing or forced upgrades).

It does, like any 3D CAD program, require some getting used to. The tutorial will start right at the beginning.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 20/09/2018 08:08:27:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 21:48:02:

I'm afraid it will be PC only,

Good, so that will include Linux then??

Russell

I'm afraid not.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 20/09/2018 09:49:22

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Posted by Mark Rand on 20/09/2018 02:37:32:
Wahay, back to the days when magazines had floppy disks/CDs glued to the covers.

Edited By Mark Rand on 20/09/2018 02:43:57

Yes! Back about '97 PC World gave out a superceded version of Turbocad (2D of course back then) that would do everything an amateur needed on a 286 and the s/w company was happy to live with the profits only from professionals buying the latest version. It could draw a dial with both imperial and metric tick marks in a matter of a minute and provide a file I could take to wok and print without special drivers. Of course Microsoft then worked hard to make new operating systems incompatible with old software.
Now the free 2D packages struggle with that benchmark and are development versions with bugs and deliberate failings like not producing transferable files, limited sizes, lots of aids like fillets removed etc.

Since most modellers only do a handful of drawings a year and then only of simple brackets and wheels the hit comes when the vendor thinks that minimal use is worth a massive £50 or more for software that will cease to work with the next operating system upgrade.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Nice one Neil. Well done

[Noel MurphyParticipant @noelmurphy40921]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/09/2018 09:19:30:

Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 20/09/2018 08:08:27:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 21:48:02:

I'm afraid it will be PC only,

Good, so that will include Linux then??

Russell

I'm afraid not.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 20/09/2018 09:49:22

Windows 7 please? Not just Win 10.

Noel

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Noel Murphy on 20/09/2018 11:29:17:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/09/2018 09:19:30:

Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 20/09/2018 08:08:27:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 19/09/2018 21:48:02:

I'm afraid it will be PC only,

Good, so that will include Linux then??

Russell

I'm afraid not.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 20/09/2018 09:49:22

Windows 7 please? Not just Win 10.

Noel

W7 or later.

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Any treats about for those of us that are happy with the 3D package we already have

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by JasonB on 20/09/2018 12:05:15:

Any treats about for those of us that are happy with the 3D package we already have

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Probably the same massive discount that Mac users are getting

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Probably the same massive discount that Mac users are getting 

Like the ongoing free OS updates!😉

 

Edited By V8Eng on 20/09/2018 13:55:06

[blowlampParticipant @blowlamp]

I couldn't resist moving to Apple after seeing this:

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

Well, well, well, Blowlamp! … who'd have thought it?

I seem to remember being taken to task for suggesting that Apple users were a little too enthusiastic in support of somewhat 'flaky' merchandise. Maybe so, maybe not . Maybe I just dislike the principle of unrestrained disdain for bamboozled customers! At 83 I possibly have insufficient experience of marketing practice to form an opinion but 'puter repair fellow doing the above video seems to know a thing or two … but probably biased?

rgds

Bill

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