HSB cad

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have experience with this product, my company is thinking of getting this, just curious if anyone has used it and what they think...
Thanks 🙂

[Anonymous]

What does your company do (what do you use or need cad for)? and what are you using now?

[Anonymous]

We use it.

Probably the most powerful software I've every used. Simply amazing. I use
the Timber module and the Wall module. Timber is pretty straigh-forward.
Walls takes some setup and practice.

email me with any questions.

kurtw@advancedframework.com


wrote in message news:5042580@discussion.autodesk.com...
Does anyone have experience with this product, my company is thinking of
getting this, just curious if anyone has used it and what they think...
Thanks 🙂

[calpolyarc]

I worked on a project with a consultant who uses it. They were supplying solely the timber frame portion of a custom home. From what I saw it was great for what they needed, like it automatically creates their wood to wood connections and they're able to export the 3-d model to some sort of timber CNC machine that cut exactly as drawn. Columb where you at?

[Anonymous]

He's a busy guy. Timbercraft Homes is another HSB user. I'm pretty sure
Craig would second my opinion.

Contact Danny Hansen at Struc-Soft Solutions, he's the North American rep
based in Montreal. dh@hsb-cad.com This is expensive software.

tonyi - Buy 10 seats and tell him I sent you.


wrote in message news:5042952@discussion.autodesk.com...
I worked on a project with a consultant who uses it. They were supplying
solely the timber frame portion of a custom home. From what I saw it was
great for what they needed, like it automatically creates their wood to wood
connections and they're able to export the 3-d model to some sort of timber
CNC machine that cut exactly as drawn. Columb where you at?

[Anonymous]

I've had some exp. with it. They last time I knew they had to packages, one for timeber framers, and the other for Structural Panels. Both are pretty awesome packages, very expensive. I know Riverbend Timberframe, and Insulspan Panels out of Michigan use HSB. If your a "production" base company, it would be real consideration.

Paul Caruthers

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys for all the comments 🙂
We are a modular building manufacturer, and the higher ups in the company have decided that this along with a panel machine and a humdinger saw will make the company run more efficiently, so they just bought the Timber and Panel modules.
I have talked to both Randy Laplante and Danny Hansen, both guys were very helpful (for obvious reasons on their part)...
Well sounds like to me this is a very good program, just looking at a web site and seeing a short demo online its hard to get a really good feeling about something and your comments are a great reassurance that this program is worthwhile... even though it does cost a small mint...
Again thanks... Tony

[Anonymous]

Once you are into a panel machine and a Hundegger, HSB isn't *that*
expensive. And if you've got a panel machine and Hundegger, the power of
the software becomes something you can realize.


wrote in message news:5043403@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks guys for all the comments 🙂
We are a modular building manufacturer, and the higher ups in the company
have decided that this along with a panel machine and a humdinger saw will
make the company run more efficiently, so they just bought the Timber and
Panel modules.
I have talked to both Randy Laplante and Danny Hansen, both guys were very
helpful (for obvious reasons on their part)...
Well sounds like to me this is a very good program, just looking at a web
site and seeing a short demo online its hard to get a really good feeling
about something and your comments are a great reassurance that this program
is worthwhile... even though it does cost a small mint...
Again thanks... Tony

[Anonymous]

Hi Tony, Also check out WoodEngine - http://www.mii.com/eurocaden -

Cheers, Cameron

[Anonymous]

Cool Cameron. I didn't know MiTek has gotten into ADT design software and
export to Hundegger. Thnaks.

Tony- There are others if you are trying to assess design software.
CadWorks, Deitrichts (sp) and TimberCAD. Check out the Timber Framers Guild
for links at www.tfguild.org


wrote in message news:5043922@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi Tony, Also check out WoodEngine - http://www.mii.com/eurocaden -

Cheers, Cameron

[Anonymous]

Could I be so bold as to ask around how much you paid for it? I saw a web
demo of it some time back before they really started selling in the US. It
was very impressive, but the price tag was astronomically high at the time.

--

Matt Dillon
Autodesk Architectural Desktop Certified Expert

View my ADT Blog "Breaking Down the Walls" at
http://www.modocrmadt.blogspot.com

"Lumpy" wrote in message
news:5042929@discussion.autodesk.com...
We use it.

Probably the most powerful software I've every used. Simply amazing. I use
the Timber module and the Wall module. Timber is pretty straigh-forward.
Walls takes some setup and practice.

email me with any questions.

kurtw@advancedframework.com


wrote in message news:5042580@discussion.autodesk.com...
Does anyone have experience with this product, my company is thinking of
getting this, just curious if anyone has used it and what they think...
Thanks 🙂