Strahimir,
You might acquire a demonstration of Eagle Point to start with. I used their
product from 1995 through 2001, and it has pros and cons just like LDT, but
they do seem to respond to the customer base more quickly than the folks in
NH. And while they also take on the mantle of the benevolent dictator (we
know what's best for you) they will listen to the user base more readily, as
I stated before.
I have also just scratched the surface of Microstation enough to know that
it's like going from a Texas Instruments calculator to a Hewlett-Packard
calculator; you have to train yourself to think differently to use their
tools.
--
Don Reichle
"King of Work-Arounds"
Ifland Engineers, Inc.
"Strahimir Antoljak" wrote in message
news:403be716$1_1@newsprd01...
> OK, you're probably right Don.
> I remember now an old documentary
> film (or movie if you will) about
> Toyota's first attempts to sell cars
> in the USA. After the first year of
> lousy attempts, the conclusion of the
> filmmakers was they would never
> make it.
>
> But putting auto industry aside, I am
> honestly curious and always eager to
> learn: What does the competition
> have to offer? Are you just guessing
> or know?
>
> I bet Autodesk is aware of competition
> but I am also quite certain that they
> would like to hear out from users what it
> is, that the users consider better in competitors'
> products? In my experience they've been
> relatively responsive to users' requests.
> This newsgroup is set up so the users can
> be heard. No?
>
> I had a chance to teach both AutoCAD and
> Microstation at University level for a couple
> of years, lived on two continents, so had some
> sort of opportunity to compare the two products.
> With time I developed preference toward
> Autodesk's products because it looked to me
> they have better approach, not necessarily
> products, but customer service, ADN, AU,
> newsgroups, numerous IDE, volunteers (AUGI),
> being globally accepted, and many other things.
> I do not claim they are perfect, but I believe they
> offer best service of a kind on the market. About
> good solutions though, I always tend to be in limbo
> if necessary, so, educate me, what's the better at
> competitor's. You might make me switch, you never
> now. After all, using LDT/C3D is an option not a must.
> As a bottom line, if LandXML is accepted globally,
> and reaches its high, who cares what software you
> use for a design when you can exchange data with
> others smoothly at any given point of the project
> lifecycle.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Strah @ Langan
>
> "Don Reichle" wrote in message
> news:403bbcd5_2@newsprd01...
> > Funny, that's exactly what they told Henry Ford.
> >
> > Honestly Strahimir, this product bears only slight resemblance to soft
> > margarine.
> >
> > You should take a look at what the competition has to offer while you're
> > heaping praise upon Autodesk. You just might find the grass is truly
> > greener, but not only due to the septic tank.
> > --
> > Don Reichle
> > "King of Work-Arounds"
> > Ifland Engineers, Inc.
> >
> > "Strahimir Antoljak" wrote in message
> > news:403ab6ba$1_1@newsprd01...
> > > 🙂 not only that.... switching to some
> > > other vendors would require very
> > > long learning process... well, in any
> > > case longer (I believe) than switching
> > > to a new product of vendor which
> > > environment you are accustomed to.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Strah @ Langan
> > >
> > > "wfb" wrote in message
> > > news:403aaea2$1_3@newsprd01...
> > > > 1. Nobody, just not re-up.
> > > > 2. Carlson ?
> > > > 3. Eagle Point ?
> > > > 4. Microstation ?
> > > >
> > > > I really don't know.
> > > >
> > > > Now, before anyone jumps on me, I know that Carlson & Eagle Point
use
> > > > AutoCAD engines. (Eagle points also uses other engines as well, or
> they
> > > use
> > > > to.)
> > > >
> > > > "Strahimir Antoljak" wrote in message
> > > > news:403a648a$1_3@newsprd01...
> > > > | > AutoCAD will lose 80% of their current customers
> > > > |
> > > > | to whom? I am extremely curious to find out.
> > > > | thanks,
> > > > ||
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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