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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
 Posted: Nov 06, 2005 - 01:27 AM #3885
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After reading this thread I have been checking out CADDuct and was thinking what are the file sizes like?
I was working on a good size pharmaceutical project, 350,000 lbs. of tin and the piping contractor was using I think Quickpens pipe package which uses solids and the file sizes where huge. For coordination it was common to receive 45 Mb files. |
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Post subject:I have used both East Coast and CADDUCT
Posted: Jan 11, 2006 - 04:15 AM #4211
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| I have used both programs. I found East Coast to be VERY basic. Not much power in that program. CADDUCT with the input portion, PM2000 works very well with many different options. It does require quite a bit of set up, putting in your standards, ect. But is well worth it. I detail and then direct download, all the plasma operator does is punch in the number of the sheet they want burned and out comes the parts. No extra step of inputting. I think East Coast is meant mainly for very small shops that can't afford anything else. |
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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
Posted: Jan 11, 2006 - 09:34 PM #4214
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Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Location: Midwest, USA
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beernut:
Is that 350,000 lbs going to be on one drawing or broke up into several drawings by floor or whatever. I typically work on hospitals with well over 500,000 lbs of tin but that is total for the job. If it is three floors each drawing would be ~160,000lbs. That file size would probably be about 10Mb. and very manageable with AutoCad 2005 and Laptop processor. |
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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
Posted: Jan 12, 2006 - 05:14 PM #4216
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| 350,000 lbs one floor with interstitial space for mechanical. We broke up the drawings into two layers above the catwalk and below the catwalk. |
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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
Posted: Jan 13, 2006 - 01:34 AM #4218
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| The plain AutoCAD filles were not too bad. Where we had problems was when the piping contractor would send files to us. The package they used created the pipes out of solids which made the files sizes huge. I would imagine that a ductwork drawing with that much duct drawn in Cadduct would be huge if they use solids. |
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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
Posted: Jan 17, 2006 - 02:41 PM #4234
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Location: Nationwide
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Beernut....here are a few spec for Cadduct..
AutoCAD-based, advanced 'ARX' (NOT Lisp) add-on solid 'intelligent' objects (resulting in smaller file sizes).
Full, customizable and expandable rectangular, round, oval and 'bought out' fitting libraries.
Full, customizable and expandable piping, plumbing, electrical and structural libraries.
2D and 3D modes (collision checking and co-ordination).
Fully 'spec' and 'service' driven, completely user-configurable.
Totally integrated (by sharing the same libraries and database) with our optional shop (CAM) and estimating (EST) modules.
Complete and expandable reporting (included 'report generator') including Bill of Materials, detail reports, etc.
'IntelliText' annotation - automatically updates size, length, elevation, etc. annotation as fitting is stretched/moved etc.
CAD/CAM Interface Software - allows downloading of data from CADDUCT to DUCTCAM (requires DUCTCAM loaded on a CAM station) |
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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 08:09 AM #6787
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Joined: Oct 11, 2007
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Location: Woodside, South Australia
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| I use AutoCAD 2008 for 2D, and Inventor Professional 2008 for 3D work. |
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Post subject:RE: What Cad program do you use?
Posted: Feb 27, 2008 - 04:54 PM #7292
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Joined: Feb 27, 2008
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Hiya all. 
I use Amada's proprietary AP100US and BendCAM. |
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