I ask for people’s personal input because there are things that arise only from use and not something that’s documented generally. I think many required the Command key or other modifiers and I’m not a fan of cramping my hands for long forgettable combo’s. I tried MiniCAD and while I generally like it, I think all of the shortcuts were too unnatural. Were you using ArchiCAD around the late 90’s, such as version 5? How does it handle if I were to, say, strictly use it as a 2D tool? Now that I’ve looked it up, it appears there are versions available for download for 68k Macs. I always figured ArchiCAD is BIM oriented. That’s why I switched from Adobe Cloud…suite crap whatever it’s called to Apple Aperture for photo developing. Modern stuff is just so bothersome and grating. I’d like to focus on the older (c.90’s) software. Did not even check the availability of the software as of today, sorry. You'd might need to check some Macintosh repository sites to get those. So 'Id still say maybe CADintosh it might be, if you are in about 2D only, with simple measurements of a simple project. ANd it's only for recent systems, no older versions available to d/l or use. ArchiCAD for sure not available for free, unless a student, then it's free I think. Don't know about MiniCAD, probably not freely available. You need to find something abandonware and freely available or free. Maybe not ready for production yet, but I believe the big companies might be a little bit afraid of what's coming out from this/these projects. For the current Macs, I would say check out the free BIM stuff for blender, and their add-ons. That said, I don't think there is a free solution to this. Tried it, but ArchiCAD won the battle for me. I don't know about it though any more than that. Later it was bought by Graphisoft and it reappeared as Vectorworks (maybe I am missremembering some of it though, don't know for sure). And arranging the seats for my wedding celebration evening or so, whatever (big grin). I almost would do my recipe book with ArchiCAD. So I am a ArchiCAD guy, first and foremost. First I was thrilled about it, but then - it was not for me either, way too archaic (even then at that time, huh). I did do a course somewhere at 80's on AutoCAD, it was a PC compatible or something. I tried very briefly LemkeSofts CADintosh. I tried ClarisCAD, not worth it ever I think. I don't think there is none, maybe besides ArchiCAD, and used wrong, like as a 2D drawing tool. 3D and texturing is not a requirement.Īny draftsmen from the 80's/90's that have a piece of software they could swear by? Basically I need the MS Paint of CAD made for quick dimensional drafting with keyboard shortcuts galore. I also have PPC, Intel and of course my A64 Macs but I think using the older architectures would add to the simple-natured throwback feel. If you have a 68k app that fits this need, I'll gladly try. I wouldn't mind putting my Quadra to some use. I have all of my hand-drafting tools and I may just resort to that but it sounds like a perfect opportunity to test-drive some new old software. At the moment, my biggest need is to design a shop in my yard. I also often need to draw things around the house for renovation or rearranging etc. I just want to open the app, start throwing dimensional lines using only the keyboard and numpad, confirm that arc angles or divisions will work mathematically and close it up. until a basic dimensionally-defined shape is created. One of my favorite ways to quickly draw is selecting a multi-line tool, for instance, and entering a length, tab, an angle, return, a length, tab, an angle, return etc. I for intersection, L for the line tool, C for circles, etc. There were so many one-key commands that made it possible to cruise through many drawings quickly. Back then, we were running at a max resolution of 1024 if lucky and the UI was probably designed in the Win95 era. This was not the case when I was taking courses. I use maybe 1/10,000th of the features of this software and god help me if something gets toggled errantly and I have to spend an hour or two tracking down the issue. There's too many knobs and levers that are intended to please everybody in every industry. I get to use modern AutoCAD (well, as late as 2012 I think) and it's kind of hair-pulling at times. I've got a severe need to go back to some simple old-school CAD software.
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