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| Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D V6 | 
 enlarge | From: Punch! Software
Category: Software
List Price: $99.00
Buy New: $52.40
You Save: $46.60 (47%)
New (18) Used (2) from $52.40
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2434
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.8
MPN: 16800
Model: 16800
UPC: 664446168009
EAN: 0664446168009
ASIN: B0019RJ202
Release Date: June 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 3D Modeling Update - Was updated providing improvements to blending, chamfering, shelling, booleans, and direct face editing | | • | 0Architectural Tools - 2D architectural tools provide fast drafting tools for creating walls, windows, and doors. Features associated with these tools include - Automatic healing with neighboring walls; Auto-dimensions; Attach doors, windows, and custom symbols; Support for customer wall styles (user patterns & colors for multiple material regions) | | • | Performance Boosts - Significant boosts in visualization including - 200X Faster Hidden Line; 6X Faster Dynamic Repaints (Mac & PC); 2X Faster Static Repaints; Level of Detail for even faster performance | | • | 3D connexion Support - The SpaceNavigator device drivers are now recognized by ViaCAD. This includes support for Mac OSX (Universal Binary), Windows XP, and Vista. Use the SpaceNavigator to dynamically zoom, rotate, and pan views into your data models. | | • | Multiple Viewports - Viewports provide a graphical user interface to display the same drawing in multiple views. Each view may have a different orientation, which provides the ability to see an object simultaneously in isometric, side, front, and top views |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Significant upgrade relative to the inaugural release of ViaCAD V5.0.0 with over one hundred documented changes Gradient & Image Backgrounds - The preference dialog box now provides features to specify two and four color gradients. You can also specify a JPEG or BMP file as a background Color Per Face - Users can now apply colors per face. Use the deep select tool to select a face and then pick a color from the pen menu New Using Wizard - The New Using Wizard dialog box provides the ability to create a new drawing file from a collection of custom settings or selection of a existing file from a template. Quickly set up a drawing for mechanical or architectural layouts Single Click Fill & Hatch - Click in a region of trimmed or untrimmed curves to hatch or fill. Resultant hatch is auto trimmed and remains associative to the neighboring untrimmed curves New Verify Tools - Use the new bounding box tool to determine the rectangular bounding volume of an object. Or verify the curvature circle at any location of a curve New Polygon Tools Picture Background Transparency
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| Customer Reviews:
Thumbs up for ViaCAD December 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two years ago I bought Punch! architectural drafting software to help with some remodeling design projects for my home. Liking that, I recently got ViaCAD 2D/3D V6 to facilitate the design of a tubular frame and suspension for a custom vehicle that I am in the process of acquiring parts for.
I run this proggy on a home built 2.2 GHz P4 system, with 3/4 Gig of ram, an NVidea GeForce MX400 video card (supporting dual Acer 1716 monitors), Maxtor 60 GB and 120 GB hard drives...under Windows 2000 Pro, SP4. The software actually runs very well on this system even though it is not particularly powerful or well appointed by today's standards. Moreover, ViaCAD 2D/3D V6 is NOT officially supported under this OS, which probably accounts for most, if not all, of any quirkiness I've encountered using the program.
All told, I am VERY happy with this software. The tools are powerful enough to do very complex drawings and they are "relatively" intuitive in how they do it. Which is a good thing because the included manual leaves much to be desired. A prior knowledge of drafting terminology and techniques is a big plus...it's been over 20 years since I studied drafting and what little I remember has served me well.
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