Poor man's cad
Poor man's cad
(OP)
I'm involved in an impoverished historical society that has a need for CAD. So far I've managed to gather the following items together (at minimal cost) to create a system.
A legit copy of Autocad 14, a Dell Dimension 3000 PC with 256M ram, an HP Designjet 650C HP A0 Plotter and a CTS Telepad A3 digitizer.
The prime purpose of this system will be to redraft/clean-up areas of old paper drawings that have been scanned (elsewhere) and raster to vector converted.
Can anyone give me any hints or tips on integrating these items.
A legit copy of Autocad 14, a Dell Dimension 3000 PC with 256M ram, an HP Designjet 650C HP A0 Plotter and a CTS Telepad A3 digitizer.
The prime purpose of this system will be to redraft/clean-up areas of old paper drawings that have been scanned (elsewhere) and raster to vector converted.
Can anyone give me any hints or tips on integrating these items.





RE: Poor man's cad
Everything should be pretty straight forward, 14 plays fairly well with other kids - the only tricky part may be the OS, 14 is only certified through Windows2000 (I think) but post back with any specific troubles you may have and we'll try and help if you need it.
Good Luck
Todd
RE: Poor man's cad
Now looking for something to print the first restored drawings with. No need for color. I guess the trustees can find the cash for a cheapy Designjet on e-bay.
RE: Poor man's cad
If CTS doesn't have a website where you can download drivers, you may have to use the generic drivers AutoCAD supplies. This can be hit or miss and you may find another manufacturer's drivers actually work for you.
Good luck, and if you can't find a printer/plotter - there's always Kinkos - most of them have an online plotting service if you need it.
HTH
Todd
RE: Poor man's cad
Sadly the plotter we was originally promised turned out to be a real high milage clunker so the search goes on.
RE: Poor man's cad