When you want 2D and 3D CAD software that’s easy to use, yet absolutely precise, that’s Graphite. Formerly known as Vellum®, Graphite offers extremely powerful, precision wire-frame drafting with the elegant ease-of-use that makes it productive even when only used occasionally. Running on Mac and Windows, Graphite provides an interface that lets creative people get the job done without worrying about how to run their software.
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Quick comparison of Ashlar-Vellum different CAD and 3D modeling products.
Which product of Ashlar is right for you?
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Wires, Surfaces & Solids |
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2D & 3D Production Drafting |
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Associative Parametrics |
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Geometric & Equation-driven Parametrics |
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Detail and Auxiliary Views |
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Section Views |
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Associativity & Work Flow History |
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3D Rendering, Visualization & Animation |
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Associative Assembly Tools |
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Bill of Materials |
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2D CAM/RPT Output |
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3D CAM/RPT Output |
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2D Mechanical Parts Library |
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3D Mechanical Parts Library |
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Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GDT) |
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Wooow! I havent seen anything so easy and yet very powerful in designing.
I've heard people say it has taken as much as 2 months to learn Autocad. While I can't say I'm a master, I was turning out shop drawings for our iron shop in 2 days. The hardest thing to adapt to, having used what are sometimes called painting programs such as Canvas 9 is with this program your always working full scale and scaling for printouts and such, although that may just be my own inexperience since I'm an artisan, not an architect. The main weakness I find is in terms of spacing out repetitive objects such as pickets or balusters, I have yet to find a simple way of doing this. A ruler on top and side would be nice for us dummies to do object placement also. I imagine trained architects will have less trouble w/ this though. The great things are the snaps - end & center of line - and stroke commands - zoom, last view and construction lines. I have been told they are working on making program work w/ scroll wheels which will be nice for navigating around large drawings and save on mouse hand fatigue. In closing I have to say I turn out great shop and presentation drawings with very little professional training and very little time to devote to mastering the program, I probably use 10% of what program can do and am anxious to learn 10% more, if you will be working on it every day in a few weeks you will be able to do just about anything you need to and then some. I highly recomend this product. Norman Campbell, President, Campbell Ironworks Inc.
Very easy to master for any type drawings. Simple commands with point and click settings.
Wooow! I havent seen anything so easy and yet very powerful in designing.
I've heard people say it has taken as much as 2 months to learn Autocad. While I can't say I'm a master, I was turning out shop drawings for our iron shop in 2 days. The hardest thing to adapt to, having used what are sometimes called painting programs such as Canvas 9 is with this program your always working full scale and scaling for printouts and such, although that may just be my own inexperience since I'm an artisan, not an architect. The main weakness I find is in terms of spacing out repetitive objects such as pickets or balusters, I have yet to find a simple way of doing this. A ruler on top and side would be nice for us dummies to do object placement also. I imagine trained architects will have less trouble w/ this though. The great things are the snaps - end & center of line - and stroke commands - zoom, last view and construction lines. I have been told they are working on making program work w/ scroll wheels which will be nice for navigating around large drawings and save on mouse hand fatigue. In closing I have to say I turn out great shop and presentation drawings with very little professional training and very little time to devote to mastering the program, I probably use 10% of what program can do and am anxious to learn 10% more, if you will be working on it every day in a few weeks you will be able to do just about anything you need to and then some. I highly recomend this product. Norman Campbell, President, Campbell Ironworks Inc.
Very easy to master for any type drawings. Simple commands with point and click settings.
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