Re: Calculations and CAD packages

Wildstar says:
>Me too.  One thing I would like is to be able to get the "advanced"
>design rules for *EVERYTHING* in one book, so it's all in one place.
>Everything from lasers and CPR guns to starships, aircraft, watercraft,
>tanks, grav vehicles; all in one book.

I like this.  Most of the people who want the detail will probably
want it everywhere, or at least be given the option of the fields they
want expanded.

>I tried one of the available CAD packages several years ago.  [...]

Now you mention it, that reminds me... When the Lisa (remember that
machine?)  first came out, we had one at NCR Ithaca.  I tried deck
plan stuff with it (Classic Traveller at that time), but never really
got beyond playing with it.  I suspect I could do something similar
with the current draw-whatever packages, but I could really use it
tailored for Traveller ship design -- I'd love a status window that
tells me how many "squares" of computer room or gunnery controls I
need to add, for example, or how much mess room space I have left.  I
doubt that the market is big enough to justify the software investment
for a commercial company, however, and I know practically nothing
about the programmability of current commercially available drawing
programmes...?

With the advent of laser printers (not that *I* have one), your
concerns about the quality of hardcopy output are probably less
significant these days.

(I was going to add some other stuff, but I'll put it under a
different subject heading, I think...)

Martyn
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