Pretty kewl.

Say, i wonder if it is ok to burn demos/trials and videos of ViaCAD & ViaCAD Pro to DVD (with unofficially approved art or labeling or maybe none) and pass around, to help generate more accessible "buzz". But, when i think about, it would only be different in the lack of boxes and manuals.

But, since the trial will time out, is it OK. I feel like it would be useful. Is Punch! pressing trials on DVD and inserting into magazines? I imagine they'd charge, so if it's cheaper, maybe we users can do it.

FYI the vast majority of these units are homedesign but we continue to make good progress on the CAD side.

Tim

Hi Tim,

I came across VC by accident last year, it was linked in another forum. The 2d/3d was to me quite powerful although quite buggy. A lot of work as gone into fixing up the bugs which made me show support by upgrading to Pro. As more bugs are fixed I think VC/shark will do well IMHO.


- Steve

In my work I use whatever CAD/CAM they have in house. I have not yet come across any with a seat of VC/Shark.

Currently with VC, I use this for home hobby modeling. I do make many different models, most of which are for friends who cannot find a model or cannot afford to make a purchase of a model. It can be quite interesting and brings up new challenges.

With the surfacing in VC pro/shark there are numerous anomalies, even some Tim cannot appear to resolve in building with Shark, as I found on this thread
Now until there is actually some full explanation of the error popups, such as "U and V are in the same or opposite direction" and ways to avoid these errors, then a lack of understanding will force new users away (IMHO)

I would like to see VC/Shark do well, but there are still some basic functions that can cause hair loss.(due to pulling it out)


- Steve

Well, i know what makes me tear out MY hair, and that's often AutoCAD. When i try to loft surfaces or fair hulls, i keep having my display (by the default settings in ACAD) just insist on showing me innumerable meshing, which freezes up my screen, hangs the mouse a fraction of a second, and is just plain stupid implementation of display technology. That stuff may be fine for working on some items of geometry.

When i tried TurboCAD for lofting, TC 3d v 14 (IIRC) was stripped of any surfacing other than their n-something meshes, which may be fine for cartographers and those modeling faces, but, again, for my ship hull modeling, it just made me BALLISTIC. Then, they had the gall to say it's available in the Pro version -- which i'd have to have had over $500 to get.

Enter ViaCAD 2D/3D (which, incidentally, i bought the same night as i bought TC 14, at a now-closed/defunct CompUSA store), which i'd eyed on numerous visits over a 3 or 6 month window before CompUSA closed down. I figured, I'm spending $700 on a laptop, more for hard drives, RAM, a bag and such, so if i'm spending ~$129 on IMSI TurboCAD (which i'd tried and failed with ~1992, and DesignCAD, which was too much price for me for year 2007, and was appearing more civil/residential than maritime/naval), surely I can spend $99 on Punch! ViaCAD. Boy was i happy. The surfacing/solids-make work just beautifully as long as my original curves from Delftship are faired sufficiently. I know i could "fair" curves in ViaCAD, but since this is marine design stuff, i may as well get the best hydrodynamic curves out of Delftship and then live with those in ViaCAD. VCPro 6 with surface-surface trimming should be greater now for me than what i could do in VC 2D/3D 6.

But, yes, Punch! would do well to hire 2 or 3 more bug-quashing programmers so Tim can have some breathing room and set up an even better, brighter future for Punch! ViaCAD/CU products.

With this report of 3 million sales, I was half expecting to get a coupon with a percentage off the cost of upgrading to celebrate :) [SIZE="1"]checking mail again quickly lol
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- Steve