EduardoJB wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:12 am
I don’t care much for symbols, trees, etc. I don’t really consider those as “tools”
The program is certainly more than the symbol tool. A WHOLE LOT MORE.
But a person should know that HighDesign’s symbol tool is just that - a TOOL
The symbol TOOL is very well implemented. IT IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN CLICK AND PASTE. It has precision rotation, auto scaling if one wants, independent numeric resizing along each of the two axes, mirroring along both axes, a collapsible directory, and easy to do creation or import of/for new symbols.
I was amazed at how well HD brought in a Toto DWG that I used to very easily add to my symbols. The DWG had VERY smooth curves.
I could use any of the tools to draw a new symbol - and then easily convert that to a symbol. Or I can easily bring in a DWG or DXF.
I will say this. That there is room for improvement on such as the bezier tool. Although I was able to quickly draw nice bezier curves, and easily adjust the curves —— on the other hand, adding or subtracting points, was not working the way it should. I will be contacting ILEXSOFT about this.
There are features I like about HD such as SHEETS, DETAILS, LAYOUTS and VIEWPORTS. This is actually a nice way of working - my opinion. It’s very easy and fast to create numerous viewports - each with their own scale on one layout. And then when I change the associated sheet, the viewport automatically updates
It also has LAYERS and VIEWS
It has different display modes. Low resolution, High resolution, and Hairline. When your drawing gets busy, or where you need to clearly see if two lines are meeting, HAIRLINE is a nice mode to work in. There is a button to switch between modes in the lower right.
When drawing, establishing a start point, at a distance and angle from another point, or at certain coordinates, is easy.
I think HD is viable for many. You can make some very nice looking plans. And the program is definitely improving. They did adopt M1 very fast. And they are already working with Todd’s translator info.
But Eduardo, you should stay with PC/WT for as long as you can. It works for you. There is no need for you to change now.
The only thing I would think about, is at a price of $400 max for the PRO version of HD, it might be something for a person to consider buying, in order to get familiar with it over time. Because If a person did have to make a switch all of a sudden, trying to learn ANY program overnight is not the best way to go about it.
Again, I have no ties to HD other than being a user that paid full price for his copy of the program. But I use HD because I like it. And I encourage others so that it has a healthy following, and hence, not fall off the face of the earth.
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