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Nik
Friday, 04 March 2016, 03:16 PM

Re: Long Time No See...
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Thank you !

Getting that new CAD_PC has now been pushed back several months because I realised my 'dream spec' was actually rather minimal. Moore's Law, redux...

So, next PC will get an x64 AMD 8-core AM3+ and 32 GB RAM. Those should give the system ample 'headroom' for big scenes.

While I'm saving up for that beast, I thought to re-install my old turboCAD 9 (Pro) to tweak my arch & door files. It installed happily under Win8.1 as x32, then tried to 'phone home' to register. You guessed it, 404. The registration system has changed, the destination has gone HTTPS. Worse, the company are not interested in supporting such legacy software.

But, but, but it's not a 'home' turboCAD 2D/3D el-cheapo, it's a full 9.2 PRO !! With an actual hard-copy manual !!

Tough.

Could I upgrade at a discount ? No, v9 is much, much too old to qualify. Gotta buy new. But, besides being outrageous over-kill, a full, new 'turboCAD Pro' would totally blow my software budget, hold me to Poser rather than Poser_Pro...

After spittin' a flock of turkey feathers, I hit Amazon for a 'recent' turboCAD 2D/3D v20. With postage, $15. Yep, $15. Works or not, it is worth a try. Worst case, it qualifies for that discounted upgrade...

Huh.

I'll certainly do as you suggest, installing both P7 and P_Pro_11. As for browsers, I gave up on IE several years back. Chrome has issues, but IE is  :dash:  :dash:  :dash: ...

One up-side to the delay is that I'll get to try the turboCAD 2D/3D v20 suite of architectural tools. They were primitive & clunky in v9, are now (reportedly) rather slick. 

With luck, I'll be able to use them instead of the FloorPlan v10 I ran beside P4. Sadly, that x32 FP suffered from version bloat to extent that FPv10 choked on my massive Medieval-ish plans. Then, FP switched to turboFlooPlan, which had new core-code but was NOT back-compatible. Us FP users were repeatedly promised a conversion utility, but it didn't appear. Worse, tFP was strictly rationed for floor levels. I'd have to buy the premium Pro-level package to get enough floors.

Yep, better to try turboCAD's tools and nigh-unlimited layers...