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MacDraw like application? [message #20279] Fri, 19 October 2012 15:16 Go to next message
John Callahan is currently offline  John Callahan
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A long time ago in an another century, in another millennium I had a MacDraw application that was just great for relatively simple drawings. I used it for house drawings, working drawings and so on. Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to use for simple things such as "working" structure and details drawings. I don't care about 3D projections etc, just elevation and plan views. MacDraw was perfect for that. Does anyone know of a MacDraw like program that will work on my iMac Intel?
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Re: MacDraw like application? [message #20280 is a reply to message #20279] Fri, 19 October 2012 15:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Richard Smallwood is currently offline  Richard Smallwood
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Appleworks has a simple draw program.

On 19 Oct 2012, at 2:16 PM, John Callahan wrote:

> A long time ago in an another century, in another millennium I had

> a MacDraw application that was just great for relatively simple

> drawings. I used it for house drawings, working drawings and so on.

> Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much

> that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to

> use for simple things such as "working" structure and details

> drawings. I don't care about 3D projections etc, just elevation and

> plan views. MacDraw was perfect for that. Does anyone know of a

> MacDraw like program that will work on my iMac Intel?

> Thank you

>

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Re: MacDraw like application? [message #20281 is a reply to message #20279] Fri, 19 October 2012 15:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Oct 19, 2012, at 12:16 PM, John Callahan <jcallahan@stny.rr.com> wrote:

> A long time ago in an another century, in another millennium I had a MacDraw application that was just great for relatively simple drawings. I used it for house drawings, working drawings and so on. Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to use for simple things such as "working" structure and details drawings. I don't care about 3D projections etc, just elevation and plan views. MacDraw was perfect for that. Does anyone know of a MacDraw like program that will work on my iMac Intel?

> Thank you


Thgis looks like the right kind of thing:

<http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36940/artboard>

Libre Office has a drawing module:

<http://www.libreoffice.org/features/draw/> that includes a lot of Visio-like features for dropping in shapes from templates.

Me,. I still miss Superpaint. The original version by Silicon Beach was the very first piece of Mac software I ever purchased.

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Re: MacDraw like application? [message #20283 is a reply to message #20279] Fri, 19 October 2012 17:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Oct 19, 2012, at 12:16 PM, John Callahan wrote:

> A long time ago in an another century, in another millennium I had a MacDraw application that was just great for relatively simple drawings. I used it for house drawings, working drawings and so on. Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to use for simple things such as "working" structure and details drawings. I don't care about 3D projections etc, just elevation and plan views. MacDraw was perfect for that. Does anyone know of a MacDraw like program that will work on my iMac Intel?


Intaglio, <http://www.purgatorydesign.com>

I use it extensively and like it a lot.

You can download the app from the above website and try it out (it's crippled until you pay for a license, $89).

I don't know if it imports MacDraw but it does import ClarisDraw and AppleWorks Draw.

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Re: MacDraw like application? [message #20296 is a reply to message #20283] Fri, 19 October 2012 18:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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At 14:14 -0700 10/19/12, Clark Martin wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2012, at 12:16 PM, John Callahan wrote:

>

>> A long time ago in an another century, in another millennium I had a MacDraw application that was just great for relatively simple drawings. I used it for house drawings, working drawings and so on. Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to use for simple things such as "working" structure and details drawings. I don't care about 3D projections etc, just elevation and plan views. MacDraw was perfect for that. Does anyone know of a MacDraw like program that will work on my iMac Intel?

>

> Intaglio, <http://www.purgatorydesign.com>

>

> I use it extensively and like it a lot.

>

> You can download the app from the above website and try it out (it's crippled until you pay for a license, $89).

>

> I don't know if it imports MacDraw but it does import ClarisDraw and AppleWorks Draw.

>


Vectorworks is my choice but it ain't cheap.

I first used it when it was named MiniCAD and it worked very much like MacDraw and was vastly superior to ClarisDraw or MacDraw II. Since then it has been overtaken by the architects and it's 3D capabilities are really good. Version 12, NOT 2012, runs on my G4 and there ave versions for the newest Macs. An older version might be affordable if it can be found.

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Re: MacDraw like application? [message #20298 is a reply to message #20296] Fri, 19 October 2012 19:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Oct 19, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Doug McNutt <douglist@macnauchtan.com> wrote:

> At 14:14 -0700 10/19/12, Clark Martin wrote:

>> On Oct 19, 2012, at 12:16 PM, John Callahan wrote:

>>

>>> A long time ago in an another century, in another millennium I had a MacDraw application that was just great for relatively simple drawings. I used it for house drawings, working drawings and so on. Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to use for simple things such as "working" structure and details drawings. I don't care about 3D projections etc, just elevation and plan views. MacDraw was perfect for that. Does anyone know of a MacDraw like program that will work on my iMac Intel?

>>

>> Intaglio, <http://www.purgatorydesign.com>

>>

>> I use it extensively and like it a lot.

>>

>> You can download the app from the above website and try it out (it's crippled until you pay for a license, $89).

>>

>> I don't know if it imports MacDraw but it does import ClarisDraw and AppleWorks Draw.

>>

>

> Vectorworks is my choice but it ain't cheap.

>

> I first used it when it was named MiniCAD and it worked very much like MacDraw and was vastly superior to ClarisDraw or MacDraw II. Since then it has been overtaken by the architects and it's 3D capabilities are really good. Version 12, NOT 2012, runs on my G4 and there ave versions for the newest Macs. An older version might be affordable if it can be found.


That seems counter to the OP's stated desire for a simple program "Unfortunately current drawing programs have been improved so much that they are practically impossible to use, or too much work to use for simple things such as "working" structure and details drawings."

If it's a CAD program you're looking for, try Cadintosh, by Thorsten Lemke, author of GraphicConverter

<http://www.lemkesoft.com/content/189/cadintosh.html> At $32 it's hella cheaper than Vectorworks.





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Re: MacDraw like application? [message #20299 is a reply to message #20296] Fri, 19 October 2012 19:49 Go to previous message
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I still use Superpaint for simple things

Michael



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