finally up and running Bricscad v6

[smf]

Hi everyone. We bought the newest release of Bricscad's version the
other day, and we've been able to migrate from Acad in a totally
seamless fashion. Just to confirm what most of you already know, Icad
is a perfect alternative even though we send and receive files all the
time to and from people using various incarnations of Autocad.

Once in a while I read in this forum that some of you prefer older
versions for stability reasons, but Bricscad 6 is extremely stable and
very nice to work with. They just included object / entity snap
tracking, a feature that's impossible to live without once you're used
to it.

Merry christmas!

Sven Nyström

[Bob Morrison]

In a previous post smf wrote...

Post by smf
Hi everyone. We bought the newest release of Bricscad's version the
other day, and we've been able to migrate from Acad in a totally
seamless fashion. Just to confirm what most of you already know, Icad
is a perfect alternative even though we send and receive files all the
time to and from people using various incarnations of Autocad.
Once in a while I read in this forum that some of you prefer older
versions for stability reasons, but Bricscad 6 is extremely stable and
very nice to work with. They just included object / entity snap
tracking, a feature that's impossible to live without once you're used
to it.

I concur. I've been using Icad for quite awhile now. It is now my
primary drafting program,but it does ease conversions and allows for a
review of DWG files outbound.

[jg]

"smf" <***@hidemarkstintzing.se> wrote in message news:***@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Hi everyone. We bought the newest release of Bricscad's version the
other day, and we've been able to migrate from Acad in a totally
seamless fashion. Just to confirm what most of you already know, Icad
is a perfect alternative even though we send and receive files all the
time to and from people using various incarnations of Autocad.

Once in a while I read in this forum that some of you prefer older
versions for stability reasons, but Bricscad 6 is extremely stable and
very nice to work with. They just included object / entity snap
tracking, a feature that's impossible to live without once you're used
to it.
**********
After using Icad full time since 1998, this latest Bricscad version is the
best yet for mine. I am having trouble opening some Acad files lately, I
suspect it is something about the particular source. Recover has opened them
all so far. Don't know about that Snaptrack - great when you want it, but
you don't always want it.

[The-trooper]

How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

[CW]

Best is relative. I tend to think that Bricscad is probably the best as far
as development and features but it's really a close call. I have CMS
Intellicad PE+. It works well though the tracking, it doesn't have. Wish it
did.

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

[Rich Webb]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:58:27 +0100, The-trooper

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

I've been using CMS through quite a few versions, mostly their PE+ or
equivalent releases. Disclaimer: I'm *not* a heavy-duty drafter/CAD-CAM
guy, just occasionally need to work with dwg or dxf files from various
projects. I do some of my own but mostly relatively lightweight stuff.

That said, CMS seems to be stick fairly closely to the basic ICAD
consortium's codebase and is a pretty good value for the cost.

My biggest complaint is their woeful customer service. I've tried for
years (literally) to get a change to the "notification" e-mail address
from the office's e-mail to my personal account. Tried various contact
addresses, non of them worked. I've finally given up trying.

They are also not showing up in their customer forum. That's not how it
was in the past but I've pointed out a couple of bugs in the newest
release (which other's have replied to who also have them) but after
several weeks there are no acknowledgements from them, at all.

So from my experience, factor in little-to-no customer support and, if
the price is still right, go for it.

[CW]

Try going to customer service on their site then click on "update my
account". I changed my email address that way a few months ago without
problems. You're right about lack of support. I've never known CMS paid
employees to make much of a showing on the forum, just the moderators. These
are essentially volunteers. They do receive the program free for being a
moderator but are not actual employees. Even they seem to be pretty rare
lately. It is a good program, particularly at the price but you are pretty
much on your own. The announcement for the last update didn't even get sent
out until about two months after it was available.

