Architosh Staff (info@architosh.com)

27 Apr 2001

Architosh ForumTalk: MacCAD Q & A, May Issue

Welcome to Architosh's ForumTalk.

In this Issue:

• Viewing Autocad 14 files on the Macintosh

• BOA Frames and Symbols: Ideas for Exchange

• Discussion: Comparing BOA to FormZ

• The Quadrant of Standards

• ARTlantis 4 - Is it ready for Mac OS X?

• Questions on ArchiCAD Plotting to HP DesignJets?

• Viewing Autocad 14 files on the Macintosh

A reader asked about viewing Autocad version 14 files on the Macintosh and a reader provided one answer by referring to ZoomOn's CADViewer application, a Java application that is actually blessed by Autodesk.

Read On: http://forums.architosh.com/showthread.phtml?postid=348#post348

• BOA Frames and Symbols: Ideas for Exchange

A reader has developed a few frames in BOA and said he would be willing to give them away to anyone who needs them. Other BOA readers have concurred and have suggested that BOA symbols and objects could be exchanged at Architosh.

Read On: http://forums.architosh.com/showthread.phtml?threadid=85

• Discussion: Comparing BOA to FormZ

"Which is better, quicker easier to learn?" Sounds like Yoda talking to Luke about the Dark Side of the Force (doesn't it?) Well, actually it is a reader named Dezzzo, who probably doesn't have the Force but was asking a innocent and good question about BOA vs FormZ in terms of architectural 3D capabilities.

Read On: http://forums.architosh.com/showthread.phtml?threadid=93

• The Quadrant of Standards

The Quadrant of Standards. This was the title of a post by a reader who discusses the four essential apps in the industry that the Mac must support before the Mac can be taken serious as a "workstation class machine". What are the four this reader felt were needed?

Autocad, Solidworks, Rhino and Lightscape.

Ah! but not all readers agreed on these four as the "quadrant of standards". It can really depend on the industry focus.

Read On: http://forums.architosh.com/showthread.phtml?threadid=77

Forums Questions Up for Answers

• ARTlantis 4 - Is it ready for Mac OS X?

A reader asked about Abvent's ARTlantis 4 and if it was Carbon compliant. This is a good question and one we are not sure of. However, Abvent will be with us in New York at Apple's Market Center for a special Architecture/Industrial Design event. We will ask them there and hopefully get an answer.

Read On: http://forums.architosh.com/showthread.phtml?threadid=101

• Questions on ArchiCAD Plotting to HP DesignJets?

A reader asked a complex question about HP Network Ethernet adapter plotting issues. " I don't Know what kind of HP Network Ethernet adapter to use..." referring to HP JetDirect EX Plus and the 300X devices. Anyone with plotting experience on ArchiCAD care to help a fellow Mac CAD user out?

Read On: http://forums.architosh.com/showthread.phtml?threadid=100