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ClarisCAD
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beachycove
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I have it, boxed and with a full set of manuals I am pleased to say. I am a big fan of the old Claris software titles, and snapped this up on eBay a while back.
I have not used it much of late, but it is a very able and user-friendly 2D drafting program, very much in some ways like ClarisDraw but more obviously suited to technical use in industry, architecture, and the like. It would be the sort of program with which you could design floor or kitchen layouts in a builder's office, but not, let's say, the hull sections of a boat.
So it has its limitations. Its great feature is what you could call the ratio of its power to its system requirements: in other words, it did a lot FOR THE TIME, yet ran well on hardware from circa 1992-93. One suspects that it was eclipsed by the switch to ppc on the one side and by development of the many 3D/ CAD drawing applications that were to come on the other, and which did everything ClarisCAD did and a good deal more. Like much else at Claris, when the competition appeared, and especially when Windows software rose to the same graphics-savvy level, the product was effectively abandoned rather than further developed.
I have not used it much of late, but it is a very able and user-friendly 2D drafting program, very much in some ways like ClarisDraw but more obviously suited to technical use in industry, architecture, and the like. It would be the sort of program with which you could design floor or kitchen layouts in a builder's office, but not, let's say, the hull sections of a boat.
So it has its limitations. Its great feature is what you could call the ratio of its power to its system requirements: in other words, it did a lot FOR THE TIME, yet ran well on hardware from circa 1992-93. One suspects that it was eclipsed by the switch to ppc on the one side and by development of the many 3D/ CAD drawing applications that were to come on the other, and which did everything ClarisCAD did and a good deal more. Like much else at Claris, when the competition appeared, and especially when Windows software rose to the same graphics-savvy level, the product was effectively abandoned rather than further developed.
steve30
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Which version do you have?
I did get version 1 in french a while back, but couldn't get it working until now, when I found out that I had to reduce the colours to 256 in BasiliskII. It now works but is in french which I don't understand. I could also do with a manual, but it does look a bit easier to use than AutoCAD 2008 which I also had a fiddle with.
The main reason I am interested in this is because part of my assignment for college involves researching and specifying a CAD package and a computer to run it on and I heard of ClarisCAD and thought it looks like it might be suitable to include in this project. But I am interested in having a go with it anyway as I have never really done much with CAD and I would like to.
Now I just need an english version.
EDIT: I got a copy of version 2.0 in english now, but I still lack manuals and help files.
I did get version 1 in french a while back, but couldn't get it working until now, when I found out that I had to reduce the colours to 256 in BasiliskII. It now works but is in french which I don't understand. I could also do with a manual, but it does look a bit easier to use than AutoCAD 2008 which I also had a fiddle with.
The main reason I am interested in this is because part of my assignment for college involves researching and specifying a CAD package and a computer to run it on and I heard of ClarisCAD and thought it looks like it might be suitable to include in this project. But I am interested in having a go with it anyway as I have never really done much with CAD and I would like to.
Now I just need an english version.
EDIT: I got a copy of version 2.0 in english now, but I still lack manuals and help files.
steve30
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Well, I got version two and the Help files. Should be OK now.
Does anyone have a scan of the box and/or the manuals? Doesn't really matter if I can't find these but it would be helpful.
Just wish I could find a boxed copy rather than relying on everyone else to email me stuff.
Does anyone have a scan of the box and/or the manuals? Doesn't really matter if I can't find these but it would be helpful.
Just wish I could find a boxed copy rather than relying on everyone else to email me stuff.
macintricks
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wally
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Today I happened upon this guy's opinion:
http://www.engsw.biz/drawroom/ScottD/DavidScott.html
Edited addition: caution on bias, he is one of many user testimonials on a vendor site.
http://www.engsw.biz/drawroom/ScottD/DavidScott.html
Edited addition: caution on bias, he is one of many user testimonials on a vendor site.
macintricks
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I, too, am looking for Claris Graphics Translator 1.1 (CGT 1.1). Why is it so rare? You would think Apple would have just posted it in its older software downloads section.
Anonymous Freak
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ClarisCAD was how I first learned CAD back in high school. Dual-floppy SE's, we had System 6 and ClarisCAD on one disk, and a second for our work.
macintricks
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A support site for Claris CAD is now available, which includes Claris Graphics Translator.
http://www.clarislink.net/clariscad/
http://www.clarislink.net/clariscad/
