Topic: ProgeCAD LT 2006

[Mark]

Have any bitheads downloaded / installed this BricsCAD yet?

I'd like to know how well it does lisp, like entmake, xdata, dictionaries, ssget filtering, mapcar, lambda, apply, atoms-family etc. Obviously vl-stuff is out, but how robust is the vanilla lisp, that'd be the question.

Thanks.

I've got it, haven't installed yet.

From the web page "ActiveX, including in-place editing" included. 

[MP]

A person might get derned excited about this product if it can be automated to an appreciable level.

[hudster]

Looks like we will be getting this, I downloaded the pro trial version, does everything we need it to and a wee bit more as well.

DWFIN, PDFOUT, block manager, wintopo all built into the program.  we can have 10 network licenses for just over £1500 ex vat, a lot less than one AutoCAD seat.

If we can get some LT licences as well we could be even better off as we only need 5 pro licences for the CAD staff and the rest for engineers.

I still can't see what the catch is, there must be something fishy to make this program so cheap, or am I just too cynical?

[Mark]

Looks like we will be getting this, I downloaded the pro trial version, does everything we need it to and a wee bit more as well.

How did you get it installed?? ( that's if you're talking about bricscad )

I get a dialog box asking for a registration key to activate VBA, but is says VBA is not installed with the trial version. 

[Mark]

Never mind . . . 

[Swift]

i had problems getting the vba running once i bought the pro version of bricscad... I BELIEVE you can automate the trial version with standalone VB if you want to try it like that

[MP]

i had problems getting the vba running once i bought the pro version of bricscad ...

So don't buy the pro version? I don't get it.

[Swift]

no I installed the demo and then bought the program but the demo install doesn't install the vba so an uninstall is in order

[MP]

no I installed the demo and then bought the program but the demo install doesn't install the vba so an uninstall is in order

Thanks (I think).

:grazy:

[hudster]

We are going for the pro version of ProgeCAD, we don't use VBA a lot, the only drawback so far is a lack of vlisp commands, so some routines won't work for me.

But all in all I can't complain, for the work we do, I can't really justify the outlay for AutoCAD when this will do.

[hudster]

Ok, I've been looking on the internet and I've come up with 4 main versions of IntelliCAD.

These are 4M, BRICSCAD, PROGECAD and CADOPIA.

Prices are all much of a sameness only about £100 from lowest to highest.

My problem comes about now I have to recommend one, I'm swaying towards progecad, but I'm woried about it's stability.

Anyone have any recomendations about which one to use, and why it's better.

[Dinosaur]

The fact that BricsCad has been chosen as an optional CAD engine for EaglePoint software speaks a lot.  EP involves some very complicated land development design tasks.  I have not heard anything negative about any of those choices.

[MP]

4M's intellicad engine core is a version behind the others if I'm not mistaken.

[Mark]

Have any bitheads downloaded / installed this BricsCAD yet?

I'd like to know how well it does lisp, like entmake, xdata, dictionaries, ssget filtering, mapcar, lambda, apply, atoms-family etc. Obviously vl-stuff is out, but how robust is the vanilla lisp, that'd be the question.

Thanks.

entmake = yes
xdata = yes
dictionaries = yes
ssget filtering = yes
mapcar = yes
lambda = yes
apply = yes
atoms-family = yes

 

[LE]

Have any bitheads downloaded / installed this BricsCAD yet?

I'd like to know how well it does lisp, like entmake, xdata, dictionaries, ssget filtering, mapcar, lambda, apply, atoms-family etc. Obviously vl-stuff is out, but how robust is the vanilla lisp, that'd be the question.

Thanks.

It is good [just that].