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Parametric Drawing. What is available?

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Ian Frater

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Jul 22, 2003, 6:28:54 AM7/22/03
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Dear all.

Apologies first just in case this post is not suitable for the AutoCAD
newsgroup.

As you might well pick up i am not a CAD User, more of a Systems
Developer / Administrator for a manufacturing company.

I am looking for a solution that can create a drawing (modify
template) from a SQL Server manufacturing database table which
contains all the dimensions, parameters & texts. Our product only
requires 2D representation see: http://www.autobag.co.uk/Materials/
because we have over 10,000 product variants creating individual
drawings is quite a labour overhead.


Requirements.
Must be able to display text.
Display features (on/off) if a values present in table
Draw to scale if required
Costs less than a small country


Many Thanks
Ian

Michel

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Jul 22, 2003, 7:29:26 AM7/22/03
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This could be done with AutoCAD and some programming.

Ian Frater a écrit :

Smiley

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Jul 22, 2003, 8:55:23 PM7/22/03
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I am guessing that you don't need 3d, only 2d. I know there are a
number of parametric CAD programs out there, which cost less than the
3D higher-end versions. I've even seen one or two 3d ones under
$1,000, but they seem to be pretty new on the market, and I wouldn't
want for my company to depend on a start-up.

Try a search on the web for "2d Parametric" or just "Parametric
CAD". Here are some web sites of CAD magazines, which may be even
more useful.

http://www.cadonline.com
http://www.cadenceweb.com
http://www.caduser.com

BR

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Jul 23, 2003, 2:07:23 AM7/23/03
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On 22 Jul 2003 03:28:54 -0700, ian.f...@autobag.co.uk (Ian Frater)
wrote:

>I am looking for a solution that can create a drawing (modify
>template) from a SQL Server manufacturing database table which
>contains all the dimensions, parameters & texts. Our product only
>requires 2D representation see: http://www.autobag.co.uk/Materials/
>because we have over 10,000 product variants creating individual
>drawings is quite a labour overhead.
>
>Requirements.
>Must be able to display text.
>Display features (on/off) if a values present in table
>Draw to scale if required
>Costs less than a small country

If the manual Dexterpen is what you are looking for....

http://www.ransen.com/Dexterpen/Default.htm

contact me for discussions about a custom "computer driven"
version...

email: supp...@ransen.com

take out the dashes and xxx


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