My 14 year old grand daughter wants a house design program that is easier than autocad to use, will this one work?
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I think it is definitely easier to use than Autocad, but it can be extensive, so she would need to play around with it for a bit. Also, there are a lot of tutorials for her to watch.
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Hi Jane, I hope what follows will help in your purchase of this software. I saved it to my hard drive with no problems noted. I am willing to say that you can save or back-up the program to a DVD or other drive that you desire with no problems that I can see. The software is still available to me on Amazon for download with the serial number. I purchased it Oct 2013. I use it for design work for my CNC work that I do and the manufacture uses in their online classes. As far as I can tell this Designer 2D is a full working copy and I actually downloaded a trial copy Designer 19 prior to purchasing Designer 20. Good luck...there are a number of videos on this program and the help function gave me what I needed. I have two monitors so I would watch and follow the videos in learning the program.
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hi, yes, from what I am told you do need a software program. The machine is only capable of doing a 5 by 7 design. You would have to rehoop the design. I'm a newbie too. So much to learn!
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Yes I believe that the makerware program will load Sketchupadn cad files and convert them to print files
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The person I bought this for was trained on CAD software in college. He has never used this version of CAD before. He can't answer your question.
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It is a pretty good project. The robotic arm is a little harder to build. Both are good for kids 12-15 with no previous building experience.
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The company provides a software Makerbot Makerware which can be download it for free at the company's website. In addition, I would recommend you download the open source program OpenSCAD (http://www.openscad.org/), since this program works with CAD objects. You can then export the files you generate from OpenSCAD to Makerware.
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Yes you need a computer, monitor and programs like photoshop, lightroom, auto cad, etc.
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Yes,only a recommendation, make sure you have well explained your diagram before you start, you save time, technical support is very efficient if you have the specific question,good luck!!!
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I have not used DXT with Autocad, however I have used it well with VectorWorks
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I think that depends on your grand daughter's preferences. If she is into doll houses and 'playing house' then she may like it. Honestly, I bought this when my daughter was really young. She is now four and actually prefers to play with the little dolls without the house. I actually have a smaller folding Melissa and Doug doll house, which she prefers. I am thinking this item...the deluxe wooden house is a good size for an eight year old. If she is into art, she might like painting it too. I hope I was of some help.
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I can't speak to AutoCAD, but Adobe Suite works...okay. To explain, the Adobe products do -not- scale well if you're running at the native (3200x1800px) resolution of the panel. The UI will be rather small. I still use it as such, just wanted to let you know as it could be off-putting (unless you run it at a lower resolution, though I don't know if I'd recommend that depending on the type of work you're doing). That being said, if you're doing granular pixel work, be aware that the sub-pixel arrangement of the panel that Samsung has used is not a standard RGB stripe. It's fine for normal work, but if you're getting in close to the panel some odd edges can be noticed. Performance-wise, I find the laptop to be okay. Remember, this is an ultrabook-class with an ULV processor, it's not going to perform like a desktop or hefty laptop. I find the performance acceptable for most things until I do something that's using the 'content-aware' and processor-heavy applications that take long times for all systems...the CPU turbo works great for short boosts of performance, but if it's something that takes long periods of time normally it might be noticeable that this is a low-voltage chip. Now, when you consider the fact that I've done content-aware fills AT ALL on this Ultrabook (and we're talking for things that are &gt; 10000x5000px)...it's pretty astonishing!
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Yes, check out their video tutorial - http://video.homedesigner.chiefarchitect.com/player/player.php?id=279&th=1&autoplay= and the support article - http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00718/
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Yes, it will work, but very difficult to put together......Had to ge t a neighbor and it still took 2 hrs.The grands LOVE it so much. That makes it worth it.
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In my opinion; I think it would struggle to run an AutoCAD program. If you read the specs about the software that you have (or are interested in purchasing); it probably tells you the minimum computer hardware requirements.
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I spoke to an AutoCAD representative directly and he recommended the Quadro K600. It was also one of the cards recommended on the AutoCAD website. My AutoCAD engineer seems to be pleased with the performance. However, he does not do a ton of 3D rendering. It's always best to check with the manufacturer of the 3D modeling product you're using to get the best equipment for the type of work you will be doing. Hope this helps.
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I have never used Autocad, but you can always check the specs. See what Autocad requires, and try to match it with the specifications the computer has.