Hi guys Iam looking for a DAT program to design short boards and mals. I have found one in uk but they seem to be all asleep. can someone help me thanks Rabbit
Hi guys Iam looking for a DAT program to design short boards and mals. I > have found one in uk but they seem to be all asleep. can someone help me > thanks Rabbit You can review TurboCAD Pro Ver7 at http://www.TurboCAD.com. I’ll repost these from the Archives: TurboCAD 3d PRO Ver 7 (don’t forget the PRO) is the stuff. TC7 Pro is the top of TurboCAD’s line, but costs about $250 US. Autocad light costs $450 and Autocad Pro costs $1,250. Autocad is the standard, but it doesn’t even compare to TurboCAD 3d Pro v 7. TC7 Pro is WYSIWYG and menu driven. It acts like like a toy because it’s so easy to use, but it’s extremely powerful. For Autocad power users, TC7 Pro uses almost the same keystroke macros. Besides using its native format TC7 Pro saves and opens Autocad “.dwg” files. You can use TC7 Pro Bezier curves to form 3d surfboards. I import geometric points into TC7 Pro from my own design program. TurboCAD has a support team… in Russia. They know their stuff… in English. TC7 Pro is great. And: I’m used to using TurboCad Pro 7.0 (TCP7). After defining control points on a TCP7 bezier curve, you may choose the “node edit” tool. From there TCP7 works exactly the same as the DAT surfboard design editor. Each control point appears as a “node”. Each end of line node has a line and a warp point extending from it. Mid-line control points have two warp points on either side. You use your cursor to move the warp points. The warp points warp the bezier line as it goes through each control point.
Hi guys Iam looking for a DAT program to design short boards and mals. I > have found one in uk but they seem to be all asleep. can someone help me > thanks Rabbit Yes, they are asleep at the wheel. Sent them some e-mail about a month ago and never heard back. The demo version of DAT/disigner 98 was available until about a year ago for a 30 day trial. I used it a good bit and found it super user friendly. Would be interested in buying a copy – but, no one there to take the money. Shine http://users.leading.net/~shine
Yes, they are asleep at the wheel. Sent them some e-mail about a month ago > and never heard back. The demo version of DAT/disigner 98 was available > until about a year ago for a 30 day trial. I used it a good bit and found > it super user friendly. Would be interested in buying a copy – but, no > one there to take the money.>>> Shine Those DAT guys adapted their program for use with shaping machine sales. It wouldn’t surprise me if they are “concentrating their efforts” on spending the higher profits in that area. Trust me, TurbooCAD Pro V.7 can do the same thing as DAT Designer for surfboards. TCP7 bezier curve control points warp almost exactly the same as DAT. Apparently, AutoCAD’s control points don’t warp. You would have to go to one of those $20K corporate programs to get the TCP7 bezier funcionality. What the big guys offer is compressed conic sections. I recommend buying one of those cheap old fashioned wide carriage printers. Then buy roll 13" wide paper for printing templates. If you buy TCP7, you can also use it to design that new home, or the bird house.
do you own one of those printers? of so, where did you get it and for how much? thanks, kirk
do you own one of those printers? of so, where did you get it and for how > much?>>> thanks, kirk No, I own an HP 1120C wide ink jet printer. It won’t do 13" wide banners. I saw wide dot matrix printers on the net a few weeks ago. Let’s both do the research. Maybe we can come up with some links. -Noodle
Okidata makes two models of wide carrriage printers, ML391 & ML591: http://www.computerpreference.com/printers/602708.html http://www.electrified.com/oki_591promo.html Panasonic has the KXP-3626: http://www.computerpreference.com/printers/650066.html Citizen makes the GSX-345: http://www.computerpreference.com/printers/729064.html Epson makes the LQ-2080 and LQ-2080 However, lots of businesses have shed their old dot matrix printers. You might find a used one for a steal. -Noodle
Hi guys Iam looking for a DAT program to design short boards and mals. I > have found one in uk but they seem to be all asleep. can someone help me > thanks Rabbit I’ve got the DAT98 (5 megs) shareware archived on CDr. I can email it to ya, but because of possible email attatchment size limitations, it might not work. I can split it in to (4 or 5) 1.4 meg chunks to email, and send the “splitter” also to rejoin them at your end. Any better ideas? Maybe Swaylock would like to post it this web site so everyone can download it to play with.(?)
Use Winzip to compress the files and you shouldn’t have a problem with that size.
Use Winzip to compress the files and you shouldn’t have a problem with > that size. They ARE in one 5+ meg file from the original web site. I was talking about possible ISP limits on email attachments. Some ISPs have them. Jake
They ARE in one 5+ meg file from the original web site. I was talking > about possible ISP limits on email attachments. Some ISPs have them.>>> Jake Please give it ago for me Jake E-mail me Thanks you
The original shareware version had a 30 day use limit – then locked you out unless you had a pass-code. Am I correct in assuming you have gotten around this? If so, how did you do it? Thanks Shine http://users.leading.net/~shine 
Rabbit, Microsoft HotMail had a 1 meg attachment limit, so I sent it from another. Seems to have worked. I haven’t gotten the email back or an error msg. Shine, No “work-around” that I know of. Just thirty days of fun playing with it. Jake
thanks, i’ll keep looking.
I found where Electrified has the Okidata 391 and Okidata 320 on for $300: http://www.electrified.com/index.html So add the Okidata 320 (9 pin) to the “wide carriage” list.
The original shareware version had a 30 day use limit – then locked you > out unless you had a pass-code. Am I correct in assuming you have gotten > around this? If so, how did you do it? Thanks>>> Shine I couldn’t down load the original shareware at all sorry shine
Rabbit, Microsoft HotMail had a 1 meg attachment limit, so I sent it from > another. Seems to have worked. I haven’t gotten the email back or an error > msg.>>> Shine, No “work-around” that I know of. Just thirty days of fun > playing with it.>>> Jake Shine Have not seen anything in my e-mail yet can’t have worked. My e-mail address Rabbit
Shine Have not seen anything in my e-mail yet can’t have worked. My e-mail > address > Rabbit I sent it to the email you gave me which is NOT the same email your listing above. Is your email @bigbond. or @bigpond. ? That might make a difference. Jake http://www.swaylocks.com/discussion/board/index.cgi?read=4583
Shine Have not seen anything in my e-mail yet can’t have worked. My e-mail > address > Rabbit Well, I sent an email to the first address you posted, to apologize and explain why they won’t be able to access any of their email until they finish downloading a 5.68 meg email from me. Then I resent it to the second address you gave me and it was rejected – “Unknown Host”. (Bad addy again, or maybe rolling blackout?) Jake
Well, I sent an email to the first address you posted, to apologize and > explain why they won’t be able to access any of their email until they > finish downloading a 5.68 meg email from me. Then I resent it to the > second address you gave me and it was rejected – “Unknown > Host”. (Bad addy again, or maybe rolling blackout?)>>> Jake Mate i am so sorry my e-mail is sorry please forgive me. i will make it up to you somehow rabbit