Post by Rich Webb
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:58:27 +0100, The-trooper

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

I've been using CMS through quite a few versions, mostly their PE+ or
equivalent releases. Disclaimer: I'm *not* a heavy-duty drafter/CAD-CAM
guy, just occasionally need to work with dwg or dxf files from various
projects. I do some of my own but mostly relatively lightweight stuff.
That said, CMS seems to be stick fairly closely to the basic ICAD
consortium's codebase and is a pretty good value for the cost.
My biggest complaint is their woeful customer service. I've tried for
years (literally) to get a change to the "notification" e-mail address
from the office's e-mail to my personal account. Tried various contact
addresses, non of them worked. I've finally given up trying.
They are also not showing up in their customer forum. That's not how it
was in the past but I've pointed out a couple of bugs in the newest
release (which other's have replied to who also have them) but after
several weeks there are no acknowledgements from them, at all.
So from my experience, factor in little-to-no customer support and, if
the price is still right, go for it.
--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

[Rich Webb]

Post by CW
Try going to customer service on their site then click on "update my
account". I changed my email address that way a few months ago without
problems.

Did that long ago and, while it was effective for the address that's
used when ordering or checking for updates, it had no effect on the
address that they use when e-mailing out announcements for new releases
or product updates.

I suppose I can just bang on that link every, say, first Monday of the
month and maybe, eventually, it'll stick.

Post by CW
You're right about lack of support. I've never known CMS paid
employees to make much of a showing on the forum, just the moderators. These
are essentially volunteers. They do receive the program free for being a
moderator but are not actual employees.

Which is OK. It's actually a pretty common practice in the software
industry to use volunteers like this as a "first line of defense" to
screen customer problems and pass on a consolidated list to the
developers. Nice if they'd show up, though ...

[ICADSales.com]

Give ProgeCAD 2006 Progessional a try. A free 30-day eval copy is
available at http://www.icadsales.com. They offer a support contract
with a 3-day response and features such as a symbol manager with
hundreds of symbols for mechanical, electrical, architectural, etc.
design, ACIS solids, advanced rendering, raster image editing, and the
standard features of the IntelliCAD 6 codebase.

Post by Rich Webb
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:58:27 +0100, The-trooper

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

I've been using CMS through quite a few versions, mostly their PE+ or
equivalent releases. Disclaimer: I'm *not* a heavy-duty drafter/CAD-CAM
guy, just occasionally need to work with dwg or dxf files from various
projects. I do some of my own but mostly relatively lightweight stuff.
That said, CMS seems to be stick fairly closely to the basic ICAD
consortium's codebase and is a pretty good value for the cost.
My biggest complaint is their woeful customer service. I've tried for
years (literally) to get a change to the "notification" e-mail address
from the office's e-mail to my personal account. Tried various contact
addresses, non of them worked. I've finally given up trying.
They are also not showing up in their customer forum. That's not how it
was in the past but I've pointed out a couple of bugs in the newest
release (which other's have replied to who also have them) but after
several weeks there are no acknowledgements from them, at all.
So from my experience, factor in little-to-no customer support and, if
the price is still right, go for it.
--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

[jg]

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

I have no way to compare, but I reckon the latest Bricsacd is the best I
have used so it's reasonable that all the latest versions are pretty good.
The first V6 was a bit buggy but the second (very latest) is practically
problem free.

[fruit]

Post by jg

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

I have no way to compare, but I reckon the latest Bricsacd is the best I
have used so it's reasonable that all the latest versions are pretty good.
The first V6 was a bit buggy but the second (very latest) is practically
problem free.

I think we've had about 5 or 6 v6 releases - including the two in the last
week :)

fruit

[jg]

Post by fruit

Post by jg

Post by The-trooper
How about latest CMS, has anybody tried it? I've heard that CMS is the
best Intelli?

I have no way to compare, but I reckon the latest Bricsacd is the best I
have used so it's reasonable that all the latest versions are pretty good.
The first V6 was a bit buggy but the second (very latest) is practically
problem free.

I think we've had about 5 or 6 v6 releases - including the two in the last
week :)

Oops, just had another look - in Bricscad there were 4 x 6.0's, 4 x 6.1's
and 5 x 6.2's. And there are 3 later 6.2's than the one I'm using, but I'm
still very happy with it. They are very helpful and I think put a lot of
effort into polishing the program and making it right.