AS10 Requirements

I have been user from the old days when the current AS was actually
Drafix 4. I have been evaluating options for the future and from a cost
and feature perspective, the AutoCAD knock offs (the ones beginning with
I...) look very good.

I am sure AutoDesk would like user to jump from AutoSketch to AutoCAD LT
but the cost is too much.

So what should AS 10 have? Many items have been kicked around before
but there are few key ones.

1) 100% DWG compatibility for 2D drawings. AutoDesk should be able to
provide this.

2) Deal with with paper space - model space. Users need to see the 2D
drawings that AutoCAD has made from the model.

3) Add Xref capability.

4) Maybe add an alternate menu structure or special help for AutoCAD
Users. They always complain bitterly in the forum that AutoSketch
commands are different.

5) Fix all the bugs!


Some might say that doing this will just steal sales from AutoCAD LT.
It may. But it would also steal sales from the AutoCAD knock offs that
cost $50 to $150.

With out some real upgrades next time, the AUtoCAD knockoffs will look
even better.

--
Len Rafuse
Vision Engineering

PS If I had to pick one from list above it would be DWG compatibility.
How come a $50 knock off program does better with a DWG file than an
official AutoDesk product? (fixing bugs shouldn't even need to be
mentioned)

 

Hear, hear!

I was considering the AS8 to AS9 'upgrade' the other day, for 5 minutes.

GBP88.00 is not attractive to me and I certainly wouldn't buy outright at
GBP150.00!! (Current Amazon UK Price)

And, of course, don't forget the macros!

 

I needed macros long ago for two major problems - Plotting and
conversion to DWG.

I solved the plotting problem by making a DWG and plotting from AutoCAD
LT 98. Of course plotting from AS9 is actually good now so I do not
need to make the DWG for plotting.

However I still need to make DWG files to send to others. The macro I
had used to exploded things and correct issues and then save as DWG.

I still have issues with the AS DWG. But if the DWG becomes 100%
compatible, I do not need macros.

I suspect that they will not add macros since the level up product
(AutoCAD LT) does not have macros.