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Re: Which CAD program recommended for Mac??
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Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:44:50 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.cad, Tommy Armstrong wrote:
   On another list--one about that best of all 20th Century novellist, Patrick O’Brian--I am kind of known as the LEGO guy. Had a question about which would be best CAD program for an Apple. Told her I would post to the experts. Any recocommendations would be apprecitate. As I have never used any of them--being an engraver on bricks instead of being a builder with bricks--I defer to the AKL on all subjects LEGO.

That would depend-- if he has a new Mac with the Intel chip, I’d say to go with MLCAD running Bootcamp. Otherwise, the choice would have to be Bricksmith.

I would recommend Bricksmith in either case.

Jim



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  Re: Which CAD program recommended for Mac??
 
(...) I second that. I'm quite novice at virtual building, but Bricksmith has proven very straightforward to use (it's event better with two screens, too), and very convivial. MLcad is good to, of course, but I don't see why you'd go through all the (...) (17 years ago, 2-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
  Re: Which CAD program recommended for Mac??
 
(...) I'm going to have to disagree. As a long time MLCad user and a recent Mac convert (Nov 2007), I feel that while Bricksmith is a very good program, it has some very definite drawbacks that makes it difficult to use. Here's a list from off the (...) (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)

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(...) Hey, Tommy- That would depend-- if he has a new Mac with the Intel chip, I'd say to go with MLCAD running Bootcamp. Otherwise, the choice would have to be Bricksmith. JOHN (17 years ago, 1-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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