Desktop 3.3 worthless or not?
Desktop 3.3 worthless or not?
(OP)
After having recently gone through an expensive training session for AutoCad 2002 (Desktop 3.3) our company has decided to stay with R14 for now. The program as described would be a great benefit - i.e. generating sections, elevations, schedules. It is very useful in generating 3D renderings. However its usefulness in making construction documents that can be used by a contractor is nil. Autodesk has taken the wrong track here. Pretty pictures are nice but not useful for construction. To generate working construction drawings is more time consuming and more complicated than R14. Does anyone else out there have similar experiences? I can't believe we are all alone in this thinking.





RE: Desktop 3.3 worthless or not?
As far as you thoughts, I sort of agree, but I haven't fully started using it yet, but from what I have done, it is very simple to generate your model. It also really helps in visuallizing how things go together.
I am dissapointed in the lack of structural ability. Sure there are structural members but we also need plates, bolts, rebar, etc. I am hoping they will have a structural package sometime in the future.
RE: Desktop 3.3 worthless or not?
RE: Desktop 3.3 worthless or not?
RE: Desktop 3.3 worthless or not?
Granted, I haven't starting using 3.3 yet on a day to day basis (we haven't offically converted yet) so there probably a lot I still have to learn.